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I'm refining a concept for one of my projects and I could probably do with some help. The long and short of it is that certain shapes resonate within the universe and when combined in certain ways they can be basically used to change properties of matter, make things do stuff (move, change shape...

This here is what you need to do with likable evil characters. Make them completely sure that what they are doing is right/needs to be done yet make them acknowledge that they are using evil means to achieve their end. As long as you don't make their actions seem...

Re: On Creating Imaginary Worlds: Questions and Answers Well, the production of fuel via algae is a good idea, but fluorine probably isn't so good for an oxidiser. It'll react with pretty much anything, which usually involves some sort of corrosion. If the dragon's insides were corroding from...

Exactly the principle of the hyperdrive in Star Wars. Not that it's any kind of solution to the problem, it's just shifting the solution. "Hrmm, so if we can't travel faster than light in this universe what can we do?" "Well, maybe we could go to another universe that has a higher speed of...

I think an important thing to note when making swear-words is how they sound. I mean, think of all the swear-words you know. They all use very harsh, sudden and fricative sounds. F's, C's, T's and SH's will all work well for that.

Gaming addictions are true and exist, but they are purely psychological. I've been through a few (which weren't anywhere near as sob-story worthy as other addictions, I'll admit) and I never realized I was addicted. Fortunately for me, I have an extremist personality, so after a month or so of...

I live in the UK too, but you didn't hear anything illegal from me

If you've ever looked at anything other than the Haitian's eyes (hard I know, they stick out) then you'll see the gold RNA pendant on him. That's what makes me think that the Haitian has something to do with Peter's memory loss. Can't remember whether the Haitian was wearing the pendant or not...

I liked Hiro's part in this episode, the scene under the cherry blossoms was especially good and when he was 'fighting' the samurai was just hilarious. Kensai's minor regeneration is very interesting - a 17th century Claire perhaps? To be brutally honest I was hoping he'd die, because I don't...

I don't know if yo noticed, but he was wearing that gold pendant that looks like a strand of RNA that "The Haitian" is always wearing, which implies for some reason that The Haitian wiped his memory. He couldn't have been drifting on the currents either, since he was shackled in a cargo...

I dunno if Arcadia is a country, but it's been used in at the very least one RPG (probably a bunch) so it may not be a good idea to call it that. The genre you're writing in is important, like I'm doing a sci-fi so I'm using the kind of names in the Halo universe - one of my planets is called...

Yeah, found an article or something on aerogel a while ago and was in awe of it. Not only does it have incredible properties (seen the pictures with an unharmed flower on a block of aerogel above a bunsen flame?) but the name sounds really cool and it looks all space-age. Perfect if you're...

I have to disagree with you there on nuclear fission. People treat it like it's going to solve all our problems, when it will only add to it really. We may have enough uranium to sustain our current consumption rates, but most of the world's power comes from oil. To make the same amount of...

Re: Describe your chacter/story in ehight words Nice idea, I'll do one for the story I'm currently working on: Hard sci-fi galactic D&D dungeon crawl plotless copy =P

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You got rid of her with lazers? =B

You should also keep in mind how cities are made; they grow from tiny settlements. So buildings aren't likely to be in grids and arranged all nice and regularly unless it's an artificial city (like Washington D.C I believe). It's also worth noting why settlements appear where they do - if it's...

Re: A laser recoil ?? I had thought about some of those; mainly the coolant ejection, but it seems to me like if there was some sort of harmful chemical substance that needed to be gotten rid of, it probably wouldn't be ejected willy-nilly from the gun. And for Interference: Light...

Nuh-uh! It has a phase-loop re-converter to de-polarize any phase irregularities and re-route them back to the power pack to charge it up! Seriously now though, the laz0r's violet because it's a 'cold' laser; red laz0rs melt stuff, the sheer photonic pressure of this one is what packs the...

I know exactly what you mean. I happen to love teaching people things, explaining things and giving people lectures, so I have had to resist the urge to explain things quite a few times. What I do now is make a word document and explain everything about a concept written in Wikipedian prose, so...