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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 18, 2011, 03:00:18 am »
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on November 18, 2011, 01:52:11 am
Quote from: lyn on November 18, 2011, 01:42:32 am
Nauseous? Many people regard these things a delicacy. I am sure you could sell them on ebay for a good margin.
Sell what? Pony eyes?

I'll just quote myself, if you don't mind.
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on October 27, 2011, 05:50:49 am
Leave it to the Bay12 forumgoers to turn cute magical ponies into a renewable source for a profitable second-hand organ trading business.

* Sean Mirrsen shakes his head in a sad reverie.

At any rate, it made me wonder if somepony has already created something along the lines of "The Great Pony Cookbook".
Googling only revealed a book called the Pink Ponies Cookbook, containing culinary specialties such as the "Royal Rainbow Fruit Tower" or  "Carousel Cupcakes".
Ironically it's a cookbook for parties, too. :D

Now if you would excuse me, all this talk about food has made me quite hungry.

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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 18, 2011, 01:42:32 am »
Nauseous? Many people regard these things a delicacy. I am sure you could sell them on ebay for a good margin.

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Other Games / Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« on: November 16, 2011, 01:36:07 am »
Quote from: Flying Dice on November 15, 2011, 10:21:14 pm
Quote from: Flying Dice on November 15, 2011, 06:57:09 pm
Okay, so I'm trying to figure out how to do that trick with seizing civilian ships with tugs, and I can't figure out how. Halp pls?  :P

Still looking for this. I've searched through pretty much every window in SM mode, to no avail. Now watch it be blindingly obvious.

Where are you trying to tug it? Are you at the same planet as the ship you're trying to link?
I just made a test game, moved my tug to mars and waited for a transport to unload colonists.
As soon as the ship arrived I was able to link it to my tug and made off with it.

I don't think there's another way, I wasn't able to detect them with my sensors either.

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General Discussion / Re: Scientists have plans to tear apart the vacuum of space
« on: November 14, 2011, 02:03:18 pm »
Soon, every madman will be able to create a true vacuum, destroying not only humanity but the entire known universe.
What if there are insane, highly advanced aliens like us out there? And what if they already have created a true vacuum? We're doomed!

Indeed, all space races will be held at gunpoint and conventional spaceweapons will be useless.
True Vacuum - Nuclear Bomb of the future.

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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 12, 2011, 11:53:05 pm »
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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 12, 2011, 09:39:13 pm »
Quote from: TheBronzePickle on November 12, 2011, 09:14:02 pm
They have scientific drive, but they have no real need for invention beyond what they have. Even the ones who would be interested in developing new technology can't get the funding.

Humanity would have developed a hell of a lot more slowly if we never had wars. We've developed a good 70% of our technology as a way to defend ourselves from the advantages of our enemies as well as to kill them better. After the tech was developed though military spending, it became cheaper and was improved through the civilian market. Ponies have no military and no apparent budget for technological development, and the civilian market isn't getting much to build upon.

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/edit: Thinking about it, whatever Twilight used on Pinky Pie could very much be one of these inventions.

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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 12, 2011, 09:06:23 pm »
Quote from: Flying Dice on November 12, 2011, 08:44:31 pm
Quote from: lyn on November 12, 2011, 08:20:36 pm
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Magic + no national-level competitive drive (or very much personal competition) actually explains this fairly well. Equestria has achieved a level of technology that allows ponies to live comfortably while also using their special talents on a daily basis. That isn't backward at all from an objective perspective. Why would they want to change this?

Sure, most of them are probably fine with the status quo.
But Twilight Sparkle having a telescope and reading in books about the composition of comets gives me the impression of actual research being conducted.
If they have no scientific drive or interest in technology, why do they care about the composition of comets and probably more?

/edit: And don't get me started about whatever it is Twilight Sparkle has in her basement. What would this be good for if they have no scientific drive?

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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 12, 2011, 08:20:36 pm »
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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 12, 2011, 07:54:08 pm »
I'm not yet much acquainted with fanon, so please forgive me my ignorance about the following question concerning today's episode.
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General Discussion / Re: My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic
« on: November 09, 2011, 11:36:25 pm »
Quote from: Crazy Cow on November 09, 2011, 10:30:38 pm
You see, that's why ponies need humans. They would never be able to weaponize, say... bucking telekinesis or weather control. We can.

A very good point to make. Ponies do not wage war in such a barbaric fashion.

Please do correct me if I am wrong, but does Twilight Sparkle not show powers of mind control in Lesson Zero?
What stops her from enchanting herself to become unresistable for the leader of any given invading force?
She could, in the case of nazis, make Hitler her unconditional loveslave and control the whole Third Reich.

In fact, this would make it quite feasible that ponies are already among us, ruling our world while we are completely clueless of their existance.

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