Talk:2328: Space Basketball - Revision history

Nitpicking: The future!

2023-10-29T12:30:51Z

The future!

Jkshapiro: But the backboard!

2021-01-10T02:14:33Z

But the backboard!

172.69.69.206 at 19:41, 7 July 2020

2020-07-07T19:41:08Z

These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For: Added an OT call-back comment on fireworks. Delete if inappropriate.

2020-07-05T22:45:06Z

Added an OT call-back comment on fireworks. Delete if inappropriate.

162.158.92.154 at 21:07, 5 July 2020

2020-07-05T21:07:39Z

NotaBene at 15:18, 5 July 2020

2020-07-05T15:18:48Z

188.114.102.48: The age of the universe isn't in the order of 8 billion years, should it be replaced with trillion or age of solar system?

2020-07-05T10:22:01Z

The age of the universe isn't in the order of 8 billion years, should it be replaced with trillion or age of solar system?

Pascal: Seconds in 5 billion years

2020-07-05T00:52:02Z

Seconds in 5 billion years

Divad27182: micrometeors

2020-07-04T16:46:10Z

micrometeors

Angel at 12:52, 4 July 2020

2020-07-04T12:52:32Z

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	Oh, and don't forget that the meteor might bounce off the backboard, that'll increase the chances. Or does that turn it into a meteorite and thereby invalidate it? [[User:Jkshapiro\|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro\|talk]]) 02:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)		Oh, and don't forget that the meteor might bounce off the backboard, that'll increase the chances. Or does that turn it into a meteorite and thereby invalidate it? [[User:Jkshapiro\|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro\|talk]]) 02:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Note that both Randall and the commenters here seem to assume that the basketball hoop will remain in existence, and in place, for the remaining time until the red giant Sun engulfs the Earth (or possibly be replaced continuously by a never-failing civilization for billions of years). [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 12:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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	I would like to take a moment to thank the multicellular Colonial organisms whose efforts lead us to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks_policy_in_the_United_States fireworks shows in the USA] the day after this strip was published. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 22:45, 5 July 2020 (UTC)		I would like to take a moment to thank the multicellular Colonial organisms whose efforts lead us to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks_policy_in_the_United_States fireworks shows in the USA] the day after this strip was published. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 22:45, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Oh, and don't forget that the meteor might bounce off the backboard, that'll increase the chances. Or does that turn it into a meteorite and thereby invalidate it? [[User:Jkshapiro\|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro\|talk]]) 02:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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		+	I don't understand why there's any debate about the terminology. He is specifically talking about something that "falls through the hoop". While it's falling and while we're talking about it passing through a hoop that is 10 feet away from the ground, it is unambiguously a meteor. We can talk about the likelihood of it becoming meteorite in the (near) future if you want, but in the comic he's talking about a meteor and uses the correct terminology.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.69.206\|172.69.69.206]] 19:41, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

	I'd just like to point out that this assumes cueball's odds of sinking a basket remain at 30% after hundreds/thousands of shots. One would think he would improve with practice.		I'd just like to point out that this assumes cueball's odds of sinking a basket remain at 30% after hundreds/thousands of shots. One would think he would improve with practice.

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	Harhar, exercise in futility.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.154\|162.158.92.154]] 21:07, 5 July 2020 (UTC)		Harhar, exercise in futility.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.154\|162.158.92.154]] 21:07, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I would like to take a moment to thank the multicellular Colonial organisms whose efforts lead us to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks_policy_in_the_United_States fireworks shows in the USA] the day after this strip was published. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 22:45, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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	The age of the universe isn't in the order of 8 billion years, should it be replaced with trillion or age of solar system?		The age of the universe isn't in the order of 8 billion years, should it be replaced with trillion or age of solar system?
	: {{w\|Age of the universe\|13.8 billion years}} is close to 8 billion (factor of 1.7x), not one trillion (factor of 72x). --[[User:NotaBene\|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene\|talk]]) 15:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)		: {{w\|Age of the universe\|13.8 billion years}} is close to 8 billion (factor of 1.7x), not one trillion (factor of 72x). --[[User:NotaBene\|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene\|talk]]) 15:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Harhar, exercise in futility.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.154\|162.158.92.154]] 21:07, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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	The explanation currently says "there are approximately 6 quadrillion seconds remaining in the expected lifetime of the Sun (5 billion years)". I don't understand where this comes from. My math says 5 billion years is around 158 quadrillion seconds. [[User:Pascal\|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal\|talk]]) 00:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)		The explanation currently says "there are approximately 6 quadrillion seconds remaining in the expected lifetime of the Sun (5 billion years)". I don't understand where this comes from. My math says 5 billion years is around 158 quadrillion seconds. [[User:Pascal\|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal\|talk]]) 00:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
		+	: Missed a spot, thanks. --[[User:NotaBene\|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene\|talk]]) 15:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

