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by dragon
2016-03-30 07:33am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Starkiller Base vs...4th Empire planetoid!
Replies: 36
Views: 9441

Re: Starkiller Base vs...4th Empire planetoid!

Didn't 4th Imperium stuff fight at FTL, or am I thinking of something else? Staying mobile should prevent them from being successfully targeted. Not that I can recall; they can use the Enchanach (? I can't remember the spelling) Drive for tactical manoeuvres, but I can't recall any specific example...
by dragon
2016-03-14 07:20am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Rick Hunter in Skull One vs. Optimus Prime
Replies: 15
Views: 5204

Re: Rick Hunter in Skull One vs. Optimus Prime

Chimaera wrote:I love ancient necro's - they're like little internet time capsules that get dug up. Think how different the board (not to mention the world) was back then ^_^
I agree it's pretty cool to see what kind of stuff was talked about back then and how the view points might have shifted.
by dragon
2016-02-29 07:26am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: nBSG meets Honorverse
Replies: 21
Views: 4575

Re: nBSG meets Honorverse

Well Beowulf were the guys who invented impeller drive, so unless this ship has been underway for a really long time (impeller drive goes back to 1289 IIRC) that should give the colonials at least a working 'sublight' gravity drive, presumably sidewalls, and very likely acelleration compensation, s...
by dragon
2016-01-08 11:49am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: verified—atoms won't move while you watch
Replies: 17
Views: 8522

Re: verified—atoms won't move while you watch

Wait, atoms? I though tunneling and the so called Zeno effect was sub atomic particles. And isn't the 'watching' thing a bit overplayed, shouldn't it really be introducing energy into the experiment by way of the laser? Quantum physics makes my head hurt. Tell me about it even after taking my into ...
by dragon
2016-01-08 07:21am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: verified—atoms won't move while you watch
Replies: 17
Views: 8522

verified—atoms won't move while you watch

hey look tiny weeping angels 'Zeno effect' verified—atoms won't move while you watch October 23, 2015 by Bill Steele 'Zeno effect' verified—atoms won't move while you watch Graduate students Airlia Shaffer, Yogesh Patil and Harry Cheung work in the Ultracold Lab of Mukund Vengalattore, assistant pro...
by dragon
2016-01-07 07:13am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Pick a droid, any droid.
Replies: 100
Views: 22832

Re: Pick a droid, any droid.

a construction droid could build all sorts of sweet things.
a something like a modified protocol droid but instead of having an immense language data base it would have a immense tech data base.
by dragon
2016-01-05 11:34am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: light at the end of the tunnel for blind
Replies: 36
Views: 13457

Re: light at the end of the tunnel for blind

Starglider wrote:I think Dragon's point was that steady progress is being made and there is no fundamental barrier to a complete functional replacement. It will take several decades to reach equivalence with natural sight, but capability will keep improving and that's good for everyone.
See someone gets it.
by dragon
2016-01-05 07:44am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: light at the end of the tunnel for blind
Replies: 36
Views: 13457

light at the end of the tunnel for blind

Well slowly but surely we are getting to the point of fixing blindness. Now all we need are the bionic eyes they have in Shadowrun. A blind woman fitted with a “bionic eye” has spoken of her joy after she was able to tell the time for the first time in more than six years. Rhian Lewis, 49, was given...
by dragon
2015-12-23 07:40am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Congress proposes increased funding for NASA, including money for Europa lander
Replies: 26
Views: 4431

Re: Congress proposes increased funding for NASA, including money for Europa lander

So, fuck my Social Security Disability COLA, my mothers Social Security Disability and her Military Retirement Disability COLA, we need to give NASA, currently the biggest joke in manned American space exploration since Sputnik, about what it cost to launch 3-4 Space Shittles (not a typo) give or t...
by dragon
2015-12-21 07:14am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Congress proposes increased funding for NASA, including money for Europa lander
Replies: 26
Views: 4431

Re: Congress proposes increased funding for NASA, including money for Europa lander

Well a NASA Chief Scientist was claiming that they would find evidence of life soon. Maybe there's more than to it than there letting on. Humanity is on the verge of discovering alien life, high-ranking NASA scientists say. "I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth wi...
by dragon
2015-12-17 06:58am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Freddie Gray mistrial
Replies: 5
Views: 1495

Freddie Gray mistrial

Hum wonder if there's going to be riot when people overreact to a bump in the road. In what is a perceived legal blow for prosecutors, the jury was hung and the judge declared a mistrial in the trial of Baltimore police Officer William Porter in connection with Freddie Gray's death after he sustaine...
by dragon
2015-12-15 07:04am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Evicted
Replies: 28
Views: 5906

Re: Evicted

A Masters in Aeronautical Science, you say? And a Bachelor's in Mathematics? There's actually a job opening starting today that you might be perfectly qualified for: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/423817000 Sweet but as I am 80% disabled I doubt they would take me as there is no way I c...
by dragon
2015-12-14 10:20am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Evicted
Replies: 28
Views: 5906

