Activity for Phil Hâ€
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All the rivers run west I'd like to construct a planet where the rivers all run east to west, but I need a plausible reason for them to do so. Rivers run from high altitude to low, but also I suppose there is the coriolis force to push them clockwise or anticlockwise. Could a glancing blow from a meteor on a south-north v... (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |
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A: In space, do "shipping lanes" make sense? The right constraint Shipping lanes are not a result of a constraint of choice, but a constraint of resource. I could start a shipping company that takes a scenic route from A to B, but it will go bust because simple competition requires that I take the most efficient route I can, or someone else wi... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |