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[earthen_hope]

I don't think I'm going to be surprised anymore by anything I see in Disneyworld. I don't know if I'm going to get used to it, but I'm not going to be surprised by it. I still d

I never knew people could build so many different kinds of machines just for fun. It really is amazing... I'd love to know how they all work. And maybe try a few more of them. The pirate ride was fantastic!

Oh! I've seen people talking about what happens if the Wilderness changes and I'm not sure either, but I've been writing my name on the things I've bought or found, in case I'm not holding onto it. That might work. And just so everyone knows, the mannequins don't really mind if you go into the kitchen to make yourself food as long as you don't make a ruckus or get in their way. It's probably a good idea for everyone, but especially you new folks if you still want to have some money when we get back into the Tree.

[Pentaps, then the following is drawn in with pencil over the course of a few minutes. It's not as colored or well-done as the actual artwork here, but you get the idea.]

Comments

[desig-survivor.livejournal.com]

I think so. And more like starships. If it goes fast enough to break the sound barrier, it generally needs something to keep the pilot from passing out.

Looks big, whatever it is.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

I didn't know anything could go faster than sound. It doesn't sound pleasant without that sort of device. [a couple of doodle-lines at the ping.]

It really was. At least twenty feet long.

[desig-survivor.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're the girl who works at the weapons stand, right? There are things there that go supersonic all the time - certain bullets and long whips. When you crack a whip, part of it goes faster than sound and makes a sonic boom.

Huh. [He'd imagined it being much bigger.]

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, you're pulling my leg. They can't go that fast, can they?

[desig-survivor.livejournal.com]

They can and do. Down in the stables, there are a few handlers who use long whips - they say they don't beat the animals, and I haven't seen those tips touch anything, but they do get their attention with the sound. You've seen how the tip travels much faster than the handle does. More than thirty times faster, if done right.

Momentum is mass - weight and substance - plus speed. The handle you move has much more mass than the rest of the whip, but the same momentum. Less mass, higher speed.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Next time I go there I'll have to see that for myself. It sounds pretty complicated when you put it in those terms. It makes sense, but it sounds kind of crazy for something as simple as a whip to go faster than sound.