Talk:Leyland Gravity Whip - Revision history

VeNoo at 10:32, 2 October 2015

2015-10-02T10:32:22Z

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	Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)		Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)
	:I don't think there'd be any problem with such a note, my first inclination would be to put it in the first paragraph. Cheers --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] ([[User talk:Zeracles\|talk]]) 09:19, 2 October 2015 (CEST)		:I don't think there'd be any problem with such a note, my first inclination would be to put it in the first paragraph. Cheers --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] ([[User talk:Zeracles\|talk]]) 09:19, 2 October 2015 (CEST)
			::Ok, added to the beginning as you suggested --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 12:32, 2 October 2015 (CEST)

Zeracles: /* Real analogue */

2015-10-02T07:19:39Z

Real analogue

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	Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)		Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)
			:I don't think there'd be any problem with such a note, my first inclination would be to put it in the first paragraph. Cheers --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] ([[User talk:Zeracles\|talk]]) 09:19, 2 October 2015 (CEST)

VeNoo at 23:39, 1 October 2015

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	::Yes, I agree. It was a decent pun. I almost regret asking now. Oh well, I guess it's for the best. --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 12:46, 24 October 2007 (CEST)		::Yes, I agree. It was a decent pun. I almost regret asking now. Oh well, I guess it's for the best. --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 12:46, 24 October 2007 (CEST)

			=Real analogue=
			Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)

Svdb: /* Gravity Whop */ reply

2009-07-18T22:53:44Z

Gravity Whop: reply

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	:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)		:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)
	:: About 10 years ago I emailed fred and paul with this question. Fred replied that it's not a bug, but a feature :). The email was on TPNOF but I can't find it anymore.--[[User:Angelfish\|Angelfish]] 14:00, 18 July 2009 (UTC)		:: About 10 years ago I emailed fred and paul with this question. Fred replied that it's not a bug, but a feature :). The email was on TPNOF but I can't find it anymore.--[[User:Angelfish\|Angelfish]] 14:00, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
			:::This is the relevant part of that email: ''I would call this a "feature" (Did you really expect me to admit to a bug?). The problem is that since the ships have irregular protuberances it can sometimes be problematic to disengage them from each other if they've "locked horns" as it were. When this case occurs I try frantically to shake them loose from each other. This sometimes results in the side-effect you are experiencing.'' — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 22:53, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

	:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.		:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.

Angelfish: /* Gravity Whop */

2009-07-18T14:00:50Z

Gravity Whop

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	:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.		:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.
	:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)		:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)
	:: About 10 years ago I emailed fred and paul with this question. Fred replied that it's not a bug, but a feature :). The email was on TPNOF but I can't find it anymore.		:: About 10 years ago I emailed fred and paul with this question. Fred replied that it's not a bug, but a feature :). The email was on TPNOF but I can't find it anymore.--[[User:Angelfish\|Angelfish]] 14:00, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

	:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.		:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.

Angelfish at 14:00, 18 July 2009

2009-07-18T14:00:13Z

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	:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.		:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.
	:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)		:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)
			:: About 10 years ago I emailed fred and paul with this question. Fred replied that it's not a bug, but a feature :). The email was on TPNOF but I can't find it anymore.

	:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.		:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.

PsiPhi: goodbye pun

2007-10-24T10:46:08Z

goodbye pun

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	=Gravity Whop=		=Gravity Whop=
	I have to ask, what exactly is a "Gravity Whop". Is is it meant simply as a joke about the sound your ship makes when it hits a planet? Why the capitalization? Is this referencing the game manual or some other source? Although I should not be the one to criticize adding some humor to the Ultronomicon, being partly responsible for [[Game Humor\|this]], I found this a bit confusing, expecting a separate page to at least explain the joke, if it is a joke, or what a Gravity Whop is, if it isn't. For a moment, I thought it was a reference to something I've seen a lot in SC2 battles (don't recall if SC1 had it as well). Occasionally, it is possible for your ship to be "thrown" at incredibly fast speed without the use of a gravity whip. Usually it occurs when the two ships get "tangled" in each other, or an asteroid, or rarely from repeatedly striking the planet itself. I'm not sure if this was an intentional part of the program code's game dynamics or a fluke of its collision detection system in processing the action-reaction in transference of energy from one body to another. Has any one else ever experienced this phenomenon? --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 15:28, 17 October 2007 (CEST)		I have to ask, what exactly is a "Gravity Whop". Is it meant simply as a joke about the sound your ship makes when it hits a planet? Why the capitalization? Is this referencing the game manual or some other source? Although I should not be the one to criticize adding some humor to the Ultronomicon, being partly responsible for [[Game Humor\|this]], I found this a bit confusing, expecting a separate page to at least explain the joke, if it is a joke, or what a Gravity Whop is, if it isn't. For a moment, I thought it was a reference to something I've seen a lot in SC2 battles (don't recall if SC1 had it as well). Occasionally, it is possible for your ship to be "thrown" at incredibly fast speed without the use of a gravity whip. Usually it occurs when the two ships get "tangled" in each other, or an asteroid, or rarely from repeatedly striking the planet itself. I'm not sure if this was an intentional part of the program code's game dynamics or a fluke of its collision detection system in processing the action-reaction in transference of energy from one body to another. Has any one else ever experienced this phenomenon? --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 15:28, 17 October 2007 (CEST)

	:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.		:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.
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	:It's a shame about having to get rid of that joke. --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] 21:17, 23 October 2007 (CEST)		:It's a shame about having to get rid of that joke. --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] 21:17, 23 October 2007 (CEST)

			::Yes, I agree. It was a decent pun. I almost regret asking now. Oh well, I guess it's for the best. --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 12:46, 24 October 2007 (CEST)

Zeracles: gravity whop bug

2007-10-23T19:17:01Z

gravity whop bug

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	:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.		:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.
	:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)		:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)

			:I've definitely experienced this entanglement acceleration phenomenon, many times. I've seen it happen to Chmmr Avatars, in which case the zapsats get left behind. In fact I distinctly remember my flagship and a Kzer-Za Dreadnought warping on top of each other at the beginning of a battle (PC version). I don't think any incredible speed eventuated though. PsiPhi mentions it happening in the vicinity of planets, I seem to remember something like this, and it's always seemed counter-intuitive to me, but because it isn't real, maybe it's bound to.

