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  2. Posted

    "Of all the comic shops in all the towns in all the world, Rich walks into mine."

    Yeah, but at least he buys stuff. (meager evidence of entering a tournament. And unlike Sarah and Sam, he appears to always be there, probably enters every one.)

    There is a disconnect between Rich thinking Tedd was a girl, which he eventually was, the last time they met, and constantly hitting on her, and how he's treating Tedd as just another dude now. I'd say I won't loose any sleep over it, except I'm in the process of loosing sleep over it by typing this. <Yawn>, Enough.

  3. Posted

    6 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

    Good point, if the collapsing star throws away matter, it's also shedding angular momentum, but not more than the proportion of mass it's shedding, so your huge star that shed 85% of it's mass still has 15% of it's angular momentum. In a space with zero width.

    Thinking about this, I don't think this limitation is true. Since the mass is violently shed, it should carry away a disproportionate amount of angular momentum. Still, huge to begin with, and zero width. Hmm.

  4. Posted

    Y'know, an animated version of EGS would be fun, with over the top character theme and mood music, and a cheesy laugh track. And sound effects, like "Boing" when the eyeballs contract like that. Some kind of disco theme for the spots on the background.

    "Best date", ..., hmmm, ... Sam must have opened up and talked to her, she would value the intimacy of deepening trust. I'll bet he didn't tell her everything. She may still know less than Grace.

     

  8. Posted

    12 minutes ago, hkmaly said:

    The trick is that while the star collapses, it's throwing away lot of matter and light. Black hole will form if the remains of stars is about three times the mass of Sun, but the original stars needs to be like TWENTY times bigger to get over the limit.

    Good point, if the collapsing star throws away matter, it's also shedding angular momentum, but not more than the proportion of mass it's shedding, so your huge star that shed 85% of it's mass still has 15% of it's angular momentum. In a space with zero width.

  10. Posted

    2 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    Are we SURE it's natural ability?

    No.

     

    2 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    The most weird part is obviously that it works on humans.

    That is weird.

     

    2 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    However, not as weird as the fact Uryuom eggs can somehow combine DNA of several different species with no given limit of how different those species are.

    If Earth life can participate, they would seemingly be DNA based, which is not a given, but does not seem unlikely, and the chirality has to match, that should be a 50%/50% chance, unless there's a reason that I'm not aware of why one would be favored. Encoding different sets of protein based on somewhat different sets of amino acids (expect much overlap, but not total) would lead to weirdness like needing to take alien vitamins. Grace, are you taking your Uryuom One a Days?

    The different species, DNA's not a set of blueprints, it's a library and machinery for constructing complex organic molecules; seemingly with timing and quantity instructions. How that freaking house of cards stays together is beyond me. But speciation appears to be important in an evolutionary sense or it would not be as big an influence on outcomes as it is.

    So, yeah, different numbers of strands and such should be a show stopper. Raising one of your questions, maybe it's not natural?

    Some species are hermaphroditic, earthworms come to mind. Some have both genders and become one during a mating process, sea cucumbers battle to be the male and female. Maybe the Urywhosits started that way, then "improved" themselves. H#!!, maybe the egg is a biotechnically developed device that they now produce naturally that can unwrap and rewrap DNA, fixing it's chirality. Maybe knitting together disparate strands into a consistent whole set. (Oh, God, I'm doing the midichlorians thing. I'll stop.)

    It raises the question, can Grace, a lespuko mate with Tedd, a human, and produce an offspring? Would her uterus handle all the anomalies without the benefit of the Uryuom egg? Might that be why she appeared to be squicked by the notion of human reproduction in one panel (was in the context of someone, Sarah, I think, explaining why people react badly to her nudity.)

     

  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, hkmaly said:

    Advanced physics says wormholes are possible. The classical "flying in real space just fast" not, of course ... except in case of warp which is also complicated.

    Yes, and going where and when you don't know, and classically also tiny, you might send a signal through, but probably not a hamster.

