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Introductions Archive / Re: Hi
2012 Oct 02, 15:57:56Quote from: ChocolateRain on 2012 Oct 02, 15:16:52Quote from: Flinckie on 2012 Oct 02, 13:54:54
I don't really have a distinguishable style yet, but I use orchestral instruments a lot. I like to experiment with genres.
I've to admit I'm not that much into orchestral music, though I've seen (or better heard) some great video game soundtrack adaptations on youtube. And to the experimenting: That's really great. It's always good to push the boundaries, especially if you don't know what you will find. That said "genre compliant" music can be really great, but breaking out of the box can be even more awesome...
Yeah, so far, I've tried electronic, orchestral, DnB, rock and even dubstep. I'm basically trying to get familiar with as many genres as possible. I want to have versatility. At the moment, I'm most comfortable with orchestral music, though.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: living on other planets? questions on how space works, ask me
2012 Oct 02, 15:02:57
There are some technological advancements we must make before this becomes feasible, but this topic interests me a lot.
The first thing we need to take care of is transportation, since we can't colonize anything that's 8-9 months away. We need more efficient and less expensive rocket fuel. The solution has been staring us in the face for decades, but nobody wants to do it because it has a bad reputation. Of course I'm talking about nuclear propulsion. It's been estimated that we can cut the traveling time to Mars all the way down to just a few weeks, which is a lot more practical. Before someone makes this happen, we're probably not even going to manage to construct a base on the Moon. That's an important thing to note, too. We could use a lunar base as a docking station, so we could launch big spacecraft from there, where there's less gravity and no atmosphere to escape from. Imagine that, we could construct a big space rocket on Earth, launch it, and then it would never enter the atmosphere of Earth again.
Another thing that needs to be addressed is that a base on Mars would be a lot like a research station on Antarctica. That is, more or less completely dependent on Earth for supplies. But it would be a lot more isolated due to the restrictions of the speed of light. The lowest possible distance between the Earth and Mars is roughly 4 light-minutes, and 20 light-minutes at most. This means that if you wanted to access an Earth-based website on the Internet, you would need to wait until the signal travels to Earth and back, which would mean a wait from 8 - 40 minutes, depending on where the Earth is. Not to mention that there would be no Internet access at all while the Earth is behind the Sun unless there's a relay somewhere, which would mean an even longer wait than 40 minutes. Same goes for all communications. Text-chats with your family would have this kind of lag.
Let's not forget the health-hazards of prolonged exposure to low-gravity. The human body will lose muscle and bone tissue. The only real way to prevent this is exercise, exercise and exercise. You would also have to watch your blood pressure constantly, since it would go up. The health problems would apply to plants, too. Growing plants, even in light houses would take many adjustments. For example, the sunlight is not nearly as intense on Mars as it is on Earth, so you would have to keep artificial light going constantly, which takes a lot of energy. Another possible solution is specially-bred or even biologically engineered plants for low-gravity and low-solar exposure.
The possibility of large-scale terraforming is not really available, since it would take tens of thousands of years.
It would be very wise to make a base on the Moon before Mars, if only to gather experience on off-world settlements.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything, since my knowledge on this is mostly self-taught.
The first thing we need to take care of is transportation, since we can't colonize anything that's 8-9 months away. We need more efficient and less expensive rocket fuel. The solution has been staring us in the face for decades, but nobody wants to do it because it has a bad reputation. Of course I'm talking about nuclear propulsion. It's been estimated that we can cut the traveling time to Mars all the way down to just a few weeks, which is a lot more practical. Before someone makes this happen, we're probably not even going to manage to construct a base on the Moon. That's an important thing to note, too. We could use a lunar base as a docking station, so we could launch big spacecraft from there, where there's less gravity and no atmosphere to escape from. Imagine that, we could construct a big space rocket on Earth, launch it, and then it would never enter the atmosphere of Earth again.
Another thing that needs to be addressed is that a base on Mars would be a lot like a research station on Antarctica. That is, more or less completely dependent on Earth for supplies. But it would be a lot more isolated due to the restrictions of the speed of light. The lowest possible distance between the Earth and Mars is roughly 4 light-minutes, and 20 light-minutes at most. This means that if you wanted to access an Earth-based website on the Internet, you would need to wait until the signal travels to Earth and back, which would mean a wait from 8 - 40 minutes, depending on where the Earth is. Not to mention that there would be no Internet access at all while the Earth is behind the Sun unless there's a relay somewhere, which would mean an even longer wait than 40 minutes. Same goes for all communications. Text-chats with your family would have this kind of lag.
Let's not forget the health-hazards of prolonged exposure to low-gravity. The human body will lose muscle and bone tissue. The only real way to prevent this is exercise, exercise and exercise. You would also have to watch your blood pressure constantly, since it would go up. The health problems would apply to plants, too. Growing plants, even in light houses would take many adjustments. For example, the sunlight is not nearly as intense on Mars as it is on Earth, so you would have to keep artificial light going constantly, which takes a lot of energy. Another possible solution is specially-bred or even biologically engineered plants for low-gravity and low-solar exposure.
The possibility of large-scale terraforming is not really available, since it would take tens of thousands of years.
It would be very wise to make a base on the Moon before Mars, if only to gather experience on off-world settlements.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything, since my knowledge on this is mostly self-taught.
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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: What's your special talent?
2012 Oct 02, 14:11:22
I can juggle with four balls. But that's more of a skill, not a talent. Still, juggling is fun.
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Pony Off-Topic / Re: How did you become a brony?
2012 Oct 02, 14:09:59
I finally decided to investigate why there were ponies all over 4chan. This was around mid-December 2011 and I constantly beat myself up over not checking it out sooner. I could've caught the show months earlier, but it all worked out in the end.
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Introductions Archive / Re: Hi
2012 Oct 02, 13:54:54Quote from: ChocolateRain on 2012 Oct 02, 13:52:05
Great to have you around here Flinckie. What music do you make?
I don't really have a distinguishable style yet, but I use orchestral instruments a lot. I like to experiment with genres.
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Introductions Archive / Hi
2012 Oct 02, 13:50:14
Look at me, I'm socializing!
I'm not very good at this.
I make music sometimes. I also like ponies. And science.
I tend to edit posts 400 times before I'm satisfied.
By the way, I installed this game today, only to find out it closed just yesterday or something. Slowpoke.
I'm not very good at this.
I make music sometimes. I also like ponies. And science.
I tend to edit posts 400 times before I'm satisfied.
By the way, I installed this game today, only to find out it closed just yesterday or something. Slowpoke.
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