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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Trying to find a story (YASID).@DaveC426913 I thought SFFWorld did - a few years since I visited - but when I looked to check I didn't find it. I did visit a couple... -
Ken Fabian replied to the thread Trying to find a story (YASID).YASID - Yet Another Story ID - is common usage on forums dedicated to fiction, sometimes having its own dedicated thread.
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Ken Fabian reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Undergrad What causes knots and stress when untwisting ropes? with
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I would guess that in untwisting the rope you are adding twist to the individual strands. I bet it doesn't happen if you comb it, i.e... -
Ken Fabian replied to the thread Undergrad What causes knots and stress when untwisting ropes?.Twisted fibre type ropes usually have three smaller twines (fibres twisted together) combined by twisting in the opposite direction -...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Method of storing energy on the Moon.@AI_ It is possible that flywheel storage will emerge as the superior option; predicting the future is hard. Nuclear is high on the...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread High School Is it safe to fly in a spinning hollow asteroid?.Wouldn't the Coriolis Effect for a person walking on the inside of a centrifuge be between head and feet? Or flying, between their axis...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread How effective is nuclear propulsion?.Which is not as much as I would have expected. Also I would expect higher 'dry' mass for a nuclear rocket, so less than twice for...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Can Electric Car Charging from Highway Lights Prevent Cold Weather Stranding?.I expect we will see mobile emergency power systems (big batteries) adopted by emergency services - oversized onboard batteries, 'slide...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Method of storing energy on the Moon.Good point about radiation shielding. Except I think that, along with the dire absence of commercially exploitable opportunities, it...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Method of storing energy on the Moon.I am doubtful anyone will build underground on the moon in the foreseeable future. I expect it to be an extraordinarily difficult...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Method of storing energy on the Moon.Making anything complex and technically demanding out of moon resources is going to require large pre-investments in infrastructure and...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Great ebass playing.This one might be my pick as one to hear Chris Squire as the master of electric bass. (Except for some of the others...
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Ken Fabian replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.Going to The Klondike in search of riches that were confirmed to be there, so you can take some with you to live somewhere much nicer...
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Ken Fabian reacted to Grinkle's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
Klondike is a stint scenario, I concede that one is viable to recruit for. Jamestown is a good analogy for the discussion in the...
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Ken Fabian reacted to Grinkle's post in the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars? with Like.
I'm sure we are both applying myriad unstated assumptions in our individual 'theatres of the mind' when we make our assertions, and if...
