Awesome. I 'liked' the pizza place's Facebook page. They're making out quite well for themselves following this little incident, hehe.

I think this is really inspiring that a community would rally against ignorance, hate and bigotry like this.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-diaz/lgbt-tolerance_b_2397363.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing7%7Cdl19%7Csec1_lnk3&pLid=252397

This is a really awesome topic, Daniel. Thanks for posting it.

When the original iPhone came out I was so psyched because of it's innovative touch-screen interface. It reminded so much of a Starfleet datapad, albeit smaller and of course the iPad. When I think about how the processing power I hold in my hand once had to fill an entire room only a generation or two ago it truly does boggle my mind.

I work for a skincare website and as such have had access to light-therapy devices which utilize hand-held infrared and LED lights that pulse to reverse the visible signs of aging and clear acne. Sound like a dermal regenerator to you? This technology was developed by the US navy and is being used to treat much more serious medical conditions like certain forms of cancer.

The advances in warp drive theory are very exciting. I remember that the graphical representation of the TNG Enterprise's warp field always seemed to oscillate around the ship. Scientists are only recently saying that in order to sidestep the tremendous power requirements that had made warping space so implausible the warp field around the object must be made to oscillate in size and frequency so I wonder just how long that potential solution has been around? We may not see phasers and hovercars and interstellar travel in our lifetimes but I'd say there's a much better chance than there was.

I myself have always been enormously intrigued by astronomy since i was a kid. More recently, the some 890+ extra-solar planets that have been discovered in the past decade is just incredible to say the least, and a fraction of those have been confirmed to be orbiting their star at around the same distance as earth is from our sun. With time and better telescopes coming to fruition, we'll be able to see them in more detail, and even confirm whether or not they could support life as we know it.

iPhone/pad and Droid users can download an app called "Exoplanet" that is updated regularly as these distant worlds are discovered. You can also explore these systems in full 3D view, as well as the entire milky way galaxy. If you don't already have this app, I would download it immediately. It's amazing.

I've also joined www.planethunters.orgwww.planethunters.org which allows members (free membership) to quickly look at histograms and ID the anomalies appearing within them as those signify potential planets based on the varying brightness of that star over a period of time. I do a few graphs on my lunch hour at work. Those results are then examined more closely by the pro-astronomers around the world, and then documented as discoveries are made.

890 planets and counting, and that number has no where to go but up.

Between this, the developing concept of warp-drive you mentioned and the higgs-boson findings, the prospect of life beyond Earth...we live in truly exciting times.

As for books, i've enjoyed reading "Physics for the Rest of Us" by Roger S. Jones as well as "Secrets of the Night Sky" by Bob Berman as my favorite exploratory books.

Star Trek has driven my passion for it all, always reminding me that nothing is impossible.

Steve

My inspiration... Carl Sagan and Neil DeGrasse Tyson

What the heck can we do as a group for group gear?? The good stuff... that's what we need to be looking at.

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It's a good idea to read through it to get advance warning of the "situations" you'll encounter unless you like to work through those kinds of things without help. :)

Advance warning? Im not sure you understand how RPG's are supposed to work. ;) Guides are only supposed to be for when you're frustrated over not completing a task. The very idea is Heresy!

Yay lets kick some ass! :P

These are 2 guides I found for acquiring HK-51. I'll set them both as links to make it easier for people to access.

http://www.swtor-spy.com/companions/hk-51/4670/

http://dulfy.net/2012/10/11/swtor-patch-1-5the-hunt-for-hk-51companion-droid/

The first one you can follow pretty much step by step. It's a good idea to read through it to get advance warning of the "situations" you'll encounter unless you like to work through those kinds of things without help. :)

Hello all!

Though I have only been with you all a few days, it has so far been very enjoyable. I wanted to take a minute to ask a question and see who had a chance to respond.

Star Trek is a world of science, philosophy, and exploration. So many facets of it have influenced our lives in many ways that the general population may not realize. Computers, Flat-panel TVs, cell-phones, even aspects of space travel were illustrated on Star Trek (pulling from many great writers for inspiration) and engineers have used it as a template ever since.

