A five-pound payload, well within the capabilities of a good-sized R/C aircraft, can potentially do quite a bit of damage to a structure.
And which structures would those be? Yeah, five pounds of military grade explosives make a huge bang. But you're talking about first getting your hands on military grade explosives, which ain't easy. Then making a plane large enough for carry five pounds (I don't expect planes that big are commercially manufactured). Then you have to fly it into your target precisely (also not easy). Now, why is this better than just planting a brief case with 5 pounds of C4 somewhere?
These days, an RC plane can carry quite a bit of payload. And if you actually knew explosives and could construct a shaped charge then you could reasonably damage a fairly hard target with one. That is, after all, what a cruise missile is; an RC plane with autonomous capabilities.
Maybe if you could manufacture something like C4 and pack it into a large RC plane you could cause some minor infrastructure damage. But your average common-man's explosives (pipe bombs, pressure cookers, etc) would do little more than spray people with shrapnel and break windows. Yeah, you could hurt some people, even kill some, but this is hardly a threat to the state. An individual or small group could do far more damage with a little arson...starting a building or a forest on fire for example.
The American government started a conflict against its people long ago. If it falls because of Americans exposing its wrongdoings, it's not the fault of the people, it's the fault of the government for starting the conflict in the first place. What do they expect? That we'll just bow down and let the government do anything to us as long as it's ostensibly in the name of protecting economic interests? Yeah, we benefit in the short term from a healthy economy. But in the long term, we are harmed by the damage to the constitution.
Well, they had elective programming courses when I was in school...but I already knew how to code. I think I would have been more interested in electronics and microcontroller programming. That's something I'd also like to see more of in schools. The most I learned about electronics in school is that I got to solder together a couple of kits. Didn't learn a damn thing about them except how to solder and read the color codes on resistors.
Easy mistake. I made the same mistake when I first read it. Had to go back and read it a couple times before I saw it. Yeah, we all know know that not all terrorists are Muslim. But we're not used to it.
Maybe so, but these performance numbers appear to be on par with the competition. I'm not sure what's of particular interest here other than someone is pointing out that SanDisk is a company making competitive products despite not being known as an SSD manufacturer. Sounds more like an advertisement than a news story.
This is exactly why NASA will never again accomplish any significant long term projects ever again. Politics. Any project running longer than the initiating president's remaining time in office is going to be killed.
And the result of that was that we got *so* cautious that we essentially stopped going to space entirely.
I don't know if we can blame that on astronauts dying. The same over cautiousness can be seen everywhere in American society now. It's what people are talking about when they complain about the "nanny state".
Recent studies are showing there is no safe dosage of lead.
You can probably safely say that's a bullshit comment. I've been exposed to lead before. Most of us have. The dosage I received is a hell of a lot safer than someone who drinks from a lead cup.
This is great, it will be good for about 3 months then the battery won't hold a charge.:-) Just like my two useless Roombas.
Which brings up an interesting idea. Maybe while your telepresence CEO is moving about the office looking for slackers, a built in Roomba in the base could vacuum as he went...maybe follow the walls or shoot off at 45 degrees if he hits an obstacle.
It is not "us". The government is controlled by the upper class. The democratic system that was put into place when this country is founded is perfectly manipulated to ensure that the only people who come to power are those who place the interests/wealth of the upper class above all others. Those who jeopardize that structure are removed from power. But we play along as long as they throw us a bone from time to time.
Though even in the business world there are plenty of rules which, if you break them, you make more money, yet the rules are in place to (at least in theory) ensure the health of the whole system.
Frequently, the rules are in place to ensure profit for certain groups or individuals and/or discourage competition.
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Just like they did with high powered rocketry.
A five-pound payload, well within the capabilities of a good-sized R/C aircraft, can potentially do quite a bit of damage to a structure.
And which structures would those be? Yeah, five pounds of military grade explosives make a huge bang. But you're talking about first getting your hands on military grade explosives, which ain't easy. Then making a plane large enough for carry five pounds (I don't expect planes that big are commercially manufactured). Then you have to fly it into your target precisely (also not easy). Now, why is this better than just planting a brief case with 5 pounds of C4 somewhere?
