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Post by reynard on Dec 7, 2010 4:56:37 GMT -8
Goddamn, thanks reynard. You really seem to know your stuff, man. Well honestly I just got my book, read through the right section, and copied what I thought I could add onto the information on those sites.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2010 16:15:45 GMT -8
Okay, my friend and I are trying to write a script. Two of the main characters are a pair of tailors.
Tailor #1 is the comedic "thinks he's a ladies man" kinda guy. He's cocky, flirts a bit, and goofs around quite a lot.
Tailor #2 is more of the shy and humble type. He's willing to go along with #1's ideas and thinks the best of people.
Does anyone know names that have meanings that would reflect their personalities?
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Post by Darth Sariah on Dec 7, 2010 20:32:24 GMT -8
^ Paul is the modernization of Paulus, or 'Humble' in Latin origin.
The other one I can't make a suggestion.
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 12, 2010 0:03:43 GMT -8
Hey guys,
Can gyroscopes be powered by light and/or spin quickly enough to generate fire, or do they solely work by gravity?
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Post by kendobunny on Dec 12, 2010 21:47:46 GMT -8
^ They are. I like Renard, Gaspard, Felix, Cyrille and Claude a lot. I wish my computer could type accent marks for some of the names. Merci. faculty.weber.edu/tmathews/grammar/Compmark.htmlAs for the gyroscope question: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_optic_gyroscopeThose are the only ones that work with light, and they still can't really be said to be powered by light. Also, I think it's kind of impossible to start a fire with a gyroscope, and there would probably be better ways.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 13, 2010 1:35:42 GMT -8
If a tramautic event happened to a character when they were like 3~5ish years old, would they even remember that event?
I also am looking up information about illegial drug use, child abuse and alchol abuse. Basically for the illegial drugs, I want to find something that can make the user really irrational and psycho enough to abuse someone without remembering it throughly.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2010 9:54:35 GMT -8
If a tramautic event happened to a character when they were like 3~5ish years old, would they even remember that event? You'd actually be suprised how much you can remember from that age. Most of the time, any "significant" event will be remembered. That includes tramautic ones.
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 13, 2010 14:59:56 GMT -8
If a tramautic event happened to a character when they were like 3~5ish years old, would they even remember that event? I also am looking up information about illegial drug use, child abuse and alchol abuse. Basically for the illegial drugs, I want to find something that can make the user really irrational and psycho enough to abuse someone without remembering it throughly. If they saw it happen, or if they were peeking when they weren't supposed to be watching.
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 13, 2010 15:18:50 GMT -8
I'm afraid I've another gyroscope question: What is the name for the study of them? Gyroscopology? What?
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Post by reynard on Dec 13, 2010 18:18:10 GMT -8
If a tramautic event happened to a character when they were like 3~5ish years old, would they even remember that event? I also am looking up information about illegial drug use, child abuse and alchol abuse. Basically for the illegial drugs, I want to find something that can make the user really irrational and psycho enough to abuse someone without remembering it throughly. Finally a chance to really use my book on poisons. Anyway, I looked up what poisons cause memory loss, and came up with two. One is Ambien, aka Ambiem CR (Continuous release). That's a sleeping pill and it isn't that violent. The other is a pair of related toxic chemicals, tetrachloroethane and tetrachloroethylene. The vapors of both of these chemicals will irritate the eyes and respiratory system at high concentrations, though it takes less of tetrachloroethane to do that. Eyes, nose, and throat irritation are the first signs. I think the one that you might be more interested in is tetrachloroethylene. It causes headache, irritability, rash, short term memory loss, personality changes, euphoria, stumbling, nausea, cough, and sweating. Both of them can cause liver and kidney damage. The first symptoms are immediate. Mild symptoms of liver and kidney damage can continue up to three months and then suddenly get serious and cause death. There is no antidote other than general supportive care. Both of them are industrial solvents. Tetrachloroethylene is also called Perc or Perchloroethylene. This is the stuff dry cleaners use to clean clothes. Tetrachloroethylene is less toxic than the other. But both are central nervous system depressants. When they are heated up, they can release hydrogen chloride gas and phosgene gas which are highly toxic and corrosive. They are both heavy, clear liquids. They have a sweet, chloroform like smell but that is only detectable in small amounts because they turn into vapor easily. Inhalation is the most common form of poisoning but swallowing works too. Tetrachloroethylene doesn't absorb well through the skin. The rating of toxicity for it is 5, which in my book means it is extremely toxic, and the lethal dose for a healthy 150-pound adult human being is 5-50 milligrams of toxin per kilogram of victim body weight, or between seven drops and one teaspoon. Does that work? There is a list here of all the poisons that cause psychosis, but it's kind of long so I'd rather hear from you before I list them.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 13, 2010 19:56:50 GMT -8
^ I want something a drug junkie would and could easily get to consume. Thanks for the info though, I'm going to store it for a reference for another story.
