i think the thing there is the laptop would still have to go through an x-ray. and you'd be looking at a battery with 2 different densities.
it's two phase i guess, you want to build a functional bomb that looks like a laptop to an x-ray? doable, but probably not in a way that it'll also be functional as a laptop. you want to build one that is a functional bomb and also a functional laptop? probably not in a way that still looks innocuous in an x-ray machine.
Also, terrorists aren't rocket scientists. If you've never seen it, i'd recommend watching 4 lions, excellent film. And from what i gather, not too far fetched a portrait. Apparently, a crew of terrorists were trying to blow up a US naval vessel in a harbor. They gathered up explosives, started loading it into a dingy they were going to use. Fortunately no one bothered to figure out how much the dingy could hold and it sank. they tried again at a later date and unfortunately successfully attacked the USS cole.
.... they were attacking trade ships that were participating in the lend-lease act.
basically "lending" material support to the allies in return for leases of military bases in allied territory.
the very act was an end-run around acts designed to enforce US neutrality. It was put into place because the british ran out of money to pay for the goods we were already giving them... and you know, we didn't want them to lose the war, so we loaned them money to buy our weapons which we never collected on.
probably not. didn't have that many nukes to throw around. have to show that you're very willing to use it.
you don't win the war until they admit you've won the war. japan was going to be obstinate about it, and it probably saved japanese lives... hard to call them civilians when they planned to militarize the civilian population.
you're talking about the hardest of hard sci-fi. in most context, good sci-fi, readable sci-fi, i guess good fiction in general needs to have relatability.
Culture changes, norms change, but people don't.
the beast with two backs, mortality, gender relations, the relationship between society and the individual, they're all pretty timeless.
People who lived so long ago were just people who lived in shittier times, they weren't aliens, their humor wasn't any different than ours, they lived their own lives of quiet desperation.
who wants to attack the US right now? islamists... lucky for us they're too busy killing each other, you know because they're basically brothers and sisters... and you know must therefore hate the fuck out of each other.
take US involvement out of WW2, we'd probably all be speaking german or russian or japanese. and there'd be peace in the middle east... because why bother fighting over glass?
so cold all you can do is stay inside and drink and eat falling asleep well before you can watch news of any kind.
you'd rather mix politics and crack rocks:)
you're too far apart for their to be hot-button topics of any kind. Also, you have a homogeneous population which probably doesn't disagree on anything.
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if this were the polio vaccine how would you feel? if it were small pox?
yeah, vaccines may possibly be bad, but smallpox was... words fail.
You're damn right i'd be alright with forcing people to be vaccinated, i'd hold them down myself.
people stopped killing each other so that the people they were fighting could get vaccinated... wtf does that tell you?
if polio is back, that'd be a bad thing. the others yeah though.
it's also pretty negligible time-wise and cost-wise.
i think the thing there is the laptop would still have to go through an x-ray. and you'd be looking at a battery with 2 different densities.
it's two phase i guess, you want to build a functional bomb that looks like a laptop to an x-ray? doable, but probably not in a way that it'll also be functional as a laptop. you want to build one that is a functional bomb and also a functional laptop? probably not in a way that still looks innocuous in an x-ray machine.
Also, terrorists aren't rocket scientists. If you've never seen it, i'd recommend watching 4 lions, excellent film. And from what i gather, not too far fetched a portrait. Apparently, a crew of terrorists were trying to blow up a US naval vessel in a harbor. They gathered up explosives, started loading it into a dingy they were going to use. Fortunately no one bothered to figure out how much the dingy could hold and it sank. they tried again at a later date and unfortunately successfully attacked the USS cole.
a 20 hour drive is halfway across the country. LA to Houston is roughly 1500 miles and google maps puts it at 21 hours.
1500 miles, assuming 25 mpg, at 2.50$ a gallon is 150$.
meanwhile, it's a 3 hour flight, assuming 5 hours total each way... I just found a flight on southwest for 200$ pre tax round trip.
you're literally saying your going rate is -3.00$ per hour. you're paying more money for spending more time.
the terrorists haven't won, you're just a moron.
.... they were attacking trade ships that were participating in the lend-lease act.
basically "lending" material support to the allies in return for leases of military bases in allied territory.
the very act was an end-run around acts designed to enforce US neutrality. It was put into place because the british ran out of money to pay for the goods we were already giving them... and you know, we didn't want them to lose the war, so we loaned them money to buy our weapons which we never collected on.
probably not. didn't have that many nukes to throw around. have to show that you're very willing to use it.
you don't win the war until they admit you've won the war. japan was going to be obstinate about it, and it probably saved japanese lives... hard to call them civilians when they planned to militarize the civilian population.
:) i gave all mine to support bashing hasselton.
couldn't you pop it into a big tube, that constantly pushes out air?
yeah... it's going to be the laser weapons that makes them hate us.
and i get the feeling that this is going to "blind" combatants in the same way a bullet blinds them. utter removal of the seeing apparatus.
... you just gotta live with the fact that someone somewhere is going to be in control of your data. you have to trust them to do what they're saying.
france, the place where liberty was born, and where it went back to die.
was referencing the fact that we still don't know where some jewish possessions are, and are most likely in swiss vaults.
In some dusty vault in switzerland, on some dusty table probably sits some dusty cup filled with some dusty gold teeth.
well, i really must protest the inclusion of sparkly vampires in that list... :)
reading good, make america's english not terrible :)
what are you swiss?
oh wait, no you're not a grave robber.
so i can't waive my right to state provided legal counsel?
for some rights you can definitely sign away your claim to them.
You have the right to lie to people, but apparently you lose that right if you sign an affidavit.
If you are coerced into signing something, yes, you might have a point. but this is a term of employment, judged for the most part fair by our courts.
you mean anglo saxons vs the gauls?
we all had to start somewhere, and PA was my gateway drug too :).
you're talking about the hardest of hard sci-fi. in most context, good sci-fi, readable sci-fi, i guess good fiction in general needs to have relatability.
Culture changes, norms change, but people don't.
the beast with two backs, mortality, gender relations, the relationship between society and the individual, they're all pretty timeless.
People who lived so long ago were just people who lived in shittier times, they weren't aliens, their humor wasn't any different than ours, they lived their own lives of quiet desperation.
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who wants to attack the US right now? islamists... lucky for us they're too busy killing each other, you know because they're basically brothers and sisters... and you know must therefore hate the fuck out of each other.
take US involvement out of WW2, we'd probably all be speaking german or russian or japanese.
and there'd be peace in the middle east... because why bother fighting over glass?
... civil war.
so cold all you can do is stay inside
and drink and eat
falling asleep well before you can watch news of any kind.
you'd rather mix politics and crack rocks :)
you're too far apart for their to be hot-button topics of any kind. Also, you have a homogeneous population which probably doesn't disagree on anything.
there are good and bad points to diversity.
you must kill them and eat their hearts to make you stronger... noob.
shoulda too
give it another 50 years. "should of" will probably become acceptable usage.