These days, an RC plane can carry quite a bit of payload. And if you actually knew explosives and could construct a shaped charge then you could reasonably damage a fairly hard target with one. That is, after all, what a cruise missile is; an RC plane with autonomous capabilities.
Maybe if you could manufacture something like C4 and pack it into a large RC plane you could cause some minor infrastructure damage. But your average common-man's explosives (pipe bombs, pressure cookers, etc) would do little more than spray people with shrapnel and break windows. Yeah, you could hurt some people, even kill some, but this is hardly a threat to the state. An individual or small group could do far more damage with a little arson...starting a building or a forest on fire for example.
The American government started a conflict against its people long ago. If it falls because of Americans exposing its wrongdoings, it's not the fault of the people, it's the fault of the government for starting the conflict in the first place. What do they expect? That we'll just bow down and let the government do anything to us as long as it's ostensibly in the name of protecting economic interests? Yeah, we benefit in the short term from a healthy economy. But in the long term, we are harmed by the damage to the constitution.
So, we blame him for exposing our own wrong doing? Isn't that a little ass backwards?
You overestimate the power of the people to affect change in government.
That is the cause of the cold war. I guess we are going to go back to that again because governments never trust other governments and never have.
As my parents once said: if you want our trust then stop acting like a child and start acting responsibly.
Boy is she going to be surprised once she wakes up inside of a full brain emulation program.
Well, they had elective programming courses when I was in school...but I already knew how to code. I think I would have been more interested in electronics and microcontroller programming. That's something I'd also like to see more of in schools. The most I learned about electronics in school is that I got to solder together a couple of kits. Didn't learn a damn thing about them except how to solder and read the color codes on resistors.
Easy mistake. I made the same mistake when I first read it. Had to go back and read it a couple times before I saw it. Yeah, we all know know that not all terrorists are Muslim. But we're not used to it.
That's not a competing product, that's a whole computer....and an advertisement for Apple.
Maybe so, but these performance numbers appear to be on par with the competition. I'm not sure what's of particular interest here other than someone is pointing out that SanDisk is a company making competitive products despite not being known as an SSD manufacturer. Sounds more like an advertisement than a news story.
Hi there NSA! How was your weekend?
Don't know about the NSA, but I'm pretty sure you just lit up the Secret Service's radar screen like a zeppelin though.
This is exactly why NASA will never again accomplish any significant long term projects ever again. Politics. Any project running longer than the initiating president's remaining time in office is going to be killed.
And the result of that was that we got *so* cautious that we essentially stopped going to space entirely.
I don't know if we can blame that on astronauts dying. The same over cautiousness can be seen everywhere in American society now. It's what people are talking about when they complain about the "nanny state".
Liberals LOVE free speech until the second you say something with which they disagree
People like people who agree with them and dislike people that disagree with them, news at 11.
Recent studies are showing there is no safe dosage of lead.
You can probably safely say that's a bullshit comment. I've been exposed to lead before. Most of us have. The dosage I received is a hell of a lot safer than someone who drinks from a lead cup.
I'll be damned if the government forces me to spend 30K on swapping out a new engine, then more on inspections and re-certification of the aircraft.
I'm not questioning that figure (because I know it's true) but why do airplane engines cost so friggin much?
This is great, it will be good for about 3 months then the battery won't hold a charge. :-) Just like my two useless Roombas.
Which brings up an interesting idea. Maybe while your telepresence CEO is moving about the office looking for slackers, a built in Roomba in the base could vacuum as he went...maybe follow the walls or shoot off at 45 degrees if he hits an obstacle.
The government is us.
It is not "us". The government is controlled by the upper class. The democratic system that was put into place when this country is founded is perfectly manipulated to ensure that the only people who come to power are those who place the interests/wealth of the upper class above all others. Those who jeopardize that structure are removed from power. But we play along as long as they throw us a bone from time to time.
Is this even a new idea?
BTW, did you hear Voyager has left the solar system?
Every notice how these generational archetype descriptions sound sort of like astrological archetype descriptions?
To extort money from them?
Though even in the business world there are plenty of rules which, if you break them, you make more money, yet the rules are in place to (at least in theory) ensure the health of the whole system.
Frequently, the rules are in place to ensure profit for certain groups or individuals and/or discourage competition.
Additionally, Voyager has just entered interstellar space.