kerbiloid Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Everyone knows G11, but nobody even recalls its poor big bro, CAWS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_HK_CAWS I was reading about it in school years in a journal, and since then was being shocked by such lack of deserved amusement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 12 hours ago, magnemoe said: also the G11 was too complex probably as it needed the 3 round burst before recoil function. Which wasn't an unreasonable requirement. At the time everyone was exploring how to increase effectiveness of short bursts, and the Soviets ended up with AN-94 precisely by the same logic. It's just that by then they'd largely stopped chasing new cartridges (for assault rifles, specifically - the contemporary attempts at replacing the 7.62x54R were wild, like the 10x54R discarding sabot flechettes, but they never involved a new gun). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 They could just add Ctrl button. Ctrl+LeftClick = triple shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 "Gagara" is a loon. Yuri Loony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Knowing it’s his 90th makes me wonder how long he would have lived if he didn’t die in the plane crash. Leonov lived to 85, and Tereshkova is still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) Shuttle (and Apollo?)* astronauts were all trained to drive their emergency escape M113, to their absolute delight * I believe the Shuttle crew just left no space for a driver, but this wouldn't be an issue for Apollo Edited March 12 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 4 hours ago, DDE said: Shuttle (and Apollo?)* astronauts were all trained to drive their emergency escape M113, to their absolute delight * I believe the Shuttle crew just left no space for a driver, but this wouldn't be an issue for Apollo It could be an safety issue, why put an extra driver at risk then the astronauts could drive. Its not like they needed to be expert drivers, just to handle it and driving using the vision slits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Also fun fact: The M113s have now been replaced with surplus MRAPs. MRAP Rolls Through Pad Evacuation Runs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Interlune planning lunar helium-3 extraction: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Who wants to know how full the urine tank aboard the ISS is? Or would like to know the station's exact mass to 5 decimal places? Live ISS Telemetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Shows empty values and a world map with the orbit line for me. (JavaScript is on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) 6 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Shows empty values and a world map with the orbit line for me. (JavaScript is on) Were it working, you'd see the active values flashing yellow as they change. Urine level now 22%. My browser is Waterfox G6.0.2, a Firefox fork. Yours? Edited March 31 by AckSed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) 1 hour ago, AckSed said: Waterfox G6.0.2 Waterfox G6.0.11 Windows 7x64 Home Edited March 31 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Then I have nothing. Maybe newer version changed something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 minute ago, AckSed said: Then I have nothing. Maybe newer version changed something? Maybe Win 7 is too old. Google Chrome also has empty values, and there is no NoScript on it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryaja Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 The fastest morbid amputation had a 300% mortality rate. 2 people got sepsis, and one guy fainted and hit his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryaja Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 @Vanamonde should this thread just be moved to the lounge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 6 minutes ago, Ryaja said: @Vanamonde should this thread just be moved to the lounge? Some of the fun facts are scientific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryaja Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 17 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: Some of the fun facts are scientific. Yes, but this probably fits with the lounge more as not all are. But it's up to you and the other mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerben Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Even if you already know it, this fact is fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Speaking of science, here it is: The Recurrence Inversion of the rotating objects at the Space Stations is the Gyroscopic Effect Quote The analytical approaches of the new gyroscope theory enabled the description of the physics of the phenomenon of the rotating object in the weightless conditions of space flights. On the rotating object, at the free flight, are acting the inertial forces generated by its circular motions around the earth and its rotating mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Fun Fact: due to the Trade Winds in the South Pacific, 'sea level' is 1.5 feet higher in Indonesia than near Peru. https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/tropical_stuff/enso/enso2.htm This also is an explanation for the late colonization of New Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii, etc. etc. The combination of the currents and prevailing winds made it extremely difficult for anyone to go East of Indonesia. (Early Chinese maps had the equivalent of 'here there be monsters' for anything past the Indonesian archipelago.) ALSO... According to Phys.org, that is the comparison of all of the water on Earth and the planet itself (and they mean ALL - including vapor and the water in our bodies). https://phys.org/news/2012-05-earth.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 17 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: This also is an explanation for the late colonization of New Zealand, Samoa, Hawaii, etc. etc. The combination of the currents and prevailing winds made it extremely difficult for anyone to go East of Indonesia. (Early Chinese maps had the equivalent of 'here there be monsters' for anything past the Indonesian archipelago.) Okay, I was wondering about that. Before the politics of that era (1400s) made my alternate history where China reaches the Americas first implausible, I had no idea if there was even a reason for them to go there in the first place. I was thinking maybe they thought they could reach Europe by sailing that way, kinda like a reverse of how Columbus tried to sail west to reach India... but with China going east to reach Europe, which they would have known about. But I didn't even realize it was simply beyond the capability of non-European ships of the day to go too far east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Just now, SunlitZelkova said: Okay, I was wondering about that. Before the politics of that era (1400s) made my alternate history where China reaches the Americas first implausible, I had no idea if there was even a reason for them to go there in the first place. I was thinking maybe they thought they could reach Europe by sailing that way, kinda like a reverse of how Columbus tried to sail west to reach India... but with China going east to reach Europe, which they would have known about. But I didn't even realize it was simply beyond the capability of non-European ships of the day to go too far east. I think reaching the Americas by sea from China could have been done easiest by taking a more northerly route and coming down the coasts of current day Alaska and Canada using currents and seasonal winds, but without modern knowledge of those various local seasonal weather and current patterns and real time meteorology it would have tested those big junk rigs and their Captainsthoroughly and rigorously. On the other hand, Polynesians accomplished a heck of a lot along these lines by combining novel sailing craft and techniques, knowledge of local current, wind, and natural cues as each generational wave gradually learned the new area explored and being pumped by an incredibly exploratory impulse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerben Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Polynesian vessels with outriggers are inherently faster than European ships with ballast. They discovered Hawaii and Easter Island some time before 1200 AD. If they made it to the mainland, they did not leave evidence like introduced species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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