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Actually, if you look at the earlier seasons, they originally had no clue what to do. Plus, consider they have a Jaffa with them. Tealc could probably easily educate them on what the basics are, and trial and error telling them the rest. By the time we get to the current season, human scientists not only knew enough about the tech to combine it with human tech, but to manage to produce human versions of it. And, yes, they have found tech before where they didn't know what it does, and w

Hmm... I always use it to tell who to invade next... After awhile I either win the game or run out of civilizations willing to get between me and first place.

Actually, I was talking something a bit more scientifically-grounded than that. It would take a combination of shields, powerful engines, and massive power generators. Luckily, we could mine some of the necessary materials for the generators directly from Jupiter's atmosphere. The bad news is that rolling blackouts would be accompanied by suffocation and death, which might be good news if it prevents you from being crushed to death, frozen solid, or burned up as the city plumets into Jupiter's a

Never. Despite the fact that, in theory, we could build cloud cities on Jupiter...

Okay, I'll post it here. Only one topic I've had this on, but I can't see the words of two replies on that topic. They're just empty black spaces. And, one of them is mine. It's the dark matter and matter topic. Interestingly, when I switch to the printable version, I can then read the two posts.

As for global warming...Now why would you want to bring up that? This was a friendly discussion. Now its personal... The thing is global warming is a reality. And the fact of the matter is: earth is going to shit on us soon, in a big way. If anyone has seen "the day after tomorrow", then you'll know what i'm talking about. I know its a sensationalist movie and it aint

I understand these things perfectly. I also understand the math of it and the consequences of this math. I had some good teachers. Including Jos Engelen who is very famous in high energy physics circles and does a lot of theoretical work at NIKHEF and CERN. Ah, gut. He's one of the people working on a project that I hope won't get very far before

Actually, the crystal concept is based on real science. There's been a long-standing scientific theory that, in time, we will begin to store massive amounts of data on crystals. This is based, in part, on the very silicon that now is a key component in our current computer technology. Oh, and in case you haven't noticed, most races of that technology level don't have mass drivers of any sort. They don't even have missiles. They're probably so far advanced that they don't even remember h

On occasion, I get it on a ship. I just buy the ship outright and the next one usually builds.

Actually, now that I think about it, I don't need a link. I stopped and double-checked my relativity and discovered something: Everything posted about the changes in amount of time passing for particles sent through accelerators is from a flawed understanding of relativity. Relativity, when dealing with time, is not talking about an actual change in time. Time doesn't change. What changes is the frame of observation. Thus, those particles that live for only a nanosecond did only live fo

I think this kind of talk is at least slightly insulting. Even if physicists are as you say "wrong" about physics in other times and far away regions, they are not fools. The fact that you are typing these messages on a computer relying on a lot of moderns science is the truth. Um, here's a dictionary definition for fool: <TABLE cellpadd

Well, actually, this one has far more depth than most strategy games. In most, diplomacy amounts to "they can negotiate it out with their chosen deity." Since 1.1 have never needed that...since all the AIs normally use the same weapons...by the way that get even worse with very slow tech speed... Neither have I. Not needing it doesn't me

"The problem with making things childproof is that only children can open them."

Okay, here's what I do: One entertainment tile for the main colony, then four per farm. On small enough planets, I don't even build a farm. For every 100% of bonus, two more entertainment. To add to that, I hunt down and build starbases around every morale-boosting resource I can find, and I keep upgrading those as fast as possible. Plus, the moral-boosting items are always on the top of my list to research or trade for. Now, why don't I have problems?

Okay, I admit it, I like the work you're doing. I've always wanted an intrepid class instead of the standard surveyor anyway.

Actually, I meant on ships. Interdictors are another standard scifi feature. Just imagine how players would react if their lovely 60-PC ships were cut down to one

Am I the only one who manages to build two farms on a PQ 10 and get 100% approval from the planet? Or build a farm on a 300% food tile and get 100% approval?

Actually, last I checked, there are games that don't lack in the areas criticized. Of course, they're RPGs or sims, not strategy games. Strategy games traditionally lack in those areas. As for micromanagement: If there's not enough, you're doing it wrong. Anyone can build a warfleet of battleplates and take out a group of fighters. Not anyone can balance three types of battlecruisers in a single fleet to make it capable of taking on multiple types of challenges. Plus, managing to mainta

The origins of life on Earth is still up for grabs in certain respects yes. Ditto for the 'cause of big bang'. I don't think there is any need to be all skeptical on science just because currently there are areas where science is still somewhat shaky. That will always be the case since science is not infalliable. Actually, with

Allright, I just graduated as an astrophysicist at the university of Amsterdam, at one of the most prestigious astrophysics institutes in the world (the API). I took courses in special relativity, general relativity, quantum mechanics, cosmology and MANY more. So yes I do know what I am talking about, thank you. And yes I do know of Diracs equations and how they a

That would be an electric space heater, right? XD I honestly doubt a space heater could power a star ship... Okay, second ultimate entropy engine XD

I would say that the scientific method does depend on a small select number of principles that would be what Kant would call "synthetic a prior" principles. These would be principles that altough we cannot justify by any experiment, would be logically necessary for science to work. Beyond that, everything in science is up for grabs.

In this case, I would say Einstein's theory was extended not disproved. As i understand it, The general equations for relativitiy has several different forms, and needs to be interpreted . The same thing applies to Newton's laws, they had to develop several mathematical tools before they could fit the motions of the moon to come inline with newton's concept of g

I think it's fine the way it is. Being good is not the easy road. It's not the free road. It's not the choice you can do without sacrifice. It's the choice where you're lying in the mud, having your face stomped on by a group of football players just to save a random freshman. It's the choice where you are having to watch people suffer and die because you don't want to burn down that rainforest. Good isn't the path where you ascend the hill to glory. It's the path where you crawl out

Well, I just thought of a counter: Interdictors. Using a special module that prevents the warping of space, they render both stargates and hyperdrives useless. Going to invade? Send a fleet with an interdictor to near the enemy's stargate.