Just a note
FTL Travel is impossible under currently established physical laws (Newton + Einstein). However there are a few theorists working on that topic.
From what I understand, one of the main reason Galileo was dealt with quite "firmly" although not harshly for the period, was that the year before he published another author had published a book stating that the Sun was the center of the solar system not the earth and using this as a metaphor to su...
In my manner of bringing up subjects that break the laws of physics (Which I do surprisingly often. I've been limited her though since I've rarely seen it discussed here in my short time), I should bring up magnetic power. By keeping a magnet in a vacuum connected to a turbine with an electromagnet...
claw weapons? just asking for trouble in my opinion. They only become useful if their user is silly enough to train in unarmed combat, then find himself in a knife fight. A proper fighting style historically, in europe at least started with unarmed, then trained daggers, then swords, and maybe polea...
The basic approach for unarmed and unarmoured combat will always remain the same, Control their attack, then respond, preferably in a way that denies them another attack. Size does not actually hinder much, it is training and the will to use it that its the biggest factor. For example, i'm quite a b...
well yes, one of the things thats kept me amused lately is the similarity between the art of battle as practised by italian and german knights, and the supposedly inovative eastern martial arts. As my instructor pointed out to me, when you get down to it, theres only so many ways to move your body t...
I was just going through the archives and I saw this and I was struck by how similar it is to the Art of Combat as taught in Italy and Germany in the Salles. I recognise it because I take lessons based on Fiore Dei Liberi's book on the subject. It looks like the first dagger master followed by a boa...
yep thats them, brutally efficient killing machines. But with all due respect the conquistadores are not good examples of knights. In that period there really were no knights left wether they held to the code of chivalry or not. The conquistadores were by and large just well armoured soldiers on hor...
I used to study Cybernetics in Reading university here in the UK. They had 2 modules a year devoted to Cognitive theory and Neural networks, in order to instruct the sudents about current possibilities for AI and to help promote new attempts at a usefull AI. However, i do not believe myself that a t...
I hvae now seen the moive and I think that it was alright. It was visually very good, but I would agree that they downplayed Aslan's power and changed the lines slightly for political correctness. However I think the biggest problem with the movie was the music. Call me stupid but I think the BBC's ...
Ah, yes. The Rage. Anyone else here read the Oath of Swords series? ah, yes i have and i think i get your meaning this is gonna be very interesting The Rage, all the fury and anger and hatred in yourself, harnessed and controlled to your own ends be they good or bad "Houston we have ignition, lifto...
kendar are kinda random half-elves, they pickpocket "acidentally" and tend to make a nusiance out of themselves. Its great fun watching a good roleplayer run one tho! A gully dwarf? I think they are small smelly and thicker versions of dwarfs.