I used to work for an association for engineers. The problem with a people mover pneumatic tube is that, given a sufficient distance, the people would arrive completely squished (the comparison I heard was "strawberry jelly").
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Jan 18, 2022 1:58:50 pm PST #12201 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
DavidS - Jan 18, 2022 3:12:35 pm PST #12202 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pros/cons of buying Aeryn a personal jetpack, GO.
She's already Aeryndynamic.
DavidS - Jan 18, 2022 3:13:07 pm PST #12203 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I used to work for an association for engineers. The problem with a people mover pneumatic tube is that, given a sufficient distance, the people would arrive completely squished (the comparison I heard was "strawberry jelly").
Boo! Stop giving me bad news, Science!
dcp - Jan 18, 2022 3:25:23 pm PST #12204 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
I can't remember which story I read it in, but I have a vague memory of a spaceship where the computer calculates a maneuver, and the dialog goes something like:
Crewman1: "Wait, that requires 50 gees acceleration!"
Crewman2: "We'd end up like strawberry jam!"
Computer: "Yes?"
Crewman1: "And the radiation flux would be [some very high amount]!"
Crewman2: "Strawberry jam on toast!"
Computer: "Shall I proceed?"
eta: I think it was one of John M. Ford's Star Trek novels, How Much For Just the Planet?
Dana - Jan 18, 2022 3:29:00 pm PST #12205 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Definitely How Much for Just the Planet?
DavidS - Jan 18, 2022 3:32:15 pm PST #12206 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Relevant to Buffistae interests:
"If you feel nostalgic for the days when Gerard Way appeared on Tiger Beat, when AIM away messages with melodramatic lyrics described your mood, and when Hot Topic still had the red logo, there’s the perfect music festival for you. One that beats any Warped Tour lineup. When the When We Were Young festival poster was shared on Twitter, it felt too good to be true; some even thought it was a practical joke, or a Fyre Festival 2.0. But thankfully, it’s real!
On Saturday, October 22, 2022 in Las Vegas, you can see My Chemical Romance, Paramore, The All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, AFI, Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Eat World, Bright Eyes, Hawthorne Heights, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and other 2000s (and current day) emo favorites."
Linky shrinky dinky: [link]
Bonus: The Linda Lindas will be playing too!
dcp - Jan 18, 2022 3:35:56 pm PST #12207 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Definitely How Much for Just the Planet?
Thanks. I've still got the book around here somewhere.
I liked his version of Klingons a lot. I was very sad that the franchise went a different way with them.
-t - Jan 18, 2022 3:37:59 pm PST #12208 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bands that made me feel old when they were new are making nostalgic appearances. I'll be crumbling to dust now.
Good for the Linda Lindas, regardless!
Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2022 3:40:17 pm PST #12209 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Bands that made me feel old when they were new are making nostalgic appearances. I'll be crumbling to dust now.
At least Gerard Way is only four years younger than me. I always remember him saying he was “old as trees”.
meara - Jan 18, 2022 3:41:59 pm PST #12210 of 30000
Oh man I loved “How Much for Just the Planet”—it might be one of the few Star Trek books I kept when I did a big cull of paper books a while back.