Third rewatch and I only just realized that in the whole low-gravity football discussion they've just invented Rocket League but with humans, which is something I can definitely get behind
@@winnipeginstinct then again, Rocket League was itself a (heavily-improved) reworking of the idea Psyonix already made into Supersonic Acrobat Rocket-Powered Battle Cars in 2008. But I doubt the TechDiff crew had played that.
You DO realize that demilitarized zones are most commonly found directly between exceedingly militarized areas, don't you? North and South Korea, for example?
If anyone out there has the talent to actually do this then I'm sure the people in this comment section would happily make some donations to fund it. I'll throw in $100 aud to get things started.
It doesn't help that like a third or a half of Scots Wikipedia articles were translated by a teenager with a Scots dictionary who didn't speak a word of Scots and just directly translated each word separately
I hope I’m not the only one who watches these, only gets about 70% of the British references, yet still laughs anyway. I can’t help it! Between the faces, the accents, the laughs, it all works to bring the laughter out of me whether I understand it or not.
I have done some working out with chocolate bar sizes and damage caused. In theory, a single Twix bar scaled up 9 times to approximately 1m long should be enough to smash a skull and kill someone if traveling at terminal velocity. This is excluding the additional chocolate needed to compensate for the mass lost during re-entry, which would drastically increase the size needed.
It could, but I think that at the speeds this bar is going to reach there is a good chance the surface will ablate. Most meteorites only melt on the outside because the rock doesn't conduct heat very well and the molten surface is vapourised before it can transfer the heat. I think the bar might do something similar and then re-freeze as it slows down before the collision. Does anyone have a wind tunnel, blowtorch and giant twix we can borrow?
I know I'm 2 years late on this, but if the bar is moving at terminal velocity you wouldn't need to worry about heating, it's only when you go higher than that that significant heating happens. it would be more interesting if you shot a mars bar (regular size) at something like 20km/s. ill do the math real quick. 51g bar (0.5 newton) multiply that by 20km/s, 0.5*(20*3600)=36000 newtons. or about 8.604 kilos of TNT. that's actually quite dangerous, damn. and im not acounting for heating becouse it would only spend 5 seconds in the atmosphere, so if it was frozen solid before launch i think it be frozen solid still on impact.
This is my favourite episode of Citation Needed precisely because it's the most unfocused and rambly episode. They barely actually discuss the episode topic and it's much stronger for it, I feel.
@@thelastcube. A few other cool ones are GNU - GNU's Not Unix, WINE - WINE Is Not an Emulator and PIP - PIP Installs Packages. They're called recursive acronyms.
I'm going to be "that guy" and comment, over a year later, that it's tungsten rods, not titanium rods. Tungsten is quite a bit denser, so it has more kinetic energy.
This is my third time through, and I've only just caught Matt's rapper pun slipped into the convo from 16:53. Possibly the best two way pun in the history of this show! Well played, sir. Well played!
When they were discussing the battle I suddenly had an image of a Terry's Chocolate Orange fired from a cannon, breaking into segments that scythe through the enemy lines, leaving a trail of decapitates Freddos and Jelly Babies in their wake...
If the Malteser is a standard cannon shot, a chocolate orange has to be one of those oversized mortar shells that they had in Napoleonic siege mortars.
The thing about the Henlein Mars flag is that there was a meeting of various world leaders trying to decide on the sovereignty of Mars, the property rights of Valentine Michael Smith (the titular Stranger in a Strange Land, who was born to two crew members on a mission to Mars and included in all the crews' wills as an heir) and other issues. They were trying to decide how to seat Smith and his party, and Jubal Harshaw, Smith's advisor, insisted on diplomatic honors (being seated under his nation's flag, having an entourage, etc. equal with other nations) because allowing anything else would essentially cede the point before the whole negotiations started. Harshaw explicitly states that he, as a human, is merely approximating the flag, as the Martians (an extraordinarily ancient and nightmarishly psychically powerful species) had no need for such trappings in their system of governance. He grabs a tablecloth and draws the Mars symbol on it, and instructs that it be put up behind the seating for Smith's group at the table. So Heinlein's Flag of Mars wasn't really the Flag of Mars in the universe of the book, more of a bluff to keep from getting "handled" or fobbed-off by diplomats. I imagine he could've just drawn a red circle on a white background . . . except that's the Japanese flag.
