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Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time

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On 9/14/2012 10:32 AM, Xocyll wrote:

> So much of yesterday's science fiction has become science fact, so many
> beliefs about how the world worked have been disproved, why assume that
> what we consider the "Laws" of physics are universal laws and not a
> local set of rules?
> 

Well, by that argument, this whole exchange is pointless since anything
is possible then.

And there's a reason to believe in universal laws of physics. In our
solar system, Newtonian physics coupled with special and general
relativity principles correctly predict the observations. Same is true
for distant stars in Milky Way.

There are holes in our current understanding that need to be filled
(unifying force and particle theory is one big example), however the
mechanics of a debris field/asteroid belt are hardly considered a mystery.

In any case, we are talking about Chris Roberts, who had a space-ship
hide behind an asteroid in the Wing Commander movie, and where everyone
on board had to stay quiet to escape detection, copying scenes from
countless WW2 movies involving u-boats. Laws of physics take a backseat,
if they come in the way of having a fun and enjoyable space opera, which
is fine by me.
--
Noman

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Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom> - 2012-09-10 17:45 -0700
  Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-10 21:15 -0400
    Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Andy Blanchard <andyb@localhost.localdomain> - 2012-09-11 23:43 +0100
  Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2012-09-10 21:30 -0400
  Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-11 12:11 -0400
    Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-11 12:43 -0500
      Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 13:42 -0400
        Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-11 20:38 -0500
          Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-12 10:29 -0400
            Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-12 10:53 -0500
              Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-12 11:16 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-13 07:10 -0500
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2012-09-13 09:08 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-13 10:57 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-13 16:11 -0500
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-13 20:01 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-14 01:06 -0500
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-14 11:06 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-14 12:32 -0500
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom> - 2012-09-14 11:38 -0700
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-14 16:38 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-15 09:56 -0500
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-14 15:00 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> - 2012-09-15 10:57 -0500
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-15 11:43 -0400
                Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2012-09-13 21:23 -0400
    Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom> - 2012-09-11 12:16 -0700
      Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-09-12 10:18 -0400
  Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Tim O <timo56REMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-12 05:20 -0400
  Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time noman <no_m_an@zzzyahoo.yycom> - 2012-10-04 12:48 -0700
    Re: Chris Roberts announcing a game in a month's time Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 16:24 -0400

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