UFO Proliferation

[Bagpuss]

So what's all these recent sightings of UFO's over the UK. Latest in Basingstoke on Saturday, and... according to the RAF they could not comment for security reasons, bit suspicoius. So are we going to get invaded and the b*ggers take all our jobs and pass through immigration with no problems

If they came looking for intelligent life, I'm afraid we won't see them again

[Diver]

If they came looking for intelligent life, I'm afraid we won't see them again

Especially as they appear to be searching for it down South

[Churchill]

Extremely Simple Language?

Obviously not simple enough for MB...

Oi Benes, it stands for "European Simulation Language" Google it and you may find a company called "Cogsys".

[milanbenes]

thank you Maestro


Milan.

[Diver]

Obviously not simple enough for MB...

Oi Benes, it stands for "European Simulation Language" Google it and you may find a company called "Cogsys".

Gas fitters in't they

[milanbenes]

eh Dive,

have you subscribed for that stuff yet

just recieved my latest copy this morning, amazing publications

Milan.

[Churchill]

eh Dive,

have you subscribed for that stuff yet

just recieved my latest copy this morning, amazing publications

Milan.

Diver's got a friend... Bless!

Gas fitters in't they

Funny you should say that...

[Diver]

Funny you should say that...

Talking about gas

[milanbenes]

Winston,

less of it.

Have you faxed yours yet ?

Milan.

[Board Game Geek]

So like you say, statistics say we should be in contact with Alien life.

I didn't say, "statistics say we should be in contact with alien life."

I said, "Statistically speaking, it would almost be inconceivable that other life did not exist elsewhere in the universe".

As for contact...I explained that due to the vast distances in space, getting from A to B in a meaningful time scale is not possible.

Owlhoot : For example, accelerating at a steady 1g for a month gets you to about 0.99c and you could reach to the nearest star 4 light years away in about three months.

um...can you please elaborate on that Owl ?

As far as I understand, if light takes 4 years to get here from that star, then assuming your spaceship travels at the speed of light, it will take the same time to get to the star, eg, 4 years. (I'm not concerned with the passage of time outside the ship on planet Earth. I'm focussing on the travel time of the ship exclusively)

Since nothing travels faster than the speed of light, we have a maximum, unmovable limit of the time taken to get to the star, eg, 4 years.

Where do you get your 3 months from ?