Comments on: Zombies, sure…but what about dinosaurs? http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zupatun http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-980 zupatun Thu, 29 May 2008 13:42:24 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-980 .50 caliber semi-auto ala Barrett L82A1 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=711086 That'll make him think about it a little...throw in some incendiary rounds for fun...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('980','zupatun'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('980','zupatun','.50 caliber semi-auto ala Barrett L82A1 http:\/\/www.ar15.com\/forums\/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=711086\r\n\r\nThat\'ll make him think about it a little...throw in some incendiary rounds for fun...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> .50 caliber semi-auto ala Barrett L82A1 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=711086

That’ll make him think about it a little…throw in some incendiary rounds for fun…

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]]> By: GeekLethal http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-972 GeekLethal Tue, 27 May 2008 17:10:41 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-972 B, Ah, but they DID take over. Diatryma/Gastornis, the 6'+ flightless birds were the alpha predators of their time. I understand the folks who say that some of these species looked ferocious, but probably were vegetarian. Parrots, for instance, use their tremendous beaks to break open nuts and seeds, not to disembowel prey animals. But if you scale up from a parrot to gastornis, then you scale up the parrot-sized nut or seed into mellons or something. And...I dunno, I just don't get an animal that large and that powerful developing that huge beak and supporting anatomy to crack Pleocene coconuts. Of course, for our purposes it's a moot point as a shotgun could kill one. Erm, but load for bear, not bird.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('972','GeekLethal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('972','GeekLethal','B,\r\nAh, but they DID take over. Diatryma\/Gastornis, the 6\'+ flightless birds were the alpha predators of their time.\r\n\r\nI understand the folks who say that some of these species looked ferocious, but probably were vegetarian. Parrots, for instance, use their tremendous beaks to break open nuts and seeds, not to disembowel prey animals.\r\n\r\nBut if you scale up from a parrot to gastornis, then you scale up the parrot-sized nut or seed into mellons or something. And...I dunno, I just don\'t get an animal that large and that powerful developing that huge beak and supporting anatomy to crack Pleocene coconuts. \r\n\r\nOf course, for our purposes it\'s a moot point as a shotgun could kill one. Erm, but load for bear, not bird.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> B,
Ah, but they DID take over. Diatryma/Gastornis, the 6′+ flightless birds were the alpha predators of their time.

I understand the folks who say that some of these species looked ferocious, but probably were vegetarian. Parrots, for instance, use their tremendous beaks to break open nuts and seeds, not to disembowel prey animals.

But if you scale up from a parrot to gastornis, then you scale up the parrot-sized nut or seed into mellons or something. And…I dunno, I just don’t get an animal that large and that powerful developing that huge beak and supporting anatomy to crack Pleocene coconuts.

Of course, for our purposes it’s a moot point as a shotgun could kill one. Erm, but load for bear, not bird.

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]]> By: Buckethead http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Buckethead Tue, 27 May 2008 15:55:05 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-971 Dfens, I read a book by Thomas Gold about the abiotic theory of oil. It's pretty interesting. I posted about it, but the old.perfidy site seems to be hosed at the moment, so I can't give you a link. The book is "Deep Hot Biosphere" and there's a preview at google books. Gold himself is an interesting figure, worth reading about as well. Of course, if you went back in time, you might avoid paradox by creating a new branch of the timestream. At least, if the many worlds interpretation is correct. Perhaps the birds might take over. *shudder*<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('971','Buckethead'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('971','Buckethead','Dfens, I read a book by Thomas Gold about the abiotic theory of oil. It\'s pretty interesting. I posted about it, but the old.perfidy site seems to be hosed at the moment, so I can\'t give you a link. The book is \"Deep Hot Biosphere\" and there\'s a preview at google books. Gold himself is an interesting figure, worth reading about as well.\r\n\r\nOf course, if you went back in time, you might avoid paradox by creating a new branch of the timestream. At least, if the many worlds interpretation is correct.\r\n\r\nPerhaps the birds might take over. *shudder*'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Dfens, I read a book by Thomas Gold about the abiotic theory of oil. It’s pretty interesting. I posted about it, but the old.perfidy site seems to be hosed at the moment, so I can’t give you a link. The book is “Deep Hot Biosphere” and there’s a preview at google books. Gold himself is an interesting figure, worth reading about as well.

