Captian

Start of NEW discussion : Could Harry Potter and friends build a SPACE ELEVATOR ? Stay Classy.

Sorry, the Lounge has two rules. No blacks. No Jews. Stay Classy.

Basically. The spinning of the earth is what would make this possible, not something that would stop it. Centrifugal force will keep the counter weight at TDC(or as close to TDC as the baseline will be) above the base anchor point as long as the counter weight stays above GSO, due to the spinning of the earth. Once a weight was put on the cable and raised ti would obviously apply positive horizontal coriolis force to the cable, which would bring the counter weight down and back in the opposite direction of the Earth's orbit. As long as the weight was not so much as to produce coriolis force great enough to bring the counter weight below geo orbit, then it will remain up. Once that weight either passed into geo orbit (on the way up), or reached the base anchor point (on the way down) then it would release any coriolis force on the cable. At that point centrifugal force would have no force opponents and would return the counter weight to TDC again. The idea is very basic physics. (and I thought those physics courses would be a waste of time! lol) But what do those pesky physicists in the aerospace technology field know... :rolleyes: They could have saved themselves all that time and energy and just gotten the 'facts' from the internet experts, lol. As I stated earlier, I doubt it will ever work. But saying that the spinning of the Earth would stop it is the opposite of what physics has told us. It is the Earth's rotation that is necessary to the success of a orbital elevator. Stay Classy.

Holy shit! I just noticed he has 126 hours played in the past 2 weeks!!! That's more time than I spent working (in my office and at home combined!) over the past 2 weeks. Stay Classy.

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You can see her mouth running right before impact. I like how no one stomped his guts out after that. Has everyone turned into a fucking pussy? Stay Classy.

If you like traffic jams and smog. Stay Classy.

I was referring to the Navy, not the marine mammal. Stay Classy.

Well D'Angelo... http://www.thetoque.com/images/stories/david_caruso_sunglasses.jpg ...you're fucked.

The Canadian Ministry of Defense does not support your actions. Stay Classy.

Hilarious! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b03_1223107817

What is the point of this? To show some 17 year old kid with a hard on for SEALs ?

Uhhh.. those were Australian. You should at least know what accent you are trying to make fun of. :rolleyes: And RIFK that is a great ad. Stay Classy. EDIT: More http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D68rL3ZbKKw&feature=related

LMFAO Unfuckingbelievable! This gets my approval. Stay Classy.

You all are dicks. Stay Classy.

Holy shit you live in the future? It's almost 9 o'clock for me! Stay Classy.

Look for it in the Links Section. Was discussed a short while ago. Stay Classy.

You must stand on one leg, in a bucket filled with the urine of a Chinese rice farmer while holding onto a duck in one hand, and three(3) golf balls ouch stretched in the other. You must then coerce the duck to quack by either blowing on it, or squeezing it. As soon as the duck quacks, throw the three(3) golf balls into the bucket of urine your foot is in as hard as you can. -If the urine slashes up higher than your belt line, then the computer will be fixed. Go and enjoy your working computer. -If the urine splashes up, but is between belt line and foot, computer is broken and cannot be fixed. Build a new one. -If urine splashes up all the way onto your face, reset and repeat the experiment. Thank you for joining me on another episode of 'Tips from Captian', until next time, Stay Classy!.

Would be fun to use in an FPS, but how gay are you going to look bobbing your head about in front of the monitor trying to kill people in counter strike. Stay Classy.

I posted this in the general forum a while ago. They didn't even credit the author of it in that link... http://forums.myg0t.com/showthread.php?t=47281 Stay Classy.

Since I turned the fan around the correct way I haven't had any cooling issues. I was just thinking about adding fans on the top for something to do, as it has been over a year since I've modded(or done anything to) my computer. And a little extra cooling can't go amiss. Thanks for the links to slickdeals, seems like a good site. Added to bookmarks. Stay Classy.

I have no idea. Next time I see my parents I will try to remember to ask them. Never really thought about it before. I don't see that it would change anything either way. They clothed me, fed me, put a roof over my head, supported me in everything I wanted to do, and gave me a wonderful childhood with near infinite possibilities. Whether or not I was planned, they did an excellent job raising me and I owe much of my accomplishments to them and the way they brought me up. Stay Classy. Kyle?

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