Doubt it'd go nuclear tho... as America launches, Britain counters via Trident / Storm Shadow or vice versa while France probably panic-strikes both of us. Not to mention the risk of Russia assuming the missiles are on the way to them....
Its about 70g for a single round of SPAS12/Benelli/M203 ammunition. (A 12 guage shell).
Now, when you consider the autopilot for the predator only weighs 10g, that 70g shell looks pretty heavy. - The predators battery is probably 70g so you'd probably be hard pushed to balance/make it fly.
Then there's the issue of how to trigger, rather than just deliver the shell. You'd need some sort of trigger.
Now a complete shotgun mechanism would weight a hell of a lot (probably as much as the predator) so you'd need something else - probably 1 of three options:
1) A mechanical pin trigger which is activated by a servo. Drawbacks: can't be fired remotely so very inaccurate.
2) Same as above but the craft flies to a GPS point then dives in to strike the ground (and a firing pin). Drawbacks: Hard to target with GPS and minimal shot-dispersal on the ground.
3) An electronic (Battery and filament) trigger but you still can't target remotely and a shell fired without a (heavy) barrel is very inefective.
All of the above assume that you'd want to be out of radio range (hence retaliation range).
Your best option would just be to fit it with a sharp point and try to hit someone in the head with it (for all the luck you'd have):D
I wholeheartedly agree with you. IP is a pointless waste of money and as America is my best hope for manned exploration of space, I worry when their space program becomes embroiled in beaurocracy.
Yeah, why not throw all the money at a 100 ton turkey.
The shuttle, despite having fully completed its cold-war requirements is possibly one of the least practical / cost effective methods of LEO operations.
Its time for something new, cast aside sentimentality and get cracking with space-exploration.
That there are no small number of nations who, faced with ultimate provocation could supply M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) to the Uninted states from conventionally launched ICBMs, sea launched IRBMs and under-sea launched IRBMs/SRBMs.
Space warfare is by no means the be-all and end-all of mutual annihilation.
I know Columbo is the capital - I was presuming "Columbo 7" as a phrase to mean a postal code. Its just not abbreviated but was in a single phrase of the address listing.
Now would not be a good time for 'Windows users to migrate to a free desktop' because even if they tried to, they wouldn't be able to get to the now almost slashdotted kde.org.
The most galling thing is that it is probably people trying to gawp at screenshots that are causing the bandwidth hit rather than people (like me) that actually wanted to download it.
After careful freeze-frame examination of that incident me and my mates came to the conclusion that he "hits like a girl" and "We could take him any time".
Interestingly, we suspect that one of my mates is currently being beaten by his wife to be.;)
Its only people from the UK who will know what I'm talking about but every time I hear 'prescott', an overweight, drink-laden scruffy politician with a McDonalds voucher in his pocket springs to mind.
This also conjours up an impression of the Intel Prescotts being in ineffecient, environmentally-unfriendly and handling code in an annoying accent.
Why oh why couldn't Intel have called them something else, like Intel Bloody Powerful chips?
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That link http://walktheplank.ath.cx is a dynamic DNS re-router for people on Cablemodems / DSL etc.
:D
Ouch, I almost feel sorry for them
Come an ave a go if yer think yer ard enough!
Doubt it'd go nuclear tho... as America launches, Britain counters via Trident / Storm Shadow or vice versa while France probably panic-strikes both of us. Not to mention the risk of Russia assuming the missiles are on the way to them....
Sounds pretty terminal
He didn't once mention that it would be open-source you know.
It would be interesting to see if this actually has effect; you would expect thats how the US Patent office *should* be operating.
Patent Application submitted
Prior art vendors notice application
Prior art shown to patent office
Patent Application declined due to prior art
Seems reasonable?
How hard is it to just check if theres an attachment on the ATM card-reader?
If anything around the card slot looks suspect - just get hold of it and pull!
If it comes away in your hand, act like nothing happened (your criminals may not be far away). Pocket the thing and then run like the clappers.
Turn the gear into the authorities at your leisure.....
It all seems a bit backwards to me - we have a mixed team here and we turn up to LANs without anyone batting an eyelid.
Can you provide us with a small, used nuclear power-station please (Gigawatt range only please).