Of course, if you went back in time, you might avoid paradox by creating a new branch of the timestream. At least, if the many worlds interpretation is correct.

Perhaps the birds might take over. *shudder*

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]]> By: Dfens http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Dfens Tue, 27 May 2008 14:26:55 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-970 Perhaps you'd choose to go back to right before the asteroid hit so your hunting trip would have minimal effect on the timeline. Of course, then you'd step on a mouse and disintegrate. <a href="http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/Permian.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here is an interesting paper</a> on the Permian Extinction. It claims that there were a series of meteor impacts and that several of them actually pierced the Earth's crust (like an armor piercing projectile) resulting in most of the damage being done on the far side of the planet. This was due to shock waves coalescing, not because the meteor kept going through the core. One of the interesting things he talks about is the "abiotic" formation of petroleum. Now that's an interesting theory. If it's true, then there could be oil on the Moon. If that were true, the Moon really would be the ultimate launch platform for exploration of the solar system.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('970','Dfens'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('970','Dfens','Perhaps you\'d choose to go back to right before the asteroid hit so your hunting trip would have minimal effect on the timeline. Of course, then you\'d step on a mouse and disintegrate. <a href=\"http:\/\/personals.galaxyinternet.net\/tunga\/Permian.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here is an interesting paper<\/a> on the Permian Extinction. It claims that there were a series of meteor impacts and that several of them actually pierced the Earth\'s crust (like an armor piercing projectile) resulting in most of the damage being done on the far side of the planet. This was due to shock waves coalescing, not because the meteor kept going through the core. One of the interesting things he talks about is the \"abiotic\" formation of petroleum. Now that\'s an interesting theory. If it\'s true, then there could be oil on the Moon. If that were true, the Moon really would be the ultimate launch platform for exploration of the solar system.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Perhaps you’d choose to go back to right before the asteroid hit so your hunting trip would have minimal effect on the timeline. Of course, then you’d step on a mouse and disintegrate. Here is an interesting paper on the Permian Extinction. It claims that there were a series of meteor impacts and that several of them actually pierced the Earth’s crust (like an armor piercing projectile) resulting in most of the damage being done on the far side of the planet. This was due to shock waves coalescing, not because the meteor kept going through the core. One of the interesting things he talks about is the “abiotic” formation of petroleum. Now that’s an interesting theory. If it’s true, then there could be oil on the Moon. If that were true, the Moon really would be the ultimate launch platform for exploration of the solar system.
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]]> By: GeekLethal http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-969 GeekLethal Mon, 26 May 2008 10:57:14 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-969 Something else I was thinking over the weekend was that if you did go back in time, the problem of hiding from/combating carnivorous monsters might be moot. Sure would suck to go back ready for adventure only to find that you show up the day before the big asteroid kills everything bigger than a mouse.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('969','GeekLethal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('969','GeekLethal','Something else I was thinking over the weekend was that if you did go back in time, the problem of hiding from\/combating carnivorous monsters might be moot.\r\n\r\nSure would suck to go back ready for adventure only to find that you show up the day before the big asteroid kills everything bigger than a mouse.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Something else I was thinking over the weekend was that if you did go back in time, the problem of hiding from/combating carnivorous monsters might be moot.

Sure would suck to go back ready for adventure only to find that you show up the day before the big asteroid kills everything bigger than a mouse.

