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@Bradis, We ask that you include an English translation for any posts you make outside the international section. A simple google translate copy/paste will suffice. Thanks! @Bradis, мы просим вас включать перевод на английский язык для любых сообщений, которые вы публикуете за пределами международного раздела. Достаточно простого копирования/вставки с помощью Google Translate. Спасибо!

Yes and no. Depends on the day or Month or Year. As a mod, I'm on the forums most days when I'm on my computer, but occasionally I'll step away for a couple few weeks on a whim just to not get burned out. I try to stay active on the forums if there's a thread that interests me, but usually I'll just lurk. What I miss though, is getting into the Tech support areas as much as I used to, I just don't have the energy to commit that much time. It's a common mod privilege across many different forums. We can post in a thread after it's been locked.

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A few posts have been removed, please stick to the thread topic. Please do not discuss the piracy of KSP, not only is it illegal in most locals, but here in the forums we have a zero tolerance policy of such discussion. Regarding the issue of old versions, there a number of threads on the forums detailing legal and safe methods of obtaining earlier versions.

The thing that bothered me the most at my 20th was the number of people with grand kids. I wasn't ready for that. I'd say go if there are some people you'd like to see, if not, it's no great loss. EDIT: Now that I've seen you went, glad you had a good time, I think

Assuming you want KSP related ideas, there's a good sub forum for that: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/25-challenges-mission-ideas/ Even if you don't find something specific to do, it should at least spur some ideas of your own. Another good place to check is our Fan Works and Spacecraft Exchange, I usually find lots of inspiration there.

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Then…. You have a regular plane, but without elevators. Might as well add elevators for more stability while you can, and you have a regular plane.

They most likely already exist. I mean, the blade itself already does that, but it doesn't spread them around, leaving them in large clumps in the lawn. If you were to build one though, It would require the base unit to modified in such a fashion that it could handle attachments, and it would have to drive the mulcher. But getting it to spread, as mentioned, would be another issue, and would require it to throw leaves, and possibly more solid debris, into the air, possibly striking the operator. But I assume we're talking about consumer level stuff, and the "low end" push powers wouldn't be able to sell at that price point they are if they had the ability to handle attachments. Now we're into pro level cost stuff, and you might as well buy a dedicated mulcher/spreader for that if you're running pro level equipment. What other attachments would be needed? Edger? Weed eaters / dedicated edgers exist. Brush Hog? If you need a brush hog, an attachment to a mower probably won't do the trick, and if you only need a hog for a small area once, renting one would probably be far cheaper. So basically, I think it boils down to, it wouldn't be that difficult to do engineering wise, but there might not be a market for it. I'd like to see a device/method to stop me from bringing pens home from work all the time.

Why would they have thinner bones? If they have an increased blood supply, an argument could be made for larger bones. One the fastest, in both obtaining access and administration of fluids, methods for "IV" access was to plunge a large needle into the sternum of my patient. The interosseous region of the body is a huge blood producer and reservoir for fluids. Since these creatures would have better circulatory system, then it stands to reason that they would have larger bones to compensate. And larger doesn't mean heavier per se, at least on a linear scale. If they're "hollow" for large blood supply (not bird hollow, but human hollow), then the mass wouldn't increase as much as you think. Throw some hand wavium in there about some natural occurring mineral in their diet making stronger bones (a la replacing steel with titanium in a metallurgy), and you can have bigger, stronger, and possibly lighter bones. And when I say "Large needle", I mean this: If you see me coming at you with this, don't worry, you're already having a very bad day.

^^^ It's not pumping much faster than any other heart, it's pumping more.

See, I said don't think too hard about it!

You still run into issues of fluid dynamics. You can only move X volume of blood so fast before the pump starts cavitating. You'd have to come up with a really really funky design that doesn't make sense evolutionary most likely. This doesn't make sense in this context. Sleep is mainly a cognitive thing, and not so much a circulatory thing. Yeah, there's repairs and such that go on during sleep, but mainly it allows the brain to store info and reset. Perhaps, a normal sleep cycle that matches the circadian rhythm of the home planet, but the creature has evolved a fight/flight response that allows for sustained exertions over extraordinary lengths of time. Then they need an extended rest period, not sleep necessarily, before they're fully ready again. Humans survived well because they were relentless predators. They aren't fast are strong in comparison to other large creatures, but they're always there. The prey could sprint away and hide, but shortly after, the humans would turn up in slow pursuit, also nagging at the prey. It's one of the principals of the "Humans are Space Orcs" memes @sevenperforce presented earlier, although I don't think I see that facet of it in that particular link. Now imagine a prey species that evolved in an environment that had a similar large predator. The ones that survived were the ones that could run and run and survive for long stretches without slowing down. It's breaks down logically if you think too hard about it, but it'd give you a basis for the species. It'd be less about an insane heart rate, and more about the body's ability to deliver nutrients and energy to the parts that need it, and to manage the chemical waste products until there was an opportunity to properly dispose of it. On a long run? Then the arm muscles would have the ability to dump glucose (et al) back into the blood stream and absorb the acids that are building up in the system. You arms would start to burn before your legs would. Then when you are done with the activity you needed, you would need an extended rest period to recover and do it again. Edit: Heck, an extra organ that does just that would be ideal. It would dump adrenaline and glucose, and absorb the waste materials. Have it linked in the circulatory system right before the heart and lungs so it could regulate the amount of carbonic acids in the blood stream more effectively. Don't make the heart pump better, make the other organs and the blood better. Let the blood carry more oxygen than is normally possible (see also: Lance Armstrong).

Problem with really fast heart rates, >200, is that the heart can start to cavitate. If it’s pumping that fast, the atria don’t have a enough time to refill, so they aren’t priming the ventricles, so your output is decreased. If they’re pumping as fast as @JoeSchmuckatelli’s movie claims, you’re actually not moving anything at all.

Human bodies work on something similar to Boyle’s law, ie, if one value goes up, another should go down. Faster the heart rate, lower the Bp, usually. But all that is usually dictated by the ph level of the spinal fluid, which indicates the amount of waste carbonic acid being released by the cells, which regulates breathing rate, and increased breathing rate reduces the ph level, which assumes the cells are being delivered the appropriate amount nutrients and oxygen level. All of that is to say that if you start messing around with bodily functions in a fictional setting, don’t get specific as you’ll end up creating logical paradoxes, so keep it simple and vague.

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We have bumped this question upstairs to the people that know, and they should get back us shortly.

Well heck, I've been playing for 10 years and I didn't know that. Cool.

www.google.com/search?q=nasa+dart I was all ready to put my moderator hat on and yell at you guys for being jerks to such a simple question further up the thread. Well played Google. That’s cool. But let’s do keep it on topic please.

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I'd love to know what the thingy on the bottom left is.