Superfluous J Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, HansonKerman said: wa it if cannons are part of the famous “to the moon and back” (or something by joules Verne (or whatever) then why don’t cannons exist in ksp For the same reason warp drives are part of Star Trek but warp drives don't exist in ksp. Same with any other fictional drive that is not at least proven to exist, if not actually exist IRL (with changes in game of course, to account for the different universe and gameplay considerations). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 7:57 PM, HansonKerman said: If I as a Kerbal am small to you humans... how would we open human doors? Genuinely wondering lol Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) A zero-dimensional object would have no length, no width and no height, which would make it an infinitely small point. An infinitely small point can also be described as a singularity. Therefore a 0D object is a black hole. Edited March 15, 2020 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 hour ago, RealKerbal3x said: A zero-dimensional object would have no length, no width and no height, which would make it an infinitely small point. An infinitely small point can also be described as a singularity. Therefore a 0D object is a black hole. In physics, a 0D object that has mass would be a black hole, size entirely dependent on how much mass you give it. In math, math doesn't care and it's just a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) Only 3d worlds where potential fields are 1/r2 have circular orbits. So, unlikely a "black hole" is defined for lesser other dimension numbers. Edited March 15, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 3 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: A zero-dimensional object would have no length, no width and no height, which would make it an infinitely small point. An infinitely small point can also be described as a singularity. Therefore a 0D object is a black hole. Not quite. A black hole has a singularity because of the mathematical system we use to describe it. But a singularity isn’t a black hole. It’s just when something approaches infinity - like density in the case of a black hole or some function in the case of math. If we get better models then it’s entirely possible that future black hole models will not have singularities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 1:50 PM, HansonKerman said: the famous “to the moon and back” (or something by joules Verne (or whatever) That would be Savage Garden. So, supposing a few suppositions: 1. corona virus turns out to be stable (not mutating every now and then) 2. it is the type that you can get sick from only once before developing immunity 3. it continues to be rather safe for children Can we expect corona parties where parents bring their children to play with other infected kids in order to catch it as soon as possible? Sort of like chickenpox is not dangerous for kids, but is for adults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Shpaget said: Can we expect corona parties where parents bring their children to play with other infected kids in order to catch it as soon as possible? My dad was talking about the idea that getting it early, before the medical system is overwhelmed. I told him "So, it's time for my generation to take our parents to coranavirus parties?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaiaK Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Shpaget said: So, supposing a few suppositions: 1. corona virus turns out to be stable (not mutating every now and then) 2. it is the type that you can get sick from only once before developing immunity 3. it continues to be rather safe for children I have read (forget where) that there are already at least four variants - the original, the South Korean one (less lethal), the Italian one (more lethal), and the western US one. Probably there are other variants. (Iran? Indonesia?) Coronaviruses are known for mutating a lot. According to Wikipedia, about 15% of common colds are caused by coronaviruses. No-one gets immunity to colds. But hey, we can hope. This one might be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 My wife accused me of being a carrier of the Caronovirus (my last name is Caron). Having been married for many years, she doesn’t want to risk catching it again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) A proper software design separates the program UI and the program logic. So, UI is antonym for logic. Logic vs User Interface. And this is actually seen everywhere. *** The console applications don't have UI. Though, this doesn't necessary mean they consist of pure logic. Mostly they lack both. Dialectics... *** Plugins. And dll. Even the software itself makes its internal business processes outsourced wherever it can. Why then plugins can't choose between the installed programs, which ones are allowed to use them? They need a trade union. Maybe a plugin can choose a better program to serve to. Spoiler P.S. Just thoughts while again painfully choosing a directory structure for a program. Edited March 19, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) Glass half empty: "coronavirus will result in some significant, unknown number of deaths worldwide" Glass half full: "Nature is taking back some of the remarkable gains mankind has made in extending life expectancy" Maybe we've just let our expectations get out of sync with nature and life? Edited March 19, 2020 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) The Nature hates the toilet paper. It's the Ent Mutiny. They've made the virus to revenge. Or Maleficenta. Edited March 19, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 The most distant point of an elliptic orbit is in general "apocenter" or "apoapsis". For the named celestial bodies it can be named after the body's name. Say, Sun = aphelium (apo + helium) Earth = apogee Jupiter = apojove or apojovium (apo + Jovis aka Jupiter) What is the correct name for the Apophisocentric orbit? apoapophisium? apoapophe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Sun = aphelium (apo + helium) aphelion, isn't it? from Greek, 'helios', for Sun Edited March 22, 2020 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: The most distant point of an elliptic orbit is in general "apocenter" or "apoapsis". For the named celestial bodies it can be named after the body's name. Say, Sun = aphelium (apo + helium) Earth = apogee Jupiter = apojove or apojovium (apo + Jovis aka Jupiter) What is the correct name for the Apophisocentric orbit? apoapophisium? apoapophe? Much like in Kerbal space program, by the time humans need to refer to the apoapsis of Apophis, they'll say "the apoapsis of Apophis" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said: they'll say "the apoapsis of Apophis" 3 times and quickly *** The apopapsis of Apophis approaching apparent aptitude. Edited March 22, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) In 1997 a guy made a mathematical breakthrough to cut down computational needs from millions to just four. The application was to make slight modifications to out of tune singing voice to adjust it to a correct tune. The product was called Auto-Tune. In comes Cher, and the first thing she does is crank it to 11 to sound like a robot and produce the exactly opposite effect of the intended. Edited March 23, 2020 by Shpaget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Shpaget said: a guy made a mathematical breakthrough And everyone knows Cher... but no one knows this guy's name. What a world we live in, eh...!? Edited March 23, 2020 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, Hotel26 said: no one knows this guy's name. Yeah, that's life for you. So, just here it goes. The inventor of Auto-Tune is Andy Hildebrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Shpaget said: In 1997 a guy made a mathematical breakthrough to cut down computational needs from millions to just four. The application was to make slight modifications to out of tune singing voice to adjust it to a correct tune. The product was called Auto-Tune. In comes Cher, and the first thing she does is crank it to 11 to sound like a robot and produce the exactly opposite effect of the intended. To be fair, any singing re-tuned in this way, sounds incredibly obvious....and terrible. Sorry, terrIiIbbLLe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 While I posted this over in the Coronavirus thread, I noticed that one of the redshirts looks a little older. Spoiler Which made me realize that, much like pilots, there are old redshirts, and there are bold redshirts, but there are no old, bold redshirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Yesterday I watched The Watcher (2000) with Keanu Reeves and James Spader. Keanu dances to some music which I noticed but didn't really think twice about. Today I started watching The Matrix, for the nth time and 10 minutes into the first movie (club scene where he meets Trinity) that same song (Dragula) plays. I think Keanu Reeves might be Rob Zombie fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Just the Matrix bug. Try to reload your location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Way, hey, and up she rises! Way, hey, and up she rises! Way, hey, and up she rises Early in the morning! Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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