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20 Sep 2008, 5:21 pm

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Did the ancient Romans ski? I'm just trying to picture what they might have on their feet? Some sort of wooden skis perhaps?

I don't think so, the Caliga is a hybrid between a sandal and a boot, meant for warm weather.

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Amazon.com? Or maybe ABE Books might have something.

Thanks Quatermass, ABE does have some Latvian textbooks.

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20 Sep 2008, 7:23 pm

Woo Hoo! I win again.

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20 Sep 2008, 8:00 pm

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DIE THREAD DIE!! !! !

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20 Sep 2008, 8:06 pm

How exactly does a steam-powered gun turret differentiate between friend and foe? I wasn't aware that boiled water could form allegiances.

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20 Sep 2008, 8:13 pm

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*fires rocket launcher at thread*

DIE THREAD DIE!! !! !

*Throws an IFF tag onto Strapples, getting him hoist with his own petard, or, in this cases, blown up by his own rocket, which is pretty much the same thing.*

Now, where were we?

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20 Sep 2008, 8:13 pm

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How exactly does a steam-powered gun turret differentiate between friend and foe? I wasn't aware that boiled water could form allegiances.

The operator has to make that judgment call.
If (s)he chooses poorly, (s)he may be court marshaled.

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20 Sep 2008, 8:15 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

How exactly does a steam-powered gun turret differentiate between friend and foe? I wasn't aware that boiled water could form allegiances.

The operator has to make that judgment call. If he chooses poorly, (s)he may be court marshaled.

I was quoting Yahtzee, and he was whinging about automated gun turrets. In BioShock.

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20 Sep 2008, 8:17 pm

Quatermass wrote:

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

How exactly does a steam-powered gun turret differentiate between friend and foe? I wasn't aware that boiled water could form allegiances.

The operator has to make that judgment call. If he chooses poorly, (s)he may be court marshaled.

I was quoting Yahtzee, and he was whinging about automated gun turrets. In BioShock.

Then the computer programmer of the identification software
would be responsible, though it's merely a game you're talking about.

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20 Sep 2008, 8:29 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Quatermass wrote:

How exactly does a steam-powered gun turret differentiate between friend and foe? I wasn't aware that boiled water could form allegiances.

The operator has to make that judgment call. If he chooses poorly, (s)he may be court marshaled.

I was quoting Yahtzee, and he was whinging about automated gun turrets. In BioShock.

Then the computer programmer of the identification software
would be responsible, though it's merely a game you're talking about.

He was talking about a steampunk automated gun turret from the late 50's or early 60's. You don't need a programmer as much as a sodding plumber!

(Or, given the setting of the game in an underwater city, a sodden plumber, ha ha ha)

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20 Sep 2008, 8:57 pm

I ski my way into victory again (and don't make me explain how I steer my skis with four legs).

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