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Thread: Money in OA 10600 AT
Post: RE: Money in OA 10600 AT
| Digital currency has a lot of evolving to do in it's future - as does the very concept of money itself. As automation takes center stage, fewer and fewer people will be able to acquire "money" in what... |
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General Setting Discussion
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11-28-2021, 03:39 AM |
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Thread: Slow Light
Post: RE: Slow Light
| Well - the article says light can be completely stopped and then restarted again. The first thing that comes to mind is a....hmm....optical capacitor. You charge the capacitor (region that slows light... |
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General Setting Discussion
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11-16-2021, 01:23 PM |
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Thread: A Random Notion - 'Infinity Pen'
Post: RE: A Random Notion - 'Infinity Pen'
| I could see an object like this being a genetically modified living plant. So, on your writing desk near the window, you have a pot with your pen sticking out of the soil. When you want to write somet... |
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rom65536 |
General Setting Discussion
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10-29-2021, 11:52 PM |
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Thread: DNI - Why only implants?
Post: RE: DNI - Why only implants?
| We kind of already have the rudiments of this idea IRL. Granted, they are "read-only". Any info you put in the brain has to go through classical channels. I've seen head-sets that allow the wearer to ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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10-13-2021, 01:48 PM |
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Thread: Cyberpunk?
Post: RE: Cyberpunk?
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MacGregor Wrote: (08-06-2021, 01:47 PM)
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Hard to imagine many people identifying as that centuries from now.
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I dunno - one day I year, I identify as a pirate. Every September 19th. Of course, ... |
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rom65536 |
General Setting Discussion
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08-06-2021, 10:45 PM |
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Thread: Cyberpunk?
Post: RE: Cyberpunk?
| Something I can see happening in the OA setting:
Someone builds a very popular "Cyberpunk" themed virtual space. Someone else plans to hack it and cause a transcension event with everyone inside the... |
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08-06-2021, 10:43 PM |
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Thread: S:3 Thought Speed (sans wormholes)
Post: RE: S:3 Thought Speed (sans wormholes)
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Rynn Wrote: (08-03-2021, 01:36 AM)
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it turns out it's not quite strictly modular, rather there appear to be modular networks. Rather than there being a specific part of the brain that deals in face... |
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rom65536 |
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08-03-2021, 07:42 AM |
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Thread: S:3 Thought Speed (sans wormholes)
Post: RE: S:3 Thought Speed (sans wormholes)
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stevebowers Wrote: (08-02-2021, 05:37 PM)
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They all incorporate components which are distant from other segments of the same mind, so there must be delays, even if wormholes are included in the des... |
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08-03-2021, 01:02 AM |
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Thread: Seed Tech question
Post: RE: Seed Tech question
| Okay - well, for size descriptions, imagine an emergency survival kit that has little "cans" inside it the size of a soda can. You push a button on the can labeled "shelter" and drop it on the ground,... |
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rom65536 |
General Setting Discussion
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07-23-2021, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: Seed Tech question
Post: Seed Tech question
| We've talked about "Seed Tech" before - how a small device could contain the data and nanobot constructors needed to build just about anything. But - what kind of time frame are we looking at? Granted... |
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07-23-2021, 04:41 PM |
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Thread: Hypertalls
Post: RE: Hypertalls
| Do beanstalks count? No seriously...You could build a beanstalk-like thing that would appear to be a tower rather than a cable. Rather than be in compression (weight pushing it into the ground) it cou... |
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rom65536 |
General Setting Discussion
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06-20-2021, 02:31 PM |
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Thread: What exactly is "the Singularity"?
Post: RE: What exactly is "the Singularity"?
| Well - this is my thinking, others might see it differently:
As technology progresses, new discoveries "feed" on each other, making discoveries and inventions easier. Eventually, this leads to a runa... |
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03-27-2021, 10:41 AM |
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Thread: Light Bulbs, and Autos, and Aircraft - Oh My!
Post: RE: Light Bulbs, and Autos, and Aircraft - Oh My!
| nanotech blurring the lines between "alive" and "inanimate"
networked augmented reality. How is it that everyone seems to just "know stuff"? Are these people telepathic?
Angelnets - Oh, and not ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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03-16-2021, 02:47 PM |
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Thread: Security Bush prototype?
Post: Security Bush prototype?
| Well, it doesn't fire hypersonic darts at intruders, but it does detect traces of explosives in the groundwater - such as might leak out of a landmine. And it interfaces with digital devices
https://... |
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02-03-2021, 03:42 AM |
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Thread: Stellar Engineering idea
Post: RE: Stellar Engineering idea
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Drashner1 Wrote: (01-28-2021, 03:04 PM)
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This is basically a godstar
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01-28-2021, 08:48 PM |
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Thread: Stellar Engineering idea
Post: Stellar Engineering idea
| Back last september, PBS Space Time (youtube channel) did a video on life evolving inside stars. the URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNK5oahmw3I
More than something like this happening at rando... |
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01-28-2021, 04:22 AM |
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Thread: Holoprojector
Post: RE: Holoprojector
| Don't forget perception hacking. DNI has the ability to let you perceive anything at all. |
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General Setting Discussion
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01-20-2021, 05:37 AM |
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Thread: Tidying Up Your Solar System
Post: RE: Tidying Up Your Solar System
| Make it part of the colonizing effort. You're going to need some sort of transportation and logistics hub, so when the von neuman probe gets to the system, it's first task is to build the hardware to ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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12-22-2020, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: Metal obelisk found in Utah desert
Post: RE: Metal obelisk found in Utah desert
| Well, to be honest, the past....14 months or so have had a bumper crop of "weird". Last November, the US Navy admitted that UFOs were a thing. A military-funded research project concerning Skinwalker ... |
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Real Life But OA Relevant
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11-25-2020, 01:23 PM |
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Thread: Metal obelisk found in Utah desert
Post: Metal obelisk found in Utah desert
| https://nypost.com/2020/11/23/mystifying-monolith-found-amid-utah-rocks/?fbclid=IwAR3wgFSn3kbSBk7ORVyAvE7CCiRAzrfMfxqON9s-wWRsk4lCMi6XLS1x8i8
I hope it's something weird...
...it's never somethi... |
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