Are we going to have tons of "who's got the magical artifact of doom/shipping, now?" shenanigans?
Also, Samurai Applejack for those who haven't seen her.
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/vi...h=samurai_jack
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Are we going to have tons of "who's got the magical artifact of doom/shipping, now?" shenanigans?
Also, Samurai Applejack for those who haven't seen her.
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/vi...h=samurai_jack
I could enchant it to be effective as armor.
Nicely done, but no. xDQuote:
Waaaaagh!
*keels over backwards*
Well, I've got the former and the latter down, at any rate...
Can't we just skip the middle one?
Nope!Quote:
Wait, wait, wait. You have a girlfriend and a crush who's girlfriend you want assassinating1? And all those Elves (and whatever is left of Spleenripper.)
Fickle, aren't we?
Fickle would imply that I switched between them. I am the goddess of love and lust, the firstborn child and the herald of the shipping goddess. I love them all constantly.
Sounds excellent. I approve!Quote:
1By the by, on that issue, how does being repeatedly squished under the hull of a Hammer of Hatred heavy grav-tank bouncing up and down on them sound? I find it works wonders on vampires; especially because it takes ages for them to be crushed into a fine enough paste they can't heal. Fun for everyone!
Spoiler"Oh, good to hear, thanks!" I reply happily. "Oh, and there's no worries on the colour sharing, by the way. Looks good on your voice."
Giggle right back. "I sure will! Sounds fun!"Quote:
*Midnight giggles.
"Remind me someday to tell you some of the stories about growing up with two of the most overprotective mothers in the world. ^^"
She snuggles BACK!Quote:
*Midnight snuggles Lixie!
Thats all coming soon. I'm planing powering the "spiral power" with the elements of ponythread in addition to the whole "will power" thing. So in short, the more of the elements of ponythread that are present, the more powerful the outcome becomes.
maybe even powerful enough to put Mcerberus in space? With his own fleet? To engage a certain space lich?
So what are the requirements to turn something into an artifact of the ponythread?
The leaves the question of the Party Note. What dark powers does it TRULY have?
Can't blame a Lich for trying...
I am really hoping that doesn't mean what I think it means, but I suspect, knowing you, that it is exactly what I think it means...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
So, to be fair, could we; but we have a regulation uniform and armour, Hopereaver does not get to ignore them just because she's female.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Aw.
Hush. When-
Sir?
Hang on a sec, folks, actual business calls...
Hmm. Hopereaver, we're getting some unusual reading from the Salatisn system. Can't tell what from this distance, my first guess would be some sort of FTL transits of a type we're not familiar with. Portal-drive type...ah, looks like it might be superspace related.
Stone Portals, then?
Could well be, since they're the only crowd I know who currently use superspace. Could just be some scattered ships from their rout, but we better make sure. Take the Soulstealer, Curserake, Kreeyak and some escorts and check it out.
Will do, sir. Back in a couple of days.
And Hopereaver?
Sir?
Be careful.
I want you back in one piece.
Y'know, so I berate you some more. And not have to break in a new attache. And all that.
Understood, sir!
Perfectly.
I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our assassination temporarily, as it seems we may actually have to do so real work around here, and I might need all hands to the pump.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Again, tempting though it wouldn't be to engage in a really highly unequal battle I wouldn't wish on MCerberus, see above.
Of course I could!
Can't FAIRLY blame a Lich for trying. xD
...actually, it doesn't. xDQuote:
I am really hoping that doesn't mean what I think it means, but I suspect, knowing you, that it is exactly what I think it means...
I can see...Quote:
I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our assassination temporarily, as it seems we may actually have to do so real work around here, and I might need all hands to the pump.
:smallamused:
I'm guessing you'd like me to leave the bridge then...
(Telepathically)
YOU LIKE HOPEREAVER
Touche, Lix touche.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Yes, because I have things to do, like watch the readings and such.
