Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 9-13 May 2011 (1921-1925)
Akima:
--- Quote from: Deadlywonky on 14 May 2011, 14:59 ---Skew, to the best of my knowledge (one of my lecturers at uni), the nausea is caused by a form of travel sickness: if you are standing, facing the direction of spin, and you rotate your head 90 degrees to the left, your eyes tell the brain that the body is stationary, but because one ear is accelerating into the direction of travel, and the other accelerating away, the perception is that the head is tumbling forwards, as this is not backed up by the eyes, the nausea results.
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The nausea is actually primarily caused by gyroscopic coupling upsetting the vestibular system of the inner ear (someone inside a rotating space-station has become part of a gigantic gyroscope). Lots more here: http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/artificial_gravity_and_the_architecture_of_orbital_habitats.shtml
Skewbrow:
@Deadlywonky: Thanks for the bit. Sounds like it is actually the same effect I was trying to describe: one ear is experiencing a different acceleration than the other. Much like if the dweller would do the hamster treadmill routine, then he/she would experience a lift or extra weight due to Coriolis all dependiing on whether the direction of running matches with the rotation or not. Except this time his/her head experiences opposite effects on opposite temples ...
@Akima: Thanks for the link!
ysth:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 14 May 2011, 05:24 ---EVERYONE needs to see Citizen Kane. Also The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Third Man.
And for a second tier of cultural references, The 39 Steps, Kind Hearts and Coronets, and the original Psycho.
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Top of my list of everyone-must-see are Office Space and Rustler's Rhapsody.
SJCrew:
Shocked Hanners is getting just a liiiiiitttle overused.
akronnick:
--- Quote from: ysth on 14 May 2011, 22:30 ---Top of my list of everyone-must-see are Office Space and Rustler's Rhapsody.
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Folks are talking about great films like Casablanca and Citizen Kane and you're bringing Office Space?
Really?
Really?
Don't get me wrong, Office Space is funny but...
Really?
Really?
And I'm adding The Treasure of the Sierra Madre to the great flicks list.
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