Hi Of all the comments I have seen on Slashdot, I have never been so Horrified as yours. I am glad you have stopped trolling. You sound Inteligent and coherent. The fact that you have just had so many of your fundamental legal rights breached in one go is astonishing. The fact that you have just rolled over when it happened is even more so. Don't get me wrong trolling is annoying and wasteful, but it is just banter, and not illegal. Illegal would be either pretending to be an FBI agent (which is what I think has happened here) or starting an FBI investigation on someone who annoys you. The intimidation of using the FBI badge to settle a personal squabble is not just a firing offence, it is a jail offence. Slashdot is just a website. It is not stalking when you troll. I assume you werent threatening him/her, or persueing him her through any other means. If this really was an FBI agent, then you should (no REALLY YOU SHOULD) report these actions. If this guy is using the fact that he works for the FBI as a big brother to intimidate people from a website (more ACCURATELEY SLASHDOT WHERE IT IS ALL PART OF THE SCENERY) imagine what he does if someone owes him money!!!.
- Last Few Years anyway - lets call it post Counter Strike addiction..
In no particular order
1) StarCraft Always loved warcraft - maybe even more than starcraft, but the engine is better on SC and it runs on my old libretto 100CT , so its great at the beachhouse.
2) GTA - Vice City What can I say? - I love that dirty old town.
3) Stronghold Has a little more building than Med/Rome Total War, and not as picky CIV IV. Also its good to have a game that can be completed in less than 200 hours.
4) Unreal Tournament 2004 If only I had spent more time playing this instead of battlefield 2. This is more fun and having different types of games other than "hold the flag". Graphics are insanely good and looks fine even on a Geforce 4mx card itll run well.
5) Half-Life - Counter Strike and TFC Paid for my house. By spending the weekends not out clubbing, I saved about an extra $500 per week. 2 years of that - hey presto! - somehow I managed to keep my friends as well !!:)
I wonder if the "trust fund" is funded by the extra fees they are charging victims/users to see if their data was compromised. (I don't have a link, but I know for a fact thats what they were doing)
These people should be run out of town. And put out of business.
This is like a prison prematurely releasing inmates into a community, and then charging the authorities to tell them who was released and where.
I had tinnitus for a while. When I did, it was frustrating, and annoying. The best advice I can give is "don't think about it" (although there is an inherent paradox in that statement).
I had been a rave DJ at some VERY large gigs (200,000 Watt systems - no I'm not joking), as well as lots of loud nightclubs. I found that after I stopped DJing, (and also stopped listening to a walkman/MP3 player) my tinnitus stopped, and my hearing improved (we are talking about over quite a few months).
I Studied acoustics at university, so I like to think I know a little about this subject, we had been taught that any damage to the ear is permanent, but I can say that while it is a slow process, they definitely heal. I have to say that I do notice I am a little deaf compared to others, If someone mumbles, I can't tell what they are saying, and often my girlfriend will talk to me on the street facing away from me into traffic, and I won't have a clue what she is saying.. but I feel I could have ended up a lot worse.
There was a quite successful Australian Band from the mid eighties (name witheld in case it is just a rumour) And it is commonly mentioned that their guitarist was driven insane by tinnitus. I believe this is a pshycological problem - not a physical one.
In short - Don't let it get the better of you, ignore it, and one day you will realise that it had just gone.
Also I agree about the frightnening levels of noise in the city - buses and trucks are just outrageous.
Now we will be able to invade countries and kill their people, because we need to remove their evil dictators (that we instated) as an excuse to steal (pronounced "secure") their oil.
Without even having to understand their culture!!!....oh wait, thats the case now.... how will this help?
The point of the article seemed to be better performance, if your machine has put the HDD to sleep and the OS happens to require a file that is in the cache, so it won't need to spin up the HDD. Since the test machine in the article had 128MB in the "robson", it is unlikely, this would improve performance that much - sooner or later the disk is going to have to spin up. 128MB is not going to have any affect (noticeable) on a system that is booting from scratch, or even editing a decent size file. The fact that is non volatile flash would seem to make no difference with 128MB.
