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EDIT: The Phantom Streaker.
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Yayyyyy more Dresden Files! Hip hip hurrah!
Look, I like singing(though I don't sing particularly well) and play piano. That isn't sufficient to get me labeled as a bard... Is it?
And I can't stand illusion school. Except for colour spray because it's sparkly and shiny! And invisibility because cats like sneaking around.
*growls*
Limey - I thought you'd be the phantom stripper...
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Uh, it doesn't make any shred of sense...
If you can build a starship, you can build a satellite, period, if you can't build a satellite you wouldn't be able to build a starship. To put it bluntly, a satellite is anything put at the right speed around a celestial body so it retains somewhat stable orbit. If one knows grade-school math, one make the required calculations using simple calculator (as Apollo-era computers had less computing power than modern... well, anything). If you can't make those equations, you wouldn't be able to launch a starship anyway.
Absolutely everything that is needed to build a satellite is available to Federation and actively used: drives that can launch object into space, maneuver drives to correct, math to put it in the right orbit.
BTW: Federation explicitly does use satellites: example 1.
A space station is massively different from the kind of satellite you were talking about. Showing they use space stations and orbital construction platforms, but not being able to show they use communications, scientific, or energy-collection unmanned satellites in permanent orbit around planets supports my point.
The technologies necessary to produce modern piping existed back in the Medieval era. Even in-door plumbing had existed a few times by that point in history. Yet the basic technology of modern piping wouldn't be discovered for hundreds of years, when the need finally became pressing. This is one of hundreds of technologies in human history where the capacity to produce it existed for quite some time without the technology itself existing.
It doesn't have to make sense to you. Very little of human technological advancement really does until you look at other factors outside capacity.
The Federation had to rebuild their technology base thanks to a war that devastated the planet. They don't have some of the technologies we do because those technologies are simply lost. And when they were rebuilding their technology base, they were doing so with warp travel already existing. They simply didn't need unmanned satellites like we do, so they simply never discovered how to make them again.
If you can manipulate gravity you DON'T need magnetic bottle - you simply suspend the mass you want to isolate in a properly shaped field of gravity (or lack of). While the general scientific expectation is that antimatter is subject to normal gravity interaction, there is some chance that will instead react in opposite way (which will be easy to work with anyway as it would repel normal matter in such situation) or with different magnitude (which will be workable around too with the right adjustments).
They don't manipulate gravity on the level you are discussing. They simply have devices that emit gravitons and can control how much. Actually shaping it is beyond their technological capacity. That's why they don't just use gravity manipulation to slam invading forces into the floor and ceiling rather than having to fight hand-to-hand.
No, they don't. Mesons are separate subfamily of particles from those that build atoms. Electrons and protons are stable particles. Neutrons can decay into protons (and some kind of neutrino or anitineutrino). Antiprotons and positrons are expected to behave rather like protons and electrons.
Mesons are found in and around protons. The most common place you will see a meson is the nucleus of an atom, where it is exchanged between two or more protons to keep the protons from repelling each other.
Don't rely on Wikipedia for understanding physics. They have some hilariously inaccurate information in some of their articles. The one on mesons is a pretty good example.
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I was hoping for more Dresden files! I plan to get that book as soon as it comes out.
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What the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
Apparently I'm a Druid.
I'm not all that surprised.
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Apparently I am a sorcerer.
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Yayyyyy more Dresden Files! Hip hip hurrah!
Look, I like singing(though I don't sing particularly well) and play piano. That isn't sufficient to get me labeled as a bard... Is it?
And I can't stand illusion school. Except for colour spray because it's sparkly and shiny! And invisibility because cats like sneaking around.
*growls*
Limey - I thought you'd be the phantom stripper...
It's hard to tell. I'm invisible, you see (or not).
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Another headache, and it's not even raining. Nausea, too.
I hope you feel better soon.
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Wow... I'm a plain old run-of-the-mill fighter. Boooring!
