tommy, you should some of the Future Cruiser proposals floating around. Rail guns, missile cells in the auxiliary hulls, a flight deck for 12-18 V/STOL drones for air cover and ground attack, along with carrying two autonomous submersibles to provide to prevent enemy submarines from approaching the cruiser. With hyper-cavitating torpedoes, of course...
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
CaBil - May 05, 2008 7:13:51 pm PDT #5047 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
meara - May 05, 2008 7:16:23 pm PDT #5048 of 10001
Ooh, time to ask for a massive raise, Sophia!
TIED FOR THIRD! And guess who was credited with our stunning placement? THIS GUY! I carried the team to third place in a highly competitive trivia field!
...is anyone else a little confused by bon bon referring to herself as a guy?
In other news: I took a hard look at the outside of the building, and indeed. There are vines where I think my kitchen is (it's complicated by the stairwell placement being confusing, spatially). Which means the random greenery grwoing OUT OF MY CABINET is coming THROUGH THE WALL. Eep? I need to find the number for my landlord...
§ ita § - May 05, 2008 7:19:51 pm PDT #5049 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With hyper-cavitating torpedoes, of course...
Would any other sort of torpedo do?
I was spared having to google littoral by tommy's link, but no such luxury here...
tommyrot - May 05, 2008 7:19:53 pm PDT #5050 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.
One theory I've read about says that in the future, any surface ship anywhere can be located by satellite and immediately targeted by long-range missile. According to that view, the only warships will be submarines.
With hyper-cavitating torpedoes
That's what she said.
tommyrot - May 05, 2008 7:26:55 pm PDT #5051 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.
I didn't know what "littoral" was until I read the article, but I knew what hyper-cavitating torpedoes were.
§ ita § - May 05, 2008 7:31:50 pm PDT #5052 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Roadrunner keeps crapping out on me! Last night it told me it couldn't find google, now it's being pissy about IMDB.com. The weird thing is that it's taking me to a roadrunner page to tell me about it.
God, I just wanted to read Loni Anderson's bio. I guess I'll see if wikipedia exists tonight.
javachik - May 05, 2008 7:46:05 pm PDT #5053 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Meara, your cabinets sound very HG Wells right now.
ita! I totally got excited when I was 11 and someone gave me Elizabeth Gaskell's book for my birthday. 'cause, you know, it's my last name and all. So I totally thought it was about me.
I didn't get too excited when I visited Cranford, NJ, though. Imagine that. Cranford, England is a bit more exciting, but not much.
Now I want hummus.
aurelia - May 05, 2008 8:48:07 pm PDT #5054 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Funky16 Corners is a blog/podcast of classic and rare soul 45s. Good stuff! Put some Soulville into your workday.
Fabulous!
Burrell - May 05, 2008 9:19:59 pm PDT #5055 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What comes after bitter?
Curmudgeon?
Strega - May 05, 2008 10:38:40 pm PDT #5056 of 10001
Wow.
I totally just got conned. By a woman who first said she was a neighbor who'd been locked out and needed cash to pay the locksmith -- which I bought at first because I've been there. But then she came back with a series of increasingly unlikely "okay, here's the TRUTH" stories to get more dough out of me.
And I totally believe that she's in a bad place, but dude. The fact that I bought the first story does not mean I will buy ANY story. Because each new iteration is just establishing that you are a lying liar who lies.
I suppose I should call the cops, but given how this development is laid out, she'd be in the wind before they got anywhere close. And I seriously need to sleep. Full psycho-con-artist saga later.