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From the Depths of Wikipedia
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:00 am
by Ancient History
I don't know what I clicked on to get there, but
Lanchester's Laws are fascinating reading.
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:25 pm
by echoVanguard
This is super interesting, AH. I was already working on some potential mass combat rules that these might interact with in a neat way.
echo
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:05 am
by fectin
So, as I understand it, Lanchester pretty much only directly applies to skirmish lines. That's not to say he's incorrect, just... OBE.
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:03 am
by Ancient History
Not quite, because even with skirmish lines you have a
refused flank tactic. But it's an interesting approach.
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:15 pm
by Ancient History
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:19 pm
by Sigil
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:31 pm
by Ancient History
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:38 pm
by RobbyPants
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:13 pm
by Ancient History
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:59 pm
by erik
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.
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:11 am
by Shrapnel
Why doesn't the Den have a wikipedia page? We totally should; the
Bonnacon has one, so why the fuck not, right?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:53 pm
by Ancient History
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:07 pm
by Ancient History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicity_theory
I really like this because it parses something I noticed but never put into words.
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:43 pm
by Ancient History
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:25 pm
by nockermensch
To this day I regret not taking a screencap from when I was reading about one Wallachian noble or another on wikipedia and the text said the noble was invincible in the the battlefield because his entourage of 12th level Death Knights.
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:19 pm
by Shrapnel
I heard that they were actually 14th level.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:30 am
by Ancient History
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:29 pm
by Maj
I like that one.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:50 pm
by Ancient History
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:26 pm
by Prak
I am deeply curious what led you to that page, AH.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:28 pm
by Ancient History
I was looking up that fanfiction dispute Marion Zimmer Bradley had in '92 with Darkover.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:49 pm
by Prak
Oh, well that's nowhere near as entertaining.
I think there should totally be a resurgence of Lesbian Pulp.
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:09 pm
by Whatever
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:06 am
by Ancient History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM1219_Arm ... ic_Vehicle
"The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits used to using console controllers."
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:38 pm
by Count Arioch the 28th
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bomb
I think I have been on the receiving end of this before. Then again, I'm messed up enough to interpret not being kicked in the face as a term of endearment, so maybe I'm just weird.