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#12453 Posted 10 February 2014 - 06:56 PM
Just finished the first part of our first adventure in a Star Wars dice RPG. I decided on playing as a Wookie (we needed a heavy). Yeah, I finished an incapacitated enemy with a melee...just because I can.
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#12454 Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:14 PM
The Real Slim Flibble, on 10 February 2014 - 06:56 PM, said:
Yeah, I finished an incapacitated enemy with a melee...just because I can.
happy ending?
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#12455 Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:56 PM
Sure. It was happy...when they gave up and ran away. The GM was like "Yeah, he's dead." after I rolled my damage.
#12456 Posted 10 February 2014 - 11:31 PM
Signing casts can be fun:
This post has been edited by Jeff: 10 February 2014 - 11:34 PM
#12458 Posted 11 February 2014 - 04:21 AM
Forge, on 08 February 2014 - 12:00 PM, said:
there are some gaps, but according to NASA Ames research the materials needed were quite common during the formation of the solar system. Meteorites and cometary bodies are loaded with them.
Scientists have been able to take the compounds (carbon, amino acids, etc.), "cook" them in a lab, and produce organic gunk.
Open questions still pervade. The origins of the material. It requires UV radiation to create them which would have been absent in a solar nebula cloud of dust. How to get from simple amino acids, nucleobases, and amphiphiles to strands of RNA or DNA and building block proteins.
Scientists have been able to take the compounds (carbon, amino acids, etc.), "cook" them in a lab, and produce organic gunk.
Open questions still pervade. The origins of the material. It requires UV radiation to create them which would have been absent in a solar nebula cloud of dust. How to get from simple amino acids, nucleobases, and amphiphiles to strands of RNA or DNA and building block proteins.
its just how does it "think" does anything really think, or is it all just chemical reactions, could humans form of thinking and emotions are just an evolved form of chemical reactions that can go as far as using visual stimulus to produce results
This post has been edited by DanM: 11 February 2014 - 04:22 AM
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#12459 Posted 11 February 2014 - 07:27 AM
DanM, on 11 February 2014 - 04:21 AM, said:
its just how does it "think" does anything really think, or is it all just chemical reactions, could humans form of thinking and emotions are just an evolved form of chemical reactions that can go as far as using visual stimulus to produce results
We don't know enough yet. More research is needed.
we know the solar system is full of the necessary material to make a living organism.
we don't know how those compounds got there in the first place.
we don't know how or why they combined in the specific way it takes to make it a living organism
we don't know for sure how or why single celled organisms made the leap to multi-celled organisms (survival techniques and environment?)
how we got from point 0 to where we are today is still speculation
when/if we find organisms on another body in our solar system and are able to examine it for things like cell wall structure, compound composition, presence of RNA/DNA, reproduction and digestive systems, evolution environment - we'll have a better understanding of what it takes to get life started.
are we just a sack of chemicals and electrical currents? technically yes.
even "dumb" animals can think and have memory. if they didn't you'd have to retrain a dog every day.
#12460 Posted 11 February 2014 - 08:07 AM
personally think these organism could be spawned from a very specialized and rare space water made under very specific conditions we can;t conceive yet, it seem to be the source of all life and the organisms that come in contact from said water to planets similar to earth are where it thrives and evolves, i think the only type of life that can really exist like ours is in worlds similar to ours, just the right amount of water and heat.
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#12463 Posted 11 February 2014 - 08:37 AM
i don't know about rare special space water, but very specific conditions are most likely a requirement.
if you thought about all the conditions and events that needed to happen to make life possible on this planet and to get to a species as intelligent as us you might come to the conclusion that "smart" aliens are going to be very rare indeed.
planet position and composition
- not too close, not too far from its sun
- not too big, not too small
- rocky with an iron/nickle core to produce a magnetic field
-plate tectonics and vulcanism
Collision between earth and theia
-created a moon of the exact right size needed to stabilize the earth's tilt and rotation
-happened at the exact angle that didn't destroy the planets, or only glanced and blew off an inadequate amount of material to make a large moon
-increased the earth's size and iron core for a strong magnetic field and the planet wouldn't cool off quickly losing its magnetic field
- the moon is the right size and distance to stabilize the earth's tides and weather paterns
Late heavy bombardment
-brought water and other compounds to earth that are necessary for life to exist
The numerous mass extinction events and climate changes that had to occur to make way for our ancestors to be the dominant species
-there were at least 5 major events and a dozen minor events. if only one of these never happened we wouldn't be here
these are just a few of the major examples. there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of more "requirements" that had to be perfectly in place for us to even be here
if you thought about all the conditions and events that needed to happen to make life possible on this planet and to get to a species as intelligent as us you might come to the conclusion that "smart" aliens are going to be very rare indeed.
