kerbiloid Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 And an Orion Pogo Stick to start from Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: And an Orion Pogo Stick to start from Mars Maybe Orion was a pogo stick all along? I can imagine an engineer who’s working late trying come up with a proposal for a propulsion system using nukes. Suddenly, he sees his kid’s pogo stick and EUREKA, the concept of Orion was born Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Gargamel said: It was literally a passing thought to build a single piston pogo stick. This exists. It is called a Jack Hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Unfortunately, Anne McCaffrey didn’t live long enough to see real live Dragonriders, even if they rode a mechanical Dragon instead of biological…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Know a planet in the greater scheme of things is literally just a pebble near a small fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 5 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Unfortunately, Anne McCaffrey didn’t live long enough to see real live Dragonriders, even if they rode a mechanical Dragon instead of biological…. I had forgotten that she had died, which is sad because I enjoyed her books, though not the Dragon Riders of Pern, never could get in to them, but The Crystal Singer series, The Talent series (I think "To Ride Pegasus" might have been my introduction to her.) ,The Dinosaur Planet books, Doona, Brain and Brawn, Acorna. Through these I was also introduced to Elizabeth Moon who I also enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DialoMalison Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 11 hours ago, ColdJ said: This exists. It is called a Jack Hammer. Jacques Hammer in France Jens Hammer in Germany Giacomo Hammer in Italy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 6 hours ago, DialoMalison said: Jacques Hammer in France Jens Hammer in Germany Giacomo Hammer in Italy Not to mention Sean, Shane, John, Ivan and Jake. 15 hours ago, Minmus Taster said: Know a planet in the greater scheme of things is literally just a pebble near a small fire. Just don't kick it in to a cold stream or we will all be cracking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 hour ago, ColdJ said: Ivan Yakov. Ivan is John. *** But why Jacques is Hammer, not Martell or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Ivan is John. They are all forms of John. Jack is a form of John. So as you have confirmed Ivan is a form of John and so Jack. Cogito, ergo sum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 hour ago, ColdJ said: . Jack is a form of John. Isn't it Jackob? P.S. Anyway not Jeb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: Isn't it Jackob? Nope. Jackob is a variation on Jacob which in turn is from the Hebrew Ya'qob and also variations from ancient Latin and Greek. The most Anglesised version being James. There are variations from many dozens of languages but it would be easier for you to just Wikipedia the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DialoMalison Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 15 hours ago, kerbiloid said: But why Jacques is Hammer, not Martell or so? Because, like kerbals, they all have the same last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) StarWars, the scene where Han shot first. How did the lightshot easily pass through the thick, smoky atmosphere of that den of sin, and didn't vaporize the suspended in air dusticles and smokicles, and didn't rip off the Han hand and everything around? Never use a laser gun in a smoky room. Especially with mirrors. So, never bring you handlaser to a pub. Edited October 5, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Wait! Are you saying it was all done with smoke and mirrors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 49 minutes ago, ColdJ said: Wait! Are you saying it was all done with smoke and mirrors? No. Lasers were involved, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: StarWars... lightshot... It's not a laser. It's a blaster. It shoots blaster bolts. Blaster bolts are made of plotonium, which causes them to act in whatever way the plot requires them to act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Superfluous J said: It's not a laser. It's a blaster. It shoots blaster bolts. Don't the balster bolts interact with the solid particles scattered in air, turning them into fireballs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 4 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Don't the balster bolts interact with the solid particles scattered in air, turning them into fireballs? Yes, but the interaction and subsequent reaction happen so fast that to the human eye it may as well be instantaneous. Matter is broken apart at a molecular level and then rushes to recombine again as nature likes all atoms to have partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, ColdJ said: Yes, but the interaction and subsequent reaction happen so fast that to the human eye it may as well be instantaneous. Matter is broken apart at a molecular level and then rushes to recombine again as nature likes all atoms to have partners. But it should cause a local burst in the dusty and smoky "atmosphere" of the den. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: But it should cause a local burst in the dusty and smoky "atmosphere" of the den. It does, localised along the path of the bolt and like I said, extremely fast. Large prolonged fire or fireballs require continuous fuel supply. If the atmosphere was that flammable then one shot would ignite the entire planet. Better question would be how does a desert planet with no significant vegetation or oceans, produce enough oxygen to support that many living creatures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ColdJ said: If the atmosphere was that flammable then one shot would ignite the entire planet. No-no-no, outside of that snakepit it's clean and fresh air. Edited October 5, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: No-no-no, outside of that snakepit it's clean and fresh air. Your point being? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, ColdJ said: Your point being? Just a dusty air is bad for laser guns, so a firing requires first open the windows to refresh the air in the den, just for safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Just a dusty air is bad for laser guns, so a firing requires first open the windows to refresh the air in the den, just for safety. Seem to be getting a few things muddled together. First it is not a laser but rather a particle accelerator. They don't reference it often but blasters in Star Wars use ammunition clips. Each unit within a clip is a magnetically contained reaction waiting to be released along a shielded pathway that leads out the barrel. If they were lasers then dust is bad for the focusing lens because it heats on the lens and distorts it, ruining the lens. Dust or smoke in the air are not a problem and are actually how you see the beam as in reality if you fire it in a pure vacuum, the human eye wouldn't see it. Ignited particles in the atmosphere when a blaster is fired react and finish almost instantaneously because there is not flammable fuel to keep the reaction going. If the atmosphere was reactive enough then the entire planet's atmosphere would ignite. Back when the Earth could support huge dinosaurs and insects because the massive vegetation was pumping out loads of oxygen, igniting the atmosphere was a real risk. If you fired the blaster in a petrol vapour or cornflour dust saturated airspace then then you would have to worry about being consumed in a fireball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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