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Kanuckistan wrote: You don't EMP shield?

Most people find it difficult to EMP shield nanites on account of their being so small.

Then again, most people don't make up their own arbitrary laws of physics too.

Central Facehuggeria wrote: Most people find it difficult to EMP shield nanites on account of their being so small.

You can, however, shield a nanofab facility. Or even a portable fabber.

By "nuking a Mindsetti planet" I assumed, of course, that you'd somehow taken down the shielding.

The Mindset wrote:By "nuking a Mindsetti planet" I assumed, of course, that you'd somehow taken down the shielding.

I mean passive EMP shielding, like a faraday cage or the ilk. Say, a layer of superconductor. Anything that'll block an EMP.

Kanuckistan wrote:What about protine-rich microbes, harvested and processed?

I thought of that. Problem is is that it can't replace red meat for a food stable. Phytoplankton (Algae etc.) is viewed more as a "supplemental" food source. We simply couldn't sustain ourselves on it alone indefinatly.

Sskiss wrote: I thought of that. Problem is is that it can't replace red meat for a food stable. Phytoplankton (Algae etc.) is viewed more as a "supplemental" food source. We simply couldn't sustain ourselves on it alone indefinatly.

Which is why Kanuckistani 'Green Goo' consists of a broad mixture of such organisms, engineered to meet a variety of dietary and culinary needs. It's almost universally unpopular, but it's cheap, it works, and properly prepared, about as palatable as anything else.

And if nothing else, you can feed it to traditional meat animals.

Eh, trade partner? 8)

(we also have plants that grow meat - ain't biotech grand? )

Kanuck wrote:(we also have plants that grow meat - ain't biotech grand? )

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wat.

Trailers wrote:

Kanuck wrote:(we also have plants that grow meat - ain't biotech grand? )

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wat.

What my Grecian colleague is trying to say is "What has science done??!?!"

Next thing you're gonna tell me is that you've got cattle that shit ripe grapefruit whole.

Central Facehuggeria wrote: What my Grecian colleague is trying to say is "What has science done??!?!"

"The little sparkles show that we're tampering in God's domain."

Trailers wrote:Next thing you're gonna tell me is that you've got cattle that shit ripe grapefruit whole.

It could be done, yes. Fairly easily, in fact, if you're willing to shortcut it with a parasite; then you just need to give it somewhere to grow, make the fruit resistent/impervious to gut bacteria, and allow the cattle to pass it.

Getting the animal itself to generate it is rather more difficult, but it can be done.

Why? Looking to commission a Genetailor?