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[Nunzillor]

Is the "goop" from the sticky goop grenades flammable?  Could it be used to successfully put out fires?

[Radio Controlled]

Is the "goop" from the sticky goop grenades flammable?  Could it be used to successfully put out fires?

Shouldn't be very flammable, no. Putting out smallish fires should be doable, though if you're trying to subdue a massive raging inferno other options would work better.

[Nunzillor]

Thanks.

[piecewise]

yay, nothing for me to do here.

[spazyak]

yay, nothing for me to do here.

Just gimme a couple seconds

[Radio Controlled]

Me and syv have hit a bit of a wall on some points in regard to that self-building colony idea I told you about a while ago. Is it ok if we work out some details in here?

sure

Those organic computers from the planetoid, the very adaptable ones. Remember those? The idea is to use them to create the colony's central organizing structure due to them being so adaptable to different circumstances. Would this work? And would it work better than using a regular silicon computer controller, or one based of wetware tech? In general, what are your thoughts on the needs and options for the central controlling unit? 

[Egan_BW]

• Would it be feasible, with ERtech™, would it be possible to create a computerized scope (like you put on weapon, or possibly as binoculars) that automatically analyze someone's general emotional state and propensity to violence using blood pressure, heart rate, breathing patterns etc.?
  
• Would the above be possible to make as a software update for cameyes (though I would suggest that this is less efficient than a dedicated item)?
  

[piecewise]

Me and syv have hit a bit of a wall on some points in regard to that self-building colony idea I told you about a while ago. Is it ok if we work out some details in here?

sure

Those organic computers from the planetoid, the very adaptable ones. Remember those? The idea is to use them to create the colony's central organizing structure due to them being so adaptable to different circumstances. Would this work? And would it work better than using a regular silicon computer controller, or one based of wetware tech? In general, what are your thoughts on the needs and options for the central controlling unit? 

Hmm. Well it might.

The thing the organic computers do great is changing themselves. They're sort of swiss army knives of computers and can change and adapt.  When you say organizing structure, does that require more an ability to utilize lateral thinking, or more the ability to rapidly change the entire computational infrastructure to handle multiple platforms?

• Would it be feasible, with ERtech™, would it be possible to create a computerized scope (like you put on weapon, or possibly as binoculars) that automatically analyze someone's general emotional state and propensity to violence using blood pressure, heart rate, breathing patterns etc.?
  
• Would the above be possible to make as a software update for cameyes (though I would suggest that this is less efficient than a dedicated item)?
  

Uh, well heart rate and blood pressure I kind of hard to gauge from a distance.

[Unholy_Pariah]

How long does pocket dimensional matter take to break down? minutes? seconds?

how much control do we have over the size of the portal?
is it set in stone, or is there a certain range of sizes to choose from?

speaking of setting things in stone, if we embedded the portal in a large slab if rock then placed said slab on a wagon... could we make our portals mobile?

[Egan_BW]

• Would it be feasible, with ERtech™, would it be possible to create a computerized scope (like you put on weapon, or possibly as binoculars) that automatically analyze someone's general emotional state and propensity to violence using blood pressure, heart rate, breathing patterns etc.?
  
• Would the above be possible to make as a software update for cameyes (though I would suggest that this is less efficient than a dedicated item)?
  

Uh, well heart rate and blood pressure I kind of hard to gauge from a distance.

With future-tech? If MS Kinect can claim to measure someone's heart rate with a camera, I'd think ERtech™ would be able to pull it off reliably. I'm no expert though.

[Nunzillor]

Can inactive teammates be controlled by active players under some circumstances?  If so, under what circumstances is this permitted? 

If I recall correctly, this happened a few times with Feyri during M18, so there is some precedent for this.

[Parisbre56]

Usually the player gives permission to someone else to control their character in their absence.

[Nunzillor]

But what if a player leaves without giving permission for anyone else to handle their character?  In M27, for example, what if all active players besides a pilot leave a shuttle, and the shuttle is left without a gunner during a crucial moment?

[Toaster]

If it's a situation like that, PW will usually assume that the gunner would shoot at the incoming threat.  If an entire shuttle just went braindead, it usually fades into a shield of stasis dementia.

[Nunzillor]

That's good to hear, that's what I was worried about.  Thank you.