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often times i find myself thinking

The one encouraging thing is I doubt people in 1800 would have dreamed about computers or atomic power. Maybe in a 100 years there will be an radical paradigm shift that will allow for an explosive advancement in technology.

No way to know though.

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often times i find myself thinking

NacthoMan wrote:
so my best guess is we would have to encounter some alien tech for that to happen.

Maybe.

The other variable here is if we can live long enough for that to happen, or long enough to get smart enough to figure it out on our own.

Meaning hopefully we don't slaughter eachother or melt the planet before then. AND hopefully some natural catastrophe doesn't hit us before then.

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often times i find myself thinking

BigWilly! wrote:
There's the Alcubierre drive ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive ), though it requires exotic matter.. radiation shielding.. a few other minor details too.

So that would be the star trek version, but more realistic and explained better than what I did.

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often times i find myself thinking

Probably not, if you mean being able to travel from one end of the galaxy to the other.

I read once it takes like 10,000 years for light to get from one end of the milky way to the other.

And nothing (according to what we know about physics) can travel faster than light. We don't even come close unless we're talking about accelerating atomic particles, and even that takes us to the limits of our current technologies.

The only theoretical way i've heard of is trying to find a way to traverse the distance without acctually traversing it (via a wormwhole or something like it), and there is little evidence that this is possible through any kind of technological advance.

Then there's the star trek thing about warp drive. The way warp drive would work, would be instead of actually travelling at light speed, you would somehow bend the space around a craft such that it pushed it faster than you were actually propolsing it. I dont know if that idea is totally made up or if there is actual theoretical science behind it.

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His campaign is saying there were so many no-shows because his supporters were afraid of the protestors.

I heard there was a campaign to have people register and then not go though the campaign denied thar that would work. But i don't see why it wouldn't.


Would be better if there was a campaign to register, show up, and then have everyone boo him.

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Purely sociological, honest question:

jjlove01 wrote:
I think there has to be chemistry. That can only happen after some time spent together. There is no real such thing as an online long distance relationship, if that's what you mean.

I'm talking more in terms of superficialities.

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Anyone having issues working from home?

soco wrote:
My mother years ago was a census taker. Do your homework. The people that are full on anti government is what you will be dealing with. These are the same group as antivaccers and those that are convinced they have a chip implanted at birth so the government can keep tabs on them. Some may even answer the door armed to the teeth. Be careful out there. Dress professionally and keep your picture ID always, always visible.

Yeah, safety is a concern for me. I feel good about the fact that they don't send you far from your place of residence, at least in my case.

Also they keep track of your position as you do it with a phone they issue to you. So i wonder if there is a panic button on it if something crazy were to happen.

I googled online for people's experiences and generally people seem to feel good about it from what i've read. So that makes me feel better too.

I'm excited, this kind of thing is a little out of my comfort zone but in a good way, i think.

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Anyone having issues working from home?

Cregyn wrote:

Oh dear! A new job?

Hopefully.

I actually got a call back to be a census taker. Gonna try to do that. Its temporary but i bet it will look cool on a resume

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Im still thinking laying in the bath and taking my tablets and lay sleeping there sounds peaceful.

Anonymous wrote:
This is not living

If you're at a point in your life where you can drink brandy in your bathtub and no one bothers you for a while THAT a least is some kind of living. That sounds nice af.

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Hello

@Padre_J_Roulston please help with spam

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