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02:22 <nightwind> hi hi
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02:35 * Ali flumps over nightwind
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03:07 * Ali starts pouting at nightwind
03:19 <Schism> It's her game night!
03:20 * Schism wakes up after recovering from a lot of sleep debt.
03:20 <Schism> Finwe: Oh, this guy seems like the sort of person to judge one by a look in their eyes and a brief handshake.
03:22 <nightwind> Awwww you remembered its game night schism, except it got put off this week
03:23 <nightwind> im just being a spacey girl tonight
03:23 * Schism awrs. She snugs the nightwind and the Ali.
03:23 * nightwind snugs the foxgirl softly and pets her head throwing her other arm over Ali and pulling her close as well
03:25 * Schism rumbles, and curls up with. She also snickers at Questionable Content: "Jacques is never going to share Emmett's pronouns, is he." She doesn't mind so much, but it nags her not knowing what they prefer.
03:31 <nightwind> lmao
03:32 <nightwind> its just a meme at this point and you know it fox girl
03:32 <Schism> A running gag, at least.
03:36 <nightwind> indeed
03:36 * Schism makes up some roasted garlic sauce to dip her pizza rinds into.
03:38 <nightwind> O_O kinda hate you right now Schism that sounds AMAZING
03:38 <nightwind> <3
03:39 <Schism> Just throw some roasted garlic, olive oil and salt into the Ninja and pulse for a little while.
03:40 * Schism also offers the nightwind a few bites.
03:41 <nightwind> naw you gotta eat fox, this cat will not be stealing your food tonight but thanks for offering hun
03:43 <Schism> Stolen food always tastes better, though. :p
03:44 <nightwind> yeah but im not in a really hungry mood tonight
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03:59 * Schism smiles, "The garlic was _just_ on this side of caramelized. So yay."
04:02 * Schism lightly warms a slice of bread and pours the remainder of the garlic on it, then offers it to nightwind.
04:23 <nightwind> is this a message of "Eat girl or we will be fighting"?
04:24 * Schism headtilts. "Would I be so mean as to do that? But garlic bread is always delicious."
04:30 <nightwind> you might not be that mean BUT you are enough of a brat to tease it
04:31 <Schism> This is true.
04:36 <Schism> Aw, how nice. I just got a terrorism supporter claiming that the arson attempt in Ottawa was staged. [Ker-PLUNK]
04:37 <nightwind> oh gotta ove those theorists
04:37 * nightwind rolls eyes
04:38 * Schism sighs, then goes to get some bread and juice.
04:38 <nightwind> what kinda joose
04:39 <Schism> Dunno, depends what they have!
04:58 <Schism> Pineapple juice. o3o
05:02 <nightwind> oooh pineapple juice sounds good
05:02 <nightwind> normal apple juice sounds better to me right now though
05:04 <Schism> I was tempted to get a thing of unfiltered apple 'cider' (nonalcoholic, for those across the pond), but $5 for a 2-liter my brother's just going to drink all of is not going to happen.
05:05 <nightwind> oh yeah that would NOT be the vibe
05:07 <nightwind> you know you mention that and I kinda want to go get a gallon of that tomorrow
05:08 <nightwind> but i think its 7 dollars here
05:08 * Schism is evil like that. "Though yeah, $8 for a gallon. Which is BETTER, but we haven't that much room in the fridge anyway."
05:08 * Schism bought a few bags of milk too, as milk should come in plastic bags.
05:09 <nightwind> oh yeah you canadians have bagged milk
05:09 * nightwind takes a trip to go try the bagged milk and exactly no other reason
05:10 * Schism intercepts nightwind and sequesters her, for snuggles.
05:10 <Schism> I mean, we also have maple ice cream.
05:12 <nightwind> Schism intercepting me and stuffing her in her closet for snuggles on demand
05:13 <Schism> It's not a big enough closet.
