Introduce yourself! AKA the "Say hello" thread

I do know SciHub. At work I can use the university network to get a lot of papers, but SciHub is a neat tool at home.
Proof of concept for the Alcubierre drive is nice and all, but it doesn't matter if the negative energy requirement can't be fulfilled. I mean, if we had negative energy we could also potentially build traversable wormholes and wouldn't necessarily need to create massive gamma ray bursting planet killers to get around :D
 
And regarding the potential particle weapon-esque accident potential, of the alcubierre drive, wouldn't, either this be negated by the fact that essentially the warp bubble moves, a finite portion of space, rather than the craft, and leaving a finite space in which to store particles..perhaps could be used to harvest energy, essentially using solar panels. And the fact that a planetary atmosphere, it would require a magnetosphere to be retained, the magnetic field would deflect charged particles, whereas uncharged, highly blue-shifted energy, that would be in the hard ultraviolet range, wouldn't it? and at least, if it would be the case of a 'deceleration blast' be blocked by the atmosphere? because extreme UV doesn't propagate well at all through the atmosphere.

And it would of course have to be tested in unmanned vehicles, and let loose in outer space, away from planetary systems which could possibly harbor life, and if such a phenomenon occurs, an unmanned probe could be fired ahead of the vehicle, with an instrument suite to examine the region outside the warp-bubble both during 'flight' of the vehicle and during shut-down. Examine the range, and determine how practical a pre-approach shut-down would be followed by conventional chemical and/or ion-drive approach systems. Ion drive being slow, but accelerating would allow for a shutdown of a warp-drive far before approach, already have the ion-drive running within the static region of space-time, to in effect catapult the craft, already run-up to speed with the ion drive within the warp-bubble, forwards giving it a heads-up on the whole slow ass acceleration of ion drive technology?

Assuming the idea about using a planetary magnetosphere/atmosphere to block any potential particle storm, would not compensate.

Might end up with us treating a few greys to a spectacular 'aurora xenos', I guess you might call it, though :D
 
A hard shower of relativistic particles would potentially strip away the upper atmosphere, and the resulting bremsstrahlung could furthermore destroy the ozone layer. There's a reason why large supernovae and their gamma ray bursts are potential extinction events even when they're very far away (as in, up to thousands of light years).
But it's all hypothetical, because again, outside of the very fringey Woodward effect there's no known way to produce negative energy. Not even a theory, so far it's just a mathematical idea.
 
Bugger! I should have thought of Bremmstrahlung, and was assuming blueshifting into the UV region rather than hard X-ray to gamma ray wavelengths. Pardon me whilst I go and slap the shit out of myself with a sock full of rabid mink:P
 
Welcome to NMA.

Any new people should be taught that the Order subforum is a hosted forum. So it is not part of NMA. Please avoid that place (at least at the start).

That is all. :ok:
 
I would have to know the purpose of it before having a use for it. Which isn't to say, assuming no read-only access restrictions, that I'll not sniff around and see whats what.

But, I'm not here to stir up shit, and generally if something explodes and I'm around (in or out of FO), there was a good reason for it (not counting a few..err..questionable..high-jinx as a kid with various things nitrated/(per-)chlorate-ed and shot into places that such things really shouldn't be shot at/into. )

Here at least, however, I did not arrive to do the community harm. I only give, what is given to me. Unless somebody goes REALLY beyond the pale in life, and has it coming from some source no matter what, or where they are. I only bite people who try to sink their teeth into me first. Unless there is a very good reason. That is a general principle of mine, do as one would be done by (but if someone brings it on themselves then they have nobody to blame but themselves) I apply the same principle to myself, don't get me wrong.

In any case, I thank you for your welcome.
 
Well, feel free to post in that Dark Matter thread that Hassknecht linked. It is in the Order, but since you're interested and can actually talk to Hassknecht about it there, it seems the perfect place.

My warning about the Order was for all the new people. Sometimes people don't realize that they are not on NMA forums anymore, since there is little to distinguish NMA and the Order with the exception of looking at the top of the threads and see if it says " Home › Forums › Hosted Forums › The Order › * ".

Anyway, hope you enjoy your stay around here :postviper:.
 
I'll definitely check it out. I did take a look through the science thread linked also, but...errr...lets just say that a fairly significant proportion of the content is shitposting and jamming up what could otherwise be an interesting thread. And were I desirous of a diet consisting of bollocks, I could simply invest in a homosexual prostitute or ten and take up cannibalism as a hobby. (no, I am neither, if anyone is wondering:P)

If you are not averse to a quick question, what precisely IS the order? composition? function? purpose of hosting separately? etc.

I did take a quick look over there, inasfar as reading the basic ruleset etc, but that was about as far as it seemed interesting on the first page. Hangout for the old farts, so to speak? (spoken tongue in cheek, no offense is intended)
 
The Order started as a group of classic Fallout games fans. But over the years it evolved into a group of people with (mostly) compatible personalities. There might be some open hostility to new people outside of the Order that posts in there and that is why I warn people to stay clear, at least at the start.

Basically it is just a group of people that share interests and tastes on things, that hang around, play games and chat together.

