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    Thread: Mag-...transuranics?
Post: RE: Mag-...transuranics?

Drashner1 Wrote: (07-23-2023, 01:15 AM) -- Given that magmatter 'chemistry' is very much a matter of 'description by analogy' than an actual 'description of what is actually happening' (the canon is ...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 3 72 07-23-2023, 06:01 AM
    Thread: Mag-...transuranics?
Post: RE: Mag-...transuranics?

SeanR Wrote: (07-19-2023, 03:11 PM) -- I was musing on magmatter earlier, well, yesterday now, and I had a thought. Magmatter works because of the inverse-square law effecting the nuclear forces. So...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 3 72 07-22-2023, 01:26 PM
    Thread: Mag-...transuranics?
Post: Mag-...transuranics?

I was musing on magmatter earlier, well, yesterday now, and I had a thought. Magmatter works because of the inverse-square law effecting the nuclear forces. So, how does that effect transuranics? How...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 3 72 07-19-2023, 03:11 PM
    Thread: Birchan Development Thread
Post: RE: Birchan Development Thread

I just want to point out that deer don't have horns, and horns and antlers are different types of structures.
SeanR General Setting Discussion 23 366 06-11-2023, 04:07 AM
    Thread: Tchotchkes
Post: RE: Tchotchkes

stevebowers Wrote: (06-11-2023, 03:34 AM) -- I believe Tom is talking about minor technological trinkets that might make life in the Orion's Arm civilisation entertaining or amusing. Pattern paint, a...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 14 169 06-11-2023, 04:05 AM
    Thread: Tchotchkes
Post: RE: Tchotchkes

Tom Mazanec Wrote: (06-11-2023, 01:17 AM) -- This will be for items, objects or phenomena that are not 'strategic' (like star buster bombs), but just cheap, harmless decorations, toys, etc. If I com...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 14 169 06-11-2023, 03:46 AM
    Thread: S4 and S5 archai distribution on the Terragen Sphere
Post: RE: S4 and S5 archai distribution on the Terragen ...

The article on Vots pretty clearly states that Vots, (Virtual Robots), are Turinggrade, not hyperturing, but minus a personality, although some are programmed to fake it, to realize a better UI. Howe...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 27 553 06-02-2023, 01:34 PM
    Thread: S4 and S5 archai distribution on the Terragen Sphere
Post: RE: S4 and S5 archai distribution on the Terragen ...

A few ideas from someone who hasn't been plugged in for awhile. I am fearful of stepping in it, but here are my thoughts. With regards to wormhole controllers, and communication. How about the co...
SeanR General Setting Discussion 27 553 06-02-2023, 05:25 AM
    Thread: EG - Aerophants
Post: RE: EG - Aerophants

If I can comment. I want to remind you that elephants can communicate over fairly long distances via infraosonics, emitted through a special organ in their forehead. Also, I want to ask about the i...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 26 297 06-02-2023, 01:50 AM
    Thread: EG - Aerophants
Post: RE: EG - Aerophants

Drashner1 Wrote: (06-01-2023, 12:01 PM) -- Hm - which now brings to mind the thought that - somewhere in the depths of OA civ - you just know there's a species/clade of really huge turtles with entir...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 26 297 06-01-2023, 02:16 PM
    Thread: The Scutum-Crux MUUH1 signal
Post: RE: The Scutum-Crux MUUH1 signal

I could see ONE polity taking possession of the most popular areas in order to interdict such recreations, or the polities which govern that space today making known that they were not tolerating/stro...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 14 257 05-30-2023, 02:37 PM
    Thread: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections
Post: RE: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections

Also, because I did make so few significant changes, it'd probably be easier to use a word processor's document compare feature to identify them, rather than trying to find them in a manual side-by-si...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 79 05-30-2023, 02:08 PM
    Thread: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections
Post: RE: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections

I don't blame you, and I didn't expect you to. I just didn't want you to start a cold-read with the mistaken idea regarding the authorship.
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 79 05-30-2023, 02:03 PM
    Thread: EG - Variable Gravity Sports
Post: RE: EG - Variable Gravity Sports

Oh, regarding Parkour In Space. A few relevant links to someone else's fiction. https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-01-31 https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-03-07 https://www.schlockmercenary....
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 28 287 05-30-2023, 01:59 PM
    Thread: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections
Post: RE: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections

Drashner1 Wrote: (05-30-2023, 12:56 PM) -- Been away this weekend, but back now. Will give this a read thru and post thoughts/feedback this week as time permits. Thanks! Todd -- I literally c...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 79 05-30-2023, 01:41 PM
    Thread: EG - Variable Gravity Sports
Post: RE: EG - Variable Gravity Sports

Although possibly not immediately relevant to THIS article, UFog could be used to great effect in sports in general. 1. It could be used to counterfeit earth-like conditions by programmatically count...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 28 287 05-30-2023, 01:36 PM
    Thread: Broken Links
Post: RE: Broken Links

Utopia Sphere (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45ce5133c0d94) https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45ce5133c0d94 Link to "The Beta Arae volume (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/460c3bf97a49f)...
SeanR Website and Content Issues 149 1,551 05-28-2023, 06:28 AM
    Thread: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections
Post: "Evangelist, The". Typos and corrections

It's been quite awhile since I've poked my nose in around here. While I doubt I was missed, I hope my resurfacing is welcome. I was reading, wiki-walk style, when I started tripping over the inconsis...
SeanR Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 79 05-28-2023, 05:01 AM
    Thread: Well. This could be a game changer. New Warp Drive theory
Post: RE: Well. This could be a game changer. New Warp...

With regard to debris, and running into it with a ship in warp drive. Would a ship at warp be the same size as in normal space? I have the impression that one of two things would be. Either the shi...
SeanR Real Life But OA Relevant 35 37,407 03-08-2021, 03:34 PM
    Thread: Well. This could be a game changer. New Warp Drive theory
Post: RE: Well. This could be a game changer. New Warp...

There is also the issue that, even with a radio-shell that is 200LY in diameter by this point, we're still a tiny pinprick in the cosmos. Other radio waves, at least the undirected ones, (which would ...
SeanR Real Life But OA Relevant 35 37,407 03-04-2021, 11:30 AM