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I don't know what I clicked on to get there, but Lanchester's Laws are fascinating reading.
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This is super interesting, AH. I was already working on some potential mass combat rules that these might interact with in a neat way.

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So, as I understand it, Lanchester pretty much only directly applies to skirmish lines. That's not to say he's incorrect, just... OBE.
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Not quite, because even with skirmish lines you have a refused flank tactic. But it's an interesting approach.
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fectin wrote:So, as I understand it, Lanchester pretty much only directly applies to skirmish lines. That's not to say he's incorrect, just... OBE.
There's a whole field of study, called survivability, where engineers try to figure out the survival ratios of vehicles and people in given situations. Unlike Lanchester though, you probably won't find the formulas online.
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Use this link, instead, with the parenthesis fixed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plates_(Latter_Day_Saint_movement)
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Zang. I knew about Huguenots since a branch of my family hails from that group (on my mother's side they've got records going back about 500 years), sounds like Cagots had it many times rougher and I had never even heard of them before.
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Why doesn't the Den have a wikipedia page? We totally should; the Bonnacon has one, so why the fuck not, right?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicity_theory

I really like this because it parses something I noticed but never put into words.
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I heard that they were actually 14th level.
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I like that one. :)
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I am deeply curious what led you to that page, AH.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.
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I was looking up that fanfiction dispute Marion Zimmer Bradley had in '92 with Darkover.
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Oh, well that's nowhere near as entertaining.

I think there should totally be a resurgence of Lesbian Pulp.
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Prak_Anima wrote:I think there should totally be a resurgence of Lesbian Pulp.
Why would you assume that hasn't already happened?

http://www.amazon.com/Mabel-Maney/e/B000APBUS6

http://www.amazon.com/Monica-Nolan/e/B001ITWU32/

You can check the "customers also bought items from" list for more authors.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM1219_Arm ... ic_Vehicle

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

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