Talk:1257: Monster - Revision history

172.68.189.19 at 16:54, 29 August 2018

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Bbruzzo at 18:48, 2 September 2015

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108.162.219.58 at 09:08, 4 February 2014

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Canned Soul at 05:40, 1 September 2013

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31.109.251.100 at 13:37, 30 August 2013

2013-08-30T13:37:14Z

Tianshuo at 01:04, 29 August 2013

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70.29.69.4 at 19:33, 28 August 2013

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184.66.160.91 at 14:30, 28 August 2013

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31.109.251.100 at 14:07, 28 August 2013

2013-08-28T14:07:59Z

Tbc: previous edit wikified links, this one fixes a typo in a link

2013-08-28T13:23:22Z

previous edit wikified links, this one fixes a typo in a link

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	I do not think this is a reference to Pacific Rim, at least not any more than it is a reference to Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, etc. Unless Pacific Rim was released the same week or something, it seems like a very arbitrary movie to select from the broader "monsters destroying things" genre. [[User:Bbruzzo\|Bbruzzo]] ([[User talk:Bbruzzo\|talk]]) 18:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)		I do not think this is a reference to Pacific Rim, at least not any more than it is a reference to Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, etc. Unless Pacific Rim was released the same week or something, it seems like a very arbitrary movie to select from the broader "monsters destroying things" genre. [[User:Bbruzzo\|Bbruzzo]] ([[User talk:Bbruzzo\|talk]]) 18:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I like how the title text basically said, "We dropped a nuke on the thing that had the power of a nuke." [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.19\|172.68.189.19]] 16:54, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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	How big was the nuclear explosion? "Oh, about as big as a small nuclear explosion." You don't think that's a weird and unhelpful way to explain something? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58\|108.162.219.58]] 09:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)		How big was the nuclear explosion? "Oh, about as big as a small nuclear explosion." You don't think that's a weird and unhelpful way to explain something? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58\|108.162.219.58]] 09:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
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		+	I do not think this is a reference to Pacific Rim, at least not any more than it is a reference to Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, etc. Unless Pacific Rim was released the same week or something, it seems like a very arbitrary movie to select from the broader "monsters destroying things" genre. [[User:Bbruzzo\|Bbruzzo]] ([[User talk:Bbruzzo\|talk]]) 18:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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	::Ok, it works better with the additional "huge non-nuclear energies are explained in terms of Hiroshima" bit appended, you tend to only explain nuclear blasts in terms of their multiple of this standard or (ironically, as with Hiroshima's 12-20 estimate) in megatonnes of TNT or boring old (kilo/whatever)Joule-units. I just read it as "the baseball was thrown at the speed of a little-league baseball", or similar. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 13:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)		::Ok, it works better with the additional "huge non-nuclear energies are explained in terms of Hiroshima" bit appended, you tend to only explain nuclear blasts in terms of their multiple of this standard or (ironically, as with Hiroshima's 12-20 estimate) in megatonnes of TNT or boring old (kilo/whatever)Joule-units. I just read it as "the baseball was thrown at the speed of a little-league baseball", or similar. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 13:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
	:::It's not a tautology, since the reference to Hiroshima is, in fact, providing a reference point for its energy (especially since the Hiroshima bomb has a specific energy attributed), and not all nuclear bombs have that same destructive energy. --[[User:Canned Soul\|Canned Soul]] ([[User talk:Canned Soul\|talk]]) 05:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)		:::It's not a tautology, since the reference to Hiroshima is, in fact, providing a reference point for its energy (especially since the Hiroshima bomb has a specific energy attributed), and not all nuclear bombs have that same destructive energy. --[[User:Canned Soul\|Canned Soul]] ([[User talk:Canned Soul\|talk]]) 05:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
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		+	How big was the nuclear explosion? "Oh, about as big as a small nuclear explosion." You don't think that's a weird and unhelpful way to explain something? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58\|108.162.219.58]] 09:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

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	:How is it a tautology? Do all nuclear weapons "carry the destructive energy of the Hiroshima bomb"? [[Special:Contributions/70.29.69.4\|70.29.69.4]] 19:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)		:How is it a tautology? Do all nuclear weapons "carry the destructive energy of the Hiroshima bomb"? [[Special:Contributions/70.29.69.4\|70.29.69.4]] 19:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
	::Ok, it works better with the additional "huge non-nuclear energies are explained in terms of Hiroshima" bit appended, you tend to only explain nuclear blasts in terms of their multiple of this standard or (ironically, as with Hiroshima's 12-20 estimate) in megatonnes of TNT or boring old (kilo/whatever)Joule-units. I just read it as "the baseball was thrown at the speed of a little-league baseball", or similar. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 13:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)		::Ok, it works better with the additional "huge non-nuclear energies are explained in terms of Hiroshima" bit appended, you tend to only explain nuclear blasts in terms of their multiple of this standard or (ironically, as with Hiroshima's 12-20 estimate) in megatonnes of TNT or boring old (kilo/whatever)Joule-units. I just read it as "the baseball was thrown at the speed of a little-league baseball", or similar. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 13:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
		+	:::It's not a tautology, since the reference to Hiroshima is, in fact, providing a reference point for its energy (especially since the Hiroshima bomb has a specific energy attributed), and not all nuclear bombs have that same destructive energy. --[[User:Canned Soul\|Canned Soul]] ([[User talk:Canned Soul\|talk]]) 05:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

