Yes, it is. It means that if the US government decides to do this it or whoever wins the contract to do it for them will have to purchase a license from Boeing.
But then it would not involve "technology"[1] and so Slashdot would not want to hear about it.
> and it won't make a barrel.
Neither will his printer. In fact, all he hoped to make was the lower receiver. A mill will make everything but the barrel, and do much of the required work on that.
> You'll be needing a gun drill...
Or a piece of schedule 80 pipe. Or a barrel from a single-shot or broken weapon.
>...a reaming machine, and a rifling machine
Reams and broaches are readily available. With your mill and a bit of imagination (the hard part for some) you can fabricate the fixtures needed to use them.
Or you could just buy all the parts but the lower receiver. That's the only thing that gets the BATF breathing hard.
You also want to think about nonstandard designs. The Norwegian resistance was able to manufacture substantial numbers of STEN guns in secret during the occupation,
[1] "Technology", as used on Slashdot, refers only to dif
"illegal", no. The aerial bombing (the bombers being unmanned is irrelevant) of Pakistan would be an act of war were it not being done with the permission of the Pakistani government (they are neither trying to shoot down the bombers nor filing official complaints with the UN). As it is being done with permission, it is legally a bilateral Pakistani and USA affair. It is, unfortunately, not a violation of USA law and evidently not a violation of Pakistani law either. Until the givernment of Pakistan tries to stop it by, at minimum, formally demanding that it stop it is not legally anyone else's business (which is not to say it is not wrong: it is).
Has it occurred to you that people whose livelihood centers around feeding and caring for dairy cows might just know a little bit about how to feed them? Calculating rations is one of the things farmers use their computers for. Balancing a ration for minimum cost within the constraints of correct quantities and ratios of dozens of nutrients is a well-studied operations research problem.
> The problem is they want to do an experiment and sell the > result.
Farmers have been feeding byproducts such as old bread, stale candy, broken cheerios, etc to livestock for centuries. They know how to balance rations. There is no "experiment" going on here.
Wrong. Their wild ancestors evolved to browse. Domestic cattle have been bred to eat what farmers feed them.
> No good came from feeding them corn.
Inexpensive, high-quality milk and beef came from feeding them corn and alfalfa.
> I can't see how feeding them gummy worms will turn out > well.
Food processing waste (broken cheerios, old bread, damaged candy...) has been used as supplemental feed for centuries. Farmers know how to balance rations.
Who the hell cares about "average quality"? I live in rural Wisconsin and I have my choice of a dozen local and regional brews from the cooler at the village convenience store. Sure, they sell more Bud and Miller's than all the rest combined, but so what? Some people like it: why shouldn't they have it? They get what they want, I get New Glarus or Sand Creek.
"Quality" of beer is entirely a matter of opinion.
Perhaps the Consitution should contain such a right (I think it should) but it doesn't. Get the states to amend the Constitution. Don't berate the judge. He's doing his job.
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Cosmoline. Coat everything with cosmoline. It'll keep out the seawater and give you something to do when the stuff arrives (if it ever does).
The Groaci are involved? We know who to call for that...
Yes. No one over forty can learn anything. You are "old people" now, to be treated with contempt and condescension.
Actually, the fact that you have allowed your skills to become rusty so quickly indicates that you are not really interested in programming.
Yes, it is. It means that if the US government decides to do this it or whoever wins the contract to do it for them will have to purchase a license from Boeing.
It's the greatest expansion of Federal power since the New Deal, and it's 100% crap.
Yes, I know this is a troll.
> a mill doesn't have to be CNC to make things.
But then it would not involve "technology"[1] and so Slashdot would not want to hear about it.
> and it won't make a barrel.
Neither will his printer. In fact, all he hoped to make was the lower receiver. A mill will make everything but the barrel, and do much of the required work on that.
> You'll be needing a gun drill...
Or a piece of schedule 80 pipe. Or a barrel from a single-shot or broken weapon.
> ...a reaming machine, and a rifling machine
Reams and broaches are readily available. With your mill and a bit of imagination (the hard part for some) you can fabricate the fixtures needed to use them.
Or you could just buy all the parts but the lower receiver. That's the only thing that gets the BATF breathing hard.
You also want to think about nonstandard designs. The Norwegian resistance was able to manufacture substantial numbers of STEN guns in secret during the occupation,
[1] "Technology", as used on Slashdot, refers only to dif
And it will actually work.
...that the Masons are behind it all. So what? Why are the rantings of a loon news for nerds? Or anyone else?
Not 6000g. 60,000g. WWII guns managed more than 6000g firing shells with clockwork inside.
> They tend to fail spectacularly.
When guns fail they do so spectacularly, yes.
> The real question is, what are you going to shoot at that's
> only 200mi aways?
Incoming antiship missiles.
> The phase locked loop is a simple Kalman filter...
It's also much older than the Kalman filter.
> ...I didn't know what to do...
Did you ever try thinking?
> This could lead to reduced instances of colon cancer and
> other diseases.
Or just more hemorrhoids.
> What's up with this OS that everyone feels the need to jump
> around all the time?
Everyone doesn't.
In a previous century.
"illegal", no. The aerial bombing (the bombers being unmanned is irrelevant) of Pakistan would be an act of war were it not being done with the permission of the Pakistani government (they are neither trying to shoot down the bombers nor filing official complaints with the UN). As it is being done with permission, it is legally a bilateral Pakistani and USA affair. It is, unfortunately, not a violation of USA law and evidently not a violation of Pakistani law either. Until the givernment of Pakistan tries to stop it by, at minimum, formally demanding that it stop it is not legally anyone else's business (which is not to say it is not wrong: it is).
Has it occurred to you that people whose livelihood centers around feeding and caring for dairy cows might just know a little bit about how to feed them? Calculating rations is one of the things farmers use their computers for. Balancing a ration for minimum cost within the constraints of correct quantities and ratios of dozens of nutrients is a well-studied operations research problem.
> The problem is they want to do an experiment and sell the
> result.
Farmers have been feeding byproducts such as old bread, stale candy, broken cheerios, etc to livestock for centuries. They know how to balance rations. There is no "experiment" going on here.
> Are you sure you know the definition of 'silage'?
Yes, he does. Farmers here in the upper Midwest refer to it as silage regardless of the starting material. It's the fermentation that makes it silage.
> Alfalfa makes hay.
Alfalfa chopped up green and put in a silo to ferment makes alfalfa silage, sometimes referred to as "haylage'.
> Cows evolved to eat grass.
Wrong. Their wild ancestors evolved to browse. Domestic cattle have been bred to eat what farmers feed them.
> No good came from feeding them corn.
Inexpensive, high-quality milk and beef came from feeding them corn and alfalfa.
> I can't see how feeding them gummy worms will turn out
> well.
Food processing waste (broken cheerios, old bread, damaged candy...) has been used as supplemental feed for centuries. Farmers know how to balance rations.
Who the hell cares about "average quality"? I live in rural Wisconsin and I have my choice of a dozen local and regional brews from the cooler at the village convenience store. Sure, they sell more Bud and Miller's than all the rest combined, but so what? Some people like it: why shouldn't they have it? They get what they want, I get New Glarus or Sand Creek.
"Quality" of beer is entirely a matter of opinion.
Money. Become a wealthy alumnus and, when contacted about a donation, bring up your criticism of this course.
Perhaps the Consitution should contain such a right (I think it should) but it doesn't. Get the states to amend the Constitution. Don't berate the judge. He's doing his job.
Bad ones, of course.