klu9

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[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's it, thanks!

Wikipedia says not NASA but the German Space Agency and European astronauts who went up to Mir did use them for exercise.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Thanks.

LOL, just .com on the end, I wonder why my search engine just wouldn't find it.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Thanks for the info.

Personally, I've been avoiding Flatpaks anyway on my main machine, but not out of security concerns. Mainly to do with size and the update frequency.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Thanks. Several lemmings have given their opinion, and it seems the experience depends on the person.

As someone who gets car sick just looking at a map, I would only try this with a predetermined safe word! :)

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

I never would have predicted the cultists' compound would now be at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

I see now, this is linuxmemes@lemmy.world, not @lemmy.ml. My bad, comrade.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Of course!

Wikipedia says they were used for training astronauts but:

  • they weren't invented for that, actually developed for people with spinal injuries
  • they depend on gravity, so can be used in training on earth, but not in space itself

I've added Gattaca to the list of films now in my OP.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago
[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

So far, the 90s scifi movies with an aerotrim we've got so far:

  • Contact
  • Drive
  • Fortress
  • Gattaca
  • Lawnmower Man
  • Universal Soldier
[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Somehow I completely missed that of course Perot must have had a running mate. Thanks for the info.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I assumed it could awfully disorienting.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That looks right. Seems the original name is Aerotrim, but maybe that's trademarked so I guess other companies use names like gyroscope.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotrim

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