I'm stumped as to how the demarcation could stay in one place for any length of time, tho.
The day being the same length as the year, as discussed above, and with no axial tilt. Accomplishes this perfectly.
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§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 7:54:57 am PDT #7196 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DCJensen - Aug 27, 2004 7:58:47 am PDT #7197 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oops, missed that one.
Does anyone remember if they ever mentioned Daniel's apparent loss of his allergies?
I've just been fanwanking that his time in saracophagi did it.
Katie M - Aug 27, 2004 8:03:56 am PDT #7198 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
No mention beyond the antihistamines referenced in "Broca Divide," I don't think.
DXMachina - Aug 27, 2004 9:18:37 am PDT #7199 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mercury is kinda like that -- the day and year are similar lengths, but it's close to the sun and has no atmosphere anyway, so dramatically unlivable.
Except IIRC Mercury's does rotate slowly. Hmmm. Yup.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 9:21:07 am PDT #7200 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Except IIRC Mercury's does rotate slowly
Which I'd hoped to cover with the "kinda" and the "similar lengths" -- the similarity (as opposed to equality) of the day and year's lengths is responsible for the rotation.
DCJensen - Aug 27, 2004 10:44:40 am PDT #7201 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm not sure if I got any feedback on my screencaps for the last Stargate ep. I gues I'll have to read back.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 27, 2004 10:46:22 am PDT #7202 of 10000
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I was kind of disapointed when they proved that Mercury wasn't tidally locked with one face always toward the sun. Still, with almost no atmosphere to conduct heat the effects are quite similar, just not as extreme as they would be with even intervals.
I remain amazed that the Greenhouse Effect actually makes Venus hotter than Mercury at noon.
JenP - Aug 27, 2004 10:47:25 am PDT #7203 of 10000
This all brings to mind one of my random "So, what would happen if _______?" questions. Which is, what would happen if the earth suddenly stopped spinning on its axis? (Note: my random so what if questions are rarely based on the liklihood of the thing actually happening. My mind just wanders to odd places at times.)
Did I miss screen caps? Must scroll back.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 10:54:45 am PDT #7204 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which is, what would happen if the earth suddenly stopped spinning on its axis?
Hell of a case of whiplash, for starters.
JenP - Aug 27, 2004 10:56:48 am PDT #7205 of 10000
I usually follow it up with, "I mean, would everyone just go flying off?" I like to amuse my sort of sciency-type friends. Well, that, and I kind of want to know.