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The torus design really makes it so that it's uphill both ways. That would change the "Back in my day" jokes forever.
by ambivalence 13y ago
The torus design really makes it so that it's uphill both ways. That would change the "Back in my day" jokes forever.
- dredmorbius 13y agoExcept that it's _not_ "uphill" in a force sense, since the attraction is the result of centripetal force, acting outward perpendicular to the ring at any point, not gravity, which would focus in toward a center. So, visually, yes. In fact, no.
- sirkneeland 12y agoI genuinely love HN for bits like this...both with an amusing quip, and then someone who can explain that technically, the amusing quip is inaccurate. It nicely stimulates both left and right side of my brain.
- dredmorbius 12y agoI'd say "'pedantic' is my middle name" but for the fact that it isn't.