What if Sauron had won?

Tolkien actually discusses this in Letter #183: > Sauron desired to be a God-King. He was thrice involved in treachery: First, admiring strength, he had followed Morgoth and become his chief a…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [What if Sauron had won?]( Helge Kåre Fauskanger, sometimes Tolkienist, semi-fluent in Elvish • [Updated July 21, 2018]( [Tolkien actually discusses this in Letter #183: Sauron desired to be a God-King. He was thrice involved in treachery: First, admiring strength, he had followed Morgoth and b... Read more » [Upvote] 671 [Comment] 15](   [What animal is way bigger than what the average person thinks it is?]( Jesse Berg, lives in Western Massachusetts (2022-present) • [Answered February 27]( [So I had heard of Wombats and I had seen pictures like this one. What I hadn't seen was this: I mean, I had thought they were like the size of a small dog or big house cat. I... Read more » [Upvote] 1K [Comment] 71](   [Is RAID 5 okay for an SSD?]( Akash Jain, Computing Since 98. NAS, Storage an bit of Python • [Answered December 30]( [TLDR; NO. Not at all. You Don’t want to write equally to all your SSDs that will cause them to wear out equally and fail at the same time. You want a RAID algo that writes ... Read more » [Upvote] 214 [Comment] 15](   [How will humans look in 1000 years?]( Johnna Kay Zwernemann, A girl can dream can't she? • [Updated February 20]( [Let's imagine! Here is a facial reconstruction from over 8,000 years ago… This is a recent facial reconstruction of a 2,500 year old man: We can look back 1000 years to get an... Read more » [Upvote] 2.3K [Comment] 114](   [If Russia decides to launch nuclear weapons, how much lead time will the US and allies get to be 95%+ confident that the launch is coming up? And can they know what the general target is before launch?]( Mats Andersson, Visited 18 US states • [Answered October 2]( [“Lead time"? They have satellites watching. They will know what is happening inside a minute. Flight time for an ICBM is about thirty minutes. It takes about 15 minutes to la... Read more » [Upvote] 668 [Comment] 78](   [Why do many people hate Ayn Rand without reading her?]( Chris O'Leary, Former Marine. Political Nerd. History Buff. Married a Doc. • [Answered January 31]( [You don’t need to read Ayn Rand to get what she’s about. Coming from a guy who HAS read her. This coming from a guy who, in his youth, like so many other youths, couldn’t see... Read more » [Upvote] 1.4K [Comment] 140](   [Is Yoko Ono a nice person?]( Dakin Hardwick, works at Ticketfly • [Answered September 11, 2018]( [I went to a Sean Lennon show once in SF. I was in the balcony and looked to my right and Yoko was there, alone, waiting for her son to play. It was kind of a once in a life... Read more » [Upvote] 2.9K [Comment] 236](   [Is Eminem's recent albums comparable to his early ones?]( Elijah Krause, Student (2010-present) • [Answered September 13]( [No. But that might be a good thing. His first three albums, specifically the Marshall Mathers LP and, my personal favorite of his, The Eminem Show, are masterpieces. Then the... Read more » [Upvote] 161 [Comment] 16](   [What is a body-to-body massage?]( Florence Fox Jones, See how I save 90% on flights with Mighty Travels Premium. • [Answered August 24, 2022]( [A body-to-body massage is a form of massage that uses direct physical contact between the therapist and client. This type of massage is often done with oil or lotion, and th... Read more » [Upvote] 1.1K [Comment] 42](   [My 14 year old cousin says he can hack my iPhone by telling Siri a series of words. Is this true?]( Vasil Lazarov, Freelancer (2013-present) • [Answered April 16, 2019]( [Well it is not exactly hacking. At some major iOS updates from apple there are ways to bypass the passcode on an iPhone and access some of the information in it. Some of th... Read more » [Upvote] 879 [Comment] 11](   [What are the best C++ books?]( S.B Recruiting, Recruiter for Turing at Software Developers (2020-present) • [Answered February 8]( [Here are some of the best books to learn C++: • "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup: This is the book written by the creator of C++ and provides a comprehens... Read more » [Upvote] 299](   [How do scientists joke? Can you remember professional jokes from science that you like?]( Steve Wexler, Family Practitioner (1993-present) • [Answered November 19]( [An infinite number of mathematicians walks into a bar. The first mathematician orders a beer. The second one orders half a beer. The next orders 1/4 of a beer.... Read more » [Upvote] 1.9K [Comment] 92]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.