Flying SquidM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world • 21 days agoHe didn't know either.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1169
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minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlinkfedilink14•21 days agoSame issue with a time machine. The Earth moves. Fast. You go back in time a day and you’ll be floating in a void.
minus-square_NetNomadlinkfedilink24•21 days agothat’s why your time machine has to be a vehicle, like a delorean. you just drive to where the earth was, problem solved!
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlinkfedilink10•21 days ago“Where we’re going, we don’t need a life support system. Oh wait, we really do.”
minus-square@I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•21 days agoSirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is about this. It’s the only book of his I really enjoyed.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlinkfedilink3•21 days agoI read that when I was a teenager in the early 90s and remember absolutely nothing about it.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish2•20 days ago The Earth moves Compared to what? Velocity is relative. From the perspective of Earth the universe is moving.
Same issue with a time machine. The Earth moves. Fast. You go back in time a day and you’ll be floating in a void.
that’s why your time machine has to be a vehicle, like a delorean. you just drive to where the earth was, problem solved!
“Where we’re going, we don’t need a life support system. Oh wait, we really do.”
Or a flying police box.
Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is about this. It’s the only book of his I really enjoyed.
I read that when I was a teenager in the early 90s and remember absolutely nothing about it.
Compared to what? Velocity is relative. From the perspective of Earth the universe is moving.