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Trotterdam wrote:

Does it do that when you are in a gravity field?

Friction isn't that powerful. You might theoretically be move the tower in one piece if you push it very gently, but that would be practically impossible to do.

The real problem with space Jenga, though, is that without something holding the pieces together, they'll tend to bounce off each other. Even if you try to put a piece down very gently, it'll still have some very slight but nonzero momentum relative to the rest of the tower, and without gravity or air resistance, the collision will soon transform that into a nonzero momentum away from the tower. Now multiply that by a whole bunch of pieces, all at slightly different vectors, and the tower IS going to fly apart on its own, no matter what you do.

Unless you have enough Jenga pieces that the tower has a significant gravity field of its own. Then you'll almost certainly lose the game, but you'll have lost it in one piece.

I guess it would depend on your location in space. If you're a reasonable distance from any major masses, a full Jenga set's field would probably be more noticeable than if you're in orbit.

Quintolania wrote:

I guess it would depend on your location in space. If you're a reasonable distance from any major masses, a full Jenga set's field would probably be more noticeable than if you're in orbit.

The important thing isn't the Jenga set's gravity relative to the gravities of other things in the vicinity (if you're orbiting them, then you're already paying little attention to their gravity, other than tidal forces), but rather the Jenga set's gravity relative to all the other various minor forces and inertias acting on the set.

Eveything is always experiencing a certain amount of chaos, so to keep something orderly, there needs to be some stabilizing force that is greater than the amount of chaos it is experiencing.

For a Jenga set under normal gameplay conditions (like, you didn't light the blocks on fire first), the chaos is not that great, so you don't need all that much gravity, but you do need some - and gravity, being an extremely weak force, is hard to come by.

The Alicorns wrote:

Don't forget all the microscopic stuff hitting the Jenga pieces at ridiculous speeds.

And the fact that unless the Jenga pieces are cooled to absolute zero, they'll be vibrating/moving unpredictably and bouncing off each other. That's what temperature means.

Rockmeamedeus wrote:

huh?

Sorry, I was pundering some pretty deep questions. Some things in life are difficult to punderstand, y'know?

Quintolania wrote:

My... economy...

Bailout?

Quintolania wrote:

Bailout.

Sign here please.

Aww... I won't demand much. I'm not Conexus after all.

The Alicorns wrote:

Aww... I won't demand much. I'm not Conexus after all.

...you've got a point.

The Alicorns wrote:

And anyway, how am I supposed to occupy a land that always on fire anyway? The only stipulation I have is that my nation can go in to survey for oil or natural gas.

About that... what exactly did you think was burning?

The Alicorns wrote:

Oil and natural gas... so sign plz? I'll get the oil company execs.

Alright. *scribblescribblescribble* There ya go.

The Issue

The sudden appearance of a bouquet of rainbows in the skies above RockMeAmedeus City has bedazzled the city's natives. Initial investigations by amateur scientists have revealed the source of the phenomena to be a previously undiscovered ancient barrow just outside the city limits, apparently teeming with hoards of gold. Efforts to procure the gold, however, have been in vain, with rumours that mysterious men of a limited stature are mischievously playing tricks on would-be treasure hunters.

The Debate

"This is spectacular", squeals Miranda Lopez, presenter of popular entertainment show 'Us Nightly'. "All this GOLD for FREE! I can think of a thousand ways to spend it all. So what if there are a few weird dwarves - we could use all of this gold to fund the national budget! Let's blow that ditch to hell, grab the loot, and go on a shopping spree!"

Accept

"Gold? Dwarves? Rainbows? This is a travesty!" decrees Agnes Rikkard, an infamous mendicant preacher who wandered into a live report on the lunchtime news. "These are no mere dwarves - these are leprechauns; demons sent here to deceive us! They are wicked, sinful tricksters, who have become manifest because of our tolerance of ancient pagan burial grounds on our sacred and holy lands. We must purge these abominations and destroy all that which is connected to this Plague; the leprechauns, their evil gold, and that unholy barrow!"

Accept

"Top o' the morning to you laddie!" says Patrick O'Malley, a twinkley-eyed leprechaun, all clad in green. "Ara, let's not be talking about blowing up this and blowing up that. Sure we'd just love to be friends, you and I and us. Now look a chara, how's about we come to a wee deal, aye? We'll swap some of our lucky Irish gold for a couple o'drops to drink. We do be dying of the thirst and wouldn't say no to an aul whiskey or two ... dozen. Just between us, mind! Our wee secret."

Accept

The Government Position

The government has yet to formalize a position on this issue.

Dismiss This Issue

Issue

Rockmeamedeus wrote:

It's about Beauty Pagents

You legalized them, didn't you.

Quintolania wrote:

Alright. *scribblescribblescribble* There ya go.

Thank you. Expect oil company reps within a week.

Rockmeamedeus wrote:

I see this:
Tiara Sign Of Oppression, Declare Feminists

Automatically choose the opposite choice of the feminists

heh

I usually just pick the option that allows both sexes to participate. Need more models for the fashion industry and all that.

9 hours ago: Following new legislation in RockMeAmedeus, vanity is considered the fifth cardinal virtue.