Sir, we won't know anything for a couple of day unti-oh! I mean, absolutely, sir! I mean, they might change any second or something! You better continuously watch to keep us appraised! Which will require your total concentration! Preventing you from doing other things!
*skullpalm*
Yes, yes, thank you, Star-Sergeant. Why don't you go an deal with your duties now.
Yes, sir!
Bwaaaah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Well, yes, like, but not like, like silly, goddess. Given he's, sorry, she's been working as my attache for the last half-a-decade, we do have a share certain camraderie, yes. She's a pretty good sidekick to have in a fight too. Which is as far as it goes; purely platonic and all that.
Anyhoo, moving (very) swiftly on...
So, anyone? I has a pony-related plan for which I need said suitable pony...
well, being a beast of selective attention, I see hear that you are racially insane, which I guess just proves my point! I mean, being comparatively sane, that means you are as sane as a hugh man compared to the ponies.
... That's it!
A little bit, yeah.Quote:
Okay, so it didn't work quite as well I'd hoped. (It was because Spike was there, wasn't it, damn you all!)
This freaked me out. The whole time during the slow parts, my reptile brain noticed the movement and panicked while my mammal brain was all "huh?". I kept moving the screen farther away to keep her the same approximate size.
But, those eyes...
interesting, interesting. Was this before or after the Constitution Drain? Do you feel chilled? In a good or bad way?
That just means you can appreciate my sophisticated and subtle sense of humor, not that you're bad.Quote:
You think you're bad? I didn't get the actual joke bit until I reread it when the Commodore quoted it. I had already laughed anyway.
Yes! Of course, it all makes sense!Quote:
Lix Lorn is the obvious choice for new Sane Pony.
Lix Lorn is the purest example of sanity as a pony. We must cast off the chains of a humanocentric psychological profile!
That is really funny, on account of the discussion I've been having. Ouch, perspective. Ouch.
you've got a point there. It's only no longer impressive if you buy some antidote.Quote:
Considering that Australia is covered with a 1 meter thick layer of poisonous snakes and insects and local only abominations talking a walk sounds pretty impressive.
No, not ponysane, sane pony! Ponysane is what I would be if I wasnt a pony. But since I am a pony, I can't be ponysane, I'm just regular sane. Because I'm a pony.
I dare anyone to prove otherwise.
Wait, what?
Oh hey, pony socks!
Would you believe I never knew these existed until after Sweetie Welf made me double take on the link?
Sorry, position is taken.
Ironically, position of grape eater has been taken as well. Seems I'm out of a job in the new regime.
Ah, the good ol' days. Where I spent more time headhunting toys at mcdonalds than posting on a pony thread. Now I have eight tiny plastic friends to be pony with. Yay!
(snicker)
I'mma gonna leave the bridge cause I feel merciful, but for the record, I'm not THAT stupid.
COURSE not like that. (snicker) I'll keep your secret, oh lovestruck lich.Quote:
Bwaaaah!
Well, yes, like, but not like, like silly, goddess. Given he's, sorry, she's been working as my attache for the last half-a-decade, we do have a share certain camraderie, yes. She's a pretty good sidekick to have in a fight too. Which is as far as it goes; purely platonic and all that.
Anyhoo, moving (very) swiftly on...
After the Con drain. Don't feel chilled, particularly. Feeling oddly well considering the experience, though that may just be the ponysanity setting in.
No, it means I have a very twisted mind. Trust me on this.
That works, too, I suppose (and the justification for not choosing Midnight still stands, even).
*shrug* I gotta try...
In fact, people often say I'm very trying...
*skulldesk*Quote:
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Heck, I've not known she was a girl for twenty-four hours yet; even if I was even remotely romantically inclined - which I'm not - moving to fast there, aren't we? I'll let Bobcat explain why It Does Not Work Like That outside of (bad) fanfiction...
...
I'd even lie and say "yes" if I thought it'd help stop you stalking me, but that would only encourage you, now wouldn't it?
Harsh, dude, harsh.
How can you be so mean to that face?
Hey, brainwave!
Lix, I bet Spike would really, really appreciate the attention of a Love Goddess right about all-the-time! You should go and comfort him. Right now. And stay there. Y'know, in case he needs you. At a moment's notice. For stuff...
(Maybe I can get something out of all the crazy...!)
Oh well, just a thought. Ponyard and company are still tinkering away at understand and using the Spiral Power. Eventually they will breach the sky. I do hope the cold reaches of space give them a warm welcome.
Also if anyone was wondering why im so adament on the Gurren Lagann thing, its because everyone seems to have a system to base their actions on, mostly D&D, and in kris stife's case Exalted. I dont know either of those systems. so im using one i do know. FORWARD TO TOMORROW!
I notice the use of "when" instead of "if".
I also thought it originated from the egophiliac picture until I read the shocking truth a few pages ago.
And image dump Rarity edition, not that there is any reason
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How old do you think the ponies are?
Isn't the tee-ell-dee-arr supposed to be shorter than the regular read? XD
That was a fun read. But... Isn't 3 meters of ablative armor a little excessive? If I recall correctly, your coldbeams surpass absolute zero1 and generate actual, elemental (fundamental?) cold as a discrete energy, right? How mug kick would that have? I can't see those really cutting through ablative armor at all. Bypassing it to a degree, yes, but...
Actually, as the coffee slowly trickles through my viscera, into the blood, and thus to the mind, I begin to recall exactly what severe cold snaps do to matter. Neat.
I need to find a way to get you to talk my ear off, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to give you a sounding board and thus trick you into divulgence. Confound my jack of all, master of none mentality!
I need to develop a new, third party of meddlers, plotters and pan-dimensional spectators.
Although I've always had more fun choosing sides, so I'll go for the Solar Empire, specifically to align myself against most of ponydom! It's not a fight until I'm swimming in foes like Scrooge through his money bin ;D
I have one! Well, sort of. I've only used it like, once, and it took about a month to kick in... And that may have happened on it's own, so maybe I just have a tacky looking notebook. *shrug*
Motherly Twilight is the best Twilight. Seriously, her depiction during the CMC talent show is my very favoritest Twilight Sparkle. It made me like her as a person, rather than pity her as a plot element.*Quote:
Twilight is very much a mothering type.
truth! Though the Deity thing is new to me. I never gave it a second look until all that "gods always succeed against mortals" buggery.Quote:
Oh, silly little pony.
You ARE a pawn in my game.
The truest wisdom of a deity is to allow yourself to be among the pawns.
Being a piece in the game is fun! Though I prefer knight, m'self. Pawn is only fun for the becoming.
Psh. That can't be true. If it was true, that means I've just been going alon with being ship'd with other ponyfolk of my own volition.Quote:
This may seem like very little, but bear in mind I believe it will make you immune to further ship note antics.
... :smallredface:
B-But... But... You used the sad pony face! And you didn't mean *it? I am so confused. Also, very, very http://i.imgur.com/VYSqq.jpgQuote:
Nah, I don't get upset about flirting. Especially roleplay flirting.
YOURE TEARING ME APART PONYTHREAD
Well, if you want to pass the crown, go ahead.Quote:
I could define sanity by being it's opposite, I guess...
But the best choice must clearly be...
...Midnight.
Yay, more Esper stories!
However, we all do have faith in you. Can't wait to see how this bundle of bad movie plot comes out! Make it rock, friend.*
Make it rock.
... you can eat supernovas?
That sounds like a wonderful idea! I'll have to figure out how to do it.
This is hilarious, because I see the *censored* as her flashing you. You then turn to look, scan yourQuote:
Who knew, eh?
*censored*
eyesflaming orbital cavities up and down her form, then shrug.
Because she is a desiccated skeleton.
