Not even negative time!Gmano said:
The trip take imaginary time (as t = to / root(1-V^2/C^2) and root(negative) cant be done unless you make it imaginary)
Don't break the speed of light kids... its the law!
Student Writes Star Wars Math Problem, Abrams Solves It
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The trip take imaginary time (as t = to / root(1-V^2/C^2) and root(negative) cant be done unless you make it imaginary)
Don't break the speed of light kids... its the law!
And that is exactly the problem. Everyone on this site hates on Michael Bay for making great modern-adaptations of classic cartoons that only ran for a few years, but when J.J. Abrams destroys 30 YEARS of material, WE are the problem when we are angry about it.Li Mu said:
Ahhh, so you've seen the new Star Wars film already? In what way did he destroy it? Also, how did you get to see it so early?Spade Lead said:
Oh wait...are you taking unconfirmed speculation, assumptions and your own imagination and treating it as fact? Oh my. Silly rabbit.
Michael Bay isn't a good director in any conceivable way. Abrams, on the other hand, does have some skill. Sure, he has some odd addiction to lens flare, but he's nothing like Bay.
The fact is that you people will NEVER be happy with anything that is created because it will never meet your insanely high expectations.
I think it's nice when these things happen and busy people like Abrams or some actor, sportsman or whatever take time to do these "unnecessary" things like answering a letter or hanging around with fans after a day of work.
Just shows that they are also people! and pretty funny that he put that witty counterquestion in for the kid to solve
Captcha: This is sparta
So we're going to see someone being kicked into a sarlac pit in the 7th movie?
Just shows that they are also people! and pretty funny that he put that witty counterquestion in for the kid to solve
Captcha: This is sparta
So we're going to see someone being kicked into a sarlac pit in the 7th movie?
Google: 12 Parsec / (1500 x C) = 9.53 daysTriaed said:
Man use to make these unit errors all the time.
Also kids have it so easy when you can just type the question and get the answer XD
I never implied that I had seen the new movie, you just created a straw man of that when I said that they were ruining 30 years of previous material. When Lucasfilm wiped out the EU, everything I had spent $1,000 collecting, reading, and learning about the characters and universe meant precisely NOTHING to the new movies is what I meant. Also, he is going back to Tatooine, again, which is all that I needed to hear to know that these new movies are narrowing the galaxy yet again, rather than expanding it. Rather than adding new planets and locations, nope, right back to Tatooine, again.Li Mu said:
Also, J.J. Abrams and Michael Bay make exactly the same type of movies, only instead of explosions, J.J. uses lens flare to tell stories. The very fact that I enjoyed both of the Star Trek movies tells me everything I need to know about Abrams' ability to be faithful to the original. His Star Treks were action movies, in space. Kirk was a generic hero type who got in fist fights, drank too much, and had sex with a lot of different women. He was James Bond without the suave sophistication, and much less cool clothes and guns.
That is what we fans are afraid he is going to do to the new movies, but we have PROOF that he is narrowing the galaxy, and no matter how much you want be a dick about my opinion, you can't deny that the facts point to his narrowing of the galaxy, and gimmicky film making style. Special effects and digital cameras were NEVER the problem with the Prequel Trilogy, yet he acts like using film (SERIOUSLY, I haven't missed film since the first time I knew they weren't using it for a movie) and practical special effects (Whoo, back ground characters that are really there! SO IMPORTANT!) I knew that this was just going to be a cheesy Cash-in-on-our-childhoods movie, and that to get excited about this was to be a waste of my energy.
If you want to camp out for tickets, go right ahead. I won't be seeing this opening WEEK, much less opening night. Disney and Abrams have stated that they don't care about us Die-Hard fans or our money, they want "New Fans," and that is who they are catering to with these films. Why shouldn't I be allowed to see the writing on the wall for what it is, and stop being a die-hard fan based on their stated intentions to fuck me over?
I mean, it's great that you love SW so much. But again, the problem lies with the fact that no director could ever live up to the expectations of the die-hard fans. I've seen people claim that Joss Whedon is the only man who could have done it. Perhaps he could have. He can certainly competently juggle multiple action scenes, as proven in The Avengers. But personally, while he is good at surgically constructing the action, I found the rest of The Avengers film to be good. It was 'good' and 'enjoyable', but (IMO) not the amazing piece of cinematography people claim it to be.Spade Lead said:
So perhaps HE could have made the SW film amazing. But who else? It's a poisoned chalice. What director would be insane enough take up such a project when they are certainly going to be torn to pieces by die-hard fans because they failed to capture the subtle nuances of the Chiss language?
I'd personally like to see a non-genre director take the helm of Star Wars. Imagine Lars Von Trier directing the film!
Honestly, while you can complain and hate and dread and bemoan what has happened to the SW universe, I think you should just go into the film with an open mind and judge it for what it is. Judge it for what it is and not what it's not.
You'll hate me for saying it, but I found Jedi to be rather flawed in parts of its plot line. Jedi wasn't anything spectacular, it was just really fun. If the new film turns out to be more enjoyable than Jedi, I'll be pleased.
I just really hope you can find some enjoyment from the film.
You aren't wrong, I just see what Disney did with Rebels, and with their threats to aim it at new fans, I just don't think what I want from Star Wars, a universe that feels more like Episode 3 rather than the end of Episode 6, is going to happen. But then, those new pictures leaked today (which look amazingly authentic) just changed my mind a whole hell of a lot today.Li Mu said:
Keep the units the same. Since you want to use LY as the measure of distance we'll go with that. And since we are solving for how many days as well, let get it all in one go.Triaed said:Oh man, I was so proud of myself having resolved a question for a 13 year-old boy!DTWolfwood said:
So what was my error? I don't get it
What is the speed of light in LY per day?
Google: Speed of light in LY/days = 0.00273790926 LY/day
(there is a lot of unit conversion involved if you don't take the speed of light in Meters/Second, which is why it is better to keep Parsec in terms of Meters as well.)
Since we are going 1500 times faster than the speed of light
1500 x 0.00273790926 LY/day = 4.1068639 LY/day
So we know the ship can go 4.11 Ly in one day.
Then you just solve for how far 12 parsec is in LY which you did.
1 Parsec = 3.26 LY
12 parsec = 39.2 LY
LY / (LY/day) = Days
39.2 LY/ 4.11LY/day = 9.5~ days (Significant digits)
Its not as precise but will get you the same answer. So long as you keep all your units consistent when solving the problem.
Now when you are paying a bodyguard you don't pay him in Half days. So you round up to 10 days fee at 17,00 credits a day.
Edit: As a side note, If you look up what is 1500 times the Speed of Light in Parsecs/day you'll get your answer even faster.