gbaji wrote:
Aripyanfar wrote:
I'm sorry guys, when the science fiction writers have been in this much agreement for so long about a future tech, it's going to happen. The writers usually get the "when" wrong on gestalts like this, but they don't get the "what" wrong.
So we'll be calculating hyperspace jumps using slide rules any day now? Or ever?
Depends on whether or not electricity (and/or quantum computers) work normally in hyperspace.
Though, given the option between doing it on paper and using a slide rule, I'd rather do it on paper. Five-digit precision (which is what a good,
really high-end slide rule is capable of, unfortunately) still works out to about 0.3 AU per light year worth of error - enough to stick you inside your destination rather than on the outskirts of its solar system for any trip of reasonable length.