So I'd like to ask what kinds of science and technology excite you? Some of you I have seen on here say they are scientists, engineers, educators, and it's all so wonderful. What catches your interest? What do you read about? What gives you hope for the future? Astrophysicists since the 90's have refined a theory of Warp drive (mostly just a thought exercise at the moment) to a point where it does actually seem quite plausible. That, with advances in anti-matter research and developments in Higgs field studies, could mean that the exploration aspect of Star Trek could very well be realized. This excites me! It's amazing and I hope we keep going!

So I want to know what you all think! This is a great group for it, especially considering the contributions of gay men and women in the fields of science, society, and culture (Allen Turing, Oscar Wilde, Arthur C. Clark, Eleanor Roosevelt, just to name a few). :)

:woohoo:
That's AWESOME!

I will merrily come along for these as i need more practice at them i have a vague idea on what to do for each of them. Except hive onslaught elite that one got seared into my memory and i will never forget that :P

I've begin to notice that there's now more than a few new fleeties that either have just hit Lvl 50 or have never done an Elite STF. Last night I started an Space ESTF tutorial run through for a few of them and afterwards an informal ship outfit/load out clinic. I was actually unprepared for the level of response and we filled up pretty quickly. I apologize if you were one we had to turn away. I had a lot of fun and earn a few hundred Omega Marks to boot.

So for the Month of January (or until no one else wants to do it), barring work, a hot man...(Ahem* God helps the sister that comes between me and my mister) or Act of God, I am planning to be doing these Monday and Thursday Nights (Ground on Monday and Space on Thursday) starting at 2100 (9:00PM) Eastern Time, We will do each of the STFS (Cure, Infected, Khitomer Accord and Hive if we're up to it) and I will walk you though what to do and how to get the optional. The only thing I ask is that you have Ventrilo installed, you don't need a head set, but just so you can hear the instructions. Ventrilo instructions can be found HERE

If you are interested in doing one of these runs or if you're interested in hosting a run on one of the nights I am unable to (Tuesday and Wednesday) please drop me a line here or in game @WhiteOnmyoji.

Thanks guys and see ya in game.

We have been doing jump puzzles and mini-dungeons lately. If anyone would like to join, please seek us out. I'm usually on around 10 PM EST and I'm available for JPs, dungeons or fractals. Anything to help out! :cheer:

As can i, im usually only on 6-8 weeknites but i can modify that if i know b4hand.

OMG OMG OMG and it's so PERFECTLY named OMG OMG OMG

I prefer vent over teamspeak but that is because teamspeak just refuses to work well for me when ventrillo is fine.
But its seems common that people are generally better off with one than the other.

I tried to use vent today, but quality of communication was really very bad. I would also vote for teamspeak :)

Thanks for posting this Seannewboy. It's quite interesting. I just "love" the "servers are rocking" statement...sure they're rocking, they dropped the number from over a hundred to 8 in the US. How could they not be rocking? :whistle:

Greetings Tim,

I'm also pretty new here myself, welcome to the fleet! My name is Daniel, born and raised in Riverside California (50 miles east of Los Angeles) I started watching Star Trek at a pretty early age, long before I think I understood exactly what it meant. Did help me establish a long standing love for science and progressiveness.
I started with TNG, and by my middle school years I had the Original series film box set (1-6) and probably watched them every weekend. HAHA I think I had greater trouble as an adult coming out as a trekie than coming out as gay; I'm still trying to figure out which one was harder on my family and community.

I feel for you about your disorder, as a kid I had a series of physical handicaps that prevented me from engaging in "normal formative social behaviors". LOL so swimming, climbing, bike riding, and a lot of other interactions happened in late teens or adulthood. Still dealing with an inability to cope with many social situations (without the involvement of alcohol). I don't mean to compare, just sympathize. I hope you enjoy playing in our fleet, so far everyone has been nice, helpful, and generally welcoming :)