![]() |
Inspirational and Meta Sites Redux - Printable Version +- Drunkard's Walk Forums (http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums) +-- Forum: General (http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Fenspace (http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=12) +--- Thread: Inspirational and Meta Sites Redux (/showthread.php?tid=2863) |
- Bob Schroeck - 12-16-2013 Did you know that http://www.slate.com/articles/health_an ... onaut.html]there's a sculpture on the moon? And it's a memorial? Sounds like another spot for the Lunar government(s) to protect. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. - HRogge - 12-18-2013 - Stephen Mann - 12-19-2013 Overall, it looks nifty. But when that airship came into view in the beginning, my only thought was, "Ooooh, that's beautiful!" - HRogge - 12-22-2013 - HRogge - 12-24-2013 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013 ... ous-pardon - robkelk - 01-07-2014 So, would this be a "gas midget"? http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2014 ... gas_giant/ -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - Rajvik - 01-07-2014 Quote:robkelk wrote: This is so true. - robkelk - 01-10-2014 So, you want to know what the first-world Danelaw thinks the Blue Blazers do? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technisches_Hilfswerk (Other parts of the Really Real World, and most of Fenspace, know that they do all that and so much more...) EDIT: Speaking of... something to mine for ideas - the tech base is rather different, so it can't be used as-is. http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG37-6714 -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - HRogge - 01-10-2014 robkelk Wrote:So, you want to know what the first-world Danelaw thinks the Blue Blazers do?I think you underestimate the work of the THW... - robkelk - 01-10-2014 HRogge Wrote:I believe the THW isn't involved in promoting literacy, which the Blue Blazers definitely are.robkelk Wrote:So, you want to know what the first-world Danelaw thinks the Blue Blazers do?I think you underestimate the work of the THW... -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - robkelk - 01-23-2014 Water detected on Ceres Come to Ceres and see the geysers! (Perihelion only) ![]() -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - Stephen Mann - 01-31-2014 Quote:robkelk wrote:Feh. It's raining iron on Luhman. I can only begin to imagine the umbrella needed for that place. - robkelk - 02-02-2014 Scientific American: Space Spectacles: NASA Evaluates Adjustable Astronaut Eyewear Well, most of the Stellvians would be interested in this... -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - HRogge - 02-06-2014 - HRogge - 02-15-2014 With problems like this someone thinks its "unrealistic" that the US is not taking over the Fen within years? ![]() http://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5 - robkelk - 02-15-2014 HRogge Wrote:With problems like this someone thinks its "unrealistic" that the US is not taking over the Fen within years?If that's supposed to be an analog of how the Danelaw uses handwavium, then one wonders why Fenspace hasn't taken over the USA. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - ECSNorway - 02-20-2014 Quote:robkelk wrote:It doesn't want to. It would be too much like work.Quote:HRogge wrote:If that's supposed to be an analog of how the Danelaw uses handwavium, then one wonders why Fenspace hasn't taken over the USA. -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. - Foxboy - 02-22-2014 And having to satisfy the extremists on all sides. Meh. --Pondering what a "Screaming Opinions Pseudo-News" show would be like for Militant Moderates.... ''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll - Dartz - 03-06-2014 Big Space is Big ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig? - Dakota - 03-18-2014 http://phys.org/news/2014-03-thermal-vi ... -span.html Carbon! The most overachieving element known to man! To quote someone on the Spacebattles forums Quote:*sigh* Carbon... Please. Stop. We care about you. You can't Quote:I swear, carbon's going to turn out to be the secret to FTL travel at this rate.So Handwavium is what happens when carbon ascends to a high plane of existence? _______________________________________________________________ Characters Sabre Fang Dakota - HRogge - 03-26-2014 http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronom ... known.html - robkelk - 03-27-2014 Dakota Wrote:No, no - handwavium wants to be carbon. That's why it's sucking up to the carbon-based lifeforms, giving them what they want.Quote:I swear, carbon's going to turn out to be the secret to FTL travel at this rate.So Handwavium is what happens when carbon ascends to a high plane of existence? -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - robkelk - 03-27-2014 HRogge Wrote:http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronom ... known.htmlIf you prefer your articles without editorial content: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/new-d ... 21?cmp=rss http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2014 ... ar_system/ -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - HRogge - 03-29-2014 ![]() - robkelk - 04-03-2014 Do the catgirls on Jenga prefer Windows? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/02 ... h_cortana/ -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 |