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Endy0816

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    Thanks for this, and I understand your reasoning. If we define the perimeter of the distance around a two dimensional shape, it still is a little odd to me why the perimeter of a full rectangle is equivalent to a rectangle with a large piece missing from it.

     

     

    I think you are thinking of area. That would be different. Not enough information to find the Area, but via a bit of mental rearrangement you can find the perimeter.

     

     

    .40(200-X) (.50)X = (.44) 200

     

    so you could say:

     

    40%(A) x 50%(B) = 44%(200)

     

    A+B=200

     

    so

     

    200-B=A

     

    Plugging back in:

     

    40%(200-B) x 50%(B) = 44%(200)

     

    which is the equivalent of what you had to start with.

     

    Note: I'm mostly working towards the middle here. Never was all that good at adding compounds.

  2. I did read this. Main issue is that your ideas are not fully grounded in reality.

     

    Laws of Thermodynamics limit what can happen in any mechanical or biological system. Whatever you think up you need to make sure it at least makes sense within those rules.

     

    If you've got some wonder idea then work out the basic issues surrounding it. Wikipedia is your friend. Google can provide backup if your idea is really out there. You are one brain among many. Good odds someone else has already had that same basic idea already and figured out why it wouldn't work. Now not everything has been thought of yet, so there are still nuggets out there to be had, they just involve a bit of effort.

     

    People can help answer specific questions. There are no such thing as "atom movers shooting out photons" though, so nobody can answer your questions about them.

  3. lol, first one makes for an enjoyable logic problem.

     

    Perimeter = Side A + Side B + ...

     

    The trick is that you don't need to know the missing information to find the answer. So the perimeter is the same as if you were dealing with just a rectangle with those same dimensions(20x30).

     

    20 + 30 + 20 + 30 = 100

     

    To put it another way the sum of the sides you don't know is equal to the sides you do know.

     

    20 + 30 + x + y + z + a = 100

  4. On the Universe part, no, the expansion is internal.

     

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    now because I am not a Universe, I had to move my dots outwards. The Universe, however, could keep its dots at the same initial positions and still add space between them.

     

    On the rest, anything is hypothetically possible, but much of what you are and have been talking about has serious practical issues.

     

    Note: Partially writing in response to a PM.

  5. No, you are correct that the DNA is basically the same. Red blood cells have none, some of your cells will have suffered some kind of damage, but generally remains true.

     

    Meant that the effects would depend on the cells the DNA ends up in. If we just assume something goes awry in the procedure then things are okay, story wise.

     

    You'd need to take a sample, duplicate those cells, extract the DNA and then inject. Then you need your immune system not to simply eat the foreign DNA and the DNA to make its way to the target cells. You would then need to enucleate the target cell and then renucleate it with the new nucleus. Then once more you need your immune system to refrain from trying to kill them.

     

    Phenotype is what differs between cells. For the sake of the story, I would just assume a straight change based on DNA alteration.

     

    DNA alteration impacting estrogen production is probably your best bet for a male picking up female characteristics. Huntington's disease itself though impacts the cells in the basal ganglia.

  6. Was a response to Noxid.

     

    Didn't mean to imply conscious intent.

     

    Probably Boquila trifoliolata senses the nearest host plant's volatiles and then based on past selective pressures encoded in the DNA modifies leaf growth.

     

    The specificity and obviousness of the response is unusual. In the near term might help us understand volatile sensing and down the line how to tap into the system. Gain the defenses of more natural ecosystems for our fields. More radically you might have plants alter characteristics on the fly.

     

    I know I've seen Ivy around. Not as familiar with it as I am with our other naturalized plants though.

  7. It would depend on the DNA utilized and which cells are involved.

     

    Any chance your character has control over his immune system as well? Would vastly simplify things changing out cells instead.

     

    Might want to check out real world human chimeras. I could see something along those lines working. Even a case mentioned of a male developing female organs as a result.

  8. It is typically explained via particle-wave duality.

     

    This:

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital#Electron_properties

     

    provides a good overview.

     

    I'll be honest, I despair of any insights spontaneously arising without the person having a firm grounding in a subject. Universe runs on its own terms and cares not a whit for human understanding. If you still want to though, you can open a new thread in Speculations and people can critic your hypothesis there.

  9. [latex]g=\frac{GM_{Earth}}{r^{2}} =(6.6742\textup{x}10^{-11})\frac{5.9736\textup{x}10^{24}}{(6.37101\textup{x}10^{6})^{2}}=9.822\textup{m}/\textup{s}^{2} [/latex]

     

    The equation for determining force due to gravity is:

     

    [latex]F=\frac{Gm_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}} [/latex]

     

    So as long as you are on Earth's surface you can use:

     

    [latex]F=gm [/latex]

     

    If you change your radius or the amount of mass involved, g is no longer relevant.

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