This doesnt seem to be about start up times at all (except from Hibernation). All it is, is a large HDD cache. This will do nothing to make PCs "Start up" Faster. It only has affect in the Article [aparrently] because the "slower" laptop had put its HDD to sleep. I think PC Hardware and Software manufacturers really do need to work on the glacial boot times that PCs have. Unfortunately, this is only a solution to some of the minor problems, and not the main ones.
Maybe this is overly navel gazing the whole thing but;
This will be a watershed event. In about 5 years you will be looking back saying "remember before Hitachi did that thing, and most all HDDs were less than 500GB, and people were walking around with 4GB HDDs in their portable MP3 players".
Its not often you can stand back say "right here where I'm standing, is the big bump in the curve"
This is all well and good now that everyone is beginning to realise that the "emperor" has no clothes. Lets not forget just how Nasty they were getting. Not only fundamentally threatening the most innovative part of computer software in the last decade (open source), but also using legal standover tactics to extort money from big corporations (Chrysler) and "exposed ISPs" EV1 for example. They must have known from the start that they had no leg to stand on (how could they not have?). They should all be sent to jail IMHO. an example of 14 months ago shenanigans.... http://linuxtoday.com/it_management/2004030101326N WCDMR
If you had another garbage can outside collecting the used warm water, you could use that later to recool.
Envirmonmentally this is hilarious. Technically it would work once a day, then you would have to use the freezer(s) to refreeze your ice, but you would use far more electricity.
To be fair, even though all us techo/scientific nerds are laughing heavily at this, we all know there may be a point in our lives where we NEED to resort to this... ie "if only we could get a weak AC on it for 3 hours or so that did'nt require electricity".
Without getting too off topic, this is basically what cigarette companies do, except to people.
I think they make something like 6 cents per cigarette.
I don't see that being outlawed, they just cut a deal, where they paid some cash they had lying around/will have lying around, and had to promise not to blatantly advertise to children (in Western countries). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/47858.stm
I wonder how long that would last if tobacco only grew in Russia.
This clinging blindly to the past is severe ludditeism (is that a word?) Especially hamstringing students abilities to function in the future.
When these kids go to the work force, they won't need to be preoccupied with dealing with fractions, as that will all be done for them (by computers/whatever. The good news is they will be dealing with the far more complex concepts, that would involve so many fraction computations they would never be able to do them manually anyway.
I remember when..... (I'm not that old) When we sat or School Certificate exams (N.Z. about the age of 15) We were the first year that were allowed to use calculators (about 1984). Before then people HAD to use log books and SLIDE RULES!!!. It was considered sort of cheating to use a calculator for working out SIN and TAN etc. There was always the background theme of "One day your precious calculators will fail and you will be forced to use slide rules again and then where will you be??"
Of course what happened is that just about everything is now done by Computer. I have a novelty calculator (REALLY BIG BUTTONS!) on my desk that I use for stream of conciousness adding, but I really havent seen either a log book or a slide rule since that school.
The other day I was able to walk down the street, go into a shop and buy some milk - get this - WITHOUT ONE PERSON ASKING ME TO IDENTIFY MYSELF!. Can you imagine all the possible marketing information I squandered selfishly by not informing a central database about this action (this report not included). The cash I used was totally UNTRACEABLE!!! it could have come from anywhere. Not only that, but the person behind the counter was happy to undertake the transaction without me identifying myself (obviously some kind of terrorist). I could have been going to use the milk for a BOMB!, would the authorities have had any way to check this? NO!!!! When did everything become like this? Oh wait - it has always been like this in Democracies.
I don't know if you have ever seen a machine which has had Kazaa installed on it, but it is renedered almost unusable by the spyware/sellware/notusefultoolbarware etc etc etc.
Surely Kazaa is responsible somehow being at the end of the chain. The friend whose PC I just spent cleaning up had no idea what all the programs were, or how they got there, and certainly had no idea they were hiding in the boot (car analogy not partition) when he installed Kazaa.
I like Kazaa only because the RIAA hate them. Apart from that, I would love to see them tarred and feathered for all that garbage software.
