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Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
December 12 2014 11:26 GMT
#1221
Reviving people from cryopreservation is still just a hope/dream that we'll one day have advanced enough technology to do it.
And i really don't believe we'll ever have that technology, i'd love to be wrong and live forever somehow, but i doubt it.
From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8933 Posts
December 12 2014 12:15 GMT
#1222
On December 12 2014 17:33 icystorage wrote:
it always makes me sad that i'll probably be long dead by the time humans have interstellar travel

Edit: hey 3 furions in a row!


yeah but think about it this way. I think we will be dead before the next war breaks out..or at least old enough to not have to serve in the army if a draft is required.

that's sorta pessimistic though, huh?
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Dattish
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden6297 Posts
December 12 2014 14:08 GMT
#1223
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Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-12 14:25:25
December 12 2014 14:25 GMT
#1224
To be fair I remember reading somewhere that given how biological science is advancing there's a very real possibility that if you can survive 15-20 years more you've got a good chance of the opportunity to live forever.

As someone who actually works in a biological science field I'm skeptical. But it's still interesting.
"Protoss simultaneously feels unbeatably strong and unwinnably weak." - kcdc
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 12 2014 14:38 GMT
#1225
On December 12 2014 21:15 BluemoonSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2014 17:33 icystorage wrote:
it always makes me sad that i'll probably be long dead by the time humans have interstellar travel

Edit: hey 3 furions in a row!


yeah but think about it this way. I think we will be dead before the next war breaks out..or at least old enough to not have to serve in the army if a draft is required.

that's sorta pessimistic though, huh?

I kind of thought that two, but then my brother when on two tours, so not so much. I don't think we will see a draft again, but war could easily happen again in the next ten years.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
December 12 2014 14:42 GMT
#1226
singulairty is where it's at.

here's to hoping we become a type-1 civilization in our lifetime at least!
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
beef42
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Denmark1037 Posts
December 12 2014 14:43 GMT
#1227
Would prefer the mind-machine interface. Living forever in a body seems pretty impractical compared to living as a sentient machine. Think about it - the virtual world would be indistinguishable from the real one, and in that world we would be as omnipotent gods.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 12 2014 14:48 GMT
#1228
Folks should read the Risen Empire if you want to see a world where immortality has become the standard. Plus is the one of the few space stories that uses sand as a viable weapon in space, because everything goes really, really fast in space.
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Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 12 2014 14:51 GMT
#1229
On December 12 2014 23:43 beef42 wrote:
Would prefer the mind-machine interface. Living forever in a body seems pretty impractical compared to living as a sentient machine. Think about it - the virtual world would be indistinguishable from the real one, and in that world we would be as omnipotent gods.

Is It Really Living When Everything You Experience Isn't Real?
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
December 12 2014 14:53 GMT
#1230
How Can We Be Real When Our Eyes Aren't
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
December 12 2014 14:58 GMT
#1231
how do you know they are
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
December 12 2014 15:02 GMT
#1232
On December 12 2014 23:48 Plansix wrote:
Folks should read the Risen Empire if you want to see a world where immortality has become the standard. Plus is the one of the few space stories that uses sand as a viable weapon in space, because everything goes really, really fast in space.

sand as kinetic weaponry? interesting
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 12 2014 15:05 GMT
#1233
On December 13 2014 00:02 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2014 23:48 Plansix wrote:
Folks should read the Risen Empire if you want to see a world where immortality has become the standard. Plus is the one of the few space stories that uses sand as a viable weapon in space, because everything goes really, really fast in space.

sand as kinetic weaponry? interesting

Anything works in space. Wasting resources on explosive ordnance is quite frankly retarded in space-space combat. No amount of armor can withhold a ton of shit going at you at speed close to light.

The problem with sand is it's weight is very small, as is density. Lead shavings, diamond dust, now that would fuck you up.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-12 15:08:39
December 12 2014 15:07 GMT
#1234
On December 13 2014 00:02 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2014 23:48 Plansix wrote:
Folks should read the Risen Empire if you want to see a world where immortality has become the standard. Plus is the one of the few space stories that uses sand as a viable weapon in space, because everything goes really, really fast in space.

sand as kinetic weaponry? interesting

They use it in ship combat, because both ships are moving amazingly fast relative to each other, so the sand is moving at that same speed. They don't shoot it, they just put in the path of the enemy ship like a cloud. Anything does damage if you are moving a thousands of relative miles an hour.

There is also a pretty amazing part where a pilot of a nanobot is trying to land a listening device on a glass of water, while avoiding a defensive nanocloud. The whole two book series is a lot of really fun ideas about how tech would work in a crazy future.

Edit: The sand was used to destroy the senors of the enemy ship, which are more fragile. They had lasers and other more traditional weapons as well.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
December 12 2014 15:09 GMT
#1235
pretty sure they'd just end up shooting positron beams at each other
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 12 2014 15:14 GMT
#1236
I could go on and on about stuff like this but I've got better things to do, like laying in bed listening to music.

Why the fuck are the sensors exposed during combat thou? It's not like the amount of radiation and what not a ship would leave in vacuum can't be detected through some armor.
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SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
December 12 2014 15:23 GMT
#1237
Seems more like a case of the writer thinking using pocket sand as a weapon is cool than it actually being amazing. Maybe metal scraps or something, but I dont see why sand is the most effective thing to use.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 12 2014 15:23 GMT
#1238
On December 13 2014 00:14 Qbek wrote:
I could go on and on about stuff like this but I've got better things to do, like laying in bed listening to music.

Why the fuck are the sensors exposed during combat thou? It's not like the amount of radiation and what not a ship would leave in vacuum can't be detected through some armor.

Its space, there is a lot of nothing out there. You need sensors to see and target. Plus both sides are throwing up shit to get fuck with the other sides ability to see them.

If your senors are perfectly protected, your blind.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 12 2014 15:27 GMT
#1239
On December 13 2014 00:23 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 13 2014 00:14 Qbek wrote:
I could go on and on about stuff like this but I've got better things to do, like laying in bed listening to music.

Why the fuck are the sensors exposed during combat thou? It's not like the amount of radiation and what not a ship would leave in vacuum can't be detected through some armor.

Its space, there is a lot of nothing out there. You need sensors to see and target. Plus both sides are throwing up shit to get fuck with the other sides ability to see them.

If your senors are perfectly protected, your blind.

You use sensors to detect when the danger is close and hide them reactively. Not like a ship in space can do a u-turn, you don't need to see them 24/7
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SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
December 12 2014 15:29 GMT
#1240
Plus you need to be protected against random shit in space anyway if you are travelling at near lightspeed velocity. Its not like space is completelly empty, if accidently running into a miniscule meteorite fucks you up because of how fast you are going, you arent really in a very safe ship.
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