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The Stranger
10-09-2005, 20:25
that guy........Of Syracuse mounted ballistas on ships. he's a ancillery...what if you guys would make a trigger that made it possible to build Ballista Ships if you had him as ancillery...as well for other people that did this kinda thing
jerby
10-09-2005, 20:44
you mean Archimedes?
RandyKapp
10-10-2005, 16:43
Lets add archimedes death ray too.
jerby
10-10-2005, 17:11
you mean those mirrors of him? bruning ships and all?

I absolutly loved the idea...altough i doubt it would work...seen Mythbusters?~;)

and we shouldnt forget his iron hand...


but i guess bartix is a candidate for a deathray..but then a uranian one..not archimedes's
QwertyMIDX
10-10-2005, 19:27
http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_ArchimedesResult.html
jerby
10-10-2005, 19:39
http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_ArchimedesResult.html
that was very very nice....
didn't think it would've worked.
nice site, good read.
but for EB no more than a humor-trait i guess...~;)
Moros
10-10-2005, 20:00
this could've been a good easteregg. ~D
Malrubius
10-10-2005, 23:52
Dang! I just found the link reading one of my favorite conservative whacko online publications (http://corner.nationalreview.com/) and thought this would be the perfect place to post it. But it seems QwertyMIDX stole my thunder. Are you a closet National Review reader? ~;p

Since the surprise has been spoiled, there's another idea I'll have to toss out.
solar death rays
shark-riding pirates with swords, that shoot laser beams
GoreBag
10-11-2005, 00:24
:stare:

Did you mean shark-riding pirates, or sharks who ride pirates?
jerby
10-11-2005, 10:37
we saw a man riding a fish in oen of teh previeuws-maps...i tought in teh Casse-previeuw...
The Stranger
10-11-2005, 15:14
you mean Archimedes?
no his name was Dyonisus
The Stranger
10-11-2005, 15:16
cant you guys be serious ~D...if you dont like the idea just say so...it isnt like the idea is totally moronic...is it??? O_o ~D
Dux Corvanus
10-11-2005, 15:26
no his name was Dyonisus

Sure? Archimede was famous for inventing naval war devices such as those. Dionysos, the tyrant of Syracuse, was better known for his revolutionary use of engineering and siege machines in his siege wars. Both of them lived in Syracuse, but 150 years separate them.

In any case, both were very able to do it.
Geoffrey S
10-11-2005, 15:45
:stare:

Did you mean shark-riding pirates, or sharks who ride pirates?
Ah, you may wish to see this (http://www.stanford.edu/~scodary/tkam.htm). It all makes perfect sense now, doesn't it?