Poll: Impossible nerd questions

[Captain Pancake]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Using the fictional cement of "the force".

seriously, couldn't the lightsaber be imbued with the force to distort the reality to put a limit on the length of the blade? but probably there's a complex piece of tech that inhibits the length somehow.

 

[Jamienra]

How can Mario run at the same speed as Sonic let alone beat him?

 

[SnipErlite]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Because the lightsabers read the script?

This one has always, always bugged me.

Apparently real world attempts to make lightsabers resulted in this - the blade continued into the distance before the whole thing exploded.

 

[Soushi]

A parsec is a unit of distance not time, how did the Millennium Falcon make the Kessel run in less than 12?

the Kessel system is a dense asteroid field layered with mines and warships. The fastest and most dangerous way around is to go right through it, a distance of twelve parsecs.

 

[Kron_the_mad wants to be deleted]

Can a Lightsaber cut Superman?

Who would win, X or Y? (Common favorites: Goku, Alex Mercer, Master Chief, Kratos, Godzilla, Optimus Prime, etc...)

if it had a kryptonite focusing crystal then yes. also mercer all the way, he'll just eat everyone else (probably have to get godzilla FROM THE INSIDE)

 

[Kinguendo]

A parsec is a unit of distance not time, how did the Millennium Falcon make the Kessel run in less than 12?

He cheated, Han Solo is a dirty cheater!

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

Having viewed the poll results, the 55 people who answered Greedo should thank their lucky stars that A) I don't know who you are and B) you cannot punch people in the face via the internet. Because I would totally be doing that now otherwise!

For shame people, seriously. Han shot first, never forget!

 

[Littaly]

http://rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-04-03

end of discussion

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Can a Lightsaber cut Superman?

Who would win, X or Y? (Common favorites: Goku, Alex Mercer, Master Chief, Kratos, Godzilla, Optimus Prime, etc...)

if it had a kryptonite focusing crystal then yes. also mercer all the way, he'll just eat everyone else (probably have to get godzilla FROM THE INSIDE)

If Mercer Eats Kratos, does Kratos go back to Hades? At which point, does Kratos just come back?

 

[Lullabye]

matter
all matter exerts a gravitational force. space is the absence of matter.

hmm, as I had it explained to me, it isn't so much that matter exerts a gravitational field, as space pushes/pulls gravity together. Also, it is really hard to say exactly how much space exists, what with certain quantum theories these days showing how there really is very little space as we know it.

 

[crypt-creature]

If Superman is invincible, how can Kryptonite hurt him?

Because he's invincible, not invulnerable.

 

[T-Bone24]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Because the lightsabers read the script?

This one has always, always bugged me.

Wrong, the Jedi/Sith who wield them use the Force to manipulate the blade's length.

 

[Chairehead]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

wow
a bit of a question there,
look up Einstein's theory of relativity
(there are two though, and i cant remember which on it is)

 

[Lullabye]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

wow
a bit of a question there,
look up Einstein's theory of relativity
(there are two though, and i cant remember which on it is)

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

 

[Chairehead]

How can Mario run at the same speed as Sonic let alone beat him?

steroids

 

[SnipErlite]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

Off the top of my head I'd say matter. Since all matter exerts a gravitational attraction on anything else.

Space is technically empty space

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

Would matter exist if there were no space for it to be in?

 

[funguy2121]

Who the fuck would say "Greedo?"

Of what importance is Greedo to anyone but a hut?

I think the OP is a hut stealth troll.

Enjoy your wormlike existence and your lack of genitalia, troll. Only Jabba had a hot leather slave like Leigha, and she choked him to death (but as a masochist, he probably enjoyed it).

 

[Chairehead]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

wow
a bit of a question there,
look up Einstein's theory of relativity
(there are two though, and i cant remember which on it is)

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

I'm no physicist, let alone a quantum physicist, but if space is affected by something generated by matter and perhaps energy, as they are the same thing, (the other theory of relativity) we can only speculate it abides by material laws and is therefore something measurable in material terms, perhaps a fabric of antimatter? though nobody has any fucking clue, it is a trait of matter and energy, but because space abides by these laws, or at least some of them, we can guess that it may well generate its own gravity, perhaps if it is an area of dispersed anti matter, it has the immaterial equivalent of gravity, soo, repulsion? probably not

 

[Lullabye]

Is gravity a trait of matter or space?

Off the top of my head I'd say matter. Since all matter exerts a gravitational attraction on anything else.

Space is technically empty space

I have, but it assumes that it is matter that generates gravity. But the question is, would gravity exist if there was no space?....mindfuck.....

Would matter exist if there were no space for it to be in?

I don't think matter exists in space, in the same way that fish are not "in" the water. I mean, they are in the water, but not taking any of it up. Is that confusing? I'm terrible with metaphors....
Anyway, the thing I was wondering was, what does this gravitational attraction consist of. Seeing as two objects with no atomic connection of any sort are "attracted" to eachothr, yet we can't seem to find out why. I harken to think it is a trait of space to push/pull matter together.

 

[Mrkittycat]

If a lightsaber amounts to projecting monochromatic light into a focused beam, then why don't the blades extend to infinity?

Because the lightsabers read the script?

This one has always, always bugged me.

Maybe there is only enough power in a lightsaber to extend a set distance?
That has bugged me as well