This is getting a little sidetracked. I'll sum up by saying that I'd say it's a reasonable assumption that some poachers operate during the day.
If these poachers are to be caught, the decoys need to be of high quality. Thus, the best materials to use are those that are as close as possible to the targeted animal.
In the article, it mentions that the furs are donated and sold by wildlife companies. So obviously, they're making it work. I'm assuming that they *are*, by that point, tanned, since it mentions that they receive them from around America and up into Canada. If a warden station is going to be spending over 1k on a robotic deer, it makes sense to put in the extra $10 it would take to make the robot look even more realistic.
I agree, but hide is not hair. I think you're quibbling over hairs here(no pun intended). It's not unreasonable for me to assume that you would realize that I was referring to both the skin and the hair of the deer when saying "hide". The English language isn't always literal you know.
As for your cousin, I'd consider the people who killed him to be something more than "poachers"... perhaps "murderers" would be a better word if he were killed consciously. That is, of course, assuming that he wasn't killed due to an accident. You're wording, specifically how you replied to my statement about the boldness of poachers, implies that it was not accidental.
In any event, I'm sorry that you experienced such a loss, firearm deaths during hunting season are something that loom over my family during the hunting season.
Considering that it's only a few more pounds and the cost of transporting it back to a truck and from there to a deer station is probably very small(assuming that you've got several people in your party), it's almost all profit.
'Scuze me for that, I personally consider deer hide to be of a much higher quality than weasel, due to its relative durability. I think you'd be surprised at how bold some poachers are, especially in sparsely populated areas. Anyway, as I said in another post, many hunters discard deer hides, an effectively free source of fur.
I think you misunderstood my post. When I said "why would you even bother?", I was referring to using artificial hide instead of natural. I admit that I was making an assumption about the prevalence of bear/moose pelts, but I'm acting under the assumption that the pelt doesn't have to come from an animal that was hunted, it could just as easily come from an animal that died of natural causes. I don't know where you have hunting experience, but I live in southern Minnesota, and in my particular area, hunters will often leave deer hide lying where they butcher the whitetail. I don't enjoy anything more than coming home to find that my golden retriever has dragged a deer hide back to the house to share with my family.
Why would you even bother? Most places where this will be used, skins are ridiculously easy to come by... even for Bear or Moose.
Deer hunters often give the hides away, and I'm sure that game wardens find enough hides from poached animals to come up with the elk and bear pelts.
Have you ever felt a live deer? They're fur is very high quality, and the cost of getting them made from special fabric is probably more expensive than just using the real deal. This way, any game warden just needs to order the body of the model.
And Blizzard is free to tell you to shove it. You are in no way entitled to single-handedly direct Blizzards IT policy. The money you pay is for access to their servers and their help. If you don't like it, then go to Cuba, where I hear that communism is doing very well. If Blizzard sees an unacceptable loss in profits due to a great many players quitting over this change, then they've got a problem, but otherwise, they don't give a rats ass.
Indignant probably isn't the word that you're looking for. Perhaps you meant uncaring?
I never implied that every WoW player is online every day, so I fail to see how your straw man argument has proved anything. Since you are paying money to Blizzard, capitalism dictates that it is up to you to decide if the downtime is worth your money. Is your potential disappointment worth the monthly fee?
As for your cutting comments about my sex life... my girlfriend would probably disagree, but that's between me and her.
I'm having a hard time imagining how there will be enough content to keep these people all talking for a half hour without descending into cries of "I screwed your mother" and "lol no ur teh gehxxorz!"
I'm glad that you get a sense of self-satisfaction and importance out of thinking that you are more "fit" than a dolphin, but what you fail to understand is that everything in life is connected, and a loss of diversity hurts humans too.
If we drove mosquito-eating animals to extinction, the mosquito population would grow unchecked. Of course the government would begin spraying chemicals, many of which cause birth defects and other abnormalities in humans and other animal life. I see from the your weblog that you are a "middle class white guy from texas". Did you major in environmental science? If not, perhaps you should find an environmental scientist and ask him or her exactly why extinction is a bad thing.
I am aware that they were using RPGs in Somalia, not missiles, but they all operate on the same general principle, and RPG's are dumber than missles. Also, if(poacher != largestmilitaryinworld){you.stupid==true;}
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If you RTA you'd know that the motors are quiet enough that you can't hear them further away than arms length.