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05:39 <Schism> Ali, Cepheid: this... um... https://twitter.com/jessejanderson/status/1493329217932513280?s=20&t=UKY3ButJjTSZ1txLKQjSMA
05:44 * Ali doesn't have adhd
05:45 <Schism> Oh, 'kay. Sorry, my mistake!
05:46 * Ali is an autistic hyperacussis loser, that is all
05:46 * Schism hugs the Ali and offers her strawberries.
05:47 <PinkieShy> Ali you are not a loser!
05:47 <PinkieShy> You are adorable and one of the nicest people here
05:48 <PinkieShy> You Are Amazing!
05:48 <Schism> Alidorable, even.
05:51 <nightwind> Schism you underestimate the places i have been stuffed before
05:51 * Schism keeps her mouth shut.
05:53 <nightwind> LMAO
06:26 <Finwe> Good morning, my little ponies!
06:26 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
06:26 * Schism doffs her potion made of rare stuffs, like sukrose and akwa.
06:27 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Angeline, and Schism; Mrs nightwind; Messrs AppleDash, Cepheid, PinkieShy, and ember.
06:27 * Finwe doffs his hat.
06:27 <Finwe> Is sucrose rare?
06:27 <Schism> Oh, terribly, terribly.
06:28 * Schism also doffs her cookbook.
06:28 <Schism> "Well, they starts out Maids of Honour, but they ends up Tarts."
06:31 <Schism> "Celery Astonishment, page 10." "Can't say it astonished me."
06:33 <Finwe> Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, all on a summer's day. The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, and took them quite away!
06:34 <Finwe> The Queen*
06:36 <Schism> Finwe: But I see you're reading the book about that Agnes, who calls herself Perditax.
06:38 * Schism giggles at the fact that 'Up Here?' when Agnes is demonstrating her 'projection' is further up the page, and a little to the right. At least, it is in the 1996 Corgi edition.
06:39 <Finwe> “ Which was true. Lancre’s only other singer of note was Nanny Ogg, whose attitude to songs was purely ballistic. You just pointed your voice at the end of the verse and went for it.”
06:41 <Schism> All well and good when you're singing the Hedgehog Song. Not so helpful when you're singing La Triviata.
06:43 <Finwe> The ebook has it aligned a bit differently, nothing more.
06:43 <Schism> Pity. It's a cute little moment which screws with the reader's perceptions at first.
06:43 <Finwe> Azazel's answer to death didn't take two pages, either.
06:45 <Schism> Maskerade is possibly my favourite Discworld book, though a part of that is that the Phantom of the Opera is my favourite Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. (And, yes, okay, Leroux wrote a fine yarn.)
06:47 * Finwe boops Schism with Nightwish's Phantom of the Opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgLKXD-BoY
06:48 <Schism> Gotta love Nightwish. :3
06:49 <Finwe> With Tarja Turunen gone it's of course not the same anymore.
06:53 <Finwe> “This is a mixture of rare herbs and suchlike,” she said. “Including sucrose and akwa.”
06:53 <Finwe> Indeed.
06:54 <Finwe> “But maybe…if your wife’s got any old clothes, p’raps, I’m a size twelve, black for preference, or bakes the odd cake, no plums, they gives me wind, or got a bit of old mead put by, could be, or p’raps you’ll be killing a hog about now, best back’s my favorite, maybe some ham, a few pig knuckles…anything you can spare, really. No obligation. I wouldn’t go around puttin’ anyone
06:55 <Finwe> under obligation, just ’cos I’m a witch. Everyone all right in your house, are they? Blessed with good health, I hope?”
06:55 <Finwe> Taking money is bad luck. o3o
06:55 <Schism> Plus, taking money is crass. A small favour or two, one of those little things you've got lying around to help an old lady in need, that sorta thing.
06:56 <Finwe> “People were so blind, she reflected. They preferred to believe in gibberish rather than chiropracty.”
06:57 <Schism> "And now she was feeling pleased with herself because she'd fooled Jarge Weaver, a man who'd twice failed to become Village Idiot through being over-qualified."
