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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on September 10, 2003, 02:38:31 pm

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: Unknown Target on September 10, 2003, 02:38:31 pm

check this out:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=science&cat=astronomy_and_space_news

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: Flipside on September 10, 2003, 02:48:03 pm

I suspect that thing has such a massive wavelength that it can cause percussion in Interstellar gas, which is a terrifying amount of power!

Flipside :D

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: Stealth on September 10, 2003, 03:19:54 pm

i'll bet my subs can hit deeper than that :D ;)

Naaa, that's pretty cool

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: Descenterace on September 10, 2003, 04:01:24 pm

Hmmm... Anyone read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?  I'm thinking in particular of a certain band whose trademark is their ability to cause world-shattering earthquakes with their performances.  They play their instruments remotely from orbit, because anyone within 200km of the speakers would be pulped in a millisecond.

I believe one member of the band was Hotblack Desiato.  When he first appears in the book, he's spending a year dead for tax reasons...

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: mikhael on September 10, 2003, 05:27:21 pm

Hotblack Desatio and Disaster Area, I believe. :D

A band so successful a new kind of calculus had to be invented to total up their earnings.

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: demon442 on September 10, 2003, 10:03:32 pm

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Originally posted by mikhael
Hotblack Desatio and Disaster Area, I believe. :D

A band so successful a new kind of calculus had to be invented to total up their earnings.

I have got to get this book...

On subject, if its not celestial gasses vibrating, it's got to be some form or radio.  I havent looked into the story, so thats the only thing i can think of at the moment.

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: CP5670 on September 10, 2003, 10:20:08 pm

Interesting stuff. :yes:

You know, the nebulas in FS2 are pretty thick, enough to conduct sound fairly well. Perhaps that could be used as an explanation for having sonic blast type weapons that would only work under nebular conditions.

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: Descenterace on September 11, 2003, 01:23:42 am

Or the fighters might have some system on board which simulates outside sounds, so's to give the pilot audible clues about his environment.  Sound is an important factor in maintaining situational awareness.

Title: Sound in space?
Post by: Woolie Wool on September 11, 2003, 10:47:09 am

Also, many of your ship's weapons would be audible anyway because they would send vibrations through your ship when they fire.