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Little girl, after her dad asked me when the liquidation sales start: Why are you closing?
Me: Because your mom and dad didn't buy you enough toys here.
Beautiful! Brings a tear to my eye!
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we have to go jellybeaning.I've got the first half of my parent-teacher conferences tomorrow and I'm only 40% done with writing up my reports for the parents, and I picked up a bag of jelly beans to give myself a nice sugar high for the up-until-two-a.m. evening of jollity ahead of me, and I accidentally got the fruit flavored beans instead of the spice flavors.
You know, for those of us who actually like clove or horehound flavored candy.
I am not amused.
Oh, gods! You guys BOTH have to go with Shiro.
He intentionally finds one kind of jellybean he loathes and one kind he loves of the exact same color and puts them all in a bag together. Or mixes same-colored fruit and spice in the same bag. Anything to make people make awful faces while eating jelly beans.
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What the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
Neither do I!
What the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
I’ve run into few bards who do. Most like more INT for ‘dat skill monkey bonus.
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OK. I know nobody wants to hear it, but Protection from Evil is my all-time favorite example of, "Why you shouldn't ever try to parse spell descriptions literally."
The third paragraph (the one that starts with, "Second, the subject immediately...") is in the format:
- Sentence 1: An if-then construct. If xxx, then yyy
- Sentence 2: A continuation of that construct. Also zzz
- Sentence 3: Another continuation. Also www
- Sentence 4: Another continuation. Clarification on www
- Sentence 5: A completely new, unqualified topic, aaa
So, it just so happens that aaa is the single-most powerful effect of the spell. Is it a continuation of sentences 1-4 in that paragraph, or is it a new effect? If it's a new effect, why isn't it in its own paragraph?
Oh, the flame wars that single sentence has caused!
EDIT: I *DO* know that it's been resolved, but OH that original language! *shudder*
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we have to go jellybeaning.I've got the first half of my parent-teacher conferences tomorrow and I'm only 40% done with writing up my reports for the parents, and I picked up a bag of jelly beans to give myself a nice sugar high for the up-until-two-a.m. evening of jollity ahead of me, and I accidentally got the fruit flavored beans instead of the spice flavors.
You know, for those of us who actually like clove or horehound flavored candy.
I am not amused.Oh, gods! You guys BOTH have to go with Shiro.
He intentionally finds one kind of jellybean he loathes and one kind he loves of the exact same color and puts them all in a bag together. Or mixes same-colored fruit and spice in the same bag. Anything to make people make awful faces while eating jelly beans.
COOOOOOOOOOL
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I, as an aside, am a bard. Also a cleric. And a wizard.
I seem to have mixed up their guessing algorithms because I’m only a bard when my power comes from the gods and only a cleric when it comes from hard work and the energy that pervades the universe. Oh, well!
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Feel better, John!
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This may have been posted elsewhere, but I don't care. James L. Sutter complains that an actual map of New Orleans isn't realistic. Whoever submitted this for a game needs to go back to design school.
Edit: There is some "harsh" language on some of it, so watch your over-the-shoulder audience if you need to.
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What the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
Apparently I'm a Druid.
I'm not all that surprised.
I pulled Paladin. Although it was pretty easy to see the right choices.
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This may have been posted elsewhere, but I don't care. James L. Sutter complains that an actual map of New Orleans isn't realistic. Whoever submitted this for a game needs to go back to design school.
Edit: There is some "harsh" language on some of it, so watch your over-the-shoulder audience if you need to.
fascinating....
We really shouldn't live on a silt plane.
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Considering the General's job, I love hearing her reading spells.
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I expected myself to be a wizard :(
But I guess I'm not blasty enough for that, preferring to urm...pull strings from the back.
what did you get, exactly?
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Considering the General's job, I love hearing her reading spells.
does she make it sultry or something?