06:58 <Finwe> :3
06:59 <Finwe> “It was the slippery slope. Next thing it’d be cackling and gibbering and luring children into the oven. And it wasn’t as if she even liked children.”
07:00 <Schism> That throwaway joke about spelling 'famine' with 7 letters is a reference to Good Omens, which had some weirdness going on with the American printing.
07:00 <Finwe> They probably taste like chicken.
07:01 <Finwe> Hmm, I don't think I've seen the American version of Good Omens.
07:02 <Schism> There aren't exactly a lot of localization changes. But when Famine signs the book for the woman who's wasting away (a few months to live, tops) on her all-air diet, the US version says, "One word. Seven letters." Somehow they managed to make the same mistake repeatedly.
07:04 <Finwe> “What you artistic types don’t realize is this is the Century of the Fruitbat,” said Bucket. “Opera is a production, not just a lot of songs.”
07:04 <Finwe> “The idea that a soprano should be fifteen acres of bosom in a horned helmet belongs to the past, like.”
07:05 <Schism> "Unfortunately, the idea that a soprano should have a reasonable singing voice does not belong in the past."
07:07 <nightwind> lol
07:07 <Finwe> “—but I have to, er, declare a bit of a financial interest. Her dad did, er, in fact, er, lend me a fair whack of money to help me buy this place, and he made a heartfelt fatherly request in regard to his daughter. If I bring it to mind correctly, his exact words, er, were: ‘Don’t make me have to break your legs.’ I don’t expect you artistes to understand. It’s a business thing. The
07:07 <Finwe> gods help those who help themselves, that’s my motto.”
07:08 <Finwe> Vox populi, vox dei.
07:09 <Finwe> I can see where this leads.
07:09 <nightwind> Hey i found my amazon prime login information, that means i can use prime video
07:09 <Finwe> And now…Perdita…?
07:11 <Finwe> “The girl who had spoken to her was slightly built, even by ordinary standards, and had gone to some pains to make herself look even thinner. She had long blond hair and the happy smile of someone who is aware that she is thin and has long blond hair.”
07:11 <Schism> Ah! Perdita!
07:11 <Schism> "She will add body to the chorus." "She is a chorus. We could sack everyone else."
07:12 <Finwe> “Um. I was…” Agnes hesitated, trying out the upcoming sentence in her head. “…I trained with…Dame Ogg. But she hasn’t got a conservatory, because it’s hard to get the glass up the mountain.”
07:13 <Schism> "It occurred to Agnes, as she trudged after the girl enroute to her new lodgings, that if you spent much time in the same room as Christine you'd need to open a window to stop from drowning in punctuation."
07:18 <Finwe> “Music and magic had a lot in common. They were only two letters apart, for one thing. And you couldn’t do both.”
07:20 <Finwe> “Cosi fan Hita,” she read. “Die Meistersinger von Scrote.”
07:21 <Schism> "That's foreign." "It certainly is."
07:22 <Schism> "... and my father is the Emperor of Klatch and my mother is a small tray of raspberry puddings."
07:22 <Finwe> “Not liking Christine would be like not liking small fluffy animals. And Christine was just like a small fluffy animal. A rabbit, perhaps. It was certainly impossible for her to get a whole idea into her head in one go. She had to nibble it into manageable bits.”
07:23 * Finwe nibbles on Ali's tail.
07:23 <Schism> nightwind: the main protagonist of this book is a system. Well, it's Agnes and it's Perdita, but two folks is still a system.
07:24 <Schism> (This becomes more clear in Carpe Jugulum.)
07:25 <Finwe> “She’d woken up one morning with the horrible realization that she’d been saddled with a lovely personality. It was as simple as that. Oh, and very good hair.”
07:25 <Schism> Gotta have that really good hair.
07:25 * Finwe noms on Schism's hair.
07:26 * Schism squeaks. She has long hair. But she needs to get it cut... maybe she will once she gets her booster today, and gets a receipt printed up therefor.