	The age of the universe isn't in the order of 8 billion years, should it be replaced with trillion or age of solar system?		The age of the universe isn't in the order of 8 billion years, should it be replaced with trillion or age of solar system?
		+	: {{w\|Age of the universe\|13.8 billion years}} is close to 8 billion (factor of 1.7x), not one trillion (factor of 72x). --[[User:NotaBene\|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene\|talk]]) 15:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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	The explanation currently says "there are approximately 6 quadrillion seconds remaining in the expected lifetime of the Sun (5 billion years)". I don't understand where this comes from. My math says 5 billion years is around 158 quadrillion seconds. [[User:Pascal\|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal\|talk]]) 00:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)		The explanation currently says "there are approximately 6 quadrillion seconds remaining in the expected lifetime of the Sun (5 billion years)". I don't understand where this comes from. My math says 5 billion years is around 158 quadrillion seconds. [[User:Pascal\|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal\|talk]]) 00:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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	What about micrometeors? As I understand, they are a lot more common. [[User:Divad27182\|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182\|talk]]) 16:46, 4 July 2020 (UTC)		What about micrometeors? As I understand, they are a lot more common. [[User:Divad27182\|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182\|talk]]) 16:46, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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		+	The explanation currently says "there are approximately 6 quadrillion seconds remaining in the expected lifetime of the Sun (5 billion years)". I don't understand where this comes from. My math says 5 billion years is around 158 quadrillion seconds. [[User:Pascal\|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal\|talk]]) 00:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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	According to https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/pettit_chron_10.html a 2001 study estimated the meteorite fall rate to one meteorite per million square kilometers per year, which yields an expected value of ~6e+12years to score for space. The Cosmos magazine article mentioned above may draw from the same source.		According to https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/pettit_chron_10.html a 2001 study estimated the meteorite fall rate to one meteorite per million square kilometers per year, which yields an expected value of ~6e+12years to score for space. The Cosmos magazine article mentioned above may draw from the same source.
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		+	What about micrometeors? As I understand, they are a lot more common. [[User:Divad27182\|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182\|talk]]) 16:46, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

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 Technically it's still a meteor as it's being put through the hoop. The definition of a meteorite is a meteor that has *reached the surface* and made it through the atmosphere. The basketball hoop is not the surface. It is still a point in the atmosphere. Magma at any arbitrary point before it flows or erupts out of a vent (10 feet before the vent, for example, the same height as the rim of the basket on a regulation hoop) is still called magma and not lava. Therefore the entry should note this and refer to the meteors as such and not improperly as meteorites as the current note does. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.124|108.162.216.124]] 07:32, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 : This is what I was going to say, more or less. Though with the additional pondering of hoop-height to atmosphere depth (roughly) proportional to chance of a hoop-scorer attaining "-ite" status soon after. And then *something* *something* about the inherent status of a rim-shot (the chances being an interesting additional function of hoop diameter and the (surviving) cross-sectional width - and what if the latter exceeds the former?)... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.71|162.158.154.71]] 10:01, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 According to https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/pettit_chron_10.html a 2001 study estimated the meteorite fall rate to one meteorite per million square kilometers per year, which yields an expected value of ~6e+12years to score for space. The Cosmos magazine article mentioned above may draw from the same source.