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]]> By: GeekLethal http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-968 GeekLethal Mon, 26 May 2008 10:55:06 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-968 Well Dfens is on to something, in that it's not like the only creature waiting to eat you back then was a big old 'rex. No sir. There was a pretty deep bench of bad nasties that would be out to keep you at the bottom of the food chain. Most though would no be nearly so large as the alpha-predator t rex, and I think a shotgun would do fine. Like any of your 'raptors, yes, or various and sundry pteranodon-type flyers.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('968','GeekLethal'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('968','GeekLethal','Well Dfens is on to something, in that it\'s not like the only creature waiting to eat you back then was a big old \'rex. \r\n\r\nNo sir. \r\n\r\nThere was a pretty deep bench of bad nasties that would be out to keep you at the bottom of the food chain. Most though would no be nearly so large as the alpha-predator t rex, and I think a shotgun would do fine. Like any of your \'raptors, yes, or various and sundry pteranodon-type flyers.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Well Dfens is on to something, in that it’s not like the only creature waiting to eat you back then was a big old ‘rex.

No sir.

There was a pretty deep bench of bad nasties that would be out to keep you at the bottom of the food chain. Most though would no be nearly so large as the alpha-predator t rex, and I think a shotgun would do fine. Like any of your ‘raptors, yes, or various and sundry pteranodon-type flyers.

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]]> By: Buckethead http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Buckethead Sun, 25 May 2008 18:00:13 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-966 Murdoc, the update the comment thingy is more convenient than you'd think at first glance. For undead T rexi, I think a quad mount .50 might do the trick, or one of them Vulcan gatling guns like on the A-10.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('966','Buckethead'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('966','Buckethead','Murdoc, the update the comment thingy is more convenient than you\'d think at first glance.\r\n\r\nFor undead T rexi, I think a quad mount .50 might do the trick, or one of them Vulcan gatling guns like on the A-10.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Murdoc, the update the comment thingy is more convenient than you’d think at first glance.

For undead T rexi, I think a quad mount .50 might do the trick, or one of them Vulcan gatling guns like on the A-10.

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]]> By: Friday Linkzookery - 23 May 2008: Murdoc Online http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Friday Linkzookery - 23 May 2008: Murdoc Online Sun, 25 May 2008 16:47:40 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-965 [...] Zombies, sure…but what about dinosaurs? How to defend yourself against a tyranosaur. [...]
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]]> By: ryan http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-957 ryan Sat, 24 May 2008 04:45:53 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-957 leave the shotgun at home. Bring the RPG<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('957','ryan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('957','ryan','leave the shotgun at home.\r\nBring the RPG'); return false;">Quote</a></div> leave the shotgun at home.
Bring the RPG
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]]> By: Dfens http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Dfens Sat, 24 May 2008 02:09:18 +0000 http://perfidy.org/zombies-surebut-what-about-dinosaurs/#comment-956 Dude, they're, like, <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_12_163/ai_99554533/pg_1" rel="nofollow">scavengers</a>. My advice, stay away from big, smelly, dead dinosaurs and you'll be ok - at least as far as T Rex is concerned. <a href="http://www.velociraptors.info/" rel="nofollow">Velociraptors</a>, on the other hand, are a bitch. On the up side, I think a 12 gauge would work on those little bastards, though.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('956','Dfens'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('956','Dfens','Dude, they\'re, like, <a href=\"http:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_m1200\/is_12_163\/ai_99554533\/pg_1\" rel=\"nofollow\">scavengers<\/a>. My advice, stay away from big, smelly, dead dinosaurs and you\'ll be ok - at least as far as T Rex is concerned. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velociraptors.info\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Velociraptors<\/a>, on the other hand, are a bitch. On the up side, I think a 12 gauge would work on those little bastards, though.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Dude, they’re, like, scavengers. My advice, stay away from big, smelly, dead dinosaurs and you’ll be ok – at least as far as T Rex is concerned. Velociraptors, on the other hand, are a bitch. On the up side, I think a 12 gauge would work on those little bastards, though.
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