Dude in Distress Strip 69
EssayBee on May 14, 2018
Here's strip 69 of Dude in Distress, and Femme gives a brief overview of Con'qorian construction tech.
EssayBee on May 14, 2018
Here's strip 69 of Dude in Distress, and Femme gives a brief overview of Con'qorian construction tech.
redshimmer at 7:19AM, May 14, 2018
That would make for great online shopping. Find that new jet ski you want, a package with a seed shows up in the mail (next day delivery extra). You toss it in the trash and the next day you head for the lake!!
hkmaly at 1:33PM, May 21, 2018
... that was me with that deleted comment. Unfortunately I didn't stored that comment ... To rephrase, problem is that any photon hitting the surface of building can only go one way. Either is reflected (shiny), goes through (window) or is converted to energy (solar panel). You can choose any ratio between those three, but if alien technology makes it the sum is bigger than 100%, then you don't really need solar panels as you obviously have other energy source somewhere. There are additional problems with combining window and mirror, but that doesn't affect "just" shiny surfaces.
EssayBee at 9:10AM, May 16, 2018
Singing is better than talking. Longer exhalation of CO2 with those long notes.
redshimmer at 8:57AM, May 16, 2018
What if I talked to my garbage seed. Would it grow faster? 8P
EssayBee at 6:17AM, May 15, 2018
Crap. I think I accidentally deleted someone's comment. I meant to hit reply, but think I wasn't paying attention an hit "delete." Sorry! Anyway, the person was commenting about solar panels being dark and one-way mirrors never being truly opaque here on Earth. Then, he/she pointed out that such limitations may not be necessary here because of alien tech. Indeed, "alien tech" is the reason for the difference. Also, although I mentioned the towers being like a one-way mirror, I should clarify that their surface is not really a mirror--just a shiny surface. Mirror-like surfaces have reflect sunlight back on surrounding structures and can have a negative their neighbors (such with this building https://www.nbcnews.com/science/how-london-skyscraper-can-melt-cars-set-buildings-fire-8c11069092 ).
EssayBee at 8:37AM, May 14, 2018
redshimmer--Might take a bit longer than a day (and you'd have to have to use enough trash to form the construct), but that's pretty much the concept. Not discussed here, but the Con'qorian Towers actually took about a year to "build" and imported trash from across the country for construction. Also not discussed, the entire outer surface serves as a massive solar panel (and much more efficient than our tech), so the Towers actually feed their excess power into the energy grid (so no energy bills for residents). Same would go for your jetski--no need for fuel. However (also not discussed), the outer surface also serves as a sort of adjustable one-way mirror, so residents inside can adjust the transparency of their outer walls (fully opaque to full "window"), while folks outside can't see in.