Actually Gendanken, Imperator is a military title, more denoting the power of imperium which the emperors possessed. In fact, Generals could hold...
Invert_Nexus, I think you've hit the nail on the head. The people that would call themselves "Emperor" (BY the way, I don't think that there is...
If you really want to get serious about counting the number of wars either side has ben involved in, take the same period of time, from 1775-2004,...
I doubt any kind of genetic engineering will happen on a large scale, instead of maybe in the distant future. Most people simply wouldn't stand for...
It's very unlikely that any kind of all powerful "Force field" will ever be created. If your talking about defense against weaponry, the most likely...
A true hive species does not need purpose for the individual, because there are no individuals. They think as one being, each "unit" being kind of...
This has something to do with infinity... but maybe not what you guys discussing. Ok, I just want to put this out there... It has no relevance to...
I think I actually get it Janus... I tried out the equation on a calculator... and the final result never quite reaches 0, unless ofcourse it's the...
Exactly my question Curioucity, only put much simpler. WHY does it take infinite energy to reach 300,000km/s? Especially since light has a finite...
Wow, sargentlard, your statement helped me with nothing. You basically said "that's the way it is." That's not an explanation. Now,Janus58, Your...
Ok, even though I know some basic pricipals of physics, I deal with people who know physics very well all the time, even debate physics alot because...
Jesus... I can't believe I got a 70%... Perhaps zipping through it was not a good idea...What's even sadder is that it's basic physics...I should...
What would happen if one of the stars had a greater gravitional force than the other, but it wasn't dense enough to turn into a black hole, could...
I agree with you neuromancer, but perhaps an extremely advanced species would be either integrated with, or will have completely switched over to,...
There was an article in popular science, I don't remeber the issue but it was from this year, that talked about something called a genetic algorithm....
I think I can probably agree with that... But the point is, taking a model from species on Earth, what do you think would be the most efficient...
I only have a vague idea of what I'm designing. So far for the engine and power system, I've decided on two seperate nuclear reactors, much like some...
I completely agree with Dr Lou Natic, that's what I've been trying to say all along. And Eburacum, to assume that life elsewhere would be completely...
I agree with you Dr Lou Natic, however I do believe that civilization would be common, because even if there is an extremely intelligent species that...
Although you may be correct in your assumption, the point is that we're discussing the psychology and society of any intelligent species out there....
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