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what did you get, exactly?I expected myself to be a wizard :(
But I guess I'm not blasty enough for that, preferring to urm...pull strings from the back.
She got bard.
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She got bard.what did you get, exactly?I expected myself to be a wizard :(
But I guess I'm not blasty enough for that, preferring to urm...pull strings from the back.
lawful kitty bard?
That's...yeah.
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A space station is massively different from the kind of satellite you were talking about. Showing they use space stations and orbital construction platforms, but not being able to show they use communications, scientific, or energy-collection unmanned satellites in permanent orbit around planets supports my point.
1. A space station is a satellite and operates on the same principles regardless of being manned or unmanned - you just want a better safety standards onboard for manned ones.
2. Federation used unmanned probes showing they have enough capability to build autonomous devices.
3. In worst case a swarm of such installations could be overseen by a base/engineering vehicle.
The Federation had to rebuild their technology base thanks to a war that devastated the planet. They don't have some of the technologies we do because those technologies are simply lost. And when they were rebuilding their technology base, they were doing so with warp travel already existing. They simply didn't need unmanned satellites like we do, so they simply never discovered how to make them again.
No, they don't. Mesons are separate subfamily of particles from those that build atoms. Electrons and protons are stable particles. Neutrons can decay into protons (and some kind of neutrino or anitineutrino). Antiprotons and positrons are expected to behave rather like protons and electrons.Mesons are found in and around protons. The most common place you will see a meson is the nucleus of an atom, where it is exchanged between two or more protons to keep the protons from repelling each other.
Ok, so both were imprecise there: mesons don't make bigger particles that in turn make atoms (of regular matter) - in the sense that they aren't directly counted as constituent components of the nuclei (as I read your statement), instead being mediators of strong force between baryons keeping them together to form atoms. Atoms that contain mesons as constituent components - instead of being merely mediators of strong force) are rather exotic entities (though actually observed during experiments) and a different beast going into a territory of matter possibly even more exotic than antimatter.
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I've got the first half of my parent-teacher conferences tomorrow and I'm only 40% done with writing up my reports for the parents, and I picked up a bag of jelly beans to give myself a nice sugar high for the up-until-two-a.m. evening of jollity ahead of me, and I accidentally got the fruit flavored beans instead of the spice flavors.
You know, for those of us who actually like clove or horehound flavored candy.
I am not amused.
Ooh, that does not sound like a fun evening. Hope it went better than expected.
Also, squee! Someone else likes the weird flavors! Anise, clove, and horehound are my favorite candy flavors and usually this gets me looks of disgust. :)
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we have to go jellybeaning.I've got the first half of my parent-teacher conferences tomorrow and I'm only 40% done with writing up my reports for the parents, and I picked up a bag of jelly beans to give myself a nice sugar high for the up-until-two-a.m. evening of jollity ahead of me, and I accidentally got the fruit flavored beans instead of the spice flavors.
You know, for those of us who actually like clove or horehound flavored candy.
I am not amused.
I will be your third wheel for this event. I only recently experienced spicy gummies for the first time, and I am a fan!
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What the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
Huh. I got artificer
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What the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
So I'm apparently a Rogue...
*Looks at his lumbering frame, slow feet and sizable beer-gut*Well...
I kind of was expecting something like maybe a door-stopper ^^'.
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In HS news, I finally pulled the trigger on crafting The Last Kaleidosaur, and somehow I seem to be winning less than I did with my playtest deck. Despite the fact my playtest deck had zero 1-drop minions, to simulate how the completed deck would play. :/
Oh and since Blizzard tweaked the ladder rules, I have faced someone named Your Opponent 4-5 in the past week. I know the monthly cardback now requires winning 5 ladder games, but does it still require Rank 20?
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Also in HS news (well, mine stands for "High School", but it's basically the same)...
After telling me I'd be driving an empty van down to L.A. a few weeks ago, the choir director told me last night that she's assigned Team "Put a Shirt On" to escort me down.
