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Thanks to BOBBY for making us liveblog software. We are slowly rolling out more features and are working through the the priority tree of issues. Last week was the transparent aluminum, and quick thought: why did Scotty need transparent aluminum? Wouldn’t six-inch Plexiglass have been fine on that spaceship? It seems unnecessarily fancy to make a plastics manufacturer from the mid-’80s invent a non-polymer clear plastic instead of just dealing with some old fashioned heavy plastic windows. I mean, okay, if you need to give the guy a small leg up on his competition in payment that’s understandable, but then give him something you know was invented shortly after, like light-emitting poly-ethyne or something. And don’t give me “How do we know he didn’t invent it?” because these characters lived centuries after the invention of the internet.
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October 1st, 2016 at 3:39 PM ^
Scotty didn't have the guy build him transparent aluminum walls for the whales. He traded the formula for transparent aluminum for the 6 inch Plexiglas material (Plexicorp plant manager Dr. Nichols "We carry stuff that big in stock").
My issue is that Scotty asked about an enclosure measuring 60' x 30' x 10' (18,000 cubic feet of water) which is too small for two humpbacks as they would displace so much water that they wouldn't have sufficient water beneath them to support their weight. I guess they could survive being "beached" on the ship, but then why even bother going through the hassle of getting the Plexiglas?
October 8th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
I’d like to believe that Scotty just traded the formula for regular Plexiglass but I just watched the movie and it’s pretty clear they’re installing transparent aluminum—at least clear enough that I lost the bet that it was Plexiglass.
October 1st, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^
...so since the ACC starts their games at 12:30, I'm watching the incredible Duke/Virginia game. How can Jim Delany let stuff like that happen? He's one of the two most powerful men in the NCAA.
October 1st, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
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October 1st, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
Is Nordin hurt?
October 1st, 2016 at 5:23 PM ^
How do I login to the live blog
October 1st, 2016 at 5:29 PM ^
I seem to almost get it (I see the three men), then they see who it is, slam the door before I can enter.
#shoulditakethispersonally
October 1st, 2016 at 6:01 PM ^
My kingdom for a field goal!
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October 2nd, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^
Great post.
Maybe Scotty popped a couple of antigrav pods in the enclosure to help with the displacement issue.
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