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Halc replied to the thread High School Just a cool high school problem.It seems that any angular velocity will do so long as it's high enough to involve centripetal acceleration of at least g. The problem... -
Halc replied to the thread 1,000,000,000 light years from home.Not sure if the billion-years ago thing matters too much. The superclusters aren't going to change much in a billion years, and you... -
Halc replied to the thread Spacetime manipulation vs a fall..Sounds like Niven's stasis field. It stops time inside the enclosed space, not turning off until it's safe. The occupants notice only a... -
Halc replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.Yea, it does, but in dark mode, it should show as dark text on light background, or any other color that doesn't match the dark... -
Halc replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.Didn't read this whole thread, so maybe this is a dup. I frequently hit What's-new -> New-Posts and get a list of all topics that have... -
Halc reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread Automotive Continuously Variable Transmission Idea with
Skeptical.
Seems like I gave up too early. But the insistence of @Baluncore made me more do more careful testing. And it looks like ratios other... -
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Here is a table that gives the speed of the shafts, all referenced to an input of 100. A and B are the input shaft gears, the average of...