He means overwrite the keys in memory, not trash the hard drive. So that a reboot will be necessary, which will then prompt for the password. It really should be done.
Truecrypt can dismount regular drives on screensaver launch. I don't think it can dismount the system drive though.
So obviously there are some pretty funny comments on this, and some incredulous "why?" or "won't this give away a snipers position?" posts as well.
To address the latter: As most of the/. community can appreciate, projectile ballistics isn't as simple as a game; The hardest I've seen in a game is "move the crosshair around to simulate breathing" Obviously, its more difficult than this, or *everyone* at war would be sitting back at 1200 meters, sniping from safety.
When you get into precision shooting, you need to take into account so many factors, it boggles the mind. Muzzle velocity, wind (and wind isn't constant at the point of your muzzle and where the target is, humidity, bullet mass and aerodynamics, barrel twist rate, etc. This ballistics computer helps you input that data, and will spit out how you need to adjust your crosshair to account for all this stuff.
A system like this would also make it easy to log past shot data, which is very important for precision shooters.
I've seen wrist-watch ballistics computers as well; beats the crap out of charts.
As for when it would be used: In training. In competitions. By police snipers in some situations (where, perhaps, concealment isn't important, but getting that first cold-barrel shot exactly on target is.) By a sniper's spotter, perhaps.
disclaimer: despite my username, I'm not military, nor am I a precision shooter; i've merely had experience shooting as a major hobby.
The distinction could have implications for mathematical IP and the validity of software patents, if software is a way of getting a computer to do certain math, and math is discovered, vice invented.
Of course, does that mean that the MP3 encoding algorithm was discovered? And that I'm anxiously awaiting the discovery of Jedi Knight: Force Unleashed?
Well, I am a Clinton hater. but she is out in the open; no one, especially not a gun owner, would trust her for a flat second on any 2nd amendment issues. Obama doesn't seem to be popping up in the radar on this issue. He's definitely on their (our?) radar, at least the forums I frequent. But none of the realistic Republican candidates look that good to them for 2A issues either, so eh.
Wow, if you're constantly reacting last minute like that, then you must be part of the problem. Are you near-sighted or something? I grew up driving in New York, on Long Island, New York City, Queens. I've lived in DC and surrounding areas. I've driven in Miami, San Fran, Seattle. I haven't had a chance yet to drive in LA. I've also driven in 3rd world countries where people have habits that would utterly blow your mind (Right turns from left lanes, driving in reverse on major roads, no headlights, 6 cars abreast in 3 lanes, I saw all 4 of these just TONIGHT on my way home). I can count on one hand the times that I've had to do an emergency maneuver because something unexpected happened, and I'm a pretty aggressive driver. Every other time, I use my turn signals. Where I live now, I'm not just the minority; I'm the ONLY ONE who uses them; I can drive home from work and be the only person I can see who signals the entire way.
As far as I'm concerned, signalling is the easiest thing you can do to avoid accidents. Accidents are caused by something unexpected happening. If you telegraph your intentions, others know what you're doing, and have more time to react to you.
Its not like you have to reach anywhere. stick your finger out and flip it up or down. pretty easy.
Why would the costs involved with space exploration go down in 50 years more if no one is doing anything along those lines, than if there is 50 years of funding, research and technological development that are directly applicable to that goal?
So, to restate: If there were no bad people, everyone could be armed for self defense.
But since there are bad people, we can't allow people to be armed for self defense.
Lets be clear: Non-law-abiding people increase the problem of criminality, precisely because they are non-law abiding people. Whether they have guns or not, they are still non-law-abiding people. So what you say is technically true, that a non-law-abiding person carrying a gun increases the problem of criminality, but only because they are a subset of those who are non-law-abiding anyway.
If a non-law-abiding person were to threaten you with a shank, or a baseball bat, or 3 friends its still non-law-abiding behavior.
OK, fair enough:
Even if that were true, crime would just morph. Instead of mass shootings, there will be more school shootings, shootings in Amish communities, buildings blown up (a la Timothy McVeigh) and DC sniper clones. And more people would see it as a great way to commit suicide without having to bother to turn your own gun on yourself. More school shootings - theres a similar debate about whether teachers should be allowed to be armed, if they so choose. I believe they should be allowed to, and then the GP post would apply to school shootings. (Or, alternatively, security guards should be allowed to be armed.). And in colleges, I think students who are legally allowed to carry elsewhere, should be allowed to carry on campus. If they aren't, then the campus police need to be armed, and much more reactive, with a greater presence.
When you get into buildings blown up, and snipers, you're shifting the argument, and I don't think crimes will morph the way you say they will. Someone who is dissuaded from raping a woman, or mugging that guy guy walking home from work, or holding up that 7-11, is not going to blow up a building, or snipe someone instead.
