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jaegerx posted:Government actually prohibited the news publishing balloon reports. Didn't want to panic people and let the Japanese know they actually hit the U.S. Granted they only killed like 1 person who kicked an unexploded bomb. Several, actually. A Sunday school teacher, her husband, and 5 of her students were hiking in Oregon when they found one of the bombs. After that the press blackout was lifted to prevent additional casualties.
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ArchangeI posted:No offense, but most professional historians probably don't want to put "Source: A guy I asked on the Internet to look at it for me, no worries he's legit as gently caress" in a footnote.
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HEY GAL posted:that's "source: personal conversation" to anyone who asks It's more professional if you say 'personal correspondence'.
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Disinterested, if you come across any pikes, can you measure the diameter of their shafts? I'm not asking you to go out of your way for this, though.
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I suggest avoiding the Tepes pike diameter measurement method, though.
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HEY GAL posted:Disinterested, if you come across any pikes, can you measure the diameter of their shafts? I'm not asking you to go out of your way for this, though. I doubt I'll be able to get in the cabinets with them but I can note down anything written anywhere.
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Disinterested posted:I doubt I'll be able to get in the cabinets with them but I can note down anything written anywhere. my dad posted:I suggest avoiding the Tepes pike diameter measurement method, though.
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See, now I'm remembering everything you said about pikes being springy and wobbly, and with a weight wedged on top... what I'm saying is, is ventriloquism known to your guys?
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HEY GAL posted:That's stakes not pikes, do you have any idea how much you'd gently caress up the balance by doing that? It's why I get grumbly every time someone says "head on a pike." "Head on a spike."
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Its taken a year of bedtime browsing... but I finished the thread.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Bull was assassinated in March 1990, possibly by Mossad, and these works were not advanced nor completed until ultimately the project materials were dismantled and confiscated by UN inspectors after the Gulf War. Somehow I'm more perturbed by the Israeli government murdering white anglos than brown arabs  . Perhaps because the latter is routine, while the former is uncommon yet just as unpunished.But of course, Mossad has plausible deniability because Bull also had a shitload of other enemies. Phobophilia fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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Arbite posted:Thank you for all these, I mainly know about the rebellion through Flashman and the Dragon. Is it known when the black banners were first used? The black flags commanding the army to fight to the death? I believe that story originates from a very late western account, by mercenary AF Lindley. I'll let you know if/when I come across any mentions of it from Chinese sources. I haven't read Flashman and Dragon, I feel like I should probably correct that.
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despise you posted:Its taken a year of bedtime browsing... but I finished the thread. Welcome to the Present.
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Which one of Ewart Oakeshott's books is best, at least for understanding medieval swords and related martial arts
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P-Mack posted:The black flags commanding the army to fight to the death? I believe that story originates from a very late western account, by mercenary AF Lindley. I'll let you know if/when I come across any mentions of it from Chinese sources. Please do. As for the book, it's a great read. The whole series is.
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I'm starting to notice that I finish Audible audio books like ten times faster than regular books. I don't even think I've read 3 physical books this year and I've devoured a dozen from audible, including all of The Civil War: a narrative. I tried to read Furies on my phone since Hegel recommend it like a year ago but that went no where and unfortunately I didn't see it available on Audible. So what I'm asking is, could anyone make a list of good history books that are available on Audible? I can't seem to read Rubicon to save my live but I've heard every episode of History of Rome, so maybe I should start there. Or is there a nice fat book on Chinese History that would be particularly recommended? The bigger the book the better since they're all priced the same with their credit system., Shelby Foote was really cost effective. Edit - Oh! Furies IS on here, awesome. I could always use more recommendations though.
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Afternoon, Mansfeld Regiment, how are things?quote:On the 27th of October, 1625, Noc Munch, Asmus Schmidt, Balzer Holfeldt, Hanns Kolbig, and Albus Munch allowed themselves to plunder a rider on the open street near Alessandria and robbed him of a mantle, a sword, a short jacket, a pair of hose, and 30 batzen in cash. It was turned over to the Oberst Lieutenant.
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Baloogan posted:Welcome to the Present. Now let's talk about pikes and cod pieces.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
PittTheElder posted:Now let's talk about pikes and cod pieces. Bayonets and breeches.
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HEY GAL posted:Afternoon, Mansfeld Regiment, how are things? Did the rider at least get some compensation for the stuff they took?
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quantumavenger posted:Did the rider at least get some compensation for the stuff they took? lol
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Chamale posted:It's physically impossible to shoot something into low-earth orbit using a gun alone, although I suppose you could shoot a rocket to the correct altitude and then use thrust to keep it in orbit, or keep it from escaping Earth's gravity. Counterpoint: 
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quantumavenger posted:Did the rider at least get some compensation for the stuff they took? He probably got away with minor bruising.
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Jack B Nimble posted:I'm starting to notice that I finish Audible audio books like ten times faster than regular books. I don't even think I've read 3 physical books this year and I've devoured a dozen from audible, including all of The Civil War: a narrative. I tried to read Furies on my phone since Hegel recommend it like a year ago but that went no where and unfortunately I didn't see it available on Audible. I thought this one was pretty good myself. It only focuses on one country so you only have to be familiar with one set of maps and locations of cities etc. http://www.audible.com/pd/History/Afghanistan-Audiobook/B002V8LD5K/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1434003238&sr=1-1
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It's 3 kingdoms era but do any of you chinese enthusiasts know anything about the stone sentinel maze?
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cheerfullydrab posted:Counterpoint: That's not low-earth orbit. You could use an implausibly big gun to shoot an unmanned spacecraft at the Moon, but you'd be hard-pressed to slow it down enough for a soft landing. Maybe you could do what the Soviets did and brag about slamming a projectile into the Moon at high speed.
