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It would take the sudden introduction of a very massive object or the application of huge rockets over a very long period of time. The energy requirement would be 2x MV^2 where M is the mass of the planet and V is the orbital velocity of the planet.
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“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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What if God created donuts?Originally posted by AAAAAAAAH! View PostI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Donuts prove God exists. Checkmate atheists.Comment
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Lonely among us.Originally posted by Aeson View PostVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Then Satan obviously created the hole, so the Holy Ghost is responsible for jam doughnuts and Haggai for chocolate sprinkles.Originally posted by Kidicious View PostVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Too bitter?Why isn't there a candy called "feminists?"Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
"Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
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Ben, you're in fine form with the snark today. That's the second genuinely clever retort I've seen in minutes.Comment
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With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Sorry. Beer is proof that God exists and that he wishes us to be happy.Originally posted by AAAAAAAAH! View PostI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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There can't be more than one proof?No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Mmmmm. Beer and donuts.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Indeed, but circumbinary alone doesn't describe what I'm asking about.Originally posted by The Mad Monk View PostClick here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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You need to look at the circumbinary literature (for which the term circumbinary is very useful), but the short answer is no. The mechanics practically guarantee an ejection or collision before even a passing star-switching orbit, let alone a stable one.
The Astronomy Magazine article I mentioned went into it, but the online version is very truncated.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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