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- 2021-05-30 12:03am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: electronic implants and death
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17813
Re: electronic implants and death
Okay, now imagine that the whole organic matter in a body of a person is replaced by nanites and the information saved into these nanites are copied into another body build out of nanites. The original body build out of nanites is regarded as the same person it once was. But what is with the body bu...
- 2019-03-14 03:50pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: electronic implants and death
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17813
electronic implants and death
Imagine, in a future not far away, mankind has the technology to replace brain cells with nanites. Those nanintes are able to take over all the functions of the brain cell they replace. For all the surrounding cells, all the cells that interacted with the replaced cell, there is no difference....
- 2018-11-20 04:11am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: On the Futility of Conservatism.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39396
Re: On the Futility of Conservatism.
To me it seems as if you admit that there are no people who are generally opposed to changes - only opposed to changes in certain aspects while they want changes in other aspects. There were those who wanted to change the laws when they did not allow same-sex marriages. And now, as the laws we...
- 2018-11-19 09:18am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: On the Futility of Conservatism.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 39396
Re: On the Futility of Conservatism.
I may be not as eloquent as you. But I would say that it is is a universal constant of reality, that there are forces who strive for a change of the status quo and forces who will strive for keeping the status quo. Both forces are necessary as a never changing world would mean stagnancy but an...
- 2018-07-16 01:25pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Why identity politics benefits the right more than the left
- Replies: 86
- Views: 23994
Re: Why identity politics benefits the right more than the left
Do you believe that all Americans have the right to vote? Do you believe in a free press? Do you believe in a seperation of church and state? Do you believe in an independent judiciary? Do you believe in independant law enforcment? Do you believe that everyone has the right to due process? Do you b...
- 2018-04-13 02:08am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
I said that the weapons on the Dreadnought are almost certainly just scaled up turbolasers That's only an assumption. But even if, it explains why the weapons of the Dreadnought could cause an higher level of destruction than the turbo lasers used in the episode of rebels. That means that the level...
- 2018-04-13 02:04am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
With other words: You could provide only two examples I only need two examples. Not if you want to prove that what was shown in the what was shown in the episode of Rebels is inconsistent with with other orbital bombardments depicted in the same universe. Consistency is per definition the quality o...
- 2018-04-13 01:57am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
1. He could only provide two examples because very few exist. 2. He included all of the qualifiers you saw fit to nitpick with. 3. Operation Cinder is canon, which you would know if you had the slightest ability to do research. 4. Given the satellites were launched in masse from a single star destr...
- 2018-04-13 01:30am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
Oh I'm totally with you on the orbital bombardment in Rebels-we could do worse than that in World War 1 With DET-weapons? From thousands kilometres away? That is very clearly not what he meant. But that is the point. Of course we could achieve an higher level of destruction already in World War 1. ...
- 2018-04-13 01:20am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
Really, no matter what you say the bombardment scene from Rebels was just fucking stupid, since even modern day civilization could do better if we were in space. Just dropping some meter long rods of steel or tungsten would have created more impressive cratering. So maybe I'm just being overly gene...
- 2018-04-12 05:21am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
Really, no matter what you say the bombardment scene from Rebels was just fucking stupid, since even modern day civilization could do better if we were in space. Just dropping some meter long rods of steel or tungsten would have created more impressive cratering. So maybe I'm just being overly gene...
- 2018-04-12 04:59am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
- 2018-04-12 04:58am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
In the first five minutes of The Last Jedi we see a First Order dreadnought fire four turbolaser bolts at the Resistance base. [...] Alternatively, you have Operation: Cinder, which used special weather satellites armed with "lasers" [...] With other words: You could provide only two exam...
- 2018-04-11 04:17pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
My main goal here is to explain how that (extraordinarily dumb) episode of Rebels could depict an orbital bombardment so seemingly inconsistent with other orbital bombardments depicted in the same universe, ... Please provide examples of other orbital bombardments that are inconsistent with the orb...
- 2018-04-11 04:10pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
My main goal here is to explain how that (extraordinarily dumb) episode of Rebels could depict an orbital bombardment so seemingly inconsistent with other orbital bombardments depicted in the same universe, ... Please provide examples of other orbital bombardments that are inconsistent with the orb...