I laughed.*
I use "folks" because there are people folks and the pony folks. Applejack likes helpin' the pony folks. An' stuff.
... you haven't actually used yours at all.
Which is pretty neat! All this shipping is happening, and it doesn't use any of the 3 and a half plus page of shipping magic!
sounds like... A story. *glances meaningfully at the title of 'author'*Quote:
*Midnight giggles.*
"Remind me someday to tell you some of the stories about growing up with two of the most overprotective mothers in the world. ^^"
wait, you are getting married? I thought you were like, best man or groomsman or something, from the way you've been talking.Quote:
Anyways, you probably won't see any more posts from me until quite late today, we're going out to dinner with the soon-to-be in-laws, and they're quite far away, actually. I'll try to get another excerpt out tonight when I get back.
Also, don't expect to see me much at all tomorrow, what with the wedding and all. :smallsmile:
I feel so out of loop'd.
Relatedly, trying to do multiple smaller quote blocks leaves me feeling even more out of the loop. It's one thing to catch up to you fine folks, another entirely to pop in, shout nonsequitors, and pop out over and over. I don't even know what I'm saying or how it's going over. That's a funny feeling.
So, sorry, pony thread. But massive text walls are where I'm going to stay.
1 I remember talking to a science teacher in highschool. When asked, he said absolute zeroe wasn't the lowest possible temperature, just the lowest which occurs naturally or something. Later study yielded the nugget that, at -497 or so degrees C (Celsius? Centigrade? Hay if I know, I didn't follow up on it) matter ceases to exist.
Sub Zero generates cold of -500 C. So he breaks physics. Or the outlands have different physics.
*. Not really a foot note. Sorry folks.
Hipster stamp of approval. (I really need to start reading your guys' fics..) http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/...P/9QvF1jpg.png
I still haven't found these at my local Target... http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/...ttershysad.png
My interest is officially piqued. I do need to read your fics. I really like your writing style and characterization from what I've seen. (Which has only been what you've posted from these here.)
For me, they're late teens/early adults. Like 18-24ish? If I had to pick an age order for the mane six, it would go something like this:
(Oldest to youngest)
-Rarity
-Fluttershy
-Applejack
-Twilight Sparkle
-Rainbow Dash
-Pinkie Pie
(Based on characterized seeming maturity levels.)
Sounds theoretical, and highly questionable. The first problem is that temperature is a measure of the energy of a system, and 0 K (-273.15 C) is a system with no energy. How are you going to get from -274 C to -497 C, when they only way to reduce temperature is to remove energy and there is no more energy to remove? Not to mention the difficulty in measuring such a phenomenon.
The second problem is that matter = energy, quite literally, and so I would predict seeing matter disintegrate at 0 K anyways. Which would probably produce energy, thus increasing the temperature of the system above 0 K at that point... but I think you get the idea.
As a side note, there is such a thing as negative temperatures. They aren't "sub 0 K" temperatures, though. They are "plus positive infinity" temperatures. No, I don't know what kinds of mathematical trickery provided that kind of answer. It's not relevant to our discussion, in any case.
So, no suggestions on any dark blue ponies with yellow/red manes then? Are there even any? My background pony-fu is weak...
No, more would be better! Our armour has to proof against all sorts of weapons, including being tough enough to resist things we might not even have heard of! It has to be able to withstand hits from the weapons as diverse as the common anti-matter warheads, the Cybertank's matter-flux warheads, conventional lasers, lazers, particle beams and blasters, heavy beams (i.e. slicey-starship-in-half-y beams), disintegrators, plasma-pulses and of course, railguns or magnetic linear accelerators.
Starship armour is much more than simple slabs of metal, it's a complex mesh of layered, interlocking components; "ablative" portions to absorb and reflect energy attacks (like "laser", "ablative" has gained a more general meaning), "reactive" parts to disrupt and re-direct explosive or kinetic type attacks, with material with bonds strong enough to drastically decrease the effect of molecular-level attacks (e.g. particle beams, matter-flux, anti-matter or teleport-dispersion effects like the Warp Accelerators in use by the Saturn Syndicate Ascendancy).
