scottimusprimus t1_je42tx7 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 7:22 AM

Reply to comment by Jassida in ELI5: Everyone knows that Ticketmaster is the biggest scumbucket enterprise on the planet yet no band seems able to avoid their grasp. What's to stop a really major act (e.g. Taylor Swift) from performing in venues that are not controlled by Ticketmaster, or just setting up a parallel company? by havereddit

I guess it's not a proper democracy then?

scottimusprimus t1_j0bs5vh wrote on December 15, 2022 at 2:37 PM

Reply to Interesting thought about artificial gravity rings. by Conedddd

Looks like a radius of 10 feet at 17 rpm would give you a 1 G setup that you could outrun (12.2 mph), but you'd probably lose traction before getting up to speed. If you jumped as high as you could at as fast as you could run, you might be able to escape the floor, at least for a little while. A 7 foot ladder might be a better option. That would be such a strange environment!

scottimusprimus t1_j0br2py wrote on December 15, 2022 at 2:29 PM

Reply to comment by zoinkability in Interesting thought about artificial gravity rings. by Conedddd

Out of curiosity, I just used that calculator to find that a windmill with a 209 foot radius running at 10 rpm (which is at the low end) will pull 7 Gs at the tip of the blades. 28.5 Gs at the high end (20 rpm). I got these lengths and speeds while searching for averages from google, so they could be off.