Re: Evicted

What skills do you have Dragon? I might know a headhunter that can help you get a job in a better location. I have a B.S in Mathematics with a Minor in Physics. Also a Masters in Aeronautical Science with a specialization in Space Studies. As for Experience 5 and a half years in the Army working as...
by dragon
2015-12-10 07:01am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Evicted
Replies: 28
Views: 5906

Re: Evicted

ok got it fixed and since it was there computer system that glitched the payment they waved January rent. However the lease expires in April so I think it's time to actually by a house as it looks like I'll be staying here in crappy Corpus Christi for awhile
by dragon
2015-12-08 08:46am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: new pluto photos
Replies: 1
Views: 2272

new pluto photos

nice flat ground caused by the ice blocks http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/12/nh-mountainousshorline_0-640x691.jpg Some nice big craters one being almost 10 miles or so across. [img]http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nh-cratersandplains_0.jpg[/img edit um...
by dragon
2015-12-08 08:13am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Donald Trump calls for barring all Muslims from entering the US.
Replies: 49
Views: 5435

Re: Donald Trump calls for barring all Muslims from entering the US.

Frankly, when I look at attitudes from many Americans towards Muslims these days, I see the potential makings of a genocide in the works. Remember that Hitler did not start with murdering 12 million people. He built up to, with increasingly severe repression. It terrifies me. We have to fight this ...
by dragon
2015-12-07 07:11am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Doctor Who season 9 E 12 - Hell Bent
Replies: 68
Views: 12166

Re: Doctor Who season 9 E 12 - heaven sent

Also, Doctor Who already did the end of the universe in Utopia, it was cold and dark and a hundred trillion years from now, so I dunno where they're getting this "it's only a few billion years away yet there's still a sun to shine at us dramatically." We saw from "The Sun Makers"...
by dragon
2015-12-07 07:03am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Evicted
Replies: 28
Views: 5906

Evicted

Seriously bullshit. Ok I admit I screwed up but between the death in the family and being on vacation for Thanksgiving I kind of forgot to pay my rent. However instead of informing me they instead left an eviction notice on the door the day after the rent was due despite the fact that in the over 3 ...
by dragon
2015-11-30 07:08am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Star Wars Battlefront
Replies: 10
Views: 5565

Re: Star Wars Battlefront

Yeah my death/kill ratio is .15 I die like 8-10 times for every kill I make. I know I suck as multiplayer shooters. Still fun though
by dragon
2015-11-13 03:26pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dealing with telemarketers
Replies: 47
Views: 9344

Re: Dealing with telemarketers

What I hate is that I did the do not call registry and they still call. Lucky they only call the home phone so far and anyone that needs me for real calls my cell so I unplug the land line unless I need it.. Granted only going to be a matter of time before I get those on my cell as well.
by dragon
2015-11-13 08:58am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: mom might die from being to stubborn
Replies: 9
Views: 2432

Re: mom might die from being to stubborn

well she's out of surgery and they immediately put her into a medically induced coma, she's not breathing on her own so they have her intubated.
by dragon
2015-11-13 07:41am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: mom might die from being to stubborn
Replies: 9
Views: 2432

mom might die from being to stubborn

And the doctors are not hopeful. Got a call at 3 in the morning that they were wheeling my mom, whom is about 2000km away, into emergency surgery. Apparently she had knee surgery 8 days ago and the number one rule for post op care is watch for infection especially since she's diabetic. Guess what sh...
by dragon
2015-11-12 12:11pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 40mm missile fired from grenade launcher
Replies: 12
Views: 3100

40mm missile fired from grenade launcher

Ok interesting, Raytheon Company successfully fired two Pike 40 mm precision-guided munitions from a standard tube grenade launcher during flight tests at Mile High Resources in Texas. Both rounds landed within the targeted impact area after flying more than 2,300 yards. (2.1 km). Weighing less than...
by dragon
2015-11-02 07:13am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Doctor Who 9x07 - The Zygon Invasion (Spoilers)
Replies: 42
Views: 6633

Re: Doctor Who 9x07 - The Zygon Invasion (Spoilers)

man those unit soldiers were stupid. They knew what the enemy could do yet they followed them into the church anyways. Then the ones underground just stood there when the Zygons showed up instead of taking cover and preparing to open fire. This is not counting the whole lets bring in 20 million shap...
by dragon
2015-10-29 08:23am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Supergirl (television series)
Replies: 129
Views: 16060

Re: Supergirl (television series)

couple of things the hologram was seriously non interactive compared to the Jor-el in Man of Steel. Hell Siri is more interactive.
Also why are all the aliens that are not kryptonians just as strong when on earth.
Plus I think the government agency needs to teach her how to fight.