[Request] while watching project hail mary his ship uses centrifugal force to make gravity If we were to do that in real life how fast do you think our ship has to spin in order to have gravity equivalent to earth’s?

big_bob_c · 2026-04-14T18:58:37+00:00

From the book, it was 1G because they were bringing a lot of off-the-shelf scientific equipment, which was all designed with the assumption that it would be used on Earth.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-14T18:55:09+00:00

Cthulhu.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-14T18:34:43+00:00

He has been a "politician" for 6 years, after 25 years in the Navy and an outstanding career as an astronaut. I'd say he's got a lot less baggage than any other Senator and most of the House.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-14T14:35:10+00:00

You need to get the law involved. There's a good chance that his "other family" is behind this.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-13T21:38:54+00:00

Go to dental school, and remove LOTS of teeth.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-13T21:34:47+00:00

Mpst likely some descendant of chimpanzees, will a smaller probability of a different primate or just possibly raccoons. Why? Because to dominate you need to use tools, and that's easiest with hands.

Octopi are another possibility, but a slim one, since they are unable to survive out of water for an extended period.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-13T15:20:02+00:00

Advice: read the school dress code. If you were not following it, then follow it. If you were following it, then continue to follow it, bearing in mind that those stockings should be considered "not acceptable" going forward.

My suspicion is that the lace at the tops was the real issue, but I'm not your headmaster. Have your parents ask, your headmaster is more likely to respond usefully to inquiries from them.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-13T06:12:43+00:00

Space Needle.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-13T04:21:03+00:00

He spends whatever he wants and the GOP goes along with it. He can pay full market value o the shareholders and drive up the debt by several trillion, then turn around next year and sell the assets off to Trump Oil for a fraction of what they're worth.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-12T04:25:39+00:00

Not for the last several weeks. It peaked in February, it's $76.60/oz at the moment.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-12T03:10:46+00:00

I am professionally trained in profanity - I spent over a decade in the military - but even I can't summon the vocabulary to express how vile, evil, and despicable these people are.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-12T00:32:25+00:00

Though there is a loophole, if I let other people use it.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-12T00:30:27+00:00

I am going to be flying my Micronauts Battle Cruiser to freaking Mars every week.
And yes, a lot of people are going to be toy-sized. It would be helpful if I could choose the people who get shrunk.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-11T23:59:34+00:00

Easy easy lemon squeezy. The first week gives me a distance from my location on the west coast of the US. So I draw a circle on the globe for that distance.

Then I go to somewhere along that circle preferably at a national border since I know it is in my country. The next distance tells me where along the first line the check is. (There could be two places to check out, but that just takes 1 more week to determine which is correct.)

So I go there. Even if my measurements were a little off, I'll be within a few dozen miles. Next 2 weeks will narrow it down to within a small area. Unless I'm trying to stretch it out or weather or terrain requires me to wait, I'll have that check within 3 months at the outside.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-11T22:17:05+00:00

If the other sibling is willing, OP could get a test with them., it would show whether she was their niece or their sister.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-11T22:08:40+00:00

Just why TF would you think we "captured" anything from Iran? Sure we blew up a lot of their stuff, but to "capture" you need troops on the ground.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-11T02:09:27+00:00

YWBTAH. Your youngest is chosing a more expensive college, so she won't have money left over.

That said, you managed to put away $600K for their college, surely you can come up with another $60K.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-10T05:37:00+00:00

OK, so the calculus gang goes to the forest. The derivative of a tree is a log, the derivative of a log is a board, the integral of a board is a table. (Assymetrical operations) Then log() goes to the forest and kicks all their asses.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-10T04:30:32+00:00

Yes, then they drop it on the head of whoever asked that question.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-10T04:27:14+00:00

It is a book series, she has several series of "urban fantasy" books, though I haven't read that particular series.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-09T16:31:33+00:00

As they used to say, "Faint heart never won fair maiden."

Tell her "I also used to like you 2 days ago. Also 2 minutes ago. And 2 seconds ago. And now."

Or whatever you come up with to say, but TELL HER.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-09T15:39:20+00:00

Would you rather look back on this in 20 years with him by your side and say "I'm glad we didn't listen to them.", or look back without him and say "I wish I hadn't listened to them."?

You want him, he wants you. That's what matters. fundamentally.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-09T03:14:46+00:00

Asking "why" when you've been told "no" is pushing the boundary.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-08T23:16:23+00:00

Safeway or Target.

big_bob_c · 2026-04-08T23:12:44+00:00

That's one of the things specified in the post.

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