Finding Today’s Stardate (in The Next Generation)
Monday, February 8, 2010What is today’s stardate? Meaning that, using the calendar method in Star Trek, what is the stardate that corresponds with today’s date in our Gregorian calendar? The answer is more complicated and harder to find than you might think.
A Solution to the Physics of Santa, Part III
Wednesday, January 13, 2010How does Santa do it? We saw in Part I that Santa has a lot of hurdles to get through. We saw in Part II that even a time dilation field wouldn’t give Santa an efficient operation. So how can Santa deliver his presents efficiently? Let’s find out in the final part of this Santa series.
Why Time Travel is Also Space Travel
Wednesday, January 6, 2010Many people in Deloreans and TARDISes are time traveling around the timeline like they own the place. However, there is a somewhat unknown restriction on time travel, and that restriction is that when you travel from the same place to the same place, that same place has moved over the change in time. This is why Time Travel also involves Space Travel. Check it out!
A Solution to the Physics of Santa, Part II
Monday, December 28, 2009How does Santa do it? We saw in Part I that Santa has a lot of hurdles to get through. One answer that many Physicists give when confronted with a “How” question about Santa is that Santa uses a time bubble, which can slow time down considerably. Yet how logical is this? Let’s take a look.
A Solution to the Physics of Santa
Friday, December 25, 2009Merry Christmas! To celebrate, I have analyzed Santa Claus’s operation. For Santa Claus to be real and have a real operation, there are a large number of physics-based hurdles for Santa to overcome. Here is a documentation of several hurdles Santa needs to get through to prove his existence, with a promise for an upcoming solutions to the Physics of Santa..