Stevo985 Posted June 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) 22 light years away, huh. So, if the speed of light is 670,616,629 (apparently) miles per hour and the fastest Voyager managed was 38,600 miles per hour it would take ... a while. I couldn't resist doing the math. It would take, on Voyager, about 382,217 years. We'd better get going. Edited June 26, 2013 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2013 Relax, existential dudes. - Christian Benteke will sort it out. He doesn't travel the Universe, the Universe travels to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 22 light years away, huh. So, if the speed of light is 670,616,629 (apparently) miles per hour and the fastest Voyager managed was 38,600 miles per hour it would take ... a while. I couldn't resist doing the math. It would take, on Voyager, about 382,217 years. We'd better get going. Reckon Liverpool will still be claiming next year is their year by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'll get right on it. Don't forget to build a spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 22 light years away, huh. So, if the speed of light is 670,616,629 (apparently) miles per hour and the fastest Voyager managed was 38,600 miles per hour it would take ... a while. I couldn't resist doing the math. It would take, on Voyager, about 382,217 years. We'd better get going. MATHS! ARGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 22 light years away, huh. So, if the speed of light is 670,616,629 (apparently) miles per hour and the fastest Voyager managed was 38,600 miles per hour it would take ... a while. I couldn't resist doing the math. It would take, on Voyager, about 382,217 years. We'd better get going. MATHS! ARGH! No seriously, it is Math. Already had this debate this morning on the main forum!!! It's either Math or Mathematics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2013 You seem very set on the idea that the truncated version of an ostensibly plural word is a singular one. Why drop the 's'? FWIW over here it is never math. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 You seem very set on the idea that the truncated version of an ostensibly plural word is a singular one. Why drop the 's'? FWIW over here it is never math. The original comment yesterday was tongue in cheek but since then people have been trying to correct myself and now others on the use of Math when that is technically the correct term, I don't mind being corrected when valid and/or seeing others corrected when valid but it's bloody infuriating when you're corrected incorrectly, just shows a severe level of blatant ignorance But seriously, it doesn't bother me that much..........which may seem rich given the last 24 hours. I'll steer clear of this for at least the next week.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 You seem very set on the idea that the truncated version of an ostensibly plural word is a singular one. Why drop the 's'? FWIW over here it is never math. from the tomato debate I'm surprised it isn't Mathes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2013 So, statistics is "stat", not "stats"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Of all the threads in Off Topic, surely this is the one to put such debates into perspective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2013 But how will advanced alien civilisations ever take us seriously if we can't even handle abbreviations? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 But how will advanced alien civilisations ever take us seriously if we can't even handle abbreviations? if they can't handle it they can post their annoyance in the "things that piss you off thread" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Programme on BBC2 tonight: This summer, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is getting ready to feast. A gas cloud three times the size of our planet has strayed within the gravitational reach of our nearest supermassive black hole. And across the globe, telescopes are being trained on the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth, in the expectation of observing this unique cosmic spectacle. For cosmic detectives across the Earth, it is a unique opportunity. For the first time in the history of science, they hope to observe in action the awesome spectacle of a feeding supermassive black hole. I might have read (or imagined) that each black hole started a big bang for another universe, possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 So, statistics is "stat", not "stats"? Countable noun vs uncountable noun. Time to go back to grammar class, Mike ( ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 26, 2013 You rather missed my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 You rather missed my point. Noticed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2013 Programme on BBC2 tonight: This summer, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is getting ready to feast. A gas cloud three times the size of our planet has strayed within the gravitational reach of our nearest supermassive black hole. And across the globe, telescopes are being trained on the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth, in the expectation of observing this unique cosmic spectacle. For cosmic detectives across the Earth, it is a unique opportunity. For the first time in the history of science, they hope to observe in action the awesome spectacle of a feeding supermassive black hole. I might have read (or imagined) that each black hole started a big bang for another universe, possibly. Ooh goody, I'll watch that, even though it has already happened and we're watching it on Universe-OD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Anyone watched 'How the universe works' on Discovery? **** great show, graphics are stunning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvLD_osjIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2013 But how will advanced alien civilisations ever take us seriously if we can't even handle abbreviations? I think they'd be quite short with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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