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Never heard of these before, whats the danger?

Not only that, but if you follow that interpretation of the many-worlds theorem, then there must be a new one created any time there is a chance-event with more than one outcome, down to the quantum level... ...the antidote is the purely deterministic universe in which the entire lifetime of the universe is decided by the initial starting conditions and every event is therefore pre-determined, like snooker balls on a table, with only one possible outcome (thus no alternate universes). Just dont let the fact that would also mean your own thoughts (including this conversation) and every "decision" you ever make are also predetermined, keep you up at night

You dont recognise the particular one? Its a particular one OMG am I OLD?

Happens to literally everyone sometimes definitely myself included. Dont worry, you'll snap wide awake in the middle of the night in ten or so years and remember with perfect clarity.

Anyway gold is our best bet, as we all presumably know, this can penetrate any armour known to man:

Alas, you are right, I looked at the wrong figure Well that drops the price to only ~75k and now it will only take a single years worth of global production to arm one tank! Even at $75k it would be significantly more expensive than current rounds ($5k - $10k mark) A fantastic idea. What if make the penetrator rod 2km long, so you drive your tank until the tip is a few inches from enemy armour, on firing, the charge drives the rod a few feet forwards with great force. Reverse, reposition and repeat. *** I encountered some large numbers over at XKCD (alot of crossover today), and its worth noting that casinos mostly use several decks combined. With 4 or 5 decks the number of permutations reaches truly staggering numbers on the order of 1e300. Im not sure if its relevant to your discussion but holy jeebus those numbers get large fast.

Regarding Osmium again, after a discussion on mining at XKCD I have found another reason why Osmium would not be used in Kinetic projectiles...global production is less than 100kg per year. And at $13,000 per kg, and with the average main battle tank kinetic rod massing ~20kg, each projectile would cost more than $250k. And you'd only be able to make 5 a year if you sequestered the total global production. Enough to arm about 2-3 tanks per decade. For reference, a Tomahawk cruise missile costs about $1M.

Better hope you dont get voted off.

Turns out you do like revising

Did...did this just start all over again? Are we back to the beginning? OH MY GOD WE'RE ON A CONVEYOR BELT

Force is just faith, the power of spirituality over physical force, they just make faith a physical force too. Todays religious would say faith was more powerful than technology. Luke is Jesus. Star Trek and Star Wars could both be set in present day, or even in the past, and the story could be the same. Light Sabers ferchrissakes! This isnt a criticism of either though, just that neither of them lose anything from their scientific innaccuracies and that that is how I personally seperate sci-fi from "story set in the future/space/some other thing". PS: I love it when the English language makes me say things like "that that"

Star Trek has never been sci-fi, its space-opera.

The problem is in most iterations of the problem, the conveyor needs to "think" - that is, to change its speed based on a sensor reading. Is that possible in KSP? Can KOS handle that maybe?

I dont know anything about asdf but when I read what you heard I just thought "Oh, thats just standard internet gibberish." ...which was correct Pretty sure my fiance wonders what my state of mind is like when she hears things like "Welp, my kerbal is now a miles-wide pyramid." (encountered a glitch which turned a stranded-in-space kerbal into a geometric looking object about the size of minmus) NB: "gibberish" not necessarily meant as a derogatory term here, just representative of the propensisty of internet users to seek more and more outlandish things, usually humour, and the amount that is available.

I want a KSP cult. One of those ones with accommodation and food, one with a "compound". I'd jump into that 100%. As long as theres accommodation and food.

I said "almost"

This thread? No. But whoever first coined the question probably didnt understand it themselves or made it vague on purpose. Its almost deliberately designed to cause the maximum contention.

There's been some interesting work done on ramjet-powered projectiles:

I've read a few relevant facts on this: The gyrojet was rare but found use in Vietnam, where it was praised for its unusual sound signature ("ZWIP", apparently ), which when heard, did not necessarily originate from the firing position but from the path of the bullet - making the position of the shooter harder to pinpoint - which was a huge advantage in jungle warfare, meaning it was generally liked by those who used it. It was very light compared to conventional firearms due to not needing heavy barrel construction. Stopping power was low at short range but significant speed is reached within 10m, maximum speed (roughly Mach1, no exact data) reached in 20m after propellant burn-out. Propellant burn time is approx 0.1-0.12s The only manufacturing run on ammunition had a defect in one of the rocket nozzles (4 small holes in the base, canted to impart spin stability) which damaged power and accuracy. The defect was never corrected as the weapon did not catch on. It can be assumed that a fully developed weapon would be more effective and less failure prone. The firing mechanism was unique. The hammer hit the bullet from the front, forcing the round to hit the fixed firing pin at the rear. The rocket would then push through the sprung hammer, re-cocking it. Due to the above mentioned ammo defects, sometimes the rocket would not be able to pass the hammer, causing a misfire.

Had EPIC lightning storm at the weekend (London, UK), it was intense for any storm in any country LET ALONE quiet ol'blighty. For a period of about 2 hours we had heavy bolts of lightning roughly every second or so and the roll of thunder was a continuous roar without gaps. This is extremely unusual for the UK and was much more intense than even large storms I have experienced in more thunder-prone areas like France or Canada.

RIP and I hope he never shut up about being on the moon.

Are you bringing the curved-vs-flat-runway topic to the discussion?

Turns out the plane does take off, but there are....consequences: (ignore the windows joke for now, thats for that other thread)

Its always the most boring explanation in real life. Yes it might be related to malware but its far more likely (going on known data) that someone is messing with you. Anyone else have access to the computer? Any siblings, housemates or other users? Your computer networked to anything? If you said that you were a student in a dorm or hall of residence or something, I'd be almost certain this was a prank. If its malware, its highly unusual for them to advertise their activity, this message serves no purpose whatsoever other than to spook you. If its malware or other unauthorised activity, they have now increased the risk that you will take action, at least to halt whatever activity may be happening, and if the malware no longer has a use for your machine then why the message? I cant rule out malware or other activity but theres my 2 pence. *** Its missing a key thing to be ransomware....any threats or demands. Or any information at all. *** Notice the first 4 characters? Smacks of red herring, ie: the string means nothing its just there to help scare you. *** For what its worth, I once woke up after a party to find a text file on my desktop with a phone number on its and a girls name. First thought was that a girl liked me and wanted me to have her number. HA! Turns out someone else got a girls number and need to quickly note it down, borrowed my computer to do so. *** In conclusion, it could be something related to hacking, but if it is, its highly unusual. If it was me, I'd revisit my security measures, make sure im not being too vulnerable, but in the absence of any other noticable effects, probably just delete the file and ignore it.

Oh my god I wanted to make a joke about "Megahard doors" and then I googled and found... http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Megahard_Doors