- 2018-04-11 05:59am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
- Replies: 162
- Views: 217685
Re: Orbital bombardments, planetary defenses, Death Stars, etc.
My main goal here is to explain how that (extraordinarily dumb) episode of Rebels could depict an orbital bombardment so seemingly inconsistent with other orbital bombardments depicted in the same universe, ... Please provide examples of other orbital bombardments that are inconsistent with the orb...
- 2018-03-02 08:29am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: What happened to "mockery of stupid people"?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 32564
Re: What happened to "mockery of stupid people"?
Maybe it has something to do with what is argued and described here: https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/what-killed-mike-wongs-stardestroyer-net.5417/ For those of you who dont know, SDN was once SBs younger rival, before SV. Long before. And for a while, had a larger userbase and more v...
- 2018-01-31 04:20am
- Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
- Topic: Maximum range of turbolasers (Last Jedi spoilers)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 82878
Re: Maximum range of turbolasers (Last Jedi spoilers)
I am not sure why people are putting forward mass drivers as an explanation of why the Supremacy's fire arcs. A mass driver in a vacuum goes in a straight line too. Would it appear so if all ships are accelerating? In space, a ship would hold its velocity and could deactivate its engines. It needs ...
- 2017-12-29 11:59am
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: I Noticed a Plot Hole in the VOY episode "Pathfinder"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15435
Re: I Noticed a Plot Hole in the VOY episode "Pathfinder"
Do we really know that Barclay's apartment is in San Francisco?
With a matter-energy transporter or air tram, he could live everywhere on Earth and commute every day to San Francisco.
With a matter-energy transporter or air tram, he could live everywhere on Earth and commute every day to San Francisco.
- 2017-08-25 08:55am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
- Replies: 376
- Views: 117965
Re: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
Winter came. The temperature dropped. Maybe they considered it too cold for horses further north - beyond the wall - during night. Maybe they wanted to prevent that the horses suffer the same fate as a Tauntaun on Hooth when it gets really cold there. Considering how thin the ice on the lake was, i...
- 2017-08-25 08:42am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
- Replies: 376
- Views: 117965
Re: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
Winter came. The temperature dropped. Maybe they considered it too cold for horses further north - beyond the wall - during night. Maybe they wanted to prevent that the horses suffer the same fate as a Tauntaun on Hooth when it gets really cold there. Benjin had a horse that seemed to be both livin...
- 2017-08-24 05:01pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
- Replies: 376
- Views: 117965
Re: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
broken recordImperial Overlord wrote: ↑2017-08-24 03:01pm The White Walkers are a tiny fraction of the Army of the Dead. The wights are the bulk and the plan is to actually encounter them. Having a means to escape them once you've encountered them is only reasonable.
- 2017-08-24 01:16pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
- Replies: 376
- Views: 117965
Re: Game of Thrones season seven trailer.
Winter came.
The temperature dropped.
Maybe they considered it too cold for horses further north - beyond the wall - during night.
Maybe they wanted to prevent that the horses suffer the same fate as a Tauntaun on Hooth when it gets really cold there.
The temperature dropped.
Maybe they considered it too cold for horses further north - beyond the wall - during night.
Maybe they wanted to prevent that the horses suffer the same fate as a Tauntaun on Hooth when it gets really cold there.
- 2017-07-29 09:05am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Breathable atmo in CIS vessels...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9818
Re: Breathable atmo in CIS vessels...
I'd argue that this couldn't have been vacuum as we could see the beam of their lamps. That's a level of astrographic detail that is pernicketty beyond reason. By that standard, Star Wars planets are really dim on the surface and the stars really weak because we can see stars from orbital positions...
- 2017-07-27 10:48am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Breathable atmo in CIS vessels...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9818
Re: Breathable atmo in CIS vessels...
B1 battle droids can operate in space fine. This is shown in Clone Wars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLU6kM9KNCA I'd argue that this couldn't have been vacuum as we could see the beam of their lamps. Maybe the droids are needing some kind of atmosphere for their cooling. The atmosphere could be ...