Kenneth Whistler scripsit:
> Once again, our demented colleague at the Interplanetary Fast Earth
> Society has completely misrepresented Fast Earth doctrine.
> A little elementary physics should demonstrate that it would take
> way, way too much energy to move the Earth into a 100-day orbit,
But why muck around with planetary engineering at all? Why not
kilosecs, megasecs, gigasecs? These are the units used in Joan Vinge's
sf novel _The Outcasts of Heaven [Asteroid] Belt_, and they work well.
A kilosec is a good period for a break from work. Movies last about
7-10 kilosecs. A small-scale project gets done in a few megasecs;
a typical consulting assignment lasts 25-50 megasecs. A marriage
is doing extremely well if it lasts a gigasec.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin
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