http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/wetpants tag posts with wetpants Thu, 08 May 2008 15:53:39 -0800 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:53:39 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/90928/Wait-a-minute-stop-the-ride-I-think-I-forgot-to-carry-the-2 So who's the person who gets to test a new roller coaster for the first time? I'm sure that the g-forces and physics of the ride have been worked out on paper and in computer simulations beforehand, and they've sent it through a few trial runs sans-humans. Still, I can't help but think that the first person to get on one of the newer fifty story coasters that are designed to make you wet your pants while plummeting a hundred miles per hour through a corkscrew is probably still wondering beforehand if all the numbers were worked out right. Who's the lucky person who gets to do this? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.90928 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:53:39 -0800 rollercoaster wetpants physics SpacemanStix