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Grey Goo
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:24 pm
by Cryticfarm
Grey goo happens with a replicator floating in a bottle of chemicals replicates itself in say, 1000 seconds. So in 1000 seconds there would be 2 replicators and so on. At 10 hours, there won't be 32 replicators but over 68 billion. In less then one day, they will weigh a ton, in 2 days, they will outweigh the earth. In another 4 hours, they would exceed the mass of the sun.
Do you think this could happen somewhere in the furture?
Discuss.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:27 pm
by Dalek
im more worried about brown goo.
otherwise known as diahoera.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:28 pm
by D4rkFire
Dalek wrote:im more worried about brown goo.
otherwise known as diahoera.
Clever.
Re: Grey Goo
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:34 pm
by Tural
Cryticfarm wrote:Do you think this could happen somewhere in the furture?
No.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:57 pm
by bibbit
I agree with Tural.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:07 pm
by metkillerjoe
According to the conservation of matter, that theory fails, miserably.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:45 pm
by grimdoomer
Do you know how much bigger the sun is then the earth, if the sun was a soccer ball the earth would be a little smaller then a dime
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:46 pm
by Tural
metkillerjoe wrote:According to the conservation of matter, that theory fails, miserably.
This man speaks the truth.
grimdoomer wrote:Do you know how much bigger the sun is then the earth, if the sun was a soccer ball the earth would be a little smaller then a dime
That's not really relevant.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:33 am
by Philly
Conservation of matter? I thought it was energy...
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:06 am
by Dalek
Philly wrote:Conservation of matter? I thought it was energy...
Both, you cannot destroy or create energy and matter only convert it to other forms.
in the case of matter it would either be through atomic fusion or fission or through making a new compound element.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:20 am
by Philly
This 'slime' of Crytic's could take in energy from its surroundings, just like a plant or bacterium, no?
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:06 pm
by Tural
It's still completely ridiculous.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:19 pm
by Danke
In the ridiculously slim chance this does happen, I'm totally going to punch Tural in the face.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:25 pm
by Tural
We all know you're going to punch me in the face whether it does or doesn't happen.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:31 pm
by Danke
Tural wrote:We all know you're going to punch me in the face whether it does or doesn't happen.
Yeah, but lets just hope that the grey goo doesn't eat us all before I can get to you.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:12 pm
by Darco
grimdoomer wrote:Do you know how much bigger the sun is then the earth, if the sun was a soccer ball the earth would be a little smaller then a dime
Its all exponential.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:58 pm
by hollow121314
i doubt a random pile of goo will start forming and end up engulfing the entire universal galactic boundaries...seems a little far fetched if you ask me
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:26 pm
by CabooseJr
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:38 pm
by Veegie
CabooseJr wrote:Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed.
There are exceptions.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:20 pm
by FleetAdmiralBacon
Veegie wrote:CabooseJr wrote:Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed.
There are exceptions.
One can convert energy to matter, but it takes a
lot of energy to make a
very small amount of matter... It's also a lot easier to just convert matter to energy.