Cygnia Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 http://www.npr.org/2014/10/12/355176704/american-intruder-lurks-in-scottish-streams-clawed-and-hungry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Moving the 2022 World Cup Games? 1000-year old Viking treasure hoard found in Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 This might go in the Star Hero space news thread, but there's way too many possibilities here .... Pyramid-shaped boulder found on comet by Rosetta spacecraft European Space Agency spacecraft Rosetta has spotted a pyramid-shaped boulder on the surface of the comet it plans to land a probe on next month. The boulder, which is 82 feet, or 25 meters, tall on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has been dubbed Cheops after the largest pyramid in Giza, Egypt. "The surface of Cheops seems to be very craggy and irregular. Especially intriguing are small patches on the boulder's surface displaying the same brightness and texture as the underground," said Rosetta scientist Holger Sierks. I think you Stargate fans can go knock yourselves out with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Dutch Bikers VS ISIL/ISIS.... I #### you not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 This might go in the Star Hero space news thread, but there's way too many possibilities here .... I think you Stargate fans can go knock yourselves out with that one. Short TV series if you go through the Stargate into hard vacuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Besides, if there's something on Mars, it's more likely to be Cyberman or Ice Warrior than Goa'uld. Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Besides, if there's something on Mars, it's more likely to be Cyberman or Ice Warrior than Goa'uld. Or Sutekh! *shudders* tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 How could I forget about Sutekh! But he may have ties with the Goa'uld. In other news, Jules Verne would approve of this story: Squids Attack Greenpeace Submarine death tribble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Go Pods! #MiskatonicU tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Eight blizzard deaths blamed on local greed death tribble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 If you haven't heard, there's a sub hunt afoot in the Stockholm archipelago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 That's pretty cool, though I wonder what you're gonna do with the sub if you catch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Depends on what kind of sub. Turkey & provolone? I'll take potato salad and a coke. Meatball? Fries and a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 That's pretty cool, though I wonder what you're gonna do with the sub if you catch it. Probably the same as we did to the captain of the Soviet sub that ran aground back in '81 -- give him a stern talking-to, then let him and the sub go. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 On a lighter note: An eleven year old boy, home alone, called the police because he thought he heard someone trying to break in. The patrol that responded found no signs of foul play, just a jittery boy. To calm him, they sat down and helped him with his math homework. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Here he'd have been shot. Depending on his skin color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I definitely remember him as pale as any Russian ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 http://phys.org/news/2014-07-bullet-fingerprints-crimes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Here he'd have been shot. Depending on his skin color. Well, their police can do math. L. Marcus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 http://phys.org/news/2014-07-bullet-fingerprints-crimes.html Interesting, but I wouldn't make any investment based it. Let's see what she accomplishes with bullets from a couple hundred sources, and see her accuracy claims checked. I noticed this story linked from it. http://phys.org/news/2014-07-bullets-suitability-alternatives.html#inlRlv Unsurprisingly, it has no commentary on relative costs of such ammo. True, it is a German article about their specific hunting conditions, but IMO MOST lead ammo bans and proposals in the US have much more to do with harassing shooters and making their hobbies unaffordable or inconvenient. Most of the time, AFAIK iirc, the cheapest lead free bulles run 30% more expensive than lead, and the kind of monolithic copper ones mentioned in the article are usually, though not always twice the cost or more. I have seen them priced comparably on occasion, but the methods of manufacture pretty much guarantee that the cannot be produced in large enough quantities to fill the market demands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Lead poisoning is a major threat at America’s shooting ranges, perpetuated by owners who’ve repeatedly violated laws even after workers have fallen painfully ill We may have to create a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Now you have me wondering about Fort Ord, the now-closed major training base near Seaside, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Seattle Times? Now he has me worried about my local range . . . Of the 10 commercial ranges inspected in Washington, nine had at least one lead violation. Yikes! Time for a new hobby. Maybe archery . . . A patron of Champion Arms shooting range in Kent takes aim at a target. State inspectors have visited the range four times since 2006 and issued 44 violations. Scroll down, and . . . here's my local range! I guess the ammo shortage has an up side, since I haven't been able to shoot much the last few years. Ft. Ord probably had mostly outdoor ranges. Plenty of ventilation. Does make you wonder if they cleaned up the lead from various ranges, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 My wife linked me this b/c of the reference to a YouTuber we like, but the story is downright infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Ft. Ord probably had mostly outdoor ranges. Plenty of ventilation. Does make you wonder if they cleaned up the lead from various ranges, though.Back when we lived in Seaside in 1966-7 kids were sneaking in and coming back with a whole slew of stuff. I heard of one guy (a Boy Scout, naturally) who had an unexploded 81mm mortar round that he was using as a pup tent pole. Back then the MPs had a team that would go to local schools and do demonstrations, blowing up pieces of plywood (on which a student's hand had been traced in magic marker) with M80's in the schoolyard, and do no-questions-asked pickup of unexploded ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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