Mod parent up. I'm taking CNC machining and CAD/CAM classes at a local community college.
You'll need to import your files into CAM software to generate code to run your CNC machines. A class can be very useful.
Also, if you have buddies who are used to setting up the CNC milling and turning centers, see if you can get them to train you on the basics of setup, such as touching off tools, putting workpieces in the vise or chuck, and the common practice of machining special aluminum vise jaws for Kurt vises to hold your work.
Some of those places have no legal expectation of privacy if they are public venues.
Soon, you won't be able to see the cams.
The total omnidirectional loss of "public privacy" is the only way to somewhat balance the outcomes and have video to document facts.
Imagine if the students at Kent State had modern video recording gear and had used it to film the Guardsmen shooting unarmed demonstrators with ball ammo.
Also, search for "DHS checkpoint refusals" on Youtube.
The "right to keep and bear cameras" is essential to expose government and other threats to the public.
It is better to deter bad government by exposure than having to resort to the methods Syrians are using to resist Assad.
In the real, non-geek world there are many folks with almost no money who benefit greatly from having a usable computer. Filing unemployment claims and mandatory job searches are some examples of tasks you can do using a slow 'puter on a dialup connection. Driving to use a public computer is expensive, especially in rural areas.
I have several friends who still use P4s for their primary and "kidsputer" needs. There is not money for anything else, which is also why working XP machines promptly disappear from thrift stores.
Hand a thrift store a turnkey system and someone will put it to use.
You also need the ability to erase crazies from the earth in order to either preserve your country, what's left of your country, or perhaps just its cultural allies.
We also tend to forget how practical limited, tactical nuclear war really is because the general public wasn't trained for it. The military was, and is.
A nuclear battlefield isn't the end of the world. During the Cold War enough atmospheric detonations were done for testing to make a fair-sized nuclear war. Overlay them on (target nation or nations of choice) and there is your very practical nuclear war. Not nice, but provably do-able. Modern armored personnel carriers and NBC suits are among the many legacies of training for the atomic battlefield.
Nuclear arms held by the US and Russia aren't a threat to "the world" as both are rational actors. MAD works with rational actors.
The idea that "examples" work with nations that have other agendas is absurd. The way to deter nation-state war by superpowers is for each to be able to wipe the other out so they never recover.
The reason to maintain such capability even though the world situation changes is because it can change in any direction.
There is no downside to keeping the nuclear triad. (Aircraft/SLBM/land-based ballistic missiles. They have prevented nuclear war since the end of WWII.
We can do what we want, but other people do not have those needs or desires.
Most people only want to consume content. If they have a machine for that which is less likely to be taken over and used in botnets etc, the better for the rest of us. That sort of end user cannot be improved, but they can be sold equipment which suits them.
Jet engines are tested with birds, but that doesn't mean birds can't damage them. It means they should be able to digest that standard weight of poultry and not fail. Maintenance would inspect (visual and fiber-optic borescope) them on return for maintenance.
Birds aren't metal. An engine sucking in an aircraft forms binder (for example) can sustain considerable damage just from the metal spine.
It's a crapshoot what sending hard parts down an intake will do. Just one bolt could, if it got to the compressor section, take an engine out. It rarely does.
"If you don't like the "state" you live under then move or change it."
Unless the public have lethal force options there is zero reason for the State to respect their will. "Changing" the State was done by the American Revolution.
Sometimes the only way to remove human obstacles is to take their lives, and under some onerous situations that is reasonable and good.
If you will not kill to be free and free others, how dare you say you deserve freedom you won't fight for? Fighting for freedom includes embedding the practical capability for revolution in the hands of the public. The Second Amerndment codified that RIGHT. The People have Rights under the Constitution, hence the wording.
Google should start "divide and conquer" by buying large chunks of the content industry and giving them marching orders to cease that shit.
This is about money, not principle. We I rich enough I'd gladly buy firms whose politics I disagreed with and reform them or Bain them to profitable destruction.
PC boards etc sell for scrap on Ebay, for example.
I'd tear down everything. You can scrap steel cases, copper separated into different grades (ask your scrap dealer how they want it), aluminum, lead batteries etc.
"They could use the cash, and i could use downloading my old emails."
I already download all my emails using Thunderbird Portable on Windows. (Too bad Linux doesn't have Portable Apps, but I don't mind using Windows in a VM for such things.)
I leave the messages on the servers for my various webmail accounts, but periodically backup to local copies then burn the whole T-bird Portable program folder to DVD. (Read-only means a sync in the future won't delete any of them.)
Thunderbird is a great "webmail client". Dead simple, portable, and no annoying webmail page layout or adverts. If Yahoo died today, I could seamlessly press on without interruption.
