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Thread: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
Post: RE: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
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Matterplay1 Wrote: (10-22-2014, 04:08 PM)
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I imagine that Muuh and similar life forms would be relying on longer-wave radiation than what Terragen life uses; 'infra-red' is actually a very broad ca... |
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10-23-2014, 10:50 AM |
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Thread: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
Post: RE: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
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stevebowers Wrote: (10-20-2014, 03:21 AM)
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Here's a discussion of methane, ethane and related solvents as a basis for life;
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11919&page=74
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Hm, I'll ha... |
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10-20-2014, 03:40 AM |
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Thread: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
Post: RE: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
| I'm not sure infrared would be a very good sense for Muuh. Given how cold a Titan-like world is, infrared emissions would be very weak to start with. Also, given how slow the metabolism of Muuh and ... |
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10-20-2014, 03:02 AM |
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Thread: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
Post: RE: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
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Lewx_Lucas Wrote: (10-19-2014, 02:34 AM)
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What mostly interests me is how the Muuh achieved 1) sapience, 2) an interstellar civilization.
The earliest two sciences of humanity, which are older t... |
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10-19-2014, 04:50 AM |
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Thread: Post scarcity: second order effects
Post: RE: Post scarcity: second order effects
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Rynn Wrote: (09-15-2014, 09:37 AM)
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That's all first order. A second order consequence is highly personalised entertainment. It's a given that human level AI are present in mature post-scarcity eco... |
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09-16-2014, 05:36 AM |
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Thread: Various Random Questions and Ideas...
Post: RE: Various Random Questions and Ideas...
| There's certainly an exotic appeal to a ufog bed, though it leaves me wondering about the blanket issue. I can't imagine sleeping without a blanket, however little coverage I'm actually letting it ha... |
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09-13-2014, 10:57 AM |
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Thread: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
Post: RE: Gengineered Muuh/Muuh vecs
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stevebowers Wrote: (08-29-2014, 05:35 PM)
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Two things we know about Muuh infrastructure is that they use biotech for building purposes, which could result in a biological feel to their architecture... |
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09-01-2014, 12:15 AM |
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Thread: Population Growth and Lifespan
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kch49er Wrote: (08-31-2014, 06:27 PM)
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There i this http://www.metamorphosisalpha.com/ias/population.php though it doesn't account for longer lifespans. Interestingly the site links back to OA,perh... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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08-31-2014, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: Population Growth and Lifespan
Post: Population Growth and Lifespan
| Lately I've been thinking about world population and one thing in particular has struck me. Is there an easy, if rough, way to figure out how a population would grow or shrink based on fertility rate... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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08-31-2014, 07:14 AM |
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Thread: Geography of Orbital
Post: RE: Geography of Orbital
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stevebowers Wrote: (08-01-2014, 04:59 PM)
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All sorts of artificial coastlines could be constructed, especially if you want a lot of beach-front property.
http://www.constructionweekonline.com/pic... |
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08-02-2014, 07:18 AM |
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Thread: Geography of Orbital
Post: RE: Geography of Orbital
| I've always thought that if realism wasn't a priority, a good design for normal Humans would be half or a bit less water with land distributed fairly evenly among it. This would mean small freshwater... |
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08-01-2014, 08:44 AM |
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Thread: Technical Inquiry About MyBB Forums
Post: Technical Inquiry About MyBB Forums
| Question for somebody who knows enough about running a MyBB forum, not just moderating one. How does one configure things to avoid obvious wannabe-spammers from ever registering? I set up my own for... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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07-30-2014, 06:00 AM |
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Thread: Flashdark
Post: RE: Flashdark
| Darkness isn't a physical thing you can project, it's simply the absence of light, so I'd be surprised if something resembling this is doable. It would require emitting something that canceled light ... |
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07-15-2014, 05:28 AM |
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Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update
| Alright, we seem to have finally hit on a good level of agreement here. This is good. I would add that I think the NoCoZo need not limit itself to small habs. Big habs could possibly work, dependin... |
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07-11-2014, 04:28 AM |
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Thread: Libertarianism, Wiccans and the freeish market
Post: RE: Libertarnism, Wiccans and the freeish market
| I think I need to say explicitly something I've only said implicitly so far. I am only in favor of Anarcho-Capitalism in a society that is at least capable of being post-scarcity/labor. I strongly s... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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07-10-2014, 06:18 AM |
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Thread: Libertarianism, Wiccans and the freeish market
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kch49er Wrote:
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I'd put those who opposed the 1833 factory act as Libertarian. After all restricting ten year olds from working more than nine hours a day is goverment interference right?
If you... |
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07-09-2014, 10:05 AM |
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Thread: Your personal polity
Post: RE: Your personal polity
| I've always thought megastructures were really cool, so the MPA would be a good place to be. The Biopolity would at least be nice to visit, though to live there I'd likely need to get over my thing a... |
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07-08-2014, 09:32 AM |
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Thread: Libertarianism in OA
Post: RE: Libertarianism in OA
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kch49er Wrote: (07-06-2014, 11:52 PM)
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Agreed. All the systems have their foils and methods to get around will be in OA. Different polties will have differing problems to solve, and use different s... |
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07-07-2014, 02:48 AM |
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Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update
| Nice, Rynn. I hadn't seen those before. They do a good job of explaining it, I think. |
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07-06-2014, 12:07 AM |
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Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update
| I think I'll chime in here for a bit.
Drashner1 Wrote: (07-04-2014, 11:41 PM)
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Q: "a) Property disputes: Person A says they own a chunk of land, Person B says that they own it. Both have documente... |
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