Quickie Questions

I'm trying to find a thread on this site that discusses mythology, like Greek mythology. Little help finding it?

Try this one.

The reason modern day bullets are so much more accurate than older bullets, is because there is rifling on the barrel that causes said bullet to spin, thus making it more stable during flight. Do projectiles fired from rail guns and coil guns spin? I know there's no rifling, but if they don't spin, then wouldn't they be less stable in flight?

I have two quick questions

1. I am having trouble selling some old video game stuff on Ebay. Are there ways that I can expand and gain a customer base? Are there ways I can attact customers?

2. Is it possible to buy stock overseas?

The WMG page of Dragonball Super is getting too big, it needs to be made shorter. I feel that we need to give it a sub-page for the Universal Survival Arc, as that's the biggie. Where do I go to ask if I can do something like this?

I'd start in either Ask The Tropers or the Projects subforums.

So, here's just a dumb thing I was wondering. Animation, both 2D and 3D, takes a loooong time, right? Animation Lead Time & all that. Well, my question is this: The first two films in the Rugrats series, The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats In Paris, were released only two years apart; 1998 and 2000 respectively. How was Klasky-Csupo able to animate a whole new film in the span of only one full year? Thanks.

Big teams to split the work up among? Working on both at the same time?

Is all of existence just movement?

I ask because my sister, while preparing her husband's birthday party, said to me "Isn't it funny how getting ready is just moving stuff around? Even showering you just move water over yourself to move dirt off of you."

I can be... anxious about such stupid things, and started applying this to everything, hence my question. Which I don't think makes sense anyway and the answer's probably just yes.

What's the difference between an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) and a bazooka?

A bazooka is a specific kind of rocket launcher, apparently.

Both are actually specific models of weapon.

The most iconic RPG you probably think of is the RPG-7.

Bazooka is a proper noun and was a recoilless rifle frpm WW 2

@Polar Phantom,
That question is probably best asked in the philosophy thread or the random thoughts thread if you don't want too much well, philosophy.

The question I'm more interested in is "are there explosive rockets you fire out of handheld launching tubes which are not rocket-propelled grenades?"

There are shoulder launched rockets and missiles and shells and smaller hand launched non-rocket grenades.

So what makes it a grenade on a rocket as opposed to a rocket with a different kind of explosive payload?

I think it might have to do with projectile design but I'd have to check.

Might honestly just be a manufacturer label than anything.

RPG is also a proper noun. Being a prefix to the entire family of Soviet designed launchers. There are dozens of different models that are called RPG-whatever

edited 3rd Dec '17 4:30:14 PM by LeGarcon

@Century Eye: Thanks for the suggestion.

Friendly reminder that we do have a Military Thread.

Is there a thread on this site where I can talk to people about why we like fiction/art and what value we find in it?

Not that I know of, but you're welcome to start one in On-Topic or Yack Fest.

~Polar Phantom: Regarding your earlier question about movement, are you asking philosophically or scientifically? Scientifically, all matter is an expression of energy confined in quantum packets and interacting according to fundamental laws. Motion, energy, and matter are synonymous at the most basic level. Every one of us is an unimaginably complex system built upon layers and layers of emergent phenomena, each arising from the properties of the layer below it.

Animals, plants, rocks, planets, stars, galaxies, space dust: it's all made of the same stuff, and it's all in motion, all the time.

edited 8th Dec '17 8:42:31 PM by Fighteer

It's a weird question I've kind of abandoned, but I sort of meant it philosophically.

Of course, science and philosophy are linked very closely, so I'm sure the question was answered already.

Consider this scenario: A married couple's repeated failures to have children drives the mother to resort to artificial insemination from a sperm bank.

Now, is there an existing term that could describe the relationship between the resulting child and the husband? Would he be her "stepfather", since he's only related to her by marriage to her birth mother? I don't think he could be called her "adoptive" father, since no adoption is involved.

edited 11th Dec '17 5:49:20 AM by MarqFJA

I would say "non-biological father", but I don't think most people would make a big deal out of the distinction. It's definitely not "adoptive father" or "stepfather", since those have precise meanings that aren't satisfied by this situation.

edited 11th Dec '17 6:45:12 AM by Fighteer