Comments | ourlastbesthope: -43- [Video]

ourlastbesthope

-43- [Video]

Jul 22, 2011 14:41

[You can only see Capa's hands in this video, as well as the top of the desk. He's playing with a glass rattleback, but hasn't gotten around to spinning it yet.]

I wasn't the type of kid to play with dinosaur figures or collect the cards. I preferred telescopes. [Pause.] Newton's Cradles, magnets, gyroscopes. But these things...they were always ( Read more... )

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byronicsherlock July 22 2011, 19:56:36 UTC

Have you experimented with it on deck?

ourlastbesthope July 22 2011, 20:12:19 UTC

I actually haven't.

byronicsherlock July 22 2011, 20:25:37 UTC

It's unlikely the effect will change, but there is some slim chance. The, atmosphere of the barge must end at some point.

[Yes, he's saying atmosphere, when he means magic.]

ourlastbesthope July 22 2011, 20:27:52 UTC

Hm. Now I'd like to find out. I doubt there would be much of a change either but...a slim chance is better than no chance at all.

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19centconstable July 22 2011, 20:15:26 UTC

That's amazing!

ourlastbesthope July 22 2011, 20:22:03 UTC

It's physics.

19centconstable July 22 2011, 20:25:53 UTC

It's still quite amazing.

ourlastbesthope July 22 2011, 20:29:20 UTC

Oh, I agree. But anything that behaves in a manner opposite of what I expect is amazing for a while.

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doctor_j_crane July 23 2011, 01:30:37 UTC

I would be impressed if you could find scientific explanations for the more dramatic "magical" phenomena we see on the barge.

ourlastbesthope July 23 2011, 01:41:48 UTC

I'm not here to impress you, unfortunately. But I'm working on finding out.

[Private] doctor_j_crane July 23 2011, 01:49:02 UTC

Have you made and breakthroughs yet?

[Private] ourlastbesthope July 23 2011, 01:58:24 UTC

Shouldn't you be...resting or...something?

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private; So cool. victimofnoone July 24 2011, 02:27:30 UTC

Sometimes it's better not knowing how it works.

private; IKR?! ourlastbesthope July 24 2011, 02:32:45 UTC

It's never better to be ignorant.

private; victimofnoone July 24 2011, 03:28:05 UTC

I don't know. I think maybe it is sometimes. Rarely, but on very specific topics.. Whatever.

Cool thing.

private; ourlastbesthope July 24 2011, 03:32:10 UTC

Whatever?

I like it. It took me quite a while to understand it.

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Private likedarkmatter July 24 2011, 19:33:11 UTC

I'm assuming there was no difference on deck? The Barge's 'atmosphere' seems to extend at least that far.

Private ourlastbesthope July 24 2011, 19:39:21 UTC

None whatsoever. [He shows her the notebook with the data he collected with Sherlock, comparing the results both on the deck and inside his cabin.] I thought as much, but we took it as far out on the railing as we could without putting ourselves at an unnecessary risk.

Private likedarkmatter July 24 2011, 23:41:32 UTC

Well. At least you looked. And for the sake of our health, whatever that's worth here, it's probably better that the Barge has more in common with Earth than space.

Private ourlastbesthope July 24 2011, 23:55:42 UTC

Of course I looked. It was a legitimate question.

Though I wonder what differences could be accomplished in the CES. The night sky isn't always an Earth sky.