Recent content by Algr

Imagine being the king of the Gods, and not only do you have that thing staring down at you all the time, but people say that it is your fault. Oh, she'd be so pretty if it wasn't for you and your damn weight.

If it was dark, it would also reduce the time before you could actually detect the object.

Perhaps, but there is a limit to that. "My dear, I look into your eyes and see you have a face like Io." :: Gets slapped. ::

I understand "colony" as meaning that people move there expecting to live their whole lives, get married, and have kids who also live their whole lives there. So by that measure, we don't even have colonies on Antarctica yet. The problem with moon or mars colonies is that there is simply...

I don't think so. There is no culture that sees pock marks or sores or splotchy skin as being attractive. Animals or people who are attracted to such things do not leave many offspring. Io genuinely looks like human disease, whereas the moon is a purley white disk with barely visible details...

In this universe, mankind looked up at the sky and said... Yuck. Humans looked upwards. In our world they saw hope, romance, and delicate beauty. In that world they saw this thing. Their eyes turned down, they continued to exist as mortals, but the civilizations and cultures withered and...

Venus and Jupiter last night. And the moon a few weeks ago:

I for one, welcome our Argentinian overlords.

And if you have no choice, send it as a .jpg, and throw some other quirk like writing it backwards or Letter +1 or something.

8kV? That is a lot of power down that little pin. I expect that the amperage would not be that high? It occurs to me that the socket I drew above has a flaw: If the plug is not inserted, the 12v+data pin might touch the hot contact. This flaw also exists in real-life DC coaxial plugs, but...

If the aliens are peaceful, maybe they use ordinary gunpowder bullets because they were good enough. They didn't want to bother spending money developing something that rarely got used. So bullets, and not many aliens are skilled at shooting them.

Salmon Salad.

When I was a little kid. I don't even remember the movie, but I think it bored me, so I went exploring around the lot and behind the concession stand. Also, the screen was really dim, and the projection failed once or twice, causing everyone to honk their horns and flash their lights. Those...

I could have sworn that I saw somewhere an electrical connector that works like a key. You stick it in, but electrical contact doesn't happen until you rotate it 90°. (Which also prevents it from being yanked out.). I can't find any sign of this now. Does anyone know what this is/was?