Roll on the 20th June

[capthook]

Capthook:

Nope, sorry man, you mis-read it.  he clearly says " will it fly" not "it will fly".  Big difference.
He goes on to say that no one can answer that question.  He is exactly right too, simply scaling something up doesn't always work.  I pretty sure Archer knew this wasn't going to be a walk in the park, but he probably didn't realize just how much more work it would be.

ciao,  Dirt

Hi Dirt - wanna post the link to the quotes?  As it has been some time - I'm going off memory - but I remember it being written in the retorical.  Will it fly? ! ?  Like
'if you drop a small rock off a building - will it hit the ground?  if you drop a BIG rock - will it not still hit the ground? (clown, idiot, moron etc.)'
If one were to interpert it as you have - then quinn would be saying:
'I don't know if what I'm trying to build will work as not everything can just be scaled up.  But I'm going to try 'cause I think it will work - let's see what happens.'
Is this how you interpert it?

Over and over again - he states he's not 'trying' to build something he 'hopes' might work.  He bashes anyone who might even suggest it.  Remember - his genius is one of the greatest to ever walk the earth.  He is NEVER wrong about ANYTHING - never has been, never is, and never will.  Newton is an idiot and NASA scientist's are $uckwits.  He has even invented a new branch of science! (Archurian physics LOL)

Anyway - it's one quote - and seems it could be interpreted in several ways (yours and mine for example  ) take the full conversation into account over the last 3 months and do you still draw the same conclusion?

[gwhy!]

If Batman has succeeded to make a rail without sticky spot, as this is seen on videos, then there is nothing stopping him to close the loop.
I must say that I'm very impressed by what Batman has shown in videos.

I agree to some extent. The videos are very good but do not show if there is a sticky spot as he grabs the roller and takes it off the track when it gets to the end. It may well be a improvement on exsiting track configs ( or at least some of the configs that I have been playing with )  but cant say for sure.

[tekylife]

With about 3H left until Archer's self-imposed deadline it's time to prepare for a shift in the way things worked until today.

I'm guessing there are at least 5 replicators ready to build and confirm that Archer's magDrive is the real deal, and that they'll receive the plans within a week and videos of their wheels will be on the web within two weeks.

If per chance Newtonian God contributed, he will get a set of plans and prepare a robust replication like he proposed earlier!

All pumped up! It's coming! !

It probably won't end up being a huge letdown like the other times. "Not this time, not now"

[bullsnbears1]

I agree to some extent. The videos are very good but do not show if there is a sticky spot as he grabs the roller and takes it off the track when it gets to the end. It may well be a improvement on exsiting track configs ( or at least some of the configs that I have been playing with )  but cant say for sure.

It would be easy for him to show it had no sticky spot by letting us see what really happens to the roller at the end of the track. It's a nice setup, but although it looks like he's catching the roller before it falls off, he's actually catching it before it rolls back. Just watch it in slow mo. Is this supposed to show something similar or better than Archer. I don't get it. (but keep up the good work)

[kude]

Only people that try this desperatly to prove their worth to a bunch of relative strangers really have nothing going for them in the real world.

-PurePower

Ding, ding, ding, After  pages of posts, self awareness sets in.