The purpose behind this experiment was to determine if doing an Upgrade with a specified logic is easier/more efficient/more effective than an undirected Upgrade. What did we learn about that?
Fragmentation (Original Superhero Setting)
- Thread starter Alivaril
- Start date
- Original
- Location
- The Outer Plane Of Munchkinry.
I wonder if we could Upgrade the fourth dimention to be included in the "enviromemet" so that it woulc follow.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
This bears further investigation, what is the best font and what is the worst.
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have we already tried to Overdrive a file and then copied it?
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- Location
- Somewhere.
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[X][Experiment] See if we can target a computer file for any purpose.
-[X] See if we can Overdrive a file (on a flash drive! Don't risk our main hard disk on this).
--[X] See what happens if we copy the file we're overdriving while we're overdriving it. Use a small file.
[X][Experiment] See if we can target a computer file for any purpose.
-[X] See if we can Overdrive a file (on a flash drive! Don't risk our main hard disk on this).
--[X] See what happens if we copy the file we're overdriving while we're overdriving it. Use a small file.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Have you considered limiting the amount of experimentation vote per voter instead?
10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
- Location
- Present
Be careful with that.
One could also argue that a science textbook's purpose is to easily teach people some concepts of science, even if introduces errors via oversimplication.
What if we Analyse a textbook? Fast learning?
[X][Experiment] See if we can target a computer file for any purpose.
-[X] See if we can Overdrive a file (on a flash drive! Don't risk our main hard disk on this).
--[X] See what happens if we copy the file we're overdriving while we're overdriving it. Use a small file.
[X] [Experiment] Ask Upgrade about doing the list thing with Celest's and Mom and Dad's powers.
There is so much we can do with this sort of thing, that it's kind of scary.
I wonder if the millenium problems exist in this world?
[X] [Experiment] write P = NP, then 'it would be better if it is correct. Upgrade!'
Will probably edit in more as time goes on.
-[X] See if we can Overdrive a file (on a flash drive! Don't risk our main hard disk on this).
--[X] See what happens if we copy the file we're overdriving while we're overdriving it. Use a small file.
[X] [Experiment] Ask Upgrade about doing the list thing with Celest's and Mom and Dad's powers.
There is so much we can do with this sort of thing, that it's kind of scary.
I wonder if the millenium problems exist in this world?
[X] [Experiment] write P = NP, then 'it would be better if it is correct. Upgrade!'
Will probably edit in more as time goes on.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I have, but I've always considered stuff like bribes for posting/wordcount, rewards tied to number of players, etc. to be cheating as a QM. The three-votes thing has the benefit of being possible with a low number of players while also ensuring people can't just toss up a wall of experiments nobody else bothers to read and they don't bother to reread for repeats.
Technically, there was insufficient voting support for it to be pursued in the first place. (2 votes)
(Please don't make me write more experimental results right now. No, it isn't more efficient; think of it as a way to min/max or attain unusual goals.)
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I second this. I'd really actually get somewhere in this quest. The only Alivaril quest that got past the beginning stage is Ignition, as far as I'm aware.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Splintered, Revision (formerly Inversion), Partition got to the end of the starting phase, Abrogation got a teensie bit past it, Extrication was intended to be short and was one update from completion anyway. >W>
...*cough* But yes, going further in this would be good.
So. This just made me picture Alivaril talking in nothing but emoticons.
#MyQuestMasterCan'tBeThisCute
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
Seconded. General rules are useful for people unlikely to need to know the nitty-gritty of the underlying mechanics. You don't need to know everything about quantum physics if you're going into pharmaceutical chemistry, just because quantum physics is useful in other forms of chemistry, and is useful in understanding some reactions. Whereas, if you plan on playing around with Bose-Einstein condensates, time crystals, or sub-zero degree Kelvin atoms, you should probably know the relevant quantum physics.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
Course being unable to effectively communicate certain concepts without digressing into tangentally related concepts could be seen as a flaw in communication and teaching.
Interlude: Wyrm
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The current Wyrm of the most infamous school for villains in the United States, Dragon, was not enjoying the start of his day. Yet another parent had sent in student applications for her children, decided rules were something that happened to other people, and demanded a meeting with Wyrm. He wished this was an uncommon occurrence.
As a general rule, the sorts of parents who'd send their children to Dragon tended to be scumbags, apathetic, terrified, morons, terrified morons, or simply utterly amoral. He wasn't sure which one Specter would fall under, but her demands indicated she could safely be assumed an idiot. Sending three siblings to school? Fantastic. Demanding that they be kept in the same course tracks despite their differing powersets? Absolutely moronic. Even the photos she'd attached had been little than than blackened silhouettes, something which was blatantly unacceptable.
Wyrm loved his job for most of the year — as far as he was concerned, villainy was simply a fun way to keep society from stagnating — but the quarterly inclusion of new students never ceased to be aggravating. Smarter parents tried to avoid meeting with him, understanding he could simply pluck hidden information from the depths of their minds. Dumber ones didn't bother gathering even such an ill-kept secret and came in entirely unprepared. The educated-but-foolish tried, and failed, to use various methods to block his access.
Speaking of which...
A new presence was briskly walking toward him, its mind blurred by some pathetic attempt at defense. He slid around the block with ease born from long and exasperating practice, looked "up," and froze.