The Saudis would be slaughtered from the air. Abrams are nice, but they are hot (turbine engine) and have few places to hide in KSA.
After the Saudi Air Force was destroyed in their HAS and had their runways cratered, Warthogs etc would be free to roam and kill armor.
Older block F-16A/Bs were accurate enough to kill Iraqi tanks with dumb Mark 84s in Desert Storm. (No need for a direct hit to do the job.)
Now we have MUCH better surveillance and spotting capabilities, UAS of course included. Americans are thoroughly familiar with KSA because many generations have deployed and done contract work throughout the Kingdom.
The US has difficulties fighting unconventional wars because those are illegal to win since Nuremburg, but killing modern forces is entirely different.
"Business school graduates forget that the basis of capitalism is capital, not short term profits."
Companies are expendable and so long as those in charge make a buck they have no reason not to use them up and part them out. It's every man for himself. The government is crooked, the banks are crooked, the public are dumbfucks, and there is NO reward for virtue except being a chump.
American workers are too stupid to hate them in return.
Hiring Pinkertons to shoot workers is no longer fashionable, but don't think for a second our rulers and their rich puppet masters give a shit about any of the expendable peons they grind under their Juggernaut.
Look into tear gas or colored (so as not to be mistaken for fire) smoke dispensers. You could build your own using orange smoke grenades etc, but ensure your enclosure is fire-safe.
Physical security can SLOW attackers, but doesn't DENY them the premises.
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Mod parent up. I'm taking CNC machining and CAD/CAM classes at a local community college.
You'll need to import your files into CAM software to generate code to run your CNC machines. A class can be very useful.
Also, if you have buddies who are used to setting up the CNC milling and turning centers, see if you can get them to train you on the basics of setup, such as touching off tools, putting workpieces in the vise or chuck, and the common practice of machining special aluminum vise jaws for Kurt vises to hold your work.
It's Big Fun.
Some of those places have no legal expectation of privacy if they are public venues.
Soon, you won't be able to see the cams.
The total omnidirectional loss of "public privacy" is the only way to somewhat balance the outcomes and have video to document facts.
Imagine if the students at Kent State had modern video recording gear and had used it to film the Guardsmen shooting unarmed demonstrators with ball ammo.
Also, search for "DHS checkpoint refusals" on Youtube.
The "right to keep and bear cameras" is essential to expose government and other threats to the public.
It is better to deter bad government by exposure than having to resort to the methods Syrians are using to resist Assad.
In the real, non-geek world there are many folks with almost no money who benefit greatly from having a usable computer. Filing unemployment claims and mandatory job searches are some examples of tasks you can do using a slow 'puter on a dialup connection. Driving to use a public computer is expensive, especially in rural areas.
I have several friends who still use P4s for their primary and "kidsputer" needs. There is not money for anything else, which is also why working XP machines promptly disappear from thrift stores.
Hand a thrift store a turnkey system and someone will put it to use.
You also need the ability to erase crazies from the earth in order to either preserve your country, what's left of your country, or perhaps just its cultural allies.
We also tend to forget how practical limited, tactical nuclear war really is because the general public wasn't trained for it. The military was, and is.
A nuclear battlefield isn't the end of the world. During the Cold War enough atmospheric detonations were done for testing to make a fair-sized nuclear war. Overlay them on (target nation or nations of choice) and there is your very practical nuclear war. Not nice, but provably do-able. Modern armored personnel carriers and NBC suits are among the many legacies of training for the atomic battlefield.
Nuclear arms held by the US and Russia aren't a threat to "the world" as both are rational actors. MAD works with rational actors.
The idea that "examples" work with nations that have other agendas is absurd. The way to deter nation-state war by superpowers is for each to be able to wipe the other out so they never recover.
The reason to maintain such capability even though the world situation changes is because it can change in any direction.
There is no downside to keeping the nuclear triad. (Aircraft/SLBM/land-based ballistic missiles. They have prevented nuclear war since the end of WWII.
We can do what we want, but other people do not have those needs or desires.
Most people only want to consume content. If they have a machine for that which is less likely to be taken over and used in botnets etc, the better for the rest of us. That sort of end user cannot be improved, but they can be sold equipment which suits them.
There are plenty of ways to get 2010 and keep it activated without bothering MSFT.
That's what the old USAF mechs who taught me sometimes called it.
BTW birds are turned into a mist of blood and feathers when they go down an intake, and it stinks. Inspecting those is nasty.
Jet engines don't always contain catastrophic failures, as the fan. compressor and turbine blades are spinning at high rpm (rate depends on engine).
http://www.remotevisualinspection.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Turbine4_256-1.gif
Google Image Search "bird strike engine damage" for some entertainment.
http://english4aviation.pbworks.com/w/page/24448140/Pictures#Birdsstrikeeverywhere
Retired engine mech here.
