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It could also be used to claim that Humanity is a variably-fractious species that goes through cycles of homogenization and heterogenization.

However, a change in words and language is different from a change in how characters are written. The shape and appearance of letters or characters is not something that will gradually occur once you have the ultimate standardization tool: the keyboard . Hand written languages may change with time ...

I think the key here is the fact that these varied scripts and linguistic changes happened prior to industrialization and any semblance of a modern interconnected world. As soon as you enter into a society that has some standardized education, or simply live under a government that enforces certain...

Some of the characters are a bit "verbose", but it doesn't look too bad. Every character looks like it can't be easily confused with the others, which is presumably intentional. Compare with not only 'b' and 'd', but also "I" and "l", which in some styles are indistinguishable, or 'Z' and 'N' which ...

The main issue with technological advancement isn't the age of the 'old guard' but how open society itself is to innovation. Societies who frown upon innovation for a variety of reasons will suffer from either stagnation or extremely slow advancement. On the other hand societies who embrace and pro...

hi hi I do have to wonder about Tiamat storage. If I were transferring a substance that explodes if not kept at super cool temperatures, I would either store it in fuel cells/honeycombs that are removed entirely and replaced with fresh cells, or I would use an umbilical that never goes anywhere nea...

p.s. Pardon my English. p.p.s. And my punctuation (It's a little bit different in Russian) I just CAN'T WAIT for Beryl to start learning English spelling rules. I'm Russian (Belarussian actually, but it's practically the same thing) so here is how it was for me: - Wait, why do they have "C" that ma...

[snip] Probably and that means we will probably loose the teams newest additions, Talon and Spiral unless the Highlander get's an replacement crew to take it back to Tempest. one reason to do so could be for security. Perhaps Stillstorm wan't everyone that has been in contact with Alex of her ship....

If the Historians do have uploads, I expect that not only are they not the constructs, but that they very carefully keep the constructs from knowing about them. No chance of info leaks that way.

Don't worry, we've got our best man on the job. https://media.giphy.com/media/svb8tKSIpGfHq/source.gif Not only does he look like he's in on the joke without actually understanding it, if he was a bit more careful that thing could have looked like a chef's hat. Outstanding . Now I want to hear him ...

I think the Highland will only need to fit in the shuttle bay if it isn't going back to Tempest, which strikes me as unlikely. More likely it'll use a docking port of the appropriate size.

Edit: square-bracket key is giving me trouble.

That... sounds strategically (super-strategically?) interesting to the Loroi.

Yes Jardin, yes you are. Also, if she sees the full alphabet she will doubtlessly quickly realize that "C" is useless and several letters need to exist.

Ah well, even the Mycenean Greeks dealt with that.

As far as I'm aware, the star itself being the cause has been ruled out. A star can only change brightness by changing size (which is far too slow) or by changing temperature (which is too slow and doesn't match spectral observations). A star that rapidly dims without major changes in its spectrum ...

As far as I'm aware, the star itself being the cause has been ruled out. A star can only change brightness by changing size (which is far too slow) or by changing temperature (which is too slow and doesn't match spectral observations). A star that rapidly dims without major changes in its spectrum ...

dex: climate change is a thing, it is happening, and it is man made.... how bad is it? that I am not so sure about but not good is a pretty safe assumption though, and yes plants love co2, since oxygen is basically an inedible byproduct for them, Actually, plants use oxygen at night, which makes se...

I'd bet more on a highly variable set of flare cycles, or an orphan black hole orbited by a set of massive clouds, than aliens.

tamri&dahak: http://www.tactical-life.com/gear/carl-gustaf-m4-rocket-launcher/ another example of recoiless rifle used in confined space... and if you want to scale it down.... gyrojet actually works. The problem with Gyrojets is they didn't work terribly well. As in sticking your finger in the bar...

Why does stealth have to be space magic like modern day stealth with adaptive camo and chem burst to move ships in once enter the system give off no heat and drift with a system able to keep up thus likely no blob on visuals or optical sensors. Because everything (including your chem bursts) is con...

It is unwise to assume that the speed of learning in humans has to change with age: there are indications that it's not due to fundamental biological workings but instead due to additional channels interfering with the process. Further, there are indications that a significant part of the situation ...