Comments on: Scientific Obstacles

By: maldar

maldar — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:11:01 +0000

For now that is the case. I recall people saying that 1GHz CPUs would run so hot that they could not be cooled fast enough. I think before multi core CPUs, we got to 4GHz on a single core. All we need is time & people to seriously work on the issue.

By: Eirik

Eirik — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:39:27 +0000

Or… you could just give Bink a laser pointer and say “there ya go”. You KNOW how cats love playing with your laser pointer, right?

By: Eirik

Eirik — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:37:54 +0000

You obviously came in late to the strip: PP = PooPal, a robotic cat litterbox.

By: Fluffy776

Fluffy776 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:37 +0000

I’m too young to know the earlier books I guess. I figured that Plasma had always been the formal text behind it.

Like using the light saber power source in, say, blasters and the like? yeah, the Star Wars tech does kinda fall apart at times.

By: Marcus Darkstar

Marcus Darkstar — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:36:49 +0000

“why make a sword? Why not create a more powerful and unstoppable hand-held weapon?”

They do their called blasters. Blasters are plasma based too

By: dibs

dibs — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:09:22 +0000

i think Bink’s face in panel 3 is my favorite part

By: Javier

Javier — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:11:49 +0000

Early Star Wars books said they were “self-reflecting lasers”, however that’s supposed to work. It’s only the more recent and updated books that correct that by making them contained plasma weapons.

Of course, the thing with lightsabers being plasma generators that bind the plasma using some form of field is: if you’ve got the tech to make portable and powerful plasma generators and can direct them with fields, why make a sword? Why not create a more powerful and unstoppable hand-held weapon?

By: Noelwiz

Noelwiz — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:04:34 +0000

Yea both r hard and a ways off, but at least he all ready have high powered lasers

By: Fluffy776

Fluffy776 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:42 +0000

I’m glad someone else pointed this out.
I thought it was common knowledge that they were plasma not lasers.

By: Joal

Joal — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:05:32 +0000

I don’t think that the plasma-in-a-containment-field is any easier to build right now than the laser thing, guys… regardless of power and cooling.