So they were
once part of a vast federation alliance of planets...
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
DCJensen - Aug 27, 2004 5:52:46 pm PDT #7221 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
quester - Aug 27, 2004 6:40:53 pm PDT #7222 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
That guy is no Chief O'Brien! Shepard is such a little guy, maybe that's why he gets no respect.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 6:44:36 pm PDT #7223 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
God, I love Cold Lazarus. I think I'm just a little Jack-shipper. Jack-ho. Whatever.
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2004 7:15:16 pm PDT #7224 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
They really wasted the use of Colm Meany, didn't they?
Vonnie K - Aug 27, 2004 7:22:44 pm PDT #7225 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Oh my God. McKay and Sheppard are so cute together I could just die!!
Ahem.
That was some good banter, y'all. The writers are doing a great job playing up to David Hewitt's strength (neurotic wiseass). And God help me, I am charmed by Sheppard, despite my knee-jerk antipathy to cocky jocks. I even liked Teyla in this. Huh.
The scene in which Weir scolded Sheppard and Ford with "I just sent you guys for some food!" was priceless. They looked like a couple of 10 year old boys getting a scolding from their Mama. Heh.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2004 8:16:46 pm PDT #7226 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dude, Sam totally needs to have an affair with Alec.
DXMachina - Aug 27, 2004 8:30:01 pm PDT #7227 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I think, if the world suddenly stopped spinning, that flights from London to the US would not be as short as they routinely are (basically the plane gets extra help from the earth rotating under it).
t Blinks...
t Blinks some more...
No, it doesn't work that way. If it were true, every time you hopped straight up into the air you would land somewhere to the west of where you started. You'd have to be in orbit (or at very least a vacuum) for that to work, and even then I'm not sure it would do it. The ground speed of an aircraft is determined by it's velocity, and the velocities of air masses it flies through, which are independent of the earth's rotation, except for the heating and cooling of the air masses due to the day-night cycle. If a plane is flying into a headwind, it will take longer to get somewhere than if it's flying with a tailwind. The fact that the earth is spinning has nothing to do with it.
There's an article here that explains it better than I can.
Of course, there's also this explanation of why some flights are shorter.
JenP - Aug 27, 2004 9:55:38 pm PDT #7228 of 10000
Captain Sheffield .
snerk
DXMachina - Aug 28, 2004 3:47:00 am PDT #7229 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yeah, I was going to mention that. Heh.
JenP - Aug 28, 2004 4:38:21 am PDT #7230 of 10000
Overall, I wasn't particularly drawn in to either show last night, although, always a pleasure to see Thor. And I do enjoy the McKay/Sheppard repartee. I see they're trying to do something about Teyla's hair. Don't think they've quite succeeded yet.
I found myslef incredibly distracted during Atlantis because the blond, curly-haired woman annoyed the crap out of me; she was just unwarrentedly surly. And her father didn't look old enough to be her father. And I am supposed to like Colm Meany's characters, or, at least, his TV Sci-Fi characters (I dont want to fence him in, you understand).
I think I might have been in a mood.