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Post by reynard on Dec 13, 2010 19:59:03 GMT -8
You mean a street drug?
If that's the case I look through the section on street drugs and see what I come up with tomorrow. It's getting too late for me to do that kind of in depth research.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 14, 2010 3:25:14 GMT -8
You mean a street drug? If that's the case I look through the section on street drugs and see what I come up with tomorrow. It's getting too late for me to do that kind of in depth research. Yep.
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Post by reynard on Dec 14, 2010 16:59:05 GMT -8
Okay, I looked through the street drugs and out of the handful of possibilities I think the best one might be Phencyclidine (PCP) and the related drug ketamine.
Another name for these substances or a related chemical is sernyl. It's frequently found as crystals or granules. It can be smoked, snorted, ingested, or sometimes injected. The powder form is usually the purest form of it.
Both PCP and ketamine are dissociative anesthetics so they are able to inhibit pain without taking away the ability to breathe. Both of them cause lethargy, euphoria, hypertension (high blood pressure), racing heartbeat, hallucinations, and more importantly in your case, swings between quiet spaciness and loudly violent behavior.
The eyes spasm vertically and horizontally. The victim feels little to no pain. Excessive salivating and tearing can happen. If the doses are higher, you can possibly get psychosis, respiratory failure, rigidity, pulmonary edema, convulsions, and coma. It reacts rather fast, particularly if it's smoked.
Symptoms are treated as they occur. Even though it has the same toxicity as the last thing I mentioned, PCP is rarely consumed in toxic doses. Usually people die from what they do while on it.
It was found to be too toxic for humans for medical use in the 50s so it was switched to veterinary use under the names Sernyl or Sernylan.
PCP was a popular street drug in the 60s and was mixed with LSD and other things. It was sprinkled onto parsley or marijuana for recreational smoking but mixing it with amphetamines (things like meth) can create deadly effects and complicate treatment.
Ketamine is found on veterinary shelves and is easy to get. It is a popular date rape drug that disappears from the body fast. Symptoms from it can last several days as it excretes from the stomach and is reabsorbed by the intestines.
My book says that PCP gives the user a sense of being bigger and stronger, and according to the author those under it's influence have done things "ranging from bizarre to horrific."
Is that good?
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 14, 2010 17:06:31 GMT -8
^ Excellent.
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Post by Darth Sariah on Dec 14, 2010 18:20:43 GMT -8
I'm afraid I've another gyroscope question: What is the name for the study of them? Gyroscopology? What? There is no specific study of Gyroscopes. At best they are tools for advanced study of Geometry, specifically planes and orientation.
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 14, 2010 18:41:10 GMT -8
Thanks.
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 21, 2010 3:31:37 GMT -8
Can someone please identify at least one element, mineral or stone which when heated, looked at in direct sunlight, etc. may appear very bright or even glow.
Reason: My villain builds a contraption which requires reflected light to make it work. Long story.
