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Ah okay. I only did complex numbers and partial fractions (worst things ever) because I do the higher level extra maths courses

I'm just trying to throw a word of caution into the wind, quite a few people won't know how to repair their Windows bootloader if they want to get rid of Linux, for instance

Just my two cents but long burn times can mess up your ejection angles, as you're orbiting around the planet as you burn

Honestly I found that while Linux was interesting Windows didn't like it's partition and I missed most of the stuff I usually run (Wine basically exploded with iTunes)

How do they stop you from using Nvidia's base drivers? I overwrote Lenovo's drivers with Intel's on this laptop

Did you not do complex numbers and all that in high school? I'm in grade 11 and the most complex maths I've done is complex numbers and partial fractions (that's under IEB AP maths) and I'm aiming to move onto A levels next year. Are things done differently in America or? (don't mean to derail the thread at all, just surprised at the difference in education) Whoops this thread is a few days old... I need sleep

Psycix had a very good idea actually, again that's mostly within the realm of current tech (hey who's got a few quintillion dollars lying around?) and doesn't the Alcubierre drive heat everything up in it's bubble of space to the point that anything is impractical? (theoretically speaking of course). Honestly sometimes I feel sad because nothing truly in the realm of science fiction will come in the 80 or so years I've got left

I looked up how long it would take to accelerate to c at 1G, and that's just over a year ignoring the annoyances of relativity. I'm mostly just wondering about a way to dampen massive g forces with somewhat current day tech (ignoring, again, relativistic effects)

So last night I was lying in bed (mostly trying to not think of the chemistry paper I was going to fail today) and a thought struck me. So if you want to go to a star 200 million light years away, and you could get past the speed of light, how would you go about accelerating to that speed? I'm gonna reckon that for a long (order of months, maybe years) burn, 2Gs would be the maximum limit normally. However that still means you can only accelerate at 19.62m/s^s. And that's accelerating to way past 299 792 458m/s (quite a few orders of magnitude). Now if we wanted to get to that place within, lets say, a year (FTL travel being possible) how would we deal with the g-forces that are going to want to plaster us into a pinkish smear on the rear wall of the cockpit? I thought of a system that converts the velocity into angular momentum for the crew compartment leaving the crew compartment spinning at a very fast speed (which would slow down over the course of the journey), having brakes of some sort to slow down the angular acceleration.

I think it's because of your view. Try and adjust the camera so you can move the node into line with the other node and not the fuselage. It seems to jump around a bit when you're trying to put it near another part

You called? Sorry that's offtopic but it made me laugh when I saw the title

Also not free, but if you have $5 spare buy the Binding of Isaac off steam, it's very portable, no DRM and I've put 150 hours into it so far... It's just very hard that's all

A bit off topic but I just wanted to say that collecting all three books in this series is one of the few things I'm truly proud of... All three printed in the early 70s/late 60s. (The original trilogy) Also I liked the way it spoke about social development and the way religion plays a role... (Kind of like the collapse of the Ancient Roman Empire)

Reinstalling Windows does tend to be effective lol, with my old desktop did that a few times. I just find that Windows 8 is a lot more user friendly, is a lot harder to break as a whole, and is good for those who know how to use it. Windows 8's powershell is a million times better than Windows 7's, for instance. I do think that Microsoft could have done a way better job with the UI change though, that did turn a lot of people off. I honestly believe it's better for the average user though, and everything else is available quite quickly through a Windows Key+R *enter command/folder here* (not a proper quote soz)No user should touch the registry. It's bad news all round, and the problem with having full admin privileges is that if a virus is making use of your account then it can do whatever it wants with your system. I don't mind having some access restrictions, as it keeps my relatively pricey laptop working well. And whatever restrictions there are can be overridden for a short while if needed

I personally recommend Windows 8. I haven't had one crash since I got this laptop (compared to 7 which just didn't boot up eventually, but that may have been a failing HDD). Also the recovery options are useful

Just thought I'd collect a few pictures to show how big the universe is in comparison to Earth, the first picture's of the local universe (1 billion light years across), the second picture of the Virgo Supercluster (contains the local group), the third picture is of the local group (contains the Milky Way), the fourth picture's of the Sun's position in the Milky Way, and the last picture is of Earth in comparison to the rest of the solar system and Sun. Just found it a bit interesting to see really

I want to do a survey type thing, and for that I need some information to plot a graph. Basically what I want is... How do you design your craft to look, and how old are you? This is going to mostly see if there's some sort of correlation between age what you create. Do you create things designed to look like real life rockets, futuristic (still don't know how some people get those things into orbit), battleship type things, spaceplanes, or anything else that I've missed out. I'm 16 and I mostly make my rockets to look somewhat like modern day non reusable types.

