Bittersweet Candy Bowl

@Jerk: probably right. But if all else fails, use Pi and throw his confused ass out the airlock.

Oh I so totally get it

Hee. This is wonderful. ^_^

HAL can calculate to the 10 trillionth digit before you could even get the order out of your mouth.

@Nero

Wait… let me add 2 and 2 together:

You are currently in space, posting on the BCB forum.

…

HOLY SHIT

Wait, wait, let me finish breathing…

…okay

A few questions then:

What’s the objective (mission, hur hur) of your stay in SPACE? Or is that classified information (please don’t blow up Taiwan if you do blow things up from SPACE)?

Apparently you can bring your stuff up there into space. At least your cell-phone. Is there a terminal up there where people can use to access the web, or did you bring your own laptop? Holy shit. That means you can play EVE Online… in SPACE!

And also, is there any significant changes to your sleeping patterns (if you guys don’t have curfew or set sleeping time)? This question has been bugging me because I honestly think I live on a 36-hour biological clock schedule, constantly sleepy and tired (maybe it’s just sleep deprivation).

And uh, living in space, wouldn’t you feel very disturbed by space and its infinite vastness or something? Or are you just used to that?

Holy shit. Now I can honestly say that I communicated with an astronaut in space. Like. Wow.

Also, last question, how do you keep those pesky aliens at bay? I’ve seen pictures of the ISS, and it doesn’t look like it even has a pair of anti-fighter lazers. Or is that just a ruse, and you guys actually board the invading alien ships and massacre them via gauss rifles and all that?

Holy shit.

Oh dear. This hasn’t gone too far, has it? ^_^

Aww. Nero was praised. iv never been praised. -w-

sorry im being depressed. In lighter news,

@Ryan.

*puts on nerd glasses and star wars T-shirt*

Some of them WW2/cold war weapons can be good against zombies and aliens. Failing that try Resistance, Dead Space or Killzone weapons or the existing “Pancor Jackhammer”.

As for anti-spacecraft weaponry, those things are FAST so thats not much defence against them except for another space fighter or high-calibre, rapid-firing AA gun with computer AI

*takes off nerd glasses and star wars t-shirt*

^o^

@ILB, before this gets too long, it only goes to far when someone (me) has ignited the Verorage or summoned “the Suitcase”.

hence, i will hastily leave.

@Ryan:
1.The main objective is to study what goes on outside our atmosphere. You would become a green hippie in a moment if you only knew what that tiny little buffer saves you from. I know a lot about it, but my function is communications.
2. I brought my laptop up here. yes, playing EVE online is space is the frigging shit.
3: Sleep pattern change is normal, yes. However, my biological clock runs on fusion power, so I never had a sleep pattern to begin with
4: In order to live here, one must no problems as far as claustrophobia or (Insert word for fear of open spaces). Some people may have those problems, but not I. It does, however, still blow my mind when I think about how much is out there.
5: Anti-Alien spray on the windows and doors.


@Chaz: Depends on a gunner’s particular level of depth perception and skill. When I was in the airforce and participated in AA gunning excersises, there wasn’t anything I couldn’t hit. We fired at F-16 superhornets (which flew at different speeds and altitudes) using the military-grade equivelant of paintballs. I could hit one moving at full speed (around 2500km/hour) passing a stationary gun at 500ft vertical, 250 ft away. For the record, that wasn’t an official excersise, but one thought up by the instructor. It was a damn good course.

@ILB: Not at all, if something is classified, I will simply say that and that is everyone’s signal to leave it alone.

What may surprise you all is that I am forced to operate off of an aircard. there are no modems up here, so an aircard is really the only option. Cellphones, however, don’t work well without a tower to boost the signal. That naturally doesn’t apply when the satellite gets close; you get the best signal of your life!

Edit: @Commie: Pi is endless, so no matter how fast it gets computed, it’s still the ultimate and everlasting distraction.

No, I didn’t mean it like that. I just meant that it is probably silly of us to bombard you with all these questions. ^_^

I don’t mind at all. I wouldn’t have said anything if I had a problem with questions. If the thread gets too long or dies, I will make a question to the astronaut thread; I imagine that will attract some attention.

Good to hear, dear. ^_^

Oh well. It’s still fun to have spoken (written) with an astronaut.

im glad you are enjoying this, and I am glad to give you all the opportunity to do something you may never again get the chance to do, so don’t hold back!

@Nero, it has yet to end, so far. HAL could do it.

HAL would make an error and think he did it, even though he didn’t. Then he would start killing people.

deja vu, kinda. That reminds me of a kid I went to school with, he was that straight A student or else. He got into an argument with the math teacher over Pi, claiming it was only the three digits used in equations. As the teacher explained to him that he was wrong, he picked up his desk and tossed it out the window, then followed with the teach’s chair and so on and so forth until security managed to subdue him. Greatest Math Class Ever.

Oh dear. That almost reminds me of my high school. Only there it was people who were thrown out windows during math class. ^_^

Though, I’m glad it only happened a few times. The windows were nearly at ground level anyway, but still.

I remember one kid dove out the second story window and into the tree below just to cause a ruckus.