"The reason this doesn’t lead to an exploded gun and missing fingers is due to the unique ignition system. There are two percussion caps for every cylinder."

Lets not kid ourselves. Part of the reason this never caught on is that it still does result in chain fires and missing fingers.

Although this technology still gets trotted out every once in a while. The Metal Storm system loads sequential powder charges in a tube as well although it electronically fires them.

Good tracing of the Banjo's cultural roots, but you missed some of the technological background behind it.

In the age before electronic amplification, the resonator plate on the banjo makes it a lot easier to hear in a crowded concert hall than an acoustic guitar. It may also be why hybrid instruments like the banjolele and the banjolin were developed.

We already know how to do this, but it hasn't been important enough to apply to every day equipment. Self sharpening kinetic energy anti-tank projectiles have been around for a while though.

Combined queuing is not really faster. It reduces the variation in queue time, but not the average wait itself. Also in separate queues, customers will self-optimize towards the faster queues. They can't do that with combined queues. So combined queues are fairer, but not faster in absolute terms.

Also one reason for long queues is that retailers pay their employees for their time, but not their customers. So provided the customers are happy, the retailer has no reason to make their wait shorter.

I concur with Just Some Guy. Percussion caps didn't exist before the early 19th century so this gun is either not 16th century or not originally percussion. I'm guessing it was originally matchlock or else fired by placing a length of fuse through those nipples and lighting one end.

It's funnier to see a pornstar come up for Montana.

Not a station wagon, a shooting brake.

Yeah this data would be much clearer if she used a stacked bar chart. Her odd pie chart means that the area/radius issues make really understanding the plot very difficult. My management would never let me brief a general with a plot like that.

Cute, but I bet I could improve the weight to payload ratio a lot just by taking those neat little legs off and putting wheels on it.

Hero's aeolipile is also a primitive the steam turbine as well.

"The original traditional kilt is much longer than the modern ceremonial kilt. Accidental exposure is, therefore, much less likely when wearing a proper kilt than the silly modern thing."

Nope. Both the modern tailored kilt and the old great kilt fall to the knee plus or minus. Historically it was often more minus than plus. The great kilt is longer, but that's because a large portion is above and about the belt line.

But yeah, wear some boxers or something. Or at least put something heavy in your sporran.

The break room at the zoo is hilarious.

What, the turtle couldn't find a cardboard box?

There is nothing wrong with writing an essay, report, or paper for a fee. There is everything wrong with passing someone else's work off as your own.

Why electrically power it? It is a failure source. Just get a decent bearing and spin it by hand like in the Walmart display cases.