What would be much more realistic is to use an interceptor with a very small, clean nuclear warhead. If you only have to get within 200 metres, things get a lot easier. I think that was the original plan back in the days of Star Wars, but it got killed (most likely for political reasons).
Except that's not really feasible except over someplace without any electrical equipment whatsoever...because even a small atom bomb will create an EM pulse capable of taking out the electronics below it. That was actually going to be made into a weapon at one point (by both the Russians and the US...remember Goldeneye? That system (or something similary) was being planned in the Soviet Union before it fell apart). The US also had a similar plan...an easy way to take out TONS of electronics, without the fear of the thing being shot down.
Um, except that it IS possible, with enough satelites and (treaties be damned) lasers. Just like we can track missiles being launched now, with enough satelites, you could track as many missiles as you want...and using lasers instead of missiles to shoot them down, it'll be much more accurate. Hell, they should do something like that from the ground, as defense against fighter planes and stuff.
No, as I said, ctrl-alt-del and ctrl-alt-sysrq don't even work...by hard crash, I mean hard crash, where nothing works except the power and reset buttons. I've had videocard drivers do this to me, and I've had wireless network drivers do it.
Ehm, if it's a 3rd party driver, maybe you should try updating the drivers in your computer?
Some driver is probably failing, but that should never ever crash an OS, especially a server OS
Bah, you've probably never tried using Linux with newish hardware...I can tell you it'll often hard crash the computer, down to the point that you can't even do ctrl-alt-del or ctrl-alt-bspc (in X), or ctrl-alt-sysrq.
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Ehm, I was doing heavy development on it all summer, without a single crash. I guess it just depends on the hardware, eh...no, no, it couldn't be the hardware's fault. Or the 3rd party drivers...no, of course it couldn't be those. There were some pretty serious bugs in some of the things I (and coworkers) wrote, and they never brought down my machine.
Yeah, using gravity to transmit would be cool, and it could actually be instantaneous (eg, getting rid of that speed of light barrier for communications). The thing is, we don't know whether or not it's instantaneous (gravity could well be limited by the speed of light, or the "speed of gravity". Also, we have no way of transmitting like that right now:P
Eh, I didn't miss the joke...i was just pointing it out, for those who didn't get it (this is Slashdot...I bet 99% of the ppl here don't even know what a rave is.)
Sorry, buddy, but the kids *already* have access to that shit. The solution isn't to make it harder for them to get it: that's been tried and has failed.
Amen to that...it's actually easier for me and my friends to get weed than alcohol. That's right...it's easier to get the illegal drug, than the legal -- and regulated -- one. Wanna know why? It's because you can buy alcohol in a store, so there are no kids making alcohol at home...no "alcohol dealers" who don't care who they sell to...because the people with the knowledge and resources to do it don't need to...because they're old enough to buy it in a store.
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Uh, the last time someone I know was busted for smoking up was over christmas vacation, a couple weeks ago. There have been at least 5 others that I know of in the last year, and those are just in my grade (there are 90 kids in my grade).
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Er, that should be "Do you have any idea how much easier it is for minors to get marijuana than it is for them to get alcohol? It's insane!" (Well, I guess me would work too...after all, i'm still a minor).
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Well, first of all, weed has no known side effects except for being bad for the lungs...and that's only if you smoke it (hell, any smoke going into your lungs can't be GOOD for them).
Second of all, the government should not be allowed to regulate what we put in our bodies. It's like making suicide illegal...what's the point? It's my body, so it's a victimless crime...and if you commit a crime while on a drug, ok, so they put you in rehab, and then you get put in jail for that crime. Why should you have your life taken away from you for doing something you find pleasureful, that is in no way harming anyone else?
Prohibition doesn't work, plain and simple. It didn't work in the '20s and '30s, and it doesn't work today. Do you have any idea how much easier it is for minors to get marijuana than it is for me to get alcohol? It's insane!
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Go see what drugs are all about, eh? What, mobs, high prices, overdoses, etc.?
Well, here's some news for you, buddy...every single one of those is caused by the WoD. Now, admittedly, not all overdoses are because of drugs being laced, but most are...and if drugs were legal, you'd know exactly what you were getting...cause you'd be getting it from a pharmacy instead of a street dealer. Just like with the prohibition in the '20s and '30s, the drug mafia wouldn't exist if drugs were legal...just like Al Capone wouldn't have existed if alcohol had been legal at the time.
So now, why don't you give some facts, instead of just spewing out all that DARE propoganda, you stupid fuck.
It's different from an EMP pulse in that it doesn't actually fry the electronics, it just disrupts them. So it'll stop a car's engine, but you'll be able to start it up again...tho that's not much of a comfort if you're on the highway when it hits you.
well, it depends:P
Are you measuring the time between blinks, or the time it takes for you to close and open your eyes? And whose eyes are you measuring, cuz politicians never blink.
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What would be much more realistic is to use an interceptor with a very small, clean nuclear warhead. If you only have to get within 200 metres, things get a lot easier. I think that was the original plan back in the days of Star Wars, but it got killed (most likely for political reasons).
Except that's not really feasible except over someplace without any electrical equipment whatsoever...because even a small atom bomb will create an EM pulse capable of taking out the electronics below it. That was actually going to be made into a weapon at one point (by both the Russians and the US...remember Goldeneye? That system (or something similary) was being planned in the Soviet Union before it fell apart). The US also had a similar plan...an easy way to take out TONS of electronics, without the fear of the thing being shot down.
