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February 18, 2010
Going Where No Man Has Gone Before
Well, no man who has ever enjoyed the intimate company of a member of the opposite sex, I suppose. Or perhaps even of the same sex. I mean, we're talking straight up virgins only on this trip, yo.
I speak, of course, of going tothe following discussion thread currently burning up the interwebs over at the New Scientist. It was forwarded to me by someone who said "don't you dare attribute this to me" so I won't.
(That Salem check better clear, Allahpundit.)
I kid..It wasn't really Allahpundit who tipped me to this. I promise.
Anyway, the topic of such heated discussion? Whether Captain Kirk and crew would be instantly killed by radiation from hydrogen atoms should the Enterprise actually achieve warp speed. The short answer? Yes. Yes they would.
I tried to read the article, but I had a hard time getting thru the correction made at the beginning of the article. Did you ever think you would see a correction that looked like this in a kinda prominent science magazine?
Update: An earlier version of this story referred to the Borg using cloaking technology, which several readers pointed out is not supported by televisual evidence. Of course, we were speculating on the technology existing in the alternate universe created by J. J. Abrams. However, to avoid confusion we have amended the decloaking reference to cite the Romulans.
Damn that lack of televisual evidence! Seriously though, wouldn't you like to read the emails from people pissed off enough about this to write in and complain? I bet some of them are real fun at parties, in an I'm Dr. Amy Bishop! kinda way.
Anyway, i really have very little to add to this discussion. I just figured some of you morons would get off on this subject. And that you might be able to help me do some detective work.
Because I know that Ace has probably commented several times in the 383 comments posted to date. I'm setting the over under at 17. Think you can help me find them all?
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