Lenovo Edge E530 Intel Ivy Bridge i7 3632QM @2.2GHz w/ hyperthreading enabled 8GB DDR3 @1.6GHz Intel HD4000 IGP (at stock clock) 720GB HDD (have no idea about the RPM or transfer rates) Laptop's around 4 months old, CPU was released last October, laptop model in November And it actually runs Skyrim pretty well at 1080p with mediumish/high settings, which I'm quite surprised by, runs anything as well as a 360 can including BF3 (which left me flabbergasted)...

I have a bug, for some reason mine isn't scanning. I had a lower satellite that was taking too long, so I deorbited it (that's No. 1 on the map, a strut survived reentry heat and the impact), yet neither of my other 2 mapping satellites work. No 2 is at a perfect 1000x1000 orbit with a inclination of 90 degrees, and the other is at a perfect 3000x3000 at an inclination of 85 degree. This is all the info from the third one: Mods used: FAR, Deadly Rentry, Planet Factory, KW Rocketry, B9 Aerospace, City Lights and Clouds, Kerb Town, Kerbin City, IonCross Life Support, Mechjeb, Kethane, and Procedural Fairings The Satellite has the Multispectral Sensor, SAR, RADAR, and the MapTraq (which doesn't seem to be doing anything). It has more than enough electricity as well

So for the last few days I've been trying to get a Duna rocket that has a TWR of 2.2 (Kerbin Gravity) in every stage. I didn't get my goal, with every stage only having a TWR of 1.6. The only problem is that the launch clamps just fall off when I try launching it. . The rocket weighs 726.39t, has 12k Delta-v, and has 24 launch clamps to try and keep it on, which don't work. Surely they should be stronger, as they are attached to the floor?

Well this is my second stage that's been designed so far (just the two upper stages can get into orbit), and I know efficiency is important once in orbit, I'm just messing around because I'm bored:

I made a whole chart on engine's TWR xD It's mostly because I remember reading somewhere that it's good to have a TWR of 2.2 with the rocket equation. And because I'm bored... (Had a ion probe with 4000m/s Delta-v (launch vehicle having 11k delta-v) and used it to get to Ascension with the ion engine braking the probe into orbit, so I wanna try the other side of things) Also it would be nice if my lander was capable of achieving Kerbin orbit (normally one of the things I do when designing Duna landers)

I know that... That's why I wrote "experimental" and TWR does play a role. You can have a stupidly efficient ion engine run for 2 hours straight, but for large craft that would probably do only around 1km/s of delta-v as the acceleration from that 0.5 kN of thrust is almost non-existant

So I'm building an experimental Duna craft , and I'm aiming for every stage to have a TWR of 2.2 (Kerbin gravity), including the lander. Now to achieve that I'm going to need 345.312 kN of thrust for the lander (added a few parts after the picture, excluding the engine). I'm trying to stay away from radial engines, but I understand that throttle will allow me to get that amount of trust. What would the most fuel efficient way of getting that thrust be? First stage will be launch and interplanetary adjustments, second stage will have the 3.75m inflatable heat shield from Deadly Reentry to aerobrake, which will then drop off so the engine can ignite after the craft is in some sort of orbit, I will lower my orbit into a 60km circular one, leaving the second stage in orbit under command of a probe pod (which will also be the docking craft, RCS weighs too much for the lander). The lander will then undock, land and return to rendezvous with the second stage which will then return to Kerbin once the lander has docked with it. Mods used are (ones that add parts anyway): KW Rocketry, Deadly Reentry, FAR, B9 Aerospace, with a few more that won't affect this

I find it's due to the wheels going all jittery when accelerating... I find that just using two wheels in a bicycle layout like the U-2 works pretty well if you're able to keep it upright