That's a job for overwhelming physical force to interdict and disrupt the mob BEFORE it gets momentum.
This is an entertaining demonstration that government will NOT protect honest citizens. The three men were killed with a car while trying to peacefully protect their area from rioters, or the fellow who just died in hospital after being beaten for trying to stop rioters setting fire to rubbish bins, are what you get when rioting is seen as acceptable by government.
Rioters should be met with overwhelming less-lethal force including plastic bullets, tear gas, water cannon, and every "less-lethal" asset available. I don't care if some die because they are bad humans, but killing them "accidentally" is a wiser political choice.
I demand the government keep me, as a good citizen, safe from the bad citizens and don't give a shit what is done to looters. I don't loot, so no problem.
Plenty of people got lost in the days of topo map and compass too. Stupidity is sometimes fatal. Learn land nav skills or stay the fuck out of the boonies.
It doesn't cost much of anything except your time.
Map/compass/GPS is a fine combination. Printing satellite view pics of the area you are traversing is even better. There is no excuse for getting lost with all the old and new tech at your fingertips.
You can download USGS topo maps and laminate them. You can download Google and Bing satellite views and laminate them. Compasses are cheap. GPS is reasonable, but USE IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PHYSICAL MAP.
Here's an Army Field Manual for free download: www.uvm.edu/~goldbar/FM3_25.26.pdf
The CSM has a fine record, but the innocently-named Washington Times is owned by Sun Myung Moons Unification Church and their content clearly reflects that.
It is reasonable to expect cameras, software, and related equipment to steadily improve. There are no intrinsic barriers to this becoming highly effective technology EVEN IF IT'S ONLY MODERATELY EFFECTIVE NOW. UAVs were once less effective than manned Forward Air Controllers. Now they can loiter over a battlespace 24/7 in rotation and provide constant combat surveillance. IED teams can be tracked from where they assemble to their IED placement location and dealt with.
I'd support execution for economic crimes because of the immense damage they do. Any fraud or theft over a million bucks should carry a public death sentence, Chinese style. It's "economic treason", which unlike crimes of passion, capital punishment would deter.
Bernie Madoff wouldn't be so smug if he and his cohorts were marched into a stadium and shot. I'd volunteer for the firing squad lottery.
I never said or implied anything of the sort. However, if they were to assault or menace me such that I were in legitimate fear for my safety I certainly would be legally entitled to shoot them on my property.
I said NOTHING about "brown peoples". DO YOU THINK I WOULD TOLERATE BEING ATTACKED BY WHITES? If so, why? I value me more than shiteaters of any race.
I keep paper maps (and a compass) but signs in South Carolina aren't much use.
What I do find useful is printing Google Map Satellite view photos of my destination. I even do this for routine tasks like picking up junk cars. I don't bother using my GPS much.
You fail to appreciate that most of what keeps humans as well-behaved as most are is FEAR of punishment.
Act out in ape society and you can get bitten. Humans are no different. If you want to keep apes in line, have sharp teeth and the willingness to use them.
Those yobs are like jock-worshipping, prosperous "sports rioters" in the US who destroy and loot because their team of cattle won or lost a silly game. The way to deal with brutes is to break them, so break them and do not stop until the enemy either submits or dies.
They are trash. Destroy them and anyone who supports them. Enough with the kid gloves treatment. Anyone who thinks riot for its own sake is fun deserves to be given a Reginald Denny beatdown as a lesson.
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He is good at discrediting chiropractors, and if anyone on Slashdot actually believes his posts they need to be cleansed from the gene pool.
Most of it is actually to overcome physical limfacs such as lifting ability. Killbots have their place, but an exo could be much faster and handier for logistics tasks than common forklifts etc.
A Weapons Load Crew wearing exoskeletons could unload ordnance quickly and mount it on aircraft hardpoints, for example.
You can re-target in-flight, not practical with ICBM. It doesn't have a launch signature to be confused with ICBM. It's larger hence more visible to modern sensors than an ICBM, so countries who matter will know the difference.
It's fast enough to appear to head in one direction then fly a sudden dogleg or other attack profile and defeat conventional defenses.
"Agreed. If you're going to create a fictional world of bullshit, don't violate the rules set forth by said bullshit. Immersion in the suspension of disbelief only functions if one remains consistent."
Not for immediate status updates. It's fast. The public have no need for detailed entertainment - oops - information until the crash investigation is complete.
