Travis wrote:
A rose by any other name
I replied:
...is the sexual organ of a thorny shrub ;-)
(I wish I could remember where I first heard that...)
Travis responded:
lol Well if you remember, enlighten me as to the origins of it!!
-Travis was it a witty biology teacher? Edmunds
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Reggie Bautista wrote:
Matt wrote:
-- Matt
...who wonders whether the monkeys
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Matt wrote:
-- Matt
...who wonders whether the monkeys' script revisions
for Hamlet were any good...
Is this possible? Hamlet was perfect, after all ;-)
Reggie Bautista
The question is not whether it's possible, but
rather, exactly how improbable is it? :-)
Matt wrote:
-- Matt
...who wonders whether the monkeys' script revisions
for Hamlet were any good...
Is this possible? Hamlet was perfect, after all ;-)
Reggie Bautista
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Travis Edmunds wrote:
A rose by any other name
...is the sexual organ of a thorny shrub ;-)
(I wish I could remember where I first heard that...)
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Matt wrote:
-- Matt
...who wonders whether the monkeys' script revisions
for Hamlet were any good...
Is this possible? Hamlet was perfect, after all ;-)
Reggie Bautista
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At 12:37 PM 12/18/03, Julia Thompson wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
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-- Ronn
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At 12:37 PM 12/18/03, Julia Thompson wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
From
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 12:37 PM 12/18/03, Julia Thompson wrote:
Julia
and you *really* don't have to call me Mrs. Thompson here
Has anybody _ever_ called you Mrs. Thompson here?
No, but there's a first time for everything. :) Plus which, *you* had
already gotten Mr.
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Julia
p.s. just read Rob's post on the subject, and his is a lot funnier than
At 12:22 PM 12/21/03, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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Julia
p.s. just read Rob's post
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Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Has anybody _ever_ called you Mrs
David Hobby asked:
If we involve time travel and other near-infinite
improbabilities, why not count the Heart of Gold?
Not sure what book it's from.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. A must read
Alberto Monteiro
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:43:13 +
Just go on the capabilities of that ship within it's own Universe, and
apply
Damon Agretto wrote:
Heh, again I would pick the Zentraedi Nupetiet-vernitz
from Macross. The Heavy P-beam cannon would do the
job. And if that didn't do it, then the hundreds
(possibly thousands) of Regults and fighters will do
it...
Damon.
Hey! I was going to mention SDF-1, or
David Hobby wrote:
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
Comparing starships from different universes is difficult,
to say the least.
I think it's impossible. Take the most powerful ship, and it
loses to Heinlein's Gay Deceiver, who can jump back to
a time
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:59:46 -0800
And why hasn't anyone mentioned the Death Star
(with the exhaust port designed
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
...
It depends what model of time travel you are using.
I like a multiple worlds interpretation, since there are no
paradoxes in it.
Heinlein's ship goes back, destroys the other ship's
factory, and goes forward again. Now it is on a line without
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
...
For example, Star Trek space combat (borrowing
from 19th cent. naval tradition) doesn't
involve small fighter craft at all, while
Star Wars space combat (borrowing from 20th
cent. naval tradition) is almost all about
fighter craft. We don't know if shields
are even
Travis Edmunds wrote:
True enough. However the whole point is to create scenarios like what we're
doing. Simply pretend that we have a magical simulator that can simulate
ANYTHING we want. It's so magical that it can blend the physics of
different Universes, thus negating that problem in and
On 20 Dec 2003, at 12:25 am, David Hobby wrote:
If shields are even possible? Don't tell me that
you want to only allow starships that use what is accepted
as real physics! If so, you might even have to give up your
ramships...
I can certainly design a good warship under those
David Hobby wrote:
Comparing starships from different universes is difficult,
to say the least.
I think it's impossible. Take the most powerful ship, and it
loses to Heinlein's Gay Deceiver, who can jump back to
a time _before_ the construction of that other ship and blast
its factory
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LOL
Never mind..I'm brain dead tonight. G
Without protonsthere is nothing
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At 09:59 PM 12/17/03, David Hobby wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
How about
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David Hobby wrote:
Comparing starships from different universes is difficult
Travis Edmunds wrote:
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-- Ronn! :)
who seldom hears Mr. Blankenship
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Well, we tend toward the informal here, and it's actually Ronn
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Travis Edmunds wrote:
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Reply
Jon Gabriel wrote:
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:37:04 -0600
Travis Edmunds wrote:
From: Ronn
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
Comparing starships from different universes is difficult,
to say the least.
