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Never gonna work. I will eat my hat if it does.. and also register a perpetuum mobile device one day later. But I'm not planning on it anytime soon. Why can't people understand that it violates the basic laws of physics - thoroughly tested laws of physics? 
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Smart K8 wrote: Why can't people understand that it violates the basic laws of physics
It wouldn't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive[^]
The relevant bit:
Quote: Rather than exceeding the speed of light within a local reference frame, a spacecraft would traverse distances by contracting space in front of it and expanding space behind it, resulting in effective faster-than-light travel.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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This is not Alcubierre drive.
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Yep, I mistakenly wired Karels post to the possibly discovered warp bubble.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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This is about EmDrives, which are entirely different beasts. They violate the conservation of momentum, why they are most probably nonsense.
The Alcubierre drive also has its rough edges. First, we will the energy equivalent (as in E=mc^2) of a large gas giant or a small star (and that's a lot of m to be multiplied with c^2), Then, everything in the spacecraft's path will be destroyed and inside the 'warp bubble' will be a temperature similar to that in the core of the sun. Fried astronauts, anyone?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 14-May-15 12:46pm.
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Yep, I mistakenly wired Karels post to the possibly discovered warp bubble 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Actually, if these things would work, I would not have trouble with simple mechanics and vibration right now. I have a small helicopter here on my table which suffers from stronger vibrations. The gears appear to be ok, the shafts are straight, I tried different rotor blades, the tail rotor does not seem to be responsible. Perhaps a bad bearing? Or has the rotor head been damaged?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Resonance, maybe?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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A worn out bearing, a bent shaft, some inbalance in the rotor blades, gears which lost some teeth, or (most expensive) some part of the rotor head has been deformed. The main rotor runs with about 4000 rpm, the tail rotor almost 20000. There is only little margin for error.
Now it's something like debugging and eliminating all possible causes until the vibrations are gone.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I read that a week ago. I still stand by my comment. My hat is made of hemp.
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Hats and Caps [^]
You better start saving... of course it won't violate the laws of physics as we currently understand them.
BTW: don't you think it a real shame that there is a whole universe out there that we'll never get to explore unless we do find a way to traverse interstellar space at more than the snail's pace we do now?
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Our (current) inability of not being able to explore universe without being able to do FTL travel (or at least without Earth aging really significantly in the process), doesn't change the fact that we should accept these wild concepts. NASA doesn't mean "cannot make a mistake in an experiment". Either the laws of physics are broken or they made a mistake. What's more likely? 
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Smart K8 wrote: doesn't change the fact that we should accept these wild concepts
Luddite.
Smart K8 wrote: Either the laws of physics are broken or they made a mistake
Neither need be true.
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Seems much more likely that mankind will weaponize this technology before it gets a chance to provide our salvation.
I'm sorry was that too honest pessimistic?
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Now here's a man who knows how things are done! +5
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The surest way for us to acquire a useful interstellar travel capability would be to declare war on all of the habitable planets within a 100 light year radius, and then kill whoever shows up to figure out who the annoying twerps are.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I'm getting out of the office for a few days, going to man the booth at a local (300 mile drive) trade show...hooray  At least it's in Daytona Beach. I could think of worse places to go. Have a good weekend coders!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I feel really, really sorry for you!
A couple of tips I have picked up over the years:
1) Don't wear new shoes. Old, comfortable (but still smart) is much, much better - you are going to be on your feet for 9 or ten hours - and new, stiff and painful shoes do not help at all...
2) Eat a good, big breakfast. You don't know how busy the stand is going to be around lunch time, and if you don't get time for food it can affect your thinking.
3) if you smoke - wear a patch instead.
4) Stuff a bunch of pens in a pocket - visitors will nick them all.
5) Make notes on the back of the visitors business card - good as you can, but anything is better than nothing - it's pointless having his card if you don't know what he is interested in a week later.
6) If at all possible, get contact names and address back to the office the same day - and get them to send info with a "thanks for visiting" cover and a promise to get back to them when you are in the office again. Keeping your company at the top of their mind is important here, and they will get confused as to who said what just like you will.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Quote: Don't wear new shoes
You have more than one pair of shoes? You - you - capitalist pig! 
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Not so, they are like any tool - you need the right tool for the right job!
So...
Trainers - normal footwear for me (1 pair)
Dress shoes - for when I have to wear a suit (1 pair)
Worn out shoes - for mowing and other dirty jobs round the garden (1 pair)
Steel toe cap boots - for heavy duty or dangerous jobs (1 pair)
Bike boots - for motorcycling (1 pair)
And that's me lot!
The only thing I do insist on is buying quality: buy "fashionable", or "cheap" and they don't last. Buy decent quality - which does cost more - and they last a lot, lot longer and that means they are comfortable for longer, and end up cheaper as well!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thanks OG! All really good advice. I almost started the previous post with 'My feet already hurt'! 
OriginalGriff wrote: Eat a good, big breakfast
Lucky I work in nutrition...only a handful of software companies, but a ton of food vendors...I will be surrounded by sample sized food for two days! As much as I hate doing these shows, it does give me a chance to show off all the hard work.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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