Originally posted by Robtard
Pretty cool, though not as cool as the military's idea of a 'gay bomb', imo.Two things they should add to the laser:
1) Color. Not epic if it's invisible; I prefer green.
2) Sound effect. Not epic if it's quiet. Needs either a 'Tha-pffff' or the classic SW 'pew-pew'. Either will work.
I love the idea of laser sounding all pew-pew! I vote for that.
On the more serious note, I'm not that excited about weapons breakthroughs...
Originally posted by King Castle
i think you parents under went the nuclear arm race the cold war started in the 80's and ended in the 90's..it was two different events.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_%281985%E2%80%931991%29
The Cold War period of 1985-1991 began with the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as Soviet leader. Gorbachev was a revolutionary leader for the USSR, as he was the first to promote liberalization of the political landscape (Glasnost) and capitalist elements into the economy (Perestroika); prior to this, the USSR had been strictly prohibiting liberal reform and maintained an inefficient centralized economy. The USSR, facing massive economic difficulties, was also greatly interested in reducing the costly arms race with the US. Reagan's policies of aggressive confrontation and arms buildups through much of his term prevented the USSR from cutting back its military spending as much as it might have liked. Regardless, the USSR began to crumble as liberal reforms proved difficult to handle and capitalist changes to the centralized economy were badly transitioned and caused major problems. After a series of revolutions in Soviet Bloc states, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
well sure, there were different periods, but, at least around Canada, "cold war" refers to a period from ~1950 to the 90s where the world could easily be divided into 2 oppositional blocs.
it's less that they remember different things than Canadian culture diverged significantly from the Americans during this period. in the early build up, we were targets because soviet planes were going to fly over the north, making Canadian airspace some of the most critical in the world. by the time icbms were introduced, we really saw the cold war as "your war". there are some interesting anecdotes from the time that I won't bore you with, but the larger point is that by the 80s there was no real reason for canadians to pay a lot of attention to it, as it no longer really affected our domestic politics.
in terms of what robtard was saying, we didn't even get the propaganda. I remember that ussr was a place to visit in a Carmen sandiego computer game, but it was almost like they avoided talking about it. you know, like native rights issues and poverty
Originally posted by inimalist
well sure, there were different periods, but, at least around Canada, "cold war" refers to a period from ~1950 to the 90s where the world could easily be divided into 2 oppositional blocs.it's less that they remember different things than Canadian culture diverged significantly from the Americans during this period. in the early build up, we were targets because soviet planes were going to fly over the north, making Canadian airspace some of the most critical in the world. by the time icbms were introduced, we really saw the cold war as "your war". there are some interesting anecdotes from the time that I won't bore you with, but the larger point is that by the 80s there was no real reason for canadians to pay a lot of attention to it, as it no longer really affected our domestic politics.
in terms of what robtard was saying, we didn't even get the propaganda. I remember that ussr was a place to visit in a Carmen sandiego computer game, but it was almost like they avoided talking about it. you know, like native rights issues and poverty