Yes, but it hasn't been done for about five bucks worth of parts.
Those simulation systems are aimed at government or military budgets, and are well outside the reach of hobbyists, or small security and law-enforcement agencies.
Admittedly Quake and Doom aren't useful training tools for real world combatives, but it's a start...
If you're brave enough, remind her you've got at least a year after the kid's born before it's going to be walking or crawling, much less endangering itself by messing with your stuff.
Much of the reason the Middle East is such a mess, is that the Arabs seriously believe this shit.
Thanks to their corrupt, despotic leaders, they are convinced that every problem in their life, is the fault of Israel or America.
Yasser Arafat is worth three billion but you've got no water? The Jews.
Your leaders have helicopters and mansions, but you are illiterate and poor? The Jews.
Hey, how would you like us to give your family a nice new house, and $25,000 courtesy of Iran? All you need to do is put on this backpack, walk over there and press this button. Oh, and if you don't, we'll kill you anyway.
And if you think I'm exaggerating, have a look at some authentic clips from Arab Television, for example the claim by a Hamas leader that Pepsi is a secret Jewish plot... Yes, they actually believe this shit.
No. They will just sponsor Al Gore to speak about global warming at a local meeting. Thanks to the Gore Effect, the temperature usually drops dramatically as soon as Gore arrives.
Not necessarily. Your browser would be able to demonstrate the incorrect digital certificate (if any) of the rogue site.
However, a few pretty padlock icons on the page, and users' habit to ignore security warnings, might still mean trouble. So the attack would often work.
These people deserve recognition just for the fact they served their country for so many years.
These days, many people would be tempted to post their activities to the web and be interviewed by the New York Times, who in turn would be thrilled to get the scoop, at the expense of national security. The enemies of freedom know how to abuse ours...
The two worst sets of directions I've ever received, thanks entirely to "local knowledge" (and my lack of it) were in country towns of New South Wales, Australia.
1) "Drive straight along this road, and turn left about two miles before the traffic lights".
I happily drove off, until I got to the traffic lights, whereupon I did a U-turn and drove back two miles, cursing.
2) "You can't miss it. Go along this highway, until you get to where the school used to be and then turn left".
Apparently everyone in the town knows that the shopping centre used to be a school. I wasn't from the town...
In my experience, GPS navigation systems are great for telling you where you are, but lousy at getting you from point A to point B in an efficient manner.
I find the combination of a traditional map and a GPS to be a great improvement.
But you'll have time to rummage through old boxes, or run down to Wal-Mart, to find a telephone and plug it into those sockets, to call for an ambulance.
(Mod Funny)
But seriously, I think a lot of people don't think about worst case scenarios. Personally, I think my decades older copper phone wiring, exchanges, phones etc. are more trustworthy than my mobile phone. The latter can also be turned off to prevent cellular-phone detonated weapons, where the terrorists don't really use landlines that much.
Admittedly, in that scenario calling emergency service probably won't help you that much anyway, so you might want to think about a first-aid kit and CPR. Sadly these days, too many people assume that all they need to do is pick up the phone and the government will provide. I've got news for those people...
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Because hearing "Drunken cheerleader" and "virus" in the same sentence kinda spoils the fantasy.
This was modded insightful?
Are you seriously suggesting that people should visit TinyURL to determine the real name of an asset on their company LAN?
All of my servers are named Chuck Norris.
Now who wins?
Hi, uh... There's something wrong with FleshLight, uh... and I think I may have accidentally the whole thing.
Nyet.
In Soviet Russia, Licensed devices interfere with you.
Google Wave is a bit hard to describe, but it's completely worth your hour to watch the video.
Not a good bit of advocacy. Can you imagine any other sales pitch starting that way?
Hi, I have this great product. It's a little hard to explain, but why don't you just come to this free seminar...
I'd really like an "Elevator Pitch" for this technology.
Watch the video.
Next time your wife gets pissy, use the shovel.
This should not be marked as flamebait and raises a very genuine problem.
