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my dad, really sorry if I went too far about some real poo poo in your life.) PM me if you need. Mallory fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 15:57 |
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Now to see if anybody checks the wreckage of the factory to find a completely unharmed infant who is actually their biological parent. And to the Cold War people, if this happened a few decades ago how likely would this have triggered WWIII? 100% certainty? I know Russia's safety protocols were always much laxer than ours; they didn't need to phone the Kremlin like our guys would need to call the President. ....what if this thing burst near Moscow? Would it have set off their Dead Hand system?
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The Tunguska blast has been mentioned, but there was a similar event in Egypt thousands of years ago. The explosion was so hot that it instantly turned the sand into glass. It was only discovered when someone took a closer look at some of the stones used in jewelry of the ancient Pharaohs. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...gypt-glass.html There was a pretty cool documentary about it some years ago.
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Little Mac posted:Sephiroth... n-noooo.... Meteors are the least we deserve after people literally named their children after the main boss of Final Fantasy games. I wonder how much the mythology of various cultures has been influenced by witnessing similar events?
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:And to the Cold War people, if this happened a few decades ago how likely would this have triggered WWIII? It wouldnt then, and didnt now even register on radars. They couldnt intercept or detect it, despite the stupid claims. It would have done nothing. The Cold War doesnt mean "loving Retards" Mallory fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 15:33 |
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Seriously. It's only visible for about 8 seconds. There's no time to make any sort of reaction, let alone launch a nuke.
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Mallory posted:The people are relatively fine in this case. It was just light concussive damage. I avoid watching those for a reason. I'll stop posting about this, I really don't want to cause a derail. e: Apology accepted, it's not like you could have known. Wario In Real Life posted:Seriously. It's only visible for about 8 seconds. There's no time to make any sort of reaction, let alone launch a nuke. Pretty much this. Meteors are stupidly fast and pretty small, all things considered. By the time you realize they're there, they already blew up. e2: vvv Thanks. my dad fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 15:42 |
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Mallory posted:Thats far more closer to some NATO bombing, jesus...Chill pill. my dad posted:I avoid watching those for a reason. I'll stop posting about this, I really don't want to cause a derail.
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Nessa posted:The Tunguska blast has been mentioned, but there was a similar event in Egypt thousands of years ago. The explosion was so hot that it instantly turned the sand into glass. It was only discovered when someone took a closer look at some of the stones used in jewelry of the ancient Pharaohs. Thanks! Wario In Real Life posted:Seriously. It's only visible for about 8 seconds. There's no time to make any sort of reaction, let alone launch a nuke.
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I think the only remaining question that is relevant to my interests is: Why are there so many dash cams in Russia?
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TheWordOfTheDayIs posted:I think the only remaining question that is relevant to my interests is: For auto accident liability claims. Its been discussed many times.
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TheWordOfTheDayIs posted:I think the only remaining question that is relevant to my interests is: A Buttery Pastry posted:Not to step on anyone's toes here, but didn't you live through the NATO bombings? I think perhaps that's relevant to someone prescribing chill pills. KoRMaK fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 15:46 |
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Not to step on anyone's toes here, yeah you are. P.sure I spotted my mistake and feel sorry. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) Mallory fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 15:50 |
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Mallory posted:It wouldnt then, and didnt now even register on radars. They couldnt intercept or detect it, despite the stupid claims. This. The Soviets used several optical satellites and telescopes that would watch the edge of the earth for any missile launches. They would have known almost instantly that it wasn't a bomb.
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Mallory posted:It wouldnt then, and didnt now even register on radars. They couldnt intercept or detect it, despite the stupid claims. Whilst this is true as far as the Government and Military go, it's this sort of rare event that during early wars would cause rampant rumor about things like sound weapons/weather control devices and all manner of other weird and wonderful weaponry from the minds of everyday civvies.
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KoRMaK posted:Not the incoming event of the meteor, but the resulting blast is what I think people are wondering if it would cause a panic. How long would it have taken the Russian government to confirm it was a meteor explosion and not an act of aggression from a foreign nation? I think that's the core of what people are trying to get at. Because it was a tiny little explosion and no one would think nuclear war was started by bombing a zink factory with a couple pounds of TNT worth of explosives.
