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Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:56:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/05/2013 05:56

Listen defago, I'm sure Jman doesn't want to talk to scientist, ya'll motherfuckers are lying and getting him pissed.

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:52:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/05/2013 05:52

Defago wrote:

So, assuming our bullets CAN escape the gravity well, there's the slight problem that to travel 70 light years it would take, well, 70 years IF the bullet was travelling at the speed of light. If the bullet WASN'T disintegrated by friction and it actually hit some alien in the head, it would take them about 70 more years to travel back here, IF they could travel at the speed of light.

Now, large rifles fire projectiles at around 1500 m/s, tops. Speed of light is about 300000000 m/s (299792458 m/s exactly, but the numbers are prettier my way). So a bullet can traverse a light year in 200000 years. That's 70 light years in 14000000 years.

So yeah, if for some reason the bullet escaped the gravity well (it can't), and survived the resulting friction (it can't) without losing it's original speed at any point in it's journey (it would) and came upon an inhabited planet (highly improbable) and happened to hit someone in the head, and they realized where it came from and were angry about it, we could be looking at an invasion about 14 million years from now, plus the time it takes them to get here.

Those are dangerous odds. I'm building my bunker.

Re: A major problem with guns

Defago — Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:34:30 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 03/05/2013 05:34

JMan wrote:

If we did, by some 1 in a billion chance to clarify, hit an alien, wouldn't they have invaded a few years after the first time a bullet was shot in the air?

There. I said it in a way that didn't sound crazy.

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:37:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/05/2013 01:37

What if bullets start randomly raining down on us because aliens keep shooting at the sky?

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 18:29:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 23:29

Happymeal wrote:

But what if aliens didn't invent UFO's until recently?

Or what if, if there WERE aliens, aliens are just as advanced as we are? Or what God just recently made them?

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 18:09:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 23:09

JMan wrote:

But what if aliens didn't invent UFO's until recently?

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:51:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:51

If we did, by some 1 in a billion chance to clarify, hit an alien, wouldn't they have invaded a few years after the first time a bullet was shot in the air?

There. I said it in a way that didn't sound crazy.

Re: A major problem with guns

Jasonconfused — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:30:02 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:30

Defago wrote:

And there goes the voice of reason.

😁 🤣

Re: A major problem with guns

Defago — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:29:22 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:29

JMan wrote:

I think Outlaw's gonna be pissed, Happy.

Anyway, if we did hit an alien, wouldn't they have invaded a few years after the first time a bullet was shot in the air?

And there goes the voice of reason.

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:23:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:23

Anyway, if we did hit an alien, wouldn't they have invaded a few years after the first time a bullet was shot in the air?

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:12:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:12

Fair enough Jman.

Anyways, as far as aliens goes, I am an alien.

Re: A major problem with guns

Jasonconfused — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:07:48 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:07

JMan wrote:

The top of Earth's atmosphere is at 50,000 feet above the groun. A bullet can't go 50,000 feet in the air.

JMan = Voice of Reason

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:05:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 22:05

Robert Anton Wilson wrote:

But there is no air in space and therefore no air resistance!

The top of Earth's atmosphere is at 50,000 feet above the groun. A bullet can't go 50,000 feet in the air.

Re: A major problem with guns

Robert Anton Wilson — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:51:37 GMT

Author: Robert Anton Wilson

Posted: 03/04/2013 21:51

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

Bullets will not keep travelling into space Outlaw, they'll slow down due to air resistance ...

But there is no air in space and therefore no air resistance!

Re: A major problem with guns

Robert Anton Wilson — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:50:32 GMT

Author: Robert Anton Wilson

Posted: 03/04/2013 21:50

Jasonconfused wrote:

I'm sure you know this but the way you phrased this makes it sound like you think a light year is a unit of time. It's not. 70 years and lightyears don't have to be exclusive of each other, because one measures distance and the other measures time.

Well, how fast would that bullet needed to have been fired at during WWII to now be light years away by now ... sound suspicious to me.

Re: A major problem with guns

Jackwc — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:26:41 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 03/04/2013 17:26

JMan wrote:

There was this 4th if July ceremony in CA, and a bunch of people shot guns in the air. All bullets fell down, and one went inside the head of a little girl.

At least it was only bullets and not curse words.

Re: A major problem with guns

Jasonconfused — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:10:53 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/04/2013 17:10

Robert Anton Wilson wrote:

Why would they be light years away if they were shot only about 70 years ago. Wouldn't they be only 70 years away by now? If anything is about to reach aliens in peace, it would be caveman's spears.

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:01:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 17:01

There was this 4th if July ceremony in CA, and a bunch of people shot guns in the air. All bullets fell down, and one went inside the head of a little girl. True, and very sad, story.

I'm sorry if this ruins anyone's fun, and this thread.

Re: A major problem with guns

Anonymous — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:00:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/04/2013 17:00

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

Bullets will not keep travelling into space Outlaw, they'll slow down due to air resistance and return to earth before they can leave the atmosphere. Sorry if I'm ruining anyone's fun by pointing this out.

I'm really glad someone said this.

Re: A major problem with guns

HigherThanTheSun — Mon, 4 Mar 2013 11:59:43 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 03/04/2013 16:59

Bullets will not keep travelling into space Outlaw, they'll slow down due to air resistance and return to earth before they can leave the atmosphere. Sorry if I'm ruining anyone's fun by pointing this out.