Mister Dilsby Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 17 minutes ago, Alchemist said: A small note: in Russian the small m looks like this: м the way you used it it's actually t (when printed it's usually т, however handwritten it looks like m). Yeah, it only makes sense given that capital Т when handwritten has three legs, most likely to avoid confusion with Г (wihich is G). And this is why I'm not going to do a lot of Russian or other Slavic languages here: difficult to get it right when you don't even know the alphabet. Thanks for the lesson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Yeah, even languages using latin alphabet contain letters like ó ż ź ł and the like Believe me, even polish students sometimes struggle with proper usage of those weirdos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 3 hours ago, Alchemist said: A small note: in Russian the small m looks like this: м the way you used it it's actually t (when printed it's usually т, however handwritten it looks like m). Yeah, it only makes sense given that capital Т when handwritten has three legs, most likely to avoid confusion with Г (wihich is G). See, this is why I prefer to study spoken-only languages. No worries about spelling or orthography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemist Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 56 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said: See, this is why I prefer to study spoken-only languages. No worries about spelling or orthography To be honest, correlation between spelling and pronunciation in English also makes almost no sense from the viewpoint of most other languages. And if you run into a word adopted from another language - it's completely unpredictable. 3 hours ago, Kuzzter said: difficult to get it right when you don't even know the alphabet. And those were the symbols that mostly match. Given that both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets were derived from Greek, it's surprising how much inconsistency is there between all 3 of them. And if you want something at least partially recognizable for those familiar only with Latin alphabet, it's even more of a problem. Also it's a real problem when you have 2 or even 3 layouts on your keyboard - you always end up with the wrong one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman979 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Quote A rough, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed. Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 This is my first post of 2016, and I'm proud for it to be for Kerbfleet! By the way, why not make one lander with two stages for Bob and Pol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 7 hours ago, SpaceplaneAddict said: By the way, why not make one lander with two stages for Bob and Pol? I'm not sure what advantage you think that would give. Bop and Pol are both pretty easy compared to the inner moons. A single stage lander that did a return trip to each moon would be much smaller. Of course, that may not matter to Bill and Wernher considering the size of the [REDACTED]. If I was building a lander to do both moons in one trip, it would probably still be single stage. Happy Concerned landings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 9 hours ago, SpaceplaneAddict said: By the way, why not make one lander with two stages for Bob and Pol? If I'm going single stage to Tylo, I think I'd be embarrassed to leave any parts behind on Bop or Pol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) On 31.12.2015 at 2:45 PM, Kuzzter said: And @RandomRyan, of course Google Translate is exactly where I got that word, good to know it works in reverse too I'm going to trust the actual German speakers here when they tell me that such a word is silly and stupid and no one today would ever use it. Just what I wanted! Still, "Weltraumfahrzeugträger" is kind of a hilarious naming in its oddity. The problem with the German way of creating new words by connecting old ones is that sometimes the created words don't really make sense anymore. For example, "Weltraum" means space (literally, "World-Room"), Fahrzeug means vehicle (literally, "Drive-Thing") and "Träger" just means carrier (even literally). But if you combine these words it gets comical, since one can't "drive" in space, and it's not necessary to "carry" anything since there is no weight. @Kuzzter: It's not that complicated to slip in some russian influence, you could just transscribe some English words into cyrillic or use Russian words with the latin alphabet. For example, "Kerbfleet" would look like "Кэрбфлит" (also considering the pronunciation), the Russian word for "Hello" would be "Privjet"(pronounce like "pree-vyat") or "Sdravstvuj" (pronounce like "Strust-voo-y"). Edited January 1, 2016 by Flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasukaru76 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Kuzzter said: If I'm going single stage to Tylo, I think I'd be embarrassed to leave any parts behind on Bop or Pol But... don't you need sights for future tourists to visit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 9 minutes ago, pasukaru76 said: But... don't you need sights for future tourists to visit... That's what flags and plaques are for! Moving on... Next stop, Minmus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman979 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Ohh, am I the first to post after the comic? Also, isn't there XP for planting flags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Dman979 said: Also, isn't there XP for planting flags? Yeah, you