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Free Republic ^ | 8/28/07 | Admin Moderator

Posted on 08/28/2007 5:47:37 PM PDT by Admin Moderator

We've received many requests from freepers requesting that other freepers not post to them. There are several problems with this.

1. It's impossible for us to enforce.
2. We don't have the time to enforce these requests.
3. We don't have the software to keep track of these requests.
4. Thick skin helps.
5. Ignore the poster, if you don't reply, they won't reply.

Free Republic does not need a bozo filter, bozo filters are for wimps.

Final note: Trolls, troublemakers, disruptors, forum pests, malcontents, RINOs, liberals, stalkers, et al, would continue posting to (harassing) someone after being asked to stop. Conservative FReepers would not.


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To: Harmless Teddy Bear; sionnsar
What throws me is remembering not to subtract a leap year on centuries that are evenly divisible by four hundred.
721 posted on 09/02/2007 8:08:49 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: azhenfud
6. It takes two (or more) to argue - unless you’re completely insane and debate yourself.

Hey! Who's side are you on, mine, or mine? And stop posting to me!!! (MOM, he touched me! comes to mind, LOL!)
722 posted on 09/02/2007 8:17:40 AM PDT by DelphiUser ("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
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To: richmwill
I actually call myself “Threadkiller”.

Um, you might not want to state in public that you give yourself nick names, it's kind of pathetic and scary at the same time. /Humor

(and don't post to me any more!!!!) Grin.
723 posted on 09/02/2007 8:20:44 AM PDT by DelphiUser ("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
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To: Roscoe Karns
How do I get A+bert to stop sending me snail mail?

Moving without leaving a forwarding address?
724 posted on 09/02/2007 8:24:15 AM PDT by DelphiUser ("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
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To: DelphiUser
Welcome to the Undead Thread.

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What's this all about?

Zotland the Craven
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Some guidelines for posting on this thread.
Some highlights of this thread.
Spawn of the Undead Thread:
The September Chronicles (redux)
Ping!

FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off the ping list.
This is a low volume ping list (every few days).

Read: The August Chronicles (redux)

Another quick, tiny review of the castle:

Then again, a review of the layout would be of service to our more recent arrivals. Most of them don't know where in space we are.

You might even want to join in. The Habitats A and B are open to entrepreneurship. Many people have set up shops there for handmade items and small restaurants. A good interhabitatnet café would be a charming way to entertain the rest of us. I'd have to warn you that the selections of coffee beans is pretty limited, since we have to grow our own, but spices of all kands abound for adulterating various types of beverages.

Cheese and wine are also possibilities. We have a lot of time on our hands; it takes four years to make an orbit out here.



History of the Flying Castle:

Well, it started with the castle, of course. And at first, it didn’t fly. It was just a castle.

We had a moat, a courtyard, a great hall, magnificent rooms, a tower, and of course, dungeons.

Actually, they weren’t really dungeons. They were caverns and tunnels and excavations under the castle, usually ending where the fractured rock gave way to more solid substrate.

You see, we happened to build the castle upon the site of an old meteor crater. Based upon the strange phenomena that attend this location, I suspect it wasn’t an ordinary meteor, but an interstellar craft of some type.

Of course, nothing of the original ship would have survived a fiery reentry and collision … except possibly some nano-structures, with their own alien instructions and purposes.

And the influence of those alien devices may have contributed to the instability of the founding troll, j.j.fate. Certainly, something did.

Anyway, after the troll was accorded his appropriate fate, and the asphalting was completed, we didn’t want to give up the partying, so we sorta set up camp.

That our shoddy construction was inadequate was made abundantly clear by the arrival of an adolescent with a pet Tyrannosaurus Rex. We needed a bit more room for both of them.

Accordingly, we started construction on the castle, excavating the moat and the underground areas, and just stacking up the building stones until we had a castle.

One thing about the castle is a little different. The walls of the courtyard are extremely thick, and they house a double row of stacked, cozy rooms rather like monk’s cells. Each has a bed, a bathroom, and an entertainment/communication kiosk. They also have a delivery system that supplies packages of no more than about six cubic feet.

This makes the tiny rooms sufficient for workers, students, artists, single visitors, and friendly folks who need a bit of solitude. I’ve estimated that with eight levels of these rooms, and the size of the courtyard, we could house about three thousand guests.

And then of course, the main castle has more spacious accommodations; swimming pools, theaters, libraries, dining halls, kitchens, bars, and so forth.

And that is just the castle. But why did we make it fly?

Why We Made It Fly:

In the original Undead Thread, we were running out of space. Not physical space, but mathematical space.

We were limited to a thread length of 65,535 posts. We started worrying about it.

The only option seemed to be that we would have to pick up everything and relocate.

But how do you move a castle?

Very carefully.