This is getting a little sidetracked. I'll sum up by saying that I'd say it's a reasonable assumption that some poachers operate during the day. If these poachers are to be caught, the decoys need to be of high quality. Thus, the best materials to use are those that are as close as possible to the targeted animal.
So you see what I mean about poachers operating during the day? Realism can be important in decoys.
In the article, it mentions that the furs are donated and sold by wildlife companies. So obviously, they're making it work. I'm assuming that they *are*, by that point, tanned, since it mentions that they receive them from around America and up into Canada. If a warden station is going to be spending over 1k on a robotic deer, it makes sense to put in the extra $10 it would take to make the robot look even more realistic.
Considering that it's only a few more pounds and the cost of transporting it back to a truck and from there to a deer station is probably very small(assuming that you've got several people in your party), it's almost all profit.
'Scuze me for that, I personally consider deer hide to be of a much higher quality than weasel, due to its relative durability. I think you'd be surprised at how bold some poachers are, especially in sparsely populated areas. Anyway, as I said in another post, many hunters discard deer hides, an effectively free source of fur.
I think you misunderstood my post. When I said "why would you even bother?", I was referring to using artificial hide instead of natural. I admit that I was making an assumption about the prevalence of bear/moose pelts, but I'm acting under the assumption that the pelt doesn't have to come from an animal that was hunted, it could just as easily come from an animal that died of natural causes. I don't know where you have hunting experience, but I live in southern Minnesota, and in my particular area, hunters will often leave deer hide lying where they butcher the whitetail. I don't enjoy anything more than coming home to find that my golden retriever has dragged a deer hide back to the house to share with my family.
Why would you even bother? Most places where this will be used, skins are ridiculously easy to come by... even for Bear or Moose. Deer hunters often give the hides away, and I'm sure that game wardens find enough hides from poached animals to come up with the elk and bear pelts. Have you ever felt a live deer? They're fur is very high quality, and the cost of getting them made from special fabric is probably more expensive than just using the real deal. This way, any game warden just needs to order the body of the model.
And Blizzard is free to tell you to shove it. You are in no way entitled to single-handedly direct Blizzards IT policy. The money you pay is for access to their servers and their help. If you don't like it, then go to Cuba, where I hear that communism is doing very well. If Blizzard sees an unacceptable loss in profits due to a great many players quitting over this change, then they've got a problem, but otherwise, they don't give a rats ass.
Indignant probably isn't the word that you're looking for. Perhaps you meant uncaring? I never implied that every WoW player is online every day, so I fail to see how your straw man argument has proved anything. Since you are paying money to Blizzard, capitalism dictates that it is up to you to decide if the downtime is worth your money. Is your potential disappointment worth the monthly fee? As for your cutting comments about my sex life... my girlfriend would probably disagree, but that's between me and her.
But if anyone is seriously angry about this, then they should stop playing. No one is forcing them to pay money.
Chill out mods. It's a joke!
I'm having a hard time imagining how there will be enough content to keep these people all talking for a half hour without descending into cries of "I screwed your mother" and "lol no ur teh gehxxorz!"
Whoa man... don't be dragging me into this. I've got better things to do than to troll myself on /..
Soon there will be no more Prinnys left!
This is obviously a malicious virus propagated by Microsoft to destroy the Linux community!
There's nothing like the combination of Quake1 deathmatch and a 12-pack of Blacklabel.
Justification for drunken Quake!
"You're sitting on a gold-mine Trebek!"
I'm glad that you get a sense of self-satisfaction and importance out of thinking that you are more "fit" than a dolphin, but what you fail to understand is that everything in life is connected, and a loss of diversity hurts humans too. If we drove mosquito-eating animals to extinction, the mosquito population would grow unchecked. Of course the government would begin spraying chemicals, many of which cause birth defects and other abnormalities in humans and other animal life. I see from the your weblog that you are a "middle class white guy from texas". Did you major in environmental science? If not, perhaps you should find an environmental scientist and ask him or her exactly why extinction is a bad thing.
Do you speak Chinese? Because I do, so I know that ri and li are two seperate and distinctly different sounding words.
...or in Somalia?
I am aware that they were using RPGs in Somalia, not missiles, but they all operate on the same general principle, and RPG's are dumber than missles.
Also,
if(poacher != largestmilitaryinworld){you.stupid==true;}
Nicely done... Make an argument, then misrepresent your opponents rebuttal. Obviously someone's running UnixWare.