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quote:CAT enters, stops in amazement. Cut to CAMILLE lying on the examination table, looking exactly like CAT.
CAMILLE: Hi, buddy! CAT: You're me! CAMILLE: Who else? CAT: (Confused) I'm the object of my own desire? CAMILLE: Can you think of anyone more deserving? CAT: Well, if you put it like THAT, I guess you're right! Damn my vanity! CAT and CAMILLE: (Slapping hands) WHOOOAAAAWWWWW!
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from the Hitchhikers Triology, what is the two step process for flying?
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In Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Oddessy Two, at what "point" is the USS Discovery parked at?
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quote:Originally posted by Sanity or Madness?: The barycentre of Io and Jupiter?
I'd say that's close enough. Especially since you used another word to describe essentially what I was going for. Clarke describes it as the "Lagrange Point" between Io and Jupiter. Webster's defines "Lagrangian" as "a function that describes the state of a dynamic system in terms of position coordinates and their time derivatives and that is equal to the difference between the potential and kinetic energy." Basically, it's the point at which the competing gravities of the two bodies (and any others in the area) cancel each other out and hold an object stationary relative to the larger bodies. Which could be similar to barycentre, which I found defined on the web as "a centre of mass, esp. of the earth-moon system." So, after that overly complex question and answer, I pass the baton to SoM. I'll try to think of a better question next time.
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quote:Originally posted by Sanity or Madness?: The barycentre of Io and Jupiter?
I'd say that's close enough. Especially since you used another word to describe essentially what I was going for.[...] So, after that overly complex question and answer, I pass the baton to SoM. I'll try to think of a better question next time.
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Anyway, a Farscape to lower the tone now...
What does Dominar Rygel XVI of Hyneria fart?
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