Profile for Student of Trinity
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| Displayed name | Student of Trinity |
| Member number | 3431 |
| Title | Electric Sheep One |
| Postcount | 3335 |
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| Registered | Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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| What's your sex? in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 15:15
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Mmm, that FTL stuff was technically true, and very interesting, just not what it sounded like. They sent wave pulses through a strangely absorptive medium, such that the back part of the pulse got attenuated a lot more than the front. As a result the 'peak' of the pulse got redefined, due to the differential absorption, and shifted forward. It shifted forward so much, in fact, that the peak of the wave pulse did indeed travel faster than c, thus disproving the oft-stated formulation of causality, that group velocities must always be less than the speed of light in vacuum. All very interesting, really, and part of the ongoing advance in controlling light in marvelous new ways. But the leading edge of the wave pulse, as opposed to its peak, never did go faster than c. Hence one could not use these new media to send information faster than light, and there was not actually any conflict with Einstein's relativity. Thankfully, everyone was reasonably up-front about this, although perhaps they didn't exactly go out of their way to explain the rather mundane reason why their 'faster than c' pulse-peaks didn't really count. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| What's your sex? in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 14:33
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It certainly sounds to me as though the self-rewiring computer making a discovery about semiconductors is a story that got garbled pretty badly. It doesn't make sense to me, on several levels. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Protection vs. shielding in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 14:20
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I finally read through the manual pages, and noticed that Protection only blocks 20% of damage, but Shielding (which has the same little icon) blocks 50%. So maybe I should be using more of those Shielding pods and spores and rods! I thought they were just giving me Protection. Mass Energize is said to 'shield' everyone. And since Battle Roar is said to 'protect' and 'shield' them, it seems that the manual page is being precise in its terminology, so I presume that Mass Energize gives the 50% protection. That does make it even better than I thought it was. Plus you ought to be able to cast Protection on top of it, for even more. There is an icon for 'resistant', which is said to describe a character who has been made resistant to lots of things. How can you actually get that in the game, though? I've never seen it happen. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| No Stone Ring in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 14:14
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Go back to the other rune in the complex, where you picked up the bracelet in the first place. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Errand Boy Quest : Stone block missing in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 13:37
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Yep. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| demon's claw... in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 13:35
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Or the Rotting Demon in the appropriately named Demonic Depot. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| demon's claw... in Geneforge 2 | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 13:35
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Or the Rotting Demon in the appropriately named Demonic Depot. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| How do we pronounce... in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 08:45
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It is good stuff, all right. But what the heck is in it? Unwary Worcestershirians? -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| What is yours favuorite in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 08:39
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And the crowd goes wild! Actually, while we're obnoxiously beating on you for your spelling: isn't R'lyeh capitalized? I wouldn't normally bug you about it, since spelling isn't really my thing so much unless it looks funny. But I wouldn't want you to risk the unspeakable wrath of dead sleeping Imban by misspelling the name of his hometown. [ Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:39: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| ROLL CALL in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 08:32
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Woops, sorry. I think the smell might be coming from the crud in my mouse. Or maybe the hamster finally died. [ Tuesday, June 14, 2005 08:33: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| ROLL CALL in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 08:27
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To "reek manoc and choas"? I thought my screen smelt funny. I'd feel a bit better if only I knew what manoc and choas were. Perhaps this is a spelling mistake for "manioc anchoas", the nontraditional Basque dessert of tapioca-anchovy pudding. *sniffs very carefully* No, I don't think it's that. Hmmm. [ Tuesday, June 14, 2005 08:34: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Getting training as a progressive Shaper in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 08:08
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Resnick just had a bad trip once. It'll never happen to you. Canisters are 110% safe. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Selling Items? in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 08:02
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Otherwise, all merchants in the game pay you the same lousy 25% price. Whether they are cheap or outrageous in the prices at which they sell, they all buy at the same margin. No wonder they have infinite money. You can sell lovely and flawed shards right away. Beautifuls can be combined with gems to make icy crystals, so you may want to save them for that. Depending on your tactics, and on how many gems you scrounge, you can probably still sell a lot of beautiful crystals. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| What's your sex? in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 07:53