There's not much you can do about larger railguns, of course, except grit your teeth. Of course, they tend to be less murderous than, say anti-matter torpedoes because of their tendancy to over-penetrate and punch out the other side. Some races, like, say the Orc Fearcrushy, have thicker and even more durable armour in thicker layers, but we tend rather to rely on our shields. Ours are significantly better than average at repelling attacks, so we have less spot-failures (against lucky or consentrated fire or the aforementioned railgun slugs moving at excess of light-speed.)
Yes, coldbeams are very good at shattering matter. A lot of armour is more designed to handle very high temperatures, and nothing lower than absolute zero, so it's a way of circumnavigating some defenses (albeit an energy-costly, because coldbeams use considerably more juice than a similarly sized lazer, though the range characteristics (and actual theoretical maximum damage) are about the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiuiS
Oh, I'm quite happy yo talk about this stuff; after all, it's not like I can give you in-depth techinical specs (I'm a necromancer, not a starship engineer), not that you'd be able to use them. (Literally, some of the materials we use are unique to the Aotrs and can only be produced by us, by various methods I really won't go into (because they are classified.)Quote:
Originally Posted by SiuiS
*skullpalm*Quote:
Originally Posted by SiuiS
You know, sometimes I do make exaggerated comparisons for humorous effect! I don't always literally mean everything I say! (Clever Hint: if I say, I'd rather do [some random stupid thing] it's usually a sign I'm being sardonic...)
She actually said something unrepeatable.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiuiS
Also, to flash me, she'd have had to take her armour off. And, like me, Hopereaver wears the heavier medium body armour (because we both tend to get stuck in to combat on away missions, so we both prefer the extra protection over the standard light body armour normally used by staship crews). That's a fully sealable (because some enviroments are hostile even to creatures that don't need to breath - corrosive atmospheres, for example) suit of synthetic plasteel armour with greaves, so it's not something you can take off quickly. (We also have a heavier suit for drop troops, and of course, full powered armour as well. All our armour is also magic-permable, meaning I don't have to worry about chucking spells with fully suited up.)
You can't get truly sub-0 K tempertaures in nature, no. You just can't get less than absolute zero, because you can't get less than zero particle movement (as it is physically impossible to have negative movement!)
With magic or technology well beyond Earth's level, you can utilise elemental cold; which is the opposite of heat, rather than merely it's absence, as "cold" is naturally in the material universe; and this has it's own set of laws and behaviors. (I'm a necromancer, not a physist, at the end of the day, so I'm not easily able to explain it except in broad terms!)
Or in my case, say something funny enough to get the charismatic ponies to jokingly 'agree' and declare it canon before anyone is the wiser ;D
Aye, it's hard to convince most folks that love isn't a breadth or depth thing; the heart is is not a finite thing, but boundless.
Oh, I believe you. I was just using you as a springboard for self-flattery. Or trying, at any rate XD
you allow for dissenting opinions? But you're evil? You are a strange starfaring beast, indeed.
I gotta agree with this. Spike needs some love, even just of the hugs and cuddles variety.Quote:
Lix, I bet Spike would really, really appreciate the attention of a Love Goddess right about all-the-time! You should go and comfort him. Right now. And stay there. Y'know, in case he needs you. At a moment's notice. For stuff...
(Maybe I can get something out of all the crazy...!)
Especially of the hugs and cuddles variety, since Zecora seems to have the rest covered.
20 ish. They are all mature adults, (...at 20? Maybe I should add another five, ten years there...) who just happen to be childishly naive.
Sorry mate, didn't see this before. I'll give it a look-see.
