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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
February 06 2014 04:41 GMT
#861
Historical question: Why didn't the Venetians just claim Constantinople after sacking it with the help of the Crusaders?
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
February 06 2014 04:44 GMT
#862
That's not a very stupid question, are you sure you're in the right thread?
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
February 06 2014 04:45 GMT
#863
Trust me Ive asked everywhere and told its a stupid question so why not TL?
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Shiragaku
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong4308 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 04:53:27
February 06 2014 04:49 GMT
#864
I would give an answer, but it is probably a really stupid one DX

But wasn't Constantinople captured by the Venetians which started the Latin Empire?

Oh wait, holy shit. Now that I think about it, I know why you are asking this question Stealth.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26323 Posts
February 06 2014 04:51 GMT
#865
I've heard for example Venetian blinds are so-called pretty much everywhere except Venice, where they are called 'Persian blinds'. Are there other examples of things like this that have a location-specific name by which they are known by in pretty much everywhere BUT said location?

There definitely are, I remember two more (in that I know there are but not well enough to recall them)
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
February 06 2014 05:09 GMT
#866
Do French people call french fries the same?
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 05:33:24
February 06 2014 05:17 GMT
#867
On February 06 2014 14:09 rebdomine wrote:
Do French people call french fries the same?


The french word for 'french fries' is frites.
Strategy"You know I fucking hate the way you play, right?" ~SC2John
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
February 06 2014 05:19 GMT
#868
French fries are just frites in french.
greenelve
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1392 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 06:49:37
February 06 2014 06:48 GMT
#869
So, i have a Spawn comic and the content goes like
-Spawn talking to an old lady (his grandma i think) just to say goodbye
-then Spawn talking to a demon about what he just did (just a few sentences)
-a women gets stalked (as i remember) by a man, who is supposed to be a devil or the devil

and thats it, folks. That was the whole comic issue. And after reading other superhero comics, a question comes up to my mind:

Why are these comic so short?

I mean, asian comics (like mangas from japan) or european comics like asterix have more content. These superhero comics from america...not. Even mickey mouse comics have more content. :/
z0r.de for your daily madness /// Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!
Dogfoodboy16
Profile Joined October 2013
364 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 06:55:25
February 06 2014 06:52 GMT
#870
Could Walt Disney have stopped WW2 by giving hitler a job drawing cartoons?
Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
February 06 2014 07:13 GMT
#871
Who would've guessed the contributions to this thread of the last 2 months are more then 6 times the contributions of 2005-2012?
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11763 Posts
February 06 2014 07:21 GMT
#872
On February 06 2014 10:30 Dogfoodboy16 wrote:
Is it still considered cheating if you are 10,000 miles away from your girlfriend at the time?


Considering that means that your girlfriend is an Astronaut, why would you cheat on such an awesome girlfriend.
MutantGenepool
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia115 Posts
February 06 2014 08:19 GMT
#873
I wonder if they'll ever turn degrees (angle) into metric.
EGRevival (Zerg) has more marines than Polt. ROOTNathanias
greenelve
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1392 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-06 08:49:10
February 06 2014 08:47 GMT
#874
On February 06 2014 17:19 MutantGenepool wrote:
I wonder if they'll ever turn degrees (angle) into metric.

That sounds like there is a difference. What is the difference? (im ignorant european who doesnt care >.> )

Just confused as it is math...like 360 = a circle. :/
z0r.de for your daily madness /// Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!
Encdalf
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany66 Posts
February 06 2014 09:33 GMT
#875
On February 06 2014 15:48 greenelve wrote:
So, i have a Spawn comic and the content goes like
-Spawn talking to an old lady (his grandma i think) just to say goodbye
-then Spawn talking to a demon about what he just did (just a few sentences)
-a women gets stalked (as i remember) by a man, who is supposed to be a devil or the devil

and thats it, folks. That was the whole comic issue. And after reading other superhero comics, a question comes up to my mind:

Why are these comic so short?

