megaplayboy Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures My campaign has a rare, indestructible metal ore which can only be found on the planet Balxite. Anything made of the purest Balxite is completely invulnerable to harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures My campaign has a rare' date=' indestructible metal ore which can only be found on the planet Balxite. Anything made of the purest Balxite is completely invulnerable to harm.[/quote'] But if the ore is indestructible, how can you refine it? Wouldn't be impervious to all smithing and metalworking techniques imaginable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures My campaign has a rare' date=' indestructible metal ore which can only be found on the planet Balxite. Anything made of the purest Balxite is completely invulnerable to harm.[/quote'] ..."Balks it"?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures My campaign has a rare' date=' indestructible metal ore which can only be found on the planet Balxite. Anything made of the purest Balxite is completely invulnerable to harm.[/quote'] How do they forge items of pure Balxite, exactly? Never mind, it's the comics. Another question: does anybody remember the name of the hypothetical element Asimov wrote about; the one that dissolves just before it contacts a solid surface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures But if the ore is indestructible' date=' how can you [i']refine[/i] it? Wouldn't be impervious to all smithing and metalworking techniques imaginable? Yeah, what he said. How do you make something from a metal you can't harm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Yeah' date=' what he said. How do you make something from a metal you can't harm?[/quote'] Harsh language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Yeah' date=' what he said. How do you make something from a metal you can't harm?[/quote'] Science Woona Explain! :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Also invulnerablium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures But if the ore is indestructible' date=' how can you [i']refine[/i] it? Wouldn't be impervious to all smithing and metalworking techniques imaginable? Actually, he didn't say you could refine it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures How do they forge items of pure Balxite, exactly? Never mind, it's the comics. Another question: does anybody remember the name of the hypothetical element Asimov wrote about; the one that dissolves just before it contacts a solid surface? Resublimated Thiotimoline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Resublimated Thiotimoline I read the book of his early short stories. He describes how he wrote the first to practice his doctorial disertation. The story came out a week before his orals. He was so nervous until at the end of his orals, one of the professors asked him about the Thermodynamic properties of Thiotimoline. At that point he knew he had passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I read the book of his early short stories. He describes how he wrote the first to practice his doctorial disertation. The story came out a week before his orals. He was so nervous until at the end of his orals' date=' one of the professors asked him about the Thermodynamic properties of Thiotimoline. At that point he knew he had passed.[/quote'] http://io9.com/5887014/meet-thiotimoline-the-chemical-compound-isaac-asimov-invented-to-spoof-boring-science-writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Comic book art not in comics example - "forget something tiger" another example - The Avengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Is that move legal in competition? It's neat and all' date=' but it looks extremely dangerous. Do it wrong and somebody could end up with a broken neck, and my understanding is that martial arts competitions (in the real world, as opposed to MMA fighting and video games) place a very high value on participant safety.[/quote'] Honestly it looks too slow and flashy to use in a real match. Dude just needs to duck or drop his arms and the girl falls down. Move is slower than a spinning back kick and I used to run over guys who tried those in sparring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Ewok dogs Thorgi Cat-ptain America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures But if the ore is indestructible' date=' how can you [i']refine[/i] it? Wouldn't be impervious to all smithing and metalworking techniques imaginable? Well, only the purest Balxite is invulnerable. The ore, while indestructible, can be malleable under the right conditions--using a molecular manipulator, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures And let us not forget Inertron, featured prominently in "Legion of Super-Heroes" and swiped directly from "Buck Rogers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Go, go Wikipedia powers activate List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles Including Illumdium Phosdex (the Shaving Cream Atom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures WANT! My school is being rebuilt, so I get a new classroom next year. I've just discovered how I'm going to decorate it. (I'm all outta Rep. Somebody get Matrix3 multiple times for me, will you?) One of my colleagues, the nuclear physics theoretician and grandmother of three, takes her quantum mechanics class out onto the mall on campus every spring and they draw Feynman diagrams on it with colored sidewalk chalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Who says data can't be beautiful? Nasa put together a still of surface winds over the ocean. The result is reminiscent of van Gogh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I don't see no sunflowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Yeah, but the guys who made the image still have both their ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures One of my colleagues' date=' the nuclear physics theoretician and grandmother of three, takes her quantum mechanics class out onto the mall on campus every spring and they draw Feynman diagrams on it with colored sidewalk chalk.[/quote'] I read an anecdote in one of Feynman's books a few years ago; someone asked him why there were Feynman diagrams all over his van. "Because I'm Richard Feynman!" he replied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Dancing with the cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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