I have a friend who is a computer scientist who has something similar for his home password. It’s the name of a movie, all in lowercase, interspersed with capital letters spelling the name of a main character. Like SfirstwordAsecondwordM.
“I understand it’s hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I’m worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks.”
Either that or ride the skateboard and cue “Benson Arizona”.
Does the size of a halfpipe denote its radius or diameter?
I’m thinking about trying to calculate the G forces involved in meeting the pipe at the vertical lip at terminal velocity then completing the 180 pullup to the other side. I suspect the necessary math exceeds my very rusty calculus, but it’s fun to think about.
I also bet the skater will come shooting up out the other side to a pretty impressive height. I wonder how quickly the wheel bearings will overheat with the action starting at ~150mph then declining with each half-arc.
“Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no ‘transportation’ involved.”
If all those BLOOP sounds give you a headache, try a hot air bottle.
Maybe it’s this: Bloop - Wikipedia
“When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get ‘detained by security’ for ‘injuring several tourists.’”
Reminds me a bunch of this
As Planck (sort of) said, science advances one funeral at a time.
“If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.”
Somehow this is also a parable about both politics and conspiracy theories carefully cloaked in the bland language of physics.
It also works as a very rough summary of To the Lighthouse.
“If you don’t know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you’re probably near the Equator, right under the ring.”
We’re well on the way to getting another, lower level ring. When all those megaconstellations like StarLink start colliding with each other, it’ll be the best planetary ring ever. I think they’ll call it the Kissler Ring.
Externalities, Techbro, externalities.
Pity I couldn’t find an emoji for a lot of $
On average, one StarLink satellite reenters the atmosphere every day. When they get all of them up, it’ll be about 5 per day.
“Many things about Star Wars were not well planned out, but having a 37-year-old in old-age makeup play the Emperor in Return of the Jedi was such an incredible call.”
What If? About extending sunset:
Brian
How long does sunset take at the Poles?
Are there paved roads at the poles?