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Cake day: March 3rd, 2024

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  • The thought experiment goes past everyone’s point on gravity eventually creating a velocity that is devastating. What would such a mass (between 100 and 180 km in diameter based on map of Corsica) do if it just magically settled gently onto a land mass and then gravity came into play? It wouldn’t be extinction level, but there are lots of regional effects to consider. Weather patterns would be a huge one. Continental plate deflection, which would affect ground stability and water flow. Certainly earthquakes if anywhere near even smaller fault lines. A change in Earth rotational speed and wobble.



  • My memory was that it was a fun game. Thanks to the C-64 SID chip, the “Ghostbusters!” voice and music was decent (even though I suppose it got repetitive after a long play). Gameplay was good once you figured out what you were trying to do and prevent, and initially it was slow enough to allow mistakes. I do remember at the end it got basically impossible to keep up, so you would always have an endgame, and I guess I didn’t get to that much since I don’t remember exactly how that goes without finding a video of it (but of course know how it should go, since I know the movie well).