OK ok. I haven't read the EULA, but I am sure at the end of the three thousand words (or whatever), It says [paraphrasing] that if you don't agree, send it back for a refund. If you think about it, how else could it be a binding contract? I'm not a lawyer though, and anything is possible.
Just so you guys know, South Korea is internet/computer CRAZY! - they love it!. The covereage of broadband there is one of the best in the world. It is the only country to have 2 (yes 2) internet game tv shows - ie where they actually show games happening, and not just review lame games for advertising $$$. This is the reflection of a popular culture that has made the population know whats what, and government reacting in a wise and well informed (and not comercially brow beaten) way.
Also Although South Korea SOUNDS alot like North Korea, can we get over it please?. This is a bit like comparing Alaska with Russia (because they are duhhh close-ish - I think). There is often similar problems discerning Ireland from Northern Island - the first is a country, the second is a region of Britain.
Actually its 60k RPM, not quite 1M. But still very fast and very impressive, especially since it won't melt the barrel.
Actually is as fast as you want. But at 1 million rpm with 8 rounds in each barrel, it would just seem like a small hand held shot gun (except completely accurate). remember; they can have three FIRED rounds in the barrel at once, in the sniper rifle, that increased the kenetic energy in the first round by 45% giving the MST 30cal more stopping power - about the same amount as a standard 50cal round Plus a firearm that fired that fast will be classified as full auto, meaning it falls under a different classification, meaning the price goes through the roof, plus licensing tax etc. I think it would need a new classification, as it is a whole new class of projectile weapons. The anti 2nd Amendment states won't allow a firearm this fast. So it'll still be a single shot pistol with really cool technology involved.
Personally I don't think anyone requires a personal weapon of this power. BUT I think the safety features of it are extensive and will save lives, and it is certainly more safe/reliable than the alternatives. The bloody thing beeps when you shoot and talks to you when you disengage the safety. The last thing I want is the bad guy knowing that I've got a gun, but now he knows where to spray bullets. Incidentally, that would ruin a lot of movies.
I'm sure the sound can be turned off, and re movies, you obviously havent seen the opening scene to Judge Dredd. (talking gun etc) Puts holes in paper. What range? What does the bullet do through ballistic gelatin? Whats the penetration? BBs will put holes in paper too. see above re sniper rifle energy. Meant to give police and special forces a powerful technological advantage? Ok, so how well does the system work when wet? With gloves? How much energy will it transfer to the target? And why do our specialists want more technology?
I can't vouch for the wet part, but since it is an air tight lock after each round is fired I suspect it is OK. The energy required to fire each round(s) will come from pulling the trigger. Specialists(???) dunno, this is just new technology, I would assume anyone who wants the best will start heading towards this system over the next 10 years. 7 shot barrel that needs to be changed on a reload. What's bigger to carry, a 7 shot barrel, or a 7 round mag? How do you reload the barrel? Do you have to buy a new barrel, or can you put your "bullets" in it.
The entire barrel contents is fired, and the new rounds are dropped in the back. There is no cartridge (spent or other wise) to remove. There are NO MOVING PARTS - except for the round once fired. Don't forget also, that it will have four barrels with different types of rounds (if you want) Metalstorm is the only one building reload barrels because they have to have it calibrated just right. This reminds me of blackpowder muskets. Insert wad, pour black powder, insert ball... etc.
What? I consider replacing the MAG in an M16, and hoping the rounds don't jam, and trying not to get red hot brass casings down my sleeves to be far closer to the musket thing than this technology. Can you point out where it says if it jams, it can be cleared by the next bullet? Their reference to jams, is about fail to feed or eject jams. This is an obstructed barrel.
Please see the video of the VLe handgun - it's a bit long and some of the enactments are a bit cheesy but they show a jammed round being cleared. http://www.metalstorm.com/04_video_vle_prototype.h tml If one of these were to jam in this sense, I think you'd have the same problem you have when a regular pistol fails like this. You have an obstruction in the barrel. If the ignited propellent cannot clear the obstruction, there is only one direction its going to go, and
The 1861 Springfield rifle (first made in Springfield Ill(?) in 1861) was the first non musket gun. it was the first weapon to use brass cartridges and was not muzzle loading. It was used to the extreme detriment of American Civil War confederate forces, who were still using Napoleonic tactics at the Battle of Gettysberg, where the rapid reload (10 times faster than older systems) and added accuracy killed, (far too many) soldiers. This changed the face of war completely. There has not been an equally important development in hand held weapons till the the AK47. This is amazing to think, since the Steam engine has come and gone in that time, and yet modern troops have essentially {VERY} upgraded versions of the same (140 year old) technology.