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It is also hard to believe. References? -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Display Warren on Gull Island in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 14 2005 06:16
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I often have the same problem. To clear it you have to switch off all the pylons, which means turning a couple of different switches, and persuading the servant mind to switch off a few more. If your leadership isn't high enough you can't do this last one. If you've killed everything, I'd just use the zone-clearing cheat code. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Darkstone Forging Items (possible spoilers) in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 15:27
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Ivory Skull on a weapon lets you put a weak curse on enemies. I don't know what it does on other equipment. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| How do we pronounce... in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 15:16
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Shockingly, the "Worcestershire" in Worcestershire sauce is pronounced the way it is because the names of the English county of Worcestershire, and of the city of Worcester therein, are pronounced as though "orce" were "oo". You pronounce the Worcester in Massachusetts as "Wusstah". Then ask Nohm for a beeh. [ Monday, June 13, 2005 15:25: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 12:51
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Not to be confused with grim slaw, which is the irridescent stuff you get at KFC. Soylent green is made of chickens! -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 12:43
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Compression into zero: pi is implicit knowledge, for circles. Quantifying information is sort of a mug's game, I think, because most of the information is off the balance sheet. I like to illustrate this with what I call "the Lara Croft Paradox", which is that the typical console game these days takes up more information than the human genome, meaning that it seems to take more information to specify Lara Croft than it does to specify me. Now, those who have seen us both may reflect at this point that you get what you pay for; but I would at least like to think that I am a lot more complicated than a bunch of polygons. At least I'm less predictable. My point is that the human genome is read by human cells in human bodies, while the DVD is read by a computer that is only quite weakly specialized. Thus the genome reader already includes a staggeringly vast amount of implicit information, which is never counted because no-one has any idea how to count it. Plus, of course, my DNA does not specify me very precisely. Identical twins have different fingerprints. [ Monday, June 13, 2005 12:44: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 12:29
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Oderint dum metuant. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Most Cost-Effective Spells in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 12:23
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Casting any spell: Some energy and/or essence Saving your ornk-meat from a horde of bloodthirsty rogues, letting you cut them down one at a time without breaking a sweat: Priceless Some things energy and essence can't buy. For everything else, there's Strong Daze. [ Monday, June 13, 2005 12:25: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Most Cost-Effective Spells in Geneforge 2 | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 12:23
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Casting any spell: Some energy and/or essence Saving your ornk-meat from a horde of bloodthirsty rogues, letting you cut them down one at a time without breaking a sweat: Priceless Some things energy and essence can't buy. For everything else, there's Strong Daze. [ Monday, June 13, 2005 12:25: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| The Shade Pit in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 12:19
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That's the spirit! Let us know how it goes. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Dumped by Greta in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 08:33
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Hmmm. I'm starting a very slow fourth game, with an Agent again because now I know the game well enough to totally steamroller it with an Agent. I picked up Greta because I thought a pair of Agents would be cool. But I just don't like the Rebel game as well as the Loyalist. I haven't any complaints about it, I'm glad it's there, I think it's well done; but I don't find it as much fun. So I'm not sure it'll be worth taking Greta just up to Dhonal. I suppose I could talk straight loyalist but fix the Dhonal creator, and then keep Greta through Gull; but it wouldn't feel right. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| The Shade Pit in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 13 2005 08:23
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Yeah, slowing is bad. Curse me, damage me, stun me, poison me, cover me in acid: okay. Just keep that open hand away from me. Rotghroths are worse than ever now because of it. I got the speed from pods, but the blessing and protection were my own. I found that a bit of Blessing Magic really helped. By the end game, I would put on an Agent Cloak just to do Steelskin, then drop it and heal up the extra points from my Symbiotic Cloak. There was never any point in raising my skill high enough to do Essence Armor, since there were enough Armor Potions in the game for when I wanted Armor. Speed is so great, more because it lets you attack and escape than because it lets you attack twice. The bottleneck with casting Speed is the enormous energy cost -- it is really tough to get a Guardian's energy up high enough to cast it at all. So I relied on pods and spores and rods for Speed throughout most of the game. It's handy to know that if you chug two speed pods you go up to 1.5x AP. You often need those extra AP to be able to hide after attacking. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |