Recent content by Shurik

Some fun. The da Vinci... And the other one is the SS Transvaal Castle.

Not a sister ship, she was ordered as the replacement. SS Andrea Doria sunk in '56, while SS Leonardo da Vinci wasn't built until '60.

I like the look of the long, unencumbered fore-deck, coupled with a superstructure that's not just an over-done repeating pattern. However, I will make an exception for the Italian, SS Leonardo da Vinci...

Huh... I stand corrected.

It might be developed... But it would never get beyond the prototype stage. I was merely commenting on the design's suitability for use with the 8mm mauser cartridge.

The FAL was already stretched to its design limits with the 7.62x51; already having up-sized from the the 7.92x33 Kurz, and later the .280. I'm not sure it could take going all the way up to the 8mm Mauser without some complete over-haulage.

So the McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics A-12 Avenger II... Whether it should have entered service or not... Meh. But I just learned that the instructor for a class I'm taking was the primary terminating contract officer (for the govt) for that program!

However, supposedly, Claudius was only declared emperor after he was discovered by the Praetorians, hiding behind a palace curtain. The assassins were still on the loose, and had already dispatched Caligula's wife and daughter. And supposedly, the only thing that saved Claudius, was his being...

Oh I don't know that full-on annexation by India would be required for them to step in to defend an independent Tibet. After all, they have had no problems with Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim prior to Tibet falling to the Chinese; and the first two could hardly be called Indian puppets; even though...

And... you seem to be quite confused as regarding the usage of "sarcasm", and "tongue-in-cheek" ;) :p It's not your fault; I'm an acquired flavor.

The mechanism to prevent it's adoption would probably have to be more complicated, granted. I was merely thinking of something that would seriously impede the development of European science in its infancy; and attacking the very foundation of mathematics through the continued use of Roman...

That's what happened to one of my favorites; The Invasion of Kenya. But McCaulay had to go and get himself banned... :idontcare:

How much would preventing the European adoption of Arabic Numerals keep things down? The Church maintaining an iron grip on ensuring Roman Numerals remain in use would have huge impacts on the development of mathematics. And with it... accounting, science, industry... An inability to perform...

I wonder if there were any American brands, post-war, who would have been interested in buying... A lot of service men had been stationed in France during, and after, WWII, and I'm sure that more than a few of them would have noticed French cars. Maybe we could see some of the French brands...

One of the best books I've ever read... Eaters of the Dead