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spazzychic ([personal profile] spazzychic) wrote2008-06-05 10:34 am
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6/5/2008

O hai. Testing a new posting thingy. Also you should entertain me.

[identity profile] fritters.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
*does a little dance*

[identity profile] errantly.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Double-post, double-post!

[identity profile] rhonan.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You doubled.

[identity profile] creedmore.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
*Does a little dance, different from the above dance.*
*Presumably, from the icon, it's something Harry Potter related - or more likley - Potter Puppet Pals related.*

[identity profile] mearn4d10.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
*moons your mobile*

[identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
hai!! *shakes booty* entertained? :D

[identity profile] dc-morgenstern.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Entertain you?

Um... I could ramble about using black holes for time travel, or perhaps on potential designs for stellar objects related to Dyson spheres and ringworlds?

[identity profile] spazzychic.livejournal.com 2008-06-06 03:09 am (UTC)(link)

*dances right back* :D

[identity profile] spazzychic.livejournal.com 2008-06-06 03:09 am (UTC)(link)

:D

[identity profile] spazzychic.livejournal.com 2008-06-06 03:09 am (UTC)(link)

Yes. :D

[identity profile] dc-morgenstern.livejournal.com 2008-06-06 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
So... if you start with a ringworld, you could have it enclosed for environment, which means the side walls can be shorter, since they don't need height to maintain atmosphere. Additionally, if it's not all that wide, you don't need as much total mass to make it. So why make one smaller than Niven's design? Because there's much more to it.

One of the minor features is a 'roof' that gathers energy from the star, as well as only letting through the right amount of heat and light, through a daytime cycle of the ceiling brightening and dimming. This allows easier placement of the total diameter of the ring, to allow other features. Such as...

A self stabilizing gravitational spin. The gathered solar energy is run through a conducting material that travels the entire circumference of the ring, which in turn interacts with the magnetic field of the star as an electromagnetic motor. This spins the ring, creating gravity for those within, and, if I understand electromagnetics properly (and I hope I do) keeps the ring at a constant distance, circling the star's magnetic equator.

Shall I continue? :)

[identity profile] postrophe.livejournal.com 2008-06-06 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
I always thought "booty" (given almost any interpretation of the word...) should not contain the word "Boo", because that's what you say when you don't want something...

[identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com 2008-06-06 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
so given that my icon has booty in it, you'd still not want cuz of the word boo?

[identity profile] postrophe.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
The opposite! It shouldn't have boo becuz it's what ya want!

(Relevant info:)
Image (http://graphjam.com/2008/05/30/song-chart-memes-structure-of-ass/)
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[identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com 2008-06-07 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
but then so does booby..

hmmm

you'll just have to be more accepting. :D

[identity profile] postrophe.livejournal.com 2008-06-08 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
More accepting goes with more giving... ;?

[identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com 2008-06-09 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
isn't that the golden rule?

[identity profile] postrophe.livejournal.com 2008-06-09 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like it may involve other colors as well, there...

[identity profile] msanborn.livejournal.com 2008-06-09 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
perhaps

[identity profile] postrophe.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
(just occurred to me that both meanings of booty could be golden...)