Percent_Carbon comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Percent_Carbon 20 March 2012 07:33:03AM 0 points [-]

"It makes Dumbledore sound like "The Destroyer"."

How does it do that? There's only one D in "The Destroyer". Is there a character somewhere called The Destroyer whose initials are DD?

Comment author: wedrifid 20 March 2012 07:38:21AM *  5 points [-]

How does it do that? There's only one D in "The Destroyer".

In other news, standard Navy designations for battleships are BB, frigates are FF, battle cruisers are CC and submarines are SS.

Comment author: Multiheaded 23 March 2012 02:00:56PM *  0 points [-]

battle cruisers are CC

I thought that it was split into heavy (CA) and light (CL) cruisers, at least back during WW2. Also deviating from the two-letter pattern are carriers (CV) and escort carriers (CVL).

Damn, I really need to get into Gary Grisby's War in The Pacific someday. It's an amazing game, but immense and borderline unplayable, like Dwarf Fortress with you controlling a whole civilization.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 March 2012 03:06:58PM *  1 point [-]

I thought that it was split into heavy (CA) and light (CL) cruisers, at least back during WW2. Also deviating from the two-letter pattern

No, cruisers are split into battle cruisers (CC), armored (CA), large (CB), light and a couple of others, some of which are even still in use. Pre 1920 cruisers were just "C", destroyers "D" and battleships "B".