kerbiloid Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 A tinderbox contains flint, firesteel, and tinder. The flint consists of SiO2. SiO2 is present everywhere, even on the Moon. The firesteel is made of metal. Unlike the obsolete iron ones, the modern firesteels are made of lantanoid alloys. There presumably are lantanoids on the Moon, and their may be the purpose of the planned Moon bases. The tinder is a piece of dry organics. On the Moon they can take the cellulose from naptins and towels. The firewood can be grown in a greenhouse. But how are they going to light the napkin tinder with the sparks when there is no oxygen on the Moon to burn??? Are they going to fire a campfire inside the habitat? Will the lunar habitats be equipped with fireplaces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Life is a death defying act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity Quote Ancient cultures around the Mediterranean knew that certain objects, such as rods of amber, could be rubbed with cat's fur to attract light objects like feathers. Every time when they were rubbing an amber rod with a skinned cat's fur, they were noticing that it began attracting bird feathers suddenly brought closer, and this was amazing them very much. Daily routine of Ancient Greece. It was just another Tuesday... Edited February 14, 2023 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2023/02/13/ufo-shot-down-over-lake-huron-wisconsin-caused-airspace-lake-michigan-close-february-12-2023/69898804007/ about the UFObject landed at Lake Huron: Quote CNN reported that the object was “octagonal” with strings hanging off and no discernible payload. It was also mentioned that this object is smaller than the <...> surveillance balloon that was shot down previously. “I'm not going to categorize them as balloons. We're calling them objects for a reason,” <...> It's a Lead Zeppelin with Probodobodyne OKTO as command pod. Maybe with antigrav repulsors from Kerbal Foundries. It's nice. The previous ones were powered with Kerbal Balloons, which are also great. Anyways... Kerbals are coming??? Is it a promo-action of the KSP-2 release? *** Expectations Spoiler Reality Spoiler Edited February 14, 2023 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Not exactly a shower thought, but I was reading through the comments of a YT video (I don't remember what it was, maybe the Azerbaijan anthem or something-A really good song BTW, check it out), and someone who wasn't a native English speaker apologized for his "bad English" when the comment was 100% grammatically correct, and I realized how at least half of native English speakers don't really bother with grammar and spelling on the internet. I guess that says something. Just found this which sums up what I said above pretty well: Edited February 18, 2023 by Ben J. Kerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Global Warming affecting the dinosaurs: 2000 - 20 = 1980 "Dinosaurs were cold-blooded beasts covered with slimy scales." 2000 + 20 = 2020 "Dinosaurs were warm-blooded cuties covered with fuzzy feathers." PR matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) If have a look at the antipod map Spoiler you immediately realize that: Both East- and West- Indias are just two coasts of the same Indian Ocean Gulf in the middle of the map. So, they are indeed two halves of the same Indian land. All numerous Guineas/Guyanas/etc. (including even Papua) are a chain of lands, crossing the Atlantics. So, it's indeed the same land, too. In the middle of Atlantics there is a huge landmass, known as Atlantis. It's Australia. Btw look, the American and Australian marsupials live much closer to each other on such map. The Arctic and Antarctic lands are same, just opposite. So, it's very correct to give them these same names. The Earth is twice excessive. Many lands doubling each other. So, there is no other option than conclude that in Medieval and earlier the Earth was looking that strange, and then was optimized. Great India was splitted in Asian and American. Great Guinea was splitted and scattered. Atlantis disappeared in Atlantics, remaining only in Pacific. Arctic land disappeared. The Earth became a simple sphere. Such sad Great Topological Cataclysm. Btw, the territories with most complete documented history (Eurasia, Central America, Africa) are almost not affected by this theory, as they don't have antipods. P.S. Did someone notice that it's the 100th page of the thread? Edited February 24, 2023 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Did someone notice that it's the 100th page of the thread? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pthigrivi Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Phenomenology teaches that we are our brains and we are our bodies, but we are also our perception and everything our eyes see and our ears hear and every extremity of knowledge we interact with. Our homes and our hobbies and jobs and whole people we know live, in some sense, half within us. This is hard for most of us brought up in a moral way in which existence is intrinsically tied to responsibility, where action and free will are the presupposed foundation of being. We think we must be responsible for our brains and our bodies (though we are mostly wrong) but we cannot possibly be responsible for our environment and everything we perceive. On reflection it seems though very obvious that we are not in control even of what lies within our own skin. Thoughts come unbidden. Our bodies betray us. There is no evidence of free will. It is a conceit, an arrogant self-deception. We are just conduits for meaning. Life doesn’t just happen to us, nor is it something we conjure of the aether. Life is a thing that passes through us and is of no one’s accord. Edited February 26, 2023 by Pthigrivi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zozaf Kerman Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 You don’t sleep when you turn, but you turn when you sleep… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 People on Mars would learn Earth History, not Mars History. They would learn Martian Geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I must be getting stronger as I age! Now I can bring in $300 worth of groceries in one trip! yeah, it’s a repeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 When a tax inspector says "Fine!", what does he mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 49 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: When a tax inspector says "Fine!", what does he mean? "Pay a fine" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) I woke up this morning feeling so in love with KSP! (I had to take a shower and then go downstairs to play KSP.) KSP is what gets me out of bed in the morning. And/or coffee... Spoiler (I've never run the experiment to find out which (coffee or KSP) and the relative correlation -- and I ain't going to run that dang experiment, neither!) Edited March 10, 2023 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Sirona Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 If i don't give a damn, that means i do not care at all. But how much do i care if i give, say, five damns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Give a damn't to neutralize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 3/14/2023 at 12:30 AM, Maria Sirona said: If i don't give a damn, that means i do not care at all. But how much do i care if i give, say, five damns? Too damn much? I'll be damned to heck if I don't damn well care, dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 A damnillion of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Just watched a video of a python shedding its skin. 1. Now I understand, how did they invent the bubble wrap. 2. You can pop a shed skin of a python instead of the bubble wrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Sirona Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 In the Star Wars galaxy, an imperial officer gave Han the surname "Solo" because he didn't have any. What if it is standard procedure in the Empire to give people with no surname the one "Solo", and there are actually a big bunch of Solos around the galaxy??????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 10 hours ago, Maria Sirona said: In the Star Wars galaxy, an imperial officer gave Han the surname "Solo" because he didn't have any. What if it is standard procedure in the Empire to give people with no surname the one "Solo", and there are actually a big bunch of Solos around the galaxy??????????????? True story: When my father enlisted in the Army in 1939, he told them that he had no middle name. Because he had no middle name, his parents never gave him one. The sergeant at the enlistment center looked at him and said, "You can't enlist without a middle name. Your middle name is Winfred." And that's what went down on his enlistment paperwork, and it followed him all the way through his enlistment. So much so that on his gravestone, which was paid for by the DoD, he has a middle initial of W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Couldn't national anthems be considered 'country songs'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) The human culture started with "The food which I'm going to eat!" photos in a community blog. Spoiler Edited March 19, 2023 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(15th_century_BC) Quote The Battle of Megiddo (fought 15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of Pharaoh Thutmose III and a large rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states led by the king of Kadesh. Quote At Karnak it is recorded that the victorious army took home 340 prisoners, 2,041 mares, 191 foals, six stallions, 924 chariots, 200 suits of armor,[dubious – discuss] 502 bows, 1,929 cattle, 22,500 sheep, and the royal armor, chariot and tent-poles of the King of Megiddo. 340 prisoners 2k horses and 2k cows 22 500 sheep (interesting, if it includes the eaten while driving to home) ... (it's important!) tent-poles. It's Thutmose III, one of the greatest Ancient Egyptian kings, the most glorious and famous of his victories. *** Spoiler "340 prisoners..." "tent poles..." Obviously, just local technologies. *** On the other hand, it explains why Egypt is now a desert. It was covered with forest, but all trees have been cut to roll the stones for pyramids across logs. Edited March 20, 2023 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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