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- 2012-08-09 06:04am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Alcubierre Drive Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2614
Re: Alcubierre Drive Question
While we're waiting for Kuroneko to get here, here is something I found on the physics stack exchange which sort of answers your question: The interior of the bubble is causally disconnected. It's not possible for the bubble to be turned off or steered from the inside. But there is no reason it cann...
- 2012-08-09 04:57am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Physics study on feasibility of Armageddon scenario
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3099
Re: Physics study on feasibility of Armageddon scenario
And of course Doomsday 2012 scenarios have abounded in the news for a long time. NASA has spent some time shooting these theories down - including one of a world ending asteroid. "The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last bi...
- 2012-06-20 02:25pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Survival of consciousness (reincarnation)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7474
Re: Survival of consciousness (reincarnation)
I would happily refer the people in this thread to Greg Egans unflinching take on the purely materialistic base of our mind in Permutation City. http://www.amazon.com/Permutation-City-Greg-Egan/dp/006105481X No, the OP is an example of a 'purely materialistic' view of the mind. I second your recomm...
- 2012-06-20 08:37am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Survival of consciousness (reincarnation)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7474
Re: Survival of consciousness (reincarnation)
A lot of people seem to think that consciousness must be inseparably tied to specific atoms. I think this may come from a naive, literal view of monism, the idea that the universe only contains of matter and energy. In fact the universe additionally contains information . Information is represented ...
- 2012-06-14 08:12am
- Forum: Artwork, Music and Photos
- Topic: recommend me music i wouldn't know except by recommendation
- Replies: 60
- Views: 25279
Re: recommend me music i wouldn't know except by recommendat
Poster: Modax
I guess Limpopo are pretty obscure since they have no wikipedia article. This is the best I could find on Youtube but they are on itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ehbhboJzfY
and for something completely different, I give you Skiltron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1hnAZmZx68
I guess Limpopo are pretty obscure since they have no wikipedia article. This is the best I could find on Youtube but they are on itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ehbhboJzfY
and for something completely different, I give you Skiltron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1hnAZmZx68
- 2012-02-08 02:14pm
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Temporarily lost connection to web but somehow not to skype
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1815
Re: Temporarily lost connection to web but somehow not to sk
Thanks - I will try your "tracert www.google.com' command if this happens again.
- 2012-02-08 01:53pm
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Temporarily lost connection to web but somehow not to skype
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1815
Re: Temporarily lost connection to web but somehow not to sk
Thanks for the reply - so the web and email use DNS but Skype uses something else? Since today is the first time I've noticed this issue, I'm not going to do anything to my router (and I haven't so much as touched it today so I'm pretty didn't do anything to cause the problem). What would be an exam...
- 2012-02-08 01:05pm
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Temporarily lost connection to web but somehow not to skype
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1815
Temporarily lost connection to web but somehow not to skype
Can anyone explain this? For around 15 minutes this morning my laptop couldn't connect to any website, (I tried about a dozen sites and everything came up as 'page cannot be displayed, DNS not found') but somehow at the same time skype was working normally and i was talking to my friend. I don't und...
- 2011-12-27 07:35am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: PC upgrade question
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2897
Re: PC upgrade question
Thanks for all the replies!
So I will try upgrading to a larger case, a new PSU, and a Radeon 6870. How many watts do I need? Can someone reccomend a PSU as well? How does this 750watt one look? http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX34711
And what vendor should I look for for the graphics card?
So I will try upgrading to a larger case, a new PSU, and a Radeon 6870. How many watts do I need? Can someone reccomend a PSU as well? How does this 750watt one look? http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX34711
And what vendor should I look for for the graphics card?
- 2011-12-26 12:07pm
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: PC upgrade question
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2897
Re: PC upgrade question
I bought the system back in 2006, and it has Windows Vista 32-bit installed. I also forgot to mention that it has a 500-watt power supply, which really should be MORE than enough for what I'm running but I suppose that is another possible problem area. And my monitor is a 1680x1050 resolution, so i ...
- 2011-12-26 07:35am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: PC upgrade question
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2897
PC upgrade question
I have a PC with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 3gb ddr2 ram, and an Nvidia 512MB 8800 GT graphics card. Its in a small case which can't fit anything much bigger than the 8800 GT. If I play any game which seriously stresses the graphics card for more than 30-40 minutes the game crashes. Sometimes...
