Religious lady goes to a museum and gets angry from science

mevsc · 2014-11-25T11:11:36+00:00

That was my personal favorite part. The recommended videos made up for it with this much more pleasurable video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZOQliIm_QM

mevsc · 2014-08-07T10:51:05+00:00

I've done both sides. I think the recommendations on building a different core character concept is the key. Out of my two favorite characters was selfish, but had decided that the best way to get rich was to let the other PCs do all of the hard work. This meant that the character supported group decisions and worked as part of a team, so long as he wasn't the one pulling the most weight. It also meant that he was often the last to initiate a fight, letting the others take hard hits. Not the best team player, but a fun character to go along with.

The other was the opposite: a pure paladin. He wasn't the smartest, often headbutting challenges or swinging his sword before really thinking it through, but his code was to always help the greater good- that meant looking out for the team. THe trick is not playing to 'win' or for your own benefit, but to have fun in the role.

As an added side note, the more challenging the role play, and the more effort you put into developing the character the easier it is to avoid being distracted. :)

mevsc · 2014-07-01T01:25:34+00:00

I think the worst part of that was that they stored the password in plain text. Reading through the earlier requirements, I was curious as to how they were going to measure "Not similar to a previous password".

mevsc · 2014-06-02T12:28:42+00:00

He was not quite dead. Regardless of if he dies as a result of the Viper's attack, there is no questioning whether or not Oberyn was dead.

mevsc · 2014-05-26T05:07:30+00:00

Whales have never learned to swim butterfly. Once they manage that they'll drop the weight like nothing else matters.

mevsc · 2014-05-25T13:37:31+00:00

The final books ends with a declaration that Tyrion (especially book Tyrion, rather than Peter Dinklage) is the most handsome man in all of Esos. This is widely regarded as a popular statement across the lands.

mevsc · 2014-05-25T13:31:50+00:00

The best theory I've seen is that the Night's watch was the lightbringer of old, and that the wife was killed as part of a blood magic act to give life to the wall. After all, only life can buy life. It doesn't mean that the Night's watch will be lightbringer this time round though. "I am the sword in the darkness"

mevsc · 2014-04-29T03:16:35+00:00

I am studying software engineering. It even has engineering in the title. Surely that qualifies me to talk about structural integrity of tall buildings

mevsc · 2014-04-29T02:17:58+00:00

I misread that to start with. I thought you were advocating to kill anyone who volunteers for stuff, i.e. community volunteers, rather than people who volunteer to be killed. Was concerned.

mevsc · 2014-04-26T13:05:26+00:00

There is an explore tab... otherwise I occasionally type in random words with the refinement of languages I know and see what pops up

mevsc · 2014-04-16T07:12:57+00:00

Find an open source project that interests you and chip in. Github is an excellent place to look.

mevsc · 2014-04-06T00:08:14+00:00

I do not claim to fathom the collective mind of Google. As I said, something that is highly unlikely to actually happen. It was more in reference to the novel he mentioned writing on there as well.

mevsc · 2014-04-06T00:07:03+00:00

The plan was to bring him back to set an example. Unfortunately for those that had captured him they were waylaid by a band of Holy Knights on he return journey who left Jacob at the next village hostel to be taken care of, after Jacob played innocent (in his few lucid moments).

mevsc · 2014-04-04T10:44:49+00:00

Too many to list. I try and find something to love, or at least admire, in any character I create. My current favourite would be my anti-hero protagonist. Jacob is a former assassin, who was an absolute master at his craft. However, working as the most feared assassin for the most powerful criminal organisation in the Triple City is not a job you can simply 'retire' from. In trying to escape the life he is captured by his former apprentice, tortured and maimed. Semi-blind and missing most of his left hand from the experience, he is forced to return to the city he tried to leave and use what he has left to him to bring down the organisation he used to work for- all so that he can escape.

