Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Guest]

The background pony is me and pinkie is this thread half the time

Do what I do IRL - smile blankly and nod! Works. Every. Time. Even when it's literally a foreign language.

(For the record: living in a third world country with a host family whose language you speak not a word of can be strange.)

In any case, I apologize for any times when I was a panicked Pinkie Pie to your understandably-frustrated Applejack.

[Ironmonger]

I hope I didn't have anything to do with this.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

Iron you're not a dumb ass... you have a permanent bright shiny object syndrome

[Ironmonger]

Iron you're not a dumb ass... you have a permanent bright shiny object syndrome

Glad you don't think I'm stupid. I just like to joke about it sometimes, if you can joke about something like that then...well crap I don't remember how the rest of that goes. On another note, my research into learning disabilities is more interesting than I thought it would be. It helps with creating fictional characters. My study has me wondering if autistic people have the same issues (I know a person can have both autism and adhd/add) as people with ADHD/ADD. The two conditions seem to have similarities despite working differently. Never thought I would find this kind of stuff interesting.

*thinking cap engaged*


EDIT: Occasionally when I realize something important of which I was temporarily ignorant, one could hear "SON OF A BITCH!" echoing through my house. xD

[Harmony Ltd.]

It sure has another class than the boring old "eureka !".

[Ironmonger]

...I just realized that girls have been hitting on me a LOT and I've been oblivious to it.

*in the distance* SON OF A BITCH!

[Frost]

Meanwhile, in the tradition of my family exchanging gifts several days early, we did so yesterday. I'd like to officially retract any criticisms I've put forth against the AR-15. Ever.

[Harmony Ltd.]

So, I was searching the internet for alternative to fossil fuels in commercial airliners, looking to see if liquid hydrogen was considered a viable alternative, and it seems that the engineering constraints associated with the use of LH2 in commercial aviation would force a major change in how planes are designed (link).

Apparently, the need for thermal isolation would mean that airplanes using LH2 couldn't store it in their wings.

So, thinking about it... Instead of putting the tanks in the "cigare" of the typical airplane shape and having unused volume in the wings, why not make... flying wings ?

[Frost]

Hell, the B-2 bomber that the U.S. Military uses can fly around the globe. The flying wing-shape in general is fantastically efficient.

It's low profile and high cost would make freight and such impractical with it, but for passenger transport it's phenomenal. At least, this is coming from the perspective of a person with only moderate knowledge of aviation

[Ironmonger]

I had a design for a starship shaped like a flying wing for optimal combat efficiency (less of a target), but that was back when Frost and I still worked on that stuff. Anyone think the flying wing design would work for say...a flying warship for ponies?

[Harmony Ltd.]

In which way would a flying wing be less practical than todays flying cigars for fret purpose ? They tend to have more room inside them for the same wingspan, after all.

flying warship for ponies

:D

[Harmony Ltd.]

I had a design for a starship shaped like a flying wing for optimal combat efficiency (less of a target)

Only if you take it from the front, the back or the sides (and even then this is debatable). A flying wing is an even bigger target than a traditional plane if you take it from above or below.

And air defence generally tend to come from below AFAIK.

[Frost]

In which way would a flying wing be less practical than todays flying cigars for fret purpose ? They tend to have more room inside them for the same wingspan, after all.

flying warship for ponies

:D

I'm no expert, but if I'm right the lower profile would mean the hold is generally too low to house large vehicles like a transport plane can

[Kattlarv]

@Harmoney: ("meh" things in PH)

Spoiler:

@OAC: (shipping) Yeah... will likely not order anything for quite a few years or months to come. That ~250 $ shipping cost for 19 ibs was not okay anywhere.

@EP: (armadillo) Pink fairy armadillo is the shit :P

@Swicked: (Illegal) Had it's charm I guess. Didn't do to much for me though.

@EP: (Futashy) Ah, that thing managed to ruin so many things in the fandom... in either case, hope my flash with it turns out amusing.

@Swicked: (Happier thing link) Was quite amusing heh.

@EP: (R34) As usual, I am trying to have more horse vulva included xP Hate it when it's half-assed.

@Kipper: (Molestia) She has long, flowing hair you know xD

On a side note of Molstia, she somehow have managed to stay rather "fresh" or how to put it. Overall not too much generic stuff if I recall right. And she unlike most; don't follow the porn norm.

@Cao: (gross and weird) Hey now, don't neglect me xD

@Valik: (dolphin vulva's) Hey, no hating on the dolphins xD Just cuz they have more strength in their vags than about all humans got in their arm x3

[RoboRed]

Spoiler:

That is the deadliest Rolls-Royce I have ever seen.

Also, he/she calls self "a unicorn trapped in a human's body". That goes greatly with another statement about how "ponies are greater beings than humans, and as such are free to do with them whatever they want".

And after all that, Chat is convinced that his/her views represent the absolute truth and that everyone must love him/her for it.

Wat.

The background pony is me and pinkie is this thread half the time

Awesome gif is awesome.

...I just realized that girls have been hitting on me a LOT and I've been oblivious to it.

*in the distance* SON OF A BITCH!

Apparently I have this same problem. Every so often, me and my folks will be going out someplace like Walmart or the supermarket or the movies or something, and my dad will be like, "hey, did you notice that girl over there earlier? She was totally looking at you/totally hitting on you/etc." and I'll be like, "Wha?", because I didn't notice AT ALL.

Of course, one has to factor in the degree of which he could be just pulling my leg.

[Stringtheory]

...I just realized that girls have been hitting on me a LOT and I've been oblivious to it.

*in the distance* SON OF A BITCH!

Apparently I have this same problem. Every so often, me and my folks will be going out someplace like Walmart or the supermarket or the movies or something, and my dad will be like, "hey, did you notice that girl over there earlier? She was totally looking at you/totally hitting on you/etc." and I'll be like, "Wha?", because I didn't notice AT ALL.

I think I can tell when girls are hitting on me, but that's probably only 10% of the time, plus I don't get out too much, because I don't really care

[RoboRed]

Dash's expressions in this comic made me lol.

related to latest episode:

[Harmony Ltd.]

RE flying wing as transports :

Lookit what I found : [link]


Also, for that late 40's / early 50's flavor we so love :



SCIENCE !!!

[Valikdu]

That is the deadliest Rolls-Royce I have ever seen.

*spartan narration voice* Who! Is! DEADLIEST!

Wat.

Wat, indeed. And I wasn't even exaggerating.

[RoboRed]

Wat.

Wat, indeed. And I wasn't even exaggerating.

I mean seriously, I'm a misanthrope and follow most of the ideas prevalent in some of the TCB fics out there, but "a unicorn trapped in a human body"? Dude has some serious identity issues.

[RoboRed]

THREAD DERAIL.

[Ketchup]

...I just realized that girls have been hitting on me a LOT and I've been oblivious to it.
*in the distance* SON OF A BITCH!

I don't even. If it happens, I'm completely oblivious to it. I don't talk to my female peers often, or the male ones, for that matter.

[Valikdu]

I want this thing. As a premium tier-I tank.

And now for something completely different...:

[Valikdu]

By the way, 'Screw you and the horse you rode in on" is only a figure of speech. Don't expect her to literally screw the horse! Though this might have inspired the Game of Thrones/My Little Pony Slash Fic I'm sure somebody has written somewhere.

Search mode activated.

[O. Hinds]

So, I was searching the internet for alternative to fossil fuels in commercial airliners, looking to see if liquid hydrogen was considered a viable alternative, and it seems that the engineering constraints associated with the use of LH2 in commercial aviation would force a major change in how planes are designed (link).

Apparently, the need for thermal isolation would mean that airplanes using LH2 couldn't store it in their wings.

So, thinking about it... Instead of putting the tanks in the "cigare" of the typical airplane shape and having unused volume in the wings, why not make... flying wings ?

That shape has other advantages too, such as lower noise. The main reason it hasn't already been adopted is the fact that airports aren't equipped to service it.

As an alternative to total conversion to H2, piston engine aircraft could be run on biodiesel and turbine engines on the jet fuel equivalent (jet fuel and diesel are already pretty similar, and, though I don't actually know, I expect that making synthetic jet fuel would not be that much more difficult). For longer trips that need to be made more quickly, here's something else from REL.

I had a design for a starship shaped like a flying wing for optimal combat efficiency (less of a target), but that was back when Frost and I still worked on that stuff. Anyone think the flying wing design would work for say...a flying warship for ponies?

This is an interesting coincidence; I was just pondering this the other day. Most of the work I've done so far is on how to make the helicopter (helicopters rather than rotodynes to make folding the rotor blades easier) shuttles work, but I'm thinking a 300m wingspan, water-landing-only vehicle. Of course, there's a good chance that it would be extremely impractical, but I'm not letting that stop my idle pondering. At the moment I'm wondering if it could also carry, launch, and retrieve a Vetribus...

[O. Hinds]

Also, any thoughts on making balefire equivalents to casaba-howitzers? I was just roughly thinking out a duel between an Alliance ACSAW (Alliance Command and Support Airborne Wing) and an NCR Hurricane-class cloudship, and a balefire CH warhead on an air-to-air missile would be useful for getting through the Hurricane's AAA.

[Stringtheory]

I had a design for a starship shaped like a flying wing for optimal combat efficiency (less of a target), but that was back when Frost and I still worked on that stuff. Anyone think the flying wing design would work for say...a flying warship for ponies?

I think the Star Destroyer shape from Star Wars is a really smart design personally, at least in a capitol ship vs capitol ship fight, as it allows the Star Destroyer to fire nearly all of it's guns (depending on how they're laid out) in a massive frontal barrage, while minimizing hits thanks to the low profile, and anything which does hit could easily be shrugged off because you'd be maximizing shielding/armor in that area, even if you're being attacked from the side you'd still have a pretty low profile, depending on the exact design, only problem is with fighters/strikecraft, which could easily hit the much larger top and bottom

[Ironmonger]

I think the Star Destroyer shape from Star Wars is a really smart design personally, at least in a capitol ship vs capitol ship fight, as it allows the Star Destroyer to fire nearly all of it's guns (depending on how they're laid out) in a massive frontal barrage, while minimizing hits thanks to the low profile, and anything which does hit could easily be shrugged off because you'd be maximizing shielding/armor in that area, even if you're being attacked from the side you'd still have a pretty low profile, depending on the exact design, only problem is with fighters/strikecraft, which could easily hit the much larger top and bottom

I used to deal with that type of stuff all the time before I got into ponies and writing my story. Frost and I had a whole game concept designed with a backstory, factions, technology, everything. It turned out like a more realistic Warhammer 40K which I thought was pretty cool. We may take the concept to one of the other tabletop companies like Privateer Press.

@my thoughts on being hit on/dating/whatev
It seems my thoughts on some things draws discussion. xD

[CamoBadger]

@thoughts on dating/being hit on:
Go ahead and hit on me, I might flirt back if you're funny or fun to talk to.
Don't you dare try to date me, I will shut down communication faster than you can zip up your pants.

[Ironmonger]

@thoughts on dating/being hit on:
Go ahead and hit on me, I might flirt back if you're funny or fun to talk to.
Don't you dare try to date me, I will shut down communication faster than you can zip up your pants.

That's the most amusing thing I've heard all day.

The Thing + Animal Crossing.

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