Game of Thrones begins....

[Martinus]

The real question is how 600 ft of ice remains standing after 14 years (or however much it was)of summer.

I wonder if a 600 ft wall of ice could even support itself.

Ever heard of icebergs?

[Sheilbh]

I always thought the winter and summer were just figurative

[katmai]

I always thought the winter and summer were just figurative

Never read the books, watched first episode last night and I already came to same conclusion

[Razgovory]

The real question is how 600 ft of ice remains standing after 14 years (or however much it was)of summer.

I wonder if a 600 ft wall of ice could even support itself.

Ever heard of icebergs?

Yes, they are big pieces of Ice that float in the water so you know the water supports a great deal of it's weight.

[katmai]

Uh does it say how wide the wall is? I mean 600 feet is nothing, I just spent a day on 4,000 foot thick glacier.

[Razgovory]

Uh does it say how wide the wall is? I mean 600 feet is nothing, I just spent a day on 4,000 foot thick glacier.

I believe it mentions that several horses can walk alongside one another on the top of it.

[The Brain]

I always thought the winter and summer were just figurative

[CountDeMoney]

This thread delivers, in all its chock-full-of-heady-Timmay-nerdgasm goodness.  You fucking monkeys.

[Ed Anger]

This thread delivers, in all its chock-full-of-heady-Timmay-nerdgasm goodness.  You fucking monkeys.

I'd like to stuff every one of them into a locker.

[Slargos]

What? It's basic thermodynamics. When the winter comes, the temperature around the wall will decrease, which will cause the wall's temperature to decrease too - in layman terms you could say that the wall "accumulates cold" (although it is obviously not strictly correct as cold is the absence of heat, so in thermodynamics sense, it will really give out heat).

When the temperature around the wall goes up (i.e. summer comes), the warm air will cause the wall to melt, which will decrease the temperature of air around the wall, as the air will give away heat in the process of melting the well - thus, again in layman's terms, the wall will "give out cold" (i.e. accumulate heat, getting warmer in the process).

So, yes, Slargos was right that it's a matter of perspective, at least to the extent you describe the outward effects of the process, rather than the mechanics of the process itself.

Well. Sometimes support comes from the unlikeliest of sources. Is it opposite week? 

[grumbler]

What? It's basic thermodynamics. When the winter comes, the temperature around the wall will decrease, which will cause the wall's temperature to decrease too - in layman terms you could say that the wall "accumulates cold" (although it is obviously not strictly correct as cold is the absence of heat, so in thermodynamics sense, it will really give out heat).

When the temperature around the wall goes up (i.e. summer comes), the warm air will cause the wall to melt, which will decrease the temperature of air around the wall, as the air will give away heat in the process of melting the well - thus, again in layman's terms, the wall will "give out cold" (i.e. accumulate heat, getting warmer in the process).

So, yes, Slargos was right that it's a matter of perspective, at least to the extent you describe the outward effects of the process, rather than the mechanics of the process itself.

Well. Sometimes support comes from the unlikeliest of sources. Is it opposite week? 

Some days you get it right, and some days you get it Marti.  This is one of the latter days.  Pity, but then your argument was about a magical kingdom, so no great loss when you turned out to be arguing what Marti would argue. 

[Slargos]

What? It's basic thermodynamics. When the winter comes, the temperature around the wall will decrease, which will cause the wall's temperature to decrease too - in layman terms you could say that the wall "accumulates cold" (although it is obviously not strictly correct as cold is the absence of heat, so in thermodynamics sense, it will really give out heat).

When the temperature around the wall goes up (i.e. summer comes), the warm air will cause the wall to melt, which will decrease the temperature of air around the wall, as the air will give away heat in the process of melting the well - thus, again in layman's terms, the wall will "give out cold" (i.e. accumulate heat, getting warmer in the process).

So, yes, Slargos was right that it's a matter of perspective, at least to the extent you describe the outward effects of the process, rather than the mechanics of the process itself.

Well. Sometimes support comes from the unlikeliest of sources. Is it opposite week? 

Some days you get it right, and some days you get it Marti.  This is one of the latter days.  Pity, but then your argument was about a magical kingdom, so no great loss when you turned out to be arguing what Marti would argue.

You radiate a lot of cold. Are you magical?

[jimmy olsen]

[Siege]

Is there anyway to watch this show without subscribing to HBO?
I feel is a waste to pay 20 bucks a month just watch one TV show since HBO does not have anything else that interests me or that is not avaliable somewhere else.
If I subscribe then I will feel the obligation to waste my limited time watching their crap.

[Slargos]

*cough*