[LMB] Ethan of Athos

[Bear Master]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Michael R N Dolbear <
little.egret at mrdolbear.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>
> > From: Bear Master <bearmaster0 at gmail.com>
> > Date: 31 May 2008 13:35
> >
> > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
>
> > > Which is strange because hard sf purists would put EoA outwith their
> > > boundaries either because "artifical gravity isn't true"
>
> > As opposed to FTL travel?
>
> Often that too, but FTL via wormholes as used by Her Ladyship may pass.
>
> quoting myself
> ===
> Now, on the principle that Her Ladyship is always right even when she
> thinks she's wrong, wormholes and wormhole transits have not, so far, been
> shown to be in violation of the laws of physics.
>
> See Kip Thorne  _Black Holes and Time Warps_
>
> Now anti-gravity and artificial gravity (anti-grav and lift tubes in BiA)
> may have to be a violation, does anyone know ?
> ===
>
*Shrug*

I've been told that artificial gravity allows for perpetual motion,
therefore defies thermodynamics.  I didn't ask for the full reasoning.  I've
also been told that there does exist a device that seems to be a
gravity-thinner-outer; suspend a weight on a scale above the device, the
scale says it weighs less with the device on than with it off.  If I
understand correctly there are currently three major theories of gravity.  I
read an interview yesterday that Freeman Dyson, of Dyson Sphere fame, is
currently trying to salt the tail of a gravaton.

All I know for sure is that all that's physics, and I work in biology.