Others can probably explain better than I can. I am not the best at writing stuff in English and be understood :aiee:.
 
Hey everybody. Sporadic lurker for the past... decade or so? I bought Fallout 3 on a whim as part of a buy-one get-one promotion at Gamestop. I thought the box art looked really cool and the description on the back reminded me of something like Mad Max. Needless to say, I quickly became a fan of the series and went back to play the first two titles. When New Vegas was released, it became my favorite game of all time.

Years later, I was absolutely devastated to see the cash grabbing development philosophy and lack of depth in Fallout 4. Unfortunately, it appears that I am in the minority of opinions judging by the game's near universal praise and strong sales. It's promising to see that this community still cares about the series and its themes as much as I do. If things don't turn around for Fallout, I plan to organize the development of a spiritual successor. This forum seems like a great place to meet potential co-conspirators... whoops, I mean collaborators. :wiggle:
 
Newbie here, lurker for a few years too though not as long as TerminallyChill above. I first found this place when I was looking for mods for Fallout 2. As an incidental, the ones I got truly enriched my experience and I'd like to say thanks, if not for making them then for fostering the community that produced them.

So, I suppose this is the part where I tell how I got into Fallout. This is a bit strange for me because while I'm not a vet, I wasn't introduced to the series through the Bethesda titles. In fact, I've only played 1,2 and New Vegas. It's out of pure stinginess I'm afraid. Picked up the originals when they were free a while back, and recently a friend gifted me New Vegas.

I've found that there is a disconnect between me and more mainline Fallout communities such as the subreddit because I come front a different place than most there. I even tried the New Vegas one, but it's a ghost town. So I figured why not join the site with the curmudgeons that prefer the only games in the series I've played?

My bad humor aside, I do have quibbles with the Bethesda design philosophy, though I come at it more as more of an Elder Scrolls fan than a Fallout one. That's probably one reason I joined, because when I hear things from over the fence they sound eerily similar to my observations about the newer TES titles. I guess I'm hoping this place may help give perspective on what exactly happened to a company I once liked and perhaps a better idea what all the battlelines in the Fallout community are about.

If I don't, nothing's lost. Still get to talk about games I like and maybe have a conversation or two about game design, I've seen how you love to have those here.

Regardless, I wish you all a hearty hello.
 
Though I had heard about the Fallout franchise through cultural osmosis, I didn't get into it until GOG.com had a sale on a few years ago and I bought 1 + 2 on a whim. As my favourite genre of fiction is the post-apocalyptic and dystopian (Brazil, Planet of the Apes 1968, The Handmaid's Tale, The Mad Max movies) and I find Cold War history fascinating, Fallout is definitely my cup of tea. Loved the roleplaying, storytelling and world building, loved the ultra-violence and cheesy retro vibes from Fallout 1, found the pop-culture references and sledge-hammer subtle "drugs are bad" message in Fallout 2 to be a bit cringe-inducing, but the game more than made up for it with vastly improved gameplay.

My first introduction to 3d Fallout was watching my boyfriend playing Fallout 3 on his xbox. I remember his favourite film was Independence Day and he really liked the spaceship quests because you shoot evil aliens. I thought the game looked really stupid, couldn't work out what it had to do with Fallout, and was bored to tears. Needless to say that relationship didn't last and I have never played a Bethesda Fallout.

Read that New Vegas was made by the same guys that made the originals, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, other a few nitpicks. Went to browse that subreddit to look for help with mods, but had to back away slowly when I realised that it was a den of cravens (ie edgy 14-year old Bethesda fanboys) Nice to see that the curmudgeons here aren't jumping on the "Call of Simscraft 4" bandwagon.

-Peaches
 
Hello, i'm new but i have been looking at the forums and news before making an account here. Like most people, my first introduction to fallout was fallout 3. I used to love fallout three when I think was about 11 or 10 years old even though I use to suck ass at playing the game. Then I played NV and that was alot better than fallout 3 but now that i'm older I realised how mediocre fallout 3 is and how much it sucks as a true fallout game. Though fallout 3 will always have a place in my heart for introducing me to the fallout franchise even if don't like it anymore.
 
Hello everyone! I've been a lurker for most years and decided to finally join up! I've been apart of other forums, such as The Gunnetwork, The Nexus Forums, and would lurk the Bethesda forums here and there. Hope to be apart of a strict Fallout community, considering my love for it.

Fallout 1 was given to me as child from my parents, along with other computer discs. I never touched, it sat there and collected dust until my parents eventually threw them all out. Around the time Fallout 3 came out, I had friends at school telling me to try it as I was an avid fan of RPGs. I borrowed a copy from a close friend and played it on the Xbox 360. Absolutely bored by it, honestly. Threw him back the disc and carried on with my life until New Vegas came out. I ran that game up until about 300 hours until I said, "Alright, maybe I should go back to 3." So I did and I liked it more that time. Then I went back to 1, 2 and Tactics. I was hooked.

Fallout 4 was disappointing but none-the-less, I'm a sucker for good graphics and character customization, so I continue to play it. Shoving mods down it's throat until it becomes the RPG that I initially wanted but, so is life.

I enjoy books, music, and food also.

Call me Kiwi x
 
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