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	:How is it a tautology? Do all nuclear weapons "carry the destructive energy of the Hiroshima bomb"? [[Special:Contributions/70.29.69.4\|70.29.69.4]] 19:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)		:How is it a tautology? Do all nuclear weapons "carry the destructive energy of the Hiroshima bomb"? [[Special:Contributions/70.29.69.4\|70.29.69.4]] 19:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
		+	::Ok, it works better with the additional "huge non-nuclear energies are explained in terms of Hiroshima" bit appended, you tend to only explain nuclear blasts in terms of their multiple of this standard or (ironically, as with Hiroshima's 12-20 estimate) in megatonnes of TNT or boring old (kilo/whatever)Joule-units. I just read it as "the baseball was thrown at the speed of a little-league baseball", or similar. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 13:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

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 This comic should be based on Pacific Rim(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/) and the dictionary of numbers(http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/05/15/dictionary-of-numbers/)  [[User:Tianshuo|Tianshuo]] ([[User talk:Tianshuo|talk]]) 08:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 : I've not seen Pacific Rim so I may be missing something obvious, but why? I don't see any obvious references to either. It's certainly in someways a continuation of the dictionary of numbers, but it looks at it from the other direction as a too often used cliche.  [[Special:Contributions/131.123.61.160|131.123.61.160]] 10:51, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 I like to relate this to [[1047: Approximations]] and [[526: Converting to Metric]] [[User:Theo|Theo]] ([[User talk:Theo|talk]]) 12:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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	:Perhaps is could be noted that the Hiroshima bomb was one of the smallest nuclear bombs ever used. Probably enough to kill most monsters less than several football fields in length, but only about seven times the strength of the Halifax explosion. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91\|184.66.160.91]] 14:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)		:Perhaps is could be noted that the Hiroshima bomb was one of the smallest nuclear bombs ever used. Probably enough to kill most monsters less than several football fields in length, but only about seven times the strength of the Halifax explosion. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91\|184.66.160.91]] 14:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
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		+	:How is it a tautology? Do all nuclear weapons "carry the destructive energy of the Hiroshima bomb"? [[Special:Contributions/70.29.69.4\|70.29.69.4]] 19:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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	I added the basic tautology reference, but really wanted to add more, bracketted, maybe like: "(Usually overwhelmingly large amounts of conventional explosives, meteorite explosions or other non-nuclear energy-producers are likened directly as single-Hiroshima equivalent, although nuclear (or non-nuclear) blasts that are multiple-Hiroshimas in size maybe so scaled.)" But that looks too wordy. Feel free to adapt/adopt/correct. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 14:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)		I added the basic tautology reference, but really wanted to add more, bracketted, maybe like: "(Usually overwhelmingly large amounts of conventional explosives, meteorite explosions or other non-nuclear energy-producers are likened directly as single-Hiroshima equivalent, although nuclear (or non-nuclear) blasts that are multiple-Hiroshimas in size maybe so scaled.)" But that looks too wordy. Feel free to adapt/adopt/correct. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 14:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
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		+	:Perhaps is could be noted that the Hiroshima bomb was one of the smallest nuclear bombs ever used. Probably enough to kill most monsters less than several football fields in length, but only about seven times the strength of the Halifax explosion. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91\|184.66.160.91]] 14:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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	I like to relate this to [[1047: Approximations]] and [[526: Converting to Metric]] [[User:Theo\|Theo]] ([[User talk:Theo\|talk]]) 12:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)		I like to relate this to [[1047: Approximations]] and [[526: Converting to Metric]] [[User:Theo\|Theo]] ([[User talk:Theo\|talk]]) 12:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
	:Your links appear to be broken [[Special:Contributions/131.123.61.160\|131.123.61.160]] 12:48, 28 August 2013 (UTC)		:Your links appear to be broken [[Special:Contributions/131.123.61.160\|131.123.61.160]] 12:48, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
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		+	I added the basic tautology reference, but really wanted to add more, bracketted, maybe like: "(Usually overwhelmingly large amounts of conventional explosives, meteorite explosions or other non-nuclear energy-producers are likened directly as single-Hiroshima equivalent, although nuclear (or non-nuclear) blasts that are multiple-Hiroshimas in size maybe so scaled.)" But that looks too wordy. Feel free to adapt/adopt/correct. [[Special:Contributions/31.109.251.100\|31.109.251.100]] 14:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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 : I've not seen Pacific Rim so I may be missing something obvious, but why? I don't see any obvious references to either. It's certainly in someways a continuation of the dictionary of numbers, but it looks at it from the other direction as a too often used cliche.  [[Special:Contributions/131.123.61.160|131.123.61.160]] 10:51, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
-I like to relate this to [[1047: Approximations]] and [[526:_ onverting to Metric]] [[User:Theo|Theo]] ([[User talk:Theo|talk]]) 12:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
+I like to relate this to [[1047: Approximations]] and [[526: Converting to Metric]] [[User:Theo|Theo]] ([[User talk:Theo|talk]]) 12:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 :Your links appear to be broken [[Special:Contributions/131.123.61.160|131.123.61.160]] 12:48, 28 August 2013 (UTC)