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Thread: <EG - restoration(?)> Time Machine
Post: RE: <EG - restoration(?)> Time Machine
| Yeah, I know I've done nothing on this for far too long. Real Life issues ...
Anyway, I just came across this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28852538 which may be relevant when con... |
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xilman |
Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles
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08-22-2014, 09:49 PM |
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Thread: The Nanodisaster Rewrite - Ok, Let's Do This
Post: RE: The Nanodisaster Rewrite - Ok, Let's Do This
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Drashner1 Wrote: (08-21-2014, 02:35 AM)
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Except that something goes wrong such that suddenly months or even a year after their last rejuv, people start breaking out in rumors ...
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Sounds nasty 8-... |
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xilman |
Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles
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08-21-2014, 05:20 AM |
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Thread: Personal weapons and stuff
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Drashner1 Wrote: (08-20-2014, 01:08 PM)
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Rynn Wrote: (08-20-2014, 02:07 AM)
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If self-replicating defences get a chance to hide and grow then they might present a problem but it again gets back t... |
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General Setting Discussion
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08-20-2014, 05:29 PM |
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Thread: Personal weapons and stuff
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Rynn Wrote: (08-19-2014, 04:18 AM)
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So in less than a year this less than brilliant system (slow reproduction rate, very poor sensory footprint) could cover the whole world. That places a very firm... |
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General Setting Discussion
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08-20-2014, 01:56 AM |
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Thread: Self-organizing robot swarms
Post: Self-organizing robot swarms
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28739371 has a nice report on how a bunch of very simple robots, all running with exactly the same program and data, can self-organize into a required sha... |
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Real Life But OA Relevant
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08-15-2014, 11:27 PM |
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Thread: Personal weapons and stuff
Post: RE: Personal weapons and stuff
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kch49er Wrote: (08-13-2014, 07:26 PM)
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I think if you know what animal(s) are likley to be the threat some sort of animal repellent would be more effictive, if it won't come near you in the first p... |
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General Setting Discussion
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08-13-2014, 11:10 PM |
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Thread: Bioengineers create functioning brainlike tissue
Post: RE: Bioengineers create functioning brainlike tiss...
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Dalex Wrote: (08-13-2014, 07:53 PM)
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The input/output is in my opinion a much bigger problem.
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And in mine. Just about every bit of software I've created, whether running on hardware, other so... |
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Real Life But OA Relevant
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08-13-2014, 11:03 PM |
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Thread: Terra's Big Neighbor
Post: RE: Terra's Big Neighbor
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Cray Wrote: (08-09-2014, 09:00 AM)
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Putting high pressure at sea level is begging for a severe greenhouse problem. Why not make the whole planet more habitable with lower pressure?
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A high N_2 an... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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08-09-2014, 07:18 PM |
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Thread: Physical limitations and social implications of post scarcity
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macnut Wrote: (08-09-2014, 02:41 AM)
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Which is why there are reproduction and population controls in many OA polities; apparently not everyone gets to have children just because they want them, and... |
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General Setting Discussion
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08-09-2014, 03:29 AM |
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Thread: Physical limitations and social implications of post scarcity
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iancampbell Wrote: (07-31-2014, 12:17 AM)
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xilman Wrote: (07-30-2014, 02:35 AM)
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Rynn Wrote: (07-30-2014, 01:03 AM)
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Lastly whilst some elements might always be relatively rare they're not li... |
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General Setting Discussion
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07-31-2014, 05:30 PM |
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Thread: UltraTech LEEC species
Post: RE: UltraTech LEEC species
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stevebowers Wrote: (07-30-2014, 06:02 PM)
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Any black hole larger than 0.0075 x Earth's mass will be colder than the CMBR, so could be used as a heat dump even without a suprashell.
http://xaonon.d... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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07-30-2014, 07:13 PM |
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Thread: UltraTech LEEC species
Post: RE: UltraTech LEEC species
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stevebowers Wrote: (07-30-2014, 05:55 PM)
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One interesting possibility for a heatdump would be the core of a black-hole suprashell. The suprashell could be inhabited, but the civilisation could dum... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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07-30-2014, 06:55 PM |
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Thread: UltraTech LEEC species
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stevebowers Wrote: (07-29-2014, 05:54 PM)
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Yes, but the radiating surfaces still have to be large enough to dump the heat. Perhaps you could cycle the waste heat out to the star's Oort cloud to rad... |
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General Off-topic Discussion
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07-30-2014, 05:05 PM |
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Thread: OA Library
Post: RE: OA Library
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Matterplay1 Wrote: (07-30-2014, 03:44 PM)
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Tangential question to all of this:
Is anyone in this group aware of any proof that any and all information can be rendered in terms of bits? Or is it ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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07-30-2014, 04:25 PM |
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Thread: Physical limitations and social implications of post scarcity
Post: RE: Physical limitations and social implications o...
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Rynn Wrote: (07-30-2014, 01:03 AM)
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Lastly whilst some elements might always be relatively rare they're not likely needed for most things and replacements would be available in OA (like a band of s... |
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General Setting Discussion
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07-30-2014, 02:35 AM |
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Thread: Detecting traversible wormholes
Post: RE: Detecting traversible wormholes
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Drashner1 Wrote: (01-18-2014, 11:39 AM)
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xilman Wrote: (01-18-2014, 05:50 AM)
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Which reminds me, I really must calculate the likelihood that current technology could detect a galactic mass of sp... |
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General Setting Discussion
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01-18-2014, 07:01 PM |
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Thread: Detecting traversible wormholes
Post: RE: Detecting traversible wormholes
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stevebowers Wrote: (01-18-2014, 02:35 AM)
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Perhaps the most noticable phenomenon would be the transit of megastructures; Cableville, Kepleria, various Matrioshka Brains and Dyson swarms. If we can ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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01-18-2014, 05:50 AM |
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Thread: Detecting traversible wormholes
Post: RE: Detecting traversible wormholes
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Cray Wrote: (01-16-2014, 01:56 AM)
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Yes. If you can really narrow down the patch of sky, then a 100km perfectly dark object would be perceptible for occluding stars, warping starlight, and so forth... |
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General Setting Discussion
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01-17-2014, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: Let's Talk About...Sex
Post: RE: Let's Talk About...Sex
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Drashner1 Wrote: (01-01-2014, 03:00 AM)
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stevebowers Wrote: (12-31-2013, 07:00 PM)
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You wouldn't want to have sex with a transapient in eir full glory, as you'd get burned to a cinder, like Seme... |
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General Setting Discussion
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01-02-2014, 01:02 AM |
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Thread: Proof-reading EG
Post: Proof-reading EG
| It's been suggested that this sub-forum is the appropriate place for reporting sundry typographical, grammatical and stylistic errors in EG articles. That is, anything which appears to be wrong as a ... |
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xilman |
Website and Content Issues
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