The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHe also objects to crosswalks.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down123
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minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoRudder-equipped vessels were driven by a tiller until the 18th century. Source: naval historian Okay that’s a lie, I looked it up on wikipedia
minus-squaredoingless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoYeah probably 17th century - confirmed as early as 1703 but expected to have existed earlier. So I was definitely wrong. But how do we know it wasn’t invented thousands of years earlier and forgotten? But yeah, not in Jesus’ time.
minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months agoMaybe Jesus invented it and forgot to write down the design? We’ll never know. (Does this guy know that 1703 was the 18th century?)
Rudder-equipped vessels were driven by a tiller until the 18th century.
Source: naval historian
Okay that’s a lie, I looked it up on wikipedia
Yeah probably 17th century - confirmed as early as 1703 but expected to have existed earlier. So I was definitely wrong. But how do we know it wasn’t invented thousands of years earlier and forgotten? But yeah, not in Jesus’ time.
Maybe Jesus invented it and forgot to write down the design? We’ll never know.
(Does this guy know that 1703 was the 18th century?)