The Design Inference Game

03/03/03 | Moi

[general_re]

I thought a new thread was a good idea, and here seems to be a good place to put it, so as not to clutter up "News". The only topic available was "heated discussion", though. ;)

If any clarification about the pictures is needed, just say so, and I will try to at least highlight the part that I am interested in for you. Remember that I'm interested in the objects or structures or artifacts being represented, so don't be thrown off if the illustrations seem abstract.

[longshadow]

fast-as-cold-molasses thread placemarker

[js1138]

meeting again after the war placemarker.

[PatrickHenry]

Mother of all placemarkers.

[Diamond]

Thank you, Nebullis for that elegant description.

Cordially,

[Diamond]

The presence of ATP alone, just one of the components in the diagram, would convince me of the design of the object. It is an enormously intricate macromolecule nanomachine that in manufacturing terms would be comparable to a level of organization of a research microscope or a t.v. set.

Design.

Cordially,

[PatrickHenry]

If you're still up to the task, you need to log in Diamond's response to object #7, which is at post 365.

[js1138]

previous index at 331

7. Answer at324 and 365
8. Answer at

[js1138]

I think 365 applies to #8

previous index at 331

7. Answer at324
8. Answer at 365

[PatrickHenry]

Right. I was in error about #7. Good work.

[general_re]

My mouse has suddenly gone on the fritz here, and keyboarding around FR is not much fun, so I'm sorry for the delay in responding. Anyway, until I replace it this afternoon, why don't you contemplate these objects?

#9

Composed of SiO₂ molecules, with trace impurities...

[PatrickHenry]

Presumably the war starts today.

God Bless America placemarker

[Diamond]

Thank you, general. Kudos. This one is deep. Very deep. (and fiendishly clever.:^) At the risk of driving everyone away through sheer boredom and inattention, this one will take a little time for research and analysis.

Cordially,

[Condorman]

You are here.

[PatrickHenry]

BFD

[Condorman]

BFD... BFD...

Hmmm...

"You have failed to capture my attention"?

[PatrickHenry]

Wassamatter, you slow tonight? You said "You are here," and I replied "BFD." Grumble, mumble [waiting for bombs to fall ...]

[Condorman]

[waiting for bombs to fall ...]

Forty-eight hours. Yeah. Forty-eight hours. That's one hundred seventy-two thousand eight hundred seconds. Def-- definitely one hundred seventy-two thousand eight hundred seconds.

I'm not slow. I'm special. Mom definitely told me I was special.

[tacticalogic]

Patience. A watched despot never broils.

[general_re]

Sirens and Scuds and gas masks, oh my. Where's the "shock and awe" part? I want "shock and awe", like we were promised... ;)

[PatrickHenry]

Where's the "shock and awe" part? I want "shock and awe" ...

It's coming. Soon. Very soon ...