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Slippery Slime Developed to Control Crowds
powlow writes "Southwest Research Institute (press release )developed a non-hazardous chemical spray system that spreads a highly slippery, viscous gel (which the lab designated a "mobility denial system" and dubbed "banana peel
in a can") to inhibit the movement of individuals or vehicles on treated surfaces. Marines Corps believes it can be used for crowd control. (Defense Technical Information Center's PDF Report) In tests, volunteers attempted in vain to walk across a lawn sprayed
with the slime, and in fact, had they not been safety-harnessed during the tests, many would have broken bones."
They also field-tested this at Mardi Gras this year in New Orleans. Unfortunately, the crowds mistook it for a personal lubricant and 47 people ended up hospitalized for exhaustion.
the end result is what's called a "Denial of Mobility Attack, or DoM. the best solution is to firewall against such attacks. simply build a nice sturdy wall about every 3 feet or so for slipping people to catch their balance on, and prevent further mobility denials. ciscocisco is I hear working on a solution as we speak, it's been codenamed the brick and mortarist 3000 series firewall.
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Does this mean my old Slip And Slide thing is still worth something? If this slime is what it says it is, then I can get some SERIOUS speed down that plastic mat. Might need to extend it, too...
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Cop1: "EVERYONE DISPERSE! THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!"
...
Cop2: "They aren't moving, slime em."
SPLOTCH!
Cop1: "NOW EVERYONE DISPERSE!"
Hippie: "Ok, ok, we're moving... um, wait a second, we CAN'T MOVE!"
Cop1: "Bill, you go out there and drag a few out."
Cop2: "You got it Bob..."
(Bill slips on the slime halfway down the street)
Cop1: "Damn... Hey, Charlie, get you but out there and help Bill!"
... hours pass
Cop1: "Steve, you go and try and help Jim help Greg help Monica help Charlie help Bill."
Cop7: "Sure thing boss!"
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
Would that would make spikes a circumvention device?
Your golf/soccer/football shoes are now illegal...
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Whoa! I see a future for a new, even more violent version of Twister. :-)
I think you mean "curling". "Hurling" is a bloody Irish sport fought with sticks. The addition of a slippery surface would only turn it into ice hockey without the armour or strict rules.
I thought Hurling was an Irish activity usually occuring after having had too many Guinesses.
Those shoes are also quite nice to step on any policeman that happens to have fallen over (should not be that rare, if they stepped on the goo themselves in the heat of the moment...)
Say no to software patents.
Perhaps a starving mass of people mobbing a food delivery...
In that case it'd be better to use high pressure, large diameter hoses and spray the hungry rioters with a delicious mixture of mashed potatoes, sausage gravy, syrup, and Jell-O. Of course you'd want to heat it to around 150-180 degrees first, so it might not be practical.
Beats the crap out of the beauty and the beast. Reserve your tickets now!
What they really should do, is all riots could be simulated by a computer. The computer would choose 'fatalities' in the riot, and then the people chosen could report to disintegration chambers. Certainly this is a good solution.
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With this, you're forcing the people to stay at the scene, which kind of defeats the purpose
Not if they are rioting on a steep hill.
There are also weaker versions of tear gas (irritant gas?) that are often used to break up protests in some countries. It isn't plesant, and has the tendency to make you want to be elsewhere, but isn't nearly as bad as the real tear gas.
(ot) In the Dominican Republic, I saw the strangest thing. There was a huelga (translates as strike, but more resembels a riot). There were rocks and molitov cocktails being thrown by protestors, and tear gas and rubber bullets being shot by police. At noon, everyone went home for lunch and then siesta, at 2:00 everyone came back and resumed the protest.
As for the goo, I tend to doubt it will be used ON protestors. More likely it will be used to prevent passage across a particular area. Slime a nice perimeter around something, and it makes it very difficult to get through. It would be a good substitute for a fence when you need a barrier in a few seconds.
There is a civil war coming in the United States. Remember which side has most of the guns
Running out of beer at the Budweiser tent.
You're telling me that people tried to WALK across this stuff? Just give me a crazy carpet and a running start and I will slide across it.
This is terrible. The protesters get broken bones, and the cops don't even get the joy of beating them.
Software sucks. Open Source sucks less.
Anti-globalization protest degenerates into mass orgy as cops deploy KY-Jelly on rioters.
Hmmm... maybe I should start going to protests.
-cbare
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Evan
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Slippery slime + BIG parking lot + car. It sounds like one hell of a ride to me. This could have high entertainment value.
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