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[Graknorke]

Something science related.

Suppose there is a statite using solar sails to "hover" over a star (it would be stationary with regard to it).
If I stood on said statite on the side facing away from the star would I be accelerated inward and thus be capable of walking around as if I was on the surface of planet?

Yes but you would need a very, very big sail to be able to act against a weight comparable to Earth gravity.

[Noel.se]

Something science related.

Suppose there is a statite using solar sails to "hover" over a star (it would be stationary with regard to it).
If I stood on said statite on the side facing away from the star would I be accelerated inward and thus be capable of walking around as if I was on the surface of planet?

Yes but you would need a very, very big sail to be able to act against a weight comparable to Earth gravity.

Thanks!

[Baffler]

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[Aklyon]

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[Yoink]

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Something something testes.

I want to think up of a pun, but I can't be bothered.

You don't have the balls to make a pun like that.

[Frumple]

A particularly sturdy bag* or fairly significant amounts of rope. 'Bout all I can think of off the top of my head. You could conceptually put something solid (wood of some sort, probably, maybe idle sheet metal or sturdy plastic or somethin') underneath it and push, too. Still not really easy, but it's easier.

*E: Or a couple, if you've got 'em. Depending on the size of the thing, a couple of, say, laundry bags might be able to handle the weight and make it a lot easier to keep a hold on as you go up, santa style. Double or triple bagging one of those heavy garbage bags might work, too. Stuff like that.

[Helgoland]

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Something something testes.

I want to think up of a pun, but I can't be bothered.

You don't have the balls to make a pun like that.

You'd be nuts to think so.

[My Name is Immaterial]

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Something something testes.

I want to think up of a pun, but I can't be bothered.

You don't have the balls to make a pun like that.

You'd be nuts to think so.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=119347.0

[Sheb]

Why is Israel represented as a hypercube in PolandBall comics? And why is Kazakhstan rectangular?

[TempAcc]

Prob because Israel is always joked to be artificial, and not a natural state.

I'm not sure about rectangular ones, though. Imperial germany is also depicted as a rectangular thing, albeit a vertically oriented one.

[Avis-Mergulus]

Because Jewish physics, man. No, I'm being serious, that's why they made it a cube.

What is that quote at the end of Fury Road from?

[Arx]

Imperial germany is also depicted as a rectangular thing, albeit a vertically oriented one.

I'm pretty sure that that one's because of Reichtangle. The others, though, no idea.

[My Name is Immaterial]

What is that quote at the end of Fury Road from?

The concensus on the internet is that it's made up. If it isn't it's probably a reference to Jesus's journey into the desert, or something.

[Avis-Mergulus]

What is that quote at the end of Fury Road from?

The concensus on the internet is that it's made up. If it isn't it's probably a reference to Jesus's journey into the desert, or something.

I thought that it referenced Moses and the desert of Sin. Still vaguely biblical, but I was unable to find it in Exodus.

[Arx]

That's the kind of quote I like to think I'd remember from the Bible. Besides, protip: if you want philosophy and awesome quotes about finding yourself, try Buddhism or Hinduism. The Bible is remarkably short on those.