07:26 <Schism> Not cut, as such, but trimming away all those split ends.
07:26 <nightwind> indeed it is
07:26 <Finwe> “Next thing she knew she’d be making shortbread and apple pies as good as her mother’s, and then there’d be no hope for her.”
07:28 <Schism> There are a couple of systems in Pratchett's works. While it seems like they'd be used as the butt of a joke, really, they're just normal folks, and accepted as such. For example, Pickles and Pointer in Thud.
07:29 * ember is a two-person system
07:29 <ember> also Sir Pratchett is one of the geniuses of our age
07:29 <Schism> "There were more Agneses in the world than Agnes could have dreamed..." --Granny Weatherwax, considering Mightily Oats
07:30 <Schism> His loss was a blow indeed. Good on him for going out on his own terms, though.
07:30 <Finwe> ember: YMM Sir Terry.
07:31 <Schism> Pterry, ITYM.
07:31 <Finwe> "Sir" is never used with surname alone.
07:32 * ember is a wolf and doesn't have very good grasp of the customs
07:33 * Schism is a fox, and therefore genteel.
07:33 <Schism> o/` Wolf, wolf, howls the wolf, wolf wolf run free~ o/`
07:34 <nightwind> :-p
07:34 * Schism assumes that ember has seen Wolfwalkers.
07:34 * nightwind cats on top of Schism
07:34 <Schism> Just a city gal and a forest gal, bein' pals.
07:34 * Schism snuggles the nightwind.
07:35 * ember grins wolfishly
07:36 <ember> ok I go to bed now have a good $local_time_of_day
07:36 * nightwind snuggles the Schism back
07:36 <nightwind> sleep well ember
07:37 <ember> it is unlikely but the wish is appreciated anyway :)
07:44 <nightwind> I know the feeling, good luck
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07:47 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
07:48 * Schism wavies to the ConfusionRift.
07:49 <Schism> Hmm. Choices, choices... guess I'll continue playing the Ironman Barbarian run. I made it as far as rescuing Cain (at level 15, because 8-player difficulty), so.
07:49 * ConfusionRift wavies back.
07:50 * ConfusionRift misses his gunner.
07:50 <Schism> Or I could start a gunner in Grim Dawn.
08:05 * PinkieShy snugs Schism
08:05 * ConfusionRift checks the tainted characters in TBoI, and nopes out of that.
08:05 <Schism> Aren't random unlocks fun?
08:05 <ConfusionRift> Not just that. They are all challenge characters.
08:06 <Schism> One more reason I've not purchased any newer editions of TBoI.
08:07 <ConfusionRift> For example, Tainted Isaac. He has the usual stats, but no items. And can only have 8 active/passive items.
08:07 * Schism hrm.
08:07 <ConfusionRift> Grabbing an additional item would force him to drop a selected item.
08:08 <Schism> Not the _worst_ limitation.
08:08 <ConfusionRift> Tainted Eden is horrible. He rerolls all items every time he gets hit.
08:09 <Schism> Could be fun, could be terribad.
08:10 <ConfusionRift> It's terrible. That means starting with a really good build can go full south with a single hit.
08:10 <Schism> Or you could have a really terrible build, get hit, and suddenly become a golden god.
08:11 <ConfusionRift> If RNGesus permits it. :P
08:14 <Finwe> Lt Cdr RNGRift, Capt Koopz.
08:14 <Finwe> o7
08:15 <Schism> "Nanny Ogg could see the future in the froth on a beermug. It invariably showed that she was going to enjoy a refreshing drink which she almost certainly was not going to pay for."
08:15 <Finwe> o3o
08:16 <Schism> "Tea leaves can't tell the future. Everyone knows that." "Tea leaves don't know." "Well, who'd be so daft as to tell anything to a bunch of dried leaves?"
08:17 * Schism waves some Moxen at Ali.
08:17 <ConfusionRift> Tainted Jacob/Dark Esau... that one is stressful. Jacob starts with standard stats and a binding item. After 20-40 seconds Esau will appear and chase after Jacob,, trying to kill him. If Jacob gets poked or charged by Esau, he becomes the Lost. So no health, basically.
08:18 <Schism> Ouch.
08:18 <Schism> That's 20-40 seconds in a given room?
08:20 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
08:20 <ConfusionRift> Each floor. He will continue the chase throughout the duration of each floor. The good thing of being Lost is that you will be "revived" at the end of the floor and can take items with health cost for free. Bad thing is, one hit, regardless of how much health you had.
08:20 * Schism nodnods.
08:23 <ConfusionRift> Fun fact: Esau used to have health, and killing him would kill Jacob. They threw that away and now is invincible, despite him having health in the stats page.
08:29 <Schism> Wordle, what in the hell.
08:29 * Schism loses at Wordle for the first time in weeks. She also glares at the word. "That was unfair."
08:31 <ConfusionRift> "The word we were looking for was... 'Constantinople'. The word was 'Constantinople'. Thank you for playing our game!"
08:31 <ConfusionRift> But that's a place, not a word!
08:31 <Schism> Plus, it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
08:32 <Schism> </EarWorm>
08:33 * ConfusionRift bops his head.
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08:41 <ConfusionRift> "So, my .50 cal exploded again." | (looks at them, very seriously, and wonders) You didn't just do what I think you just- | "Oh! No no no. I put it on a bench and tried to recreate the incident." | Oh. (holds his chest) Okay.
08:44 <Finwe> Konstantinopolis means "the city of Konstantinos", but Istanbul means "in the city".
08:45 * Schism boops the Finwe with They Might Be Giants.
08:45 <ConfusionRift> Exactly. Because when you're in the city, you're "in the city". :P
08:45 <Finwe> "Eis ten polin" in Greek.
08:46 <Finwe> Byzantium when it still was East Rome, and Miklagård for Norsemen.
08:48 * Finwe counter-boops Schism with Flight of the Conchords.
08:51 * Finwe listens to Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes.
08:52 <ConfusionRift> Okay, so the mystery of the exploding SLAP round is solved. They gave the guy overloaded rounds, which caused the round to explode by the cap, rather than push all the force through the muzzle, rocketing the cap off the locking points,, the threading, and straight to the guy's face. (shudders) Makes you wonder sometimes.
08:54 <Schism> Overlo--WHAT?
08:55 <Schism> Who was responsible for overloading those rounds?
08:55 <Schism> Because that _had_ to have been hand-filled ammo.
08:57 <ConfusionRift> The issue of purchasing old or discontinued ammunition is that you can encounter "counterfeit" rounds. As in, rounds that are hand loaded with little regard to measurements and weight, or that are incredibly subpar.
08:58 <Schism> No doubt some thinner walls on the jacketing or just varying width on the whole thing, too.
08:59 <Schism> When something going wrong is certain, and a hangfire is the best possible result, that's bad.
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08:59 <Finwe> Mr Golden.
08:59 * Finwe doffs his hat.
09:00 <Schism> (Okay, so a squib would be better, but still.)
09:00 * Golden flops.
09:00 <Golden> Hey
09:00 <ConfusionRift> Squibs are no joke, especially for someone who doesn't know what it is.
09:00 * Schism nods. "If you don't know... then, a hangfire is really bad, too."
09:01 <ConfusionRift> Hangfires are either a "I guess I'm not going off." or "I'm not going off... JUST KIDDING!".
09:01 <Finwe> Not as bad as double-loading a mortar.
09:01 <ConfusionRift> ...
09:01 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, that would be bad.
09:02 <Finwe> It usually gets at least some of the crew killed.
09:02 <ConfusionRift> Yep!
09:02 <Schism> I'd ask 'how can that even happen?' but then I'm reminded that gunner crews are typically human beings.
09:03 <ConfusionRift> It's the case of automatic motion. You tossed in one, didn't go off, thought you didn't, and tossed in a second one, fireworks.
09:03 <Finwe> Normally you drop the round into the tube and it's on its way in less than a second.
09:04 <Finwe> Sometimes the rounds get stuck or the ignition doesn't work, though.
09:04 <Finwe> If you were determined to fire as fast as possible and didn't quite grasp what happened, you'd automatically put in the next round.
09:04 <Schism> Yeah, same thing that causes squibs to be dangerous - round gets stuck in the barrel, second round impacts.
09:05 <ConfusionRift> Yep! Instant grenade.
09:05 <Finwe> Then the second round hits the fuze of the first one and both explode.
09:06 * ConfusionRift thanks the heavens he hasn't had any issues like that; squib loads or case ruptures.
09:07 <ConfusionRift> Those worse I have had was a double feed, which was easily taken care off by removing the barrel, and letting the messed up rounds fall on sand.
09:07 * Schism shakes her head. "The more I learn about firearms, the happier I am that the first thing I learned was The Rules."
09:07 * Schism also nodnods to ConfusionRift.
09:07 <Finwe> The last time people died here because of double-loading a mortar was 2005.
09:08 <Schism> That doesn't tell us anything about the non-lethal incidences of double-loading.
09:08 <Finwe> One dead and six severely injured.
09:09 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, not gonna be messing with high explosives anytime soon, no thanks.
09:10 <Finwe> I recall we forgot some camouflage netting behind a recoilless anti-tank gun while shooting. It was found in a tree 25 metres away after we started looking for it.
09:11 <Finwe> Those things are not in use anymore, though.
09:11 <Finwe> FGM-148 is far superior.
09:12 <Finwe> A lot more expensive, too.
09:13 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, the most far out I have in my "arsenal" is a Mosin Nagant and an SR1911.
09:13 <Finwe> With chemical ammunition you need at least tandem charge to have any chance against a modern tank.
09:14 <Finwe> And for kinetic penetrators you need a tank to carry the cannon.
09:15 <ConfusionRift> Yarp.
09:16 <Finwe> The best uranium alloy longrod penetrators can easily go through over 600 millimetres of RHA.
09:17 <ConfusionRift> When you mentioned chemical rounds, I was wondering if they were depleted uranium rounds.
09:18 <Finwe> Chemical rounds are usually HEATFS rounds.
09:19 <Finwe> Something like 40 or 50 years ago normal HEAT rounds were also used, but the fin makes them more accurate.
09:20 <Finwe> The adavantage is that when the armour penetration is solely due to a chemical reaction the shooting distance only affects accuracy.
09:21 <Finwe> Although the longrod penetrators have so high initial velocities that it really doesn't matter,
09:21 <Finwe> unless you're trying to hit something that's very far away.
09:22 <Finwe> And then you won't probably see it anyways.
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09:24 <Finwe> https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenstabilisering#/media/Fil:02_-_125mm_BK-14M_HEAT_in_flight.jpg
09:25 <Finwe> There's a shaped charge inside the HEATFS round, and the explosive force is directed onto a very small area.
09:29 <Finwe> The APFSDS rounds are based solely on kinetic energy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Sabot_separating.gif
09:31 <ConfusionRift> Okay, so here's the thing. A normal .50 BMG pressure is about 60,000PSI, a SLAP round's is a bit higher. The RN50 is rated up to 180,000PSI. So whatever happened must have spiked pass that pressure limit. He just now used 12 of them, trying to recreate the issue, but no dice. He had to use an artillery heavy round that exceeded that at 195,000PSI to almost literally recreate the event.
09:31 <ConfusionRift> So what happened was a bad round, and really bad luck.
09:32 <Schism> 195,000 PSI isn't just a 'bad round'.
09:33 <Finwe> 12.7 x 99 mm?
