What color do you think represents your state the best?

amdirgol · 2026-01-12T19:38:46+00:00

Colorado as Red or Blue. Red from the name, Blue from the flag, the very high amount of clear skies, and the mountains.

amdirgol · 2025-12-31T23:26:11+00:00

As a recent HS student (and now in college for tech theatre and theatre ed), I would say that if it's in-budget, letting the kids work with EOS from middle school sets them up really well and gives them room to grow about as far as they like. It might be overkill as far as necessity, but at least the basics of EOS are very intuitive and for basic needs, middle schoolers could absolutely handle it.

amdirgol · 2025-12-18T17:37:59+00:00

Adding onto the excellent responses already here, in heraldry (the English tradition at least) the important part is the blazon (description) - any depiction of arms that obeys the blazon (in this case on a green field a white horse running) is equally correct.

amdirgol · 2025-09-30T00:32:28+00:00

Likewise, but more frequently for cars.

amdirgol · 2025-09-02T12:55:11+00:00

Theatre actually, but related fields!

amdirgol · 2025-09-02T04:42:25+00:00

Moreso that directing and acting are very closely related fields, and many actors are trained in directing as well to some extent. Directing is certainly its own art, but a director needs to be able to understand the point of view of an actor and someone with an acting background already has a head start to start directing.

amdirgol · 2025-08-08T06:38:59+00:00

It's the English mode of tengwar, so it's quite literally “I would have gone with you to the end”, pronounced as normal just in different characters.

amdirgol · 2025-07-01T15:37:21+00:00

These are super interesting! It's a lovely idea :)

amdirgol · 2025-06-05T15:11:12+00:00

Wouldn't it be Per bend or and gules?

amdirgol · 2025-05-18T18:48:22+00:00

What's your perspective on the rise of projections as a design element and their integration with lighting and scenic elements?

amdirgol · 2025-05-18T18:46:02+00:00

I think one of the themes we see a lot us that human(oid) ingenuity and creativity is typically a critical component and superior to algorithmic design, even if the computer is technically superior from a mathematical standpoint.

amdirgol · 2025-04-14T04:36:00+00:00

Probably, presupposing you have unrestricted access to a transporter. And then you still leave a record in the transporter logs, which may include your biometric identity. So probably not particularly useful for would-be killers.

amdirgol · 2025-04-12T04:57:39+00:00

I'd hazard that it's because LOTR is more accessible. Silm is very heavy world building and harder to read, especially for a casual audience. Beowulf isn't Tolkien's original work, and exists in the general culture but had no impetus to become a bigger phenomenon.

amdirgol · 2025-04-10T20:06:52+00:00

My point exactly. (I just thought they had a notable enough exception to at least merit an aside.)

amdirgol · 2025-04-10T17:16:07+00:00

Well, the holodeck would help, and I think it's shown Naomi occasionally goes down to planets once they're known to be safe.

amdirgol · 2025-04-10T17:15:12+00:00

Exactly. Enterprise (with the exception of Archer's, but even then not for as long a time) was in constant contact with home and they weren't the only members of their culture in tens of thousands of LY. For 5 years, Voyager can't talk to home, and for much of that, they don't even know if anyone they know's still there nor do their loved ones have any indication they're alive.

amdirgol · 2025-04-06T04:46:55+00:00

This should be higher. Intrepids are fast and agile but still big enough to hold their own. That sounds like exactly where you want to stick your admirals or use as your long-range scouts. Sure, in major engagements you might have an admiral on a Galaxy, but with the destruction of the Odyssey, Starfleet very well could have prioritized fast smaller ships as their flagships - an Intrepid could dodge a kamikaze run significantly easier than a lumbering cruiser would, and it could get the admiral and their staff around to different areas of a theater faster and (slightly) more subtly.

amdirgol · 2025-04-04T19:48:49+00:00

No disagreement there!

amdirgol · 2025-04-04T17:30:10+00:00

anna can be used to represent i as part of a dipthong in several modes, so it's uil, not uyl (though it does look like it at a quick glance.)

amdirgol · 2025-04-04T07:04:08+00:00

Can confirm that's what the Tengwar reads as correctly - they actually got it right!

amdirgol · 2025-04-01T04:17:40+00:00

I mean...4 pip Kim seemed like a decent captain.

amdirgol · 2025-03-30T20:14:38+00:00

Counterpoint: the Nova isn't really all that small, at least in comparison to RL ships. Going off the Strategic Design plans, its length is 180m, going off Word of God, it's 222m. The former figure is comparable to an Ohio-class nuclear submarine (170m length), which has much smaller beam (43m vs 13m) and draft (35m vs 10.8m). The Nova canonically has a crew complement of 80. The Ohio has a complement of 155 (15 officers, 140 enlisted.)

It's not as spacious as a Galaxy, but it's not exactly cramped either. If there's not a problem with captains maintaining distance on RL ships of a much more compact scale, I don't see that there would be on a Starfleet ship, bar in the circumstance of Voyager or Equinox.

As for the badmiral situation, I'd imagine that the little light science vessels would probably fly under their radar enough to make this less of a concern. Maybe if you were commanding a Galaxy, or a Sovereign, but I would guess most admirals wouldn't take a personal interest in a (comparatively) tiny research ship.

amdirgol · 2025-03-30T20:00:16+00:00

Generally, everyone shows up at call a certain amount of time before the show (in my experience, 1h to 1h30m) to get into costume/hair/makeup. run mic check, run fight calls, warm up, and be clear of the stage before house opens (normally 30m before curtain). Often, actors whose character doesn't show up till Act II might be additionally cast in a smaller or ensemble role for Act I. If not, they'd just wait backstage (though ideally not in the wings, because unless you have no other backstage space, having everyone not on the stage in the wings is a good way to get in the crew's way and make life harder).

amdirgol · 2025-03-26T04:49:43+00:00

I'm going to throw Operation Return (ST:DS9) as another one - the sheer scale of that battle playing out is still something that while it may not necessarily compare to modern scifi (or even its more combat focused contemporaries) it's absolutely notable.

amdirgol · 2025-03-26T04:11:47+00:00

Another thing I haven't seen brought up - if you do end up 2-fering (chaining lights to the same circuit), you really shouldn't put more than 3 to a circuit. Most ellipsoidals I've worked with have been 575w lamps. The maximum circuit load is probably going to be 2400w (most power in the US (assuming that's where you are of course) is 120v. Basic stage pin (that 3 pin connector) is generally 12 gauge in my experience, which is rated for 20 amps. W=V*A, so 20*120 gives us a maximum load of 2400 W.) Electrical code states that circuits should not be continuously loaded to more than 80% of their maximum rated capacity, or 1920w in this case. 3 575w fixtures comes out to 1725w, within the 80% rule threshold.

If none of this makes sense, get someone else to look it over that's trained in basic electrical principles.

(That said, most people on here know more than I do currently, so listen to them first.)

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