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    Thread: Where do I post long form content?
Post: RE: Where do I post long form content?

Drashner1 Wrote: (02-05-2023, 06:25 AM) -- Er - What does ASOIAF mean? Not familiar with that abbreviation, I'm afraid. -- A Song Of Ice And Fire i believe, although i dont think ive ever seen the ...
dsmike1980 The Arrivals Lounge 7 3,778 02-05-2023, 06:56 AM
    Thread: Kessler syndrome
Post: RE: Kessler syndrome

Lemuria Wrote: (07-17-2022, 01:45 AM) -- Kessler syndrome-inducing weaponry There are several types of weapons capable of inducing Kessler syndrome, from weapons designed to create a large amount of...
dsmike1980 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 24 281 07-17-2022, 01:56 PM
    Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos

While reading the Alpha Centauri A+B EG i noticed that two different spellings of the name of Alpha Centauri Bd are used throughout the article, Caeneus and Caenus. Which is correct?
dsmike1980 Website and Content Issues 633 6,195 12-17-2021, 07:33 AM
    Thread: Name Changes
Post: RE: Name Changes

Instead of renaming the Nanotech Age, how about just getting rid of it so the Interplanetary Age could run from 130 to 530 AT?
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 29 335 08-04-2021, 06:14 AM
    Thread: The long term survivability of MTK wormholes
Post: The long term survivability of MTK wormholes

Imagine for a moment that Terragen civilization suddenly vanished but its infrastructure was left behind. What is the likelihood that the Nexus could survive into the far future if left to nature? Wou...
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 4 69 06-09-2021, 02:49 PM
    Thread: Constellations List
Post: RE: Constellations List

A thought about Alpha Jupkai. Bayer classification uses (at least for the constellations visible from Earth) the Latin genitive form of the constellation's name (Orionis for Orion, Tauri for Taurus, A...
dsmike1980 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 66 755 04-24-2021, 07:59 AM
    Thread: Wormhole Travel Question
Post: RE: Wormhole Travel Question

I indeed did miss that part of the layman's guide, thank you.
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 7 145 12-18-2020, 01:23 PM
    Thread: Wormhole Travel Question
Post: RE: Wormhole Travel Question

I have a question, although not related to travel. My understanding is that Weylforges capture wormholes from the quantum foam and have initial sizes measured in attometers making them untraversable t...
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 7 145 12-18-2020, 06:45 AM
    Thread: Pre-Modern Astronomy vs Habitable Venus
Post: RE: Pre-Modern Astronomy vs Habitable Venus

http://solarviews.com/eng/hypothet.htm#neith
dsmike1980 Real Life But OA Relevant 12 16,385 05-28-2020, 12:56 PM
    Thread: New and Amended pages 17/5/20
Post: RE: New and Amended pages 17/5/20

stevebowers Wrote: (05-18-2020, 05:13 PM) -- Yes; this certainly looks like a halo drive to me. -- Then shouldn't the distortion be in front of the ship and not a ring around the middle?
dsmike1980 The latest from Orion's Arm 6 12,500 05-19-2020, 04:31 AM
    Thread: New and Amended pages 17/5/20
Post: RE: New and Amended pages 17/5/20

A question about the image for the data only ship on the colony ships article, what is causing the space-time distortion? I recall the original caption for this picture way back in the day that said t...
dsmike1980 The latest from Orion's Arm 6 12,500 05-18-2020, 12:13 PM
    Thread: Adding to the Anglic languages
Post: RE: Adding to the Anglic languages

The terms Anglic and Anglish are being used interchangeably here. Anglish is a real life thing, English with all germanic words. Before this thread I had never seen it substituted for OA's Anglic. ...
dsmike1980 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 22 304 03-10-2020, 12:13 PM
    Thread: Shrinking the Zone
Post: RE: Shrinking the Zone

Madine Wrote: (02-28-2020, 08:21 AM) -- Regarding the NoCoZo rewrite - I'd be willing to help out or at least be part of the discussion. While I think changes are overall be a good idea, I do want to...
dsmike1980 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 31 436 02-28-2020, 01:23 PM
    Thread: Dextran Xenosophonts
Post: RE: Dextran Xenosophonts

sandcastles Wrote: (02-05-2020, 12:53 PM) -- Arthur C. Clarke in one of his novels mentioned in passing nuclear-powered organisms.  I wonder how that might be done. They might derive energy from rad...
dsmike1980 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 63 833 02-05-2020, 01:01 PM
    Thread: Planetary classification
Post: RE: Planetary classification

Should Chthonian remain its own class or should it be a type of the Superterrestrial class?
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 365 7,342 01-25-2020, 01:15 PM
    Thread: Planetary classification
Post: RE: Planetary classification

dangerous_safety Wrote: (01-25-2020, 05:52 AM) -- Dealing with Carbon Content These worlds, particularly adamean, cover an extremly wide range of planetary conditions. They cover volatile rich and p...
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 365 7,342 01-25-2020, 07:05 AM
    Thread: Planetary classification
Post: RE: Planetary classification

The Astronomer Wrote: (01-19-2020, 08:14 AM) -- The artificial classification doesn't really seem to cover artificial planets, but either way, an artificial planet would still be able to be categoriz...
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 365 7,342 01-19-2020, 01:06 PM
    Thread: Planetary classification
Post: RE: Planetary classification

The Astronomer Wrote: (01-19-2020, 07:44 AM) -- I doubt there is any at all, though the thing is, when people do actually build one, we'd need some way to call them (lol). They'd probably technically...
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 365 7,342 01-19-2020, 07:53 AM
    Thread: Planetary classification
Post: RE: Planetary classification

stevebowers Wrote: (01-19-2020, 01:48 AM) -- I doubt very much that there would be many megaterrestrials in the 150+ range, but there may be a few (possibly depleted by ancient aliens). -- I think ...
dsmike1980 General Setting Discussion 365 7,342 01-19-2020, 06:24 AM
    Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos

On the NoLWoCS page when we get down to the Neptunian class there is supposed to be a picture but I only see text. The paragraph below that has a few typos: Neptunian worlds, also known as Ice Gian...
dsmike1980 Website and Content Issues 633 6,195 12-10-2019, 01:06 PM