09:34 <ConfusionRift> That was the pressure produced by another round he used in case he couldn't recreate the event with the SLAP rounds he had in hand, that were part of the bad batch. One should note that 9 of 12 in used were overpressured, which forced him to pry the rifle and cap open with tools.
09:35 <Finwe> We had a 12.7 x 108 mm DShKM.
09:36 <Finwe> The modern approach is a 30 mm Bushmaster autocannon, though.
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09:37 * Schism rolls over to Uni, and offers a ploughman's on rye.
09:38 <Finwe> Mr uni.
09:38 * Finwe doffs his skis.
09:43 <uni> good morning, Finwe and Schism
09:43 <ConfusionRift> Finwe: It was also a .50 BMG. Not sure what it was he used to blow the rifle open during this last test, since he didn't say what it was. But the bullet was much longer, so it was likely a much heavier round.
09:43 * uni flops
09:43 * Schism doffs her bag of Malteasers.
09:43 <uni> ConfusionRift, are you talking about that man whose rifle exploded and almost killed him?
09:43 <ConfusionRift> Yarp.
09:43 * uni nibbles on the bag. Not the Malteasers, just the bag
09:43 <uni> ah I see~
09:45 <Schism> Point of curiosity: general agreement is that the firearm in question wasn't in some way compromised, yea?
09:46 <Finwe> Civilians are not allowed to own automatic firearms of any kind, at least here.
09:47 <Finwe> Wouldn't know about the USA, though.
09:47 <ConfusionRift> Both him and the firearm's manufacturer have verified the firearm and both concluded that, whatever it was, was not an issue with the rifle.
09:48 <ConfusionRift> Whatever it was, would have destroyed that particular rifle, regardless of its state.
09:49 <ConfusionRift> Finwe: It's not an automatic. :P
09:49 <Finwe> Can it be BMG then?
09:50 <Finwe> Machine guns are automatic by definition.
09:50 <ConfusionRift> The .50 BMG round is also being used in rifle.
09:50 <ConfusionRift> *rifles
09:51 <Finwe> Indeed, mostly in anti-material rifles.
09:51 <ConfusionRift> Exactly.
09:51 <Finwe> *materiel
09:52 <ConfusionRift> This guy has a class 3 license, so this sorts of things are within reach.
09:54 <Finwe> Anzio 20mm is probably the heaviest around.
09:54 <Schism> Understandable...
09:54 <Finwe> On the automatic side 20mm counts as autocannon already.
09:55 <Schism> People think of 20mm in smoler terms than they are. That's 2cm or .78 inches.
09:55 <Schism> Closer to .79. That's a big freakin' lump of metal to be throwing at someone at ballistic velocities.
09:58 * ConfusionRift should point out that the .50 BMG rifle is considered by most as an anti-material rifle. But since the round is use is not within anti-material classification, he can purchase one without a class 3. Although, he's not even looking at the possibility of getting one.
10:00 <ConfusionRift> I'm not dumping $1600 on a rifle that uses a round that's $10 a piece.
10:00 <ConfusionRift> I'm fine with an AR-15... I mean, .223 semi-auto of sorts.
10:01 <Schism> It costs $250,000 to fire this gun for 10 seconds.
10:02 <ConfusionRift> I should also point out that despite things slowly recovering, ammo is still not that widely available. Especially since some are still in a panic state.
10:04 <ConfusionRift> Wait... (looks at RN50 options) Who... WHO in the right, reasonable, sane, and wise mind would EVER get this thing with an 18 inch barrel?!
10:07 <ConfusionRift> Sure, go ahead. But you will be posted somewhere 50 feet away from everyone else... you psycho, you.
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10:11 * ConfusionRift might have gotten carried away with this. Changes subject.
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10:20 <ConfusionRift> Cards are coming in. :P
10:20 <Golden> I play pot of greed
10:21 * Schism takes a look at herself in the mirror, and smiles. "Cute woman with frankly awesome cheekbones, check."
10:22 <Finwe> cheek
10:23 <Schism> Har. Almost a year and I'm happy with how I look now.
