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In the world of quantum mechanics, the laws of physics that are familiar from the everyday world no longer work. Instead, events are governed by probabilities. A radioactive atom, for example, might decay, emitting an electron, or it might not. It is possible to set up an experiment in such a way that there is a precise fifty-fifty chance that one of the atoms in a lump of radioactive material will decay in a certain time and that a detector will register the decay if it does happen. Schrödinger, as upset as Einstein about the implications of quantum theory, tried to show the absurdity of these implications by imagining such an experiment set up in a closed room, or box, which also contains a live cat and a phial of poison, so arranged that if the radioactive decay does occur then the poison container is broken and the cat dies. In the everyday world, there is a fifty-fifty chance that the cat will be killed, and without looking inside the box we can say, quite happily, that the cat inside is either dead or alive. But now we encounter the strangeness of the quantum world. According to the theory, neither of the two possibilities open to the radioactive material, and therefore to the cat, has any reality unless it is observed. The atomic decay has neither happened nor not happened, the cat has neither been killed nor not killed, until we look inside the box. Theorists who accept the pure version of quantum mechanics say that the cat exists in some indeterminate state, neither dead nor alive, until an observer looks into the box to see how things are getting on. Nothing is real unless it is observed.

Fun times everyday! Dont be scared, if people make fun of you for wanting to PVP missile boats come join us and we will show them how it's done together!

In a certain village there is a man, so the paradox runs, who is a barber; this barber shaves all and only those men in the village who do not shave themselves. Query: Does the barber shave himself?

Any man in this village is shaved by the barber if and only if he is not shaved by himself. Therefore in particular the barber shaves himself if and only if he does not. We are in trouble if we say the barber shaves himself and we are in trouble if we say he does not.

Bumping the hopes i may actualy get some cake....instead of lies about cake.........

Another day, another dollar. And another paradox...

Zeno's second paradox of motion, of Achilles and the tortoise, is probably the best known of his four paradoxes of motion. In this problem, the fleet Greek warrior runs a race against a slow-moving tortoise. Assume Achilles runs at ten times the speed of the tortoise (1 meter per second to 0.1 meter per second). The tortoise is given a 100-meter handicap in a race that is 1,000 meters. By the time Achilles reaches the tortoise's starting point T0, the tortoise will have moved on to point T1. Soon, Achilles will reach point T1, but by then the tortoise would have moved on to T2, and so on, ad infinitum. Every time Achilles reaches a point where the tortoise has just been, the tortoise has moved on a bit. Although the distances between the two runners will diminish rapidly, Achilles can never catch up with the tortoise, or so it would seem.

Hey folks, still after pilots, we only need a handful more to do some really challenging fights.

Bump from a fellow Caldari.

Gila pilots welcome.

No response? Must be 'cause I ain't so good with them paradoxes and I ain't interested in quantum mechanics, unless they can fix a Chevy Silverado. How 'bout a limerick?

There once was a maid from Madras
Who had a magnificent ass.
Not rounded and pink,
as you'd possibly think;
It was gray, had long ears, and ate grass.

Great posts Peck

In regards to new players, I do like to support new players getting into the game, but we're not really a new player corp, and we don't really have the bandwidth to support you properly.

We do use Harpy pilots a lot, and the Hawk is good, but not as good in a fleet due to it's reduced EHP. It's an early role that works well in our fleet and would teach you a lot. But it takes a short while to get into that ship at the standard we're looking for. I'd like you to stay in touch while you progress and feel free to hang in RBBTS to socialise.

What I recommend to all brand new players who approach us, is to join EvE University. It takes a short while to get in, but it is by far the best way to learn about EvE. We'd then teach you more about small fleet PvP.

I hope this makes sense and leads you on a solid path.

Enjoy EvE,

- Moon