Happy to debate this point, but give the guys at Springfield their just respect.
I can't believe the misinformation here. The basis for this technology is metal storm (www.metalstorm.com) IMHO it is the biggest development since the Springfield rifle. gone are brass cartridges and detonators. There are no moving parts in the gun. Once it is perfected it will hardly ever jam (at least far less than the current systems) and even if it does, it can be cleared by the next bullet. There is no battery, as all the charge required comes from the trigger pull. The security part comes from the fact that many more people get injured when the gun gets taken from security guards/police than the other way around - OK I am not going to fake make up the stats without seeing them first. An old Karate saying is never take a weapon into a fight, that you would not be prepared to have used on yourself, this gets around that.. Please look at the website and check out the O'Dwyer VLE (the pistol) and all of its extra advantages- multiple shot types (not double whammy yet:)) VERY high possible rate of fire (1 million RPM - no I am not joking, there is video proof on the website) and safety. This is the beginning of a revolution in Gun technology that hasn't been seen since Gettysberg. People down talking about it is like people in 1900 on horses saying "this horseless carriage think will never catch on.).
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Of all the comments I have seen on Slashdot, I have never been so Horrified as yours. I am glad you have stopped trolling. You sound Inteligent and coherent. The fact that you have just had so many of your fundamental legal rights breached in one go is astonishing. The fact that you have just rolled over when it happened is even more so. Don't get me wrong trolling is annoying and wasteful, but it is just banter, and not illegal. Illegal would be either pretending to be an FBI agent (which is what I think has happened here) or starting an FBI investigation on someone who annoys you. The intimidation of using the FBI badge to settle a personal squabble is not just a firing offence, it is a jail offence. Slashdot is just a website. It is not stalking when you troll. I assume you werent threatening him/her, or persueing him her through any other means. If this really was an FBI agent, then you should (no REALLY YOU SHOULD) report these actions. If this guy is using the fact that he works for the FBI as a big brother to intimidate people from a website (more ACCURATELEY SLASHDOT WHERE IT IS ALL PART OF THE SCENERY) imagine what he does if someone owes him money!!!.
- Last Few Years anyway - lets call it post Counter Strike addiction..
:)
In no particular order
1) StarCraft
Always loved warcraft - maybe even more than starcraft, but the engine is better on SC and it runs on my old libretto 100CT , so its great at the beachhouse.
2) GTA - Vice City
What can I say? - I love that dirty old town.
3) Stronghold
Has a little more building than Med/Rome Total War, and not as picky CIV IV. Also its good to have a game that can be completed in less than 200 hours.
4) Unreal Tournament 2004
If only I had spent more time playing this instead of battlefield 2. This is more fun and having different types of games other than "hold the flag".
Graphics are insanely good and looks fine even on a Geforce 4mx card itll run well.
5) Half-Life - Counter Strike and TFC
Paid for my house. By spending the weekends not out clubbing, I saved about an extra $500 per week. 2 years of that - hey presto! - somehow I managed to keep my friends as well !!
I wonder if the "trust fund" is funded by the extra fees they are charging victims/users to see if their data was compromised. (I don't have a link, but I know for a fact thats what they were doing)
These people should be run out of town. And put out of business.
This is like a prison prematurely releasing inmates into a community, and then charging the authorities to tell them who was released and where.
Hi There.
I had tinnitus for a while. When I did, it was frustrating, and annoying. The best advice I can give is "don't think about it" (although there is an inherent paradox in that statement).
I had been a rave DJ at some VERY large gigs (200,000 Watt systems - no I'm not joking), as well as lots of loud nightclubs. I found that after I stopped DJing, (and also stopped listening to a walkman/MP3 player) my tinnitus stopped, and my hearing improved (we are talking about over quite a few months).
I Studied acoustics at university, so I like to think I know a little about this subject, we had been taught that any damage to the ear is permanent, but I can say that while it is a slow process, they definitely heal. I have to say that I do notice I am a little deaf compared to others, If someone mumbles, I can't tell what they are saying, and often my girlfriend will talk to me on the street facing away from me into traffic, and I won't have a clue what she is saying.. but I feel I could have ended up a lot worse.
There was a quite successful Australian Band from the mid eighties (name witheld in case it is just a rumour) And it is commonly mentioned that their guitarist was driven insane by tinnitus. I believe this is a pshycological problem - not a physical one.
In short - Don't let it get the better of you, ignore it, and one day you will realise that it had just gone.
Also I agree about the frightnening levels of noise in the city - buses and trucks are just outrageous.
Thanks
R.
WOW!
....oh wait, thats the case now.... how will this help?
Now we will be able to invade countries and kill their people, because we need to remove their evil dictators (that we instated) as an excuse to steal (pronounced "secure") their oil.
Without even having to understand their culture!!!
The point of the article seemed to be better performance, if your machine has put the HDD to sleep and the OS happens to require a file that is in the cache, so it won't need to spin up the HDD.
Since the test machine in the article had 128MB in the "robson", it is unlikely, this would improve performance that much - sooner or later the disk is going to have to spin up.
128MB is not going to have any affect (noticeable) on a system that is booting from scratch, or even editing a decent size file.
The fact that is non volatile flash would seem to make no difference with 128MB.
cheers
This doesnt seem to be about start up times at all (except from Hibernation). All it is, is a large HDD cache. This will do nothing to make PCs "Start up" Faster. It only has affect in the Article [aparrently] because the "slower" laptop had put its HDD to sleep.
I think PC Hardware and Software manufacturers really do need to work on the glacial boot times that PCs have. Unfortunately, this is only a solution to some of the minor problems, and not the main ones.
Maybe this is overly navel gazing the whole thing but;
This will be a watershed event. In about 5 years you will be looking back saying "remember before Hitachi did that thing, and most all HDDs were less than 500GB, and people were walking around with 4GB HDDs in their portable MP3 players".
Its not often you can stand back say "right here where I'm standing, is the big bump in the curve"
and its happening now!!
Forget about the pringles "cans". The are actually foil wraped around cardboard. The first couple of months of bad weather, they go soggy and cave in.
Far better is the (Metal) can an expensive bottle of whiskey comes in. Remember to keep the plastic lid to keep the spiders out.
Lots of policemen will have these in their homes as well..
"We has seen the enemy and they is us!"
I agree with you.
However, I think you meant moot point.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=moot
I hope you don't think I am being pedantic.
Dammit this is a great post/series of posts well done....
you should write a book on this...
This is all well and good now that everyone is beginning to realise that the "emperor" has no clothes.N WCDMR
Lets not forget just how Nasty they were getting.
Not only fundamentally threatening the most innovative part of computer software in the last decade (open source), but also using legal standover tactics to extort money from big corporations (Chrysler) and "exposed ISPs" EV1 for example.
They must have known from the start that they had no leg to stand on (how could they not have?). They should all be sent to jail IMHO. an example of 14 months ago shenanigans.... http://linuxtoday.com/it_management/2004030101326
In other news
Murderers blamed for all murder!
If you had another garbage can outside collecting the used warm water, you could use that later to recool.
Envirmonmentally this is hilarious. Technically it would work once a day, then you would have to use the freezer(s) to refreeze your ice, but you would use far more electricity.
To be fair, even though all us techo/scientific nerds are laughing heavily at this, we all know there may be a point in our lives where we NEED to resort to this... ie "if only we could get a weak AC on it for 3 hours or so that did'nt require electricity".
Without getting too off topic, this is basically what cigarette companies do, except to people.
I think they make something like 6 cents per cigarette.
I don't see that being outlawed, they just cut a deal, where they paid some cash they had lying around/will have lying around, and had to promise not to blatantly advertise to children (in Western countries).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/47858.stm
I wonder how long that would last if tobacco only grew in Russia.
