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The higher the Z-level, the larger the Z-level. | The higher the Z-level, the larger the Z-level. | ||
− | + | eg. At Z-level 0 (Yes 140 from where your wagon drops) 7/7 is slightly above a human's head. At Z-level 100, 7/7 water is about at the shoulders of a adolescent Bronze Colossus. | |
If you follow the formula put forth by Dwarves, a child is 1/4 of a normal creature. So an adolescent would be around 1/2, or 1/3 for a small one, of the size of a normal creature. A normal BC is 20,000,000 size. That puts an adolescent between 6,666,667 size and 10,000,000 size. A full grown human is 70,000. Plenty of padding in that law to make a 2000 Z-level tower go to Pluto and back. | If you follow the formula put forth by Dwarves, a child is 1/4 of a normal creature. So an adolescent would be around 1/2, or 1/3 for a small one, of the size of a normal creature. A normal BC is 20,000,000 size. That puts an adolescent between 6,666,667 size and 10,000,000 size. A full grown human is 70,000. Plenty of padding in that law to make a 2000 Z-level tower go to Pluto and back. | ||
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=== Urist McPauli's Conditional Inclusion Principle === | === Urist McPauli's Conditional Inclusion Principle === | ||
− | The pauli exclusion principle of Normal Quantum Physics (roughly) states that two fermions (particles) cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously. This prevents you from placing two objects at | + | The pauli exclusion principle of Normal Quantum Physics (roughly) states that two fermions (particles) cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously. This prevents you from placing two objects at the exact same place and holds your beer inside the barrel. The McPauli Conditional Inclusion Principle of Dwarven Quantum Physics, however, states that two particles may occupy the exact same spot without any interaction, depending on the final object they compose (thus making them bosons). For instance, it is possible to stack an unlimited amount of [[short sword|Wooden Short Swords]] in a one-cubic-meter space, but it is impossible to place two assembled wooden [[bed]]s in that same space, even though they are composed of a small fraction of the same wood. As long as the two beds are ''not'' assembled though, then said beds can occupy the same space easily. This is an interesting example of Dwarven recursive logic where consequences lead to causes. |
What about a workshop that makes beds nobody will haul? | What about a workshop that makes beds nobody will haul? |