If it's an urban myth I don't know, but something strikes me as odd:
If they are out of the enemy's range, then how the hell can they be hit by MG rounds and grenades?
I may not know much about amunition or anything, but if a tank with it's HUGE barrel og HUGE firepower behind the projectile can't fire longer than a machine gun, I'd consider getting a new tank.
But still - if you paid 2 BILLION dollars for your machine - wouldn't you want it to be able to handle something as "simple" as water and thunderstorms?
Granted - I've only seen a single car being hit by lightning while driving (trust me - you'll more than likely wonder if you just shit/pissed your pants), but that one kept driving. I think the lights went out for moment, but then again I was blinded by the lightning. We were driving behind the car by the way.
Actually it would be nice to put bored billionaires in space. We could even give them a free ride up there, and then charge a bundle to get them down again:-)
And if they stay, they have to pay for food, and if you thought food was expensive at the local pizzaria, you have no idea what they charge to deliver pizza to space. And no - you don't get it free of charge, if it isn't there in 30 minutes.
Oh come now. They have a launch wehicle, that is exposed to what? 5G during launch. It can reenter the atmosphere and avoid burning up. It can stay in space and survive the higher levels of radiation, but it is not durable enough to be exposed to RAIN? What's it made of? Sugar?
If the most expensive wehicle on earth (well... maybe the B2-bomber is more expensive) can't stand up to rain, what are my chances of driving my car home from work in bad weather today?
Here's what I was told by an instructor.
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Being hit by a.50 cal projectile (fired from a Barret Light Fifty) will kill you. So will not being hit, if it passes within 5 cm of you, because the windshear(?) will rip off rather large portions of your body.
"Besides, in the battle between bigger armor and bigger guns, the guns always win eventually."
Eventually being the key word.
I saw a documentary on Discovery about the Gulf War, where a tank commander commented, that his tank was going *bonk* from time to time, and they couldn't figure out just what the hell was going on, until another tank commander told them. They were taking fire from a T70(or 72 can't quite remember) behind them. The enemy tank was HITTING them - but not causing any damage - well, I suppose they were worried their tank was having engine problems, so to some effect the iraqies were causing a minor panic, and maybe a minor head ache from all the *bonk*.
Well... I didn't get to learn english until I was... 11 or 12 I think. Read "The Hobbit or There And Back Again" in danish when I was ten, "The Lord of the Rings" in danish when I was 13, then "The Hobbit" and LotR in english when I was 15 I think.
And I'm rereading it again - because I'd like to be "up" on the movie, because I can, but mostly because my cute neighbour (on whom I have a crush/am in love with - not quite sure which) is a big fan of the book, I'm taking her to the movie, and I'd like to be prepared:-)
1) The Chief Financial Officer in a company that constantly just breaks even
2) The Chief Financial Officer in a company that constantly rakes in cash as if they had a money tree AND the Philosopher's Stone.
or
1) The head of the local mobster offering you proctection
2) The local police chief
It worries me that if this does catch on, will we all become bigger fatasses if we stop walking everywhere?
Well - personally I walk or take the bus/train (basicaly because I don't have a bike/car for short/long distances), but most car owners I know don't walk the 300 meters down to the mall - they take the car, even if they just have to get the news paper.
I doubt it's much different in big cities - so if this device can stop people taking the car, just to get a few things - GOOD! I'd love to see even a mid-sized city without cars.
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The commitee will drag out the process, trying to figure out if he's pregnent, dimpled etc.
and since it has been less than two years since I've had a seizure (I loose consciousness for a few minutes), I can't get a drivers license, nor am I allowed to ride a moped/scooter in my country (Denmark). Since IT (probably) wouldn't require a license, I would be allowed to ride that. Not that I'd be caught dead on one - I'd rather walk or ride a bike:-)
On a more serious note, I think this could be really usefull; like they mention, the prospect of growing pigs with fully compatible organs for humans could be VERY usefull indeed.
I first thought it might have been a slip on my part, but actually "it" refers to the last noun,"phone", and not "my fingers", as "fingers" are flural, and would have to be refered to as "they".
Other than that, I don't really see a problem with your idea, as it would increase the size of the screen (you don't have to have room for buttons). I do see a problem with letting someone else use it - most people I know don't mind squashing their fat greasy fingers against their flat-screen monitors.
How about using some kind of pencil? I often use that for my touch-tone phone - not because I have fat fingers, but because it's often covered in icky stuff... some people don't wash their fingers after greasy fast food.
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If it's an urban myth I don't know, but something strikes me as odd:
If they are out of the enemy's range, then how the hell can they be hit by MG rounds and grenades?
I may not know much about amunition or anything, but if a tank with it's HUGE barrel og HUGE firepower behind the projectile can't fire longer than a machine gun, I'd consider getting a new tank.
But still - if you paid 2 BILLION dollars for your machine - wouldn't you want it to be able to handle something as "simple" as water and thunderstorms?
Granted - I've only seen a single car being hit by lightning while driving (trust me - you'll more than likely wonder if you just shit/pissed your pants), but that one kept driving. I think the lights went out for moment, but then again I was blinded by the lightning. We were driving behind the car by the way.