This clinging blindly to the past is severe ludditeism (is that a word?) Especially hamstringing students abilities to function in the future.
When these kids go to the work force, they won't need to be preoccupied with dealing with fractions, as that will all be done for them (by computers/whatever. The good news is they will be dealing with the far more complex concepts, that would involve so many fraction computations they would never be able to do them manually anyway.
I remember when..... (I'm not that old)
When we sat or School Certificate exams (N.Z. about the age of 15) We were the first year that were allowed to use calculators (about 1984).
Before then people HAD to use log books and SLIDE RULES!!!. It was considered sort of cheating to use a calculator for working out SIN and TAN etc.
There was always the background theme of "One day your precious calculators will fail and you will be forced to use slide rules again and then where will you be??"
Of course what happened is that just about everything is now done by Computer. I have a novelty calculator (REALLY BIG BUTTONS!) on my desk that I use for stream of conciousness adding, but I really havent seen either a log book or a slide rule since that school.
The other day I was able to walk down the street, go into a shop and buy some milk - get this - WITHOUT ONE PERSON ASKING ME TO IDENTIFY MYSELF!.
Can you imagine all the possible marketing information I squandered selfishly by not informing a central database about this action (this report not included). The cash I used was totally UNTRACEABLE!!! it could have come from anywhere. Not only that, but the person behind the counter was happy to undertake the transaction without me identifying myself (obviously some kind of terrorist).
I could have been going to use the milk for a BOMB!, would the authorities have had any way to check this? NO!!!!
When did everything become like this?
Oh wait - it has always been like this in Democracies.
Say it over and over..
... canspamada canspamada canspamada..
:)
to the tune of the the monty python spam song.
sounds like my mail server trying to deal with all the bloody spam.. spam spam spam...
canspamada
sorry
yes it has been a slow week
I don't know if you have ever seen a machine which has had Kazaa installed on it, but it is renedered almost unusable by the spyware/sellware/notusefultoolbarware etc etc etc.
Surely Kazaa is responsible somehow being at the end of the chain. The friend whose PC I just spent cleaning up had no idea what all the programs were, or how they got there, and certainly had no idea they were hiding in the boot (car analogy not partition) when he installed Kazaa.
I like Kazaa only because the RIAA hate them.
Apart from that, I would love to see them tarred and feathered for all that garbage software.
OK ok. I haven't read the EULA, but I am sure at the end of the three thousand words (or whatever), It says [paraphrasing] that if you don't agree, send it back for a refund.
If you think about it, how else could it be a binding contract?
I'm not a lawyer though, and anything is possible.
Just so you guys know, South Korea is internet/computer CRAZY! - they love it!. The covereage of broadband there is one of the best in the world. It is the only country to have 2 (yes 2) internet game tv shows - ie where they actually show games happening, and not just review lame games for advertising $$$.
This is the reflection of a popular culture that has made the population know whats what, and government reacting in a wise and well informed (and not comercially brow beaten) way.
Also Although South Korea SOUNDS alot like North Korea, can we get over it please?. This is a bit like comparing Alaska with Russia (because they are duhhh close-ish - I think). There is often similar problems discerning Ireland from Northern Island - the first is a country, the second is a region of Britain.
Actually its 60k RPM, not quite 1M. But still very fast and very impressive, especially since it won't melt the barrel.
Actually is as fast as you want. But at 1 million rpm with 8 rounds in each barrel, it would just seem like a small hand held shot gun (except completely accurate). remember; they can have three FIRED rounds in the barrel at once, in the sniper rifle, that increased the kenetic energy in the first round by 45% giving the MST 30cal more stopping power - about the same amount as a standard 50cal round
Plus a firearm that fired that fast will be classified as full auto, meaning it falls under a different classification, meaning the price goes through the roof, plus licensing tax etc.
I think it would need a new classification, as it is a whole new class of projectile weapons.
The anti 2nd Amendment states won't allow a firearm this fast. So it'll still be a single shot pistol with really cool technology involved.
