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Comic Friday May 03, 2024
ChronosCat and 3 others reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
Given that he sees his opponent as a cow, this would seem to be a high steak environment. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and 3 others reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
I feel very tired. Trans visibility day always falls on March 31. Easter happened to fall on March 31. Certain Republican douchevolcanoes decided to pretend to be angered by this and demanded an apology from trans people in a blatant attempt to stir up outrage among their voters. This is offensive in so many ways. Just to mention a few: 1) They are demanding that trans people apologize for existing. They know perfectly well we won't and plan to use our refusal to further outrage their befuddled and frightened voters. 2) Their pretense that it is somehow the responsibility of trans people that a holiday that falls on a different day EVERY YEAR happens to coincide with an unrelated holiday this year. 3) Their use of a holiday meant to honour a man who preached tolerance and acceptance as a tool to further promote hatred and intolerance. 4) Their assumption that their voters are so blisteringly dim-witted so as not to know how calendars work. 5) The possibility that a number of them actually are that dim offends me personally. Sigh. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and 2 others reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
I'm staying off of Social Media, other than to post Explorer photos, for at least a month. I feel physically ill. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and 2 others reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
Natural disasters are particularly inconvenient for countries overwhelmed by man-made disasters. -
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Random. Just Random.
Darth Fluffy and 2 others reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Sack of Rome by Goths, 410 -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Darth Fluffy and 2 others reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Armatures discuss tactics. Professional discuss logistics. -
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Comic for Monday, Feb 26
ChronosCat and 2 others reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
I am thinking that an Immortal who marks a person leaves some detectable trace behind, so they effectively have Pandora’s “fingerprints” on them. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-robotic-army-is-bringing-the-fight-to-russia/?mc_cid=15d2b5a3f7 -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Well, that means they will be leaving soon, as sirrah is incapable of STFU in the best of times. -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
ChronosCat and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
“Getting ready to jump on the desk. The Human is acting like he needs help there this morning. And I'm just the cat to help!” - Explorer the Cat. -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
“The Human got the Dot out! I almost got it that time. I'll grab it next time it moves!” - Explorer the Cat. -
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I am back. Pardon me for the long absence.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Hello, gentles all. I have not been doing well of late and allowed myself a long leave of absence to recover. I have avoided most forums and all social media during the intervening time. I am now back, however, and intend to stay that way. I might not be very active but I will be here and available for forum needs as well as I am able. I hope you are all well in spite of everything. ~tOH. -
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Things that are Strange
Pharaoh RutinTutin and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
How dare you insult King Kong that way. -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
Our female tortoiseshell cat, Pretty Girl (we didn't pick the name, she was a rescue from a hoarding situation) and me, relaxing together in my recliner, -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Got my NAFO pin! 2 days early for my self-birthday present. -
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What Are You Ingesting?
ProfessorTomoe and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
There is one good Mexican restaurant in Small City, Kansas. Fortunately, it's within walking distance of my house. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
As I said, "Bayonets". -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
For some reason it hit me that a good shortened form of a cop pickup would be a cockup. -
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Deep Thoughts
Don Edwards and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
I was wondering how they became virginal in the first place. Then I decided they were probably baptized in extra virgin olive oil, which presumably has virginity to spare. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Today we honor the men of Taffy 3, the Light Brigade and the men of Henry V army, -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
Mrs. Prof with two of our cats, Baker (sleeping) and Pretty Girl (we didn't pick the name, bugging Baker). The phone doesn't have a name. -
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Technology that works or doesn't
The Old Hack and one other reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
THE LAPTOP IS BACK HOME. It didn't arrive until almost 6pm, of course. Mrs. Prof was doing some cat work outside when the UPS driver pulled up. She signed for it and brought it in, then proclaimed she was too sweaty and tired to help me put it together for testing. I unboxed 93% of it (minus the power bricks), sat down, and promptly fell asleep. I woke back up around 8pm and finally got her to help (i.e., do most of the work hooking up the power subsystem). Once everything was connected, I booted the system, crossed my fingers, and waited for my login PIN prompt. SUCCESS!!! The system booted up to my old, familiar desktop upon entry of my PIN. I have yet to try out Dorico Pro, because I first need to apply an upgrade, and I first really need to backup my system in the event this new video card isn't stable. I'm not in the greatest of physical shape at the moment, though, or else I'd get right on that. Give me a few minutes to recover from the stress of opening up and restarting the system first, and *then* I'll get the backup rolling. Sigh. Hurry up and wait. Motto of the Longhorn Band, as well as certain other organizations, or so I'm told. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
Oh, since Leonard Nimoy was brought up on the Listening thread, I thought I would mention that Nimoy provides all of the narration for Civilization IV. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
/me keeps throwing stars around like a ninja on speed -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
I spread that strip in a thin mist over the parts of the internet I interface with on a regular basis. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
The Canadian armed services often joke that their army and air force is only good for attacking the US, given their total lack of long ranged transports. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Rule one about doing crime. Don't write down your crimes https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/26/marine-vet-arrested-after-self-publishing-book-about-storming-us-capitol-jan-6.html -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
Unless, of course, you realize in a century or so that you can retrofit the sunken Yamato into a Space Battleship -
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required) (Content TV-MA)
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Sorta like being an organ donor. They don't expect you to bring in any. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Today in Ukrainian independents day. Hopefully this is the last one with part of the country under occupation. -
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Comic for Wednesday, Aug 21, 2024
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Would make the presidential debates a lot more interesting. Plus we would find out who get's the firemen's vote, based on which ass flames they put out first. -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