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:Because it was a tiny little explosion and no one would think nuclear war was started by bombing a zink factory with a couple pounds of TNT worth of explosives. Yup. Look at any of the huge explosion vids on youtube. Those are a pin drop compared to a nuuuuuuuke
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:Now to see if anybody checks the wreckage of the factory to find a completely unharmed infant who is actually their biological parent. Nthing that government and such wouldn't have done anything, it would have been here and gone so quick that there MIGHT have been some public panic, but even that would have been after the fact. My parents were crazy serious about it too, they gave me the "if the time comes, we're driving to TI* over in Dallas, so be prepared" speech a couple times. Thanks for the paranoia! *TI being Texas Instruments and one of the supposed major targets that would be struck first.
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Monkahchi posted:Whilst this is true as far as the Government and Military go, it's this sort of rare event that during early wars would cause rampant rumor about things like sound weapons/weather control devices and all manner of other weird and wonderful weaponry from the minds of everyday civvies. After say, 15 mins of no response from HQ about eternal death (the sonic boom took almost 2 -3 mins to kick), im sure the people with the two keys and the button would be over their debate about who is serving the Motherland best...and Im sure even Russian Orthodox get no vodka in heaven. We all safe for another day. Mallory fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 15:59 |
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:
The Soviets actually did have to report back to the Kremlin during alerts of launches. The Dead Hand only came into the play if Moscow was glassed.
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MrHat posted:The Tunguska strike was believed to be an object about 100m in size and that packed a punch of about 15 megatons of TNT (roughly 1,000 times more powerful Hiroshima).  The one that killed the dinosaurs had a 10km diameter. 
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Mallory posted:PM me I don't have PMs, but you can contact me at <SNIP> if you need to. Monkahchi posted:Whilst this is true as far as the Government and Military go, it's this sort of rare event that during early wars would cause rampant rumor about things like sound weapons/weather control devices and all manner of other weird and wonderful weaponry from the minds of everyday civvies. Or, you know, someone would make a story about it being a crashed UFO and earn millions.  =$$$
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Mallory posted:yeah you are. P.sure I spotted my mistake and feel sorry. nullandvoid posted:TI being Texas Instruments and one of the supposed major targets that would be struck first. Mallory posted:After say, 15 mins of no response from HQ about eternal death (the sonic boom took almost 2 -3 mins to kick), im sure the people with the two keys and the button would be over their debate about who is serving the Motherland best...and Im sure even Russian Catholics get no vodka in heaven. We all safe for another day.
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nullandvoid posted:Nthing that government and such wouldn't have done anything, it would have been here and gone so quick that there MIGHT have been some public panic, but even that would have been after the fact. My parents were crazy serious about it too, they gave me the "if the time comes, we're driving to TI* over in Dallas, so be prepared" speech a couple times. Thanks for the paranoia!
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I wonder if Buzz Buzz is at the explosion site...
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The Soviets hating calculators above all else. TI and the DoD have had a good relationship for some time. Some ICBM components may or may not be made by TI! KoRMaK posted:Wait your parents wanted to drive into the destruction, in the hopes of finding a quick and painless end? You nailed it, although it doesn't make a lot of sense, seeingf as how I'm pretty sure where we lived would have been wiped out by any nuke. We lived in the middle of Dallas and Fort Worth, so I'd imagine we'd have been good just chilling at home.
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KoRMaK posted:Wait your parents wanted to drive into the destruction, in the hopes of finding a quick and painless end? "The living will envy the dead." More on topic, I'm pretty sure there was an impressive meteor that burned across the daytime sky in the 60s. I recall seeing an 8mm film clip on a PBS show or something. I'll do a little checking and see what I can find. e: No luck yet, but if memory serves, it was a big meteor that skimmed through the atmosphere and didn't explode but passed back into space. dee eight fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 16:24 |
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Angry fist of Stalin punishes the Russian people for turning their backs on the Soviet Union! All I've got to say is thank God for Russia's love of dashboard cameras (a result of frequent car insurance scams/accidents/general police corruption) and hopefully nobody suffers anything worse than a ruptured eardrum. Crasscrab fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 16:23 |
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A Buttery Pastry posted:
Generalizing...like the vodka bit. Kinda like the whole Russian aggressor trip...
