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| Kamidio | Feb 22 2011, 05:00 PM Post #151 |
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You two stop arguing. You've been doing it for the past few pages.
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SSU:NC - Finding a new home. Quotes WAA
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| Space Gorilla | Feb 23 2011, 08:16 AM Post #152 |
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Yeah, can we please get back on topic? More clichés: Extremely violent, aggressive ET races that kill and destroy everything in their sight, simply because..... they like doing it. No explanations given for the behavior. Edited by Space Gorilla, Feb 23 2011, 08:17 AM.
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| T.Neo | Feb 23 2011, 09:20 AM Post #153 |
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Arguing? I thought that was a pretty constructive discussion...
Indeed. I can't stand that one.
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| Holben | Feb 23 2011, 12:35 PM Post #154 |
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You know how scorpions hear, with those little flappy things from their sides? Maybe, like that. The receiving cross-section will be low, but... If they aren't slow, pray tell me why we have nerves. Not evryone in medieval villages had fused fingers, if anyone... better suggestions are always appreciated. "A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent." I know lots of drills guided by computers, etc. that's why it's going to happen in the future, when we have better bombs. Waste of dirt. The more ceiling, the better. So not just a thin dusting. No-one told me that! Electromagnetic fields are good at stopping solar winds. Oh wait, they're heavy. how about a spacesuit? It's not a vacuum, it has a CO2 atmosphere. ![]() The life will only be like rock varnish, y'know! Sitting, doing nothing, on rocks. @Fakey- @Orionite- Yes! Though maybe they might want to kill us, as an efficient way of reducing risks to themselves, if we open contact badly. |
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| T.Neo | Feb 23 2011, 03:56 PM Post #155 |
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These aren't scorpions. For one, they're many times smaller...
Nerves are for controlling limbs and body responses and whatnot. Cell chemistry and stuff like that is dictated by hormones, which direct the body in a way which might be useful- for some applications - involving nanoscale robots.
Right, but that's also because genes were coming and going regularly... mind you, if that's the story with this settlement too, such a population size could indeed work.
Fair enough. I thought you were implying humanoid machines with drills on their heads, or something...
If anything the future is going to lead to smaller, cleaner, smarter bombs, and also smaller stockpiles... A small, well targetted bomb can still be highly destructive, and the cleaner a weapon is, the better, all round.
Yes. The dirt layer would be on the order of a meter or more.
They are? Not as much as several centimeters of polyethylene... What about a spacesuit? You wouldn't spend all your time outside... the shielding in the suit would reduce radiation dosage, but not effectively eliminate it.
Yes, but... how thick is the CO2 atmosphere? Clearly thick enough for liquid water to exist on the surface? Obviously then there is liquid water on the surface? Why haven't photosynthesisers converted at least part of the atmosphere to oxygen yet? If there is such a substantial atmosphere and hydrosphere, why aren't people terraforming the place? It's a terraforming dream! |
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| Holben | Feb 23 2011, 04:02 PM Post #156 |
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They can still use the concept. ![]() Nerves are for responses which need to be made immediately. And reactions will need to be made immediately in surgery! Were they, though? Most peasant marriages, the couple had known each other from childhood.
Surely you know me better than that? ![]() Hm. But we could make bigger bombs, given reason.
The magnet you have to carry around is kilograms, i dunno. 'bout 0.8 bars. There is very little surface water- it's a very arid planet. And photosynthesisers... well, there isn't much in the way of carbon or minerals out there. |
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| T.Neo | Feb 23 2011, 04:52 PM Post #157 |
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Yes but that doesn't stop it from having potential physics issues, of course.
Since when are the nanobots doing surgery?
Emphasis on most. Also, couples could have entered or left the villages after becoming married.
Yes, well, uh...
Problem is: I'm finding it pretty hard to find a reason.
Maybe impractical in a suit, but on a spacecraft it makes a whole huge amount of sense.
Great scott! You know what? People can survive on this planet unaided! Just a breathing mask and a cooling suit will do fine! Perfect target for terraforming... perfect, perfect...
