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Post by Daedalus on Nov 5, 2013 1:16:34 GMT
Yes. However, people have spent a lot of time fleshing out Gunnerphysics (god, that whole thing about how Jones works...) Psh. For all you know, people like Jones could exist. It's scary like that. Statistically unlikely in our universe. But who knows. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 5, 2013 22:20:52 GMT
It's science fiction. Anything could happen  ...actually, is it fantasy-science fiction? Yes. However, people have spent a lot of time fleshing out Gunnerphysics (god, that whole thing about how Jones works...) To Be Honest pretty much everything that has been said one way or another on this forum about Gunnerphysics has been adapted or paraphrased from other sources of physics or writing for F/SF and has yet to congeal. Since we can't put numbers into any of these theories we're just waiting for the books to advance and see if anything in the plot proves anything one way or another, probably in the form of a teeny detail the author included without thinking much about because in some way it just made sense. |
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Post by Daedalus on Nov 6, 2013 1:32:56 GMT
Yes. However, people have spent a lot of time fleshing out Gunnerphysics (god, that whole thing about how Jones works...) To Be Honest pretty much everything that has been said one way or another on this forum about Gunnerphysics has been adapted or paraphrased from other sources of physics or writing for F/SF and has yet to congeal. Since we can't put numbers into any of these theories we're just waiting for the books to advance and see if anything in the plot proves anything one way or another, probably in the form of a teeny detail the author included without thinking much about because in some way it just made sense. At least we know Jones is not a robot. We can all agree on that, right? |
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Post by GK Sierra on Nov 6, 2013 3:09:18 GMT
At long last, yes. That one was almost as controversial as "did Reynardine intend to kill Annie?".
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Post by Nnelg on Nov 6, 2013 7:53:29 GMT
Psh. For all you know, people like Jones could exist. It's scary like that. Statistically unlikely in our universe. But who knows. Statistically unlikely in what way? Such a being's existence would not conflict with observed facts, which puts it on the same level as negative mass, monopope magnets, et cetera; and above faster-than-light travel. |
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Post by Daedalus on Nov 6, 2013 14:30:15 GMT
Statistically unlikely in our universe. But who knows. Statistically unlikely in what way? Such a being's existence would not conflict with observed facts, which puts it on the same level as negative mass, monopope magnets, et cetera; and above faster-than-light travel. I misstated that. I mean, for several of the known laws of physics to fail around her is not a 'likely' thing, despite that it would not properly be a probability. And, interestingly, depending how you define faster than light, a theoretical framework does exist (the Alcubierre drive, or an extension of quantum teleportation into the macroscopic realm) While we're talking of unlikely things, though, Smitty takes the prize  |
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 6, 2013 16:15:17 GMT
Statistically unlikely in what way? Such a being's existence would not conflict with observed facts, which puts it on the same level as negative mass, monopope magnets, et cetera; and above faster-than-light travel. I misstated that. I mean, for several of the known laws of physics to fail around her is not a 'likely' thing, despite that it would not properly be a probability. And, interestingly, depending how you define faster than light, a theoretical framework does exist (the Alcubierre drive, or an extension of quantum teleportation into the macroscopic realm) While we're talking of unlikely things, though, Smitty takes the prize ...I feel like everyone's smarter than me D: Well, yeah, the chance of throwing a deck of cards and all of it landing perfectly in order is possible, but extremely unlikely. Being to do this every single time is nearly impossible. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Nov 6, 2013 18:32:11 GMT
Nearly impossible.
For a 52 card deck the probability of any one shuffle including in order is 8.06582E+67:1
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Post by The Anarch on Nov 6, 2013 18:47:58 GMT
Smitty's powers made it highly possible that Smitty would have his powers.
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 6, 2013 19:27:34 GMT
Nearly impossible. For a 52 card deck the probability of any one shuffle including in order is 8.06582E+67:1 ...Indeed. And 43252003274489856000 ways to arrange a standard 3x3 rubiks cube. And that's a rounded number, because I can't find where I kept the actual one. |
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Post by Daedalus on Nov 7, 2013 0:29:59 GMT
Nearly impossible. For a 52 card deck the probability of any one shuffle including in order is 8.06582E+67:1 Not to mention that the wind and random movements of air molecules caused the cards to line up perfectly, which may be even less likely iself than just the ordering above  |
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Post by warrl on Nov 7, 2013 1:37:56 GMT
Nov 6, 2013 7:30:15 GMT -7 daedalus said: Aha. (Takes a couple sets of Scrabble tiles and puts them in a bag. Takes the bag and a large tray to Smitty.) Hey Andrew. I found a set of letter tiles that spelled out exactly what Jones is and where she comes from. But I dropped the tray they were on. Can you put them back in order for me? (Smitty sets the tray on the floor and dumps the bag out onto it. The first rows of letters spell out And you thought this would work Nice try bub But some things must remain a mystery ) |
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 7, 2013 1:51:05 GMT
Nov 6, 2013 7:30:15 GMT -7 daedalus said: Aha. (Takes a couple sets of Scrabble tiles and puts them in a bag. Takes the bag and a large tray to Smitty.) Hey Andrew. I found a set of letter tiles that spelled out exactly what Jones is and where she comes from. But I dropped the tray they were on. Can you put them back in order for me? (Smitty sets the tray on the floor and dumps the bag out onto it. The first rows of letters spell out And you thought this would work Nice try bub But some things must remain a mystery ) That... may as well be the solution to everything. WHY HASN'T ANYONE THOUGHT OF THIS?! It could tell you so many things, like how to get rid of world hunger, or how t make a time travel machine or something! |
