Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect

Evolution works by random mutations of DNA getting borked by transcription errors, ionizing radiation and teratogenic chemicals in such a manner that the borked DNA actually does something useful.

 

The odds of feathers evolving twice are astronomical.

That's a vast oversimplification, and even at that you left out a couple pretty important factors. 

And to the topic at hand, some dinosaurs had feathers.  Some did not. To make broad claims over millions of years, in a greatly changing climate and ecosystem, would be silly. 

They had as many feathers as they needed to survive.  They were as colorful as required for their niche. Dinosaurs aren't some mythical set of unicorns that defy all known population genetics knowledge. 

But all cartridges have major shortcomings - namely, people are not buying them from me.

I have an unhealthy fetish for super-heavy .35 caliber rounds built around integrally suppressed single shots.  What have you got for me?

Edge alignment is very important to reducing the radar cross section of your polearm.

 

 

 

 

 

What?

Oh, yeah, sure.  And I repolarize my turbo encabulator every 2000 miles. 

I didn't see the WoT post. 

I tend to stay away from WoT forums, they smell funny. 

 

 

  Nobody looks good when they're having sex except dragonflies.  Sex is messy, awkward and ugly.  

 

I dunno, my mom says I look fine during said act. 

Colli-man, do you have a fictional writing piece? Care to give us a sample?

I grew up shooting large animals with a Norinco Sks. You know, no real problems putting anything down.

But I wish I had a piece of silver for every new wunder bullet or round that's come out to supposedly "fix" the last cartridge's "shortcomings".

Ah. So bacon day at Dennys? Gotchya.

It seems I have accidentally DDoSed the 68forums.

They didn't have the internet in 1990s ancient greece. 

What does DDoSed mean?

Uh oh, "Rifter" over at the 68 forums really put a hurt on the Author! He even says so!

"He got told about his lack of facts by me and and couple of others. I just spent an hour over there dropping the hammer on him. He claims he's been lurking over here but it sure doesn't seem like it. He just doesn't seem to know what really is going on."

Compare the .30-30 LEVERevolution stuff to 6.8SPC. See what comes out on top. That would be an entertaining, and pointless, article. 

Thread retitled to be more accurate.

Lots of additional lulz to be had over at 68forums, including constructor trying to insult me and accidentally insulting 68forum members, instead.

Damnit, damnit damnit, why did I click that? Why? I hate you, Sturgis-man. 

EDIT: 

After reading through the forum post, some are actually like "Guys, we shouldn't be so quick, did you read his article?" And then the rest do something like this.

"Yeah, so we were wrong and lieing just to get the community angry at this author, but who cares? He hates 6.8. He hates something we love.  We can't abide by that."

I like females of the human species.

 

Am I alone in this cold unforgiving world?

There are far more crustaceans than human females on this planet.  My odds of being alone are much lower than yours. 

My favorite so far is Mad Gorilla. 

Some of us have a very... distinct, palate. 

I'm confused and intrigued. Please, continue. 

I put together a much better list of characters.  Now I'm trying to decide on what to name each character. 

Just for measure, purely scientific interest, how large is that Daidal acanthocercus? Large as, say, a small dog? A petite human? Could you possibly fit a collar around its exoskeleton? 

Do you think its appendages had the dexterity to undo knots?

A trike fit for our Teutonic overlords.

Alright guys, there's got to be more creativity here in these annals. 

If I don't see something, I'm going to start posting crustacean slashfiction. 

Back in 2006, you could have bought four for under $800, if you got a deal. 

Those were the days.  

I reworked a Saiga on my bedroom floor with a dremel and a few hand tools when I Was like 18 years old. 

I love it, and so do you. 

http://forum.gon.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=428082&stc=1&d=1260248945

Hey Sturgis-man, miss it yet? 

That's very good, I believe. 

I'm just about done with a set of human characters for my next novel. I'll get on the other races soon. 

Lamentably when I open word it's for nerd boardgames, not word stringing together (incidentally, I have put up a link to my rules draft on that thread)

I always thought I'd have much too much fun with tabletop gaming.  But everytime I visit a local lounge or game shop, but the smell usually scares me away.