What will life be like on colonies in the solar system.

[PB666]

4 hours ago, daniel l. said:

Can you take a screenshot?

I cant, the numbers immediately follow text with no space in between often so close that the first number is touching the last letter of text. The superscipts and subscipts are rendering as non-offset normal sized fonts. The fonts themselves make the numbers look screwy, for example a zero looks like an "o". 

Normally its a good idea to create an html table or similar.

There were a few other small things. 

[daniel l.]

58 minutes ago, PB666 said:

I cant, the numbers immediately follow text with no space in between often so close that the first number is touching the last letter of text. The superscipts and subscipts are rendering as non-offset normal sized fonts. The fonts themselves make the numbers look screwy, for example a zero looks like an "o". 

Normally its a good idea to create an html table or similar.

There were a few other small things. 

Thats really odd, Which pages have this issue?

[Bill Phil]

I don't think mercurians would live in domes... Underground settlements are much easier to build.

[Spaceception]

5 hours ago, Bill Phil said:

I don't think mercurians would live in domes... Underground settlements are much easier to build.

True, but it might feel more open for the colonists if it were a dome.

[PB666]

8 hours ago, daniel l. said:

Thats really odd, Which pages have this issue?

Mercury

[Bill Phil]

1 hour ago, Spaceception said:

True, but it might feel more open for the colonists if it were a dome.

Except it could feel just as open without one.

[daniel l.]

14 hours ago, Bill Phil said:

Except it could feel just as open without one.

There is a certain quality of life that has to be considered.

Domes let in light and let people see the sun and stars.

14 hours ago, PB666 said:

Mercury

Is it the same on other articles?

[daniel l.]

I am making an article on the fictional Terran-Saturnian war and i would like some help in the Art, This is a very specific thing, Does anyone know how to make a decent quality space battle scene over earth featuring numerous space warships vessels and a gigantic ship over 16km long carrying Saturnian markings like this:There are to be no lasers or particle weapons, Just kinetics and nuclear weapons.

 

I sure hope someone can do this because the article would seem rather spartan without it.

[Bill Phil]

On May 9, 2016 at 10:15 PM, daniel l. said:

There is a certain quality of life that has to be considered.

Domes let in light and let people see the sun and stars.

Is it the same on other articles?

But then they might experience several problems. Radiation, structural issues. Underground is just better. And you can probably simulate the Sun's light, and bring in soil. Heck, put a bunch of heliostats on the surface, don't waste that surface area.

[Breizhad]

If you need some more inspiration, maybe this is helpful:

http://www.space.com/31954-nasa-space-travel-posters-gallery.html

[daniel l.]

10 hours ago, Breizhad said:

If you need some more inspiration, maybe this is helpful:

http://www.space.com/31954-nasa-space-travel-posters-gallery.html

Those are awesome. But not quite what i need right now. Thanks anyway

[daniel l.]

I am about halfway through writing the Article on the Terran-Saturnian war.

I think i'll challenge you guys to check the existing articles i posted and guess what happened  

[daniel l.]

Article is finished!  I will publish it tomorrow, For now im going to bed.

[daniel l.]

its published

[Bill Phil]

I have a bit of an issue with Terrans enslaving the Selenites. Even now, automation has already out done humans in many jobs, and it's quite possible that unemployment in developed nations could be over 30% by 2030. Maybe higher. And this is only the early 21st century. By the 2140s, slaves won't be economical, by enormous margins. They might be post singularity, if not very near it, by the 2140s. Although it might make more sense for the Terrans to severely opressing the Selenites.

[daniel l.]

18 minutes ago, Bill Phil said:

I have a bit of an issue with Terrans enslaving the Selenites. Even now, automation has already out done humans in many jobs, and it's quite possible that unemployment in developed nations could be over 30% by 2030. Maybe higher. And this is only the early 21st century. By the 2140s, slaves won't be economical, by enormous margins. They might be post singularity, if not very near it, by the 2140s. Although it might make more sense for the Terrans to severely opressing the Selenites.

Slavery can extend to things beyond menial labor. Im not sure i want to be descriptive about them though.

Edited May 14, 2016 by daniel l.

[Bill Phil]

51 minutes ago, daniel l. said:

Slavery can extend to things beyond menial labor. Im not sure i want to be descriptive about them though.

Pretty much everything a human can do, a robot, especially by 2140, can do. Probably better, as well. Art? Robots can do it now. 

[daniel l.]

1 minute ago, Bill Phil said:

Pretty much everything a human can do, a robot, especially by 2140, can do. Probably better, as well. Art? Robots can do it now. 

There are... Other things. I really dont want to discuss them though, Now one simple reason for enslavement could be a method of occupying the people, Splitting the people into smaller groups, And forcing each group to do a difficult and unnecessary job just to ensure that they cant group together for organized rebellion.

[Bill Phil]

Just now, daniel l. said:

There are... Other things. I really dont want to discuss them though, Now one simple reason for enslavement could be a method of occupying the people, Splitting the people into smaller groups, And forcing each group to do a difficult and unnecessary job just to ensure that they cant group together for organized rebellion.

I know, but robots can do that too.

If they're trying to occupy the people and prevent rebellion, they're doing a terrible job. It's easier to keep millions of people happy than it is to constantly force them to do slave labor.

Now, if they're being punished for some random reason, it's possible that they could be on some kind of infinite walking/climbing device, but that's torture.

[daniel l.]

Just now, Bill Phil said:

I know, but robots can do that too.

If they're trying to occupy the people and prevent rebellion, they're doing a terrible job. It's easier to keep millions of people happy than it is to constantly force them to do slave labor.

Now, if they're being punished for some random reason, it's possible that they could be on some kind of infinite walking/climbing device, but that's torture.

One of the plot points in the storyline i am making is the Terran's passionate hatred for the Lunar colonists who had violently opposed the PDRE takeover.

[Bill Phil]

3 minutes ago, daniel l. said:

One of the plot points in the storyline i am making is the Terran's passionate hatred for the Lunar colonists who had violently opposed the PDRE takeover.

Then make the Terrans very oppressive and punishing, like the American South in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Slavery doesn't make sense. Labor will be extremely cheap by then, to the point of basically being free. Robots are pretty cool. But slavery isn't quite realistic, rather, it's more likely that an oppression would happen.

[daniel l.]

Just now, Bill Phil said:

Then make the Terrans very oppressive and punishing, like the American South in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

Slavery doesn't make sense. Labor will be extremely cheap by then, to the point of basically being free. Robots are pretty cool. But slavery isn't quite realistic, rather, it's more likely that an oppression would happen.

The line between slavery and oppression can be blurred, Perhaps the Terrans view Sellenite lives as less valuable than non sentient machines, And reserve the most dangerous jobs for them.

[Emperor of the Titan Squid]

What i don't get is how the spacecraft are propelled.

[daniel l.]

16 minutes ago, Emperor of the Titan Squid said:

What i don't get is how the spacecraft are propelled.

I will do a section in the encyclopedia about the major ship classes used in the storyline, soon.

[Bill Phil]

16 hours ago, daniel l. said:

The line between slavery and oppression can be blurred, Perhaps the Terrans view Sellenite lives as less valuable than non sentient machines, And reserve the most dangerous jobs for them.

Opression happens to slaves, yes, but it can also happen to non-slaves.