Actually it would be nice to put bored billionaires in space. We could even give them a free ride up there, and then charge a bundle to get them down again :-)
And if they stay, they have to pay for food, and if you thought food was expensive at the local pizzaria, you have no idea what they charge to deliver pizza to space. And no - you don't get it free of charge, if it isn't there in 30 minutes.
Oh come now. They have a launch wehicle, that is exposed to what? 5G during launch. It can reenter the atmosphere and avoid burning up. It can stay in space and survive the higher levels of radiation, but it is not durable enough to be exposed to RAIN? What's it made of? Sugar?
... maybe the B2-bomber is more expensive) can't stand up to rain, what are my chances of driving my car home from work in bad weather today?
If the most expensive wehicle on earth (well
Being hit by a .50 cal projectile (fired from a Barret Light Fifty) will kill you. So will not being hit, if it passes within 5 cm of you, because the windshear(?) will rip off rather large portions of your body.
I rather doubt this, but that's what he said.
"Besides, in the battle between bigger armor and bigger guns, the guns always win eventually."
Eventually being the key word.
I saw a documentary on Discovery about the Gulf War, where a tank commander commented, that his tank was going *bonk* from time to time, and they couldn't figure out just what the hell was going on, until another tank commander told them. They were taking fire from a T70(or 72 can't quite remember) behind them. The enemy tank was HITTING them - but not causing any damage - well, I suppose they were worried their tank was having engine problems, so to some effect the iraqies were causing a minor panic, and maybe a minor head ache from all the *bonk*.
Portable holes, like in cartoons. People step on them and fall in!
No wait - that's portable anti-matter sheets.
That would make some kind of sense, but the 10^n bases it self on our decimal system - which we probably use, because we have ten fingers.
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Maybe it would be 42^42
Just like in regular wrestling.
No - real l33t w1z4rdz fly the Firebolt.
"yet another wonderfully stupid anology"
Yup - I'm an expert in making those up as I go.
Well ... I didn't get to learn english until I was ... 11 or 12 I think. Read "The Hobbit or There And Back Again" in danish when I was ten, "The Lord of the Rings" in danish when I was 13, then "The Hobbit" and LotR in english when I was 15 I think.
:-)
And I'm rereading it again - because I'd like to be "up" on the movie, because I can, but mostly because my cute neighbour (on whom I have a crush/am in love with - not quite sure which) is a big fan of the book, I'm taking her to the movie, and I'd like to be prepared
It's like this:
Would you rather trust:
1) The Chief Financial Officer in a company that constantly just breaks even
2) The Chief Financial Officer in a company that constantly rakes in cash as if they had a money tree AND the Philosopher's Stone.
or
1) The head of the local mobster offering you proctection
2) The local police chief
It worries me that if this does catch on, will we all become bigger fatasses if we stop walking everywhere?
Well - personally I walk or take the bus/train (basicaly because I don't have a bike/car for short/long distances), but most car owners I know don't walk the 300 meters down to the mall - they take the car, even if they just have to get the news paper.
I doubt it's much different in big cities - so if this device can stop people taking the car, just to get a few things - GOOD! I'd love to see even a mid-sized city without cars.
The commitee will drag out the process, trying to figure out if he's pregnent, dimpled etc.
and since it has been less than two years since I've had a seizure (I loose consciousness for a few minutes), I can't get a drivers license, nor am I allowed to ride a moped/scooter in my country (Denmark). Since IT (probably) wouldn't require a license, I would be allowed to ride that. Not that I'd be caught dead on one - I'd rather walk or ride a bike :-)
It means you're a nerd, but not a geek.
Nerds are utterly uncool, and have therefore not read The Lord of the Rings.
Geeks have read The Lord of the Rings and that causes them to become cool people.
On a more serious note, I think this could be really usefull; like they mention, the prospect of growing pigs with fully compatible organs for humans could be VERY usefull indeed.
Come on you guys! Didn't you notice the pun?
Silicon implants, not
Silicone implants!
Silicon: Used to make computer chips
Silicone: As in Britney Spears' bust (yes - another pun)
Damnit - what is this? Slashdolt?
She's supposed to look like an average 16-year-old? Damn - 16-year-old girls didn't have that big a bust in my yuth.
Maybe she has silicon implants.
Hell - I'd pretend I was gay, if I could get married to Nicole Kidman and get all the "perks" of marriage.
Depending on your diet, you CAN be jet-powered ... not very much at the moment, but like the original poster said - breakthroughs in diet ...
Not if their all lesbian.
[insert Beavis & Butthead giggle]
LOL!
,"phone", and not "my fingers", as "fingers" are flural, and would have to be refered to as "they".
I first thought it might have been a slip on my part, but actually "it" refers to the last noun
Other than that, I don't really see a problem with your idea, as it would increase the size of the screen (you don't have to have room for buttons). I do see a problem with letting someone else use it - most people I know don't mind squashing their fat greasy fingers against their flat-screen monitors.
"You need real slender fingers to work it!"
... some people don't wash their fingers after greasy fast food.
How about using some kind of pencil? I often use that for my touch-tone phone - not because I have fat fingers, but because it's often covered in icky stuff