Jet engines are tested with birds, but that doesn't mean birds can't damage them. It means they should be able to digest that standard weight of poultry and not fail. Maintenance would inspect (visual and fiber-optic borescope) them on return for maintenance.
Birds aren't metal. An engine sucking in an aircraft forms binder (for example) can sustain considerable damage just from the metal spine.
It's a crapshoot what sending hard parts down an intake will do. Just one bolt could, if it got to the compressor section, take an engine out. It rarely does.
Nice technical solution to a technical AND a social engineering problem.
If I knew a person was my enemy I would not enrich them by buying their works.
That would be stupid, particularly for trifles such as comics.
There is a lesson there.
Don't poke the bear. The world runs on brutal force, the only universal language.
"If you don't like the "state" you live under then move or change it."
Unless the public have lethal force options there is zero reason for the State to respect their will. "Changing" the State was done by the American Revolution.
Sometimes the only way to remove human obstacles is to take their lives, and under some onerous situations that is reasonable and good.
If you will not kill to be free and free others, how dare you say you deserve freedom you won't fight for? Fighting for freedom includes embedding the practical capability for revolution in the hands of the public. The Second Amerndment codified that RIGHT. The People have Rights under the Constitution, hence the wording.
Google should start "divide and conquer" by buying large chunks of the content industry and giving them marching orders to cease that shit.
This is about money, not principle. We I rich enough I'd gladly buy firms whose politics I disagreed with and reform them or Bain them to profitable destruction.
PC boards etc sell for scrap on Ebay, for example.
I'd tear down everything. You can scrap steel cases, copper separated into different grades (ask your scrap dealer how they want it), aluminum, lead batteries etc.
Hitting emitters is old news, and as UAVs get cheaper so will anti-radiation missiles.
"They could use the cash, and i could use downloading my old emails."
I already download all my emails using Thunderbird Portable on Windows. (Too bad Linux doesn't have Portable Apps, but I don't mind using Windows in a VM for such things.)
I leave the messages on the servers for my various webmail accounts, but periodically backup to local copies then burn the whole T-bird Portable program folder to DVD. (Read-only means a sync in the future won't delete any of them.)
Thunderbird is a great "webmail client". Dead simple, portable, and no annoying webmail page layout or adverts. If Yahoo died today, I could seamlessly press on without interruption.
"I suggest a fur fedora"
Is that new?
The latest Fedora release I've heard of is Spherical Cow.
The Second Amendment exists to embed the capability for effective revolt in the public.
The Founders KILLED enough of their lawful government that it gave up and decamped to England.
When protests and votes cease to work, violence IS the answer. Without willingness to put lead in the enemy's guts, we'd have no USA.
The Saudis would be slaughtered from the air. Abrams are nice, but they are hot (turbine engine) and have few places to hide in KSA.
After the Saudi Air Force was destroyed in their HAS and had their runways cratered, Warthogs etc would be free to roam and kill armor.
Older block F-16A/Bs were accurate enough to kill Iraqi tanks with dumb Mark 84s in Desert Storm. (No need for a direct hit to do the job.)
Now we have MUCH better surveillance and spotting capabilities, UAS of course included. Americans are thoroughly familiar with KSA because many generations have deployed and done contract work throughout the Kingdom.
The US has difficulties fighting unconventional wars because those are illegal to win since Nuremburg, but killing modern forces is entirely different.
"Business school graduates forget that the basis of capitalism is capital, not short term profits."
Companies are expendable and so long as those in charge make a buck they have no reason not to use them up and part them out. It's every man for himself. The government is crooked, the banks are crooked, the public are dumbfucks, and there is NO reward for virtue except being a chump.
"It's like the trucking industry "driver shortage" an illusion promoted around a business model that uses up (abuses) young drivers."
It's called "churning". I'm surprised dispatchers who run new drivers ragged don't get a tire knocker across the face now and then.
Many American businesses hate their workers.
American workers are too stupid to hate them in return.
Hiring Pinkertons to shoot workers is no longer fashionable, but don't think for a second our rulers and their rich puppet masters give a shit about any of the expendable peons they grind under their Juggernaut.
"If it runs Unity then run for the hills. Seriously, how many users did they lose with that ugliness?"
All the users who didn't know how easy it is to have more than one Desktop Environment on Linux
Look into tear gas or colored (so as not to be mistaken for fire) smoke dispensers. You could build your own using orange smoke grenades etc, but ensure your enclosure is fire-safe.
Physical security can SLOW attackers, but doesn't DENY them the premises.
Example, I've not used these:
http://burglarbomb.com/