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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:04 pm

:speakest: In the name of the moon, I will trim your beard!

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15 Oct 1960 --- Original caption: 10/15/1960-New York, NY- Sam Harris, of Medfield, MA, trims his beard with electronic scissors controlled by moon bounce signals, while attending the Hudson Amateur Radio Council Convention at Statler Hilton Hotel here, Oct. 15th. A designer of microwave equipment by profession, Harris estimated that his moon-bounced signals travelled approximately 523,000 miles. Some 5,000 amateur radio operators attended the convention. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:12 pm

Wow...that invention seems really awesome and I wonder what happened to the inventor.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:55 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Wow...that invention seems really awesome and I wonder what happened to the inventor.


Scissors accident? :-I

:spoiler: 'Cuz he was running with them.
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:02 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:
Scissors accident? :-I

:spoiler: 'Cuz he was running with them.


More like the scissors were running on him... :spoiler:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:53 am

I see this thread is staying on topic as usual :smirk:
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:55 am

Always! If we weren't off topic all the time, this wouldn't be the on topic thread! :v: Everyone knows that. :twiright:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:57 am

Anyone else here watch Spooksville? I think it's a pretty fun little show. But I'm worried about it, ratings aren't so hot. I hope it at the very least gets a second season! Really underrated IMO.

Speaking of which what do you hope/ expect to see from the HUBs upfront this year other then Season 5 of MLP & EQG Rainbow Rocks. I'm hoping for more AquaBats, Spooksville, more info on the upcoming 2015 Transformers toon, and maybe more pick-ups of classic/retro toons
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Postby Octavia (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:57 am

We should be discussing our favorite generals in this thread. I, for one, am a fan of Ulysses S. Grant. :twiright:
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:58 am

Octavia wrote:We should be discussing our favorite generals in this thread. I, for one, am a fan of Ulysses S. Grant. :twiright:


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Heinz Guderian, the father of the modern Armor Division. :jingo:

If I offend anyone with that, I am sorry... :fluttersmith:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:00 am

Favorite Military Leaders....

That's easy.

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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:14 am

:granny: When I was a filly, we used to talk about ponies in these kind of threads.
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:15 am

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Shall we discuss Commander Hurricane then? :v:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:19 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote::granny: When I was a filly, we used to talk about ponies in these kind of threads.


:gotcha: Well, the guy I posted once punched Discord so hard he was blasted into an alternate universe of sentient ponies.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:19 am

Richy33 wrote:Shall we discuss Commander Hurricane then? :v:

Personally, I love the pony helmets where their mane sticks out as a plume. :allears:

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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:22 am

Octavia wrote:Personally, I love the pony helmets where their mane sticks out as a plume. :allears:

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Aye, it is a very interesting design. I hope we can see more of that, and if there are variations of it. (Horizontal instead of vertical plumes, perhaps?)
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Postby Juju&Lulu (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:23 am

Fluttershy really did pull the Crystal Armor off best

Yet another thing she's best at
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:25 am

If that armor was originally made by the crystal ponies, why did it have wing-holes in it?
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:26 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:If that armor was originally made by the crystal ponies, why did it have wing-holes in it?


That is an excellent point...I don't remember any winged crystal ponies...Is it perhaps borrowed from Canterlot?
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:34 am

My Cable provider is officially awesome!!! They dropped a bunch of crappy Viacom networks and one of the replacements was BBC America! I now have Cartoon Network, HUB & BBC America! My media trifecta is complete! Although I will miss NickToons. Glad I no longer have to put up with my little sister watching MTV. :gotcha:


As for pony however.... We need an episode where the Crystal Ponies & Canterlot ponie have some friendly war games. They fight with cakes & pies of course. :-P
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:39 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:My Cable provider is officially awesome!!! They dropped a bunch of crappy Viacom networks and one of the replacements was BBC America! I now have Cartoon Network, HUB & BBC America! My media trifecta is complete! Although I will miss NickToons. Glad I no longer have to put up with my little sister watching MTV. :gotcha:


As for pony however.... We need an episode where the Crystal Ponies & Canterlot ponie have some friendly war games. They fight with cakes & pies of course. :-P


If that happened...I would probably love that episode forever...Or hate it...I am curious to see how Ponies do or used to fight, and fight they do. Why else are there Royal Guards? They have a military for some reason and I am curious as to what they are used as when it comes to the "continuation of politics by other means" known as war...
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:41 am

Richy33 wrote:
That is an excellent point...I don't remember any winged crystal ponies...Is it perhaps borrowed from Canterlot?


I'd like to think that they're valuable, ancient, Crystal Pony relics that Rainbow Dash drilled holes into for Fluttershy and her's wings.

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Postby Octavia (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:42 am

The Doctor wrote:
I'd like to think that they're valuable, ancient, Crystal Pony relics that Rainbow Dash drilled holes into for Fluttershy and her's wings.

:v:

Being able to flare her wings out like that does make her look 20% cooler. :v:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:44 am

DerFurShur wrote:Fluttershy really did pull the Crystal Armor off best

Yet another thing she's best at


Nah, the silver goes much better with Rainbow Dash's colors.
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:45 am

:glare: Ponies don't fight each other.
:hi: No, just everything that isn't glorious pony master race.
:twismug: Just like the noble buffalo.
:applejargh: Nothing like the buffalo!
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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:46 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote::glare: Ponies don't fight each other.
:hi: No, just everything that isn't glorious pony master race.
:twismug: Just like the noble buffalo.
:applejargh: Nothing like the buffalo!


:fluttersmith: I thought we avoided conflict so we weren't destroyed by the evil windegoes.
:pcstare: If only they knew what else fighting caused...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:49 am

Richy33 wrote:
If that happened...I would probably love that episode forever...Or hate it...I am curious to see how Ponies do or used to fight, and fight they do. Why else are there Royal Guards? They have a military for some reason and I am curious as to what they are used as when it comes to the "continuation of politics by other means" known as war...

Equestria is still home to many villains and magical monsters. Even if the ponies have achieved harmony unlike anything humanity has ever done, all the non-pony creatures never quite got the message.
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Postby Big Boss (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:51 am

Just watch, one of these days there will be no more megathreads and you'll actually have to think and post new threads for yourselves, instead of meandering derails.

Some day.

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Postby Rachael33 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:05 am

kefkafloyd wrote:Just watch, one of these days there will be no more megathreads and you'll actually have to think and post new threads for yourselves, instead of meandering derails.

Some day.

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Hey now! We are on the topic of ponies! :v:

Point made Fizzbuzz... The army as it stands in Equestria appears to be much more ceremonial then functional... With the level of technology seen in the show, I would argue that the armor is more of a prestige thing. It shows that Celestia has power and it shows she has recognition. Functionally, it doesn't seem to do much else...
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:07 am

kefkafloyd wrote:Just watch, one of these days there will be no more megathreads and you'll actually have to think and post new threads for yourselves, instead of meandering derails.

Some day.

:maud:



:twiright: and thanks to Mr. De Lancie, Star Trek talk is only one degree separated from Ponies.
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Postby Doctor Wheeze (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:30 am

Octavia wrote:Personally, I love the pony helmets where their mane sticks out as a plume. :allears:

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Ponies in armor are inherently awesome, and any episode that has that is by definition a good episode :awesomedash:
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Postby Venusy (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:10 am

kefkafloyd wrote:Just watch, one of these days there will be no more megathreads and you'll actually have to think and post new threads for yourselves, instead of meandering derails.

Some day.

