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Re:What Happened When We Tried to Publish a Real Paper Inves... by sbd on Friday June 20, 2014 @10:40AM (#7920860)
Is this what the technology in the movie "Primer" was based on?
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Re:What Happened When We Tried to Publish a Real Paper Inves... by jacquesm on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:03AM (#7920964)
No, primer is about time travel, not anti-gravity or gravity shielding.
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Re:What Happened When We Tried to Publish a Real Paper Inves... by gphil on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:09AM (#7921001)
Off the top of my head, I remember the engineers' initial idea was to reduce the weight of a load in a truck. Then, they realized the technology could be used to build a time machine.
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Re:What Happened When We Tried to Publish a Real Paper Inves... by jacquesm on Friday June 20, 2014 @11:12AM (#7921019)
Ah yes, the 'object inside' right. I'd totally forgotten about that, apologies.
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