Need not have transmission voltages, IEC leads will suffice.....
Its about 70g for a single round of SPAS12/Benelli/M203 ammunition. (A 12 guage shell).
:D
Now, when you consider the autopilot for the predator only weighs 10g, that 70g shell looks pretty heavy. - The predators battery is probably 70g so you'd probably be hard pushed to balance/make it fly.
Then there's the issue of how to trigger, rather than just deliver the shell. You'd need some sort of trigger.
Now a complete shotgun mechanism would weight a hell of a lot (probably as much as the predator) so you'd need something else - probably 1 of three options:
1) A mechanical pin trigger which is activated by a servo. Drawbacks: can't be fired remotely so very inaccurate.
2) Same as above but the craft flies to a GPS point then dives in to strike the ground (and a firing pin). Drawbacks: Hard to target with GPS and minimal shot-dispersal on the ground.
3) An electronic (Battery and filament) trigger but you still can't target remotely and a shell fired without a (heavy) barrel is very inefective.
All of the above assume that you'd want to be out of radio range (hence retaliation range).
Your best option would just be to fit it with a sharp point and try to hit someone in the head with it (for all the luck you'd have)
I wholeheartedly agree with you. IP is a pointless waste of money and as America is my best hope for manned exploration of space, I worry when their space program becomes embroiled in beaurocracy.
Yeah, why not throw all the money at a 100 ton turkey.
The shuttle, despite having fully completed its cold-war requirements is possibly one of the least practical / cost effective methods of LEO operations.
Its time for something new, cast aside sentimentality and get cracking with space-exploration.
It sounds like unusually open-minded thinking by the FCC.
Unfortunately I can't imagine anything like that happening in the UK, the RA / DTI love their strangle-hold a little too much here.
So every time I rip my face apart with my patented 24 blade manual razor and loose pint after pint of blood, I'm killing less brain-cells right?
Oh bugger, I just drooled into the keyboard again.....
That there are no small number of nations who, faced with ultimate provocation could supply M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) to the Uninted states from conventionally launched ICBMs, sea launched IRBMs and under-sea launched IRBMs/SRBMs.
Space warfare is by no means the be-all and end-all of mutual annihilation.
I know Columbo is the capital - I was presuming "Columbo 7" as a phrase to mean a postal code. Its just not abbreviated but was in a single phrase of the address listing.
Fountains of Paradise and the first Rama book (not the subsequent, over-long Gentry Lee books).
Arthur C Clarke.
25, Barnes Place,
Colombo 7,
Sri Lanka.
That should be sufficient to get the item eventually received by him; I'd guess that "Colombo 7" is actually a postal/zip code.
isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?
Linus Torvalds comes from Finland (lives California at the moment).
The Blackadder special episode was based on the blackadder series and used numerous direct references and original footage from the Blackadder series.
Id say the Visa adverts are closer to the 'Johnny English' character.
The Visa references were probably just 'continuation comedy' because the viewer would now connect Rowan Atkinson with Visa.
The episode was produced by BBC who could get in extremely hot water if they took payment for advertising in a public production.
You tried changing your aftershave? :D
If PB isn't updating properly / quickly - just go HERE look under downloads and you can easily do a manual update. (Much quicker IMHO)
Now would not be a good time for 'Windows users to migrate to a free desktop' because even if they tried to, they wouldn't be able to get to the now almost slashdotted kde.org.
The most galling thing is that it is probably people trying to gawp at screenshots that are causing the bandwidth hit rather than people (like me) that actually wanted to download it.
I feel sorry for the bike....
After careful freeze-frame examination of that incident me and my mates came to the conclusion that he "hits like a girl" and "We could take him any time".
;)
Interestingly, we suspect that one of my mates is currently being beaten by his wife to be.
Its only people from the UK who will know what I'm talking about but every time I hear 'prescott', an overweight, drink-laden scruffy politician with a McDonalds voucher in his pocket springs to mind.
This also conjours up an impression of the Intel Prescotts being in ineffecient, environmentally-unfriendly and handling code in an annoying accent.
Why oh why couldn't Intel have called them something else, like Intel Bloody Powerful chips?
If you like it and/or can live with it, fine.
;)
If not - are you in the wrong job perhaps?
Don't forget; Beat the system