I think it's impossible. Take the most powerful ship, and it
loses to Heinlein's Gay Deceiver, who can jump back to
a time _before_ the construction of that
At 09:40 AM 12/14/03, Travis Edmunds wrote:
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:34:58 -0600
I (and others) would argue
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At 10:40 AM 12/16/03, Travis Edmunds wrote:
Also, the planet killer seems
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I still think Scarans are superior. They may be a bit slow, but they are
stronger
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Of course, since I grew up during the Sixties, the Silver Age comics and
TOS
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snip
Forget the neutronium hull. What I want is some of the stuff they used
to
brace the interior so the neutronium hull wouldn't collapse into a solid
sphere under its own weight and self-gravity. Now
I'm pretty sure that's a highly improbable scenario. Isn't gravity based
on
size and not weight? If so, then I should also point out that the planet
killer isn't THAT big. So the neutronium may be dense enough to create a
few
engineering problems, but the gravitational pull would
Travis Edmunds wrote:
Lets take a look at starships. I'll just throw a couple into the mix to
start things off.
-A Borg cube (standard)
vs
-A Goauld mothership (Stargate)
- The enhanced Streaker at the end of Heaven's Reach!!!
Alberto Monteiro
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snip
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Nope, mass causes gravity, size doesn't
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300 Billion Kilograms per cubic centimeter? We aren't talking about a
black
hole are we
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Its actually the neutron degeneracy that keeps things from getting denser.
Higher densities
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Its actually the neutron degeneracy that keeps
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Say..wouldn't a neutron star pretty much be like a gigantic atom?
(Minus protons of course)
With an electron shell?
A neutron star _is_ a gigantic atom, with a core of neutrons that
don't collapse more because they must obey the same
exclusion principle that
Travis Edmunds wrote:
How about a Berserker? (Mr. Blankenship should know what that is)
If you think Tinman and a Leviathan gunship are too outlandish, how about
the Scimitar from Star Trek: Nemesis? It took two Romulan Warbirds and the
Enterprise E just to cripple the ship (and the
At 10:48 AM 12/17/03, Michael Harney wrote:
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snip
Forget the neutronium hull. What I want is some of the stuff they used
to
brace the interior so the neutronium hull wouldn't collapse into a solid
sphere under
At 09:59 PM 12/17/03, David Hobby wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
How about a Berserker? (Mr. Blankenship should know what that is)
Are you saying that it takes one to know one?
-- Ronn! :)
who seldom hears Mr. Blankenship except from students or from people who
are trying to sell him
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:38:42 -0800
There was a Star Trek TNG book that explained the cigar shaped planet
killer
in the original series, as being
snip
Initially we
were thinking that the planet killer was created by the
Preservers. But
taking into account the relative age of the Borg, and the
estimated age of
the Preservers themselves, it is quite an impossibility that
it was created
by them. Especially when considering that
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:20:53 -0800
IIRC, The planet killer came from beyond this galaxy border, passing
through
the
Great Barrier, did it not?
Yes
Travis Edmunds wrote:
Anyway, the agreed upon plausibility was that the race that was wiped out by
the Borg, and that Guinan is a member of, were the architects of the planet
killer. We know for a fact that Guinan was on Earth (I think it was the
1800's??) which makes her a minimum of 400
At 10:40 AM 12/16/03, Travis Edmunds wrote:
Also, the planet killer seems to be somewhat of a last ditch effort, to
create something so powerful as to be impervious to the Borg and just
about anything else (it had a neutronium hull).
Forget the neutronium hull. What I want is some of the
At 02:20 PM 12/16/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the ST realm, there was the salt-sucking doppleganger, The Horta (my
favorite), Khan's legion of supermen, the Borg (of course), Data and Lor,
the lizardman Kirk fought (I think it was Arena episode or something like
that),
An adaptation of a
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyway, seeing as how I've made my mind up about the Jem'Hadar, would
anyone
care to move on?
