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cavetroll1304 said
How did I know that was coming?
Because I'm getting predictable. I need to change up my act.
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kosmonaftx said
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tmressler said
What if Germany fell to the communists instead of the Nazis in the 1920s/30s?
Unless Facism moves to Russia, then there'll be no Eastern front, unless the Communist Germans aren't Stalinists. In that case, they might still go to war with the Soviet Union.
What if World War 1 never happened?
What if the Soviet Union got to the moon first?
Do you know why Soviets never gone to the moon? Because it is totally unneeded, it's just burning your money! What Russia wants is Mars, where live is possible. Did you hear of Grigoriy Vladimir's plan about the colonization of Mars? First they use the machine that turns gas into water (this already exists) and place a huge machine on Mars. They also prooved that there are bacteries on Mars. So they make a non-salt sea and they put fishes in there, they plant waterplants in the water and trees by the water. time goes and there comes rain and the machine is producing more and more water(toxic gasses are turing into water) and trees are producing O2. Fishes become part of the sea, seaplants are growing and over about 10 years life is possible in that area. Forget to say that first you have to close that area with a huge force-field or just plastic cilinder/ cube... then people can live there. And they make places like this everywere on Mars and connect them by tubes and now they can start ranches and over a 100 years I think they could make all these areas protected by one plastic cilinder and so on till Mars is human. All these things are very possible now and if there would be no wars and less money gone to militairy and other unneeded things like tv (you'd better read a book).
...Dude, really? I just pose a simple What if question, and you give me a freaking lecture? By the way, I see no reason for the Soviet Union to have not gone to the moon. The Space Race between the US and USSR was pretty intense, and each side was deternmined to show supremacy over the other. The Soviets sent up a satelite, a dog, even a human. All in an effort to say "F*** you, America. We're better than you." A moon landing would have only further cemented Soviet dominance in space. But it's not an issue, because we beat them up there. I'd counter all of your points, but I see no need.
not to laugh with US, but because of all things about other civlizations in space we don't know. Area 51? And a bunker on Mars? Never heard about?? Why??? They don't want to show it to people. They started with cartoons and books and UFO's. So in 10 years no one will fear aliens... And then I think everyone will see the thruth.
Russia didn't go to the Moon because it didn't have the technology ready to beat the Americans and then saw no real point afterwards. Also when was life confirmed on Mars? It's still open to speculation as far as I know :P
Bunker on Mars? You have some pretty awesome conspiracy theories Kosmonaftx aha xD. Also, just for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapustin_Yar = Russian Area 51
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ian, does the UK have their own version of Area 51 or something similar?
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cavetroll1304 said
ian, does the UK have their own version of Area 51 or something similar?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCHQ. This is probably closest in secrecy to Area 51. Practically impossible to find out what they are doing there and it's where all the major UK secrets are.
Have an extract xD:
Public key encryption. Early in the 1970s the asymmetric key algorithm was invented by staff member Clifford Cocks, a mathematics graduate. This fact was kept secret until 1997.
Aside from that there are lots of small bases around the whole of the UK but no real major one. Most are in Scotland as large areas are practically uninhabitable. Plenty of biological weapons testing and nuclear weapons testing happened up there. There are also numerous ones throughout the UK but all are normal looking RAF bases which work on "black projects". One of the important bases is RAF Fylingdales. Supposedly it can hear all radio traffic in Europe. Most British bases though are hiding in plain slight so aren't subject to intense scrutiny. We don't really do heavily defended secret areas. Just incredibly well hidden areas what no one talks of.
The Credenhill base of the SAS is an interesting one as it wasn't even shown on maps until a Google street van went past and took photos lmfao
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Did anyone of you ever read academic counterfactual literature (e.g. Niall Fergusons book Virtual History and especially its introduction), or just the then-evolving counterfactual literature which is not really and heavily based on an academical investigation of counterfactual scenarios? I am wondering how most of you base their counterfactual reasoning.
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I have read Nial Fergusons book, and was extremley unimpressed. It simply eludes me as to why someone would invest their time and energy into creating counter-factual scenarios that never happened. What is the point. You can never really be positive of, "What might have happened".
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Sven said
I have read Nial Fergusons book, and was extremley unimpressed. It simply eludes me as to why someone would invest their time and energy into creating counter-factual scenarios that never happened. What is the point. You can never really be positive of, "What might have happened".
I believe it is simply human curiosity.
People have a fascination either with the worst possible scenarios of events or how it could have been so much better or just general "what if's". Who doesn't have a slight interest into how the world would be different if the Nazis won WW2 for example. These kind of scenarios seems to grab peoples attention.
There are many things which are similar to counterfactual history in that they can't be proved or never happened yet. Religion, aliens, conspiracy theories and zombies as random examples. Yet people are fascinated with these and can devote their entire life to them (zombies not so much xD).
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beast566 said
I bet the Germans have an Area 51 somewhere too.
Who knows...? Buhahahaha
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I'm quite sure that their are people who spend their whole lives obsessed with zombies. The whole, what will you do if there is a zombie attack? is boring to me. Blahblahblahblah. "I would shoot them with a shotgun!"
a.)You live in the city, and have probably never fired a gun in your life.
b.)You would be scared to shitless to do anything aobut it.
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Gmoney542 said
Actually I think a lot of city folk have probably discharged a firearm.
BTW read The Zombie Survival Guide, it's a good book.
With any kind of knowledge? Possibly pistols. I dont really know. I dont live there.
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Makarovv said
I'm quite sure that their are people who spend their whole lives obsessed with zombies. The whole, what will you do if there is a zombie attack? is boring to me. Blahblahblahblah. "I would shoot them with a shotgun!"
a.)You live in the city, and have probably never fired a gun in your life.
b.)You would be scared to shitless to do anything aobut it.
Unfortunately that's pretty much hitting the nail on the head there Double V.
Unless, of course you are in a gang or are in the Police/SWAT force...
But if Zombies WERE to start their little take-over, the last thing you'd want to use is a shotgun. Buckshot= Loud Noises that attract MORE Zombies + a lot of ammunition wasted.
It would probably take an arm off. But unless the spinal cord is severed by some miracle bit of buckshot, you=lunch.
A .22 caliber rifle would be optimal. It has JUST enough initial velocity to pierce the skin, break into the skull, and shatter into around 3-5 nits of hellish shrapnel in your brain that, since most of the initial velocity was gone after the skull was broken, will continue to bounce around inside of the skull until all velocity is diminished. Thus, brain=torn gray gooey stuff...+ no-longer-"un"dead zombie.
There, that is a very scientific way to explain the "how-to's" of eliminating a zombie! (I have to find better hobbies...)
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What if Canada never existed?
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if canada never existed than the orbit of the world would be different, and there would be a lot less fresh water, and grain, and there would be a lot less hollywood actors.
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Had Making History failed to capture interest and Muzzy lane instead focused on other educational projects?
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ian241289 said
Glad to see a fellow Briton who enjoys Cracked.
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