I'm wondering whether they requested it, or she's punishing them...
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Huh. I got artificerWhat the heck? I went to check out what class I am and turned out as a bard.
Let me tell you I have nothing in common with that sap Elan from order of the stick.
And I did not dump int!
Fantasy Lynoras Son- Mooooom, its cold out!
Fantasy Lynora- Here, it has a warmth spell woven into it. Don't lose it this time!
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Fantasy Lynoras Husband- Ack, presentation in a few hours and I got mustard on my shirt!
Fantasy Lynora Power sweater with eagle's splendor and cantrip woven in. It will survive lunch and make you look beyond presentable!
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Fantasy Freehold- Lynora, this dragon won't stop trying to burninate me!
Fantasy Lynora- This hat will keep you cool. 40 gold please.
Fantasy Freehold- Look, i only have 10 gold, some anise jellybeans from a more scientific version of myself, and this lawful kitty bard. She's kinda cute but suuuuuper lawful. Makes me break out in hives. But she can talk! See!
Fantasy JustAMort- I am not a cat! I am a human being! There was a mistake on the paperwork and I'm stuck this way!
Fantasy Lynora- okay, this cat eared hat will turn you back into a cat!
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That was a spectacularly disappointing lunch.
Just about every day I eat at the same place for lunch. It's really convenient, fast enough most of the time, and most of the food is adequate for a greasy-spoon diner. It's not some place I'm going to show off to visitors, but it's good enough that I still go there every day.
So for about the 4th or 5th time in the last 3 years I got the French dip sub. And for about the 4th or 5th time in the last 3 years I have to tell myself to not get that again.
Every restaurant seems to have a small handful of things that they offer but don't actually do well. For this place, the French dip sub is one of them.
By writing this, I'm really hoping it stays in my memory better not to do that again.
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Went to the chiropractor this morning. Got my dislocated rib put back where it goes. It no longer hurts to breathe, but my back is really sore from the adjustment. Win some, lose some. I guess on the bright side the pain reminds me not to get all overly optimistic and overdo it while my body is still healing. :)
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Today is the last day of school before spring break. Kidlet has anime club after school, then jujitsu. Then we are going to go see Pacific Rim 2! Presumably. There is a chance the kidlet will try and postpone the movie until tomorrow. But not a big chance. He wants to see it as bad as I do.
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Meanwhile, my husband is grateful that we're not trying to drag him along. Not sure what's wrong with him, but for some reason he doesn't like monster movies. Or giant robot movies. I don't understand....
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What? They use French Dip as a sandwich dressing? Uhh, yeah. No. Just no.
What? No. A French Dip Sub...like an Italian Beef, only without the Italian seasonings and lacking the hot peppers and onions.
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What? They use French Dip as a sandwich dressing? Uhh, yeah. No. Just no.What? No. A French Dip Sub...like an Italian Beef, only without the Italian seasonings and lacking the hot peppers and onions.
And usually comes with Au Jus to dip it in. Hence the name. They usually smell vile. But I hate beef, so that's to be expected. My husband really likes them....well, no. He thinks he really likes them. He likes them at a couple of places but orders them at a lot of places and is usually disappointed. :P
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Today is the last day of school before spring break. Kidlet has anime club after school, then jujitsu. Then we are going to go see Pacific Rim 2! Presumably. There is a chance the kidlet will try and postpone the movie until tomorrow. But not a big chance. He wants to see it as bad as I do.
PACIFIC RIM 2
TELL YOUR SON I AM PROUD
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We're trying to see Black Panther for the FOURTH time.
This time I didn't even bother pre-ordering tickets.
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A French Dip done right is hard to beat, in my book. But when it's wrong, well . . . .
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. . . let's just say my reaction is predictable.
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Yeah, one of the things that always amazes me is how few restaurants do even an edible French Dip, but how many people order them anyway and end up disappointed.
I just find other things to order...