planet position and composition
- not too close, not too far from its sun
- not too big, not too small
- rocky with an iron/nickle core to produce a magnetic field
-plate tectonics and vulcanism
Collision between earth and theia
-created a moon of the exact right size needed to stabilize the earth's tilt and rotation
-happened at the exact angle that didn't destroy the planets, or only glanced and blew off an inadequate amount of material to make a large moon
-increased the earth's size and iron core for a strong magnetic field and the planet wouldn't cool off quickly losing its magnetic field
- the moon is the right size and distance to stabilize the earth's tides and weather paterns
Late heavy bombardment
-brought water and other compounds to earth that are necessary for life to exist
The numerous mass extinction events and climate changes that had to occur to make way for our ancestors to be the dominant species
-there were at least 5 major events and a dozen minor events. if only one of these never happened we wouldn't be here
these are just a few of the major examples. there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of more "requirements" that had to be perfectly in place for us to even be here
#12464 Posted 11 February 2014 - 08:41 AM
Forge, on 11 February 2014 - 08:37 AM, said:
i don't know about rare special space water, but very specific conditions are most likely a requirement.
if you thought about all the conditions and events that needed to happen to make life possible on this planet and to get to a species as intelligent as us you might come to the conclusion that "smart" aliens are going to be very rare indeed.
planet position and composition
- not too close, not too far from its sun
- not too big, not too small
- rocky with an iron/nickle core to produce a magnetic field
-plate tectonics and vulcanism
Collision between earth and theia
-created a moon of the exact right size needed to stabilize the earth's tilt and rotation
-happened at the exact angle that didn't destroy the planets, or only glanced and blew off an inadequate amount of material to make a large moon
-increased the earth's size and iron core for a strong magnetic field and the planet wouldn't cool off quickly losing its magnetic field
- the moon is the right size and distance to stabilize the earth's tides and weather paterns
Late heavy bombardment
-brought water and other compounds to earth that are necessary for life to exist
The numerous mass extinction events and climate changes that had to occur to make way for our ancestors to be the dominant species
-there were at least 5 major events and a dozen minor events. if only one of these never happened we wouldn't be here
these are just a few of the major examples. there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of more "requirements" that had to be perfectly in place for us to even be here
if you thought about all the conditions and events that needed to happen to make life possible on this planet and to get to a species as intelligent as us you might come to the conclusion that "smart" aliens are going to be very rare indeed.
planet position and composition
- not too close, not too far from its sun
- not too big, not too small
- rocky with an iron/nickle core to produce a magnetic field
-plate tectonics and vulcanism
Collision between earth and theia
-created a moon of the exact right size needed to stabilize the earth's tilt and rotation
-happened at the exact angle that didn't destroy the planets, or only glanced and blew off an inadequate amount of material to make a large moon
-increased the earth's size and iron core for a strong magnetic field and the planet wouldn't cool off quickly losing its magnetic field
- the moon is the right size and distance to stabilize the earth's tides and weather paterns
Late heavy bombardment
-brought water and other compounds to earth that are necessary for life to exist
The numerous mass extinction events and climate changes that had to occur to make way for our ancestors to be the dominant species
-there were at least 5 major events and a dozen minor events. if only one of these never happened we wouldn't be here
these are just a few of the major examples. there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of more "requirements" that had to be perfectly in place for us to even be here
yup and i think that's the only chance and kind of life, that possible i suspect a lot of life on other planets would be similar given the same conditions, give or take 1 or 2 less or more mass extinction events, dinosaur planets?
just everything has conditons, black holes, supernovas, how stars form etc so why not the same for life
This post has been edited by DanM: 11 February 2014 - 08:42 AM
#12466 Posted 11 February 2014 - 08:46 AM
fuck you, ya white cunt
This post has been edited by DanM: 11 February 2014 - 08:46 AM
#12470 Posted 11 February 2014 - 03:48 PM
My non-PCI 486;
List is arranged slowest at top getting faster towards the bottom. Keep in mind the P55C Clone below me has a Rive128AGP. The one above me is at 266MHz with a Matrox Mystique 220 PCI on an i430HX-based motherboard. The last note on my machine is that 90% of it was out of skips or bought with cigarettes a decade ago.
List is arranged slowest at top getting faster towards the bottom. Keep in mind the P55C Clone below me has a Rive128AGP. The one above me is at 266MHz with a Matrox Mystique 220 PCI on an i430HX-based motherboard. The last note on my machine is that 90% of it was out of skips or bought with cigarettes a decade ago.
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#12471 Posted 11 February 2014 - 03:54 PM
Finally, a Simulator game that actually looks fun.
This post has been edited by The Commander: 11 February 2014 - 04:02 PM
#12472 Posted 11 February 2014 - 06:25 PM
DanM, on 11 February 2014 - 03:18 PM, said:
ya brudda , you got a smoke or 2 cuz 
That makes everything amazing
The Commander, on 11 February 2014 - 03:54 PM, said:
>video<
Finally, a Simulator game that actually looks fun.
Finally, a Simulator game that actually looks fun.
As fun as it looks, I'm tempted to pre order that.
This post has been edited by Lunick: 11 February 2014 - 06:27 PM
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#12473 Posted 11 February 2014 - 06:34 PM
And never play it like the hundreds of other Steam games you have.
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#12479 Posted 13 February 2014 - 07:46 PM
Daedolon, on 13 February 2014 - 02:56 PM, said:
Stop killing these threads with politics.
it's obviously a joke. you can tell because he's wearing a us flag lapel pin