We moved the “Flying Castle” to Loch Ness, and sent a “beer truck” over to Ireland for a large quantity of Guiness.

Then we flew to the Norwegian Sea, where we picked up the Thrust Ring as part of our new ambitions. We carried it across the North Pole, and on to Kauai, Hawaii for a bit of rest stop and refitting procedure.

It was there that we began the process of replacing our jet engines and hot air balloons with Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor/Rocket Engines. You see, we were preparing to go into space.

Why? I’m not sure I can even answer that question. It was suggested, and apparently voted on by acclamation, so here we are.

Anyway, we began gleaning Uranium from the ocean currents to fuel our reactors, modifying and improving the process as we went. I won’t describe it in too much detail except to say that it combined aqueous ionic separation using electrical attraction and laser impulsion, with the physical separation processes of mass spectrographs and Hilsch tubes. Essentially, it functioned like a horn of plenty operating in reverse. A lot of ocean water went in the big end, and separated isotopes came out the small end.

We used the process to gather useful materials such as Uranium, Irridium, Gold, Silver, Platinum, and other exotic substances for our engineering projects and processes.

Actually, the gold we didn’t really need in large quantity, but it was easy to pull out of the ocean, and we could exchange it for other useful materials such as the basic structure for the additional habitats, and the steel used to complete their construction.

You see, we needed three structures of equal mass in order to maintain our balance and induce artificial gravity once in space. We also needed the additional room and surface area to supplement our growth of foodstocks and oxygen-producing organisms.

Habitats A and B are designed like large cruise ships, with multiple decks and large open spaces where livestock, grain fields, fishponds, rice paddies, and hydroponics production facilities are spread around, interspersed with synthetic villages, towns, and market places.

Habitat A follows a more or less southern European plan, with meandering narrow streets and stairs linking different levels, while Habitat B is distinctly Oriental in flavor, with crowded markets, and open cafés in glad profusion.

It becomes easy to forget that we have established a world within a world. Essentially, we had to, to make sure that we could provide for ourselves out in the vast loneliness of interplanetary space.

To help with the illusion, each Habitat has its own time zone, separated by eight hours from its neighbors. The Flying Castle Habitat follows West Coast American time. Habitat A is on Greenwich, and Habitat B is set to Hong Kong Time.

Daylight Savings? Forget about it.

But this world within a world has advantages to its smallness. For one thing, one can easily travel from one habitat to the next by means of the spherical elevator cars.

Our Transportation System:

It was realized that as soon as we decided to close up our Habitats, we would have a problem with free movement of people and materials. Accordingly, an integrated transportation system was developed to facilitate such movement. It can be seen that it was influenced by such systems as the Star Trek Enterprise’s turbo-lift system, although that seems to have roughly normal cubical elevator cars.

Our cars have to rotate within their shafts in order to deliver the passengers in an upright posture to the new locations, so the shafts are cylindrical, and the elevator cars are spherical.

Think about it. In space, each habitat is rotating around a central point, and each is one hundred and twenty degrees of orientation different from its neighbor. (Three times one hundred and twenty equals three hundred sixty, a complete circle.)

When you travel from Habitat A to Habitat B, the spherical elevator car, in addition to accelerating and decelerating as it snakes its way through the twists and turns of the arms and structures connecting the habitats, slowly rotates to reorient the passengers to what is “up and down” at the arrival point.

Utility carts and delivery wagons can also be sent this way, although piping and other delivery systems compete with that. Our Castle’s integrated delivery system to the tiny rooms within the courtyard walls is also tied in. One can cruise the equivalent of the internet, which is isolated to the Flying Castle Habitats, and have items packed up and sent into a package delivery system which will bring them right to your room.

Across the literally miles of tubing and interconnections that tie these systems together, that delivery may take several minutes to arrive, but it is all automated.

This is one of the efficiencies that promotes productivity here. Whatever it is you wish to produce or consume, your raw materials or tools are only moments away. If an idea occurs to you to start making something unique, you can be set up and in production within mere moments. It’s fascinating to see the rapidity with which a graphically illustrated tee shirt or other bit of amusement can spread around the Habitats.

Also note that time of day is irrelevant to availability of materials. Someone is always awake.

In space, everything gets recycled.

We know this, but we don't think about it. Prior to taking off for space, we had to think about it.

We had an advantage. We were designing systems that would never have to operate in zero-gee. At least, we hoped so! If we didn't have either thrust or rotation, a non-functioning toilet would be the least of our problems.

The Castle would literally come apart. Our apparent gravity keeps things in place, and our systems were designed to work that way.

So just like terrestrial systems, our water reclamation works by gravity, pumps, and filters. Like systems that were designed a hundred years ago, the first stage involves separation, settling, and the addition of chemicals to speed the process.

In the Castle Habitat, there is an additional stage of biological filtration and separation that is not available on A and B. Their systems are purely mechanical and energy intensive. (At least we have nuclear energy, so don't worry!)