Frangible ammo has a lessened chance of richoceting; it can still overprenetrate. A credible instructor (Clint Smith) showed me a target holder that had been hit by frangible.30-06. There was a.30" hole through 2mm of steel. Its been demonstrated many times that JHP rounds have less risk of overpenetration, and a proven higher effecitveness in stopping a threat, which is why police agencies use them.
Hollowpoint is perfectly fine for self defense; any defense lawyer will argue that you're not subject to military law. Plus, the US isn't a signatory to the Hague convention of 1899, though we do honor it. (http://www.thegunzone.com/hague.html )
As civilians, you have very similar requirements as police, when selecting your round; if anything, you require more performance, because you have no backup, no body armor. Selecting something that a law enforcement agency uses is probably a good call, from a tactical view, and from a legal defense view afterward. (again, IANAL.)
wait... what? you're saying that a gun fight where small holes might be put in an airframe that the air compressor could probably compensate for, would be WORSE than a small bomb? (And Glasers are just good marketing; if you actually READ your wikipedia link, you'll see that FAMs don't use Glasers anymore.)
i'd promote training, but then, I promote training every chance I get. No special weapons or ammo necessary (see above posts). pretty much all ammo is unlikely to cause castastrophic damage, though I won't rule it out. The math in my head still says that a small chance of something significant happening while defending a plane beats letting bad guys gain control and do what they like. (For example, Flight 93 could have ended better, of course, but the heroes there did prevent further loss of life in a populated area)
Good call on the banning alchohol though. I'm for it, but I don't drink anyway. I doubt that would happen. Only thing I can think of is a rule/law preventing sale of alcohol to those who have declared that they have a firearm on them, and enforcement by way of breathalyzers.
Sure, just like airplanes were butchers shops when knives were allowed on planes prior to 9/11. Man, I'm glad those days are over! Oh, and the way heavy traffic is like Death Race 2000, what with all the people in a high stress environment with massive pieces of mechanized steel at their disposal. I don't know how I get home every night!
I fly a lot as well (at least 3 or 4 trips a month, domestically and more recently, international long haul flights, and I've never seen, or heard an unruly passenger, let alone one who flies into a murderous rage. Once, an Arab guy complained that he was going to miss his connection in Dubai, though.
Go with a hollowpoint load. If it comes to it, you are using something that the (insert law enforcement agency) have tested and use, and you trust their judgement to find something effective. And you can claim as much in court. (IANAL either, but the people in (insert law enforcement agency) had access to them when they made their decision.)
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He means overwrite the keys in memory, not trash the hard drive. So that a reboot will be necessary, which will then prompt for the password. It really should be done.
Truecrypt can dismount regular drives on screensaver launch. I don't think it can dismount the system drive though.
So obviously there are some pretty funny comments on this, and some incredulous "why?" or "won't this give away a snipers position?" posts as well.
To address the latter: /. community can appreciate, projectile ballistics isn't as simple as a game; The hardest I've seen in a game is "move the crosshair around to simulate breathing" Obviously, its more difficult than this, or *everyone* at war would be sitting back at 1200 meters, sniping from safety.
As most of the
When you get into precision shooting, you need to take into account so many factors, it boggles the mind. Muzzle velocity, wind (and wind isn't constant at the point of your muzzle and where the target is, humidity, bullet mass and aerodynamics, barrel twist rate, etc. This ballistics computer helps you input that data, and will spit out how you need to adjust your crosshair to account for all this stuff.
A system like this would also make it easy to log past shot data, which is very important for precision shooters.
I've seen wrist-watch ballistics computers as well; beats the crap out of charts.
As for when it would be used:
In training.
In competitions.
By police snipers in some situations (where, perhaps, concealment isn't important, but getting that first cold-barrel shot exactly on target is.)
By a sniper's spotter, perhaps.
disclaimer: despite my username, I'm not military, nor am I a precision shooter; i've merely had experience shooting as a major hobby.
Leisure-suit up! This is going to be legend... wait for it...
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I'm not sure which reference is more appropriate: Crytponomicon data haven, or The Raft in Snowcrash...
I, for one, welcome our new robot followers...
I can take out a $400k mortgage, and finally have a life like they all tell me to!
The distinction could have implications for mathematical IP and the validity of software patents, if software is a way of getting a computer to do certain math, and math is discovered, vice invented.
Of course, does that mean that the MP3 encoding algorithm was discovered? And that I'm anxiously awaiting the discovery of Jedi Knight: Force Unleashed?
Man, that's trippy. Assholy, but trippy. Never thought Snowcrash would come true! /me sharpens katana and looks for YT.
Scientists discovered that fish are excellent at mod 4 arithmetic.
Back off man, Dr. Venkman's a ghostbuster.
Wow. Nice reference, Pkunk.
