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Riddick - Debut Trailer

Started by Steph S. on Monday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Prepare for the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick. The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless.…Continue

Whose tech is better: 'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?

Started by Steph S. on Monday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

What are your thoughts? (CNN) -- Photon torpedoes and proton torpedoes. Warp speed and hyperspace.Shhh! Don't tell anyone, but the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" universes have quite a bit in common.Still, there are also enough differences that the…Continue

D-Wave computer uses quantum annealing

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner May 17. 0 Replies 1 Like

Nasa buys into 'quantum' computerA $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility.Unlike standard…Continue

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Ironman 3 website

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by EJN May 9. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Iron Man 3Very cool website - it is all about the new movie coming out May 3,…Continue

The Blatant Overuse of LOL, ROFLOL and Other Electronic Acronyms

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Joseph P May 8. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Does anyone here agree? I actually don't like to use LOL anymore.I agree with the post below written by: Posted by Henson Ray at…Continue

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Comment by Tony Carroll on May 15, 2013 at 10:27pm: First trailer for the new Riddick movie. Out this September. Looks like balls to the wall action.

Comment by Steph S. on May 15, 2013 at 7:40pm

Comment by Joseph P on May 14, 2013 at 10:36am: Yeah, I'm getting dragged to see it with friends and family, myself.

Comment by Mriana on May 14, 2013 at 6:58am: OW! That had to hurt (falling out of the car and all) even if he was a "synthetic". Even so, it does look interesting.

I don't know if I'll see the so-called Trek movie in theatres or when it comes out on DVD. I wasn't impressed with the last one, but then again, it might just because I'm a die-hard fan of the old ones, esp and including TOS. It just didn't seem like Star Trek to me.

Comment by Joseph P on May 14, 2013 at 1:15am: I'm going to see Star Trek: Into Darkness on either Friday or Saturday night. I can't remember which we've got it scheduled for. I'll let you know what I think.

Comment by Steph S. on May 14, 2013 at 12:16am: Thank you Tony and Ruth.

Appreciate all the posts here. And thanks Joseph for your replies too.

How is everyone?

Star Trek movie comes out on Friday.

Comment by Joseph P on May 11, 2013 at 6:42pm: Joseph P, it kind of depends on the size of the star that he was trying to collapse doesn't it?

I guess it depends how rapidly you're trying to collapse the thing. Once you have a black hole at the center of a star or planet, the sucker is going to collapse.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 11, 2013 at 6:23pm: ROFL

Comment by James Yount on May 10, 2013 at 11:43am: Joseph P, it kind of depends on the size of the star that he was trying to collapse doesn't it? Our sun for instance, is much smaller than many other stars in the universe. An extreme example would be VY Canis Majoris. Between 5.8 and 9.2 billion of our suns could fit inside of it. Also consider the fact that we could fit 1,300,000 earths into our sun. So doing a little math, we could fit between 7.54*10^15 and 1.196*10^16 earths into VY Canis Majoris. Now we can assume that the Romulan star is probably not as big as VY Canis Majoris but this should give us a little perspective on size. Do we know if the Vulcan home-world is even as big as earth? This is all assuming that the effectiveness of the red matter only depends on the mass of the object that it has to collapse. What about gravity and heat, couldn't those play a factor too?