August 30, 2007

celestia snowball earth

most humans can tolerate a rotation rate of 2 rpm without suffering from motion sickness

--http://www.babtech-onthe.net/b5/rotation.htm

also has rotation calculator

better art. gravity calculator

Culture Orbital:

radius of 2 million kilometers period of 1440 minutes (1 day) gravity of 1.08g tangential velocity of 523950 km/hour

dark far future

G. recs scriv.

Cramer going back in time

bang and whimper

crypto-calvinism

people as pets

nat'l genographic

cosmic distance

harry potter and the incomplete penetrance

parkinson's and statins

NYT late to the paradox

lolcat of the week