Um, except that it IS possible, with enough satelites and (treaties be damned) lasers. Just like we can track missiles being launched now, with enough satelites, you could track as many missiles as you want...and using lasers instead of missiles to shoot them down, it'll be much more accurate. Hell, they should do something like that from the ground, as defense against fighter planes and stuff.
Note he didn't say natural language, he said speech.
No, as I said, ctrl-alt-del and ctrl-alt-sysrq don't even work...by hard crash, I mean hard crash, where nothing works except the power and reset buttons. I've had videocard drivers do this to me, and I've had wireless network drivers do it.
I prefer this disses "monkey boy" and "hume"
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Humes are just weak little monkey boys.
Ok, so you who can't master the english language; you'd be what, an ape?
Ehm, if it's a 3rd party driver, maybe you should try updating the drivers in your computer?
Some driver is probably failing, but that should never ever crash an OS, especially a server OS
Bah, you've probably never tried using Linux with newish hardware...I can tell you it'll often hard crash the computer, down to the point that you can't even do ctrl-alt-del or ctrl-alt-bspc (in X), or ctrl-alt-sysrq.
Ehm, I was doing heavy development on it all summer, without a single crash. I guess it just depends on the hardware, eh...no, no, it couldn't be the hardware's fault. Or the 3rd party drivers...no, of course it couldn't be those. There were some pretty serious bugs in some of the things I (and coworkers) wrote, and they never brought down my machine.
Yeah, using gravity to transmit would be cool, and it could actually be instantaneous (eg, getting rid of that speed of light barrier for communications). The thing is, we don't know whether or not it's instantaneous (gravity could well be limited by the speed of light, or the "speed of gravity". Also, we have no way of transmitting like that right now :P
Oh, and yes, it was N-Space.
Ack, you're right. I didn't even see that "d".
The SKI FINDER eliminates the need for cumbersome powder cords.
WTF? Since when can you ever attach power cords to your skis? That's gotta be the dumbest statement I've heard all day.
Eh, I didn't miss the joke...i was just pointing it out, for those who didn't get it (this is Slashdot...I bet 99% of the ppl here don't even know what a rave is.)
Or at HOME, with your PARENTS computer paper, on THEIR printer
but see, then you need 2 hands to click a button
If PacMan had affected us as kids we'd be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to electronic music
Um, some of us ARE running around in dark rooms, munching to pills and listening to electronic music.
It's called a rave.
What, like in that Simpsons episode with Homer as \ Mr. X, where he gets abducted to the island?
"That's #5. She knows how to convert water into gasoline."
well, if you had actually read the article, you'd know that the Xbox uses non-standard USB ports.
Sorry, buddy, but the kids *already* have access to that shit. The solution isn't to make it harder for them to get it: that's been tried and has failed.
Amen to that...it's actually easier for me and my friends to get weed than alcohol. That's right...it's easier to get the illegal drug, than the legal -- and regulated -- one. Wanna know why? It's because you can buy alcohol in a store, so there are no kids making alcohol at home...no "alcohol dealers" who don't care who they sell to...because the people with the knowledge and resources to do it don't need to...because they're old enough to buy it in a store.
Uh, the last time someone I know was busted for smoking up was over christmas vacation, a couple weeks ago. There have been at least 5 others that I know of in the last year, and those are just in my grade (there are 90 kids in my grade).
Er, that should be "Do you have any idea how much easier it is for minors to get marijuana than it is for them to get alcohol? It's insane!" (Well, I guess me would work too...after all, i'm still a minor).
Well, first of all, weed has no known side effects except for being bad for the lungs...and that's only if you smoke it (hell, any smoke going into your lungs can't be GOOD for them).
Second of all, the government should not be allowed to regulate what we put in our bodies. It's like making suicide illegal...what's the point? It's my body, so it's a victimless crime...and if you commit a crime while on a drug, ok, so they put you in rehab, and then you get put in jail for that crime. Why should you have your life taken away from you for doing something you find pleasureful, that is in no way harming anyone else?
Prohibition doesn't work, plain and simple. It didn't work in the '20s and '30s, and it doesn't work today. Do you have any idea how much easier it is for minors to get marijuana than it is for me to get alcohol? It's insane!
Go see what drugs are all about, eh? What, mobs, high prices, overdoses, etc.?
Well, here's some news for you, buddy...every single one of those is caused by the WoD. Now, admittedly, not all overdoses are because of drugs being laced, but most are...and if drugs were legal, you'd know exactly what you were getting...cause you'd be getting it from a pharmacy instead of a street dealer. Just like with the prohibition in the '20s and '30s, the drug mafia wouldn't exist if drugs were legal...just like Al Capone wouldn't have existed if alcohol had been legal at the time.
So now, why don't you give some facts, instead of just spewing out all that DARE propoganda, you stupid fuck.
er, I mean EM pulse, not EMP pulse.
There's a story about it here.
It was also previously mentioned on slashdot here
It's different from an EMP pulse in that it doesn't actually fry the electronics, it just disrupts them. So it'll stop a car's engine, but you'll be able to start it up again...tho that's not much of a comfort if you're on the highway when it hits you.
I will thanks!
well, it depends :P
Are you measuring the time between blinks, or the time it takes for you to close and open your eyes? And whose eyes are you measuring, cuz politicians never blink.