Well... I'm sure we have all heard of the nutters who try to make computers in Dwarf Fortress, well there's another thing for those insane dudes to ponder...
Quantum Mechanics in Dwarf Fortress?
Don't know what the heck tha' Quantum-thingy is? You can read up on it here, in this
site (for children!) or if you think you a big boy, tackle the stuff
here... though the former link may be all you need for your brain to explode into dust.
So... if you're curious about this... I don't actually think it's entirely possible under the current DF physics... but what do I know? I'm just some dumb-ass kid.
WAIT! There's more!
Have you heard of the thought experiment,
Schrödinger's cat?
Well... I figured... atleast we could test this in DF!
But instead of reading through all that BS, how 'bout we dorfify it!
Schrödinger Urist's cat
Basically, Schrödinger wrote:
One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small, that perhaps in the course of the hour one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges and through a relay releases a hammer which shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed. The psi-function of the entire system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts.
It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy originally restricted to the atomic domain becomes transformed into macroscopic indeterminacy, which can then be resolved by direct observation. That prevents us from so naively accepting as valid a "blurred model" for representing reality. In itself it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory. There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks.
Bleh. Can't be bothered reading that?
Well let me help,
To dorfify that...A kitten or an elf is caged in an air-tight vault. It is vital that it must be one of the two species or it won't work. There is possibly some kind of water based mechanism set in the room as well; water falls into a pool from above, is slowly drained out of the bottom of the pool and if the water is below a certain mark then a lever will activate which will trigger a draw bridge to slam down, destroying some kind of tether holding a sock high above the cage in the air. The sock will then plummet to the ground and hit the test subject, exploding them in gore.
Why do all this?
Well,
WHY NOT!
First you get to see letters (pixels for you tilesetters) explode in a violent tirade... that should be more than enough to convince you!
The second reason? Uh. I forgot.
Even if you don't understand why you are doing this, only one phrase is needed:
IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE!
And for great distraction.
Oh, yeah that's right.
I remember what the second reason is.
To prove that simple quantum mechanics work in DF!
Hurrah!
-Possible? Logistical?
Some one do this, then take a recording?
~My 2 penneth~
-~Cheers~-
[P]sYDoNiA