'Warp drive' may be more feasible than thought
Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 17:24Maybe faster than light travel is not kimpossible after all. But what do the 'sceptics' say? After all, they know everything, including all the physics that has not been discovered yet.
'Warp drive' may be more feasible than thought, scientists say
Famous (occasionally apocryphal?) quotes by some near miss pseudosceptics:
1943 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.", Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM.
1949 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.", Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science.
1957 "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall.
1968 "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM commenting on the microchip.
1977 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp..
1980 "DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any applications needing more." Microsoft on the development of DOS.
1981 "640k ought to be enough for anybody.", Bill Gates
1992 "Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM which is more than any application will ever need". Microsoft on the development of Windows NT
'Warp drive' may be more feasible than thought, scientists say
Famous (occasionally apocryphal?) quotes by some near miss pseudosceptics:
1943 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.", Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM.
1949 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.", Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science.
1957 "I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall.
1968 "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM commenting on the microchip.
1977 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp..
1980 "DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any applications needing more." Microsoft on the development of DOS.
1981 "640k ought to be enough for anybody.", Bill Gates
1992 "Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM which is more than any application will ever need". Microsoft on the development of Windows NT