Actually, the definition of "weapon of mass destruction," as stated by the Outer Space Treaty, does not include Kinetic Bombardment. Only nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological weapons are banned from space and the Moon. The US started research on Kinetic Bombardment called Project Thor specifically to circumvent these restrictions.
"Don't do violence in space." "But what about-" "No, not even you, USA." "But what about THIS kind of violence? Huh? Didn't think of this, didya??" "...This is why we don't invite you to parties."
"What, like Eminem?" I can't believe that riff by Matt got ignored utterly, since that was both a rapper AND a chocolate reference. (Unless he did that without realizing it, because I know in the UK you have Smarties, not M&Ms.)
Between this and the Bossche Bol episode, you've really got confectionery warfare down to a fine art! Delicious and deadly! Fantastic as always, guys. :3
Even after all this time and all these episodes, this one is my favorite Citation Needed. All of them are great, but this is my favorite. Shine on you hilarious diamonds.
I find these really intriguing (not to mention hilarious) because Tom's vibes come across as a totally different 'genre' of person to his pals, and it's a little funny seeing them juxtaposed.
standingunder Osmium and Iridium kinda battle it out for the title as most dense. Both are expensive. Tungsten is considerably cheaper. So is depleted uranium, since it's a by-product of the enrichment process.
standingunder Fashioning a dense metal rod isn't really the most difficult part of this project. The difficult part is getting this thing in orbit, with enough fuel to stop this thing over the target.
Nillie I think the best way to do it would be to send the rod into a higher orbit. Then at the highest point slow it down a little so that it will fall over the target vs just hitting the brakes and letting it fall, because there would be less energy spent overall, and a higher speed in the rod as a result. I think you need to spend more energy to get the thing up there than it will have on impact, because you lose some energy to gravity, and you have to slow down at some point, to go back down to Earth.
At this point ive seen at least 3 episodes of technical difficulties that have devolved into an indepth and lengthy discussion of how candy warfare/transportation would look like.
Tom in the past (or it might’ve been the future, im not sure): “yes, but I’m not giving you a point for that cause that’s bloody obvious!” Tom now: “point!”
This episode is magnificent. It still manages to make me tear up laughing, much more than some of the last runs with an audience present. I am quite happy that this still exists online. I hope it will stay available for years to come. Thank you again for producing so much fun. Cheers! 😁
fun fact: you can put military equipment into orbit, as long as you keep it, legally, "not in space". basically, it is completely possible to put stuff into orbit at lower altitudes than what is generally agreed upon as "The altitude where space, and by extension, space law, start". not saying you would'nt get some government officials knocking on ya door....
well I only live in a former British colony and we don't even speak English, but we don't have hundreds and thousands in any type of translation and both types of sprinkles (spherical and rod shaped) are just sprinkles.
As an American, I can say that yes, our chocolate quality is definitely lacking. However, you cannot deny the massive industrial confectionary complex. What we lack in quality, we more than make up for it with sheer production volume. We are willing to lend/lease any sweet to our allies in the great candy war. We also have a large savory snack department that constantly research and develop snacks that can make the whole world obese, snacks of massive mass.
Not titanium, tungsten and perhaps a depleted uranium core. (titanium loses strength after 400°F and reentry would be way hotter plus tungsten has the highest melting point and one of the highest densities of all metals, depleted uranium is super dense)
***** nope, It would slowly drift away, then start moving towards you again and collide with you half an orbit later, at the same speed you threw it at.
I've now got an image of Rod Stewart being fired at a city from space, and all you hear is "BAAAABY JANE" before an almighty explosion wipes out said city.
Making the ball 3 times heavier = more mass = greater inertia = lots of broken shins when combined with the bone weakening effects of lower gravity. And we thought players were taking dives too often here on earth!
