[rescue] octane question

[Dave McGuire]

On January 20, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> >From a simulation point of view, you, me, and the desk would more or less
> be called rigid with joints, whereas Odo would require a more complex 
> simulation system, perhaps a particle system.  Of course, these are just
> simulations, not reality.  After all, I call you, me and the desk jointed
> rigid objects, but you and me have a lot of fluids to us, and we squish in
> rather non rigid ways, and if you hit the desk hard enough (or heat it enough)
> it ceases to be rigid as well.

  Every time I sit at a desk with a joint, I become much less rigid.

  And Odo...I'm sure he's quite rigid for a while, dating Major Kira and
all...but after a half hour or so alone with her, I'm sure that
rigidity turns out to be quite temporary, and containing much less
fluid.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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