death tribble Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Also, the British "Splendid Cats" battlecruisers, of which Beatty said "There is something wrong with our bloody ships today" at Jutland, shared many design features with the Kongo-class (of which Kirishima was one), coming from a British naval architect's design at more or less the same time. The later refit and reclassification as fast battleships could not make up for the shortcomings of the whole battlecruiser concept. Beatty and Jellicoe sat on the report which showed what had gone wrong at Jutland for the ships. They had powder out to enable the guns to be quickly fired. This meant that when a shell hit and ignited the powder boom no ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Well, battlecruisers never fared well in action when facing opposition with guns of the same class as the battlecruiser itself. When they were the only big guns present, as at the Falklands (1914), they could be great (though Hiei suffered crippling damage against only cruiser and destroyer opposition at Guadalcanal). But against each other or against fully protected but slower battleships, the design decisions made to get speed at the cost of protection and hull strength showed badly ... the additional boilers and engines needed to attain the speed consumed lots of internal space in big indivisible chunks, pushing the big guns further out along the length, making for rather higher stresses in the hull ... with what should have been predictably catastrophic results, as at Jutland, and the fate of HMS Hood, and Kirishima at Guadalcanal. Unfortunately, because their speed led them to be rather useful for projecting force at extreme distance from base, battlecruisers were put into combat situations disproportionately more often than their fully-protected counterparts, who more or less never steamed without at least a mate of the same class. But because BC's had the 14-inch armament with both its range and hitting power, when they ended up being the only big guns in a battle, inevitably they were commanded to fight like battleships. Thirty knots of speed versus 22 is great for naval strategy and being able to threaten, but once in gun range that speed doesn't make up for several thousand tons less steel in the hull and armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I just heard "You Only Live Twice" sung in Finnish. Weird thing is, I haven't seen the movie in at least a decade, but I still recognized the theme song. Should I find that disturbing? More or less disturbing than listening to You Only Live Twice in Finnish? I'd say less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 More or less disturbing than listening to You Only Live Twice in Finnish? I'd say less. Not being a speaker of Finnish, I can't say how accurate the translation was. However, the music was John Barry's composition; his name appears in the credits. It was the ending theme in this episode, where an assassin had a poker chip with him at all times. The ending theme had a Bond-like sequence, except with gambling chips instead of ladies with guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Now there is Ebola in Dallas. Not that I needed another reason to avoid the place, but you know. Dallas is a goofy place. No recognition of good ideas. When they were getting an MLS franchise going, I sent in the suggestion of calling the team the Book Repository Snipers. Those lamers took a different suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just noticed something, so a question:Is it a conflict of interest, and for whom, when I find my doctor's daughter is enrolled in my class this term? No, why would it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 For someone who is constantly broke, I sure have some highbrow tastes. We used to call that Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 We used to call that Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget. I know that term. That's my situation exactly. Edit: How many points is that disadvantage worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Can't be much, I didn't seem to get any good stats or cool powers out of it. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Most people use those points to buy off the "Mother Wanted To Drown Me At Birth" disadvantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Can't be much, I didn't seem to get any good stats or cool powers out of it. I bought my COM up to 8! Then stupid Steve Long... tkdguy and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 There is a site, vecna.com. Glance at it, then consider what that name means in gaming .... I cannot be convinced that it is coinidental. I wonder if they do prosthetic hands and eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 They obviously are after people's medical secrets, at least.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 The more I think about it, the more it seems intentional. I wonder if I can get in on the ground floor so I can take the cult over from within? Then again, getting in on the ground floor is usually a sure-fire way to be the next sacrificial victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Can't be much, I didn't seem to get any good stats or cool powers out of it. You got ripped off then. I spent mine on serendipitous encounter with Space Infinity Stone, Power Infinity Stone, and Reality Infinity Gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Sooooo We hired a new IT specialist. Good guy. Gonna help me a lot. He started last week We had a big problem and we figured it out by Friday. Still have some problems potentially but now have breathing room. Today? Someone in our Vancouver office got fired. And someone Quit. And they're all freaked out over there. We live in interesting times. Your company got cursed by an old Chinese woman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Are the Vancouveroids in IT? How does their departure affect you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 One was our IT helper in Vancouver but they were actually Civil engineering/CAD guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 I am sick and tired of Benebatch Cumberdinck. He's a great actor, but seriously, take a vacation or something dude. Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Benedict Cumberbatch. You know -- New Khan, Smaug, modern BBC Sherlock Holmes. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Oh, him. I tried Googling him earlier and got nada. Now apparently Google wants to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 "Work that Google!" sounds surprisingly saucy. BlueCloud2k2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 As does, "Hey, stop Googling that!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I knew a guy who used to Google himself all the time. He even did it at the library. Burrito Boy, BlueCloud2k2 and L. Marcus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 My name is too common for me to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.