I still think Scarans are superior. They may be a bit slow, but they are
stronger and practically bullet-proof.
Lets take a look at starships. I'll just
Heh, again I would pick the Zentraedi Nupetiet-vernitz
from Macross. The Heavy P-beam cannon would do the
job. And if that didn't do it, then the hundreds
(possibly thousands) of Regults and fighters will do
it...
Damon.
=
Damon
From: Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
snip
If you think Tinman and a Leviathan gunship are too outlandish, how about
the Scimitar from Star Trek: Nemesis?
snip
I almost forgot about Babylon 5 universe. How about the Vorlon planet
killer? Hyperspace capable, able to singlehandedly
I read somewhere that Asimov had a humans-only universe to sidestep
that editorial requirement. Then wrote _The Gods Themselves_ (with
aliens) after JWC's death.
So the robots would not be considered non-human? I would think the robots
might make good soldiers, if it wasn't for that pesky
There was a Star Trek TNG book that explained the cigar shaped planet killer
in the original series, as being a sentient Borg Killer robot - a million of
them would be handy
Or does the initial requirements of thie thread require that a species fall
within a strict carbon-based biological
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
-Klingons (Star Trek)
-Jem'Hadar (Star Trek)
The Caretaker featured in Voyager? Or perhaps any of the other warrier
species would do. Then again, Janeway nearly beat or outsmarted all of
them so I guess they aren't an obvious choice. ;o)
Sonja
GCU: Against all odds
Chad Cooper wrote:
But alas... Would the robots be allowed to show wrath upon unfriendly
aliens?
Yes, and they can be quite ruthless, as we read in the Foundation
and Robots trilogy
Alberto Monteiro
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There was a Star Trek TNG book that explained the cigar shaped planet killer
in the original series, as being a sentient Borg Killer robot - a million of
them would be handy
Or does the initial requirements of thie thread require that a species fall
within a
William Taylor wrote:
I want a Hulk/Tick matchup.
Unlimited power versus infinitely thick skull.
Bzzt! I'm afraid the Tick is not invulnerable, but only nigh-invulnerable. I fear
the Tick couldn't make the cut.
OTOH, Tick vs. Ambush Bug has real possibilities... :)
Jim
Ben Edlund is one
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
While sticking to Marvel/DC though, I can say that the Hulk is viewed as
being possibly the most powerful being. It is conjectured that he has no
limitations, and
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:34:58 -0600
I (and others) would argue that, depending on the circumstances, most
powerful
The Hulk vs Juggernaut (X-Men)???
Well if Heroclix is any indicator, Juggy gets KO'd
when I play more often than any version of the Hulk I
play with (and yes, the Hulk gets more powerful the
more damage he takes!)
Damon.
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David Hobby wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:28:56 -0800 (PST)
Heh. How about the Zentraedi from
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:17:06 +
In Heinlein's books, humans are always the toughest
species in the cosmos
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:06:56 -0500
As with most questions, I imagine the reader is supposed to
interpret it so
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:57:12 -0500
From the Star Trek world, I'd take the Founders over the Jem'Hadar or the
Klingons, any day, for obvious
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:44:01 -0600
Someone once suggested that Tromites have the potential of being among the
most
From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As with most questions, I imagine the reader is supposed to
interpret it so that it makes sense. Here's the original:
For example, the other day a friend of mine asked me an interesting
question. He wanted to know what type of species I would use, if I
I'd vote for the Tandu, wookiees, and the Minbari myself.
Jim
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:44:01 -0600
Someone once suggested that Tromites
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
While sticking to Marvel/DC though, I can say that the Hulk is viewed as
being possibly the most powerful being. It is conjectured that he has no
limitations, and can quite simply grow ever
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In a message dated 12/13/2003 9:54:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
While sticking to Marvel/DC though, I can say that the Hulk is viewed as
being possibly the most powerful being. It is conjectured that he has no
In a message dated 12/13/2003 10:53:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Just to be picky, that ΒΆ was part of Travis's post to which I was
responding.
Just to be blunt, I haven't been reading all of the posts.
AOL automatically throws out that top line.
Heh. How about the Zentraedi from Macross. Nothing
like a 40ft tall giant for fun. Arm them with light
cannon and heavy machine guns (for 20th/21st C tech)
and they can be pretty dangerous. Feeding them is the
problem though...
