Classifying Your Powers

[Celadon's Penultimate]

WonderDrow wrote

Zaleramancer wrote

WonderDrow, Are you a robot?

How would you know for sure I'm not an advanced artificial intelligence?

When the turing test isn't conclusive.

 I do.

Calculate to the last number of pi.

 Calculate which came first, the chicken or the egg.

Calculate: if a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Calculate: what is the sound of one hand clapping?

Compare which has the longer strand of DNA; an amoeba, a bear or a human.

 And for the REAL test: reveal what actually goes into making a hot dog. (And not that stupid TV special BS; what REALLY goes into making a hotdog?)

[WonderDrow]

The current last known digit is 2.
The egg.
Yes.
Splash or swouch or clap. Depends if you hit air or water or someone's bodypart with that hand.
Bear.
A frankfurter sausage and a bun. Often garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish, cheese, chili and/or sauerkraut, spit. The sausage is made from a mixture of pork and beef.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Didn't say the last known digit. The LAST digit.
You can't know that for sure.
Knew that one already.
You also can't know that for sure.
That I didn't even know. Just made up something.
And NO! Wrong! The answer is HORSE MEAT!

Anyhow, from your answers, I still deduce you're human.

[Zaleramancer]

The last known digit is, for all intensive purposes, the last digit.

Things were laying eggs before chickens existed.

Okay.

If I hit something with my hand, I know it makes a sound.

Grand!

Pie.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 So much for the deduction process.

[WonderDrow]

Shadowulf1 (Wulf) wrote

Didn't say the last known digit. The LAST digit.
You can't know that for sure.
Knew that one already.
You also can't know that for sure.
That I didn't even know. Just made up something.
And NO! Wrong! The answer is HORSE MEAT!

Then there is no last digit.
Like Zale said. Eggs have been known to the world long before it knew chickens.  Only people who are indoctrinated by religion would say otherwise.
Well, if a hand hits something repeatably you can make a clapping sound. The other hand is optional to the purpose of clapping.
You wouldn't say that if you really would have tasted horse meat. It has a distinct flavor that's not found in the sausages commonly used in hotdogs.

Shadowulf1 (Wulf) wrote

Anyhow, from your answers, I still deduce you're human.

I'll allow you to stay in that belief.

[WonderDrow]

Philote wrote

How did you find that out?

Maybe you noticed that post I made yesterday in the Message Board with the file that has all the powers on the site.

I just happen to know how to manipulate data.
And how to use a pivot table in a spreadsheet.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

WonderDrow wrote

Shadowulf1 (Wulf) wrote

Didn't say the last known digit. The LAST digit.
You can't know that for sure.
Knew that one already.
You also can't know that for sure.
That I didn't even know. Just made up something.
And NO! Wrong! The answer is HORSE MEAT!

Then there is no last digit.
Like Zale said. Eggs have been known to the world long before it knew chickens.  Only people who are indoctrinated by religion would say otherwise.
Well, if a hand hits something repeatably you can make a clapping sound. The other hand is optional to the purpose of clapping.
You wouldn't say that if you really would have tasted horse meat. It has a distinct flavor that's not found in the sausages commonly used in hotdogs.

These questions were asked as a joke. Supposedly, a couple of those questions are conundrums. And attempting to answer conundrums supposedly causes computers to short-circuit. Ergo, in your ability to answer, you aren't a computer. Or at least not a low-level one. Though, it doesn't sound like they were answered as a joke.

So, since you want to get serious, then let's start again. Me being 'indoctrinated' or not has nothing to do with that question. This has nothing to do with some asinine supposition that I or anyone else could ever know about chicken development in relation to other animals. I was referring to an egg that produces a CHICKEN. Which of THOSE came first? The CHICKEN, or the CHICKEN EGG?

And just so you know, this is vastly off topic (translation: you were being offensive for no reason, and now I'm really annoyed).

[Zaleramancer]

Actually, I doubt that.

You have thin skin, Wulf.

I think I could offend you by looking pointedly at a bible.


With the egg thing, you're just being silly.

The dinosaur who's descendants became chickens laid eggs...

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Why the heck does everybody say that? Or at least, every non-Christian? Good God, I know you guys don't have your own religious/holy book or your own religious/holy leaders to empathize with my situation, but I think it's a tad insensitive that folks can just get to say what they want, and nobody thinks I should even be slightly bothered by it.