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Jack B Nimble posted:The bigger the book the better since they're all priced the same with their credit system., Shelby Foote was really cost effective. HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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Phobophilia posted:Somehow I'm more perturbed by the Israeli government murdering white anglos than brown arabs I was going to pull out a list, but apparently they stick to arabs and nazis, other than Bull. I may be confusing them with the IDF, who are racking up a decent anglo kill streak these days.
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HEY GAL posted:Afternoon, Mansfeld Regiment, how are things? "allowed themselves to plunder a rider"? Hahaha, are they even capable of controlling themselves? It's like the default state of a soldier is attempting to steal something or trying to rape a woman.
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Phobophilia posted:"allowed themselves to plunder a rider"? Hahaha, are they even capable of controlling themselves? It's like the default state of a soldier is attempting to steal something or trying to rape a woman. What is a mercenary? A miserable little pile of impulses. But enough talk...Have at you!
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100 Years Ago In unexpectedly topical news, today's main story is about a newly-minted Lance Corporal conducting a highly imaginative informal resupply exercise, in which a barrel of vin blanc is determined to be vital war materiel, confiscated for safe-keeping, and extremely well hidden from the Military Police. The story does have a sad ending, though, but not one that involves high explosive. Meanwhile, Kenneth Best's diary for today does in fact include high explosive, and Louis Barthas's complaint of the day revolves around how restful it isn't to be at rest. By the way, I've just finished working on July 1914; the crisis to July 31 is ready to go up as soon as my brain stops cringing at having to talk about people who will spend most of the next four years being mostly irrelevant to anything except their dining-tables. Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 11:31 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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Jack B Nimble posted:I'm starting to notice that I finish Audible audio books like ten times faster than regular books. I don't even think I've read 3 physical books this year and I've devoured a dozen from audible, including all of The Civil War: a narrative. I tried to read Furies on my phone since Hegel recommend it like a year ago but that went no where and unfortunately I didn't see it available on Audible. My Audible books before I switched over to Scribd: An Army At Dawn by Rick Atkinson Battle Cry of Freedom, Volume 1 and 2 by James McPherson Castles of Steel by Robert K Massie The Eastern Front 1914-1917 by Norman Stone Firestorm by Marshall de Bruhl Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen Guelzo The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman Masters of Air by Donald Miller Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan Rubicon by Tom Holland The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan A World Undone by GJ Meyer I'd strongly recommend any/all of these, depending on what you want to find out more of. EDIT: While I'm at it, audiobooks I've completed from Scribd: LeMay by Barrett Tillman Grant by John Mosier Sherman by Steven Woodworth The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam Inside the Nazi War Machine by Bevin Alexander Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek Das Kapital by Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Decision in Normandy by Carlo D'Este Colombia and Panama by Joseph Stromberg The Korean War and the Vietnam War, Part 1 by Max Hastings The Vietnam War, Part 2 by Wendy McElroy Intrepid by Bill White The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan gradenko_2000 fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:Audiobooks Thanks, I need stuff to listen to at work and this is perfect! Beats listening to Dan Carlin which I had been resorting to, i've found that my enjoyment of his shows is inversely proportional to how much you already know about what he's talking about. No sign of Shattered Sword in audiobook form though which is a shame, that appeals to the plane sperg in me.
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gradenko_2000 posted:My Audible books before I switched over to Scribd: Is "Das Kapital" well done? It's on my reading list, but I never get around.
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HEY GAL posted:"Geluesten lassen," so kind of? "Covet," "want to," "let themselves want to." I'm actually working right now on a chapter about how mercenaries think about their emotions, and I think it's exactly as you say: having what these people regard as normal human impulses is like walking around with a firearm on a hair-trigger, and you need to "pay attention to yourself" (they say this a lot) in order not to do something unfortunate. This "attention" isn't like "self-control," it's way more...reactive. Ideally, you notice a feeling and react to it, rather than controlling yourself so you don't have those feelings. It reminds me of the way early modern justice works--they can't prevent crime, or even catch most of it, but the people they do catch are made an example of with flamboyantly terrible punishments. It makes sense to me, a lot of discourse around that time was still developing from classical conceptions of manliness as being essentially about controlling your appetites and passions through reason, heaped upon Christian conceptions of original sin. Hobbes is literally peoples consciousness is just pure appetites in a fully deterministic universe
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MikeCrotch posted:Thanks, I need stuff to listen to at work and this is perfect! Beats listening to Dan Carlin which I had been resorting to, i've found that my enjoyment of his shows is inversely proportional to how much you already know about what he's talking about. See if sunburst is available? It's IJN aviation the book.
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Trip report: went to the Wallace Collection this lunchtime as it's nearby and did a quick survey with my camera to see if there's anything of interest. No pikes for Hegel - the European collection is v. aristocratic and 16th century, but there were a shitload of Halberds and Glaives. There were a few bows, though, but I need to work out how to deal with the glare from the glass cabinets/weird lighting, and I also need to bring down my camera to do more detailed shots if Jauche wants them. Photos forthcoming.
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JaucheCharly posted:Is "Das Kapital" well done? It's on my reading list, but I never get around. I honestly couldn't say. I think it might have completely bounced off of me
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Phobophilia posted:Somehow I'm more perturbed by the Israeli government murdering white anglos than brown arabs The omission from gradenko_2000's story is that Hussein wasn't just funding Bull's work because he wanted a space-launching gun. The quid pro quo was that Bull would help the Iraqis develop longer-range versions of the Scud, which directly threatened Israel. He also designed two advanced SP guns for Iraq. So the fact that the Babylon gun didn't really have any military applications isn't that relevant; if the Mossad did kill him it's not because of Babylon.
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