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DogsRNice

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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2013, 09:09:56 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk it would have wayed over 2 million tons  the uss Ronald Reagan  only ways 100 000.
and  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_A-150_battleship because 20 inch guns...
ok someone needs to make a boat in dwarf fortress out of wood and ice :P
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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2013, 02:27:43 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk it would have wayed over 2 million tons  the uss Ronald Reagan  only ways 100 000.
and  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_A-150_battleship because 20 inch guns...
ok someone needs to make a boat in dwarf fortress out of wood and ice :P
IIRC the Mythbusters have an episode where they made a Pykrete boat and sailed it around for a while. Sure, it in Arctic waters and they used an in-house variation of said Pykrete, but still.
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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2013, 12:43:26 am »

This looks like !!FUN!!

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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #18 on: December 24, 2013, 05:25:06 pm »

I HAVE FOUND IT
the dwarfiest thing ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining
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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #19 on: December 24, 2013, 05:44:28 pm »

Let me take this in a slightly different direction and suggest the durian. Here are some totally out-of-context quotes from the Wikipedia article.


"Its taste can only be described as...indescribable, something you will either love or despise. ...Your breath will smell as if you'd been French-kissing your dead grandmother."

"... its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia."

"[D]eath rarely ensues from it, because the copious effusion of blood prevents the inflammation which might otherwise take place."

Hehe, that last one was in reference to injuries due to falling durians, not the smell. Still, a weaponizable fruit? Pretty dwarfy.

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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2014, 01:19:16 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail

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Re: Dwarfiest things on real life
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2014, 11:49:50 am »

The soviet N-1 rocket is totally dwarfy. Failures and all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_%28rocket%29
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