When I put squares next to each other, I’m tiling. When I put cubes next to each other, I’m stacking. When I put tesseracts next to each other, what’s the verb? A square, having four edges, can be surrounded by at most four other squares. One on an edge has three neighbors. One on aContinue reading “Tiling, Stacking, and What?”
Tag Archives: Science
Plasma Spheres
Summary: A cubic inch sphere of oxygen plasma contains 10 kJ of energy. That makes a 12 cubic inch (~3 inch diameter) sphere hand grenade equivalent. How I got there: The original plan for the firepit (the scene that refuses to be written in chapter 19, in case you are just tuning in) was toContinue reading “Plasma Spheres”
AI Assistance
I finally need to figure out how the System’s ‘sectors’ are laid out on Earth. I’ve been dreading this because math. A sector is 1/4,320th of the surface. That’s 45,586 square miles. They are constrained to 3 degrees of longitude, which means they get taller as they approach the poles. How does that actually layContinue reading “AI Assistance”
Magic Barrier
Marcy, our first mage, is arriving on stage. Things rearranged and her appearance got moved. Her chapter also got long and split. I’m calling part two “chapter 10.5”. I’m sick of renumbering. I’m now stuck. In order to show her list of spells, I need a spell categorization system. One of the common options isContinue reading “Magic Barrier”
Time and Population
Even in our universe, the numbers get really big, really fast (on astronomical timeframes). Given our current science and not that much more technology, just our solar system could support quintillions of humans. Multiply that by billions of solar systems – we don’t really need inhabitable planets – in the galaxy and potential population numbersContinue reading “Time and Population”
