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  1. AUMF that allow's it. It is overly broad. I congress person voted against it and was labeled a traitor by most American at the time.

    Listen to Radiolabs : 60 words.

    http://www.radiolab.org/

  2. Re:For splitting wood. on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    IT's awesome. You cut the neck and it causes the head to spin really fast until it hits the ground.
    HOWEVER, it is only practical for level 5 or above.

  3. Re:weird axe on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    I know someone who used this axe to split red oak. She loved it.

  4. Re:not an axe on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    You can't fell a tree with a Mortising Axe either, but that doesn't mean it's not an axe.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

  5. Re:not an axe on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    It's an axe.
    As are splitting mauls.
    FYI: There are may types of Axe.
    Felling, Splitting, Adze, hatchet. Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, and so on.

  6. Re:Neat on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 0

    ' good enough' is the mantra of the unimaginative and quitters.

  7. Re:Stupid? on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "They never leave the city (except to be sent to slaughter.) "
    not always true.

    "Their stalls are appalling."
    That's a blatant lie.

    " Often, they don't 'like' pulling, "
    You have never worked around horse, have you?

    "which is an appalling stable in this case."
    again,l that's a blatant lie.

    hmm, someone with the name VeganCyclist whose opinion is devoid of facts. I'm shocked.

  8. Re:Stupid? on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 2

    I can not imagine dealing with what a carriage driver does and not caring for horses. It would be a stupid, tiring, frustrating, and poor job to take.
    They would be better off driving a cab.

    What if those dog breeders had to take their dogs out into the public most days where the where scrutinized?
    Plus, an abused horse make a poor animal to pull a carriage.

    " especially the external dangers they face from cars or becoming panicked in the city."
    How many of these trained horses panic? How many hit by automobiles?
    FYI: 4 in 30 years.

  9. Re:is all madness on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 1

    "we now live in a world where the car kills more children than anything else, "
    that ios a good thing. I feel you should know that's mostly due to people not using seat belts and car seats. Also, there has been a 40% reduction of deaths from auto accidents for children. Oddly enough, poisoning and suffocation are skyrocketing.

    Morbid fascination:
    http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisq...
    http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/...

    .

  10. Re:electric golf carts on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 1

    You go to some fancy airports.

    FYI: Electric vehicle doe snot equal golf cart. No more then Porsche = go cart.

  11. Re:Animal cruelty? on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 1

    You vastly overestimate the amount of real choice most humans have.

  12. Re:That Reminds Me on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 1

    PETA: Pork, Eggs, Tenderloin, Alligator.
    I can't believe there isn't a beef cut that doesn't start with an A.

  13. I look forward to seeing that axe on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 4, Funny

    in the next zombie movie.

  14. Re:Neat on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    The back of the blade is secure against the log, so that would minimize twisting. If it didn't this ax wouldn't work.
    log splitters are slow, and more difficult to take with you into the woods.

  15. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 1

    So you did't read my link, and then made a long post which looks pretty foolish to anyone who read the link.
    well done .

    Modern car, less the 3% would ahve anything impact at all from EMP, and that would mostly be blinking dash lights that go away when you turn your vehicle off and back on.

    "Nearly all of the available equipment that would be needed to build or repair infrastructure relies on either computers or electricity."
    blatant ignorance.

    "You might have that backwards."
    I do not, and your post just underscores my point.

  16. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 0

    " All of the "gas" (actually mostly diesel) stations rely on the grid to pump fuel from their below-ground tanks. I'll wager you that the percentage of fueling stations with backup generators installed which would last more than a few hours is a fraction of one percent approaching zero."
    exactly how long do you think it will be before people start hand pumping?
    for example:
    http://www.nj.com/monmouth/ind...

    " Water in the cities isn't much better. "
    most water is gravity fed.

  17. Re:Just don't let cupboards go bare ... on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 1

    You need enough water and food to walk 3 days. After that you will be out of the effects of even large earthquake.

    That said, yes just keep 30 days of rotation of normal food.

  18. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 1

    "For lack of available fuel?"
    Some places may require hand pumping into trucks and tanks. Fortunately, we know how to do that.

    " For lack of refrigeration in the warehouses that used to store the food they deliver?"
    For some foods. not every food must be refrigerated.

    "For lack of whole chunks of the supply chain upstream from their knife's-edge just-in-time delivery infrastructure? "
    what lack? trucks and planes will continue to operate.

    " Because roads would be blocked or at least hosed up for lack of traffic control?"
    tighter, but then al ot of people will be stating home. BTW >95% of vehicle s would be unaffected.

    " Because people would be truck-jacking anything that looked valuable? "
    no they wouldn't. Evidence shows that in a disaster that only happens when the alternative is starving.

    "The entire infrastructure that brings food to people right before they actually need it is incredibly fragile."
    nope. IT's only fragile to maintain the high level of efficiency we know have.

    "The numbre of survivalist-type people is completely, utterly eclipsed by the number of people who have no clue about (or interest in) being sensible in an emergency."
    Most survivalist types are clueless in an actual emergency.

    "where people living below sea level had days of warning, and couldn't be bothered to fill up a few jugs of drinking water or move their fleet of school buses into a useful place."
    That's an interesting narrative of events.

    "r viable transportation for weeks or more"
    stop saying that. transportation would be chaotic for a couple days, tops.

  19. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 1

    By month, I mean infrastructure issues.Not done in totality. My apologies for being unclear.

    You question is answered in the link I provided.

  20. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 1

    How about less devils advocate and more reading the link?
    " and if those fry"
    which they wont. That is the point.

    "to be able to keep communication running in case of exactly this sort of thing"
    ug.

  21. Re:More in hope than expectation. on The Limits of Big Data For Social Engineering · · Score: 1

    I don't think you understand science.

  22. Re:Can I pay not to have to watch it? on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 2

    I know '100' pound women who can kick the ass of 250 pound men. Closer to 120, then 100 but still.

    SO lets see:
    Buffy: Super human powers is the entire premise
    Dollhouse: Brain altered to the mindset and abilities of killing machine.
    Firefly: Altered brain.
    Serenity. Blech.

    So in context those are all plausible, plus they are all psychopaths.
    None of those character are masculine, as all.

    Maybe equating violence and being fat to masculinity is the issue?

  23. Re:As if thats something special? on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 2

    Or, he has enough money so he can experiment with different distribution models.

  24. It's an even easier on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    way to watch my favorite character die.

  25. Re:The idiocracy is coming on Women Increasingly Freezing Their Eggs To Pursue Their Careers · · Score: 1

    And now the watch ads for the privilege of seeing Honey Boo Boo.
    You're right, people in general have been getting smarter and more knowledgeable, I just found your example funny.