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 Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:51 am
Interstella Burst What modern contrivances would be loath to say goodbye if you were given the opportunity to go to a truly steampunk world? Because honestly, how do you operate air conditioning on steam? Oh, how I love a good question like this that makes me think! Before I answer your question, indulge me in one of my own--when you say "truly steampunk", are you referring to an otherwise historically accurate Victorian era with analogues of modern technology (think William Gibson's The Difference Engine amongst other works), or are we allowed to go wild with our imaginations and see the "real" world "though steam-colored goggles", if you will? If the former, modern antibiotics. And thank Bast for the genius of Dr. Joseph Lister, who discovered the benefits of washing his hands between patients at the clinic he worked at! If the latter... Who cares? I'd have a steampunk equivalent of anything the real world would have to offer, plus a great many things unique to this hypothetical alternate reality, yes? >-_^< Oh, and in answer to your question, "Elementary, my dear Burst!" Find yourself a copy of The Way Things Work and look at the diagram of the inner workings of a refrigerator--now replace electrical power with a steam-powered (or, if you want to be technical, a gas flame-powered) turbine to run the compressor and fan, most likely via fan belts, although I personally would use driveshafts instead, et voila! If Charles Babbage can make a mechanical computer, why can't we make non-electrically powered air conditioners? >^_^< I would also miss slushies.
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:58 am
Interstella Burst nice I'm sure you could just enjoy the opium. Actually, I'd recommend absinthe m'self--opium tends to draw the wrong sorts of crowds, wot? >-_^< Just watch out for an accidental overdose of thujone--there's a reason why absinthe was known as "the green fairy that steals men's minds..." (I swear, I must be one of the few non-Goths who not only knows what a "Pernod drip" is, but also the reason why Absinthe is illegal in the US... >^_^<)
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 3:00 pm
 Pads, tampons, birth control pills, and antibiotics. 
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:20 pm
Kitirena Interstella Burst nice I'm sure you could just enjoy the opium. Actually, I'd recommend absinthe m'self--opium tends to draw the wrong sorts of crowds, wot? >-_^< Just watch out for an accidental overdose of thujone--there's a reason why absinthe was known as "the green fairy that steals men's minds..." (I swear, I must be one of the few non-Goths who not only knows what a "Pernod drip" is, but also the reason why Absinthe is illegal in the US... >^_^<) Not anymore!
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:08 pm
Keith Valken Lionheart Kitirena Interstella Burst nice I'm sure you could just enjoy the opium. Actually, I'd recommend absinthe m'self--opium tends to draw the wrong sorts of crowds, wot? >-_^< Just watch out for an accidental overdose of thujone--there's a reason why absinthe was known as "the green fairy that steals men's minds..." (I swear, I must be one of the few non-Goths who not only knows what a "Pernod drip" is, but also the reason why Absinthe is illegal in the US... >^_^<) Not anymore!
...Lulz, I went through a goth faze, but I knew about absinthe before I went goth.
It's not? When did it become legal?
I hope you have fun erasing my post style, though.
John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS" There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons. "This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!" So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall. "HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons "I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill. "No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons" And then John was a zombie.
对了就是那个臭男孩
That's right, that jerk.
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:48 pm
Nothing. I wouldn't miss a thing. I would gladly give up everything here to be in that world. I'd go there and start inventing. making steam versions of alot of the tech we have here as a source of income. I would never look back once.
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:07 pm
I'm sure, after some time to adapt, I wouldn't miss a thing. The only things that can come to mind at the moment would be the internet, but with all the Air Piracy to be had I don't believe I'd care too much.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:50 am
There is a lot of things I would miss.
My music, movies, computer, video games, mircowave, fridgator, the modern toilet, and among other things.
However, I am sure I would get used to the new world.
I would miss my music DX
Also, I wouldn't live in Florida. Too humid and too hot. I would travel down for winter, though.
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:17 am
Yuan Zi Knight Keith Valken Lionheart Kitirena Interstella Burst nice I'm sure you could just enjoy the opium. Actually, I'd recommend absinthe m'self--opium tends to draw the wrong sorts of crowds, wot? >-_^< Just watch out for an accidental overdose of thujone--there's a reason why absinthe was known as "the green fairy that steals men's minds..." (I swear, I must be one of the few non-Goths who not only knows what a "Pernod drip" is, but also the reason why Absinthe is illegal in the US... >^_^<) Not anymore!
...Lulz, I went through a goth faze, but I knew about absinthe before I went goth.
It's not? When did it become legal?
I hope you have fun erasing my post style, though.
John Stalvern waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway. John was a space marine for fourteen years. When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS" There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the space station base of the UAC he knew there were demons. "This is Joson" the radio crackered. "You must fight the demons!" So John gotted his palsma rifle and blew up the wall. "HE GOING TO KILL US" said the demons "I will shoot at him" said the cyberdemon and he fired the rocket missiles. John plasmaed at him and tried to blew him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill. "No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons" And then John was a zombie.
对了就是那个臭男孩
That's right, that jerk. You know something strange? I'd never heard of that drink before my friend mentioned it a few days ago, and now it's suddenly popping up everywhere! haha~ It's illegal in Canada~
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:05 pm
This is why I love being European! Absinthe is legal in most countries here! Yay!
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:54 pm
That is one of the reasons my friend wants to visit europe so badly~ he said "I can't wait to try some! But maybe you'd be better with a nice glass of wine.."
haha
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:25 am
The internet, my computer, and birth control pills.
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:39 pm
Xander_Telmis Actually, a steam powered air conditioner is completely possible. Just replace the internal electric motor with an external steam engine and you're done. And the new thing in the major thing in the steampunk community is finding a way to make modern items work in a Victorian setting. A steam generator can be used to make electricity for any thing that can't run on steam, so the iPod, the computer, and many other modern conveniences are possible. You just have to look at the bigger picture. I would have to say video games. While higher technology would be possible, it would probably be relegated to military-use or only be affordable by the rich. I would hate having to give them up. As long as the GD is up, I'm pretty much fine with giving up video games. confused
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