The Questions not worth their own thread thread VII

[PlutonianEmpire]

Ok, weird scenario here.

It's far into the future, and we manage to devolop some sort of "nuclear ice bomb", where you got some sort of weird nuclear explosion that freezes everything within the bomb's effect radius. The higher yield of the weapon, the greater the freezing radius.

Now, lets say lots and lots of these bombs, especially the more powerful ones, were used in a very short span of time (45 minutes) in a huge war. How long would it take for the weather to cool down and it to start snowing because of it?

 

[Dachs]

Sounds like a stupid version of ice-nine.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I was thinking the ice would be regular water ice.

 

[Dachs]

Boring.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

How come sometimes when watching Petty videos I get uncontrollable urges to flap my arms around like a fool?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

What is with those stupid little teardrops you see in some anime? Is it meant to indicate some kind of stress? It looks awful.

Examples:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2416838878_73753019fb.jpg
http://members.aye.net/~gharris/blog/sweat drop_1.jpg
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/t-v/tokyo-02.jpg

I'm guessing CivGeneral could answer since he digs this stuff so much.

Relevant link.

 

[Annex]

Ok, weird scenario here.

It's far into the future, and we manage to devolop some sort of "nuclear ice bomb", where you got some sort of weird nuclear explosion that freezes everything within the bomb's effect radius. The higher yield of the weapon, the greater the freezing radius.

Now, lets say lots and lots of these bombs, especially the more powerful ones, were used in a very short span of time (45 minutes) in a huge war. How long would it take for the weather to cool down and it to start snowing because of it?

probably like a billion ours

 

[Lord Baal]

Sounds like a stupid version of ice-nine.

I thought the same thing when I read the question.

How come sometimes when watching Petty videos I get uncontrollable urges to flap my arms around like a fool?

Because you ARE a fool?

 

[Glassfan]

Kramer or Ignatowski ?

 

[holy king]

How come sometimes when watching Petty videos I get uncontrollable urges to flap my arms around like a fool?

brain tumor is the most likely explanation. go see a doctor.

 

[cardgame]

Because you ARE a fool?

You stole my line!

 

[Cutlass]

If you were traveling by horse, in an area with no modern roads, or no roads at all, what would be a typical distance you could expect to travel per day?

 

[cardgame]

grassland area; I would guesstimate 30-70 miles.
Rough country - no clue.

source: avg. walking speed + Western Novels

 

[Ulyaoth]

I think I remember hearing something about how the Roman Army would march about 30 miles a day on average, I'd guess on Horse with no roads, if a messenger or something maybe another 25% faster, just an average person, probably like 20 miles.

 

[Dachs]

You're assuming the Roman army is marching someplace without roads at a speed like that?

 

[Earthling]

grassland area; I would guesstimate 30-70 miles.
Rough country - no clue.

source: avg. walking speed + Western Novels

No source: fantasy RPGs? C'mon...

But yeah, 30-50ish miles sounds about right, particularly if not roaded or open terrain, and you're not specifically geared for traveling fast (ie. not a saddled messenger with well-trained riding horse, but just someone who has a horse). Also, an interesting note: humans do incredibly well on endurance and travelling on our own - especially factoring in difficult terrain/weather etc... Horses of course can have better medium-term speed and of course help with carrying more stuff. But still, we're built for it. Fun Linky:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon

 

[kulade]

sup guys, important question again.

what is the nature of "sup?"

is it a question that demands an answer or is it a greeting that demands another greeting?

 

[Dachs]

I usually go with "question that demands an answer". Unless it's just a quick greeting, like as you pass somebody while walking or something, then obviously it's a greeting.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

You're assuming the Roman army is marching someplace without roads at a speed like that?

I know, right?

I seem to remember it being a uniquely amazing feat that Napoleon booked it 100 miles south in two days once, most armies would probably move 20-25 miles a day on average, especially when using the 80 bpm pre-Napoleonic cadence.

 

[Brighteye]

On foot an individual who is well equipped and prepared can easily walk 30 miles. 50 miles is possible: I've done about 40 miles a day for a few days as part of a longer hike.
On horseback I'd assume that much further would be possible. But horses don't necessarily walk that much faster than a hiker: you'd have to push it a bit, but there'd be plenty more scope for going faster.
If you need to cook, or light a fire (and collect wood for it and so on) then you need a couple of hours for that, one of which should be in the light to collect the wood. That'd take a fair few miles off the total distance.