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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The Warm Equations Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:01:33 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:01:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="23586"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1746 Lines: 24 In article , Lynn McGuire wrote: >On 6/23/2024 11:37 AM, Ted Nolan wrote: >> Interesting to note the way margins of a real-life space venture are run: >> >> Two astronauts have been stuck at the ISS for an extra two weeks, >> so far, because their ride has flat tires, and it's not a crisis, >> and nobody has had to volunteer to step out the airlock. > >For those who do not know, this is a play on "The Cold Equations" >awesome incredibly sad short story: > https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cold-equations/ > Alternatively, it's a terrible story about people with extremely shitty pre-flight safety procedures. https://reactormag.com/on-needless-cruelty-in-sf-tom-godwins-the-cold-equations/ -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll