I felt a great disturbance in the rotational force…
[Previously on IRC: tsohg has been raving about the wonders of flywheels for the past two or three days. After a particularly spirited rave, tsohg went afk. the_W made a disparaging joke about flywheels (which, alas, he didn't think to copy). tsohg came back, and was upset.]
<the_W> tsohg, it was a joke
* tsohg pounds the keyboard
* the_W smacks a sense of humor into tsohg
<tsohg> I'm going to start a fourth reich
<tsohg> built around flywheels
<the_W> meh
<the_W> if they solve some of the problems then they're just a better battery
<tsohg> well, yes that is the point
<the_W> they've been around since the industrial revolution tsohg
<tsohg> yes i know
<tsohg> that's what makes them so interesting and cool
<tsohg> we could have flywheel powered electric cars
— tsohg is now known as flywheel
<flywheel> all bow before me
<flywheel> i store your energy!
<flywheel> i give you life!
<flywheel> without me, you are nothing!
<the_W> you can't power anything with flywheels
<the_W> flywheels don't make energy out of nothing
<the_W> you power the car with electricity
<flywheel> the flywheel stores the energy!
<flywheel> the reason electric cars suck is because current batteries suck!
<the_W> yeah, but…
<flywheel> we need improved batteries!
<flywheel> that is where I come in!
<the_W> how do you deal with the gyroscopic inertia
<flywheel> you have two flywheels
<flywheel> each going in opposing directions
<flywheel> at the same rate
<the_W> that will work, will it?
<flywheel> yeah it will
<the_W> dude
<the_W> take the front wheel off your bike
<the_W> spin it and then try to move it laterally
<flywheel> but if the wheel is parallel to the ground that isnt a problem
<the_W> it's a problem if you're on a back road in the south and you see a sign that says DIP and you're driving an orange car with a confederate flag on the top
<flywheel> lol
<flywheel> maybe
<the_W> YEEEEEEEE-HA!
<flywheel> i think there are ways to fix that type of problem
<the_W> hmm
<the_W> that could have gone better
<the_W> I was re-heating cheesy potatoes and apparently my method for doing so was not well thought through
<the_W> now I have a thin layer of burnt cheese welded to the bottom of this pan
<the_W> FLYWHEEL
<the_W> I NEED YOUR HELP
<flywheel> YES???
<the_W> SPIN UP AND GRIND THIS CHEESE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY PAN
<the_W> PUT ON YOUR SANDPAPER SUIT FIRST
<class> hahaha
* class tries not to laugh at work haha
* the_W tries to laugh and not choke on cheesy potatoes
<flywheel> lol
<flywheel> I SPIN AT 100,000 RPMs, I CARE NOT FOR YOUR CHEESY PAN
<flywheel> BOTHER ME NOT WITH THIS POCKET CALCULATOR STUFF
<the_W> HELP ME OBI-WHEEL FLY-OBI, YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE