November 25, 2014
November 11, 2014
How do you do this?
How the hell do you do this without the gun exploding in your face?
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You load up a bunch of rounds without any powder, so that only the primer's gasses are available to push the bullet down the barrel. The gun doesn't blow up until you load one that
does have powder. If the shooter had had two brain cells to rub together, he would have stopped after the first one made a funny sound and didn't put a hole in the target, and pounded out the stuck bullet with a rubber mallet and a dowel rod.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at November 11, 2014 08:07 PM (fpXGN)
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So you're saying it was deliberate because they must have used rigged rounds to do it.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at November 11, 2014 08:11 PM (+rSRq)
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No, it's actually a fairly common mistake for a handloader, especially a newbie who buys a progressive press (one that processes multiple rounds at once, in different stages). The serious mistake was not noticing the quiet bang and lack of recoil, and firing the gun a second time. Eight was just putting icing on a cake of pure stupid.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at November 11, 2014 08:28 PM (fpXGN)
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Even worse because that's a revolver and probably only takes six rounds.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at November 11, 2014 09:10 PM (+rSRq)
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Smith & Wesson makes an 8 round .357 magnum revolver, so that's probably what this was.
Low or no powder in at least the first round is the most likely cause, though I remember reading a post where someone had toured a museum where they had a couple examples like this, and at least one of those was caused by a massively dirty barrel. A well used revolver can already be pretty impressive in terms of how loud a bang and how much flame spurts out between the barrel and the chamber, so a shooter that isn't paying attention very well might not notice.
Posted by: David at November 11, 2014 09:20 PM (t6MPh)
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It's a revolver, the gap between the cylinder and the barrel is enough to keep it from being a catastrophic failure due to pressure. Also most likely shooting 38 special. They have much lower pressures than 357 that the gun is rated for. These two circumstances most likely negate any need for bad handloads, it could be commercial ammo. Plus, the old steel revolvers like that were typically built like a tank.
Posted by: ChadAmberg at November 12, 2014 08:00 AM (2pIkc)
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Judging from the condition of the bullets, and the lack of bulging in the barrel until after the 6th shot, I'd say he had at least three squibs in a row. That's
possible with bad commercial ammo, but more likely with handloads, which makes it irrelevant whether it was loaded in a .38 or .357 casing.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at November 12, 2014 08:45 AM (1CisS)
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Or maybe the gun was just a really, really good one, well designed and overengineered to the point that you could actually do something like this without it exploding. But that would just make it even more painful to look at.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian at November 13, 2014 06:55 AM (4njWT)
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November 06, 2014
We need a bigger word.
When I see pictures of Obama these days, the word that comes to mind is supercilious.
Except that it isn't strong enough. Maybe hypercilious or megacilious.
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Holy Shit! Naruto is ending!
With chapter 700 (which, it has to be admitted, is an amazingly long run).
Fairy Tail is only at chapter 407; I hope it keeps going for a long time.
UPDATE: Naruto was about an apprentice assassin (a ninja). 700 chapters; did he ever kill anyone?
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Yes, for people who have been studying to be ninjas for their entire lives, Naruto and his classmates certainly seemed to be shocked to discover that ninjas kill other people from time to time.
Posted by: Siergen at November 06, 2014 06:05 PM (r3+4f)
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at November 06, 2014 08:33 PM (RqRa5)
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Holy Shit! Naruto is ending!
Apparently,
not yet. (NSFW)
Posted by: Jaked at November 07, 2014 01:41 AM (a0Ou0)
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You know, I'm not sure Naruto ever outright killed anyone. He caused a good number of deaths, but that's an interesting question.
Then again, Naruto spent most of his time being either hidden away or training. And he did convinced one character to commit suicide, so I guess that counts?
Posted by: sqa at November 07, 2014 10:02 AM (REqyC)
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There are a goodly number of character Naruto *should* have killed, mind. Sasuke tops the list. *cough*
*/disgusted former Naruto reader*
Posted by: metaphysician at November 07, 2014 01:51 PM (3GCAl)
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October 29, 2014
Eurovision, eat your heart out!
Don has found a gem of a performance by four women. Be sure to watch the whole thing!
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Despite the French name, the performance seemed like a very German thing to do. I checked their website at the end and found out I was right. Hooray for cultural stereotyping!
Posted by: Boviate at October 30, 2014 07:15 AM (iiTgy)
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October 19, 2014
October 12, 2014
October 03, 2014
Now wait a minute...
Kancolle permits you to marry your ships? Say what?
Going through his list and seeing the character art is a bit strange, because there's a lot of overlap with Arpeggio of Blue Steel, and they don't look the same.