			:It's a shame about having to get rid of that joke. --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] 21:17, 23 October 2007 (CEST)

Svdb: /* Gravity Whop */ reply

2007-10-23T00:11:51Z

Gravity Whop: reply

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	=Gravity Whop=		=Gravity Whop=
	I have to ask, what exactly is a "Gravity Whop". Is is it meant simply as a joke about the sound your ship makes when it hits a planet? Why the capitalization? Is this referencing the game manual or some other source? Although I should not be the one to criticize adding some humor to the Ultronomicon, being partly responsible for [[Game Humor\|this]], I found this a bit confusing, expecting a separate page to at least explain the joke, if it is a joke, or what a Gravity Whop is, if it isn't. For a moment, I thought it was a reference to something I've seen a lot in SC2 battles (don't recall if SC1 had it as well). Occasionally, it is possible for your ship to be "thrown" at incredibly fast speed without the use of a gravity whip. Usually it occurs when the two ships get "tangled" in each other, or an asteroid, or rarely from repeatedly striking the planet itself. I'm not sure if this was an intentional part of the program code's game dynamics or a fluke of its collision detection system in processing the action-reaction in transference of energy from one body to another. Has any one else ever experienced this phenomenon? --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 15:28, 17 October 2007 (CEST)		I have to ask, what exactly is a "Gravity Whop". Is is it meant simply as a joke about the sound your ship makes when it hits a planet? Why the capitalization? Is this referencing the game manual or some other source? Although I should not be the one to criticize adding some humor to the Ultronomicon, being partly responsible for [[Game Humor\|this]], I found this a bit confusing, expecting a separate page to at least explain the joke, if it is a joke, or what a Gravity Whop is, if it isn't. For a moment, I thought it was a reference to something I've seen a lot in SC2 battles (don't recall if SC1 had it as well). Occasionally, it is possible for your ship to be "thrown" at incredibly fast speed without the use of a gravity whip. Usually it occurs when the two ships get "tangled" in each other, or an asteroid, or rarely from repeatedly striking the planet itself. I'm not sure if this was an intentional part of the program code's game dynamics or a fluke of its collision detection system in processing the action-reaction in transference of energy from one body to another. Has any one else ever experienced this phenomenon? --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 15:28, 17 October 2007 (CEST)

			:It seems that I was the one who put this in. It was a joke. If you get too close to the planet, instead of whipping around a planet you'd whop into it. I've removed it now, as it apparently was a cause for confusion, and it didn't quite fit in an encyclopedic work anyhow.
			:If I'm not mistaken, the getting thrown at incredible speed is a result of the code that tries to move overlapping objects apart. It may be a bug. — [[User:Svdb\|SvdB]] 02:11, 23 October 2007 (CEST)

PsiPhi: gravity whop?; also question posed

2007-10-17T13:28:14Z

gravity whop?; also question posed

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	::Finally, I was right about something! Score 1 for me being right, score 287 me being wrong. --[[User:Gaeamil\|Gaeamil]] 06:56, 21 April 2007 (CEST)		::Finally, I was right about something! Score 1 for me being right, score 287 me being wrong. --[[User:Gaeamil\|Gaeamil]] 06:56, 21 April 2007 (CEST)

			=Gravity Whop=
			I have to ask, what exactly is a "Gravity Whop". Is is it meant simply as a joke about the sound your ship makes when it hits a planet? Why the capitalization? Is this referencing the game manual or some other source? Although I should not be the one to criticize adding some humor to the Ultronomicon, being partly responsible for [[Game Humor\|this]], I found this a bit confusing, expecting a separate page to at least explain the joke, if it is a joke, or what a Gravity Whop is, if it isn't. For a moment, I thought it was a reference to something I've seen a lot in SC2 battles (don't recall if SC1 had it as well). Occasionally, it is possible for your ship to be "thrown" at incredibly fast speed without the use of a gravity whip. Usually it occurs when the two ships get "tangled" in each other, or an asteroid, or rarely from repeatedly striking the planet itself. I'm not sure if this was an intentional part of the program code's game dynamics or a fluke of its collision detection system in processing the action-reaction in transference of energy from one body to another. Has any one else ever experienced this phenomenon? --[[User:PsiPhi\|PsiPhi]] 15:28, 17 October 2007 (CEST)

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	Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)		Don't know whether (and where) to note that the Leyland Gravity Whip is analogous to [[wikipedia:Oberth_effect\|actual maneuver]] used in austronautics. --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 01:39, 2 October 2015 (CEST)
	:I don't think there'd be any problem with such a note, my first inclination would be to put it in the first paragraph. Cheers --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] ([[User talk:Zeracles\|talk]]) 09:19, 2 October 2015 (CEST)		:I don't think there'd be any problem with such a note, my first inclination would be to put it in the first paragraph. Cheers --[[User:Zeracles\|Zeracles]] ([[User talk:Zeracles\|talk]]) 09:19, 2 October 2015 (CEST)
			::Ok, added to the beginning as you suggested --[[User:VeNoo\|VeNoo]] ([[User talk:VeNoo\|talk]]) 12:32, 2 October 2015 (CEST)