The Castle system takes advantage of the swampy area to the left of the main Castle gate. Treated water which has not reached its final filtration level is released into that ecology to nurture the wild plants. You will notice that they are thriving, just as Irma Bombeck predicted.

It is important that we do this, as there is no other way that a natural ecology could be sustained. Many small creatures depend upon that ecosystem, as confined as it is. From frogs and snails to lizards and songbirds, the nutrients move up the food chain. It is a safety valve for us, and we monitor the health of these organisms.

Most of the rest of the natural world we have captured here is watered by the nearly continuous condensation that occurs on our transparent canopy. The forest and meadows are satisfied with this because they have other methods of getting nitrogen for example. Eventually we may need to take more direct measures, but for now the systems maintain themselves fairly well.

Aquifer collection stations rim the exterior of the Castle Habitat, where naturally filtered water is then mechanically filtered, checked for pathogens and contaminants, and then resupplied for consumption. The entire Flying Castle Habitat is a functioning still for producing clean water!

The separated solids are returned to productive use by a system of double biological separation. First they are tilled into special fields by machines which blend them in like kneaded dough. Selected grasses are sown and eventually harvested.

The collected grasses are then tilled into regular fields as so-called "green manure", meaning pure biological material that is intended to fertilize a second tier of crops.

This is the material that brings the nutrients back to our pastures and orchards. In several stages, possible contaminants are separated out for more intensive treatment.

Metals, for example, are separated in a variety of ways to be recycled in the forges and kilns of our factory levels.

725 posted on 09/02/2007 8:24:48 AM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: keepitreal
I’ve asked the IRS to stop posting to me, but they just ignore my requests. A bozo filter for them would be nice.

It's not you, people have had the same problem for years...

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726 posted on 09/02/2007 8:33:17 AM PDT by DelphiUser ("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
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To: sionnsar
But for how infrequently it's needed, why bother? I'd do better by hanging shades on the western side of the house, or planting a deciduous tree.

Easier just to suffer through the rare hot spell, I guess.
727 posted on 09/02/2007 8:53:52 AM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: Admin Moderator

Man if this place had a bozo filter I would never get to post.

Cheers

Mel


728 posted on 09/02/2007 8:57:32 AM PDT by melsec (A Proud Aussie)
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To: melsec
Man if this place had a bozo filter I would never get to post.

Nor would most of the rest of us...

How are things down under?
729 posted on 09/02/2007 9:02:53 AM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: rottndog

Things are great- spring has sprung and for the moment we still have a conservative government.

Some really cool artwork at the bottom of your page. Sorry to see your brother passed away recently.

Blessings

Mel


730 posted on 09/02/2007 9:13:08 AM PDT by melsec (A Proud Aussie)
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To: rottndog

Still dealing with Pirates...

731 posted on 09/02/2007 9:20:34 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: melsec

Thank you.


732 posted on 09/02/2007 9:23:38 AM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: Dead Corpse
Still dealing with Pirates...

Problems, problems.....

Send in the Marines!
733 posted on 09/02/2007 9:24:26 AM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: rottndog
At least they weren't singing a rousing chorus of Friggin' in the riggin'. Needless to say, the link is not for the faint of heart, delicate of sensibilities, or those who take things far too seriously.
734 posted on 09/02/2007 9:35:23 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse
Remember September 19 is "Talk like a Pirate Day"!

There will be a cutlass inspection and all buckles must be swashed.

735 posted on 09/02/2007 9:37:35 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: Dead Corpse

Of course, due diligence requires me, for purposes of being properly informed, to follow that link...


736 posted on 09/02/2007 9:39:27 AM PDT by rottndog (Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: WalterSkinner
..I have a solution—just criticize Ron Paul or Fred Thompson—you’ll get a response-—— LOL!

Or post vile anti Mormon stuff, and then tell the Mormon FReepers not to post to you in response. It's classic!

737 posted on 09/02/2007 10:25:13 AM PDT by sevenbak (Many things Jesus did... the world itself could not contain books that should be written. John 21:25)
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To: JoeSixPack1
Before long, we'll have to check our weapons at the sign-in page. :-(

No blades, not bows, leave your weapons here...

738 posted on 09/02/2007 10:26:21 AM PDT by sevenbak (Many things Jesus did... the world itself could not contain books that should be written. John 21:25)
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To: Liberty Valance

That photo is disturbing...


739 posted on 09/02/2007 10:29:45 AM PDT by sevenbak (Many things Jesus did... the world itself could not contain books that should be written. John 21:25)
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To: Sue Perkick
The mods always handle personal attacks. Always.

There are exceptions.

740 posted on 09/02/2007 10:36:04 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Different denominations do not save you. The Blood of Jesus Christ does. Tex Pete)
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