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Re: Musk revises Mars ambitions

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Post by avar » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 8:34 PM UTC

louithethrid wrote: post #136

I honestly do not get the whole concept of a solar storm shelter room on a space object that is shaped like a tower. Just turn the tower with gyroscopes into the solar wind... last room is perfectly sheltered (from solar radiation)- not from space radiation. Also.. wouldnt a sun-shade providing drone with a water-ice container as ray shield always be superior?

Because if you were to magically turn off the sun and were placed somewhere in the solar system wearing a space suit you'd still be in a dangerous radiation environment from interstellar radiation. The Sun is not the only source of dangerous radiation when making interplanetary trips.

This NASA page has more info on that subject: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/real-martians-how-to-pr...

Re: Musk revises Mars ambitions

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Post by toephu2 » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 4:51 AM UTC

hacking_again wrote: post #169

toephu2 wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fakku? That's a transliteration from English. Most Japanese speakers generally agree that Japanese doesn't "really" have any of its own swear words. Yes if you get technical there are some like those listed on that site, but generally there are not, it is a very polite language.

Try calling your female Japanese friends "manko" and see if you still have female Japanese friends.

Please see my above comment. "generally agree" and "Yes if you get technical there are some" and "but generally there are not"

You just picked out one example. That defies my definition of generally?

Re: Musk revises Mars ambitions

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Post by hacking_again » Fri, Oct 06, 2017, 4:34 PM UTC

toephu2 wrote: post #182

hacking_again wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try calling your female Japanese friends "manko" and see if you still have female Japanese friends.

Please see my above comment. "generally agree" and "Yes if you get technical there are some" and "but generally there are not" You just picked out one example. That defies my definition of generally?

In my experience the public face of Japanese society is very polite, but that's distinct from what can be said with the language, and what people say with the language in private face contexts. It also varies to some degree by class, but you could say the same thing about English.

Also, loanwords like fakku are a legitimate part of the language. The katakana script is used almost exclusively for them and many sentences have them, spoken and written.