it’s gravity’s rainbow not gravity’s bilbo
Hobbit rockets never leave the ground. They use pipe-weed as fuel and, by T plus 60 of any launch, the engineers are all giggling on the launch pad eating funions as a quick post-elevenses snack.
That would explain why Gandalf likes visiting the Shire so much
Legit question. Can the ring influence targeting computers over long distances? Or modern LLMs?
No but I’m sure it lt would literally (read: narratively) affect any mortal programming the computer, or setting the LLM out with such a purpose.
when Gandalf said “Fly! You Fools!” This is what he meant
Silly me! I thought he miscasted a levitation spell.
“I mean it’s not rocket science, guys.” - Boromir on using a catapult to launch the ring into Mt. Doom
one does not simply ICBM into Mordor.
Also. we can easily create temperatures far exiding mount Doom’s lava.
Maybe even ye olde thermite could do something
This is more of an orbital nuclear defense question since Mordor has a pretty in depth strategy against this sort of threat. Frodo probably didn’t consider this option because of the Pan-Middle Earth nuclear deescalation agreement of the second age, sub section 2, page five, which if violated could have big international downstream effects.
I mean, it all looks so simple.
B’cause XOR!!!
Question, if I have an unbreakable ring, what cool things could an engineer do with that?
Well it’s interesting that it makes regular ringing/metallic sounds when it’s dropped(at least in the movies), so it is not inelastic. Which means it could be deformed if placed under extreme force but it would always spring back into shape. So I think it might be the world’s most powerful spring.
is there something useful that can be done with just ONE unbreakable spring?
A drill bit, maybe?
Give it to someone like Styropyro, they’ll figure out how to break it.
It really depends on the other material properties. Like if it’s as slippery as nylon vs as slippery as rubber is really gonna change things. Plus how does it react to outside forces trying to destroy it? Absorption? Diffusion? Conversion (like heat into sound or something).
All that would drastically change what you could do with it
the question is, with only ONE of those rings, is there something useful to be done?
Sure. For me (computer scientist but went to engineering based school) I’d be most excited about the experimental possibilities.
I mean if nothing else the potential to have the world’s most stable mass and dimensional object could revolutionize measurements, which might not sound the most practical until you realize just how much we rely on dimensional accuracy for so many things.
There’s some experiments where we fire a laser at things, and we’re approaching powers (zetawatts) where things basically instantly melt. Having a material that can withstand that could allow experiments that could push our understanding of light, nuclear reactions, quantum mechanics, and more.
From a practical aspect. If it, say, absorbs heat. Having a limitless heat sink could potentially let us explore deeper into the Earth’s core than ever before (where the heat and pressure really caused issues for the drills).
And all that is just off a few seconds thought from a non engineer.
If it absorbs infinite heat, it would be great as a you heatsink - think of the possibilities? Or maybe it just has zero heat capacity.
Not sure if it is useful for measurement standards, as it is seen changing size based on the wielder.
which could be use for stuff. big finger person puts something inside, hand it to someone with smaller fingers, and it has unlimited crushing force.
Well, it doesn’t change size based on the wielder. It changes size based on its will and what it percieves will bring it the result it desires. Which is admittedly way more complex and abstract. This is why I said knowing more about it’s properties would be extremely important to figuring out how to use it.
If it only changes size in one direction, like growing bigger to slip off a finger, but the band width never changes, then it would still be extremely useful for some measurements. We also don’t know if there’s a maximum or minimum to it’s size changes which would greatly matter.
It works well as a paperweight.
What’s your equation to enter the cave?
If you increase ∆v enough it cancels out the equation for entering the cave.
Sauron the deceiver applauds your drone delivery.