Part of an incomprehensibly enormous and alien mind looked back at him, the comparatively small sliver radiating something akin to amused contempt. An accident of creation, an entity born from countless stars and planets being crushed into an evolving mind despite all odds. An abomination that kept eating and eating everything until it got bored, then decided to go out and see what else life had to offer.
A universe was a large place and the omniverse even bigger, Wyrm knew, but this was just...
I'm going to die.
This one's mine. Crawl home, little Wyrm, and perhaps I won't devour everything you hold dear.
Elspeth Adair slid back into the driver seat of her car less than five minutes after leaving it. Her husband, still wearing the human avatar she'd helped him build, grinned back at her.
"That was quick," her husband remarked cheerfully. "What, did you threaten him at gunpoint or something?"
Elspeth rolled her eyes and didn't even bother to respond. He knew very well why Wyrm had simply left a note saying "Granted." in somewhat shaky writing. It was nice, knowing her beloved could keep her private thoughts private — or that he would sooner devour the planet than let it truly hurt her, for that matter. She'd never admit that, but she knew he knew and that was enough for both of them. Avoiding such subjects was its own source of entertainment.
Elspeth vaguely wondered when they'd tell their children that their father had never been an actual mortal to begin with. Soon, perhaps; they'd seemed distinctly underwhelmed by the reveal of their own natures. If anything, they'd probably want to see him devour a few nebulae. She'd certainly thought the sight was beautiful back when they were first dating. And how many other men proposed using rings they'd formed from the hearts of former stars?
As a general rule, the sorts of parents who'd send their children to Dragon tended to be scumbags, apathetic, terrified, morons, terrified morons, or simply utterly amoral. He wasn't sure which one Specter would fall under, but her demands indicated she could safely be assumed an idiot. Sending three siblings to school? Fantastic. Demanding that they be kept in the same course tracks despite their differing powersets? Absolutely moronic. Even the photos she'd attached had been little than than blackened silhouettes, something which was blatantly unacceptable.
Wyrm loved his job for most of the year — as far as he was concerned, villainy was simply a fun way to keep society from stagnating — but the quarterly inclusion of new students never ceased to be aggravating. Smarter parents tried to avoid meeting with him, understanding he could simply pluck hidden information from the depths of their minds. Dumber ones didn't bother gathering even such an ill-kept secret and came in entirely unprepared. The educated-but-foolish tried, and failed, to use various methods to block his access.
Speaking of which...
A new presence was briskly walking toward him, its mind blurred by some pathetic attempt at defense. He slid around the block with ease born from long and exasperating practice, looked "up," and froze.
Part of an incomprehensibly enormous and alien mind looked back at him, the comparatively small sliver radiating something akin to amused contempt. An accident of creation, an entity born from countless stars and planets being crushed into an evolving mind despite all odds. An abomination that kept eating and eating everything until it got bored, then decided to go out and see what else life had to offer.
A universe was a large place and the omniverse even bigger, Wyrm knew, but this was just...
I'm going to die.
This one's mine. Crawl home, little Wyrm, and perhaps I won't devour everything you hold dear.
Elspeth Adair slid back into the driver seat of her car less than five minutes after leaving it. Her husband, still wearing the human avatar she'd helped him build, grinned back at her.
"That was quick," her husband remarked cheerfully. "What, did you threaten him at gunpoint or something?"
Elspeth rolled her eyes and didn't even bother to respond. He knew very well why Wyrm had simply left a note saying "Granted." in somewhat shaky writing. It was nice, knowing her beloved could keep her private thoughts private — or that he would sooner devour the planet than let it truly hurt her, for that matter. She'd never admit that, but she knew he knew and that was enough for both of them. Avoiding such subjects was its own source of entertainment.
Elspeth vaguely wondered when they'd tell their children that their father had never been an actual mortal to begin with. Soon, perhaps; they'd seemed distinctly underwhelmed by the reveal of their own natures. If anything, they'd probably want to see him devour a few nebulae. She'd certainly thought the sight was beautiful back when they were first dating. And how many other men proposed using rings they'd formed from the hearts of former stars?
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The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Sweet.
mCooperative
meanderingCephalopod
- Location
- Back in Mitakihara after like 1000 years.
Oooh, excellent and somehow is-adorable-the-right-word-let's-go-with-that!
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
Well. Our dad is terrifying.
...This explains so much. So very much. Though it does make me wonder about our relatives and their powers. I'm guessing they're all on our mom's side.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
So, yeah. You know how some people joke about certain family members eating so much they might as well be black holes? Wellllll...
I've been waiting to make this joke for years.
I've been waiting to make this joke for years.
globalwarmth
ruining the weather.
- Location
- Polar ice caps
Soo, how massive are the twins in their true forms? Moon sized? Star sized? Somewhere in the middle?
- Location
- Texas
That was bad, you should feel bad for writing such an unpunny thing, do have a funny.
I'd give you a hug, but I'm laughing too hard.
I'd give you a hug, but I'm laughing too hard.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
No comment.Soo, how massive are the twins in their true forms? Moon sized? Star sized? Somewhere in the middle?
There's some bonus sappiness value hidden in the ring, too, which Elspeth tried really hard not to laugh about after noticing. Aidan wasn't fooled.
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- Location
- Central Standard Time
Didn't anyone tell you to never ask a lady's weight?Soo, how massive are the twins in their true forms? Moon sized? Star sized? Somewhere in the middle?
...
Wait.
I get the feeling that we're somehow relatives of Progenitor.