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by The_Saint
2023-11-08 05:57pm
Forum: History
Topic: Ming dynasty mercentile/naval trade post Zheng He
Replies: 59
Views: 28312

Re: Ming dynasty mercentile/naval trade post Zheng He

Ummm.... not to be negative but how does Tasmania play a key role in trade to South East Asia when it's on the complete opposite side of Australia. Trade in penguins?

I think someone has mixed Tasmania with Timor.
by The_Saint
2023-09-28 08:45pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 478
Views: 113738

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL that someone quite a few km away in* Jersey City has spent money on my credit card for some fantasy football. At least last time this kind of thing happened they had the decency to actually physically steal my card and then go and use it in a store where I was known (the idiocy of theft in a sma...
by The_Saint
2023-09-25 11:19pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

One of the aspects of the Ukrainian offensive that confuses many is that "basic tactical wisdom" suggests that when you make a breakthrough that that is where you concentrate your forces but "advanced strategic wisdom" is that if you're about to make a breakthrough somewhere you ...
by The_Saint
2023-09-03 10:52pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 478
Views: 113738

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL that some schools have woodfired pizza ovens! :mrgreen: It was a bit of mess initially in that the powers that be didn't plan out location or how it was going to be used... But now it's a great benefit. School is in a low-socio-economic area and getting families involved in their kids schooling...
by The_Saint
2023-09-03 06:48am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

That and camouflage netting with wire cable or mesh threaded through it strung up high in trees helps catch the larger drones. There was footage of a Ukrainian T72 under a tree that had 5 suicide drones hung up in the branches and netting above it. Huh... I wonder if the captured drones could be sa...
by The_Saint
2023-08-30 10:43pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 478
Views: 113738

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL the fluoride they put in our drinking water (hydrofluorosilicic acid) is NOT the same as the fluoride in our toothpaste (sodium fluoride). TIL this. TI-also-L that there is a lot of spare lunch left over from parent-teacher last night because none of the teachers ate the sandwiches and sausage ...
by The_Saint
2023-08-30 10:38pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

Both sides have been mounting cage armour on the roofs of their vehicles as a means of defence against such attacks. That and camouflage netting with wire cable or mesh threaded through it strung up high in trees helps catch the larger drones. There was footage of a Ukrainian T72 under a tree that ...
by The_Saint
2023-08-27 11:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

All the block ships and EM jamming in the world won't have much effect on a Storm Shadow / SCALP.
by The_Saint
2023-08-23 10:49pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: BREAKING NEWS: FBI RAIDS TRUMP RESIDENCE IN MAR-A-LAGO FOR CLASSIFIED NUCLEAR DOCUMENTS, AMONG OTHERS
Replies: 196
Views: 45885

Re: BREAKING NEWS: FBI RAIDS TRUMP RESIDENCE IN MAR-A-LAGO FOR CLASSIFIED NUCLEAR DOCUMENTS, AMONG OTHERS

Lost Soal wrote: 2023-08-23 01:17am They already were before, see Cassidy Yates.
Who? I get nothing but Star Trek from google... and Sally Yates doesnt fit the discussion as best I can tell.
by The_Saint
2023-08-20 08:48pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Russian Luna-25 Crashes into Moon
Replies: 17
Views: 1927

Re: Russian Luna-25 Crashes into Moon

Space Is Hard. And, as it happens, the surface of the Moon is even harder. Launching and landing items onto other celestial surfaces is difficult and there are plenty of examples of failures even among the most accomplished nations/teams. I expect this to be a temporary setback for the Russian spac...
by The_Saint
2023-08-03 10:57pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump and the Jan 6 investigation
Replies: 262
Views: 26740

Re: Trump and the Jan 6 investigation

From what I've seen/heard Trump is somewhat inclined to state most people prosecuted are deserving of punishment. I do wonder if this a psychological thing of being a "winner" versus a "loser". Examples to mind are all his fixers that were getting rolled the other year. "I'm...
by The_Saint
2023-08-01 01:23am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin
Replies: 32
Views: 4423

