Sometimes Whipping Dead Horses Works . . .
I’m not dead yet!
(Version fifteen of the quick list of very, very dead horses)
Introduction
This document has evolved from the barflies use of the phrase “beating a dead horse” to refer to topics discussed repeatedly. We’ve been talking about the 1632 universe since 1999. Despite posts by almost nine hundred people of over 3 gigabytes, more than one hundred seventy thousand messages to the bar on practically every possible subject, occasionally, a well covered subject is “brought back to life” by a new and odd viewpoint. Recent examples include:
- Gold-lined reaction vessels as a stainless steel substitutes
- The Head synthesis of Potassium Chlorate for primers
Therefore, if you are a relatively new barfly, please do not take this list as a prohibition to discuss these things, but rather, as a challenge. Sometimes, when you whip a dead horse, it gets up and stumbles around. Welcome to the bar!
Rick Boatright
Availability
This FAQ is no longer posted to Baen’s Bar. It just got too long. The editorial board long ago agreed to keep a copy on a web site, and submitted it to the Wayback Machine, so there will ALWAYS be a copy of this available on the web. Multiple versions of 1632.org are available there.
The Short Dead Horse List
First the REALLY short version. All these subjects have been done to death, on about a 3-month cycle since 1999. We’ve been there, Really. (This list is in no particular order. It’s the fastest way to get a feel for just how deeply we’ve discussed this.) If you want, you can skip to the wordier version.
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