UPDATE: Oh, moan...
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You wouldn't believe what kind of comics they keep churning out of it. Or, actually, you probably would. Like giving rings in little boxes so she'd find about it when sinking and stuff. My personal favourite is
where Yukikaze catches a bouquet.
BTW, all sorts of games have the "marriage" thrown in. It's usually a stats bonus. In Barcode Kanojo, for instance, "marriage" locks someone against being stolen, which may be useful if you have a personal favourite on whom you were throwing expensive DLC.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at October 03, 2014 10:17 PM (B2IVk)
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When the anime runs, it's gonna get worse.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 04, 2014 08:11 AM (+rSRq)
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"Worse" in what way? More tearjerker art than now? More new fans and new artists?
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at October 04, 2014 09:15 AM (CMqaG)
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Worse in pretty much every way, actually.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 04, 2014 09:22 AM (+rSRq)
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When the Band Wagon gets going, that's always when it gets worse.
Kancolle is also a monster hit among the otaku. It's going to be bad.
Only one thing: this is an original series, so it might not have the Hype + Failure problem from the opening scene. The series could actually be interesting. At least for top rotation fodder.
Posted by: sqa at October 04, 2014 06:41 PM (35168)
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What?What's worse?
Worse than what?
What is the object of the worseness being discussed here?
The "IT" that will get worse.
Is it fan wank?
Disturbing doujins?
Too much steam in the bath scenes?
To little?
Regarding Update: That hurt.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at October 05, 2014 12:50 AM (MNAY3)
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It's hard to imagine the anime doing much for the franchises popularity
in either direction, at least in Japan anyway. Maybe in English speaking
fandom it'll spike an interest, but given that I play KanColle as it
is, I'll probably not notice a big difference in my circles at least.
As far as Arpeggio goes, the end-cards for most of the anime episodes
already featured characters from KanColle, typically interacting with
their Arpeggio namesakes. At the same time, towards the end of the run
of the Arpeggio TV show, they did a cross over event in the KanColle
game where you could, for a limited time, recruit various characters
from Arpeggio and fight against the Fleet of Fog. I gather, from the
folks I know who were playing at the time (getting registered for
KanColle, particularly back then, is no easy feat!), Iona was hugely
overpowered and helped many an Admiral through some maps which are
particularly tough otherwise.
Posted by: DiGiKerot at October 05, 2014 03:18 AM (rARxJ)
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September 23, 2014
Aroduc's Fall 2014 season preview
Here it is.
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I went back and looked. Nothing I've watched in the last year got a positive preview from this guy. (though truth be told, practically nothing at all got a positive preview!) Almost any time the comments weren't specifically about the staff, they ended up having only the most nodding acquaintance with the actual show, usually along the lines of "but I hate this genre so it's doomed." I would say it has negative prediction value but he also hated shows I didn't like either.
Aroduc and I just do not think about anime the same way, I guess. But somehow I feel like I'm having more fun. Then again, maybe he does too.
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at September 24, 2014 12:02 AM (ZeBdf)
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He seems to be getting more cynical as time goes on. Just adjust your reading for his grading scale of "F" through "D+".
Still, it's my favorite season preview. My kind of humor. Well, one of my kinds of humor. There's something Johnny Carsonish about the inevitable "Genre: Merchandising" joke. (stop at the Slauson cutoff...)
Posted by: Mikeski at September 24, 2014 04:54 PM (luDkn)
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June 30, 2014
MetaNorn Summer 2014 preview
Right here.
UPDATE: The Girls und Panzer OVA (the Anzio battle) is being broadcast on July 5.
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OVA..
Being Broadcast...
...
Are they doing it wrong or is my understanding of the acronym in error?
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at July 01, 2014 07:47 AM (DnAJl)
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Terms can change their meaning to the point where they don't obviously make sense any more taken literally. Consider the way we use "type" -- type that up for me, please -- which originally meant to use a typewriter, which had physical type on the ends of the hammers.
When's the last time you even saw a typewriter? But we still use the term. These days an "OVA" is a short run of episodes (1-3). That's all it means.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at July 01, 2014 10:36 AM (+rSRq)
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Well, I'm old enough to know that's not supposed how it should be... but
well, what I'm gonna do about it? (It could be worse, I guess...)
Posted by: Jaked at July 01, 2014 12:06 PM (VafPL)
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Interesting. Satou Rina (Misaka from the Index/Railgun franchise) will be Ami/Sailor Mercury in the new Sailor Moon.
Posted by: muon at July 01, 2014 08:10 PM (XIprt)
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