Living on another planet for a while...

[BurnItDwn]

Not so sure about time keeping, but be sure to get all your vaccinations before going to another planet!

 

[Crono]

nvm

 

[BarkingGhostar]

How do you keep time?
Do you have to devise a system based on solar days like people do on Earth?

Why would I need to keep time? I don't really do that now. No watch or wall clock.

 

[Rubycon]

Why would I need to keep time? I don't really do that now. No watch or wall clock.

Of course you do but don't realize it. Things in an alien environment would be radically different.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Solar days seems the most logical. You'd probably have need to know how long till night or morning each day and beyond that the duration of seasons and such.

 

[Rubycon]

Not so sure about time keeping, but be sure to get all your vaccinations before going to another planet!

Especially rabies, right?

Do folks that get rabies vaccine hiss at people profusely when angry?

 

[darkxshade]

On another topic, can you imagine living on a planet with a gravity thats slightly[like 1.25x] stronger than Earth? :awe:

 

[Jeff7]

Mealtime
Bedtime
Probetime

There we go, I have a system of time, and that's about all I'd need to be aware of.

 

[Rubycon]

On another topic, can you imagine living on a planet with a gravity thats slightly[like 1.25x] stronger than Earth? :awe:

That's going the wrong weigh.

I'd weigh close to 150# there.

 

[BoomerD]

IMO, the most logical would be to use a local solar-based time system. However, if the community was keeping close contact with Earth, then there'd also need to be an "Earth Standard Time" for communications...however, I don't think that'd be nearly as important as keeping local time since, if we were advanced enough to have "colonies" on other planets, we'd probably have the communications centers staffed round the clock. (plus, you'd have to take into account the "travel time" of all communications...several minutes for this solar system, maybe several thousands of years for colonies in far off galaxies...

"Earth? What the hell is Earth? Oh, that old fairy tale. There is no "Earth," only a religious myth."

 

[Saga]

Stardates. Obviously.

 

[darkxshade]

That's going the wrong weigh.

I'd weigh close to 150# there.

I'm sure the scales will be adjusted to match accordingly... you'll just need to refer to the number as 120 Earth lbs vs whatever lbs.

 

[Rubycon]

Half gravity would be nice for jumping.
I remember the Quake days where the server admin would mess with the gravity. It was set so high once that getting on one of those trampoline things made you look like a stoned rabbit hopping on an electrified tin roof!

 

[dank69]

That's going the wrong weigh.

I'd weigh close to 150# there.

fatty

I see you went 3D

 

[Perknose]

That's going the wrong weigh.

I'd weigh close to 150# there.

Does this planet make me look fat, hon? :awe:

 

[Rubycon]

Everyone looks fat through the viewfinder.
I suppose that's why size zero is the new size four! D:

 

[darkxshade]

Not to mention that growing up on a planet with a gravity multiplier might make you a midget.

 

[Russwinters]

Just download the app for your iphone/android, duh.

 

[Perknose]

Just download the app for your iphone/android, duh.

Interstellar data rates are . . . wait for it, waaaaait for it . . . out of this world! :awe:

 

[BurnItDwn]

Especially rabies, right?

Do folks that get rabies vaccine hiss at people profusely when angry?

I heard the mosquitoes on Mars are crazy big! So at the very least, Lariam (to prevent Malaria.)

No, it's cats that hiss at people profusely when angry
Or, you could mistake a rattlesnake as making a hissing noise ... but it's not really that similar, so your hearing would have to be pretty "off."

Also, always be careful while snipe hunting.

 

[Rubycon]

It is VERY hard for a human to make an authentic cat his noise. There are people out there that can do it but they have practiced for years.

 

[Perknose]

It is VERY hard for a human to make an authentic cat his noise. There are people out there that can do it but they have practiced for years.

They are certified "hissy fit." :awe:

 

[Rubycon]

they are certified "hissy fit." :awe:

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It's hard to express Onomatopoeia on a forum.

 

[Jeff7]

It is VERY hard for a human to make an authentic cat his noise. There are people out there that can do it but they have practiced for years.

Well whatever hiss noise I'm able to make, it's quite adequate for communicating the general sentiment to cats, at least the ones back at my parents' house. The one in particular, if she did something she wasn't supposed to, a hiss would make her jump, squint, lay back her ears, and then run away. I don't think of it as a terribly difficult sound to make either.

 

[Rubycon]

Well whatever hiss noise I'm able to make, it's quite adequate for communicating the general sentiment to cats, at least the ones back at my parents' house. The one in particular, if she did something she wasn't supposed to, a hiss would make her jump, squint, lay back her ears, and then run away. I don't think of it as a terribly difficult sound to make either.

It's difficult to do it correctly. A lot of things hiss or make spitting noises. The feline in particular is a unique noise. Fakes are easy to spot. Of course cats respond to a wide range of noises that sound similar.