     

    1 hour ago, hkmaly said:

    As a bonus, if you create a wormhole, then take one end on circular tour with relativistic speed, when you return, you WILL have a time machine allowing you to send stuff into past (but not before creating the wormhole obviously). See Xeelee Sequence by Stephen Baxter.

    Sure, sure, we have a plan, trivially easy, we leave it as an exercise for the students, who hopefully have exotic matter to keep it open ...

     

    1 hour ago, hkmaly said:

    Thing is that in quantum physics, causality ALREADY doesn't work how would you expect. Electron can interfere with itself. Grandfather paradox is obviously impossible, but that doesn't mean time travel is - it just means that when the waveform collapses, every effect will have it's cause.

    At a quantum level, sure. A positron might be an electron moving back in time, it would look the same; entropy barely holds with very small numbers and quantities. But scale it up, and it falls apart quickly.

     

    1 hour ago, hkmaly said:

    Of course, we still need exotic matter to create the wormholes (which may not exists). Also, our understanding of universe is incomplete. For example naked singularity: both quantum physics and theory of relativity give totally absurd prediction about what would happen around naked singularity ... and those predictions are DIFFERENT.

    Something other than normal "stuff" is filling up most of the universe.

    Not sure about black hole nudity. It's based on spin, and I don't get why starting with the angular momentum of a star, as the object collapses to zero size, the rotational speed should be effectively infinite to maintain that angular momentum (think skater bringing their arms in), but apparently that's not the case. (Still, I would be really surprised if someone discovered a singularity of significant size that was not spinning.) Never been observed, yet, but that doesn't mean they're not out there.

     

    New topic

    My theory is time travel is easy, but every timeline that discovers it is inherently unstable, so only the ones where it's never discovered remain.

     

     

  12. Posted

    2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    At one point, if I remember correctly, Dan claimed that he lost his original notes regarding the Uryuomoco language.

    However, I think there are enough fan made commentaries and translation pages to ensure we can continue to communicate.

    https://elgoonishshive.fandom.com/wiki/Uryuom

    https://elgoonishshive.fandom.com/wiki/Uryuomoco

    http://www.ookii.org/Egs/Uryuom

    (O"o)   ---(Ack!)       (or perhaps:    (O"o)   ---(Usp !)     )

    The article on Uryuomoco spells it out in much detail. Definitely fourth wall knowledge that they are speaking coded English, I don't think it's supposed to seem that way in-universe.

    So I poked around the last link's website, and the owner's name is Sven Groot.

     

     

     

  13. Posted

    7 hours ago, hkmaly said:

     StarWars however? There really was no reason to bring another explanation. It didn't made it more consistent, more logical, more anything ... didn't brought any option not possible before ... it just made it more complicated.

    <sigh> George Lucas, ..., it's like a mental condition that won't let him let go and move on. Frankly, Han shooting after Greedo bothers me way more. You had a vision, man, own it.

     

    7 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    Inverse is not true however. Hulk, for example, doesn't tend to be able to pass as ordinary human AND his skin is very tough, HOWEVER it still doesn't LOOK tougher and it's entirely possible it feels normal as well.

    Not that I've ever read them, way before my time, but Hulk is somewhat akin to the original version of Superman from, who, for instance, couldn't fly, but could jump really well.

    But why does moving from a red-sun world to a yellow-sun world make him stronger? Shouldn't the more intense radiation kill him, since his physiology isn't adapted to it? Or perhaps his species is not native to Krypton, he just happens to be from there. Maybe he's just wrong about why he's superpowered; has nothing to do with the lighting, Krypton is just hugely massive. See, it's BS questions like this that make the writers want to fix their s#!%.

    (Don't get me started on Green Lantern. Is he allergic to Yellow light? How "yellow" does it have to be? A specific wavelength? A band? Does intensity matter. Why doesn't white light, like daylight, bother him? It has yellow. Or is it all in his head? The perception of yellow. Yellow paint, even if it's not reflecting much yellow light. What if he's presented with an optical illusion, where one background makes it look not quite yellpw, and another makes it appear vivid yellow? And we don't actually see yellow, our brain has to synthesize it from other information, mostly red and green balance, I guess. Can you "see" yellow if you observe the right balance of actual red and green, and would that affect him?)

    (And how does The Flash maintain traction to run?)

    I like Mystery Men because they are essentially mundane and avoid most of this. "I am The Shoveller. I shovel well." Or Batman; "My superpower is that I am a filthy rich genius martial artist."

     

    7 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    And "How"? Frankly, I don't find it THAT unbelievable. Non-Newtonian fluids  can get tougher when bigger force is applied to them ; the way superheroes skins react to bullets may be similar.

    I don't disagree, that's a pretty astute observation, but I would like to point out that you just did the very thing we're talking about, applied a layer of science colored paint to it.

     

  14. Posted

    7 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    He WOULD prefer if she wasn't told, at least on the party ... but admits that eventually she will learn about them.

     

    He might prefer to tell to tell her and to warn her of the consequences of disseminating the information, rather than have her find out on her own. From Edward's point of view, briefing someone in is more controllable than a loose cannon rolling around.

     

    We don't know if THEY know Spanish.

    I wonder if they can also learn by the same method (well, similar method, but reverse) of the way they taught Uryumoco? Also, how the h$## does that ability evolve? And did Dan channel Tolkien and design Uryumoco, or is it random gibberish?

    Also, they could make a fortune with that ability.

     

  15. Posted

    7 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    ... FTL ...

    Maybe we'll find a loophole, but basic physics says, "Don't get your hopes up."

    Flip side, it has been pointed out the fundamental argument for why c is the speed limit have to do with avoiding cause and effect contradictions. As long as you are willing to toss the even more fundamental notion of causality, there is no reason c has to be the speed limit, for information at least.

     

     

  16. Posted

    7 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    When John Byrne took over Superman in the 1980s, a lot of "technical details" about how his Super Powers worked were redefined.  Basically DC said "Yes, he's strong, tough, smart, and can see through things that aren't made of lead.  (And who knew that most of Metropolis was made of lead?)  But really, he has LOTS of Telekinesis.  The Big Blue Boy Sprout lifts heavy objects, punches through mountains, flies, breaks the sound barrier, deflects bullets, and burns anything he can see via Telekinesis.  About the only thing he couldn't do with TK was pick up objects and move them at a distance, like almost everyone else does with TK.

    There were a significant number of comic fans who did not like this development.

    So the lesson I took was that there is little benefit for the comic writer in giving the comic and characters too much of a technical footing.  Just write the story and remind your audience to Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain.

    Yeah, I've never found that retconning does much to help a series. That is the path to midichlorians, the dork side of the farce. (OMG, the Star Wars fan sites are hyphenating it. That can't be good.)

     

  17. Posted

    21 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    Slower? Putting Earth on slower orbit would make it even worse, unless you speak about angular speed.

    I'm pretty sure he meant exactly that, further out.

    But lets see, roughly 100 or so miles up, about an hour to orbit ~ 25,000 mph.

    Geosync, around 27,000 miles up, ballpark 85,000 miles around, in 24 hours, yeah, you've actually slowed down as well. You've added energy, but your forward velocity is lower. And if you put on the brakes, so to speak, you'll speed up as you fall inward (while you are still orbiting).

     

    39 minutes ago, ChronosCat said:

    ..."humankind" (and I use the term loosely, I don't expect homo sapiens to still be around by then) ...

    Agree, evolution does not sit still; adapt or die. One scenario is, as we spread among the close stars, we become multiple competing species. Niven uses this in  A World Out of Time.

     

  19. Posted

    23 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:

    Let's see now, two generations removed from an Immortal. How many other characters in EGS have that in their resume?

    Let's not forget that Arthur wasn't willing to send help against that summoned dragon, a menace that he clearly knew couldn't be stopped without magic. Remember, they are the Secret (Magic) Police.

    I kind of think Dan regrets putting that plot point in. Arthur has gotten very much nicer since.

    I don't think he's changed that much. "Nice" is there, but doesn't seem to be his core. I'd say principled, pragmatic, within his understanding, a bit set in his ways and inflexible, but not too much, he's adapted to changing dynamics.

  20. Posted · Edited by Darth Fluffy
    Cut an unused quote.

    On 7/15/2019 at 8:06 PM, hkmaly said:

    I meant that Playing with Dolls is one of best and parts of EGS.

    I liked it, but for me it didn't stand out so much. I liked the card game a lot. To each their own.

     

    3 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    The watches are technically a wand.

    Yes. Although Pandora distiguished, "Let's have you make a proper wand."

     

    3 hours ago, hkmaly said:

    Yes, he can do a glasses-shaped wand with such spell, ...

    I would say, we can infer that he can. A. It's not that different, and B. That's probably what he was doing with the glasses early on.

     

     

  22. Posted

    11 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

     

    It's a crazy class.  If you register properly, pay the tuition, buy the books, show up for the lectures, complete the assignments, and study for the exam you WILL fail.  The only way to pass  Intermediate Evil is through some combination of bribery, coercion, deception, threat, and/or violence.

    If you succeed too well, your instructor won't be able to give you a grade; it takes a bit of finesse.

  24. Posted

    10 hours ago, Tom Sewell said:

    Thirty-three? Hmm. A longer list than even I thought might show up. I think I will make my own list instead of going to sleep like I should have, oh, six, seven hours ago.

    1. Pizza Delivery Person: This was Matt Cohen at Grace's party, but an anonymous but pretty young woman delivered a bunch of pizzas to a very hungry Magus near the end of Sister III.
    2. Susan: She can change her mind.
    3. Diane: Quite possible Susan will have talked to Diane about the party, and Diane might want to come along to support Susan, and maybe draw off some unwanted attention from Susan.
    4. Luke: Luke does have magic, and Justin might ask him if he wants to come. Handy for observing auras.
    5. Lucy: Only if Diane comes, and then only if Diane decides to reveal some of her secret to Lucy. 
    6. Catalina: Susan might bring her along, or she might come with Rhoda.
    7. Rhoda:  Either Diane or Grace might have asked her. I kind of think it's more likely that Diane, Lucy are having dinner together this Saturday night with Rhoda and Catalina.
    8. Zeus: He's going to be keeping an eye on Susan and Diane, so if either one of them is at the party, Zeus should be there (but invisible, unless something happens--which it probably will.)
    9. William, and...
    10. Gillian, the Uryuom couple who gave Tedd his first transformation gun. They haven't visited for nearly a  year now. 
    11. Van, Tedd's half-sibling. And, of course...
    12. Noriko, Tedd's and Van's mom. Or "mum" in Van's case. The biggest reason for them to come is that Van now knows Tedd exists. It also occurs to me now that the reason Edward has arranged to be out of the house is that he doesn't want to see Noriko, at least yet.
    13. Voltaire, most likely to gloat.
    14. Pandora, if she can return yet.
    15. Noah might come if Justin wants him, or even as part of the Raven family (which includes, of course, Susan and Diane.)
    16. Adrian might come as, well, but would need persuading.
    17. Melissa might be a possibility if Noah comes. Seeing Justin with Luke might be good for her--or might not.
    18. Sam seems very unlikely, unless something happened on Friday night.

    Well, with the eight who are definitely supposed to be at the party plus Helen and Demetrius, that makes 28. Who do you have in mind to make up the other five?

    Elliot knows that Melissa is aware of magic, and Justin should know that Noah is as well.

    I don't recall that anyone else (human) know about Rhoda and Catalina's magic.

    Susan is already invited. Diane could be invited by Susan or Nanase. A few of the crew were present for "you're a vampire slayer". I think Lucy might be a stretch at this point.

    We'll see.