"The Human went out on the wheel thing this morning. He's still breathing heavy and making grunting noises. He needs help and I'll jump up on the desk and give it to him" - Explorer the Cat. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
We now have to specify "1st Battle of Kursk" or "Battle of Kursk (1943)". -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
Made this earlier today out of another meme I had on hand: -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to Don Edwards for a post in a topic
At the rate the Russians have been digging old weapons systems out of storage, I think pretty soon they will be looking for that stuff. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Don Edwards and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Ah. But still concerning, and I just realized that this actually makes it more convenient for foreign agents looking for chance spills of vital information. Then again I wouldn't expect them to loiter on Total War: Rome forums hoping to obtain vital information about the latest generation of onagers or siege ballistae. -
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Random. Just Random.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Meanwhile in California https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/11/nudists-save-tourist-attack-castro/ -
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Technology that works or doesn't
ijuin and one other reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
Gullible Thimblewits is a good name for a rock band. Marjorie, the Green Tailor is an Orc NPC that owns a shop near the village square. When you visit, she will regale you with worthless rumors she imagines in the moment. The village is full of half wits, and even they know she's crazy. How can you tell if the Space Lasers are Jewish? Is there some covering they remove for a bris? Do they require an astronaut rabbi to perform the honors? I did not realize Israel had such a space program. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Yeah, that was a major dumb decision. -
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Technology that works or doesn't
Don Edwards and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Around that time I had bigger troubles with the 1998 problem. Yes. The 1998 problem. At the time -- July 1997 to be exact -- I worked in a small branch office that served as a connecting point and legal advice for a lot of bigger office. We had a LOT of mail going in and out. I had just finished reading another depressing article about the Y2K problem and my eyes landed on our old and cantankerous postage machine which was very much mechanical all the way through and thought, "Thank God we at least won't be having any year 2000 problems with that." On an impulse I opened it up to see how it worked. And to my astonishment the wheel that stamped out the dates ended at 1997. If we wanted to be in business after new year, we would need that entire wheel replaced. Really terrible design. So I went into the office of the engineer who was running the place and told him, "Boss, we have a 1998 problem." He replied, "We have a WHAT?" After I had explained he assigned me the job of finding out how to upgrade the darn thing. I soon learned that this would cost so much that we could very nearly buy a brand new machine for that much money and told him so. He got so mad that he assigned me a new job: finding the best possible new machine that would not have this problem. I spent about a week comparing offers and we finally decided on one. Incidentally, during that I found out that normally people who used our old model didn't find out until just before or right after new year, and were always in a terrible bind as a result. My idle curiosity saved our office a lot of trouble and frantic effort. -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
"This is MY Human!" - Explorer the Cat. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Seems reasonable. He looks like a poorly made ventriloquist's dummy with really bad hair. -
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Random. Just Random.
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Or a billionaire who has too much confidence in his own skills, no matter how much it's shown he doesn't have those skills. -
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Random. Just Random.
The Old Hack and one other reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
I saw a Tesla Cybertruck in the wild for the first time yesterday. Good lord, those things are ugly. They look like something a first grader would come up with when tasked to draw a vehicle. -
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Comic for Friday, May 24, 2024
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
If it worked, Hope built the deck with Pandora's suggestion. As it did not work, Pandora built the deck. Haven't you ever been through a change in management? -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Yeah, not rotating coils on a motor. My bad. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
So, I am going to grumble about logistics for a bit. For large armies logistics are everything. Without supplies they cannot fight. It is entirely possible that they cannot even reach wherever they are supposed to go. This rule is even more important for modern armies but even for medieval or fantasy armies this holds true. Now Tolkien was completely aware of this and did it right. He had both the strategic and operational scale covered. Strategically in that while Mordor was a terrible place for growing food, Sauron also controlled more distant and presumably more fertile nations who paid tithes in the form of food and valuable materials. Presumably this allowed him to keep large stockpiles of food in Mordor so he could keep his armies supplied. What is more, when he did move his armies he split them up and used different routes before they converged on their target (as seen in the battle for Minas Tirith). This made them much more manageable supply-wise; moving all his troops in a single column would have been unmanageably difficult. (David Weber also did this well in his Safehold series where he not only describes the logistics very realistically but also has them be the deciding factor in at least three or four of the campaigns described.) Unfortunately -- and this is where my ranting begins -- not all authors are very concerned with this. Especially the Tolkien ripoffs have a tendency to have huge armies but not spend even a moment of thought on where they get their food from. A particularly egregious example would be Robert Jordan's massive The Dragon Procrastinating series in which Totally Not Morgoth™ has a massive army of Absolutely Not Orcs™ and I Can't Believe It's Not Nazgul™. This army somehow emerges fully equipped from a country described as being as about as welcoming as a WH40K hellworld and where you take your life in your hands if you try to travel as much as half a kilometer. There is certainly no possibility of growing food there for even a small settlement, let alone for a massive army on the march. Apparently Totally Not Morgoth™ pulled this huge army straight out of his arse. There are of course numerous lesser offenders. They typically create a Mordor ripoff which can at least credibly serve as an industrial base for their not-Orcs but where the only vegetation consists of maybe two thorn bushes and a cactus. It is blindingly obvious that this country cannot sustain an army let alone the population needed to recruit it from. It is so frustrating to me and often destroys my immersion, changing my read from enjoyable relaxation into sneering at the writer's ineptness. (I can get fun from the latter, too, but it annoys me when the writer does not even try.) In short: Armies need food. This isn't hard. Sigh. -
2 points
Comic for Monday, Apr 8, 2024
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
Politicians make excellent subjects for beginners’ anatomy classes: they have no brains, no spines, no hearts, no guts, and no balls. -
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Comic February 28, 2024
Amiable Dorsai and one other reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-035 I am seriously wondering how much of a mess Pandora left her memory, expecting Hope to sort it all out later. Pandora left the keys to her brain under the mat and Hope walked in without getting the realtor or landlord to sign off on preexisting damage.