Activity for motosubatsu‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: Security against "truth serum" by means of a drug poisonous in combination with sodium thiopental Pentoxifylline when co-administered with sodium thiopental causes death by acute pulmonary edema - or at least it does in rats! and is reasonably well-tolerated in most humans, with serious adverse effects being uncommon Stress to the body (I think torture counts!) will increase the effects and pulm... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: What size EMP device would be necessary to wipe all data in a Google-sized server farm, without major physical damage? An EMP is probably not the right mechanism here - it will almost certainly result in large amounts of the precious smoke escaping from the sensitive electronics in the servers (and drives) but assuming it's a typical google data center then the bulk of the data is going to be stored on spinning rust ... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: What gas can I use to incapacitate pesky heroes? Orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile (AKA CS gas or 'tear' gas) - it won't actually knock them out but it will definitely incapacitate them very quickly unless they happen to have full-face respirators handy. Holding their breath won't help them (ala Messers Kenobi and Qui-gon in Ep 1) as it doesn't need ... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: Creating flying cities My first bit of advice would be to drop the idea of magnets or anything magnetic as being the mechanism. To have it occur "naturally" would involve too many contortions of planetary mechanics and using maglev would be impractical as well - the inverse square law would mean that having an altitude of ... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: Could a species with a lifespan of 20 years achieve enough technological progress to reach space? I think this would be do-able - it might take them a bit longer (in terms of generations certainly!) but it would be do-able, partly because I'd anticipate such a society adapting to their limitations and partly you could do some relatively minor biological/neurological tweaks. Societal Awareness o... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: Why would people let a super tree grow? The melding of the tree and building could be an intentional part of the structure - providing structural support for the building around it. This has advantages in terms of growth - the building can expand as the tree does. As others have said if the climate is hot and sunny the tree would provide... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Answer	—	A: What would drive people to risk death in the deep? What would be a reasonable prime purpose of this research mission? For what reason would a dozen scientists be sent to the bottom of the ocean for a month? Study of the Xenophyophores down there - we don't know very much about them and a study of how they are able to survive such immense pressur... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago