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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Looking for free Word Processor with at least some formatting features.I used Libre Office for a while a few years back. I can no longer recall why I turned my back on it. -
DaveC426913 posted the thread Looking for free Word Processor with at least some formatting features in Computing and Technology.I've had it with Open Office Writer. Lost too many documents to spontaneous exploding. Even reflex Ctrl-S'ing every few minutes is too...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.
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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...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Atmosphere on moons.It appears the Moon does not outgas any significant amount of xenon. My point though was questioning whether xenon itself is...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B Atmosphere on moons.Does the Moon outgas any significant amount of xenon? Is xenon any more narcotic than any other gas - at a given concentration - such as...
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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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DaveC426913 reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns with
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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...
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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...
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No, it has 10.
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A binary star system is when it has either 0 or 1 stars.
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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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DaveC426913 reacted to SleipnirTheHorse's post in the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns with Like.
A Rail Gun sounds good!
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DaveC426913 reacted to BWV's post in the thread I am writing a SciFi story but I don't like Rayguns with Like.
Why not a rail gun? If you can handwaive past the energy requirement, it’s the most powerful way to launch projectiles
