Driving Principle

Well, I won’t grab on to it now….   but I was going to correlate the expulsion of gas to both the physics of space travel and Six Sigma forum input from black clad spacecraft evil-doer’s with raspy voices – but it will have to wait for another day.
Vinny

Sam,
 
If you went out and got yourself a ship like the Millennium Falcon, and performed some upgrades, you needn’t bother worrying about such things (assuming the Hyper-Drive is fully functional she drives like a dream).  Her technology is not of this earth, but unfortunately for you, it is a trade secret that I’m not about to share neither in a public forum nor for free.  However, one example of this technology I will give you is the artificial environment envelope.  With it, you can explore within a limited perimeter of the ship while parked inside an asteroid in the middle of the vacuum of space (great for unexpected repairs).  Most importantly, the performance and handling are excellent (I’m sure you have heard about the Kessel Run!).  Not to mention she is good in a fight, and can knock out Empire Fighters with just one shot (ask Darth).
 
Please post your contact information and my associate, a very tall and hairy SOB will contact you with pricing…  (Fair warning though: don’t tick him off or he will rip your arms off!)
 
-Solo

Is it possible that V. Laxman-inski-adinov is back?
This looks like one of his questions…..

Can you get some of whatever this guy is smoking? The Forum needed a little diversion like this. Thanks SAM for an off the wall thread. We haven’t had a good one like this since V and his house thread.

BTDT:
Ahh yes. But I doubt that Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp could hold a candle in the trash talking world of obscure dead mathematicians or statisticans, some kind of nude marxist ‘down with the man’ tribute dance, or the care and feeding of basement plant life in the bay area, as well as our Vinny.
But Johnny Depp does have that pirate look going for him now, maybe he can talk obscure dead pirates instead. Maybe he was once a pupil of Black Beard in a former life…..and measured the velocity of sound by timing the difference between the flash and the sound of a cannon on the big blue seas. Who knows? 

Phil,
 
This thread on space piracy has been most disturbing, and I was hesitant to wade in until I’d given it thought and come to a recommended solution for mankind’s pending scourge of devilish space pirates.  
 
I’m pleased to point out that perhaps all is not lost. The work done by Drs. Okazawa, Leyton, Benkelfat, Mzengeza, and Diksic on statistical mapping analysis of serotonin synthesis images generated in healthy volunteers using positron-emission tomography and alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan has pointed out significant differences in serotonin concentrations and absorption rates between healthy males and females with predictable correlations of serotonin density to three dimensional lobular brain grid maps.
This work also has the potential for use as a predictive screening morphology for those prone to space piracy.   Although much work in the field is in front of us, the good news is that we have time to develop this screening means prior to space piracy becoming a pervasive threat.  Prescreening for this propensity at the point of space pilot qualification testing and licensing will keep many of the pilot skilled but weak willed miscreants grounded.  
 
Yours in developing ongoing statistical applications for the facilitation of preventive screening morphologies.
 
Vinny 
 

Phil,
 
Laugh and jest if you will.   With that attitude you’ll wind up some space pirate’s Boy Friday in a cargo hold somewhere beyond the Nebulon Galaxy just hoping for a passing Assault Frigate or at least a Nebulon-B Escort Frigate to liberate you.    But you know as well as I do that a frigate’s turbo blasters, laser and ion cannons will just vaporize your measly little pirate ship without even dropping out of warp speed for more than a few nanoseconds. 
 
If I was you I get a copy of the paper on statistical mapping analysis of serotonin synthesis images generated in healthy volunteers using positron-emission tomography and alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan that pointed out significant differences in serotonin concentrations and absorption rates between healthy males and females with predictable correlations of serotonin density to three dimensional lobular brain grid maps and study up.  Might literally save your butt Space Boy.
 
Yours in furthering the development and implementation of adaptive facilitative mathematics and sciences used in shielding against the ravages of predatory space voyagers.
 Vinny