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For example, in the late 2000s, the U.S. Navy tested a railgun that accelerates a 3.2 kg (7 pound) projectile to approximately 2.4 kilometres per second (5,400 mph).[4] They gave the project the Latin motto "Velocitas Eradico," which they translate as "I, speed, eradicate". The motto is currently under debate in the railgun community and among Latin scholars. [5]

Wikipedia posted:

- State of Deseret, provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by Mormon settlers in Salt Lake City
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- Deseret, fictional breakaway state several times proclaimed by Mormon rebels and suppressed by US troops, in Harry Turtledove's alternate history Southern Victory Series

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Dakimakura.jpg

Komojo posted:

Stercobilin is a tetrapyrrolic bile pigment and is one end-product of heme catabolism.^[1][2] It is the chemical responsible for the brown color of human fecal material^[1]

Sagebrush posted:

why won't it stop

Yodzilla posted:

why does this exist

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

Another plan: Start a new country. This is a dream of mine. We, as bronies and other excellent individuals who share our righteous views, start a country free of copyright abuse. One where copyrights can only be held by individuals for 10 years, and by corporations for 1. No exceptions. It will not be infringement for an individual who does not have the power of a corporation to use a corporation's content. Any corporation found trying to bully smaller parties in the manner Hasbro is so accustomed to will be fined half of their net worth every infraction. Anyone who is part of a glorious pony content-creating team such as that of Fighting is Magic will be paid by the government to do their work. Clop will be on billboards, research into robotic pony AIs will be effected, and the national anthem will be a collage of all great pony songs. Any previous members of the staff of the show (NOT Hasbro) will be welcome to come to our great country to continue their work. Direct employees of Hasbro or their legal team will be persona non grata. Anyone involved with Hasbro's wanton abuse of its previous beneficiaries, us generous and extraordinary bronies, if found in our borders will be in prison for at least 5 years before being sent back to their home country with a robotic tail attached to them. Our space program will etch Luna's visage into the moon.

TOOT BOOT posted:

cool a black hole of self awareness

syscall girl posted:

don't have much to say? need to pad something out? start listing things for no real reason

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists

lists all the way down

PleasingFungus posted:

I love that 'article' but the tragic thing is that most of the lists of lists are just two or three lists long

more like disambiguation pages really I.M.H.O.

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

archive 8 is literally tens of thousands of words about the title
they proposed creating an article titled "Grammatical and orthographical interpretations of the movie title Star Trek Into Darkness"

SHAM BAM BAMINA posted:

There also exists a DIY community experimenting with teledildonics, centered on opendildonics.org, the Slashdong blog and the Arse Elektronika conference.

SHAM BAM BAMINA posted:

yes that certainly is interesting. please kill you are self now thanks.

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The Wikipedia community is not healthy right now. Administrators who do their job properly are regularly harassed in public forums. The number of active admins is declining, and there are few replacements, since RFA is now viewed as hell week. Meanwhile, there are plenty of newbie users who take on more than they have the knowledge to do so, inappropriately declining requests that should be handled by admins, or performing improper FAC/FLC/GAN nominations or reviews. People try and reinvent the wheel, proposing outlandish ideas, and refuse to listen when they are told no repeatedly (WP:IDHT). ArbCom and the FA process are regularly slammed for being authoritarian and for doing their jobs. Civility is not enforced, and those who are given civility blocks have them quickly undone by friendly admins.

As an administrator and as one who is familiar with Wikipedia processes, I take on the role of participating in site-wide discussions that could impact the road projects. I also work to keep the chaos out of the road projects, so that road editors can build high-quality articles without distractions. A healthy Wikipedia benefits the road projects greatly.

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Gay Robot was originally a comedy skit on Adam Sandler's fifth album, Shh...Don't Tell.[1] In the sketch, a group of friends are watching football when the neighbor calls to let them know that his invention, Gay Robot, is coming over.[2] Gay Robot is very good with football statistics and is very horny because he does not know any other gay guys.[2] The sketch consists of Gay Robot constantly trying to entice the others into gay sex with him.[3]

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In 2011 Duke Nukem was revealed to have planned for a gay robot sidekick, Randy Pitchford, the "Gearbox boss" stated at a BAFTA event, "Sexuality is part of the Duke personality", explaining that the original idea behind the sidekick was "to explore how Duke would relate to a peer that might have a different sexual orientation."[28][29]

duTrieux. posted:

latin is a surprisingly filthy language

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The term pedicare is a transitive verb, meaning to "insert one's penis into another person's anus",[27] and derives from an analogous Greek word, παιδικω, itself derived ultimately from the Greek word παις, παιδος (child).

MeruFM posted:

Call Now posted:

Wait do the german people hate german people now or are those immigrants

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

mras are bad at logos

prefect posted:

gently caress those non-human men. no rights for them

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Grand Marshal often appears as a rank in science fiction sources, often in space or star fleets whose size requires a rank above such other titles as Surface Marshal and Fleet Admiral. Among Grand Marshal science fiction equivalents include:

Grand Marshal: The 14th and highest PvP honor rank of the Alliance in World of Warcraft.
Grand Marshal: A rank held by Imperial Guard officers in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It seems to be assigned to officers who command the armed forces of an entire planet. It is inferior to Lord Commander Militant.
Grand Marshal: Highest conjectural rank of the TIE fighter forces in the universe of Star Wars, equivalent to a Grand Admiral. This assumes that the TIE fighter forces are a separate branch of service from the Imperial Navy.

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

Mellorine is a lower cost alternative to ice cream, wherein other fats are used instead of butterfat. It can be made from both animal fat and vegetable fat.

Mellorine is produced by freezing, while stirring a pasteurized mix of milk-derived nonfat solids and animal or vegetable fat (or both). Afterward, it is battered by a carbohydrate sweetener and the addition of flavouring ingredients.

There is also a pun regarding this in the manga and anime series One Piece - Sanji will refer to female characters he likes (for example, Nami and Robin) as Mellorine.


that's the entire article

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Man who offered Jesus vinegar

Name: Stephaton
Source: Codex Egberti, 10th century
Appears in the Bible at: Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, & John 19:29–19:30

Lutha Mahtin posted:

trap sprung

Cold on a Cob posted:

oh here's a thing that's kinda neat

http://rcmap.hatnote.com/#en

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Someone in Balmont (Rhône-Alpes, France) edited "List of disability-related terms with negative connotations" (en)

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

our wikipedia admin reverted it