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NotAlice |
Information Necromancy
Sep 11 2011, 12:25 PM EDT
Back in the mists of antiquity, there were these things called books and they were good. And in these books were esoteric things called references. With these a person could learn more detailed information on many topics. Ah, heck, what I'm saying is that there is gold in them-thar libraries. Case in point:Some people are old enough to remember when survivalists worried about nuclear war(anyone who grew up during the Cuban Missle Crisis!) and the books from then were geared toward that issue. Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson Kearney was very sought after for it's solid research. Among it's references is a paper on feeding folks after a nuclear war. At the time, I had to order a copy from the Feds and some bugger walked off with it a year or two later. Well, today I got to thinking about that paper and pulled up a copy of NWSS online to see if it was still around. http://www.survivalring.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Maintaining-Nutritional-Adequacy-During-A-Prolonged-Food-Crisis.pdf And it was. Free, downloadable, printable. It's about using available resources to feed a devastated country using expedient means. There's info on fireless cooking, filtering water, sprouting, and various nutritious ways of keeping a countrywide population fed. Is this useless because it came out in 1979? I wonder what other goodies are lurking in those older books, what do you think? Do you find this valuable? |
PedroAsani |
1. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 11 2011, 1:18 PM EDT
Older reference material is not invalidated by the year it came out. However, techniques and equipment advance all the time. The best way to use these is to read the skills an techniques, and then look for modern advances.
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DonovanRichter |
2. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 11 2011, 3:23 PM EDT
*Dono comes in wearing a white linen robe with a hood and mantle jangling something in his hands. After spreading out an unusually thin and pale piece of leather on the ground before him along with a lead plate, onto which he casts some ... what appear to be human finger bones upon it before he shouts in frustration "The bones tell me nothing!!" As he says this his ten year old nephew comes over with his hands cupped. Into which the robed figure pours black ink made of candle soot before looking around.*Oh.. wait.. what? =*_*= Do you find this valuable? |
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NotAlice |
3. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 11 2011, 4:05 PM EDT
True, Pedro. OTOH sometimes the information just falls through the cracks. I've yet to find this particular tidbit in an updated form. I was really surprised to not find an improved version of Nutritional Adequacy here on the Wiki. I think a little mining of Ye Olde Tyme Survivalists will uncover whole areas that the younger survivalists haven't thought about yet. Doesn't mean they can't teach an older one some nifty new stuff - I've already picked up some improvements from them.
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NotAlice |
4. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 11 2011, 4:10 PM EDT
Dono, Dono, Dono... of course the bones tell you nothing. No mouths. Sheesh! No, the way is within, summoning the spirits of enquiry. And using the ancient rite of NoteTaKing. :)
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DonovanRichter |
5. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 11 2011, 4:48 PM EDT
Oh... the bones need mouths to speak? =*_*= I guess instead of painting them on I should try this new method! =^_^= *Dono sits down with a steno pad and pencil and invites the spirit of enquiry into his hands as he begins scribbling random lines that just happen to form words.* Why in the world do I get oxy-clean commercials!?! =O_O= 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
Markthegenius |
6. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 12 2011, 3:47 PM EDT
Books are a MYTH! They never existed. Why would somebody use something ******* crazy like paper when they could use a keyboard and/or a USB memory drive?!Did the Egyptians use papyrus to plan blueprints for the pyramids?! Did they bollox! They used CAD software on their notebooks and PDAs 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
poke2000 |
7. RE: Information Necromancy
Sep 30 2011, 4:39 PM EDT
I have the new version of the NWSS downloaded to my computer and phone. Its about 12MB. Its a good book to have. Do you have a EMP target map in your NWSS?
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NotAlice |
8. RE: Information Necromancy
Oct 1 2011, 8:07 PM EDT
You know, I'm not sure. I'm embarassed to admit that I have mislaid my copy. OTOH, a 12mb download is definitely doable at least to my netbook(I still don't have a camera in my phone!) MTG: see EMP. I can see you drawing in the dust on your PDA. Wait, there isn't enuff room for any but microdrawings! Hope you have your microscope! :) Do you find this valuable? |
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poke2000 |
9. RE: Information Necromancy
Oct 1 2011, 9:21 PM EDT
I have one on file. Its a basic one. If you want I have a pocket mod of basic survival info that fits nicely in a wallet. I suggested this for the ZSDW membership card thread. Its really easy to make.
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NotAlice |
10. RE: Information Necromancy
Oct 1 2011, 9:55 PM EDT
P2K: As I recollect, the assumption was that any target that received an airburst also had the dubious privelege of EMP. I live in Minneapolis, MN. So, I was not near a groundburst - hence newer electronics were not part of my survival plan. I DO have a tube transceiver stashed in my basement....re: pocket mod I wouldn't mind getting one of those. It could fit in my "Get to my purse kit" . (I work in a clean room so my purse lives in a locker, my purse has my "Get to my car kit" and my car contains my "Get home kit"; I like the nested approach, each kit upgrades my chances and yet I can limp over a stage without losing much functionality.) Do you find this valuable? |
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poke2000 |
11. RE: Information Necromancy
Oct 1 2011, 10:57 PM EDT
Are you able to receive Pdf files?
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