Let's see what sort of detritus has washed up in the ol' comments queue this week.... First off, we have the message reproduced in the pic, from someone who apparently objected to the excessive two pony images that we used last Thursday. Point taken, dude. You may bite Princess Celestia's immortal sun-emblazoned ass. On the other hand, regarding dude's whining about our constant spamming of
On the car radio the other day, heard a serious discussion of how to up the percentage of women editors on Wikipedia, with many a wondering question about why there are so few. They never heard me yelling at it, "Because women have better things to do than waste their life on that 'authoritative' source'!"
Ahem... meanwhile, back to posting comments on a day-old snark thread...
It's as if, in doing research for that term paper, the writer managed to miss all references to the work on EMP hardening that has been going on for at least 35 years.
The reason that Russian crews go into space packing is not because of anything they'll encounter up there. The reason is because when they come back down it's on land. Usually in the empty steppe of Kazakhstan, but sometimes things go wrong and they land in the Siberian taiga.
They are usually OK when they come down in Borat-land, because it's open and flat, so the capsule is easy to track and find, plus they are landing where they are supposed to land, so the recovery crews are already in the vicinity. Not so if they come down in Siberia, though. Siberia is really really big, is heavily forested, has much more rugged terrain and is practically roadless, and because the recovery crews don't know at first where they are (since it's not where the Soyuz was supposed to land).
So if they go off course, the cosmonauts will have to sit tight while they are waiting to be found, which can be awhile. In the meantime they have to deal with the local residents. Which, in the case of Siberia, are most often bears. Not the fuzzy-wuzzy kind, though. If you think that this is a very unlikely and far-fetched scenario, then you should read up a little on Soviet and Russian spaceflight history. (Spoiler: yes it has happened, and yes the crew had to defend themselves for three days before they were found and rescued.)
That was an actual episode. Maybe you've forgotten it because a coconut hit you on the head.
... the Destroyer of Worlds.
Who knew he was a Music Man fan?
When my mother visited Scotland she unironically bought a can of vegetarian haggis to bring home.
It's SO good to have you back!
On the car radio the other day, heard a serious discussion of how to up the percentage of women editors on Wikipedia, with many a wondering question about why there are so few. They never heard me yelling at it, "Because women have better things to do than waste their life on that 'authoritative' source'!"
Ahem... meanwhile, back to posting comments on a day-old snark thread...
Considering the term paper was likely based on Wikipedia entries...
It's as if, in doing research for that term paper, the writer managed to miss all references to the work on EMP hardening that has been going on for at least 35 years.
Commie Martyrs!!!
Yeah, I would have been all WTF? too if I have been given a big red button that had the word "TERSE" printed on it.
The reason that Russian crews go into space packing is not because of anything they'll encounter up there. The reason is because when they come back down it's on land. Usually in the empty steppe of Kazakhstan, but sometimes things go wrong and they land in the Siberian taiga.
They are usually OK when they come down in Borat-land, because it's open and flat, so the capsule is easy to track and find, plus they are landing where they are supposed to land, so the recovery crews are already in the vicinity. Not so if they come down in Siberia, though. Siberia is really really big, is heavily forested, has much more rugged terrain and is practically roadless, and because the recovery crews don't know at first where they are (since it's not where the Soyuz was supposed to land).
So if they go off course, the cosmonauts will have to sit tight while they are waiting to be found, which can be awhile. In the meantime they have to deal with the local residents. Which, in the case of Siberia, are most often bears. Not the fuzzy-wuzzy kind, though. If you think that this is a very unlikely and far-fetched scenario, then you should read up a little on Soviet and Russian spaceflight history. (Spoiler: yes it has happened, and yes the crew had to defend themselves for three days before they were found and rescued.)
there's a reason they are called penis extensions
sadly, the ones who will come out the best from an EMP blast are all the crazies wandering around with their tinfoil hats
What is the Mission(ary) Position?
the clean your android pop ups are as annoying as fuck
Oh honey child, never cite your term paper as your source.