For non-shit ergonomics, a laptop needs a docking station, external monitor, ergo keyboard, and in my case a conventional laser mouse which I switch from side to side to avoid RSI.
I now use my old T-61 with 8GB RAM for most home tasks, but will always keep a desktop because I can immediately fix it if it breaks, it has more features, and is easy to expand and modify.
The footprint difference is only about one square foot between a laptop and a traditional large tower case.
People don't normally stack stuff on their laptops, so the vertical cubage consumed by my desktop means nothing. I can work on the desktop from my laptop using vnc when I wish.
If your laptop breaks, you are screwed unless you have spares or somewhere else to plug in the lappy drive. That "somewhere else" is my desktop and I've made good use of them over the years.
"An eventual nuclear war between any of India/Pakistan, Iran/Israel, North Korea/Somebody is far more likely to be the biggest threat this century,"
Atmospheric testing has proven that level of nuclear warfare won't be much of a problem except for the countries taking the hits. Enough warheads to match or beat that level of nuclear exchange have been detonated with little fallout (pun intended!) aboveground. Many of those shots were in the US.
Israel/Iran or Indo/Pak exchanges would be the least inconvenient to the rest of the world, and India has enough people to take the hit, wipe out Pakistan, and survive as a nation. When the Paks collapse and the Jihadists take over, that may well happen since if Pak nukes can't be disabled a first strike would be the best way of ending the mortal threat to India.
The Norks could hit the South, but that would green light a US nuclear response. We used to have fighters on Zulu Alert ready to vape the Norks, but now SSBNs are more secure and one could dispose of the Communists in fine style. That's what keeps them in their box so I don't expect NK to suicide.
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That's a job for overwhelming physical force to interdict and disrupt the mob BEFORE it gets momentum.
This is an entertaining demonstration that government will NOT protect honest citizens. The three men were killed with a car while trying to peacefully protect their area from rioters, or the fellow who just died in hospital after being beaten for trying to stop rioters setting fire to rubbish bins, are what you get when rioting is seen as acceptable by government.
Rioters should be met with overwhelming less-lethal force including plastic bullets, tear gas, water cannon, and every "less-lethal" asset available. I don't care if some die because they are bad humans, but killing them "accidentally" is a wiser political choice.
I demand the government keep me, as a good citizen, safe from the bad citizens and don't give a shit what is done to looters. I don't loot, so no problem.
Plenty of people got lost in the days of topo map and compass too.
Stupidity is sometimes fatal. Learn land nav skills or stay the fuck out of the boonies.
It doesn't cost much of anything except your time.
Map/compass/GPS is a fine combination. Printing satellite view pics of the area you are traversing is even better. There is no excuse for getting lost with all the old and new tech at your fingertips.
You can download USGS topo maps and laminate them. You can download Google and Bing satellite views and laminate them. Compasses are cheap. GPS is reasonable, but USE IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PHYSICAL MAP.
Here's an Army Field Manual for free download:
www.uvm.edu/~goldbar/FM3_25.26.pdf
The CSM has a fine record, but the innocently-named Washington Times is owned by Sun Myung Moons Unification Church and their content clearly reflects that.
http://www.realjournalism.net/times.htm
It is reasonable to expect cameras, software, and related equipment to steadily improve. There are no intrinsic barriers to this becoming highly effective technology EVEN IF IT'S ONLY MODERATELY EFFECTIVE NOW.
UAVs were once less effective than manned Forward Air Controllers. Now they can loiter over a battlespace 24/7 in rotation and provide constant combat surveillance. IED teams can be tracked from where they assemble to their IED placement location and dealt with.
Why should he even get a round off?
He didn't instantly surrender and was armed. As in the US, every scumbags supportive criminal family caterwauls when they get capped.
Threaten to cut off social services to rioters and see how things change. This is already under discussion.
I'd support execution for economic crimes because of the immense damage they do. Any fraud or theft over a million bucks should carry a public death sentence, Chinese style. It's "economic treason", which unlike crimes of passion, capital punishment would deter.
Bernie Madoff wouldn't be so smug if he and his cohorts were marched into a stadium and shot. I'd volunteer for the firing squad lottery.
I never said or implied anything of the sort. However, if they were to assault or menace me such that I were in legitimate fear for my safety I certainly would be legally entitled to shoot them on my property.
I said NOTHING about "brown peoples". DO YOU THINK I WOULD TOLERATE BEING ATTACKED BY WHITES? If so, why? I value me more than shiteaters of any race.
I keep paper maps (and a compass) but signs in South Carolina aren't much use.
