GolfballDM
GolfballDM t1_j4vta9j wrote
Reply to comment by Baalthoros in What happens to the energy of sound in space? by full_hammer
> You would then die painfully over a few minutes from exposure to vacuum.
If you're unconscious, is it really pain? Is it pain all the time, or just when it can be perceived?
GolfballDM t1_j29fid1 wrote
Reply to TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge
My grandfather was hiding a lit cigarette from his father (by putting it in his pocket), but his father had already seen it. So his father kept the conversation going while my grandfather is getting more agitated because of his smoldering pocket...
Now that I'm older and have three boys myself, it would be interesting to talk to my great-grandfather to see what other hijinks my grandfather got himself into.
GolfballDM t1_iy8to8s wrote
Reply to comment by jazzmans69 in Neuromancer isn’t as hard as I’ve heard… by mikeyboi2567
It's a fun read, but the anachronisms are a bit jarring sometimes.
3 MB of hot RAM is nothing these days, unless it was some shit-hot paydata. (Wasn't that used elsewhere in the book, when Case had stolen from his employers, and they retaliated by frying his nervous system via mycotoxin?)
GolfballDM t1_j5ka9ol wrote
Reply to comment by Nrksbullet in Have you ever thought about what it sounds on jupiter by Western_Home6746
If you were not touching the surface of whatever body the tree fell on, it would not make a sound.
If you were touching the surface of the aforementioned body, there would be a sound. Sort of. You'd feel it through your feet (or whatever part of you was touching the surface), as opposed to hearing it through your ears.