Thanks for the info, Susan! My sister looks at me weird when I confess to watching "The History of the Gun" show on the Military Channel/History International, but info like that is why I find the evolution of weapons just fascinating. The way that technology is tied into tactics is something that is never discussed in history classes at the K-12 level, and probably should be. Otherwise, you end up thinking (like I did) that the British line, the Civil War bayonet charge, and the trench warfare of WWI were just stupid, but viewed in combination with what they had on hand, they either make sense or explain why the death rates were so high.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Sep 10, 2007 7:10:56 am PDT #9424 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2007 7:15:01 am PDT #9425 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Otherwise, you end up thinking (like I did) that the British line, the Civil War bayonet charge, and the trench warfare of WWI were just stupid, but viewed in combination with what they had on hand, they either make sense or explain why the death rates were so high.
I recently read The Guns of August. Fascinating book. I learned the French were unable to stop the German advance until they adopted trenches for defense.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2007 7:29:08 am PDT #9426 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
and that the same guy founded both Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's!
You mean the latter isn't officially the work of the Devil?
Gudanov - Sep 10, 2007 7:30:18 am PDT #9427 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
In goat news...
Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.
And yes, the 757 is now flying
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2007 7:33:26 am PDT #9428 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I saw that before.
I keep picturing Mal kicking the goats into the 757's engines....
Steph L. - Sep 10, 2007 7:49:56 am PDT #9429 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I keep picturing Mal kicking the goats into the 757's engines....
And ita would be on the other side of the engine, waiting for pre-cut goat that she could curry.
Dana - Sep 10, 2007 7:55:31 am PDT #9430 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Do you freeze up in front of them and NOT LET ME OUT? Because if you do, I'm afraid that you won't be able to get revenge for that earworm because I'll have to kill you.
Since I didn't freeze up at the Giant Revolving Door of Death at the Hyatt, then I think I've justified my continued survival. Really, though, I think that door was trying to do us a favor by keeping us out.
Theodosia - Sep 10, 2007 8:02:19 am PDT #9431 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Since it's a drafting class, I'd just go with, 'if you're going to draft it, you'd better understand it." And also, being able to see how these processes/machines/diagrams are drafted gives you great examples of How to Draft.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2007 8:15:49 am PDT #9432 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Time for another forgotten classic from the vast Again With the Comics archives. Here we present Dostoyevsky Comics, originally printed in Drawn and Quarterly #3 (2000), and currently out-of-print, as far as I know. Crime and Punishment, originally written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was brilliantly adapted here by R. Sikoryak, as seen through a Dick Sprang Batman filter. This marriage of Classic Russian Literature and the Caped Crusader of Gotham also serves as further proof, if any were needed, that everything is better with Batman.
Tom Scola - Sep 10, 2007 8:18:14 am PDT #9433 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Heh. I have the D&Q #3. It's about ten years older than they say it is, though.
What's next - Superboy by Kafka?
In the same vein, Sikoryak did a comic strip of Camus' The Stranger with Superman as the protagonist.