I mean, asian comics (like mangas from japan) or european comics like asterix have more content. These superhero comics from america...not. Even mickey mouse comics have more content. :/


I guess in the end it simply comes down to available man hours and time. If you have only a few artists (the superhero usually have like 2 or 3) you can simply create that much for the monthy issues, while the compared asterix is the same amount of artists, but the release cycle is 1-2 years?

As for disney and mangas that's simply solved by putting more men to work, so more can be drawn in shorter time.
Mvrio
Profile Joined July 2011
689 Posts
February 06 2014 09:55 GMT
#876
On February 05 2014 08:43 Epishade wrote:
If mankind were to forget how technology/machines/science of any kind worked tomorrow, how long would it take to figure out how everything worked again given our reliance on preexisting science textbooks/the internet?


I'm sorry I feel that I have to say something in this with a little depressing fact. In the Cold War as both USSR and the US were racing to get as many nuclear arms as possible they had intelligent people of course to make them. Now that there is no war between us and the major countries are advocating no nuclear weapons all the intelligent people that worked on the Nuclear missiles are the only ones that can disarm them safely and the problem is that they're either dead or retired/really old. The next generations didn't bother with gaining the knowledge of nuclear weapons. so as of now we still have some missiles from the 60's ready to go but aren't needed.

That's sad to me.... We're not smart anymore
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Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
February 06 2014 10:08 GMT
#877
On February 06 2014 13:51 Wombat_NI wrote:
I've heard for example Venetian blinds are so-called pretty much everywhere except Venice, where they are called 'Persian blinds'. Are there other examples of things like this that have a location-specific name by which they are known by in pretty much everywhere BUT said location?

There definitely are, I remember two more (in that I know there are but not well enough to recall them)

We have a few of those in germany.
A "Berliner" is a jam filled donut, but in berlin it's just called a donut(in german ofc).
In Cologne people call a kind of beer "Koelsch", but elsewhere people call it undrinkable.

Funnily enough, a more international example is syphilis, the disease.
It's called german sickness in france, netherlands, poland and some other countries next to germany.
It's called french sickness in germany, belgium, spain etc.
It's called polish sickness in russia.

Basically it's a chain of blaming that started either in germany or france.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
greenelve
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1392 Posts
February 06 2014 11:10 GMT
#878
On February 06 2014 18:33 Encdalf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 06 2014 15:48 greenelve wrote:
So, i have a Spawn comic and the content goes like
-Spawn talking to an old lady (his grandma i think) just to say goodbye
-then Spawn talking to a demon about what he just did (just a few sentences)
-a women gets stalked (as i remember) by a man, who is supposed to be a devil or the devil

and thats it, folks. That was the whole comic issue. And after reading other superhero comics, a question comes up to my mind:

Why are these comic so short?

I mean, asian comics (like mangas from japan) or european comics like asterix have more content. These superhero comics from america...not. Even mickey mouse comics have more content. :/


I guess in the end it simply comes down to available man hours and time. If you have only a few artists (the superhero usually have like 2 or 3) you can simply create that much for the monthy issues, while the compared asterix is the same amount of artists, but the release cycle is 1-2 years?

As for disney and mangas that's simply solved by putting more men to work, so more can be drawn in shorter time.

They should hire more people to create more content for the monthly issues to please greenelve. [image loading]
z0r.de for your daily madness /// Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
February 06 2014 11:10 GMT
#879
On February 06 2014 17:19 MutantGenepool wrote:
I wonder if they'll ever turn degrees (angle) into metric.

Not a good idea. 360 is divisible into a lot more stuff than 100 or 1000 is.

I think base 10 is completely retarded in itself and that base 12 is superior, but I guess it's too late to switch.
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
February 06 2014 13:36 GMT
#880
On February 06 2014 17:19 MutantGenepool wrote:
I wonder if they'll ever turn degrees (angle) into metric.


Wow you still use degrees? I thought all civilized countries had switched over to radians already.
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