If you noticed, only Cliff expressed his disbelief yesterday about Brewster’s great idea of a galactic airbag. The least he deserves for speaking out is to cash in on the idiot(s).
If you noticed, only Cliff expressed his disbelief yesterday about Brewster’s great idea of a galactic airbag. The least he deserves for speaking out is to cash in on the idiot(s).
In the Milky Way, the average distance between stars is about 5 light years, or 30 trillion miles.
The mean radius of the sun is 432,450 miles, so round up and call it a million miles diameter. Triple that out of laziness and you have 3 million.
So a line from center to center would have one star on average once every 10 million star diameters. Put that on a square grid to have one every (10 million) squared or 10^14 star areas (pretending stars are square, less than that for actual shape). This makes it really hard for individual stars to hit each other (one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent, I believe) — although gravity would shift the path of many.
Cliff won’t even need to make a payout — assuming he lives that long.
Rakkav over 15 years ago
There you have it, sentient beings. Dumb and Dumber.
margueritem over 15 years ago
Brewster, such a deal!
Dutchboy1 over 15 years ago
It’s not very hard to sucker Brewster, is it? I mean, if Cliff could do it…
c00k13m0n5t3r over 15 years ago
If you noticed, only Cliff expressed his disbelief yesterday about Brewster’s great idea of a galactic airbag. The least he deserves for speaking out is to cash in on the idiot(s).
c00k13m0n5t3r over 15 years ago
If you noticed, only Cliff expressed his disbelief yesterday about Brewster’s great idea of a galactic airbag. The least he deserves for speaking out is to cash in on the idiot(s).
McGehee over 15 years ago
It’s a being-eat-being universe.
Digital Frog over 15 years ago
how about a dogstar-eat-dogstar universe?
montycantsin2 over 15 years ago
If there’s no one aroung to hear the collision, does it make a noise?
lincolnhyde over 15 years ago
In this case, no, because there’s no air to carry the sound.
Virtualjump over 15 years ago
Wow, reminds me of the time I bought that dimensional collapse insurance. It seemed like such a good deal back then…
Rakkav over 15 years ago
Re: c00k13m0n5t3r’s good point:
If nothing else, Cliff proves one of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition (and yes, I forgot the number): “Deep down, everybody’s a Ferengi.”
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 6 years ago
In the Milky Way, the average distance between stars is about 5 light years, or 30 trillion miles.
The mean radius of the sun is 432,450 miles, so round up and call it a million miles diameter. Triple that out of laziness and you have 3 million.So a line from center to center would have one star on average once every 10 million star diameters. Put that on a square grid to have one every (10 million) squared or 10^14 star areas (pretending stars are square, less than that for actual shape). This makes it really hard for individual stars to hit each other (one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent of one percent, I believe) — although gravity would shift the path of many.
Cliff won’t even need to make a payout — assuming he lives that long.