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[Thunder Chicken]

:woohoo: Classes cancelled due to snow today! Three day weekend!:woohoo:

Best part is that there is hardly any snow where I live, just on campus. I have maybe 5 minutes of easy shoveling to do.

 

[Notebook]

UK not taking its Naval heritage seriously...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35864702

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[mojoey]

What, you never heard of Admiral Boatyface fighting alongside Nelson at Trafalgar?

 

[Notebook]

No, he passed me by...!
Do know this one, his statue is just up the road.

http://www.visitnorthtyneside.com/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/collingwood-monument
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[mojoey]

I'm afraid he wasn't on HMS Victory, rather he was on HMS Rubber Ducky. Quite an odd name for a Ship Of The Line, but she did her duty.

 

[Notebook]

Rubber Ducky, slang for Royal Sovereign, but you probably knew that...

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[Andy44]

UK not taking its Naval heritage seriously...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35864702

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Well, at least it's not called "HMS Stephen Colbert".

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Well, at least it's not called "HMS Stephen Colbert".

Or the SS Essess?

Just call it the Lollipop. That's a good ship's name.

Seriously, with a name like the Lollipop, it must be the most deadly warship afloat.

 

[Notebook]

Lost me there, I did like the Jon Stewart show, but due to circumstances beyond my control, can't get the time to watch US satire. Shame as its as sharp as anything here, probably more so as we haven't anything at all.

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(except for politics of course)
This to Andy44 above, though all others are welcome...

 

[Spacethingy]

Letting the internet name things? Never really seems like a very good idea, although Boaty MacBoatface does actually sound rather adorable. Obligatory XKCD reference...

In other news, what if the Saturn V was powered by elephants? (some elephants were slightly exploded in the making of this gif...)
http://i.imgur.com/tDdQmeY.gifv

 

[Andy44]

Letting the internet name things?

Yeah, a few years ago Mountain Dew had an online contest to decide on a name for a new flavor of soda, and apparently 4chan got wind of it.

They had to shut it down when the clear winner for the new flavor name was "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong".

 

[TMac3000]

UK not taking its Naval heritage seriously...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35864702

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When you have to try to strike fear in your enemies' hearts with a ship called Gary, I will take your complaints seriously

 

[Notebook]

No probs with Gary, looks like an interesting vessel. My Uncle served on HMS Cattistock as a gunner. That's names after a foxhunt somewhere in England.

http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Cattistock.htm

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[Evil_Onyx]

Not aimed at this site, but far too many sites are starting to restrict access if you use an ad blocker.

 

[n122vu]

I'm afraid he wasn't on HMS Victory, rather he was on HMS Rubber Ducky. Quite an odd name for a Ship Of The Line, but she did her duty.

Rubber Ducky, that's the one. It made wartime lots of fun.

 

[jedidia]

It's kind of a weird feeling when you suddenly notice that an english translation of a medieval german manuscript you did a few years back turned into a meme in the renaissance community... :shifty:

 

[Notebook]

Is that you in the video, or is it using your work?

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[Fabri91]

I think the latter, in a table showing the translation there is a Swiss-sounding name.

 

[Notebook]

Re. recent comments on solder(5 core was my favourite) this chap knows his sponge...

http://www.sainsmart.com/sainsmart-...63262&sc_uid=AqRLzYEjxy&utm_source=newsletter

Top video in the page.

Interesting project I think.
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[jedidia]

Is that you in the video,

What, no! I just translated the manuscript from old new german (no kidding, that's what they seem to call the dialect) into english, and made a translation error, which turned "end him quickly" into "end him rightly" (seriously, though, how did "reschlach" turn into "rasch"? I really thought it might be a spelling of "rechtlich". Not that the language had any spelling rules at the time...). But apparently the translation enabled the english community to become aware of the somewhat... unusual maneuver described, and "end him rightly" seems to have turned into a meme. Complete with t-shirts. I should order one of those, I guess... :lol: