Lord_James

Stay safe over there, Stimpy: the situation is probably not going to get much better due to both sides increasing their aggression.

That’s because these refugees maintain the crisis that keeps the politicians elected; why would they solve the problem that gives them so much power and money? This situation reminds me of the last ~200 years of the Roman Empire...

Ok, did some research, and it turns out that the Earth-Sun L2 point is ~1.5 million km from Earth, give or take, and the umbra that Earth casts is only ~1.4 million km in length... which means this point is never in full shadow, and you cannot use the Earth or any vector within the vicinity of the Earth to radiate a spacecraft’s heat. On a side note, I feel incredibly inconvenienced by these facts.

That’s usually the story when someone has a overwhelming air superiority. I doubt those akbars even had manpads with them.

A consideration with using nuclear generated electricity on a telescope is that the radiative surfaces to cool the scope would have to be large, which would necessitate a wider radius to increase the surface area without overlapping the radiative vectors, which would increase the moment of inertia. This might not be that big of a problem, considering a lot of telescopes just look at one location for long periods of time, but would pose a problem when trying to turn 180 if there is an urgent requirement (asteroids and such). Also, launching such a large satellite will cause problems, unless we work on our microgravity construction techniques. Though, on advantage of it being so far out (the Earth-Sun L2), you could indeed use volatile coolants like NaK, not that big of an environmental risk cause space is already inhospitable, though Earth’s gravity might render this point moot if coolant leaves the L2 area at certain vectors.

yep, a low “square” bridge fletcher class. The majority of Fletchers completed were to that design, so narrowing it down is gonna take some effort.

Mk.33 twin Mount for the 3” L/50 RF Mk.22. http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-50_mk27-33-34.php This gun appears to be on the oiler from the first set of pictures, based on the shape of the derrick and boom, though this particular picture may be further aft? the stack isn’t in any of these pictures, but I assume that this is the same ship, just a different angle.

strange to see an auxiliary ship, armed, during a time enemy aircraft or surface raiders (especially open ocean) were at a minimum. Also, those guns look like the older Mk. 22 / Mk.26, and not the automatic Mk.34. Kinda surprised they used anything on the auxiliaries, let alone hand loaded weapons.

And just like that, things go from looking bad for the US, to looking bad for Iran, again.

wait, there’s 2 Queen E’s?

so you could say they over cooked it ... I’ll go back under my rock now...

I just read something about modeling the hull lines with equations? It’s not making too much sense to me; can anyone explain it?

Not a picture or art, but still interesting: http://www.combinedfleet.com/okun_biz.htm TL;DR, Bismarck and Tirpitz are overrated, Richelieu, Sodak, and Vittorio V are surprisingly matched (in armor, at least), and Yamato has great deck armor, but only slightly above average main belt armor.

they’re still rioting over there? I’m actually impressed... hopefully the protesters will start sharpening their guillotines

http://navsource.org/ Lots of good photos of USN warships.

lol, this would imply M829 has had 4 generations of upgrades, while M900 has not been touched, since it was introduced. We really needed that smoothbore 105 like 2 decades ago, at least... or the 75mm ARES.

yeah, um, not really. For modern ammunition, and the velocities they impact at, DU (and tungsten and steel) all undergo adiabatic (constant mass) shearing; basically the forces are so great and happen so quickly, the material cannot plastically deform in any meaningful way, and simply disintegrates. This can be seen in still-frames of high velocity test KE penetrators impacting hard targets, and how both the ‘penetrator’ and ‘armor’ turn to a noticeable plume of dust at the impact point. It’s not so much penetration, or deformation, as it is atomization.

I would be interested in that, I have some ideas for a ground attack/ heavy fighter and a high altitude interceptor. But: this. Making an airfoil (convincingly) in some 3D CADs can be difficult and tedious, but I think choosing pre-defined airfoil shapes from something like NACA would make it easier as the contestants could just make a general wing shape, then specify which airfoil shape they’re using... maybe. However, the calculations involved would still be a pain, as aircraft can be very sensitive to minor force imbalances, and the body shape of the craft would still pose a problem. That darn caveat: money. Anyway, as interested as I would be to make a 1940s aircraft using modern knowledge, I think it would be a difficult contest to follow through with, either with the complexity of the aerodynamics involved with the aircraft, time investments into modeling said complex shapes, continually having to teach and mentor some competitors who know (comparably) little about aircraft, or extending the time of the competition. on a tangential note: I do have some ideas that I can’t find data or theories to confirm my suspicions. Which forum topic could I ask those in?

Bradley with a turret bustle (and Iron Fist light)? Actually doesn’t look bad.

Glad I could make your brain work Not too surprised; though I was initially confused when you mentioned selective breeding and gene screening, but it is interesting nonetheless.

I have been noticed!!! This was another concern I had with gene manipulation: would such modifications effect the individuals’ ability to procreate? If some person who modified themselves to be a half human/ snake naga thing tries to have children with another who is modified to be a mer-person (and I think it’s reasonably safe to assume neither knows much of how the gene mods affect them), would it be possible for them to conceive? Would the child be human (at first, anyway) or some terrible amalgam? Also, I’m almost certain that if a child were modified in utero to be something their parents decided for them, there will be major legal and moral issues if and when the child reaches adulthood and decides “I don’t like these changes I’ve had since birth, and were forced upon me by my parents.” As thoroughly interesting and beneficial as this technology can be (I myself could benefit from a cure to my outrageous metabolism and Aspergers, as well as removing the familial cancer risk for women in my family), there are consequences and concerns that must be resolved before societies utilize it. Since I’m more familiar with industry and machines, than biology and organisms, I think I’ll make a post on how that may effect the future; just need to gather my thoughts.

Why does the exhaust cause yellow stains all over her superstructure? Burn marks would be understandable, but it looks like the crew uses that area to piss.

No MBTs this time?

Major Necro, but I have some questions: 1. Not 100% sure on this, but wouldn’t such radical genetic changes require the immune system to be heavily suppressed, if not completely deactivated? And wouldn’t such a procedure be expensive and time consuming, making it viable only for the rich (and those people who spend more money on their car or jewelry than their home)? 2. On the cultural/societal aspect of this: wouldn’t this cause a type of classism, where the rich and wannabe rich can alter themselves (seemingly) at whim while the plebeians below can only look on in envy? Would it also spawn types of xeno/ species/ racialism due to animosity, jealousy, and/or inferiority complexes? 3. In relation to society and culture, would individuals who chose certain modifications, let’s say high muscle and bone density, for high strength applications, be held in the same regards as someone who modified their brain to maximize surface area and neuron transmission speed? Would someone’s genes, and physical structure, limit their societal roles to the select areas attuned to them, as other areas are already saturated with ‘attuned’ people? These would seem to provide major challenges to the populist and communist dreams of many who yearn for this, as people often (and are programmed to) separate differences they observe into different categories. Also, the first point that “everyone will be hot” is not only subjective (personally tastes like exoticism and fetishes) and objective (Fibonacci’s number and general cultural / societal beliefs of attraction), but also would be subject to availability curves, insofar as if the percentage of “hot people” in a population increases, the average or perceived level of ‘hotness’ within that population would stay constant, or decrease. (This would also cause animosity and exoticism / fetishization between the societies and cultures who have access such technology, and those who do not; think the exoticization of certain extra-cultural/ societal/ racial groups and/or sexes, like orientalism, and American idealism in the late 1800s and early 1900s.)

“Hydrofoil Handbook; Volume 1” (design of hydrofoil craft) 1954 https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/089648.pdf