++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[Rubycon]

unless he has runflats :sneaky:

Not sure if that makes a difference. A .500" hole sounds like it would injure the carcass too bad even for those to work. Well the ones designed for pax vehicles that is.

Bigger guns shoot holes in boats.

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Scalar weapons running on spare ship power can take out an entire city along the coast...

 

[sdifox]

Not sure if that makes a difference. A .500" hole sounds like it would injure the carcass too bad even for those to work. Well the ones designed for pax vehicles that is.



Scalar weapons running on spare ship power can take out an entire city along the coast...

ok Orbital Kinetic Strike ordered for your boat.

 

[Rubycon]

ok Orbital Kinetic Strike ordered for your boat.

Ion painter deflecting the beam toward the northern/eastern North American Continent. Talk about taking a piss in the wind!
Things that fly suck!

 

[sdifox]

Ion painter deflecting the beam toward the northern/eastern North American Continent. Talk about taking a piss in the wind!
Things that fly suck!

you understand what OKS is right? Big hunking rock dropped from orbit :sneaky:

 

[IndyColtsFan]

nef

 

[Rubycon]

you understand what OKS is right? Big hunking rock dropped from orbit :sneaky:

Does not matter because we can do something you building dwellers can't - move!

But that's ok, things should be peaceful for a while, like 80 years.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Does not matter because we can do something you building dwellers can't - move!

But that's ok, things should be peaceful for a while, like 80 years.

You can't move fast enough to escape the resulting tsunami.

 

[sdifox]

Does not matter because we can do something you building dwellers can't - move!

But that's ok, things should be peaceful for a while, like 80 years.

right... you got radar that can look straight up? :sneaky:

 

[Rubycon]

You can't move fast enough to escape the resulting tsunami.

Actually that is a myth. Tsunamis in the open sea are of little worry to even smaller vessels because their height is quite low. They reach to the seafloor and where this is of concern on land as as the depth gets shallower the wave height builds substantially. Offshore this is no problem whatsoever.

There was *slight* concern after a tsunami watch was issued after the Haitian earthquake last year. We were in the warned area but no warning was issued. This kind of thing is kept quiet since people panic from watching fictitious movies, etc. Even if a tsunami did develop as in Japan it would not have affected us however ports affected / damaged could have changed our itinerary.

right... you got radar that can look straight up? :sneaky:

No but the folks that track these things can get warnings issued pretty fast.

 

[sdifox]

Actually that is a myth. Tsunamis in the open sea are of little worry to even smaller vessels because their height is quite low. They reach to the seafloor and where this is of concern on land as as the depth gets shallower the wave height builds substantially. Offshore this is no problem whatsoever.

There was *slight* concern after a tsunami watch was issued after the Haitian earthquake last year. We were in the warned area but no warning was issued. This kind of thing is kept quiet since people panic from watching fictitious movies, etc. Even if a tsunami did develop as in Japan it would not have affected us however ports affected / damaged could have changed our itinerary.

You just ruined all the low budget SiFi channel movies.

 

[sdifox]

I hope you are happy.

 

[Rubycon]

They already did a movie (Poseidon) which was OK but the remake of it in 2006 was really craptacular like Day After Tomorrow/The Core/2012 craptacular.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Actually that is a myth. Tsunamis in the open sea are of little worry to even smaller vessels because their height is quite low. They reach to the seafloor and where this is of concern on land as as the depth gets shallower the wave height builds substantially. Offshore this is no problem whatsoever.

That's true, but, if you're close enough to the impact site of a large object, you're going to have issues. And since it was targeted at you in the first place, you're not going to be able to get enough distance in all likelihood.

 

[sdifox]

The most described system is "an orbiting tungsten telephone pole with small fins and a computer in the back for guidance". The weapon can be down-scaled, an orbiting "crowbar" rather than a pole.[citation needed] The system described in the 2003 United States Air Force (USAF) report was that of 20-foot-long (6.1 m), 1-foot-diameter (0.30 m) tungsten rods, that are satellite controlled, and have global strike capability, with impact speeds of Mach 10, and strike 25-foot accuracy.[3][4][5]

 

[sdifox]

Guided, you hear that Ruby?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Speaking of impacts, have you guys ever heard of Burckle crater? Never heard of it but I just finished a book about some different theories of pre-Columbian contact between ancient Egyptians and Mesoamericans and one of the chapters was about this impact and how it may have played into some of the ancient mythology.

 

[sdifox]

Speaking of impacts, have you guys ever heard of Burckle crater? Never heard of it but I just finished a book about some different theories of pre-Columbian contact between ancient Egyptians and Mesoamericans and one of the chapters was about this impact and how it may have played into some of the ancient mythology.

small crater D:

 

[Rubycon]

That's true, but, if you're close enough to the impact site of a large object, you're going to have issues. And since it was targeted at you in the first place, you're not going to be able to get enough distance in all likelihood.

The chances of anything resembling this scenario are so remote that I certainly won't lose any sleep over it. The chance of encountering a big rogue wave like the 77 footer in '05 are much, much more realistic and even those chances are quite remote.

When was the last time you had your timing belt changed?

Guided, you hear that Ruby?

Mere child's play compared to what I have seen in books that I was not supposed to be looking at.

 

[sdifox]

Mere child's play compared to what I have seen in books that I was not supposed to be looking at.

flying cars? :sneaky:

 

[Rubycon]

flying cars? :sneaky:

Yes if those things are deployed near the coast I believe you would see lots of flying cars. Buses, trucks, trains too!

 

[sdifox]

Yes if those things are deployed near the coast I believe you would see lots of flying cars. Buses, trucks, trains too!

Flying cars is a very bad idea. People are having problem with 2D, you want to throw them into 3D?

 

[Rubycon]

Flying cars is a very bad idea. People are having problem with 2D, you want to throw them into 3D?

Just think of everyone wearing shades.

 

[sdifox]

Just think of everyone wearing shades.

I want to see 2D automated system first.

 

[Rubycon]

AGV has been in the industrial sector for ~30 years.
It's coming in phases to major highways. With guide (drivers) leading convoys of "follower" cars first, then come the automated systems. Next will be solo automation, etc. Still a ways off.

 

[MotF Bane]

Flying cars is a very bad idea. People are having problem with 2D, you want to throw them into 3D?

God help us.

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