10:23 <Schism> Though going to have to get some proper clothes.
10:25 * ConfusionRift puts down a Pokemon Energy, Prismari Pledgemage, and a Skip UNO card tilted. "Go fish!"
10:25 <Schism> Mornington Crescent!
10:26 <Finwe> Schism: I've been there.
10:29 <Schism> Finwe: It's almost like euphoria isn't limited to trans folks. Cis folks can experience it by looking in the mirror and saying, "Hey, I'm looking good."
10:29 <Finwe> Once I went to London I stayed in a hotel with Mornington Crescent being the nearest Tube station.
10:29 <Schism> Oh, that. :3
10:30 <Finwe> And the actual street called Mornington Crescent in close vicinity as well.
10:30 <Finwe> Might have been Camden Inn.
10:30 <Finwe> 'Twas a long time ago.
10:31 <Finwe> Yes, looks right, at least.
10:33 <Finwe> To bad they closed the old Regent's Palace Hotel, I liked it.
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10:49 <Schism> I just realized that I was in the hospital in an insensate state the other week, and yet whenever someone said "Jennifer", I immediately responded. I guess there's no better proof of identity than that.
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11:05 * Golden flops again.
11:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2569 [ https://tinyurl.com/ycok8yun ]
11:15 <Finwe> Schism: Except a passport, of course.
11:18 <Schism> Pictures going to be taken in a few hours...
11:32 * Lumindia awakens, chews on Schism's ear gently
12:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Statuettes, Customs, and Crafts #198 [ https://tinyurl.com/y7pmwkyb ]
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15:40 * Schism yawns, wakes up from her nap, and decides to get something like an instant breakfast before she trudges off to the pharmacy.
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17:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction: The Turquoise Night of Neighshabur [ https://tinyurl.com/yaeu4w2q ]
17:12 <nightwind> hi hi
17:27 * Ali flops over nightwind
17:29 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New "My Little Pony - MAKE YOUR MARK" Special on Netflix May 26th! [ https://tinyurl.com/ya9ewx8d ]
17:29 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New "My Little Pony - Tell Your Tale" 2D Animated Series Revealed for Youtube on April 7th! [ https://tinyurl.com/y9fxzzec ]
17:30 * nightwind pulls ali off her of her and tells her to wait a minute while holding something that looks like a barcode scanner up to her face
17:31 * Ali headtilts in great confusion
17:34 <nightwind> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927710849165062144/943923207176605696/20220217_123246.jpg this ali, i have this held to my face
17:34 <Ali> But why?
17:34 <nightwind> i am currently doing a laser treatment on my face and the responses are going to be slow
17:53 * Schism wishes she could do laser, but her hair is... not dark enough.
17:53 * Schism also flumps. "Yay. Productive day so far. Got my booster, registered to get new health card and photo ID, picked up more salt and vinegar crisps."
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17:54 * Schism thereafter lounges on sofapone with nightwind.
17:55 <Schism> My left arm may be sore for a few days, but it beats getting the plague.
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18:11 * nightwind Smiles at Schism and snuggles up close to her "ok so laser makes your face hot"
18:12 <nightwind> but I only used about 23 of the 300,000 laser charges that the gun has
18:13 * Schism thinks nightwind's face is already hot, but that's beside the point.
18:13 <nightwind> after my face is actually finished I might attack my legs
18:13 * nightwind blushes and just kisses her fox girl
18:14 * Schism rumbles, kissing back and snuggling up.
18:14 <nightwind> I used low intensity for this session, 2 out of 5 power because i didnt want to risk...you know....melting my face off
18:29 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: My Little Pony Generation 5: Winter Wishday - Airing November 21st! [ https://tinyurl.com/y7jfw9hj ]
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23:56 * Lumindia snugs on schism and nightwind
23:56 <Lumindia> o wo
23:59 * Schism o5o7o8o3o and hats on Lumindia!
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