- 2011-12-08 05:50pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Philosophy students: Moral judgment is worse than murder.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8354
Re: Philosophy students: Moral judgment is worse than murder
Shit. Well that's just wonderful.
- 2011-12-08 05:10pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Philosophy students: Moral judgment is worse than murder.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8354
Re: Philosophy students: Moral judgment is worse than murder
I was teaching my senior Philosophy class. We had just finished a unit on Metaphysics and were about to get into Ethics, the philosophy of how we make moral judgments (...) The students could not go from their vague discomfort to a rational ethical conclusion because they have never learned traditi...
- 2011-09-16 03:56pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: First planet orbiting binary stars discovered
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2876
Re: First planet orbiting binary stars discovered
So once again we have to shift our estimate of the number of planets in the galaxy up. If planets form anywhere, even in binary star systems there must be trillions of them. To think that 20 years ago we had no evidence of the existence of exoplanets. Unbelievable.
- 2011-08-17 03:24am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3415
Re: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
Yeah, I didn't realize that. I still think, though, that the SW ships would win in tactical battles if not badly outnumbered.
- 2011-08-17 03:15am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3415
Re: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
^that should probably have been in a spoiler tag. The OP's scenario was based on Humanity's capabilities in the first part of Exultant.
- 2011-08-17 02:48am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3415
Re: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
To clarify, in a tactical battle between ships, the empire is going to win. But in any sort of large scale campaign the xeeleverse humans cannot lose. They could send ships into the SW galaxy's past and prevent the empire from forming. Overthrowing the empire without destroying its history would be ...
- 2011-08-17 02:29am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3415
Re: Xeeleeverse Humanity (Exultant era) vs. Galactic Empire
The xeeleverse humans use time travel as a fundamental part of their military strategy. They were able to hold their own against the near omnipotent Xeelee. I don't think the empire are really in the same league. Even if humanity's weapons would initially be ineffective against SW ships, they would ...
- 2011-08-13 07:34am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: I am about to embark upon a great journey...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 829
Re: I am about to embark upon a great journey...
Good luck, man! That does sound like an epic journey. Take lots of photos if you can.
- 2011-08-07 04:47pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Herr Thanas goes to Australia (STRAYA)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4833
Re: Herr Thanas goes to Australia (STRAYA)
There's also the harbour bridge, and the zoo. And outside of Sydney is the Blue Mountains region, which is really beautiful.
(I visited Sydney with my dad in 2002)
(I visited Sydney with my dad in 2002)
- 2011-08-07 03:35pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Reaction to extraterrestrial contact?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3611
Re: Reaction to extraterrestrial contact?
Are there even any stars at 20 light years out? Only star I can think of which is that close is the Alpha Centauri system. (I say "system" because it's actually three stars orbiting each other.) Yeah, there's at least 18. http://www.solstation.com/stars.htm If they are at the same level o...
- 2011-08-07 02:46pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Reaction to extraterrestrial contact?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3611
Re: Reaction to extraterrestrial contact?
I would be shocked. To detect an intelligent civilization only 20 lightyears away seems mindbogglingly unlikely. The implications would be staggering. Are they confined to their star system like us or are they a remote outpost of some pan-galactic civilization? If they are at the same level of devel...
- 2011-07-15 04:20pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Saw Inception, did not enjoy it (spoilers)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4478
Re: Saw Inception, did not enjoy it (spoilers)
You missed the part right after where it is learned that if you fuck around like that the entire dream turns on you and tries to kill you? I remember that now. But for example when they are in the alpine base and the dream is already trying to kill them...why they can't dream up an airstrike or do ...
- 2011-07-15 03:08pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Saw Inception, did not enjoy it (spoilers)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4478
Saw Inception, did not enjoy it (spoilers)
I have heard all the praise this movie has received and I really wanted to love this movie, so I rented it the other day. But from the beginning it was difficult for me to suspend disbelief in the premise. For one example the idea that you can just somehow 'import' an architectural design that you m...
- 2011-07-05 12:12pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Quantum Loop Gravity falsified?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2181
Re: Quantum Loop Gravity falsified?
I have never been able to wrap my head around the concept of space itself being grainy. Is that related to the "shorted possible distance" issue, or something else? ...Sorta. I'm no physicist but I'm going to do my best. It's like this. Two completely separate branchs of mathematics are C...