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KoRMaK posted:For the ba-billionth time: insurance fraud. People will cut you off and reverse into you or pedestrians will throw themselves on your car. It's got the added benefit of catching all the crazy Russia poo poo that happens. If you youtube russian dashcam footage you will have something to watch for like 72 hours. Yeah the videos are like a scary real world version of the mario cart games and Russia is also notorious for having really deadly poorly maintained roads in the more remote regions. Some of the roads are so poorly maintained that they turned into the famous muddy messes that also helped slow down the Blitzkrieg in World War II and it turns Max Max with people getting stuck for days before someone helps them out.
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TheWordOfTheDayIs posted:Why are there so many dash cams in Russia? Russian drivers are loving crazy. Like, crazier than American drivers. Take the worst drivers you can imagine, Flordians, for example, and multiply that by like five and you begin to approach the level of insanity that is experienced on busy Russian roads. One thing taken for granted in the United States and Europe is traffic policing, something that is lacking in Russia given the amount of corruption and general incompetence on the part of Russian police forces.
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etalian posted:Yeah the videos are like a scary real world version of the mario cart games and Russia is also notorious for having really deadly poorly maintained roads in the more remote regions. I wonder about licences too. How hard is it to just PAY for one? A friend of mine in the UK went to the Czech republic for a holiday and paid for a EU licence, because she could drive in Australia (expired), and getting one in UK was like a massive time burglar. Drop cash = Get Licence. Is that maybe how it goes in Russia?...but maybe you dont have to even know how to drive? (This would also relate to how many manual and auto transmission cars there are..Autos are just go-carts, super easy to learn) Mallory fucked around with this message at Feb 15, 2013 around 16:39 |
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Eh, with the number of cameras in Russian cars, of course there's a crazy amount of crazy driver footage. It happens everywhere else, there's just no evidence of it.
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nullandvoid posted:You nailed it, although it doesn't make a lot of sense, seeingf as how I'm pretty sure where we lived would have been wiped out by any nuke. We lived in the middle of Dallas and Fort Worth, so I'd imagine we'd have been good just chilling at home. I'm from Arlington and that was my parents' idea too. Go that way, get it over with, don't end up some irradiated mess that lives in constant agony for the next two to four miserable years of your life.
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zinc68 posted:This. The Soviets used several optical satellites and telescopes that would watch the edge of the earth for any missile launches. They would have known almost instantly that it wasn't a bomb. Yeah it's my understanding that the US and Russian missile defense plans rely exclusively on the detection of launch indicators, so they probably didn't even notice this meteor even a little.
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dee eight posted:"The living will envy the dead." I know what you are talking about, but Google isn't helping. It was an awesome video and it like skipped off of the atmosphere.
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nullandvoid posted:TI and the DoD have had a good relationship for some time. Some ICBM components may or may not be made by TI!  A large company like that making stuff like calculators is probably also going to be making stuff for the military. Mallory posted:Generalizing...like the vodka bit. Kinda like the whole Russian aggressor trip... my dad posted:Eh, with the number of cameras in Russian cars, of course there's a crazy amount of crazy driver footage. It happens everywhere else, there's just no evidence of it.
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Maybe they would target TI for making the same calculator with the same processing power for the past few decades and still charging the same price they charged in 1992.
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my dad posted:Eh, with the number of cameras in Russian cars, of course there's a crazy amount of crazy driver footage. It happens everywhere else, there's just no evidence of it. NoneMoreNegative posted:Much like that tree falling in the forest; when fish have cellphone cameras and whales have dashcams we'll see some awesome footage. Not only limited to surface observed atmospheric stuff, but also all the stuff we have never seen in the deep deep depths of the ocean. fake edit: Holyshit just realized your name is a Type O shout out.
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Crossposting this video because it does a great job of showing the damage done to buildings, from the inside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvHl5Qcnzc
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