Cubi dislike Dragons Why?

[superluser]

Ohhh...Camera!

As in camera obscura!  I'll bet he's seen one of those!

Indeed, but it wouldn't prepare him for the concept of someone recording him stripping off with a small box made from plastic 

Egg-zactly.  If he's been at SAIA for 400 years, he's not only missed out on point-and-shoot cameras, but also Victorian style cameras, SLRs, and anything involving photography.

The closest that he would have come would have been the aforementioned camera obscura, which seems to have become known to the West by the 15th-17th centuries.

[Stygian]

Am I the only one slightly annoyed at the fact that Abel's childhood in excess of three hundred years into the past seems awfully modern...?

[Tapewolf]

Am I the only one slightly annoyed at the fact that Abel's childhood in excess of three hundred years into the past seems awfully modern...?

I must admit I was vaguely disappointed by what appeared to be aluminium double-glazing in the house of his birth.  Amber explained this with the notion that their society is more magic-oriented, so they have magical processes to smelt aluminium (which requires electricity, IIRC) and produce sheet-glass.  Even in the Victorian era, it was mostly plate glass IIRC, which meant windows were constructed from many small panes which had lots of distortions and other curious optical properties.
But if you've got magical foundries to produce this stuff cheaply, I guess you would have a curious mix of technologies.
Apparently Furrae still has high-tech centres and rural backwaters..

[GabrielsThoughts]

I'd just assume it is the "transient pulse theory" where a society evolves to the point where they become unable to repair or reproduce the technology they invented in the first place, save for a select few who think the technology, or knowledge  they have appears to be magical in origin. Creating a feudal system hundreds of years later,  When the people on the grunt level start developing their own technologies re-creating something that was forgotten centuries earlier the magic users are themselves incapable of reproducing it with out the knowledge associated with it.  In a hundred years Jyrras will be known as a technical wizzard, a hundred years after that he will be known as just a wizzard and the cycle would continue.   

[Tapewolf]

I'd just assume it is the "transient pulse theory" where a society evolves to the point where they become unable to repair or reproduce the technology they invented in the first place, save for a select few who think the technology, or knowledge they have appears to be magical in origin.

The only slight issue with that is that Furrae has a lot of races which live for thousands of years, even millions.  Technology seems to get more fragile as it gets more advanced, so it seems to me that all evidence it actually existed will be lost before the people who invented it die themselves.  (Of course it doesn't necessarily follow that someone who invented something 2000 years ago will quite remember how..)

[Zedd]

Dought anyone answered my question yet

[superluser]

Dought anyone answered my question yet

What question?  Lime tic-tacs?  Haven't seen those recently.

That's the only one I've seen you ask in this thread.  If you're talking about another question, I'll be glad to help if you specify what it is you're asking.

[Aridas]

We could all just assume furrae and "our world" don't overlap perfectly... being completely different and fictional and whatnot.

[Zedd]

What sort of currentcy is used in this relam and how is it exchanged...That be cool see a famous furre on a paper bill XD  Oh noes Mab is on a 2 dollar bill!

[ShiningShadow]

But if these technolgies are somewhat from a race 2000 years ago and Jyrass has that techie ability to figure out what is these objects and what use they can be used. That's why there a board of these Furrae powerful are in charge to see if these technologies are useful or a threat to their society.

[Tapewolf]

But if these technolgies are somewhat from a race 2000 years ago and Jyrras has that techie ability to figure out what is these objects and what use they can be used.

To survive that length of time at all it would have to be pretty basic.  Screws can rust away to nothing in about a quarter of that and I could write reams about the problems of even 20-year-old electronics.  The only way there would be any artifacts to study would be if they were put under some kind of magical preservation to begin with - a stasis field (a'la The Soft Weapon) or some kind of anti-entropy enchantment.

[GabrielsThoughts]

well, we can assume that most of the laws of physics apply to furrae. and we can also assume that the comuter technology is more advanced than ours by about five or ten years (notes Jyrras lab). I would also like to point out that if they may have developed technologhy in a different order. imagine the advances our medical technologies, or even our mechanical ones could have made if the ones who invented them lived over a thousand years concidering the average lifespan is between 75-120

[e_voyager]

even with all of that take into account the life span of the creatures, dragons, cubi and mythos and there reaction to his toys. their  interest would suggest that he is making new things not recovering the old as these are toys that that don't seem to know already
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[superluser]

I would also like to point out that if they may have developed technologhy in a different order.

Where's James Burke when you need him?

[ShiningShadow]

even with all of that take into account the life span of the creatures, dragons, cubi and mythos and there reaction to his toys. their  interest would suggest that he is making new things not recovering the old as these are toys that that don't seem to know already
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But I have not seen any of the things Jyrass have made been put in production. But maybe is in slow increments so the land of Furrare will not be inundated with stuff that could be or not dangerous.

[e_voyager]

well he is rich and Matilda did talk about putting homes in his products specifficly his toasters so he had to make something that's widely distributed.

[ShiningShadow]

That's what im talking about little things like that. Those things are the safe ones. I think in Furrare they have a high morals in the sense of inventionts etc.

[keybounce]

BlueRay is a dragon.

Sorry, which one is BlueRay? He's not listed on the cast page.

[Aridas]

Cameos aren't listed on the cast page. I don't even think any other once-in-a-blue-moon insignificant characters are even on the cast page....

[thetire]

wow, this thread lasted a long time... does it have a pool too?

oh, and Mab is secretly a dragon. Look in your heart and know it to be true.

[Zedd]

wow, this thread lasted a long time... does it have a pool too?

oh, and Mab is secretly a dragon. Look in your heart and know it to be true.

*holds onto a pole from high up and dressed like Luke and has one hand as well* No its not true...Thats inposable!!!...NOOOOOO!!! Noooo.... 

[GabrielsThoughts]

well he is rich and Matilda did talk about putting homes in his products specifficly his toasters so he had to make something that's widely distributed.

You realize Amber was pulling a Ghostbuster refrence.

[komissarmakarov]

I'd just assume it is the "transient pulse theory" where a society evolves to the point where they become unable to repair or reproduce the technology they invented in the first place, save for a select few who think the technology, or knowledge they have appears to be magical in origin.

The only slight issue with that is that Furrae has a lot of races which live for thousands of years, even millions.  Technology seems to get more fragile as it gets more advanced, so it seems to me that all evidence it actually existed will be lost before the people who invented it die themselves.  (Of course it doesn't necessarily follow that someone who invented something 2000 years ago will quite remember how..)

(the thread was mostly tl, so I dr)

Aaanyway, to paraphrase J. Micheal Straczynski:

"In Furrae, technology evolves at the speed of plot".

P/S: Any of you Warhammer 40K fans think of the Imperium when you saw this post?

[e_voyager]

well he is rich and Matilda did talk about putting homes in his products specifficly his toasters so he had to make something that's widely distributed.

You realize Amber was pulling a Ghostbuster refrence.

honestly i did not. i have not seen ghostbusters since around 1992