Cancer Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I think you'd have the devil's own time setting up a trap like that with permanent magnets, which would tend to become rather tightly attached to each other (and if they didn't start that way, they would tend to crush anything trying to keep them apart) as you tried to bury them. Rather dangerous, I think, considering the strengths of the magnets you'd need to affect someone carrying 20+ kg of iron a meter or so above the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 ... Perfectly horrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I think you'd have the devil's own time setting up a trap like that with permanent magnets, which would tend to become rather tightly attached to each other (and if they didn't start that way, they would tend to crush anything trying to keep them apart) as you tried to bury them. Rather dangerous, I think, considering the strengths of the magnets you'd need to affect someone carrying 20+ kg of iron a meter or so above the ground. You would probably choose one or the other, as you said both would be counter productive; unless you used lots of space, which would in a sense work against what you are trying to achieve -- protect the castle. also proves that with a little bit of physics you can go a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 ... Perfectly horrific! the idea came to me watching Game of Thrones when the Lannister dad approached the castle. I imagined I held the castle and how would i defend it from that huge army with a small army/garrison. the answer was with magnetism. Sometimes the simple answers are most effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 My answer would be machine guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Electromagnets might be more workable, but that tech is outside the genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Electromagnets might be more workable, but that tech is outside the genre. lightening spells. Edit: D&D's chain lightening spell comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 http://io9.com/5706535/the-story-of-einsteins-refrigeratorcartoon is funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Einstein made several different refrigerator designs with various physicist collaborators. Another one I read about worked, but it also emitted lots of sound ... air- horn loud, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well there are always bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Jusk ask Gregor Samsa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 A Kafka character that one day woke up as a giant bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 ah okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 So I started watching Long Kiss Goodnight (LKG) and IMDB tells me that the young girl Yvonne Zima (Caitlin Caine in the film) has a part as Miss Elkridge in Iron Man 3. So I guess Nick Fury was moonlighting as a cop & PI in Long Kiss Goodnight...now I have to find where Miss Elkridge is in IM3...anyone know? LKG screenwriter is Shane Black who co-wrote and sole director of Iron Man 3 too... For fans of Sam: http://www.nytimes.com/.../how-samuel-l-jackson-became... Still watching and it really is like watching a woman "Jason Bourne" film. Well now we know what happened to Thelma after the end of that film... And more coincidences: Brian Cox is in LKG and the Jason Bourne trilogy... "The entire population failed to get out of New Jersey" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Edit: I think she was one of the pageant contestants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Movie trivia is one of those things of which I know very little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I am teh Masta! Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Not me. Back when Trivial Pursuit first came out, I could answer just about everything in five of the six bins, but the damned pink stuff was my inevitabledownfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 For me, it's mostly the brown stuff. I try to get those wedges as soon as possible -- then I'm likely to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I don't think I've player Trivia Pursuit in a decade or more. I wish I could say I won more than I lost... but the edition my family had was the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 haven't played TP in yonks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I haven't played in a while, but we own three different versions of Trivial Pursuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I haven't played in a while, but we own three different versions of Trivial Pursuit. well you know what to do on Christmas, now...right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 We have a tradition of gaming during the Christmas Night -- someone is always bound to get a boardgame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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