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[kero42]

Posting To Watch.

Also:

Does the weaponization of water in mine carts count for this? It seems neat, but I'm not sure if it counts as science, and if it does, I don't know which one to link to:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=114654.0 (original/first I could find) : Fully automatic watergun (Quantum Menace)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=119831.0 (redesign) : Water-gun Redux, the Wave-cannon (Quantum Menace)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=126321.0 (similar idea) : Cart auto-cannon Squirt-gun (gchristopher)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=134745.0 (posted very recently): Compact Minecart Watercannon (Hetairos)

I suppose it's more fort design than anything else, but I figured I'd bring it up.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Railgun for exploding creatures of any size
Physics?

[4maskwolf]

Bridge materials science experiment

[itg]

Aww man, now I really do need to start to come up with some guidelines. Here are some of my thoughts. I'd appreciate some input so I can make this thread as useful as possible.

To keep this list from becoming bloated, I would like to cut any posts which contain information I could just add to the wiki. For example, I (or the OP) could just update the bridge page on the wiki rather than link to the "Bridge materials science" thread. The wiki can reference the thread, so people can see how the research was done.

To minimize redundancy, I do not want to link to multiple posts on the same subject. For example, I would not want to add more than one minecart watergun thread.
--How should I choose? Should I go with the first one, the most informative one, or the one with the best design? Haven't read most of those posts yet, by the way.
--Where to draw the line between similar subjects? For instance, a minecart watergun is really just a minecart shotgun. If I include a minecart shotgun thread, is it redundant to include a watergun thread?

Where is the line between science and (mega)project? For example, I can see the logic in including a minecart watergun thread as a science post, since it puts together a couple of minecart mechanics in an interesting and useful way, but what about, say, an ocean fort?

[4maskwolf]

I would say no to the minecart watergun on the grounds that it isn't something in the game raws.  Much of the science done is to determine the workings of game mechanics, and the minecart watergun, while creative, is really just a megaproject.

[YvAd]

I think this science post should have all the clever little game tricks that have been found- QSP's, liquid switches, falling onto spears, etc. More useful that way.

[Hetairos]

I would say no to the minecart watergun on the grounds that it isn't something in the game raws.  Much of the science done is to determine the workings of game mechanics, and the minecart watergun, while creative, is really just a megaproject.

That depends on what kind of science we're going for: feats of engineering, determining the inner workings of the game, or both? Only large projects, or small tricks like minecart QSPs too?

Also, this thread ought to be linked from the wiki.

[itg]

I would say no to the minecart watergun on the grounds that it isn't something in the game raws.  Much of the science done is to determine the workings of game mechanics, and the minecart watergun, while creative, is really just a megaproject.

That depends on what kind of science we're going for: feats of engineering, determining the inner workings of the game, or both? Only large projects, or small tricks like minecart QSPs too?

Also, this thread ought to be linked from the wiki.

I'm thinking I want to include those engineering projects like the minecart watergun, simply because I happen to like them. When deciding whether to add an engineering project, creative/novel use of game mechanics and general impressiveness of the project will have to factor into the decision.

I think this science post should have all the clever little game tricks that have been found- QSP's, liquid switches, falling onto spears, etc. More useful that way.

Originally I planned to leave all that stuff out since it's all on the wiki, but now that I think of it, you wouldn't know what to look for on the wiki if you weren't already aware of at least some of those tricks. I think I'll put something together for this thread, even if it's just links to the relevant wiki pages.

[Ruhn]

It seems to me that in addition to the Academy of Science, we need an Academy of Engineering thread.

[Proto105]

That sounds like a really good idea..

[Thormgrim]

ptw

[Doktoro Reichard]

I've done some !!SCIENCE!! regarding the mechanics of trade goods production, it's available at the Trade Goods talk page and, although it's a WIP (as I haven't had the time, or interest, to look about other materials or products), I would enjoy some outside verification, hence the post.

As for why I posted in the wiki and not here... I'm a lazy individual and the wiki seemed easier to access and to write to.

[itg]

Updated the OP again. I've added a section for practical projects, like danger rooms and pump stacks, but it's largely empty at the moment.

[Corrupt Ai]

Ptw

[wierd]

How about a section on questionable, or controversial medical experiments?

Like, "I'm going to hell: how and why my dwarves now kill their own babies"

And of course, the "Platinum Crutch wresters" thread that came out today?