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Post by reynard on Dec 21, 2010 5:18:34 GMT -8
According to some data from a periodic table website, silver is the most reflective element. However, when I checked it on Wikipedia, it said that aluminum sometimes does better for some parts of the visible light spectrum, and silver doesn't reflect UV very well.
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Post by Wham Bam I Am! Jam on Dec 21, 2010 11:27:34 GMT -8
Does anyone know the diminutives for the Russian name Dimitri and, if there's more than one, if there are any in particular that would be used by a parent?
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 21, 2010 14:41:45 GMT -8
Does anyone know the diminutives for the Russian name Dimitri and, if there's more than one, if there are any in particular that would be used by a parent? I think Dmitri's one of them. I don't know much about Russian names, though. Sorry.
P.S. Can someone give me a list of Scandinavian names, both male and female?
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Post by Wham Bam I Am! Jam on Dec 22, 2010 1:46:58 GMT -8
Does anyone know the diminutives for the Russian name Dimitri and, if there's more than one, if there are any in particular that would be used by a parent? I think Dmitri's one of them. I don't know much about Russian names, though. Sorry.
P.S. Can someone give me a list of Scandinavian names, both male and female?Male: Matthias Aksel Anders Antero Ensio Eirikur Haraldur Birger Bjarne Einar Havard Henrik Magnus Female: Agata Alva Anja Annika Asa Beata Malene Maja Marit Mikaela Lilja Erika Birgit Eveliina
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Post by Story Keeper on Dec 22, 2010 3:37:10 GMT -8
I think Dmitri's one of them. I don't know much about Russian names, though. Sorry.
P.S. Can someone give me a list of Scandinavian names, both male and female? Male: Matthias Aksel Anders Antero Ensio Eirikur Haraldur Birger Bjarne Einar Havard Henrik Magnus Female: Agata Alva Anja Annika Asa Beata Malene Maja Marit Mikaela Lilja Erika Birgit Eveliina Thanks. Would the name Rosa work?
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Post by Wham Bam I Am! Jam on Dec 22, 2010 4:30:30 GMT -8
Male: Matthias Aksel Anders Antero Ensio Eirikur Haraldur Birger Bjarne Einar Havard Henrik Magnus Female: Agata Alva Anja Annika Asa Beata Malene Maja Marit Mikaela Lilja Erika Birgit Eveliina Thanks. Would the name Rosa work?Yeah, it would work.
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Post by Lord Lovrina on Dec 23, 2010 10:18:02 GMT -8
I'm trying to look up some really off the wall names for a sci-fi story. I've tried all my usual places for name hunting, but they have failed me. I'm looking for names like Jennica, Tiernnay, etc. for the weirdness factor.
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Post by kendobunny on Dec 23, 2010 10:58:16 GMT -8
Have you tried 20000-names.com? That's where I get most of my unique names. Or you could try wading through any of the websites devoted to bad baby names for those babies who weren't born on spaceships.
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Post by tldr on Dec 23, 2010 11:25:14 GMT -8
Most common diminutive, I know, for Dimitri is Dima.
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Post by Wham Bam I Am! Jam on Dec 23, 2010 11:52:09 GMT -8
Most common diminutive, I know, for Dimitri is Dima. Thanks. I've been browsing but a lot of the sites I've looked at haven't been very helpful.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2010 0:06:45 GMT -8
Most common diminutive, I know, for Dimitri is Dima. Thanks. I've been browsing but a lot of the sites I've looked at haven't been very helpful. Yeah, Dima is the most common one. There's also Dimon, Mitya, Mit'ka, Dimka, Dimochka, and Dimulya (softer version; a mother or a girlfriend would call him that). I've read that Mitya is more intimate than Dima - Dima is for friends, while Mitya is supposedly reserved for family. The "ka" suffix on some of them implies affection. I'm not exactly an expert, so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but I hope it helps somehow.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2010 13:29:25 GMT -8
Is there a name that means "speaks with animals" or anything similar?
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