What I do find useful is printing Google Map Satellite view photos of my destination. I even do this for routine tasks like picking up junk cars. I don't bother using my GPS much.
You fail to appreciate that most of what keeps humans as well-behaved as most are is FEAR of punishment.
Act out in ape society and you can get bitten. Humans are no different. If you want to keep apes in line, have sharp teeth and the willingness to use them.
Those yobs are like jock-worshipping, prosperous "sports rioters" in the US who destroy and loot because their team of cattle won or lost a silly game. The way to deal with brutes is to break them, so break them and do not stop until the enemy either submits or dies.
I fight the Powah from Mom's basement!
They are trash. Destroy them and anyone who supports them. Enough with the kid gloves treatment. Anyone who thinks riot for its own sake is fun deserves to be given a Reginald Denny beatdown as a lesson.
He is good at discrediting chiropractors, and if anyone on Slashdot actually believes his posts they need to be cleansed from the gene pool.
Most of it is actually to overcome physical limfacs such as lifting ability. Killbots have their place, but an exo could be much faster and handier for logistics tasks than common forklifts etc.
A Weapons Load Crew wearing exoskeletons could unload ordnance quickly and mount it on aircraft hardpoints, for example.
First they came for the IDE controllers,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't an IDE controller.
Then they came for the modems,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a modem.
Then they came for the sound cards,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a sound card.
Then they came for the SSDs,
and there was no one left to speak out for...
Aww...fuck it. Motherboards are dirt cheap so enjoy the tradeoff.
They actually do sell vast amounts of surplus via the Govliquidation site, and people bid that shit higher than Ebay in many cases.
You can re-target in-flight, not practical with ICBM. It doesn't have a launch signature to be confused with ICBM. It's larger hence more visible to modern sensors than an ICBM, so countries who matter will know the difference.
It's fast enough to appear to head in one direction then fly a sudden dogleg or other attack profile and defeat conventional defenses.
Good stuff. The world is a bad place so be ready.
If they torch my house with me in it, it's lawful for me to use ball ammo to stop them.
Arson on an occupied structure is basically attempted murder.
"How about a shooter where, when your character dies, it reformats your hard disk?"
I like your idea, but not enough to avoid using VM Snapshots to dodge most of the consequences!
"(surely one person will reply to this begging for that)"
I, for one, find the idea vaguely arousing.
"Agreed. If you're going to create a fictional world of bullshit, don't violate the rules set forth by said bullshit. Immersion in the suspension of disbelief only functions if one remains consistent."
Preach on, brother!
Oops. Wrong FWOBS. ;-)=)
Not for immediate status updates. It's fast. The public have no need for detailed entertainment - oops - information until the crash investigation is complete.
For non-shit ergonomics, a laptop needs a docking station, external monitor, ergo keyboard, and in my case a conventional laser mouse which I switch from side to side to avoid RSI.
I now use my old T-61 with 8GB RAM for most home tasks, but will always keep a desktop because I can immediately fix it if it breaks, it has more features, and is easy to expand and modify.
The footprint difference is only about one square foot between a laptop and a traditional large tower case.
People don't normally stack stuff on their laptops, so the vertical cubage consumed by my desktop means nothing. I can work on the desktop from my laptop using vnc when I wish.
If your laptop breaks, you are screwed unless you have spares or somewhere else to plug in the lappy drive. That "somewhere else" is my desktop and I've made good use of them over the years.
"An eventual nuclear war between any of India/Pakistan, Iran/Israel, North Korea/Somebody is far more likely to be the biggest threat this century,"
Atmospheric testing has proven that level of nuclear warfare won't be much of a problem except for the countries taking the hits. Enough warheads to match or beat that level of nuclear exchange have been detonated with little fallout (pun intended!) aboveground. Many of those shots were in the US.
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/
Israel/Iran or Indo/Pak exchanges would be the least inconvenient to the rest of the world, and India has enough people to take the hit, wipe out Pakistan, and survive as a nation. When the Paks collapse and the Jihadists take over, that may well happen since if Pak nukes can't be disabled a first strike would be the best way of ending the mortal threat to India.
The Norks could hit the South, but that would green light a US nuclear response. We used to have fighters on Zulu Alert ready to vape the Norks, but now SSBNs are more secure and one could dispose of the Communists in fine style. That's what keeps them in their box so I don't expect NK to suicide.
"Why isn't there a mechanism in place to punish these folks?"
A fine idea, but let's outsource it to save money.