Comments on: p.193 (Chapter Seven)

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:57:31 +0000

If you’d ever seen my 10-yr-old’s handwriting, you’d believe me when I tell you that mixing up 6s for Zs makes total sense to me.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:39:21 +0000

Sorry, that’s 6s for Gs. Obviously it would make no sense for me to mix up 6s for Zs…

By: Stewart

Stewart — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:38:49 +0000

My handwriting is atrocious, and I often mix up my Zs for 2s. As well as my 6s for Zs. Usually it’s when I’ve written down call numbers for books (I work in a library) or airline reservation numbers.

But it definitely happens. Maybe I should start crossing my Zs…

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:36:23 +0000

Yes, crossing the Z is a habit Tara and I picked up in German class growing up. Our teacher taught us to cross the Z’s and the 7′s. I think it’s supposed to help differentiate the Z’s from 2′s and the 7′s from 1′s, since they also draw their 1′s with a long leading tail, so if it’s sloppily done, it can look like a 7. The 7 and 1 thing makes sense to me, but honestly, I can’t think of a time when you could not determine within context whether something were a Z or a 2.

By: Gaijinmonogatari

Gaijinmonogatari — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:38:49 +0000

The crossed Z is a European variant style, I believe.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:15:01 +0000

To be honest I read this page about 5 times before I noticed it didn’t say “Delorean”. Eesh. :p

By: Quieteyes

Quieteyes — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:33:07 +0000

When I saw “Mr. Deloren” I read it as “Mr. Delorean” and wondered what would happen if you could get him up to 88mph.

I’ve always been curious in which direction does the ship fly in. Is the lip of the ship it’s front? It’s back? Does it fly “sideways” (i.e. we’re looking at the front). That would actually make sense given this design and the lack of drag in space. Though the lack of symmetry makes finding the center of mass interesting.

Oh, wait…we’ve had this discussion before, haven’t we.

By: Ben Hamill

Ben Hamill — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:40:00 +0000

1/3 of the crew on a meal-break at a time seems perfectly reasonable. Don’t naval vessels generally have 3 shifts so they can have people ready at all times? Does the Galaxion even maintain that state of readiness?

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:50:55 +0000

Interesting to hear how the Galaxion got its odd Nautilus design. It always struck me as out of the norm for a star ship to have so many curves to its design, but that makes sense.

By: Sean K.

Sean K. — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:09:18 +0000

Hmm. “Yuglaf” spelled backwards is “Falguy”. Could he have been the fall guy for something?