Inquiry into the sinking of the H.M.S. Thunder Child

The guns either stopped functioning, had no one to function them or were just left as the captain told everyone to abandon ship. most didn't make it out as they were cut off and the pressure of the ship... brought them down with it.

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Monster Called Man

Is presenting control over these structures and functions inherently wrong?" "it seems like people will always fear more control--coming closer to their ideal of god.

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Intermission: Island to Japan

"style or function today, studley?" "function, i think. you?" "style, always style." the wolf rolled his eyes, turning his attention back to the fish in his hands. he cupped his fingers around it, keeping it in the water but unable to swim away.

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A Conflict of Minds

To follow the ideology of wild animals, through the functions we all demonstrate." "need. hunger. pain and impulse. but what about empathy, or dare i ask--love?" "all concepts that require re-examination.

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D.E1 Chapter 21: The Planet III

"if their machinery is as reliable to withstand thousands of years of inactivity and yet be able to maintain part of its functionality, then there might be a possibility that the signal was created by some sort of machine that is still functional to some point

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CE04 - monsters

Decapitation typically results in an ankou playing dead, as they've usually compartmentalized all of their vital functions away from their implied anatomy.

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Lupis Tech: AI, Paragons and JASPER

Class 0- no ai has yet been developed that passes the threshold to class 0, that being a system in possession of the full range of emotional and cognitive function exhibited by biological saipents. a fully sentient ai.

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Circles: a retrospective review

The final volume, the novel, also suffers because its prose, while functional and simplistic, is too functional and simplistic for my tastes. the novel is also written as if the characters were all human, which sets up a few jarring moments.

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Among the Fallen

Most speculate it's an advanced viral parasite, capable of shutting down an organism's life functions and assimilating those functions for itself. as far as i can tell, they're probably right.

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Tarsials

After several years will have passed, they'll have grown into brand new, fully functional members of the tarsial race.

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Revised Psionics Write-up

Tier iii: functionally similar to the tier ii, the tier iii is differentiated in the ability to endure psionic use over an extended period.