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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:16 am

Now that would just be cruel. :v:
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Postby drunkill (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:26 am

Octavia wrote:We should be discussing our favorite generals in this thread. I, for one, am a fan of Ulysses S. Grant. :twiright:


John Monash. Probably the best general in world war 1, didn't see soldiers as numbers but as people, effectively invented the precursor to blitzkrieg or combined arms tactics and was the first person to be knighted on the battlefield in over 200 years.
Troops later recounted that one of the most extraordinary things about the Battle of Hamel was not the use of armoured tanks, nor simply the tremendous success of the operation, but the fact that in the midst of battle Monash had arranged delivery of hot meals up to the front line.

I live near a university bearing his name next to the council city that bears his name, near the freeway that also, bears his name :v


Back to the pony discussion, we're coming upto our first break for the season, because of the LPS final. While it is great to have so muhc pony, a few breaks over the holidays would have been nice, help drag the season out a little longer so we have less ponyless winters.
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Postby Pocket (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:31 am

SoundMonkey44 wrote:My Cable provider is officially awesome!!! They dropped a bunch of crappy Viacom networks and one of the replacements was BBC America! I now have Cartoon Network, HUB & BBC America! My media trifecta is complete!

Huh. I remember reading about some cable provider being in a dispute with Viacom, but I hadn't thought about the upside if they lost. Besides the fact that Viacom just lost part of its stranglehold on the media landscape. Here's to more of that happening in the future!

kefkafloyd wrote:Just watch, one of these days there will be no more megathreads and you'll actually have to think and post new threads for yourselves, instead of meandering derails.

Some day.

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Would that be the same day you manage to walk in a derail while it's still in progress? :dreamworks:
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:49 am

kefkafloyd wrote:Just watch, one of these days there will be no more megathreads and you'll actually have to think and post new threads for yourselves, instead of meandering derails.

Some day.

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Oh man, you are so going to rue the day you stated this. Which I guess would be today.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:42 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:If that armor was originally made by the crystal ponies, why did it have wing-holes in it?


It was made by Crystal Ponies for Pegasus jousting. It's not like an earth pony or, Celestia forbid, a unicorn would ever caught doing something so barbaric! :whine:
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Postby Lorce (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:25 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:
It was made by Crystal Ponies for Pegasus jousting. It's not like an earth pony or, Celestia forbid, a unicorn would ever caught doing something so barbaric! :whine:

And you can't have Crystal ponies jousting anyway, even a minor impact could cause them to shatter. :-I
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Postby Peregrine (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:28 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:It was made by Crystal Ponies for Pegasus jousting. It's not like an earth pony or, Celestia forbid, a unicorn would ever caught doing something so barbaric! :whine:


Sorry Rarity, but here in our world, that's exactly what horns would be used for.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:40 am

Well, not all that they'd be used for...
Rhinoceros horns, unlike those of other horned mammals (which have a bony core), only consist of keratin. Rhinoceros horns are used in traditional Asian medicine, and for dagger handles in Yemen and Oman. Esmond Bradley Martin has reported on the trade for dagger handles in Yemen.[41] The market for rhino horn is however largely driven by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine who consider the horn an effective and even live-saving medicine.

It is a pervasive misconception that rhinoceros horn in powdered form is used as an aphrodisiac in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Cornu Rhinoceri Asiatici (犀角, xījiǎo, "rhinoceros horn"). It is in fact prescribed for fevers and convulsions,[42] a treatment not supported by evidence-based medicine. Discussions with TCM practitioners to reduce its use have met with mixed results because some TCM doctors consider rhino horn a life-saving medicine of better quality than its substitutes.[43] China has signed the CITES treaty and removed rhinoceros horn from the Chinese medicine pharmacopeia, administered by the Ministry of Health, in 1993. In 2011, in the United Kingdom, the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine issued a formal statement condemning the use of rhinoceros horn.[44] A growing number of TCM educators have also spoken out against the practice.[45]

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Postby Perpetual Lurker (?) » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:19 am

Actually, there are Crystal Pegasi. They just seem to be rather rare.

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