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Re: Creature: Khysothemis
Nice!
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Re: Exoplanet detection news
That could be anything. It could be that K stars emit too weakly and so the oversized planets are able to hoover up more volatiles during accretion. Or tidal forces could be to blame. Or it could be some kind of statistical or spectroscopic error in the measurements that just exaggerates the perceived Doppler effect on K stars.
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Re: The cranky thread
I'm tired of being blamed for things I obviously wasn't responsible for. It's as though she has this reflexive need to instantly scapegoat the nearest person when something goes wrong.
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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
Did you get lucky in the back of the U-Haul while the bed was there?
No, don't answer that.
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Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread
We now have more disk storage sitting on that desk over there than most people can even conceive of. Last night we created a single 15 terabyte file, and we can pull 18 hard drives out of the machine without losing a single bit.
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Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it...
Still in the process of reading this one...
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Re: The cranky thread
FH is the redheaded stepchild of Hero. It's the best system for the genre, but in 4th ed. it got hamstrung by the 'universal system' fad that screwed up the game balance and added 'embellishments' like spell colleges. And supportwise, FH was virtually ignored compared to Champions. DOJ has improved on this issue greatly but there is always room for improvement.
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Re: Mars has water!
I'm not wholly convinced man' date=' who has evolved over hundreds of millions (or billions) of years to be efficient in the earth environment remain healthy in the long-term on a planet with significantly different gravity (and atmosphere).[/quote']Nothing a little genetic engineering couldn't cure. Here, let me poke you with this syringe.
Just creating a breathable atmosphere on mars would take generations. And even then, it might be a real problem in physiological terms.Like I said, large-scale terraforming of Mars would take not just generations, but many millennia. However, your initial statement was that orbital colonies would be more sustainable/less expensive, which is no longer the case now that large quantities of water have been found on Mars.
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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
Gimme 24 hours warning on that emperor thing' date=' Old Man, so I can flee the jurisdiction.[/quote']No problem. Here, put this ankle bracelet on. Thanks.
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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
Because there is a difference between Pacific Daylight Time and Pacific Standard Time.
When I become emperor, Daylight Savings Time will be banned, and anyone who speaks in its defense will be put up against the wall and shot.
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Re: The cranky thread
Ick. And thanks for the links. Without knowing anything other than there was a problem with pet food' date=' I wasn't having much luck in a search.[/quote']You'd have been better off searching news.google instead of regular google. Assuming you were googling in the first place.
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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
"Iceberg, right ahead."
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Re: The cranky thread
Are those any good? I've only eaten dry dog food. Which is very bland.
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Re: Musings on Random Musings
Last did that on the beach in Kona in December. No light but gas torches, and not many of them, for miles around. Sound of waves gently breaking on the sand. Counted a couple dozen shooting stars before I finally went in.
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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
"What are you sending?"
"CQD."
"Try the new signal, it'll be the last chance you get."
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Re: Musings on Random Musings
That's what the scented body oils are for.
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Re: The cranky thread
Over? It's not even lunchtime.
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Re: Magic Users r0x0rs!!!11!!!11
Magic Users will always be more powerful. Just accept it. Your life will be so much easier.In noncombat situations, absolutely.
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Re: The cranky thread
No one gets to choose their family. That's why we have the NGD.
As if it were any less dysfunctional.
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Re: What Have You Watched Recently?
Saw the Dresden Files for the first time last night. At first I was wondering what the heck I was watching. Then it was ooOOoooh So that's what people were talking about!
Kinda neat, I like it.
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Re: Mars has water!
Orbital colonies would probably prove more economical than terraforming' date=' allow a better simulation of earth conditions for the inhabitants, and have a dramatically shorter implementation time-frame. Not to be a stick in the mud or anything...[/quote']Large-scale terraforming is absolutely not economical unless you are willing to wait for two or three geological epochs. However, we now know Mars has an ample supply of water that could be used to support a colony there; that alone would make it more economical than an orbital colony, since water would not have to be transported to it.
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Re: A Thread for Random Musings
Somewhere on Earth, a book entitled Tuala Morn slowly oozes my way.
Slowly.
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Re: Mars has water!
Now we can melt the ice caps covering the red planet in 36 feet of water that will then refreeze increasing the planet's radiance!MWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!
Better yet, we could evaporate it all. Water vapor is an extremely effective greenhouse gas. Mars would then suffer runaway global warming and would soon turn steamy and lush--a perfect environment for martian dinosaurs to roam.
If only Mars were big enough to actually hold onto its volatiles.
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Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread
Who doesn't? Although I rarely have the time. Plus, I suck at it.
Longest Running Thread EVER
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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER
No no, you're supposed to replace the fuse with a live .22 caliber bullet.