I thought I was doing well to learn the names of all the completely different candy products sold in Canada... then these British folks come along with their "Bar Wars," and I realize it's different all over again.
I just looked up Rods of God & wiki furnished me with "Kinetic bombardment", it says "Although the SALT II (1979) prohibited the deployment of orbital weapons of mass destruction, it did not prohibit the deployment of conventional weapons. The system is prohibited by neither the Outer Space Treaty nor the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.". So you could if you wanted too. :)
While late, the treaty does prohibit weapons of mass destruction, which doesn't actually have an official definition and has evolved over time. The scope of the damage potential could, in theory, be classified under that moniker should one ever actually be built, and therefore end up being prohibited.
p00ky76 Oh, that is exactly what it is. And likely it will stay that way until one is ever built. Once one is though, whoever actually made it will try and say its legal while those who are worried it might be used against them by said country will likely lobby to have it classified a WMD. Cause politics. You don't ban something that you might want to use until someone else tries to use it first. That's why most WMDs had to be used before they got banned (nuclear weapons, anthrax, mustard gas, etc).
Ideas for low gravity football: Either do the halfpipe idea, or have a box with ribbed walls to step on to make the game more vertical. As a catch, make it illegal to have a hand touch the ground.
But wouldn't titanium burn up on its way through the atmosphere, cause if i recall correctly you can actually melt titanium with a bunsen burner so, it would most definitely burn on its way and thus tungsten would make more sense, right?
Such pure and unrelenting joy! Great work with the multicam edit too (as always), although seemingly missed the chance to give Tom's near spit take the same treatment as Matt's ones.
I think I need an encyclopedia of British confections to get half the jokes in this one. But on the subject of low-G Football, keep in mind that with reduced gravity comes reduced weight and therefore traction, but mass and therefore inertia remains the same. This makes starting, stopping and changing direction more difficult.
Another fun Swiss army/chocolate fact: At strategic valleys along the Swiss border are bunkers and a line of concrete anti tank barriers (on all sides, not just the German side because Neutrality) and they actually do have a Toblerone-like shape.
Sadly a titanium rod would not work, what he is thinking about is a wolfram rod. Titanium is lighter then iron and has a melting point that is way too low so it can not be used as a kinetic weapon. Wolfram has the highest melting point of all elements and the highest density. This makes it the preferred metal to drop.
Well it is conductive but there are better metals. It has a specific electrical resistance of 5.60×10^−8 Ω⋅cm at 20°C That's is about half the resistance of iron and about 4 times the resistance of silver/copper. Its the metal they use to make the filament in light bulbs. The density is comparable to depleted uranium.
8 years later i just wanna point out the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station spells out F- MARS, which makes me think that's the only reason they put it there.
I am now writing a screen play in my head about a soccer team that has to play the world cup on Mars in order to uphold a title as "current greatest" team. The coach is giving them some rousing pep talk about how the physics will differ and that it isn't the game they're used to. The alpha player is grieving the 40 year flight that will take him away from his family as he lies in cryostasis. P.S. Sorry I called Football, Soccer. It feels disingenuous to call it football as an American. Like I'm being intentionally coy or something.
Coming this Summer: Best team on Earth? That's nothing! Best team in the Solar System is the goal. The Solar Cup instead of the World Cup. Specially designed stadia on every planet. Winner takes all. Starring Tom Cruise. Rated R.
standingunder Count me in! I can hear it now! "In a world...that's out of this world! Comes the tale of the little team that could...but what were they willing to give up? From the director of 'Citizen Kane' and the producers behind 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'The Spongebob Squarepants Movie' comes a story the whole family can enjoy! "The Winning *Goal*" (Goal as in objective BUT ALSO AS IN GOOOOOOAAAAALLLL! The marketing guys will have a field day, we're gonna be RICH!)
Watching this again in 2018 I wanted to check when is the 100 year anniversary of Mr Lindt's death but sadly couldn't find any sources for that story :(
Listening to the conversation about football on mars, and specifically being able to jump over other players, I had a sudden visceral flashback to watching a cartoon as a child about football with super powers that among other things did have people jumping over each other with the ball.