Even if a relatively very small amount of water was present, there will be large bodies of water on the planet... look at Tharn. The seas and lakes might be shallow, but flat plains tend to stretch them out a lot. Also, even though there isn't a lot of material to exploit, doesn't mean that there isn't some material to exploit- the rock-dwelling scum could be photosynthetic, for example. |
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| Holben | Feb 24 2011, 10:26 AM Post #158 |
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Name 'em. ![]() Since a few posts ago! That was the proposed use. Not usually... the peasant were almost tied to their land. They were tied to their land later.
That's the reason i didn't put a reason down. ![]() it's strange, i've said that before elsewhere. yes, with the no-oxygen... the water's not on teh surface alright they aren't alright |
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| T.Neo | Feb 24 2011, 12:50 PM Post #159 |
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Primarily the fact that stuff can act differently at different scales...
But... when cells encourage muscle growth, or they reshape my bones, they aren't performing surgery. It's both less intrusive and more effective to work that way, on a cellular level.
That doesn't mean people could have come and gone. Even a small exchange could be enough to keep a colony going, with around 500-1000 people.
No, really... providing you have a good enough power source, it effectively eliminates the shielding issue for spacecraft... which is very important.
That's why you have a breathing mask, Holben. To provide the oxygen.
Why the hell not? Is this a Star Wars single biome planet or something? I mean, some of the water can drain into some sort of underground basin made of porous rock, but not all of it... you will *always* have water on the surface.
Why not? Any plausible reason for it? Other than "I say so!"? |
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| Holben | Feb 24 2011, 02:54 PM Post #160 |
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No, specifically for this situation! "Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, [or] to help improve bodily function or appearance" Nanobots are surgical. But my point was, people didn't come and go often at all! I know you were being serious, i've advertised them before here. Then, when it runs out, you die! Anyway, i personally don't want to walk around in a breathing mask and ugly suit. it's all in the atmosphere or under the surface. Crust composition. If you only have, say, a Mediterranean of water on the planet... No. |
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| T.Neo | Feb 24 2011, 03:40 PM Post #161 |
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I'm not sure what you mean.
Yes, but they are not microscalpels.
Yeah, I dunno. My point is that maybe people don't have to come and go that often, even a small new injection of genetic material could matter.
Yes. Just like during any EVA, or even diving underwater. Shocking, really... I suppose that's why nobody goes diving anymore... And it doesn't have to be an ugly suit. It can actually be quite slimming. Or you can even brave the 50 degree temperatures, if you want to...
Yeah, sorry... won't work. There might be large swaths of the crust that suck up water, but there will be other regions where water collects at the surface. Plus, underground aquifers can always become saturated, which will likely happen if they are in high precipitation areas.
I think that's entirely plausible. Again, look at Tharn... it has something ridiculous like 0.1% Earth's water, but still has quite large areas of water spread over the planet. It's all about topography.
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| Holben | Feb 24 2011, 03:50 PM Post #162 |
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As in- why won't vibration detecting extensions to the 'bot be able to pick up ultrasound? That has nothing to do with it! Fine, but you dunno. ![]() Trust me, it doesn't have to be 10,000 people. Yeah! Wait... Can it now. It has big pipes in it. It will work- because the crust is of regular composition. And the rock does not lie on impermeable bedrock- aquifers do not accumulate easy. Tharn isn't real... Yeah? Well they don't care what you think!
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| Space Gorilla | Feb 24 2011, 04:11 PM Post #163 |
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That's true Holben, but you just gave a, more or less, "rational" explanation (at least in terms of their psychology/nature) as to why they would do such a thing. So its still some kind of explanation, with some 'logic' behind it. I mean the really nasty, awful, PMS-analogue pissed, planet-destroying ET races that Hollywood serves us on the platter very often. For example, I still didn't get the reason those aliens in 'Skyline' attacked humanity (although I really liked the ET concepts). I read the synopsis, no reason given. Out of frustration I didn't even went to see the movie. I'm glad we all agree on this Neo, Holben. But I think if you have found a topic for discussion, those posts should be mved to someplace else. I think we have strayed enough off topic. One of the reasons Many stopped coming here, including Emperyon was that people derailed topics like this. Can you ask the mods to make a topic for you? Edited by Space Gorilla, Feb 24 2011, 04:11 PM.
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| T.Neo | May 1 2011, 04:04 PM Post #164 |
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Yeah, that's something it has in common with your... desert... planet... thing. The thing they don't have in common, though, is the fact that Tharn seems to make sense but your contrived world does not.
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