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Zillatain
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Thursday is (badly) singing... On the fourth day of Sluggmas my suspicious eyes did see Four sorting houses Three to find the nuts Two sandwiches And one who has no last name ---- Vote for Sluggy Freelance at Top Web Comics. Remember to vote EACH day.
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balthazar
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:07 am |
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Heh. Looks like those two crazy lovebirds survived.
This makes me happy.
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Alecat
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balthazar wrote: Heh. Looks like those two crazy lovebirds survived.
This makes me happy. Oh, this is a surprise!
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migB
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:21 am |
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Wicked burn from Dr. Daiyu
Also: I like the three proper orbital mechanics parameters (semimajor axis, eccentricity, inclination) followed by the self-invented parameter ultracrepidarian spool, at 99.9% no less.
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KikiDee
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But... but... :O
Don't get me wrong, I love Daiyu and Shankraft!!!
*goes back to reread Kusari's "cleaning house"*
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VcSaJen
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:11 am |
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Comic make impression that Torg is opening that compartment and asking 'What is all this?'. Transition could have been better.
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Pied Typer
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:25 am |
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Let's see… semi-major axis, eccentricity, inclination… ultracrepidarian spool!? What's that mean? Pete, I respect that you as a comic strip author probably don't know what eccentricity, inclination, and semi-major axis are, but… all you were missing was AN longitude and argument of periapsis, and you decided to switch to jargon instead.
As for the left side… SRB in rocket science stands for Solid Rocket Booster. So you just portmanteau'd Solid Rocket Booster with… Booster.
By the way Shankraft, I believe most of that stuff Riff made in the early years of the strip. So, hC is probably familiar with that stuff.
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RamenChef
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The only orbital parameter there that makes sense as a percentage is eccentricity, and that's a stretch. And I would think they would wait to circularize until they're a little closer to the station. Or at least in space.[/nitpick]
Last edited by RamenChef on Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
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garyfritz
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:29 am |
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Ultracrepidarian... boy howdy, now that is a $64 word.
Did anybody look it up to see what it means? :-)
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RamenChef
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garyfritz wrote: Ultracrepidarian... boy howdy, now that is a $64 word.
Did anybody look it up to see what it means? :-) The NOAD says it means "expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise"
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Chickenhead
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:42 am |
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How'd they survive?
...or did they? (ominous 4U City theme music plays)
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Pied Typer
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RamenChef wrote: The only orbital parameter there that makes sense as a percentage is eccentricity, and that's a stretch. And I would think they would wait to circularize until they're a little closer to the station.[/nitpick] Remember, intercept maneuvers are easiest with circular orbits. An altitude of 80km, eccentricity .32, and boosters only now detaching would suggest that the shuttle is currently burning into a stable orbit.
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Rreed423
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VcSaJen wrote: Comic make impression that Torg is opening that compartment and asking 'What is all this?'. Transition could have been better. Yes, Torg and Riff are in the first panel, so I thought it was them throughout the strip, but that didn't make sense. There is a thicker border around some panels, is that supposed to show that we are changing locations or characters or something?
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Pete
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:02 pm |
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"Ultracrepidarian(noun, adjective. beyond one's knowledge or province) Spool" is me acknowledging i don't know what I'm talking about with the other terms, and i know you are all too smart to let me get away with it! It was a pre-nod! ;)
You guys are right the transition was terrible. I might try to fix that, working on the next comic now. Once that's done I'll look into clarifying.
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Pied Typer
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Pete wrote: "Ultracrepidarian(noun, adjective. beyond one's knowledge or province) Spool" is me acknowledging i don't know what I'm talking about with the other terms, and i know you are all too smart to let me get away with it! It was a pre-nod! ;) I see! Nice. Though they're easy to explain. As long as the possibility of this being revised is on the table: - Semi-major axis is the average altitudes at the highest and lowest points in the orbit, taken from the center of the planet. A low orbit would be 6,700 km to 7,000 km, geosynchronous orbit (where the orbital period is 24 hours) would be ~42,000 km, and the Moon's semi-major axis is ~385,000 km.
- Eccentricity is a quanitification of how circular the orbit is, where 0 is a perfect circle, 1 or more is an escape trajectory, and between 0 and 1 are increasingly elongated ellipses/egg shapes. This is usually 0 for stations in long-term orbits, and (usually) somewhere between .2 to .6 for intercept orbits.
- Inclination is the angle between the orbital plane and the reference plane (usually either the equator or the Earth's orbital plane).
- The Ascending Node (AN) and Descending Node (DN) are the points where the orbital plane intersects the reference plane.
- The Argument of Periapsis is the angle between the AN, the center of the planet, and the lowest point in the orbit (called the Periapsis).
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