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Stasis
Hey Claudius...
You killed my father.
Big mistake.

Dominion Master
12/10/2008 11:17:13 PM

Level: 25
Experience: 65000

Total Posts: 691
RE: December!

Oddly enough, big replicators are...


...still made of the same parts!
Terrathel
assassin/mercenary
12/11/2008 11:24:32 AM

Level: 1
Experience: 0

Total Posts: 74
Green

Terrethel won't have magic I think, he's got enough in skill, and experience, I was debating it, but decided against it
QuantumTroll
Street Fighter/Space Station
12/11/2008 5:52:22 PM

Level: 1
Experience: 0

Total Posts: 181
RE: December!

Stasis:"Oddly enough, big replicators are...


...still made of the same parts!"

Nu-uh!  Unless you use a bunch of tiny parts (like cells or "nanobots") you're wrong!  Except for that everything is made of atoms, but that's not what you meant.  For example, a big replicator could contain a Tokamak fusion reactor and small one could definitely not.  Definitely different parts!  


Are you guys aware of the attempts toward producing the first artificial Von Neumann machine?  The RepRap project, for example, can already make most of its own mechanical parts and work on making its own circuit boards is in a late stage.  One problem is that every new self-replicating ability must in turn also be replicated, so there is an exponential increase in complexity.  

Life is a molecular Von Neumann machine, developed by evolution.  A robotic replicator (without "nanobots") would work completely differently, more akin to a factory that builds factory parts and has mobile elements to put the parts together.

So, all you who are Dominion Masters, would it be alright if I made up such a "character" in Daireem's outer space regions?  It would be passive, as a space-station should be, kind of like GirlGenius' Castle Heterodyne's fragmented mind combined with the hive intelligence of an ant colony.
Stasis
Hey Claudius...
You killed my father.
Big mistake.

Dominion Master
12/11/2008 6:01:23 PM

Level: 25
Experience: 65000

Total Posts: 691
RE: December!

I should have said Replicators. Note the capital R.

And the link.
Chris Storms
1st In Command of SG&C
Space Mercenary

Dominion Master
12/12/2008 8:17:51 AM

Level: 1
Experience: 0

Total Posts: 77
RE: December!

Aye. I guess I should have been more specific as well. At least you knew what I meant, Stasis. Of course, I knew you would. XD

SG-1 for the win, man.
QuantumTroll
Street Fighter/Space Station
12/12/2008 9:10:39 AM

Level: 1
Experience: 0

Total Posts: 181
RE: December!

I saw an episode with Replicators once.  IMO, they're easily the coolest thing in Stargate.  Those human-form ones seem a bit derivative of T-1000... except with nanobots instead of "memetic poly-alloy".

For completeness, let me just say two more things on the subject of intelligent replicating machines: Cybertron, Unicron. What's not to love?

Stasis
Hey Claudius...
You killed my father.
Big mistake.

Dominion Master
12/12/2008 10:36:31 AM

Level: 25
Experience: 65000

Total Posts: 691
RE: December!

Hey, there's a difference. When Robert Patrick sticks his hand in your head, you die. When human form Replicators do it, it just hurts a lot and they look at your brain!

As for your second paragraph: Other than Unicron mercilessly devouring your world, nothing! Grin
Raelan
inventor/mage
12/13/2008 6:10:26 PM

Level: 1
Experience: 0

Total Posts: 94
RE: December!

I knew what you meant, but Replicators are little puzzle peices with magnets and minds, (oversimplification Jack style) you're talking a full fledged robot with all its complicated parts, not impossible, but difficult. And it will take some factory conditions to start such a project, but once it gets going it's not implausible. the hive mind makes the programming part less complicated, you'd then have to program minimal mind, and just give it a radio instead,as long as your 'queen' has the capacity to control them all, but then I guess if it's good enough to make them, it can always add more memory to itself ^-^

after a little too much modification it can get sorta grotesque though... (illithid (mind flayer) ovemind style)
Stasis
Hey Claudius...
You killed my father.
Big mistake.

Dominion Master
12/16/2008 9:03:32 AM

Level: 25
Experience: 65000

Total Posts: 691
RE: December!

AAAHHH HELP ME

I need to post... but any time I haven't been doing something else, I haven't felt like dropping the time!

Oh, woe is me!
Wolf McDog
The ability to destroy
a planet is insignificant
next to the power of the Force.
I'm a random monster...
and the most powerful boss!
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Monster--Opened for Random Access
Strikes: 128
Banned Banned Banned Banned Banned Banned
(For being an idiot.)
Not Jailed
(For being busted out by Szyren.)

Dominion Master
12/16/2008 9:29:19 AM

Level: 85
Experience: 2500627

Total Posts: 294
RE: December!

Sounds like you need to go listen to some

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