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Lockheed: Ask Us About Our No-Drug-Testing Policy!

The Lockheed Cl-1201, nuclear powered flying aircraft carrier/cargo plane, the largest aircraft ever proposed. 1120 foot wingspan(about the length of a Nimitz class CVN), 560 feet long(2.5 times the length of a 747). Total weight 5625 tons. In the flying aircraft carrier configuration it would have carried it's own air wing of 24 fighters(apparently full size!)
 
Happy to have finally found another pic of it after glimpsing the image years ago while flipping through a book.

The Lockheed Cl-1201, nuclear powered flying aircraft carrier/cargo plane, the largest aircraft ever proposed. 1120 foot wingspan(about the length of a Nimitz class CVN), 560 feet long(2.5 times the length of a 747). Total weight 5625 tons. In the flying aircraft carrier configuration it would have carried it's own air wing of 24 fighters(apparently full size!)
 
Happy to have finally found another pic of it after glimpsing the image years ago while flipping through a book.

"I think that dolphin wants us to throw it the baby."

Man, Dawg gets all the hot chicks!

Man, Dawg gets all the hot chicks!

Man, Dawg gets all the hot chicks!

Talk about a niche product...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/12/16/250846078/whats-that-clinging-to-the-towering-wall-and-why-doesnt-it-fall-off
 
This is a good illustration of what Climbing, 19- might look like...

I believe this is the Awesomely Frightening Dragon aka Myocardius Infarctus Rex

I believe this is the Awesomely Frightening Dragon aka Myocardius Infarctus Rex

Hey, World's Largest Dungeon is the single longest RPG book by page count, at 840 pages.  With a little work, Mythic Hero could take the crown.

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities
 
I think there are multiple elements to this mindset:
1. A lot of geeks tend to be poorly socialized, period. More to the point, they often have little to no socialization experience with adult women, let alone women who share their geek interests.
2. Ego and arrogance and geekier-than-thou elitism are a commonplace among the geek community, IME. Or, at least, "there's one in every crowd". This will be exacerbated in the presence of a perceived "noob"(even if that perception is wildly inaccurate).
3. Some guys never really grow up when it comes to women. For a lot of male geeks, every day is another day in junior high school, when girls would walk by and alternately either mock them or ignore them. So they have this kind of built-in unresolved/misdirected rage/resentment thing going on. Compounding this, the sexual hangups of some male geeks are legendary. They turn women(or some niche subset) into sexual fetish objects and become almost completely incapable of relating to them as people, let alone people who share their interests.
4. Related to all this, because they knew few or no girls who were interested in geek stuff--and perhaps the only ones who kinda sorta were had geek boyfriends--they grew to regard women as "geek dilletantes"[sic] and therefore unworthy of the respect they would give a "fellow" male geek.
 
The best way to counter it is to rebuff them directly, lay out your "Geek CV", give them a few pointers on how to address you(along with whatever choice words may come to mind), and in the case of geeks in customer service positions, talk to their boss about their attitude problem. You really shouldn't have to do that, but sometimes a good swift kick is what some folks need to get right.

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities
 
I think there are multiple elements to this mindset:
1. A lot of geeks tend to be poorly socialized, period. More to the point, they often have little to no socialization experience with adult women, let alone women who share their geek interests.
2. Ego and arrogance and geekier-than-thou elitism are a commonplace among the geek community, IME. Or, at least, "there's one in every crowd". This will be exacerbated in the presence of a perceived "noob"(even if that perception is wildly inaccurate).
3. Some guys never really grow up when it comes to women. For a lot of male geeks, every day is another day in junior high school, when girls would walk by and alternately either mock them or ignore them. So they have this kind of built-in unresolved/misdirected rage/resentment thing going on. Compounding this, the sexual hangups of some male geeks are legendary. They turn women(or some niche subset) into sexual fetish objects and become almost completely incapable of relating to them as people, let alone people who share their interests.
4. Related to all this, because they knew few or no girls who were interested in geek stuff--and perhaps the only ones who kinda sorta were had geek boyfriends--they grew to regard women as "geek dilletantes"[sic] and therefore unworthy of the respect they would give a "fellow" male geek.
 
The best way to counter it is to rebuff them directly, lay out your "Geek CV", give them a few pointers on how to address you(along with whatever choice words may come to mind), and in the case of geeks in customer service positions, talk to their boss about their attitude problem. You really shouldn't have to do that, but sometimes a good swift kick is what some folks need to get right.

Re: Power writeup: Alter Reality, Radius Effect
 
I like GM fiat as much as the next GM, but I also like to know how to write an ability up.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
 
Baby's on fire, Brian Eno