Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:15:11 +0100 | From | Matthias Schniedermeyer <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ramback: faster than a speeding bullet |
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On 11.03.2008 15:02, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> By the way, if you want to fly to the moon you will need a rocket. > Streams of liquid hydrogen coursing through gigantic pipes sitting > right next to violently burning roman candles are less reliable than > bicycle pedals, but only one of these arrangements will get you to the > moon on time. In other words, if you need the speed this is the only > game in town, so you better just take care to buy reliable rocket > parts.
Or to quote a little SciFi, in this case Captain Hunt from Andromeda: Slipstream: it's not the best way to travel faster than light, it's just the only way.[1]
At least that's what first crossed my mind after reading the above. ;-)
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipstream_%28science_fiction%29#Andromeda
Bis denn
-- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.
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