Builders are now primatives, who think everything is MAGIC. True the AI might find some who would not mind following their Gods directions to go out and see the stars and such but ..
Hum, good point, nice way to hide yourself, no energy escaping, other than GRAVITY to tell that you are even there? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Clunie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [world-create] Re: Dyson Spheres or Defense Network > On 12/3/05, Bob Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good point Ron, how to defense a giant sphere in space > > > from any dust that it not already part of the sphere? > > > Never know that effect may be exactly how the sphere > > > was formed, or maintained? Snow ball effect? > > > > Make the sphere self-healing, perhaps using nanotech > > robots. > > > > If the sphere is inhabited by the same population that built it, it > already has a labour force for self-healing. Repairing the damage from > any conceivable impact coming from inside the same solar system (say, > on the scale of the impact that created our Moon) would be trivial in > resources and time compared to constructing the structure in the first > place. > > > But as a rigid sphere is gravitationally unstable, I don't > > know why an advanced, intelligent species would ever spend > > the resources to build one. :) > > > > Very true. You'd get more living space, avoid most of the engineering > problems, and by the way your home system would not be detectable from > the next galaxy, with a series of concentric (slightly tilted in > orbits), non-rigid rings of relatively ordinary micro-planets. > > Jim C > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/sfVplB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > ---------------------------------------- > Currently managed by Steve Hill([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns. Founded by Lord Korath. > ---------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/world-create/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
