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Whenever I have a big turntable project (and there have been a few), I break out my EG spreadsheet! I had a 22' diameter turntable for Zumanity that was required to spin at 6 rpm. That's 7 feet/sec at the perimeter and 15%G centripetal force--enough to toss a trained Cirque do Soleil acrobat! We tun...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x53agn_cirque-du-soleil-s-ka-rare-and-unse_creation#.USwzwTCG18E" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Look at the 4:00 (4 minute) mark. Tell me what that scene makes you think of. KA opened in 2004. I started working on it in 2002. The "Battl...

When we got the drawings with the designer's initial concepts, one of the guys in our group said, "Steve, I think they've been reading that book you keep talking about..." Oq1ai9jTur4 (VERY Technical) yrGg10Tu948 (more "accessible") Look for the battle sequence starting at 5:30

I think it's obvious.....

When you break out your calculation sheets from your Ender's Game presentation to help you design real-world sets (the rotating stages from Cirque du Soleil's "KA," and "Zumanity," for instance).

Well, I voted for the wrong one... I meant to put "looks" but I had considered, and clicked "intelligence" and I didn't change it before I hit vote... I'm pretty intelligent, and I would love to have more intelligence, but I am not sure it would do as much good to me as improvin...

My looks are good enough for any imaginable purpose. Plus, *I* don't have to deal with them on a personal level (only indirectly--basically, what OTHERs think about my looks) But intellect....that's my bread and butter! And my pleasure, and my pass-times! It's how I make my money, AND it's how I hav...

Maybe it's the whole "We are SPARTANS!" attitude.

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These almost look too simplistic to be actual insignia. The whole "Greek Key" motif running through them seems like an afterthought. Why not "Egg and Dart" molding on the Battle School, too? http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4lcqpqULm1r972f1.jpg http://media-cache-ec2.pinterest.com...

Unfortunately, I was not able to dance today (still at work..in Florida), but I DID help produce a local (NY) production of Vagina Monologues, and my daughter (then about 13 or so) was in "My Vagina is my Village."

It's an obviously excellent cause; Eve Ensler is to be lauded!

Congratulations to all you new homepwners! You'll be needing THIS site in about 5 years or so: Spare parts for ALL your appliances! http://www.partselect.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I have no affiliation with that site, and I make no money whatsoever for you going th...

STS,

Thanks for the confirmation!

Did anyone but me (and Darian, and maybe Noah) notice the fascinating article on ENDERNEWS.COM yesterday, that showed some pre-production artwork from two of the designers? Darian had found the artwork, on publicly available sites, and EN had posted the images and links, and some discussion. I was d...

Maybe someone listens to me...

Here's an interesting thought experiment: the flag. The flag was suspended under a spring-loaded batten across its top. But once the flag popped out of its storage tube, it definitely "rippled." Would it ripple more in the vacuum and 1/3rd earth gravity on the moon, or in still air in 1 G ...

Is the term "morphic fields" something you made up, or does some definition (or--better yet--actual research) actually exist?

I have one thing to add:

"Here, cobra, cobra, cobra....."

Interesting. But they call him "Wiggin Ender"

So much for research.....

I think there's a lot (of good) to be said for simply enforcing existing gun laws, and getting rid of some abused loopholes (such as checks--or the lack thereof--at gun shows, relaxed laws for people who call themselves "collectors," but collect--and later also sell--fully functional weapo...

30 more minutes on the Nordic Track tonight..I've got to get myself in shape for an insane "Field Installation" project--10 hours/day for the next 25+ days....

And I'm no spring

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I cried at the ending of Les Miz, too. Deal with it!

So, it turns out that Noah, Darian, Janelle and I all live fairly close by each other in Maryland these days. Currently, Darian, Noah and I are going to get together TOMORROW (December 19, 2012), at the TGIF in Laurel, MD, at 8:30 pm. Janelle will join us at another get-together in the near future. ...

I have one of these: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31GpX1bTo9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg But the Wi-Fi card doesn't work. So I called HP and tried to get a replacement card (that I could swap out myself). No dice. So, they're sending me one of these, instead: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41...

So, this guy HAD a gun, and didn't get a chance to use it for (legitimate) fear that he might have struck an innocent bystander. Whether or not the shooter saw this guy, or wound up shooting himself next as a direct cause of that is unknown. So, MAYBE this guy helped the situation. I'm glad he didn'...

As passed by the Congress: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State: A well regulated militia being necessary ...

EP13, Thank goodness, then!

Syphon: Let's mandate that all semi-automatic weapons must be PINK, with a "Hello Kitty" logo on the stock. Purely cosmetic, you know. Let's see how many get sold.

Crap, I think I just fed into an open demographic.....

A "Minarchist"? Oh, good lord. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minarchism" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I had a room-mate once, who was an Objectivist (from the link: "Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism, supports the establishment of a minarchist state responsi...

And with regard to "Legally Owned" guns...no, I got that right. You read it right. Gun owners are going to have to have some of their "rights" curtailed. Tough Sh*t. They had their chance to "self-regulate" (the NRA), and they totally screwed it up. So now, the governme...

Elfprince, In one of your links in one of the early pages, talking about how personal ownership of firearms kept other school shootings from becoming worse (The Appalachian Law School incident), the two "civilians" with guns were actually off-duty police officers. You also talk about "...

Buckshot--I don't think there is such a test. I was poking fun at the ridiculousness of the (paraphrased) statement re. "If only we had more guns in the hands of more heroes..." Here's a test: What do you call a guy who thinks he's a hero, but accidentally shoots and kills an innocent pers...

Boothby wrote: Restrict the accessibility of guns, and maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't have had the gun. That's nonsense. Gun control doesn't keep guns away from criminals (remember facts? let's use them), it keeps them away from law abiding citizens. Except most of these recent massacres were with ...

Elfprince13, As Syphon pointed out a few pages back, criminals are most concerned about their victims being armed, and as lots of us have pointed out, areas that institute gun control see a dramatic rise in crime. Areas that remove gun control or even make gun ownership mandatory see a dramatic drop...

Buckshot,

Can you please provide a link to the website that has the test for "true selfless hero who would without delay or thought charge in and do what is needed to save a life"?

Thanks.

I seriously doubt it. Think about what you're saying-- you really think if every teacher had a gun in the classroom there would be LESS violence? Think about all of the careless mistakes people can and do make, let alone the fact that a few teachers are also unfortunately sick individuals. Yes. I a...

Take it to the gun control topic (mod on duty please?). Nobody has "giant automatic weapons", and this guy certainly didn't. Gun control doesn't stop criminals from having guns, it stops law abiding heroic types from having them. If the teachers in that school had been armed and trained t...

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