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    Planet building. Not your mama's engineering project.

    I was always fond of Larry Niven's SciFi book called Integral Trees. A non planet. Vast areas of atmosphere and orbs of water. No land mass. Everything was zero gravity.

    If you could design a planet what would it look like?
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    If you could design a planet what would it look like?
    It would look very much like ours except, there would be no winters anywhere, plenty of sunshine and relatively little rain. I'd make a completely tropical planet with lots of trees, streams, rivers and mountains. No deserts.

    The whole planet would look like this all the time:-






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    I want rain, at times. I don't want it continually, but I want good amounts of it. There is nothing better for sleeping than the sound of rain on the tent.

    I liked Niven't Ringworld, too. It didn't seem sustainable, as it was not in the book, but the land area was pretty intriguing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Niya View Post
    It would look very much like ours except, there would be no winters anywhere, plenty of sunshine and relatively little rain. I'd make a completely tropical planet with lots of trees, streams, rivers and mountains. No deserts.
    Looks like you want to visit my country though we do have a rainy season for a few months.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dee-u View Post
    Looks like you want to visit my country though we do have a rainy season for a few months.
    It is also like this where I'm from. Two seasons, rainy and dry season. Probably why I love tropical climates.
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    Have you ever seen the cover of Hendrix's Electric Lady Land. That's what I'd want it to look like.
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    Re: Planet building. Not your mama's engineering project.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gruff View Post
    I was always fond of Larry Niven's SciFi book called Integral Trees. A non planet. Vast areas of atmosphere and orbs of water. No land mass. Everything was zero gravity.

    If you could design a planet what would it look like?
    That tough but one thing I wouldn't build in is the food chain we have now. In a way this planet is a huge blood bath with everything eating everything else to survive; with few exceptions (most plants for example). All I can say about the current set up, God doth have a sense of humor...albeit a sick one
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    Wait, am I in Post Race?
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    A Big Greece planet, without the corrupted politicians, without 30% of Greek idiots that vote for them and without the 2mil immigrants in our back.
    I mean, come on, this is awesome : http://the10mostknown.com/wp-content...-volcanoes.jpg
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    I'd make it a small cramped planet and fill it with morons and criminals and make the house prices really high so nobody can ever live where they want and the weather would be wet all year round and either too hot or too cold.
    But I'd call it Britain so that it reminded me of home.

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    I'd consider a planet about on quarter the size of the moon, but with flora and fauna.
    No cars or planes needed. Leg power would get you anywhere you wanted to go in long hops. Climate control, Beer ponds, Steak trees, and Women with kind eyes.

    Tyson,

    Sounds like you want a planet of SMOOS.
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    Re: Planet building. Not your mama's engineering project.

    This might as well be a geographical thing because this is my ideal planet:
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    Quote Originally Posted by wossname View Post
    I'd make it a small cramped planet and fill it with morons and criminals and make the house prices really high so nobody can ever live where they want and the weather would be wet all year round and either too hot or too cold.
    But I'd call it Britain so that it reminded me of home.

    /satire.
    That place already has a name: "Boston."
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    Quote Originally Posted by dday9 View Post
    This might as well be a geographical thing because this is my ideal planet:
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    Rain all year round with one big rainy season.
    Maybe we can share a planet. Half for my tropical meadows and half for your rainy forests.
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    Maybe we can share a planet. Half for my tropical meadows and half for your rainy forests.
    The planet's natural waste would be perfectly distilled alcohol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dday9 View Post
    The planet's natural waste would be perfectly distilled alcohol.
    We can call this planet Heaven.
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    On my current planet you always get good directions.

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    On my current planet you always get good directions.

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    There's a whole lot of water out there, too.
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    Of course, all of the above photos - enhanced or otherwise - already exist...

    If the whole planet was like that, you'd be all, like "whoop de do, another fking jungle to rip through with my bear hands just to get a drink of water..."
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    Re: Planet building. Not your mama's engineering project.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gruff View Post
    I'd consider a planet about on quarter the size of the moon, but with flora and fauna.
    No cars or planes needed. Leg power would get you anywhere you wanted to go in long hops. Climate control, Beer ponds, Steak trees, and Women with kind eyes.

    Tyson,

    Sounds like you want a planet of SMOOS.
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    How about this Country? Has anyone been there? Is it worth the visit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sapator View Post
    How about this Country? Has anyone been there? Is it worth the visit?
    http://diadoseto.blogspot.gr/2014/08...-47-foto-.html
    Hmm, seems these are more than one country.
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    Interesting, how did you make such a conclusion?
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    Hmm, seems these are more than one country.
    You didn't look close enough Niya, all those pictures are from Greece are at least they say they are!!!

    the captions in the top right all say things like - Turkey? No somewhere in Greece !

    Hellas is an old name for Greece, would Sapator promote any other country :0)
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers View Post
    Hellas is an old name for Greece, would Sapator promote any other country :0)
    We need money from tourism so i promote what will bring money on the table. But damn if someone looks at the pics and does not find a suitable location for his/her vacations.
    I mean i live there but i have probably been to half of the locations (to be honest Chios is specified 3 times and i haven't been there so i decreasing my ratio).
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers View Post
    Hellas is an old name for Greece,
    No Hellas(Ellada) is the name we domestically use. It's like we say Holland but is actually Netherlands.
    Actually if i remember correctly the word Greece is older than Hellas but it was given from the Romans in some point for us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sapator View Post
    No Hellas(Ellada) is the name we domestically use.
    So which is it then Hellas or Ellada? how many names do you need

    It's like we say Holland but is actually Netherlands. Actually if i remember correctly the word Greece is older than Hellas but it was given from the Romans in some point for us.
    Sort of Holland is actual a region (or 2 regions North & South Holland) of the Netherlands. As historically it was also the richest area and most well known other countries came to mistake Holland as meaning the whole country.

    The fact there Football team is called Holland rather then Netherlands is rather confusing though !
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    Hellas is same as Ellas. English speaking just used the "H", we do not pronounce the "H". I think Ellas in ancient was translated in something like the land of "El" , so we are the "El's" more meanings also exist. Ellas is same as Ellada. Anyhow, picky Greek stuff just call us Jim :P
    Yeah Holland was just and example but you get the point.
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    It's like we say Holland but is actually Netherlands.
    Yup. Just like when we say West Africa but is actually Antartica.

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