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No, more would be better! Our armour has to proof against all sorts of weapons, including being tough enough to resist things we might not even have heard of! It has to be able to withstand hits from the weapons as diverse as the common anti-matter warheads, the Cybertank's matter-flux warheads, conventional lasers, lazers, particle beams and blasters, heavy beams (i.e. slicey-starship-in-half-y beams), disintegrators, plasma-pulses and of course, railguns or magnetic linear accelerators.*
Starship armour is much more than simple slabs of metal, it's a complex mesh of layered, interlocking components; "ablative" portions to absorb and reflect energy attacks (like "laser", "ablative" has gained a more general meaning), "reactive" parts to disrupt and re-direct explosive or kinetic type attacks, with material with bonds strong enough to drastically decrease the effect of molecular-level attacks (e.g. particle beams, matter-flux, anti-matter or teleport-dispersion effects like the Warp Accelerators in use by the Saturn Syndicate Ascendancy).*
There's not much you can do about larger railguns, of course, except grit your teeth. Of course, they tend to be less murderous than, say anti-matter torpedoes because of their tendancy to over-penetrate and punch out the other side. Some races, like, say the Orc Fearcrushy, have thicker and even more durable armour in thicker layers, but we tend rather to rely on our shields. Ours are significantly better than average at repelling attacks, so we have less spot-failures (against lucky or consentrated fire or the aforementioned railgun slugs moving at excess of light-speed.)[/quote]
completely forgot about the shields. I can't quite imagine which twists of physics would allow for that kind of technology, though, so I can't even guess at how they would fare.
... So you spend extra for the exotic weapon, take the EWP feat, and can overcome some DR? :smalbiggrin:Quote:
Yes, coldbeams are very good at shattering matter. A lot of armour is more designed to handle very high temperatures, and nothing lower than absolute zero, so it's a way of circumnavigating some defenses (albeit an energy-costly, because coldbeams use considerably more juice than a similarly sized lazer, though the range characteristics (and actual theoretical maximum damage) are about the same.
neat!Quote:
Oh, I'm quite happy yo talk about this stuff; after all, it's not like I can give you in-depth techinical specs (I'm a necromancer, not a starship engineer), not that you'd be able to use them. (Literally, some of the materials we use are unique to the Aotrs and can only be produced by us, by various methods I really won't go into (because they are classified.)
I knew how you meant it silly. It wasQuote:
*skullpalm*
You know, sometimes I do make exaggerated comparisons for humorous effect! I don't always literally mean everything I say! (Clever Hint: if I say, I'd rather do [some random stupid thing] it's usually a sign I'm being sardonic...)
"wow, [general you] can do that? [specific me] will have to try that!"
And speaking of missing a joke by taking something literally...
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She actually said something unrepeatable.*
Also, to flash me, she'd have had to take her armour off. And, like me, Hopereaver wears the heavier medium body armour (because we both tend to get stuck in to combat on away missions, so we both prefer the extra protection over the standard light body armour normally used by staship crews). That's a fully sealable (because some enviroments are hostile even to creatures that don't need to breath - corrosive atmospheres, for example) suit of synthetic plasteel armour with greaves, so it's not something you can take off quickly. (We also have a heavier suit for drop troops, and of course, full powered armour as well. All our armour is also magic-permable, meaning I don't have to worry about chucking spells with fully suited up.)
Blast. Looks like I hit one to many quotes. So this is directed at Erikun as well.Quote:
You can't get truly sub-0 K tempertaures in nature, no. You just can't get less than absolute zero, because you can't get less than zero particle movement (as it is physically impossible to have negative movement!)
Hi Erikun! Having fun?
I read at one point about a study showing that under enough pressure, matter would overlap. That is, the smallest particles, which theoretically should be utterly solid, rather than having a large percentage of their structure taken up by empty space, would occupy the same space. Despite such a thing being physically impossible.
So, given that we can have matter occupy other matter (I think it was about phasing, unsure though) and space beyond space a la a hypercube, is it possible to have negative movement? Despite being unable to conceive of negative movement, that is.
Given that matter is energy is matter, disintegration at crazy impossibly low temperatures makes sense.
Negative temperatures seem to be a result of the universe not compiling in this specific case the way our general-case equation would say it should. Defining temperature using two other variables is a novel but understandable concept. Silly quantifiers. Some things just are :smallbiggrin:
And finally; given that I recall absolute zero being defined in celsius scale, I didn't put much stock into it. The most important thing I was taught in school was how very little they actually taught me in school. Aside from "a kilogram is 2.2 pounds", my knowledge of physics is self-taught.
The best ship.
That is all.
* Zero absolute particle movement. It is entirely possible to have positive and negative movement, such as on a number line where positive is in one direction and negative is the opposite. In that case, negative movement would simply be in the direction of the negative "pole".
There is not a way to have less than no movement, though.
Heat transfers from one system to another, until both systems have reached equilibrium. That is, if you have one system at 0 K and another at 300 K (and have the same mass), then you end up with both at 150 K in the end.
I just treat an "elemental cold" as one system remaining at 0 K, absorbing heat but not changing temperature. Thus, the second system will drop to 150 K, then 75 K, and continue dropping in temperature as long as the elemental cold remains. In that case, you end up with situation resembling radioactive half-lifes, where the "coldness" or the volume doesn't matter as much as how quickly heat can be transferred out of the material object.
It also produces some fun situations with extremely hot objects. (You will reduce the object to half its current temperature in the same amount of time, regardless of the currect temperature, so starting very hot causes far more temperature stresses.)
From what I understand of antimatter, it is simply matter with an opposite electrical charge. This wouldn't really make it "negative temperature" matter, both because having the same properities in the opposite direction isn't a negative temperature (see my first comment above) and that electrical charge is a binary state, not a matter of degrees.
I'm not saying that you couldn't create antimatter by dropping regular matter below 0 K, but given that we can't even reach 0 K with current technology, it is obviously purely theoretical. And just as clearly not how existing antimatter is formed.
Yay for being noticed! :smallbiggrin:
0 Kelvin = -273.15 Celcius, exactly. (Centigrade is another term for Celcius.) In fact, the definition of Kelvin is to be identical to the Celcius scale (+1 K = +1 C) except that 0 K is set at absolute zero, rather than at the freezing point of water at Standard-Temperature-Pressure.
Huh, this depends on what we mean by "matter would overlap". If we just mean that it would overcome the standard atomic resistances and having the matter of two atoms in the normal space of one, then that doesn't sound too revolutionary. In fact, that is exactly what happens with plasma, where the standard atomic structure falls apart and we end up with a subatomic "soup".
If we are talking about literal matter occupying the same space as matter, I'd think we were dealing with quantum trickery or exceptional bending of spacetime, as opposed to the creation of additional dimensions à la a hypercube.
I'm still not seeing how we would produce negative movement - in the sense of less than no movement, as opposed to moving it into a different direction. I suppose if we are monkeying around with dimensions, we could say that moving it backwards along the time dimension could count as negative movement...
I believe I read somewhere (or perhaps just throught up) that actual absolute zero would have no energy in the system. None. This includes such things like gravity, electromagnetic, and weak nuclear force. Perhaps this is just how I take the definition to be - if there was some kind of force holding matter together, then it would provide energy for the system and thus keep it above 0 K. Needless to say, without any energy, the matter would simply fall apart. There'd be no chemical bonds to hold molecules together, no magnetism holding atoms together, no WNF holding nuclei together. Everything that makes up matter would just crumble apart.
It's kind of like matter falling apart with plasma, above, although for the opposite reason.
I can certainly understand that things which (apparently) ignore standard physics aren't going to behave as we would expect them to. I guess I'm just wondering why matter would still exist for that long to reach such a low actual negative temperature, since there isn't anything holding it together at an actual 0 K.