Personally I don't think anyone requires a personal weapon of this power. BUT I think the safety features of it are extensive and will save lives, and it is certainly more safe/reliable than the alternatives.
The bloody thing beeps when you shoot and talks to you when you disengage the safety. The last thing I want is the bad guy knowing that I've got a gun, but now he knows where to spray bullets. Incidentally, that would ruin a lot of movies.
I'm sure the sound can be turned off, and re movies, you obviously havent seen the opening scene to Judge Dredd. (talking gun etc)
Puts holes in paper. What range? What does the bullet do through ballistic gelatin? Whats the penetration? BBs will put holes in paper too.
see above re sniper rifle energy.
Meant to give police and special forces a powerful technological advantage? Ok, so how well does the system work when wet? With gloves? How much energy will it transfer to the target? And why do our specialists want more technology?
I can't vouch for the wet part, but since it is an air tight lock after each round is fired I suspect it is OK. The energy required to fire each round(s) will come from pulling the trigger. Specialists(???) dunno, this is just new technology, I would assume anyone who wants the best will start heading towards this system over the next 10 years.
7 shot barrel that needs to be changed on a reload. What's bigger to carry, a 7 shot barrel, or a 7 round mag? How do you reload the barrel? Do you have to buy a new barrel, or can you put your "bullets" in it.
The entire barrel contents is fired, and the new rounds are dropped in the back. There is no cartridge (spent or other wise) to remove. There are NO MOVING PARTS - except for the round once fired. Don't forget also, that it will have four barrels with different types of rounds (if you want)
Metalstorm is the only one building reload barrels because they have to have it calibrated just right. This reminds me of blackpowder muskets. Insert wad, pour black powder, insert ball... etc.
What? I consider replacing the MAG in an M16, and hoping the rounds don't jam, and trying not to get red hot brass casings down my sleeves to be far closer to the musket thing than this technology.
Can you point out where it says if it jams, it can be cleared by the next bullet? Their reference to jams, is about fail to feed or eject jams. This is an obstructed barrel.
Please see the video of the VLe handgun - it's a bit long and some of the enactments are a bit cheesy but they show a jammed round being cleared. http://www.metalstorm.com/04_video_vle_prototype.h tml
If one of these were to jam in this sense, I think you'd have the same problem you have when a regular pistol fails like this. You have an obstruction in the barrel. If the ignited propellent cannot clear the obstruction, there is only one direction its going to go, and
VERY INCORRECT. 1891 was 30 years later.
The 1861 Springfield rifle (first made in Springfield Ill(?) in 1861) was the first non musket gun. it was the first weapon to use brass cartridges and was not muzzle loading. It was used to the extreme detriment of American Civil War confederate forces, who were still using Napoleonic tactics at the Battle of Gettysberg, where the rapid reload (10 times faster than older systems) and added accuracy killed, (far too many) soldiers. This changed the face of war completely.
There has not been an equally important development in hand held weapons till the the AK47. This is amazing to think, since the Steam engine has come and gone in that time, and yet modern troops have essentially {VERY} upgraded versions of the same (140 year old) technology.
Happy to debate this point, but give the guys at Springfield their just respect.
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I can't believe the misinformation here. The basis for this technology is metal storm (www.metalstorm.com) IMHO it is the biggest development since the Springfield rifle. gone are brass cartridges and detonators. There are no moving parts in the gun. Once it is perfected it will hardly ever jam (at least far less than the current systems) and even if it does, it can be cleared by the next bullet. :)) VERY high possible rate of fire (1 million RPM - no I am not joking, there is video proof on the website) and safety.
There is no battery, as all the charge required comes from the trigger pull.
The security part comes from the fact that many more people get injured when the gun gets taken from security guards/police than the other way around - OK I am not going to fake make up the stats without seeing them first. An old Karate saying is never take a weapon into a fight, that you would not be prepared to have used on yourself, this gets around that..
Please look at the website and check out the O'Dwyer VLE (the pistol) and all of its extra advantages- multiple shot types (not double whammy yet
This is the beginning of a revolution in Gun technology that hasn't been seen since Gettysberg.
People down talking about it is like people in 1900 on horses saying "this horseless carriage think will never catch on.).
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