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Post by GK Sierra on Nov 7, 2013 2:03:14 GMT
Nearly impossible. For a 52 card deck the probability of any one shuffle including in order is 8.06582E+67:1 Not to mention that the wind and random movements of air molecules caused the cards to line up perfectly, which may be even less likely iself than just the ordering above Exactly. That's just the odds for shuffling. The chance of a pack of cards landing in anything close to a neat pile, let alone face down or in a certain order is so remote it approaches infinity. |
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Post by Gotolei on Nov 7, 2013 3:02:09 GMT
Aha. (Takes a couple sets of Scrabble tiles and puts them in a bag. Takes the bag and a large tray to Smitty.) Hey Andrew. I found a set of letter tiles that spelled out exactly what Jones is and where she comes from. But I dropped the tray they were on. Can you put them back in order for me? (Smitty sets the tray on the floor and dumps the bag out onto it. The first rows of letters spell out And you thought this would work Nice try bub But some things must remain a mystery ) That... may as well be the solution to everything. WHY HASN'T ANYONE THOUGHT OF THIS?! It could tell you so many things, like how to get rid of world hunger, or how t make a time travel machine or something! The implications of this.. Are his powers limited to removing entropy, or can he manipulate it and add more? Could he influence the outcome to say what he wanted it to say? It is "subconscious" I guess, but he can still focus on certain things to make them more likely to happen. While we're at it could he stump a 20 Questions game? |
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 7, 2013 4:28:43 GMT
That... may as well be the solution to everything. WHY HASN'T ANYONE THOUGHT OF THIS?! It could tell you so many things, like how to get rid of world hunger, or how t make a time travel machine or something! The implications of this.. Are his powers limited to removing entropy, or can he manipulate it and add more? Could he influence the outcome to say what he wanted it to say? It is "subconscious" I guess, but he can still focus on certain things to make them more likely to happen. While we're at it could he stump a 20 Questions game? That's a good question... he did manage to throw the blinkerstone where Annie and Kat wanted him to without him knowing exactly what he was doing... |
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Post by nightwind on Nov 7, 2013 6:50:20 GMT
So we know: Even if he doesn't know what he wants, he gets the result. Events conspire to make it so.  |
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Post by legion on Nov 7, 2013 9:51:46 GMT
I DON'T SEE ANY FANNART HERE.
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 7, 2013 15:53:22 GMT
I DON'T SEE ANY FANNART HERE. ...good point I'm starting to think anyone who enters this site will instantly get ADHD. |
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Post by Gotolei on Nov 7, 2013 17:07:14 GMT
I DON'T SEE ANY FANNART HERE. ...good point I'm starting to think anyone who enters this site will instantly get ADHD. It does kind of appear this way. I mean, how many topics lately have been relevant to the title? There's the one talking about different-based DNA, forum avatars, something about Naruto, meta-discussion about bumping, [...] Though it is a little fun in its own way  |
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Post by eskhn on Nov 7, 2013 17:14:17 GMT
I DON'T SEE ANY FANNART HERE. Well then, I'll take the opportunity to repost this thing:  Full-res version (dA) |
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Post by floppybelly on Nov 7, 2013 23:27:56 GMT
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 8, 2013 1:03:36 GMT
How many did it take you to make that?!
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Post by nessartorial on Nov 8, 2013 1:16:51 GMT
Hi everyone, I love GC and I lurk here all the time, but I almost never post... Um... I'm shy but I thought you might want to see my recent cosplay of Antimony.. I made her coat/dress thing.  I'm sorry the picture is lousy, I'll take some better ones later... and excuse the glasses. ^_^; |
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Post by Gotolei on Nov 8, 2013 1:50:54 GMT
Nice to see the fanstuff branching out again. I don't think I've seen anything other than literal art since somebody did the plastic (I think?) boxbot. And that was just..let's not go there.
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Post by Covalent on Nov 8, 2013 2:46:22 GMT
I'll try to contribute, haha. Anyone here got a deviantART? And also, anyone possibly taking requests? D:
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 8, 2013 3:36:43 GMT
I'll try to contribute, haha. Anyone here got a deviantART? And also, anyone possibly taking requests? D: As soon as I stop raging at my scanner... and if you accept mediocre drawings... and I have time... and if devianart doesn't decide to act like a poop... sure. ...I may as well have added "when pigs fly." D: |
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Post by floppybelly on Nov 8, 2013 3:41:14 GMT
How many did it take you to make that?! How many stems? I don't actually know, I haven't totalled up the tally marks yet. But I'm guessing somewhere upwards of 200 or so. And about ten hours' worth of time so far. Here's a random dude for size reference.  |
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Post by quinkgirl on Nov 8, 2013 3:42:54 GMT
How many did it take you to make that?! How many stems? I don't actually know, I haven't totalled up the tally marks yet. But I'm guessing somewhere upwards of 200 or so. And about ten hours' worth of time so far. Wow... I have the attention span of a squirrel on caffeine these days, so I couldn't hope to use ten hours making something. It's super awesome |
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Post by Daedalus on Nov 8, 2013 3:54:15 GMT
This looks fantastic. And Coyote is awesome, yes. I think He would agree with you as well. |
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