Ok, so y’all know about how, in general relativity, gravity slows time. Clocks closer to something massive and more strongly attracted to it run slower. And clocks farther away and less attracted run faster. I’d explain this to you in more detail but I’m busy. Anyway, AG can use the different times on his different clocks in different rooms to map the mass and therefore strength of gravity in those rooms.
Also you must know that Star Trek’s USS Enterprise has this gravity warp drive which sort of bunches space together and burrows through the folds so it can somehow seem to get where it’s going faster than the speed of light. I’m still really busy. This may be possible. It may have been done*. But I wouldn’t bet on it, and neither would AG: his kicker quote, “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” and his secret caption, “drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring,” come from Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism: drinking from the Pierian spring confers knowledge. The rest of that verse goes, “there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,/and drinking largely sobers us again.” Meaning, if you’re going to learn something, for chrissakes learn it.
AG has a mouseover that says, “THAT’s RIGHT! Ice. Man.” That one, I haven’t a clue and any suggestions would be deeply welcomed.
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*Translation of the acronyms in that link, which I suspect is having its little joke: NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement; SBU – Sensitive But Unclassified; DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; MOU – Memorandum of Agreement; PAO – Public Affairs Office; JSC – Johnson Space Center; FOIA – Freedom of Information Act. It’s like a poem, isn’t it.
“That’s right! Ice. Man. I AM dangerous.”
Maverick to Iceman in Top Gun.
Hey, it’s at least as realistic as Star Trek. Almost.
Ah. Thank you, Mark. I was confused by the periods. Not that I would have known who Iceman was anyway. So it’s mean and macho, right?