get about 10% more for planting a flag than for just landing. But I always thought spamming flags was cheesy so I tend not to do it except when I have a good reason to mark a landing site. In any case, the max XP available for this trip without flag planting is over 18 (Kerbin orbit, Mun and Minmus landings, solar orbit) so everybody will be at least Level 3 when they come back. Edited January 2, 2016 by Kuzzter rare missed homonym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I hope Nizmo doesn't try to instate kommunism aboard the Space Drive-Thing Carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 17 minutes ago, Sanic said: I hope Nizmo doesn't try to instate kommunism aboard the Space Drive-Thing Carrier. I got the impression he left Russian territory to escape that. I'm waiting for the Negative Gravioli Detector to start talking trash again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 6 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said: I got the impression he left Russian territory to escape that. Or he could be a Krussian spy/sleeper agent! *puts on tinfoil hat* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman979 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 There's no reason to believe that, @Sanic. As Kuzzter has repeatedly mentioned, his Kerbals do not know from violence, so there would be no need to have separate countries, let alone spies. *gently and carefully removes Sanic's tinfoil hat and replaces it with a Ushanka* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dman979 said: There's no reason to believe that, @Sanic. As Kuzzter has repeatedly mentioned, his Kerbals do not know from violence, so there would be no need to have separate countries, let alone spies. *gently and carefully removes Sanic's tinfoil hat and replaces it with a Ushanka* Well, he could be Kerbulan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman979 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Sanic said: Well, he could be Kerbulan. No, they don't even know that the other exists, except for one dream. They're not in contact... yet. Concerned Ponderings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Dman979 said: No, they don't even know that the other exists, except for one dream. They're not in contact... yet. Concerned Ponderings! Well, until Kuzzter comes along and ruins the conspiracy theory by stating the obvious, the Kerbulans could very well have discovered Kerbin already. We haven't seen them since their khristmas karol, where they were singing about using all their missiles, presumably against the abandoned Eve flotilla. Edited January 2, 2016 by Sanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Dman979 said: There's no reason to believe that, @Sanic. As Kuzzter has repeatedly mentioned, his Kerbals do not know from violence, so there would be no need to have separate countries, let alone spies. To wit: I know I haven't shown the date in a while, so for reference, Kenlie Kermulan left Kerbulus for 'the purple planet' 30-40 days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the update Kuzzter! 'Not quite yet...' but soon(ish) I trust. Definitely adding to the level of concern. But that's to be expected at this point. Happy Concerned landings! Edited January 2, 2016 by Starhawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 So, is Kenlie Kerman the only one with a psychic connection to his evil twin? I wonder if, say, Bill has a subconscious link to Evil Bill. And for that matter, if there is a Ted and Evil Ted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdj64 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 On 12/30/2015 at 9:56 AM, Kuzzter said: Roger that. Pretty sure that if I have room inside KSS [REDACTED] for the Quadhammer, Skimmeroo, other landers and the Longboat, I can fit a few tons' worth of scansats as well In any case, I'm not going to be bound by any of the various formal rulesets for the Jool-5 challenge (though my intent is to go in a single mission with a ship assembled in LKO, perform ISRU, and have different crew visit each moon) If I do end up qualifying for a badge, fantastic! Just so long as @sdj64 accepts comics pages (showing the occasional resource window) as a valid entry I'll keep an eye on it. You're probably all set for most of the rules, the big one to watch out for is interacting with other stuff that didn't come with you on your ship (besides the one allowed refueling mission). I suppose you already take lots of screenshots for your comics so you should be all set if we can see some resource windows or at least fuel gauges for the important bits. An album would be much appreciated if you want to submit your mission when you're finished because it will take a lot of time to go through the whole thread of comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Just now, sdj64 said: I'll keep an eye on it. You're probably all set for most of the rules, the big one to watch out for is interacting with other stuff that didn't come with you on your ship (besides the one allowed refueling mission). I suppose you already take lots of screenshots for your comics so you should be all set if we can see some resource windows or at least fuel gauges for the important bits. An album would be much appreciated if you want to submit your mission when you're finished because it will take a lot of time to go through the whole thread of comics. Kuzzter always creates an Imgur album of each chapter. That should make for easy review. Happy landings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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