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7/12/2025, 8:59:58 AM
>>17834486
The ship was literally designed to accommodate as many as 64 lifeboats. The number actually to be fitted on the ship was reduced to 32 during construction and then to 16 (the legally required absolute minimum for a ship of Titanic's weight classification) to increase space on the First-Class promenade, then bumped up again to 20 with the addition of four collapsible boats. So Titanic was actually carrying more boats than was legally required to at the time.
>>17834568
They weren't even able to actually launch all 20 boats that they had, Collapsibles A and B were were both swamped and floated free of the ship as it began its final plunge. If anything, additional lifeboats might have actually increased the number of fatalities as each launch would have taken substantially longer.
>Ultimately probably every soul would have been rescued if the SS Californian had responded.
Nah, SS Californian
1. Was too small to accommodate everyone, having less than half of the displacement of the Carpathia (which had struggled to accommodate all 700 survivors) and 1/10th of the Titanic's.
2. Had already powered down its boilers at the time of the collision with the iceberg (hint: steam engines are not like diesel-electric ones which you can cold start in an instant).
3. Would have been hindered in its efforts by Titanic accidentally misreporting its own position (this actually caused an hour-long delay in Carpathia reaching the scene, not that it mattered).
In short, even if Cyril Evans had been on the wireless another hour and heard the first distress call, and Stanley Lord had immediately sprung into action the same way Rostron did and restarted the boilers and engines, and managed to not get thrown off by Titanic's misreporting its position, it's still doubtful whether the Californian could have actually reached the ship before she sunk. At best, they might have reached Titanic just in time to watch the ship split in two and go under.
The ship was literally designed to accommodate as many as 64 lifeboats. The number actually to be fitted on the ship was reduced to 32 during construction and then to 16 (the legally required absolute minimum for a ship of Titanic's weight classification) to increase space on the First-Class promenade, then bumped up again to 20 with the addition of four collapsible boats. So Titanic was actually carrying more boats than was legally required to at the time.
>>17834568
They weren't even able to actually launch all 20 boats that they had, Collapsibles A and B were were both swamped and floated free of the ship as it began its final plunge. If anything, additional lifeboats might have actually increased the number of fatalities as each launch would have taken substantially longer.
>Ultimately probably every soul would have been rescued if the SS Californian had responded.
Nah, SS Californian
1. Was too small to accommodate everyone, having less than half of the displacement of the Carpathia (which had struggled to accommodate all 700 survivors) and 1/10th of the Titanic's.
2. Had already powered down its boilers at the time of the collision with the iceberg (hint: steam engines are not like diesel-electric ones which you can cold start in an instant).
3. Would have been hindered in its efforts by Titanic accidentally misreporting its own position (this actually caused an hour-long delay in Carpathia reaching the scene, not that it mattered).
In short, even if Cyril Evans had been on the wireless another hour and heard the first distress call, and Stanley Lord had immediately sprung into action the same way Rostron did and restarted the boilers and engines, and managed to not get thrown off by Titanic's misreporting its position, it's still doubtful whether the Californian could have actually reached the ship before she sunk. At best, they might have reached Titanic just in time to watch the ship split in two and go under.
7/8/2025, 8:58:33 AM
7/8/2025, 2:22:45 AM
>>63953137
As much as a piece of shit Netanyahu is, the fighting wouldn't stop overnight if he was ejected from office at this point. It would at best clear the way for a new Israeli leader who might be somewhat amendable to making certain compromises, such as ruling out expulsion of the Gazan population on the condition that Hamas completely surrender.
As much as a piece of shit Netanyahu is, the fighting wouldn't stop overnight if he was ejected from office at this point. It would at best clear the way for a new Israeli leader who might be somewhat amendable to making certain compromises, such as ruling out expulsion of the Gazan population on the condition that Hamas completely surrender.
7/8/2025, 2:00:26 AM
>>63950742
>Sure
Fuck, got me on that one.
>>63953646
It's not rape if she actually wants it you baka. At that point it's just rough sex.
>Sure
Fuck, got me on that one.
>>63953646
It's not rape if she actually wants it you baka. At that point it's just rough sex.
7/6/2025, 5:48:47 PM
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7/4/2025, 11:01:31 PM
>>63935654
>The book trilogy Halo was plagiarized from
That's not Ringworld by Larry Niven and the New Testament...
>The book trilogy Halo was plagiarized from
That's not Ringworld by Larry Niven and the New Testament...
7/4/2025, 11:13:49 AM
>>17813478
Compared to the Federal government and it's vast lists of laws, George III's reign practically looks like full-blown anarchy.
>>17813517
>except they weren't called 'police' back then but lobstahbacks.
Night watchmen, constables, and the state militias were the direct equivalent of police in the 13 Colonies
Compared to the Federal government and it's vast lists of laws, George III's reign practically looks like full-blown anarchy.
>>17813517
>except they weren't called 'police' back then but lobstahbacks.
Night watchmen, constables, and the state militias were the direct equivalent of police in the 13 Colonies
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7/2/2025, 11:35:24 PM
7/2/2025, 11:37:02 AM
>>17807905
>20th Maine abandons Little Round Top trying to kill Kiki due to New Englanders' pathological urge to burn witches, allowing the Confederates to just walk up and occupy it
>>17808407
You're gay
>20th Maine abandons Little Round Top trying to kill Kiki due to New Englanders' pathological urge to burn witches, allowing the Confederates to just walk up and occupy it
>>17808407
You're gay
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6/19/2025, 10:14:00 PM
6/19/2025, 7:35:57 AM
>>17774335
The Kingdom of Judea was a theocratic monarchy where Judaism was the state religion, the modern state of Israel is a Western-style secular republic that functions as an ethnostate for Jews.
The Kingdom of Judea was a theocratic monarchy where Judaism was the state religion, the modern state of Israel is a Western-style secular republic that functions as an ethnostate for Jews.
6/16/2025, 8:56:51 PM
6/16/2025, 5:15:31 AM
>>63842597
>>63843590
Didn't he have his brains blown out and get run over by his own car on The Sopranos?
>>63843590
Didn't he have his brains blown out and get run over by his own car on The Sopranos?
6/16/2025, 2:37:10 AM
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6/12/2025, 4:01:14 PM
>>17757645
>dad would rather, instead of fleeing to some place safe, move to Amsterdam and take over a spice trading company
He who controls the spice controls the universe!
>dad would rather, instead of fleeing to some place safe, move to Amsterdam and take over a spice trading company
He who controls the spice controls the universe!
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