That's like if somebody says, "Only stupid people would think 2+2 is 5!"

Even if it's true, there's a tactful way to say things.

And anyway, the whole thing wasn't even about freaking chickens. The point is, I was kidding, and she took it a step too far. I didn't even ask for a freaking apology, nor do I want or expect one; I just wanted to voice my opinion.

[Zaleramancer]

Thing is, I don't think WonderDrow was making the comment directly at you.

Even so, I think it was rude.

It's just, you have a tendency to go on huge ranting posts anyone even implies they disagree with religion.

[WonderDrow]

According my analysis it's obvious. The fact that you got emotional over this nonsense proves that you are human.

It wasn't intended to sound rude. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word indoctrination. (as that seems to make it personal for you)

The point I wanted to make.
If someone sees the The Creation Story as historic fact, then for them the chicken came before the egg.
Otherwise the Bible would state something like : On Day 5 God created eggs for every living creature of the seas and every winged bird, blessing them to multiply and fill the waters and the sky with life.

Conclusion.
The chicken or egg riddle sounds simple at first glance.
But is actually a touchy subject.

The egg came first. Then the chicken. Then the "chicken egg".
Now never speak of it again.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Oh, don't be silly, Zale, since when do people who disagree with religion ever just hint? You certainly didn't when we first got into it, and neither does any other agnostic or atheist I've ever encountered. Either they don't talk about it at all, or they go off on a tirade how my beliefs are a lie, my God is a monster and/or everyone who believes what I believe is either sorely misguided, or a raving lunatic zealot.

Thankfully, though, despite our disagreements, you and Wonder_Drow are overall pleasant exceptions to this rule.

*Ahem* Anyhow, the point has been solved. Wonder_Drow has received what I wanted to convey to her, and I have received what she wants to convey to me. Hopefully, there's no hard feelings.

And I agree with her. I no longer desire to talk about this foolishness.

(Translation: You half-won this talk. This is as close to an apology as you're getting. Let's move on.)

[Whaliens123]

Perhaps you could have categories that divide into subcategories.

You could make categories like:


                                 Energy Manipulation-----------Fire, electrical, gravitational, magnetic, kinetic, etc.
Manipulations-----------<
                                 Matter Manipulation------------Water, dirt, air, metal, acid, etc.



                                 Energy Mimicry------------------Fire, electrical, magnetic, etc.
Mimicry-------------------<
                                 Matter Mimicry-------------------Tactile mimicry, metal, oxygen, water, etc.




                                                     Matter Based Powers-------Chemical
                                                                                           Objects
Specific Matter/Energy Powers------<                                       Etc.

                                                                                           Electrical
                                                    Energy Based Powers------Heat
                                                                                          Magnetic
                                                                                           Kinetic
                                                                                           Etc.
Mythology based powers---------------------
Miscellaneous powers-------------------------

Or something like that.

[Whaliens123]

Guys, are we classifying powers or having a religion smackdown?

I know how you all feel about this issue. I've seen some of the posts in 'what's that monster'. I am a Christian, but as I said in the guide to Moderators, I will not go into that so as not to offend anyone. Not only that, but unless the thread is specifically about religion, talk of religion often takes attention off the topic the thread is about. That is one reason why discussing religion is not on my agenda.
Guys, let's just agree to disagree about this stuff. I've had to do it in other situations. Just let it go, and tread carefully in future. We are told that our bodies and personalities are unique and should be respected in the real world. In this cyber-world, we don't know what any of us look like, so we only use our personalities. That doesn't make our personalities any more the same as each other. Despite our differences, we must co-exist with each other for a stable and healthy cyber-environment. This means respecting people's points of views, even if you agree or disagree with them.

I know it sounds cheesy, but what else am I going to say?

[Myself]

Words of wisdom, young one. I am glad you were promoted to moderator status.

[Myself]

Interesting.

[Whd]

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[Myself]

I thought he was moderator material but wow, I didn't realize how much so.

Maybe WHD should be an authority on promotions on this site from now on. If want to promote someone to moderator or admin, we ask his advice.

[Whaliens123]

I think I might have worked out the categories for the powers, and some subcategories I think might help. It doesn't go as far as I'd like, but here it is.

Power_Categories.xlsx