[OT] Spider Goats

[Furn_Darkside]

I think flying pigs should be made just to freak people out.

Isn't that what catapults are for?

FD

 

[Paladin]

Isn't that what catapults are for?

FD

You are correct sir!!!

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

How about blue whale-sized cows? That would solve world hunger, and produce enough leather for us to cover New Hampshire.

Not to go all "Moby" on you or anything, but that would probably precipiate a crisis in world hunger.

Cattle are terribly inefficient as a food source. You could feed a lot more people with all the grain that a blue whale sized cow can eat than you can with a blue whale sized cow.


Wulf

 

[Paladin]

Not to go all "Moby" on you or anything, but that would probably precipiate a crisis in world hunger.

Cattle are terribly inefficient as a food source. You could feed a lot more people with all the grain that a blue whale sized cow can eat than you can with a blue whale sized cow.


Wulf

Okay then we'd need to cross redwood trees with grain, or corn.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

I had heard of this a while back. Things get weirder everyday.

I also read that psychologists predict that many people will start developing a new kind of agorophobia associated with technology. The theory is that the world is about to start changing too fast for a lot of people to deal with.

Just start reading articles about nanotech. The next 50 years will be unlike anything you can imagine. In fact, I read that some doctors have predicted that today's younger generation may benifit from a possible lifespan of 180 years. (Assuming technology goes the way of nanotech as predicted.)

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

In fact, I read that some doctors have predicted that today's younger generation may benifit from a possible lifespan of 180 years. (Assuming technology goes the way of nanotech as predicted.)

I can not imagine a more worthy generation.

Let's hope sometime in the next 180 years they make pants that fit.

 

[Baron Von StarBlade]

Just start reading articles about nanotech. The next 50 years will be unlike anything you can imagine. In fact, I read that some doctors have predicted that today's younger generation may benifit from a possible lifespan of 180 years. (Assuming technology goes the way of nanotech as predicted.)

That is kind of funny. There is a subplot going on right now in Rainbow Six about that exact subject. Well they aren't using nanotechnology they are using Gene Mapping to extend life. Of course the big issue with doubling the average life expectincy of a human would be massive population growth. The planet is practically overpopulated now. . what happens when the death rate drops off the charts for a 100 years or so.

 

[Chimera]

This is Chimera's wife. I just found him in a fetal position in the corner of the basemebt, wide-eyed and muttering "Spider Goats....Spider Goats..." over and over.

The screen was on this reply thingy. What the heck is going on here?

 

[Furn_Darkside]

The planet is practically overpopulated now. . what happens when the death rate drops off the charts for a 100 years or so.

Oh, thats easy.. war, but only if you believe the world is facing over population now. I don't.

However, I dread the idea of living to be 180. I can barely envision living until I am 30, ugh.

FD

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

I also read that psychologists predict that many people will start developing a new kind of agorophobia associated with technology. The theory is that the world is about to start changing too fast for a lot of people to deal with.

This really reminds me of someething I saw on Ray Bradbury Theatre once. This guy in the not-so-distant future was like put into an insane asylum and there was a reporter doing an interview with him. The guy was locked into a tiny room with no windows and like no technology was allowed in. The reviewer had to leave all of his little communication devices outside.
The guy he was intereviewing had been a typical guy, but the onslaught of all the technology (i.e. a pager reminding him what he should eat, cell phones ringing constantly, his wife nagging him through a video phone if i remember correctly) he flipped out. He smashed all his technology and everyone thought he was completely insane. He was perfectly happy where they put him though--in a nice quiet room where no one could bother him.
The guy made the interviewer listen to the silence for a minute and told him to remember what it was like. As soon as he went out of the room, his phone was ringing etc. etc. and you saw him get a little look in his eye and you knew what was coming next.

Great episode.

But more on topic, this is incredibly cool. Spidergoats... it's like... crazy. Lolth must be very pleased.