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DaveC426913 replied to the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns.The important issue here is not why you the author prefer projectile weapons but why your intelligent alien race prefers projectile... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Why Does Titan Have an Atmosphere While Other Large Moons Don't?.It appears the Moon does not outgas any significant amount of xenon. My point though was questioning whether xenon itself is... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Why Does Titan Have an Atmosphere While Other Large Moons Don't?.Does the Moon outgas any significant amount of xenon? Is xenon any more narcotic than any other gas - at a given concentration - such as... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns.Seconded. We should be more interested in what your story says about the Human Condition than about what it says about weaponry. -
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Plasma explosions would be fine for a fictional projectile weapon - just don't say how they would work. It is fiction - there isn't any... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.And now this moment for some reflection... I am doing research for a story, and ChatGPT does make a great glorified search engine. I... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Collection of Science Jokes P2.(True. The warp drive requires power to maintain.) The real egregious one is: "We've lost power! Our orbit is starting to decay!" "(Oh... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns.Not to mention highly plausible, being built on existing technology but for compactness. -
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A Rail Gun sounds good! -
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Why not a rail gun? If you can handwaive past the energy requirement, it’s the most powerful way to launch projectiles -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability?.How big is the table? How high is levitating? For how long? It is arguably possible for a table to be bouncing around on an monatomic... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns.Was there a question? Did you want feedback? Advice? Tell us a little more about your story. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread I What Are the Limits of the Universe According to Cosmologists?.As long as we're wondering about typos... Does that horse have a saddle? (Serious question though. Whether correct or incorrect, I...