Wow, if you're constantly reacting last minute like that, then you must be part of the problem. Are you near-sighted or something? I grew up driving in New York, on Long Island, New York City, Queens. I've lived in DC and surrounding areas. I've driven in Miami, San Fran, Seattle. I haven't had a chance yet to drive in LA. I've also driven in 3rd world countries where people have habits that would utterly blow your mind (Right turns from left lanes, driving in reverse on major roads, no headlights, 6 cars abreast in 3 lanes, I saw all 4 of these just TONIGHT on my way home). I can count on one hand the times that I've had to do an emergency maneuver because something unexpected happened, and I'm a pretty aggressive driver. Every other time, I use my turn signals. Where I live now, I'm not just the minority; I'm the ONLY ONE who uses them; I can drive home from work and be the only person I can see who signals the entire way.
As far as I'm concerned, signalling is the easiest thing you can do to avoid accidents. Accidents are caused by something unexpected happening. If you telegraph your intentions, others know what you're doing, and have more time to react to you.
Its not like you have to reach anywhere. stick your finger out and flip it up or down. pretty easy.
We have Good Samaritan laws that shield good samaritans acting in good faith from lawsuits.
And when we come back, have also recreated our brother and sister from long ago?
Why would the costs involved with space exploration go down in 50 years more if no one is doing anything along those lines, than if there is 50 years of funding, research and technological development that are directly applicable to that goal?
So, to restate:
If there were no bad people, everyone could be armed for self defense.
But since there are bad people, we can't allow people to be armed for self defense.
Lets be clear: Non-law-abiding people increase the problem of criminality, precisely because they are non-law abiding people. Whether they have guns or not, they are still non-law-abiding people. So what you say is technically true, that a non-law-abiding person carrying a gun increases the problem of criminality, but only because they are a subset of those who are non-law-abiding anyway.
If a non-law-abiding person were to threaten you with a shank, or a baseball bat, or 3 friends its still non-law-abiding behavior.
When you get into buildings blown up, and snipers, you're shifting the argument, and I don't think crimes will morph the way you say they will. Someone who is dissuaded from raping a woman, or mugging that guy guy walking home from work, or holding up that 7-11, is not going to blow up a building, or snipe someone instead.
Frangible ammo has a lessened chance of richoceting; it can still overprenetrate. A credible instructor (Clint Smith) showed me a target holder that had been hit by frangible .30-06. There was a .30" hole through 2mm of steel. Its been demonstrated many times that JHP rounds have less risk of overpenetration, and a proven higher effecitveness in stopping a threat, which is why police agencies use them.
Hollowpoint is perfectly fine for self defense; any defense lawyer will argue that you're not subject to military law. Plus, the US isn't a signatory to the Hague convention of 1899, though we do honor it. (http://www.thegunzone.com/hague.html )
As civilians, you have very similar requirements as police, when selecting your round; if anything, you require more performance, because you have no backup, no body armor. Selecting something that a law enforcement agency uses is probably a good call, from a tactical view, and from a legal defense view afterward. (again, IANAL.)
wait... what? you're saying that a gun fight where small holes might be put in an airframe that the air compressor could probably compensate for, would be WORSE than a small bomb? (And Glasers are just good marketing; if you actually READ your wikipedia link, you'll see that FAMs don't use Glasers anymore.)
i'd promote training, but then, I promote training every chance I get. No special weapons or ammo necessary (see above posts). pretty much all ammo is unlikely to cause castastrophic damage, though I won't rule it out. The math in my head still says that a small chance of something significant happening while defending a plane beats letting bad guys gain control and do what they like. (For example, Flight 93 could have ended better, of course, but the heroes there did prevent further loss of life in a populated area)
Good call on the banning alchohol though. I'm for it, but I don't drink anyway. I doubt that would happen. Only thing I can think of is a rule/law preventing sale of alcohol to those who have declared that they have a firearm on them, and enforcement by way of breathalyzers.
No, he wont decide not to go ape shit. But someone is more likely to be around to STOP him before he runs out of targets.
Sure, just like airplanes were butchers shops when knives were allowed on planes prior to 9/11. Man, I'm glad those days are over! Oh, and the way heavy traffic is like Death Race 2000, what with all the people in a high stress environment with massive pieces of mechanized steel at their disposal. I don't know how I get home every night!
I fly a lot as well (at least 3 or 4 trips a month, domestically and more recently, international long haul flights, and I've never seen, or heard an unruly passenger, let alone one who flies into a murderous rage. Once, an Arab guy complained that he was going to miss his connection in Dubai, though.
Go with a hollowpoint load. If it comes to it, you are using something that the (insert law enforcement agency) have tested and use, and you trust their judgement to find something effective. And you can claim as much in court. (IANAL either, but the people in (insert law enforcement agency) had access to them when they made their decision.)