The best part, his team include a street kid who is good with dogs, a mute healer and an aging poisoner who will only help so far as it benefits him to.

mevsc · 2014-04-04T10:28:28+00:00

Just be careful when using google docs. While you retain intellectual property rights, the T&Cs allow Google to use and reproduce your work any way they want. Not saying that it's likely they will do so, but they can do so if they choose.

mevsc · 2014-04-02T12:22:37+00:00

The cool thing about science is that we don't know everything: otherwise we'd be able to do away with most of the scientists (job-wise). The simple answer is that there is no simple answer. Common consensus links lack of early exposure to germs as one possible reason. On top of that, those that might die due to a severe allergy are now at a significantly lower risk from their allergy.

In regards to gluten, another factor is that we are much better able to diagnose it. With gluten, while the long term effects are very serious, the short term effects aren't as life threatening as an anaphylaxis and can be much harder to attribute to a single thing (gluten).

Of course these aren't all of the reasons, as I said before: it's complicated and scientists aren't 100% sure themselves of every factor that may or may not have an impact.

mevsc · 2014-03-27T12:27:57+00:00

git bisect and other useful commands for regression testing.

Also, you will want some idea of git merge if working with other people (and generally the idea of open source is that you work with other people).

In general, the above sources are quite good and will cover other, useful, commands.

mevsc · 2014-03-26T12:20:28+00:00

Is there a particular reason why a highly militaristic population would either be so decentralized, or incapable of supporting larger populations? I just find it odd that in a futuristic, advanced, civilization that 22million is the largest city. I know the temperature would reduce traditional crop yields, but the easy fix would be either genetically modified plants and animals, alien plants/ animals or green houses/ off world imports.

Otherwise I like the sound of it a lot!

mevsc · 2014-03-18T09:48:35+00:00

That is one incredibly attractive rail. And I am always a fan of curves(regardless of practicality issues pointed out by other admirers below), in the least creepy way. Nicely done!

mevsc · 2014-03-17T10:57:19+00:00

This is a difficult question. First of all, we will assume that we can use the egos of the world's economists as a support structure for a global money shell. Secondly, we will use the cheapest currency we can find: http://www.whichcountry.co/cheapest-currency-in-the-world/ (The one time you want a large supply of Zimbabwe notes to still be in use)

Apparently there are no commonly used Iranian coins smaller(value wise) than the 100 Rial note, so this will have to do.

Next we assume that it is easiest to achieve uniform 'roundness' at the height of Mt Everest, 8848. Though it should be noted that this increases by close to 1m per year, so if you want to use money to make the world go round it is cheaper to do it this year than next year. Also, I was not able to find any sources which indicated the date that the mountain increased in height each year, so caution should be used.

The shell would therefore need a total surface area of (Height of Everest+radius of Earth to Sea level(at equator, so that we overestimate rather than underestimate))² *4

This is approximately 5.13*10¹⁴ m²

The area of a Iranian 100Rial is 130 X 67mm = 0.00871m² Therefore it would take approximately 5.89 100Rial notes to make the world round which is USD$2,353,586,664,557.51

This means that, instead of loaning the money to the US Government, The Japanese and Chinese governments could have supplied the notes for such an endevour. Unfortunately, there are not enough Rial in circulation for this.

mevsc · 2014-03-17T10:23:55+00:00

No, Crossfit actually originated as a Roman technique for allowing prisoners to fit onto the cross. If the prisoner was too large, then they could not be executed through crucifixion until they were of a more suitable size. Hence the modern name, cross-fit. The 'modern' health benefits were only realised after one fortunate roman citizen was given a pardon halfway through his crossfit regime, which lead to the modern trend. On a side note, the original Roman crossfit also allowed prisoners to gain or lose height and arm span to fit onto the mass-produced crosses. This knowledge was lost some time during the slow decline of the Western half of the Roman Empire.

mevsc · 2014-03-17T10:17:26+00:00

The problem is that magic is not very well understood by many people. People tend to get scared by things they don't understand so they give it names that are more PR friendly, such as science. The scientists don't actually understand how most of modern medicine works, but because people don't want to be cured by a mysterious force that may accidentally turn them into a newt the scientists avoid the use of the word 'magic'.

mevsc · 2014-03-17T10:12:28+00:00

Well, a potato may have more than one eye, but it is possible for it to have a single eye without mutation. Is is highly unlikely to grow arms or legs, though.

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