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[INTERACTION][EMAIL] Personal emails from Orbicon employees
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MexicanHunterD
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 		Arg, and I'm usually good about that in forums, too...

Ahh well, I've always learned the hard way...thanks for the tips!

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:29 pm
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2wicked
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I mostly teach the students about different ways to express themselves. I try to show them that everything around them can be inspiration for their art. It's not about being able to realistically draw a flower or a chair. It's about expressing their feelings through color and movement and shape. It's great fun! I can tell you more about it if you're really interested.

@caspian_x: I wonder if we should persue this. Maybe she'll drop a clue about how we can decipher a puzzle (perhaps there's something hidden the artwork that was featured in newsletters 2 & 3)? Just a thought.
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Dionysus
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 		I sent her an email this morning, before I read the new posts here, trying to get her to elaborate even more on the sorts of problems groups liek The Inept and PBTE having been causing. I'll let y'all know when I get a response.

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teh_lisa
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 		id10t error

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Caspian
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 		You are in the wrong forum. You want to be in the Menace-Media Thread in the ARGs with Potential Forum. Perhaps the moderators can move your post?

Once you're in the right place, we'll talk about how to deal with Jordan.

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teh_lisa
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 		hahahahaha I had so many windows open I posted in the wrong one. Thanks!

lisa anne (moving post)

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Puck90
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Dionysus wrote:
Ok, here's my next series of communication with Davina!
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Dear Andrew,

... Many of the people here don't leave the station at all except for the periods that are medically required...

Davina

Nothing too big that I noticed in this. However, she is startign to warm up wot me, so I'll definatly keep this penpalling going, perhaps it'll bear fruit as time progresses.

"periods that are medically required" interests me. Are these periods a result of life on the station or just personal medical issues? Maybe it's nothing.

Puck Twisted Evil

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tallerbird
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 		I noticed this and remembered Dean Illia, the first employee of the month, was in 'medical recovery'. I asked Davina about him in an email i sent yesterday but have no reply yet.

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Giskard
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 		Interesting indeed. It is a well-known fact that astronauts need quite a lengthy recovery period after they have spent a substantial time in space, but that's mostly due to zero-gravity conditions right? Do we know if there's normal gravity on the Colony? I kinda assumed there was...

So what else might be causing people to have to leave the station on medical advice ever so often? I wonder if Davina will give you a clear answer on this Smile
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		The Liftport version of the station will be located at 36,000km which puts it in the "orbital" range, meaning essentially, zero-gee.
If they put it at somewhere less than 24,000km there would be a reduced positive-gee and if placed anywhere past about 47,000km, there would be increasing negative-gee, the further out you go (Meaning up and down are reversed). But they can't go too far due to stresses on the ribbon being multiplied. The counterweight at the end (62,000km) only serves to keep the ribbon "taught" and is of sufficient mass to produce an upward pull of only a few tons at sea level.

EDIT: Good catch, AmberJoy. I had the wrong altitude for "escape velocity". Wink
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AmberJoy
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Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
The Liftport version of the station will be located at 36,000km which puts it in the "orbital" range, meaning essentially, zero-gee.
If they put it at somewhere less than 24,000km there would be a reduced positive-gee and if placed anywhere past about 36,000km, there would be increasing negative-gee, the further out you go (Meaning up and down are reversed). But they can't go too far due to stresses on the ribbon being multiplied. The counterweight at the end (62,000km) only serves to keep the ribbon "taught" and is of sufficient mass to produce an upward pull of only a few tons at sea level.


*blink blink*

Was that English?

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2wicked
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 		We get a little glimpse about the IT director (Johnathan Reinhart) from Davina's blog (found at www.maefamily.info/davina/):
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I can't believe it. The Orbicon site was hacked over the weekend. I don't know when or how it happened exactly, but I do know that Johnathan is in BIG trouble. My father is furious. Everyone is freaking out. I'm just going to lie low today and do some work at home. I guess I better come up with a good bit of PR after this.

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AmberJoy wrote:
Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
The Liftport version of the station will be located at 36,000km which puts it in the "orbital" range, meaning essentially, zero-gee.
If they put it at somewhere less than 24,000km there would be a reduced positive-gee and if placed anywhere past about 36,000km, there would be increasing negative-gee, the further out you go (Meaning up and down are reversed). But they can't go too far due to stresses on the ribbon being multiplied. The counterweight at the end (62,000km) only serves to keep the ribbon "taught" and is of sufficient mass to produce an upward pull of only a few tons at sea level.


*blink blink*

Was that English?


hehe I think what Rogi was referring to was the difference between gravity (positive gee) and centrifugal (negative gee)... for the space elevator, being in geostationary orbit, the farther out the station is, the more centrifugal force there would be to keep it in position with the ground. So up to 24,000km, there would be more gravity pull towards the earth than negative pull away from it. Beyond 36,000km, assuming geostationary orbit, you could theoretically achieve similar earth gravity negatively, away from the earth - assuming you could keep your 'ground' moving at the astounding speed required to keep it in line with the same spot on the earth as it rotated. Most satellites in geostationary orbit are at a specific height and speed so that they don't have to worry about keeping their own speed to match the rotatio nof the earth - they glide, or coast, in orbit around the earth. The farther out you go though, the faster you have to move, and the greater the centrifugal force.
If that was any more helpful in making it understandable Smile

King of a nifty theory for possible artificial gravity in space though...
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rowan
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thebruce wrote:
hehe I think what Rogi was referring to was the difference between gravity (positive gee) and centrifugal (negative gee)... for the space elevator...


Except for the fact that there really is no such thing as centrifugal force. It's actually centripetal force.
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enaxor
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 		Over the last couple of weeks, I sent out this email to Cordelia, Steven, and Davina:

Quote:
A couple of months ago I received a brochure in the mail from Orbicon Corporation. It must be an amazing place to work. The starlight must be ever sobright when viewing them from space. Do you ever wish upon a star? I'd have a hard time doing anything else. Well I've got to run, I hope to hear from you soon.


I was trying to find out who might have accidentally on purpose, hidden the username and password on the Orbicon brochure.

This morning I got a reply from Davina, but now what do I tell her?

Quote:
Looking up your name and email address in the database, I see that I did
in fact send you one of our brochures. What I'm not sure about is how
you discovered the username and password on one of the directories I use
on our website.

At first I thought you were a hacker working for one of the anti-Orbicon
groups and I was ready to turn your email over to security. But seeing
as you didn't leak information about the space station to the press
before it was announced, I figure it is unlikely that you work for one
of them. So I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now if you tell
me how you figured out the login information.

Oh... and please respond to davinaSPLATmaefamily.info, my personal address.
This isn't the sort of thing I want to talk about using my work address.


This is how I responded to her, I guess we'll see what happens.

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Dear Ms. Bronco,

I'm sorry I worried you over a security issue. I would never do anything to compromise your safety or security. So to put your mind at ease, this is how I discovered that information.

When I received the brochure I noticed a writing impression on it. You know, the kind where you write something on a piece of paper but it leaves an impression on the paper below it. Well me being the curious creature that I am, I highlighted the impressions using ashes from my fireplace. I guess I read to many mystery novels. Anyway, using that information I was able to read the newsletters for the space station. I hope you're not too mad at me.

I will certainly understand if you never write me again, but I hope you realize that I am someone you can trust. Sometimes it's nice to have someone to talk to and share secrets with. I hope to hear from you again.



edited to add email response.
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