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[Mephisto]

I prefer to make my buckets out of microline. The water heats itself up.

How?

I believe that's a reference to the large amounts of potassium (and small bits of sodium, but we don't care about that... as much).

[Mephansteras]

I'm pretty sure its a stable potassium, though.

[LegoLord]

CHEMISTRY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elements go through exothermic reactions to become stable!  Potassium in microcline has already reacted!  It.  Will.  Not.  Go.  BOOM!  when you mix it with water!  The only thing that could have a chance at making an exothermic reaction with microcline would be a freakin' strong acid.

Good God, who started the rumor that things worked otherwise?!

Okay, steam blown off.  Sorry.  But it bugs me when people say that.  It completely ignores the laws of thermodynamics . . .  And people have been saying that a lot.

[Taritus]

Oh, darn, beaten to it.  Yeah, the K in microcline is actually the K⁺ ion.  It's in your blood and facilitates lots of bodily functions.  It doesn't go boom.

[LegacyCWAL]

But exploding buckets are so much cooler than following the laws of physics

[Goldsie]

if you want potassium so much mod raw potassium into your game, or for extra fun, try francium... make sure that it explodes on contact with air... meaning that as soon as you reveal it BOOM

[Zorgn]

Cat nukes and eternal monkey torture. Your science has no place here.

[jester]

if you want potassium so much mod raw potassium into your game, or for extra fun, try francium... make sure that it explodes on contact with air... meaning that as soon as you reveal it BOOM

Wait, so I can mod in something like firedamp?  dwarvern knockers anyone? (had to).

[LegoLord]

Cat nukes and eternal monkey torture. Your science has no place here.

That is a result of modding things into things that look like cats but are not, in fact, cats.  Microcline, however, does not explode upon contact with water and there is no good reason to make it do so in DF.

[LegacyCWAL]

But...but...exploding buckets!

[Zorgn]

But...but...exploding buckets!

Agreed. A high probability for laughs negates all arguments against it. Exploding buckets win this round.



Also, the monkey torture is not modded, iirc.

[LegoLord]

But...but...exploding buckets!

Agreed. A high probability for laughs negates all arguments against it. Exploding buckets win this round.



Also, the monkey torture is not modded, iirc.

1)  But that's just random comedy.  It's only funny once.  The alligator drunks were funny 'cause Toady didn't mean for them to be there.
2)  Incomplete game.

[Rilder]

But...but...exploding buckets!

Agreed. A high probability for laughs negates all arguments against it. Exploding buckets win this round.



Also, the monkey torture is not modded, iirc.

1)  But that's just random comedy.  It's only funny once.  The alligator drunks were funny 'cause Toady didn't mean for them to be there.
2)  Incomplete game.

This peson is trying to bring logic into Dwarf fortress.

Shun!
SHUNNNNNN!
SHUUNNNNNNNNNN!

[LegoLord]

No I'm not!  I just don't think Toady should add in random crap just to make a joke that'll be funny for only two seconds.

[Fossaman]

I hate to mention this but...thermodynamics? Remember the infinite waterwheels?

Nonetheless, I agree with LegoLord. Toady's gone to great lengths to put in something loosely resembling accurate geology (although it could go farther) and chemical properties. Let's not be absurd, hmm?

Besides, he lets us play with magma. And I bet that booze vapor is going to become more entertaining in future versions.