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Total Members Voted: 20

[SquatchHammer]

Isnt it us saying we dont want test-tube babies and arguing if we should or shouldent? That sounds like the opposite of what your saying, I would imagine a Test-tube baby being mocked for being a tt baby, now feeling pround for it.

I argue we shouldn't... If anyone remembers Space Above and Beyond with their tt babies. Then there's Exo squad with some more of the tt babies going against their creators so I say on the basis of a loyalty cascade no TT babies.

Also for mining and refining I would go the approach of Nano Machines. We have to be dwarfy about this!! Make machines so small that we cant see them and make them do the menial tasks while we have parties next to the masterfully engraved walls of Slowpokez. While farming well just find a bit of dirt like substance and just designate a farm on it and we're good.

[miauw62]

Idea!
Make them fotosynthesize!
And not the boring plant fotosynthesize, i'm talking BACTERIA FOTOSYNTHESIZE!
(wich is alot more efficient than the kind plants do)

[slowpokez]

Anyway, why don't we just use that genetic modification technology whatsitmajiger to make 50% of test tube babies breath CO2 and the other 50% breath oxygen. Who needs plants anyway?

"Bay12 - reinventing basic stuff since 2006."
Now we add plants to the list.
If the abuse of genetically engineered babies somehow goes aginst your moral standards you'll have to take it up with the science department. * subtly hints towards Misko*

[miauw62]

A good dose of love gets you very far.
But still, that is just wrong.

[Loud Whispers]

I am slightly worried by the pulsating grey mass where the plant baby's brain should be.

[WaffleEggnog]

Anyway, why don't we just use that genetic modification technology whatsitmajiger to make 50% of test tube babies breath CO2 and the other 50% breath oxygen. Who needs plants anyway?

-snip-
"Bay12 - reinventing basic stuff since 2006."
Now we add plants to the list.
If the abuse of genetically engineered babies somehow goes aginst your moral standards you'll have to take it up with the science department. * subtly hints towards Misko*

Dirt, love, Water, suger, spice, and everything stupid, with a splash of cocaine, creates......... the DWARF (duh duh duhhhhh)

[miauw62]

With the fotosynthezation i ment giving normal people those traits. Like, give people hair that feeds them.

[slowpokez]

Dirt, love, Water, suger, spice, and everything stupid, with a splash of cocaine, creates......... the DWARF (duh duh duhhhhh)

You can't skip the ethanol! That's the main ingredient .

[King DZA]

I propose King DZA change his name to Lord of the Derails.

At least this time it didn't result from someone challenging my rule. Into the sig with this.

[misko27]

Wow, that picture is a complete abandonment of all logic and reason. I approve.

Yes, unfortunately the prime reason in the move towards oxygen is CO2 is freaking slow. However, the idea of genetic hybrid humans capable of both photosynthesis and animal respiration is appealing. Perhaps this is how DF animals feed? I suppose we could create a auxilliary organ, much like the dwarven beard, that could take in nutrients and store them through the hard months. The only difficulty being the cellular differences between man and plant.

Does anyone know of the martian atmosphere? Because we could create a secondary race of Test-tubes whose beards live off of the martian atmosphere, allowing them to work outside, at least for a time, allowing a race of outside workers.

[Techhead]

One of the main problem is that Chloroplasts cannot simply be inserted into animal cells, as some of their genetic functions have been moved to the nucleus.

[misko27]

CURSE YOU NUCLEUS, YOU HAVE FOILED MY PLANS YET AGAIN!!!

Well then how about a parasite then? It could do the same thing, and we could make it removable. Hell, we could make an entire organic bodysuit that produces oxygen from the enviroment.

[darkrider2]

I propose they behave something like this.

And hell, while we're at it make them glow in the dark too so that they can't escape emigrate from our oppressive slave labor camps playgrounds, well, at night at least.

[GreatWyrmGold]

There's a few kinds of worms that survive entirely off of photosynthesis from symbiotic bacteria.
If we're modifying our future test-tube babies, what else will we add?

I'm working on plans for a big space station that we could stick somewhere and use to train up a bunch of soldiers. Gravity ranging from 0.95 G to around 1.2 G in the main ring, and a gym that goes up to 2 G varying by floor. With that kind of environment, we'll have a good start with breeding stronger, tougher, and probably shorter people to fill our military.

[Moghjubar]

One of the main problem is that Chloroplasts cannot simply be inserted into animal cells, as some of their genetic functions have been moved to the nucleus.

And so, we shall move them back.  With SCIENCE!