Live and 'simulation' weapons training should always be quarantined to prevent disastrous fuckups.
I cannot STAND it when indoor firearms ranges have a coin operated shooting game. It's just begging for someone to pull out a real gun, out of habit.
Running into walls?
You should have been standing still. Were you trying to create a projection system, or a Holodeck?
Yes, but it hasn't been done for about five bucks worth of parts.
Those simulation systems are aimed at government or military budgets, and are well outside the reach of hobbyists, or small security and law-enforcement agencies.
Admittedly Quake and Doom aren't useful training tools for real world combatives, but it's a start...
She's nesting. Look it up.
If you're brave enough, remind her you've got at least a year after the kid's born before it's going to be walking or crawling, much less endangering itself by messing with your stuff.
If your small child (3 years old or whatever) can defeat the zip tie, you have a prodigy with the strength of 10
Or a kid with scissors...
I keep my 3 year olds nice and tidy, tying them together with cable-ties and wrapping them in duct tape.
Much of the reason the Middle East is such a mess, is that the Arabs seriously believe this shit.
Thanks to their corrupt, despotic leaders, they are convinced that every problem in their life, is the fault of Israel or America.
Yasser Arafat is worth three billion but you've got no water? The Jews.
Your leaders have helicopters and mansions, but you are illiterate and poor? The Jews.
Hey, how would you like us to give your family a nice new house, and $25,000 courtesy of Iran? All you need to do is put on this backpack, walk over there and press this button. Oh, and if you don't, we'll kill you anyway.
And if you think I'm exaggerating, have a look at some authentic clips from Arab Television, for example the claim by a Hamas leader that Pepsi is a secret Jewish plot... Yes, they actually believe this shit.
No. They will just sponsor Al Gore to speak about global warming at a local meeting. Thanks to the Gore Effect, the temperature usually drops dramatically as soon as Gore arrives.
Sounds like a rotary UPS would achieve the same thing. I wonder about the Earth link though.
Not necessarily. Your browser would be able to demonstrate the incorrect digital certificate (if any) of the rogue site.
However, a few pretty padlock icons on the page, and users' habit to ignore security warnings, might still mean trouble. So the attack would often work.
These people deserve recognition just for the fact they served their country for so many years.
These days, many people would be tempted to post their activities to the web and be interviewed by the New York Times, who in turn would be thrilled to get the scoop, at the expense of national security. The enemies of freedom know how to abuse ours...
.....And boom goes the dynamite.
The two worst sets of directions I've ever received, thanks entirely to "local knowledge" (and my lack of it) were in country towns of New South Wales, Australia.
1) "Drive straight along this road, and turn left about two miles before the traffic lights".
I happily drove off, until I got to the traffic lights, whereupon I did a U-turn and drove back two miles, cursing.
2) "You can't miss it. Go along this highway, until you get to where the school used to be and then turn left".
Apparently everyone in the town knows that the shopping centre used to be a school. I wasn't from the town...
Whatev.
In my experience, GPS navigation systems are great for telling you where you are, but lousy at getting you from point A to point B in an efficient manner.
I find the combination of a traditional map and a GPS to be a great improvement.
But you'll have time to rummage through old boxes, or run down to Wal-Mart, to find a telephone and plug it into those sockets, to call for an ambulance.
(Mod Funny)
But seriously, I think a lot of people don't think about worst case scenarios. Personally, I think my decades older copper phone wiring, exchanges, phones etc. are more trustworthy than my mobile phone. The latter can also be turned off to prevent cellular-phone detonated weapons, where the terrorists don't really use landlines that much.
Admittedly, in that scenario calling emergency service probably won't help you that much anyway, so you might want to think about a first-aid kit and CPR. Sadly these days, too many people assume that all they need to do is pick up the phone and the government will provide. I've got news for those people...
That's not a bet. It's called a "reverse mortgage" and is a frequent practice by lenders for ripping off old people.
people should know not to use Beta software for production usage.
But we paid for the service!
Oh. Wait....