Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> Who needs fancy stuff like that. FTL communications are much easier:
> look at the heat-dissipation equations.
> Heat travels infinitely fast, that's much much faster than light.
> Using heat-dissipation for communications would allow intergalactic
> communication systems with close to zero RTT.
Uh, you're obviously not using the right equations.
> Question; if the sun goes nova, it will take 8 minuteas for us to see
> it.
> Would anyone see the nova (even _very_ briefly) from earth?
> or would we all 8 minute old fries by then...
Well, the Sun won't go nova (or supernova for that matter), so unless
you specify how you're obliterating the Sun, it's hard to answer. Even
if the Sun were to go supernova (which it won't), people on the dark
side of the Earth would survive long enough to realize they're in deep
shit.
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