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An interesting thought, I would have gone more to structural stability first rather than respiration requirements. But a question: what about more efficient oxygen exchange mechanisms? You bring up insects, one of the big reasons they cannot get very big is because of their less efficient oxygen exchange system. We have a better one, which allows us to get larger. Fish have different (better?) mechanisms that exchange oxygen very efficiently with water (this is why fish don't "breathe" water by taking it in and then expelling via the same orifice, instead running it through one end and out another of their gills.) In theory it would be possible for an animal to develop a highly efficient respiratory mechanism in order to increase the oxygen they can get from the environment, allowing for much larger animals.Aelinsaar said:
There's also a gravity issue though. To get some of the godzillas I've seen that are as big as buildings and can walk around you would probably need a planet with severely reduced gravity because there is an upper limit to how big you can make something out of bone and meat before it can no longer support its own weight. Plus it would need a ridiculously large heart to have the power necessary to pump blood 40 stories up. In order to do in skyscrapers now we have to have a series of booster pumps and resevours throughout the building, so either he would need multiple hearts throughout the body or one absolutely huge one. I actually don't know what governs the upper limit of pump size, maybe related to the maximum pressure the pipes can handle.DrOswald said:
It's done for the sake of novelty as it stands out more in the consciousness of listeners. It has to do with the way people associate language and the way we associate things, common things are relegated to the back of our mind while unique things stands out in our daily action.Elfgore said:
This has both negative and positive responses. One specific sample I can give is from experience is techsupport.
An indian colleague with a accent received a poorer evaluation even though the person in question provided the same support as another agent. Once this agent is put onto the text based "Live Chat" instead of voicebased support, their evaluation normalize to close to the average.
Pretty much anything "out of the ordinary" will cause your brain to notice certain things more, this can also be seen in magazine advertisements (a classic example is the model with the 3 legs).
Q: How come neuoroplasticity is so 'overhyped', when experience and experiments have shown that it's merely replace one function with another instead of having the ability to do the same things two different ways.
Well...look at him.Slenn said:
Question: Which color was it that Cloister intended the hats for the food stands to be, red or blue?
A: Has to do with exercise, as I understand it. For a long time popular understanding of intelligence is that you are born with an IQ and there's nothing you can do about it after that, but stuff like brain training introduces the idea that you can make yourself smarter by "working out". You would think this would be no more attractive than a gym membership, but it is novel in that it counts as self improvement without involving sweat or strain or stiffness. Drop off rates are almost the same as far as I've heard though. I sure as hell didn't last long on that brainage DS game, but I'm probably smart enough anyway. Or at least too stupid to realize I'm not, and lets be honest, that's essentially the same.BrokenTinker said:
Q: Is it possible to jury-rig an air conditioner out of a humidifier, a fan and a block of ice? I've been working at this idea for a little while, because it isn't worth buying one for the 20 days a year I would use one, but I haven't been able to produce a consistent cold breeze yet.
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We need more captcha like that. Feels nice to type out.
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Can someone suggest to me a Cyberpunk RPG I can play EXCEPT Shadowrun games?
EDIT:
I already had a suggestion to play Deus Ex, so I need something else as well.
Can someone suggest to me a Cyberpunk RPG I can play EXCEPT Shadowrun games?
EDIT:
I already had a suggestion to play Deus Ex, so I need something else as well.
No Shadowrun, eh? Hmmm... Alright, let's see if you've ever tackled these, then...SweetShark said:
You ever try to hunt down any of the classics, like Snatcher?
Do you have any interest in Xenogears and/or Xenosaga?
Have you ever looked into the Phantasy Star saga (classic or modern), or Star Ocean games?
Do you play any Fallout games or Metro 2033?
Have you ever heard of Strife, a pre-Quake first-person game that is a shooter with RPG elements that was obscure because Quake came out several months after its inception?
And finally, I feel I should promote the .hack games (classic ones, GU, and LINK) for creating this massive phenomenon which stretched over games, anime, manga, and books regarding the fictional massive multiplayer game known simply as The World.
Ok, Lets see:FalloutJack said:
- Snatcher is in my plans, However I want a more pure RPG.
- Phantasy Star and Star Ocean aren't my cup of tea.
- I have plans to start playing the first original Fallout games, but I don't think I can see them as Cyberpunks.
- Metro it is similar with Fallout.
- Now this is funny, because if you search you can find a old game with the name Strife as well, but it is a Comic Theme Cyberpunk like game. And Also we have the new Strife which become reality cause of Kickstarter.
- .hack is more enjoyable for Deckers, not for me sadly.
Nope really. I learned at first about ShadowRun Universe from the Reviewer Spoony One. His story hooked me up to hear more stories for him. I miss him I must admit.....Aelinsaar said:
Also I played only the first recent RPG ShadowRun.
Do you have an interesting story to share? I really love the stories I watched from Spoony and some others comment I saw.Aelinsaar said:
Btw, just for your information, I played in the end "Beyond Good and Evil."Lilani said:
IS F*CKING AWESOME!!!! You should play it yourself as well.
It could be more cooler if a part of the campaign was design for your death of your character. Not just a few lines exposition for his death....Aelinsaar said:
For example maybe you were acting all along an you were with the good guys all along and you were something like a Boss character.
Or even better, You are only one of the many Clones of an Army of Raging Psychopaths.
Or EVEN BETTER, BE AN DOPPELGANGER CREATED TO MESS WITH THE MAIN TEAM AND MAKE THEM TO ACCEPT A DEAL THEY SHOULD ORIGINALLY ACCEPT!!!!!!
Sorry, my imagination get wild.
Too early to tell, but it will be interesting to see if they've made any mechanical (as well as narrative) tweaks based off feedback from The Bureau. Am trying to wrack my brain to remember if any X-COM:EU DLC came out after the release of The Bureau...SweetShark said:
If you're looking for your narrative fix of secretly combating the 'greys' across the 20th and early-21st century, I'd check out the tie-in fiction for the Delta Green RPG universe, it's pretty good.
I'm not sure of the details because I only heard of it offhandedly from a friend in engineering, but hanging a wet towel behind a fan is supposed to be quite effective if you live in a dry climate. This video is the closest I can find of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqIw-DzVycEvilRoy said:
Q: I've been looking for papers on nonscripted behavior for models for interacting with their environment. Specific examples being stuff like picking up objects, walking, responding to outside stimuli (Obstacles and forces acting on the model), and stuff like that.
This is kind of what I was looking for
But evolutionary algorithms aren't exactly what I'm interested in, I want something more in the vein of inverse kinematics.