I've packed lots of gear for many deployments. Not much to it other than use sealed, tough containers.
Ammo cans (ensure lid gasket is good) work very well. Plastic tubs taped shut with nylon packing tape work decently for larger items.
If you can score some drums with removable lids, they work a treat too.
I like ISO containers, and would if practical arrange to buy the container so I could drop it at destination and use it for an outbuilding. They are easy to work with, tough, and highly weather resistant.
"Now, we have the opposite problem -- an administration who issues oil leases but no permission to actually drill and fights all efforts to build any additional oil refineries"
Nice troll, but the US _exports_ gasoline of which it has a surplus. There is also no refinery capacity problem.
The global market is willing to spend MONEY to buy US gasoline and diesel. They even pay to refine crude in _US_ refineries for export elsewhere.
"U.S. oil and natural gas production in July was the highest since 1999, according to the Energy Department. That increase has allowed the U.S. to "meet 81 percent of its energy needs last year, the most since 1992." And, the U.S. took on the role of a net exporter of refined products for the first time since World War II.
Countries such as Venezuela and Brazil, petro dynamos in South America, both increased imports of U.S. refined products from last year.
Loder reported that gasoline has become more expensive because of rising world oil prices. The fact that U.S. refiners can turn a bigger profit by sending refined products out of the country should give us pause to think what would happen if we adopted policies to promote greater domestic crude production.
As long as markets for refined oil products overseas continue to grow, it only makes sense for U.S. refiners to tap these profitable opportunities.
"Drill Baby Drill!" won't necessarily lower gas prices as long as customers in China, India and other developing markets are willing to outbid U.S. motorists in the global gasoline price wars."
Incidentally, building pipeline for Canada to export their tar sands oil through US refineries in Foreign Trade Zones isn't going to help US consumers either, because it "un-landlocks" oil which was going to US customers in the first place.
"The Keystone XL pipeline, with its projected delivery of 800,000 barrels/day of heavy, sour crude from Canada, figures prominently in Valeroâ(TM)s plans to boost its profits. The higher volume of Canadian crude will widen the differential between Brent and other imported heavy, sour crudes by pushing prices down on imports.
For US drivers, this scenario does not mean that gasoline will be cheaper. It does mean that Valero will be able to capture bigger profits even as US demand for gasoline falls. The only thing that will push down pump prices is for Brent crude to fall significantly with respect to WTI. That is not part of either TransCanadaâ(TM)s or Valeroâ(TM)s plan."
Sorry to derail another anti-Obama attack (I don't like Omney OR Robama!) but the White House does not run the oil industry!
"Next up, petitioning the White House to find out why the fuck nuclear control systems are on the internet..."
They aren't, (also Read The Fucking Article) but tech reporting and public ignorance in the US are so horrid that all PCs owned by the military are presumed to be connected to each other.
Hint: Unclassified networks are used for Unclassified activities, of which there are many. They are different from Classified networks of various types. The usual communications necessary to getting ordinary business done (ordering asswipe, telling folks physical training is rescheduled, what the fuck ever) don't go on command and control networks.
An office in one building may (shock, horror) have systems connected to DIFFERENT networks, technologically astounding as that concept may be.
freebeacon got its page hits (hence the sensationalist title) and you got modded Insightful for displaying no Insight.
Mods, "Insightful" doesn't mean "me like, yay!".:-)
"Prison is going to do what for his mental health exactly?"
Nothing, but it will keep him from doing more damage as long as he's incarcerated. Crazy isn't curable and there are no mental health treatments which work. We should stop pretending and switch to damage control.
We need to reture to the institutional model, which was discarded strictly for reasons of expense. Lock them up, drug them into docility, but treat crazies as gently and professionally as practical. Leaving them on the street helps no one.
" The suicide rate here is over 3 times the national average but the issue is swept under the carpet in case it takes away from our sunny, happy image and damages tourism."
Without a statistical breakdown of WHY each suicide occurs, a high rate means very little.
If the population are old, sick, etc, then suicide can be a reasonable choice as opposed to slow, lingering agony/insanity.
Slashdot Mirror
Prove your Sky Fairie is real. Now. Refute his/her/its doubters, and I will kowtow, recant, and kiss his/her/its Noodly Appendage.
There is no reason to believe in a doctrine which has no evidence to support it.
There is no reason to respect Superstitionsts, for their dogma opposes the search for truth.
I've packed lots of gear for many deployments. Not much to it other than use sealed, tough containers.
Ammo cans (ensure lid gasket is good) work very well. Plastic tubs taped shut with nylon packing tape work decently for larger items.
If you can score some drums with removable lids, they work a treat too.
I like ISO containers, and would if practical arrange to buy the container so I could drop it at destination and use it for an outbuilding. They are easy to work with, tough, and highly weather resistant.
They also had ergonomic handsets, a long-dead idea.
As Slashdot circles the drain, playing reruns beats coming up with fresh content.
What made /. great is gone in pursuit of larger audience and greater revenue.
It's Federal, so "white collar". Four years is a chickenshit sentence.
If he'd held up a convenience store he could easily have gotten 7 mandatory or more.
HP printer drivers are so immense your PC will actually WEIGH MORE after downloading them.
HP can't die soon enough for me.
Slashdot isn't going back to the Old Ways. Nothing of value will be lost if it does die, now.
What sites do the hive mind recommend which have "News for Nerds"?
""What happened with Netbooks again?"
They were deliberately crippled with RAM limits to provide "product differentiation" so customers would buy more expensive notebooks.
There's no excuse for a 2GB RAM limit, for example.
Netbooks were obviously designed with malice aforethought.
"The hogwash is used to make Mountain Dew."
No, Mountain Dew is the sweat off Mountain Oysters.
"Now, we have the opposite problem -- an administration who issues oil leases but no permission to actually drill and fights all efforts to build any additional oil refineries"
Nice troll, but the US _exports_ gasoline of which it has a surplus.
There is also no refinery capacity problem.
The global market is willing to spend MONEY to buy US gasoline and diesel. They even pay to refine crude in _US_ refineries for export elsewhere.
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mgfexus1&f=m
http://zfacts.com/node/426
"U.S. oil and natural gas production in July was the highest since 1999, according to the Energy Department. That increase has allowed the U.S. to "meet 81 percent of its energy needs last year, the most since 1992." And, the U.S. took on the role of a net exporter of refined products for the first time since World War II.
Countries such as Venezuela and Brazil, petro dynamos in South America, both increased imports of U.S. refined products from last year.
Loder reported that gasoline has become more expensive because of rising world oil prices. The fact that U.S. refiners can turn a bigger profit by sending refined products out of the country should give us pause to think what would happen if we adopted policies to promote greater domestic crude production.
As long as markets for refined oil products overseas continue to grow, it only makes sense for U.S. refiners to tap these profitable opportunities.
"Drill Baby Drill!" won't necessarily lower gas prices as long as customers in China, India and other developing markets are willing to outbid U.S. motorists in the global gasoline price wars."
Incidentally, building pipeline for Canada to export their tar sands oil through US refineries in Foreign Trade Zones isn't going to help US consumers either, because it "un-landlocks" oil which was going to US customers in the first place.
http://247wallst.com/2012/03/07/valero-looks-forward-to-export-opportunities-vlo-trp-tso-mpc-hfc/
"The Keystone XL pipeline, with its projected delivery of 800,000 barrels/day of heavy, sour crude from Canada, figures prominently in Valeroâ(TM)s plans to boost its profits. The higher volume of Canadian crude will widen the differential between Brent and other imported heavy, sour crudes by pushing prices down on imports.
For US drivers, this scenario does not mean that gasoline will be cheaper. It does mean that Valero will be able to capture bigger profits even as US demand for gasoline falls. The only thing that will push down pump prices is for Brent crude to fall significantly with respect to WTI. That is not part of either TransCanadaâ(TM)s or Valeroâ(TM)s plan."
Sorry to derail another anti-Obama attack (I don't like Omney OR Robama!) but the White House does not run the oil industry!
BAE doesn't give a fuck, they have more than enough government connections.
"Railgun" pieces, however redundant, get page hits.
"Next up, petitioning the White House to find out why the fuck nuclear control systems are on the internet ..."
They aren't, (also Read The Fucking Article) but tech reporting and public ignorance in the US are so horrid that all PCs owned by the military are presumed to be connected to each other.
Hint:
Unclassified networks are used for Unclassified activities, of which there are many. They are different from Classified networks of various types. The usual communications necessary to getting ordinary business done (ordering asswipe, telling folks physical training is rescheduled, what the fuck ever) don't go on command and control networks.
An office in one building may (shock, horror) have systems connected to DIFFERENT networks, technologically astounding as that concept may be.
freebeacon got its page hits (hence the sensationalist title) and you got modded Insightful for displaying no Insight.
Mods, "Insightful" doesn't mean "me like, yay!". :-)
Garden Walls can be breached by software.
HARDware switches are a different barrier altogether.
Software switches trade convenience for security.
I'd like to see MORE software breaches to coerce the provision of hardware switches.
"I'll just keep using AdBlock Plus, NoScript, etc."
I'll keep REMINDING OTHERS to use AdBlock Plus, NoScript, etc.
"Prison is going to do what for his mental health exactly?"
Nothing, but it will keep him from doing more damage as long as he's incarcerated. Crazy isn't curable and there are no mental health treatments which work. We should stop pretending and switch to damage control.
We need to reture to the institutional model, which was discarded strictly for reasons of expense. Lock them up, drug them into docility, but treat crazies as gently and professionally as practical. Leaving them on the street helps no one.
Google etc should BUY and RULE most of the music and movie industries, relegating them to "internet content providers".
"Unless the viewer is a psychopath (in the clinical sense) that is never how it works."
Citation needed.
" The suicide rate here is over 3 times the national average but the issue is swept under the carpet in case it takes away from our sunny, happy image and damages tourism."
Without a statistical breakdown of WHY each suicide occurs, a high rate means very little.
If the population are old, sick, etc, then suicide can be a reasonable choice as opposed to slow, lingering agony/insanity.
Suicide is taboo because /Sky Fairie wants live worshippers.
"If we pretend it's not real we won't contemplate it."
That's also why Assisted Suicide is mostly taboo no matter how much suffering it would alleviate.
What's "unethical" about posting Public Truth.
Why should that NOT be shown?
Yes, really.
Car chases don't convey useful info, they are nothing more than fap fodder.
I'm fine with them showing the suicide. That's what happened.
No counter-argument I see.
Is anyone who isn't White and prosperous responsible for anything they do?
Sanitizing events lets people avoid confronting reality.
People should KNOW what death and violence and other Bad Shit look like, not masturbate to the Tasty Car Chase then cut to commercial.
PC bullshit is just another US Media Failure. Show the truth, even when that Truth is dead people. Actions have real consequences.
BTW, war is made more acceptable by not showing dead own-side troops. The "Greatest Generation" could face truth, so we have no excuse.
Would Faux News show this?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tM-QyTu2WtM/T6UrDoXUuiI/AAAAAAAAJHg/04qvGEII8Dg/s640/brutal-war-images-pictures-ww2-battle-tarawa.jpg
Poor countries are free to alter their cultures and populations for better quality of life.
Their relentless failure to feed themselves is neither my fault nor my concern. If THEY are responsible for nothing, neither am I.
" On the other hand the entire reason the plane costs 190 million"
Much of that is actually do to poor economies of scale and changing airframe purchase numbers.
Computer analogy:
You need a chip fab to make CPUs. The cost per CPU is spread out over MANY CPUs, or not.