That ain't true - there's way less chariot builders now than there were then, for instance.
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Oh and don't forget decent political national leaders...Jebus said:
Or fletchers to create thousands of bows and arrows for war.
Seriously though....The occurence of pirates doesn't seem to be well documented. Apart from the headlines maybe a month ago (in Australia) I have never heard of such people. I mean I have seen movies where they attack ships and whatnot (though none come to mind now) I seriously havn't heard about them previously. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't oblivious to any such people. Anyhoo...
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The Duckman
Modern day pirates are not particularily different from ordinary hijackers, bank robbers, etc. Except for having to work with ships on the sea, which makes them a bit easier to catch.
It's not all walking around with wooden legs, eye patches, funny hats and annoying parrots and going "Arrrrrr" every ten seconds anymore.
It's not all walking around with wooden legs, eye patches, funny hats and annoying parrots and going "Arrrrrr" every ten seconds anymore.
Ashmo said:
But... Where's the fun in that?!
calculon000
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
I'll bet that in the entire world, there are more bow and chariot makers who make such things for movies and renaissance fairs, than there were 500 years ago.
calculon000 said:
Well, of course! Nobody made movies 500 years ago.
calculon000 said:
You'd lose your bet.
*EDIT* You might be right about the bow makes, though, since 500 years ago guns were starting to get commonly used.
And incidentally, any renaissance fair that would put a lot of emphasis on bows and arrows would be a bit silly - since the renaissance was (at best) the twilight period for the use of bows in warfare.
They are only called "Renaissance fairs," Jebus, you take the name too literally. Wikipedia states it pretty well here: "In fact, these events create a fantasy inspired, in most cases, by both historical references (most often England in the time of Henry VIII or Elizabeth I) and by perceptions of the Middle Ages and Renaissance obtained from movies, games, books, comics, and television shows."
Jarno Mikkola
Water Chip? Been There, Done That
calculon000 said:
Fix. And you are wrong about the ice age coming because of the green house gasses, it will come because of global dimming, wikipedia says that the effect is around 3% a decade(and I think that's not going to drop as the percentages go down), :arrow: even thought we would be living in a non dimmed world now, the effect would kill everything in 200 years cause none of the current plants, that can live now, will be able to live in 60% dimmed world, cause they use the energy in sunlight to convert carbon dioxide from the air into simple sugars. :arrow: No, energy :arrow: No life.
Yes, but Ren Fairs are 90% American.
In Europe we usually have medieval markets, which, although usually not significantly more realistic, at least have less "otherkin" and weird women who wear fairy wings in their freetime.
In Europe we usually have medieval markets, which, although usually not significantly more realistic, at least have less "otherkin" and weird women who wear fairy wings in their freetime.
citizenkhan
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Well, here's some evidence: my step-father just told me that the odd sound we heard on Thanksgiving Day wasn't thunder or a freight train, but a fucking tornado. That wouldn't be so weird if we lived in Kansas. But we live in Harpswell, Maine... about 500 yards from the water.
No one is really sure how it formed, but it touched down on top of a cabin, which it moved 7 feet to the south. It blew down a shitload of trees, damaged another home and then took off across the bay @ T+30 seconds.
Pretty sweet, huh?
No one is really sure how it formed, but it touched down on top of a cabin, which it moved 7 feet to the south. It blew down a shitload of trees, damaged another home and then took off across the bay @ T+30 seconds.
Pretty sweet, huh?
Sounds pretty damn sweet...Nothing that interesting ever happens near where I live except for the annual bushfires and then the occasional once-a-decade flooding of the whole damn place.citizenkhan said:
But as far as I know, Tornadoes aren't a direct result of global warming because it could have just a freak incident of nature that only happens every thousand years. If average global temperatures rise, there would be more stability in the climate and less freaky thing like this may happen...
But who knows what its true effects maybe 50 years on...
Cheers,
The Duckman
Huh, yeah, freak incidents. Funny thing that.
In case you haven't noticed -- we've had -- what, seven? -- once-a-century floods within the last few years in Europe alone.
There's a reason they're called ONCE-A-CENTURY floods.
In case you haven't noticed -- we've had -- what, seven? -- once-a-century floods within the last few years in Europe alone.
There's a reason they're called ONCE-A-CENTURY floods.
Ashmo said:
Because they are labeled wrong?
By the way, thanks Jarno, I need to add "Global Dimming" to the long list of immanent disasters about to overtake mankind.
Right. We should call them "annual" floods now. At least it'd be closer to the truth.
They USED to occur only once a century tho.
They USED to occur only once a century tho.
Well maybe before any good prediction technology was invented, the "onc-a-century" floods occured quite regularly but wiped out entire towns at a time and then some people survived the other ones that were once a century...Ashmo said:
I don't know just an idea...
Cheers,
The Duckman
Robot Santa said:
Kinda like what happened with Poland a couple of times.