Re: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin

The prosaic attribution seems like a well thought out method of easily permitting records to remain hidden of say super secret sramjet powered high tech spy planes but forcing actual spooky X-File aliens into the open.
by The_Saint
2023-08-01 01:17am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

It'll be a pretty chilly day in hell for Russia to cede claims to Crimea. To do so would be a direct admission that everything since 2014 (not to dismiss anything prior) was just illegal dick swinging by Russia.
by The_Saint
2023-07-31 11:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Wagner Thread (Was Russian Coup Thread)
Replies: 123
Views: 14364

Re: Is This A Russian Coup? Wagner in Russia

Finland is now in NATO, Poland is also in NATO.... The rest of NATO / USA might wring their hands and dwardle following an invasion of Finalnd but with how well Ukraine fought the invasion to a standstill I can well imagine Finland could do a fair similar effort and Poland I'm sure would be happy to...
by The_Saint
2023-07-31 11:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing
Replies: 92
Views: 10343

Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing

To be fair (as much as the inherent issues have all?mostly been pointed out) novel designs such as using carbon fibre for pressure hulls could show promise... the major issue here is how much testing has the design had AFTER cycling through more than one descent. For many pressure related engineerin...
by The_Saint
2023-07-31 11:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

My understanding of dolphin and other marine animal use in modern military (pretty sure it's only Russia and USA with such programs) are as carriers of camera equipment and the animal is substituting for having to creatw a drone with sensors and then programming it to find 'odd' things like mines.
by The_Saint
2023-07-26 10:51pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Soldier Captured Crossing N Korea Border
Replies: 65
Views: 7311

Re: US Soldier Captured Crossing N Korea Border

If anything I would expect his 'usefulness' to Russia would be far less than any potential 'usefulness' to DPRK.
by The_Saint
2023-07-03 11:18pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Wagner Thread (Was Russian Coup Thread)
Replies: 123
Views: 14364

Re: Is This A Russian Coup? Wagner in Russia

Broomstick wrote: 2023-07-01 06:20pm I would not be surprised if he is already dead.
I wouldn't have been surprised if a couple of FSB officers hadn't been handed a makarov and a shovel fairly early on other than the option that seems currently in favour is to find a multi-story building with balconies with low railings.
by The_Saint
2023-06-22 08:53pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing
Replies: 92
Views: 10343

Re: Titanic tourist submersible goes missing

Depending on how the pressure vessel ruptured/collapsed body retrieval might be retrieving the biggest part of the hull and then use a paint scraper to peel the red pasty smear off of it.

Mercifully it was almost assuredly quick.
by The_Saint
2023-06-18 10:52pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 386951

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

I hate to invoke Godwin's law but that fellow is one tweak of a moustache trim away from cosplaying a previous well known fascist leader.
by The_Saint
2023-06-07 10:55pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Twitter board agrees to $44 billion sale to billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk
Replies: 764
Views: 116022

Re: Twitter board agrees to $44 billion sale to billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk

Also forgetting that from a literary perspective, as a character Tony Stark requires flaws that he can then overcome. Even just based on the films it starts with showing how much of a smug, womanising arsehole he is and then the character progression is him going through character growth and losing ...
by The_Saint
2023-06-05 11:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

<snip> I had shower thoughts about this today, but came to the opposite conclusion. The support given to Ukraine has been 'defensive' in nature, and about restoring the status quo borders to try and avoid escalation with Russia. Ukrainian commando units operating in Russia attacking targets that ar...
by The_Saint
2023-06-05 01:55am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

I feel in a way, that although the incursions by the Free Russian units militarily helps Ukraine ... it doesn't politically. The Ukrainian narrative is that they are in this to return to their old border and the best and easiest way to confirm that, and hold the upperhand in world public opinion, wo...
by The_Saint
2023-06-04 10:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

Good news: infighting and backstabbing might cause a downfall of the current Russian situation.
Bad news: infighting and backstabbing might lead to some form of 'Stab-in-the-back myth' ala Germany 1918.
by The_Saint
2023-06-02 09:24pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 478
Views: 113738

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

In case anyone was still wondering ... The heads were placed at the bow due to the front of a sailing vessel generally being downwind.