Star Trek Shields Now a Possibility? 220
An anonymous reader writes "British scientists have announced their intent to build a Star Trek-style magnetic shielding system to help protect astronauts from radiation. 'There are a variety of risks facing future space explorers, not least of which is the cancer-causing radiation encountered when missions venture beyond the protective magnetic envelope, or magnetosphere, which shields the Earth against these energetic particles. The Earth's magnetosphere deflects many of these particles; others are largely absorbed by the atmosphere.'"
Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
(I really should have raised them)
Maybe with this (Score:5, Funny)
Alas (Score:5, Funny)
Down-to-earth uses (Score:2, Funny)
Movies lead again! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cool! (Score:5, Funny)
(Though admittedly in either case the boobs in question aren't real, but hey.)
Fine, but dont call them 'Star Trek' shields (Score:5, Funny)
I hope we have cleared that up, dammit.
Re:Cool! (Score:2, Funny)
Seven of Nine -> Search Google for "Tribble Porn"
Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Bees!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Won't anyone think of the bees?
oh noes, your hard-drives got pwnz0red (Score:5, Funny)
Mr. Spock: Captain, may I remind you that these new shields developed by British scientists rely on Magnetic fields and as a result...
Captain Kirk: Not now Spock!
Chekov: Shields up, Captain!
Lights flicker, ship powers down. Emergency lights light up**
Captain Kirk: Spock! What happened?
Mr. Spock: It appears that the magnetic shields have erased our hard-drives. Our ship is powerless.
Captain Kirk: KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I have no idea if magnetic shields would really erase hard-drives, but oh well!
Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
7. ???
and
8. Profit!
Sorry, but I couldn't resist.
Dont you have cable? (Score:5, Funny)
No, no, no, dude.
You only need bio-gel packs and iso-linear chips. But, only the green ones.
If you use the red ones and get them mixed up, you'll need Data to save your ass.
Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
"Have poster with screen name similar to character in SciFi show make inane comment based on line from said show".
Re:Cool! (Score:1, Funny)
Thats OK. (Score:5, Funny)
How Long Will It Take? (Score:4, Funny)
Manager: How long until we can get the shields operating?
Engineer: Eight Years
Manager: Eight Years?
Engineer: Yes, but you don't have eight years, so I'll do it in two.
Manager: Do you always multiply your design estimates by a factor of four?
Engineer: I have a reputation to maintain, sir.
Re:Cool! (Score:3, Funny)
MY EYES! The goggles, they do nothing!
Re:Cool! (Score:3, Funny)
I could see it selling to the furry market...
Mods: look at his handle (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cool! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mods: look at his handle (Score:5, Funny)
No really, I am out of mod points.
Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
"Geordi! The shower in my quarters is broken, and I haven't bathed in days."
"No problem, sir. I'll just reconfigure the deflector array to emit B.O. antiprotons, negating the effects emmanating from your pits."
Re:Shield frequency modulation (Score:5, Funny)
or the fact you know the exact episode this happened
Re:Cool! (Score:3, Funny)
Oddly enough that's true in the porn industry as well.
Re:Misleading Title (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mods: look at his handle (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Mods: look at his handle (Score:3, Funny)
Solomon
Re:Cool! (Score:4, Funny)
>
> MY EYES! The goggles, they do nothing!
MY EYES! The Google, it does everything!
Not Seven of Nine, it's (Score:2, Funny)