Damon :)
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Heh. How about the Zentraedi from Macross. Nothing
like a 40ft tall giant
Yes feeding them would be a problem, thus rendering
them impractical.
yeah but you wouldn't need so many. Laundry day would
be a challenge...
Damon.
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
Gremlins!
Who needs conventional weapons or any sort of strategy?.. Just add water and
turn them on your enemy...
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Gremlins!
Who needs conventional weapons or any sort of
strategy?.. Just add water and
turn them on your enemy...
LOL
Think I'll go for Tribbles - they'll 'purr' humans
into submission and eat other species into starvation.
Romulans ought to be
Here's another obscure candidate...the Vorox from the
Fading Suns SFRPG. They're big, they're mean, they
have 6 arms, they're hairy, they're GREEN. Plus some
of them have poison claws. Think Kzinti but less
sadistic, more instinctive, more arms, and uber loyal
to their chosen group or tribe.
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:21:04 -0800 (PST)
Here's another obscure candidate...the Vorox from the
Fading Suns SFRPG
Hmm. Never heard of em. Would they be easy to
control? Are they as
intelligent as my top three picks?
Easy to control if they have vested interest to be
loyal to you (otherwise no), and about as intelligent
as, say, Jem'hadar (or at least no less so).
Tell you what. Why don't you do a
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800 (PST)
Easy to control if they have vested interest to be
loyal to you (otherwise
Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Deborah Harrell
Romulans ought to be serious candidates - although
the Klingons certainly are more enthusiastic.
Romulans would not come close to my top three picks.
At least that's my
opinion, after a very nerdy breakdown of my
Travis Edmunds wrote:
(...) He wanted to know what type of species I would use, if I could
magically have one million individuals of that species, as a ground force
army. (...) Finally after much deliberation, I had
the field narrowed down to three possible choices:
-Klingons (Star Trek)
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I would choose:
- Humans (any Heinlein Universe) :-)
Alberto
Travis Edmunds wrote:
I would choose:
- Humans (any Heinlein Universe) :-)
Ok, but why?
In Heinlein's books, humans are always the toughest
species in the cosmos.
Alberto Monteiro
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On 13 Dec 2003, at 12:17 am, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Travis Edmunds wrote:
I would choose:
- Humans (any Heinlein Universe) :-)
Ok, but why?
In Heinlein's books, humans are always the toughest
species in the cosmos.
It was also a notion that Analog editor John W Campbell was keen
William T Goodall wrote:
In Heinlein's books, humans are always the toughest
species in the cosmos.
It was also a notion that Analog editor John W Campbell was
keen on with the result that there were a couple of generations
of sf where the clever/tough/plucky/lucky humans defeated the
On 13 Dec 2003, at 1:42 am, Steve Sloan II wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
I read somewhere that Asimov had a humans-only universe to
sidestep that editorial requirement. Then wrote _The Gods
Themselves_ (with aliens) after JWC's death.
That's also what I remember reading. In fact, it was
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Subject: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.
hum, no borgs or terminators? then my three would be:
1. Minbari (as long as they don't just go and surrender
If you want to eliminate homo sapiens, I'd use H. B. Piper's Fuzzies.
Whaa? I hear you ask.
We'd evolve into something else.
William Taylor
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Robert Seeberger wrote:
Welcome to our humble chuckwagon. Pull up a seat and place your order.
(Ignore the grime on the cooks fingers G)
Can I order a meal I get to finish in total peace? :) I can ignore an
awful lot of grime for that
Julia
At 01:35 PM 12/12/2003 -03-30, you wrote:
This should bring out the inherent nerd in all of us. Lets utilize our
collective knowledge of our favorite fictional Universes, to map out
intricate fictional scenarios of our own.
For example, the other day a friend of mine asked me an interesting
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Robert Seeberger wrote:
Welcome to our humble chuckwagon. Pull up a seat and place your order
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Klingons (Star Trek)
-Jem'Hadar (Star Trek)
-Jaffa (Stargate)
From the Star Trek world, I'd take the Founders over the Jem'Hadar or the
Klingons, any day, for obvious shape-shifting reasons. I guess the Q would
be ruled out... A army of veiny-brainy's
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