If we don't know where the shells are coming from, what's the chances that this system will be able to realistically identify a genuine incoming round, activate (from idle) and reliably shoot it down in time? We're not getting the first couple of rounds, and after that, our existing counterbattery systems will be silencing the enemy artillery.
Can you say "Counterbattery Radar"? I knew you could!
It's doubtful. I worked on Crusader for a bit. It's a HELL of a lot bigger than Paladin. Crusader was essentially a couple of Sun or HP workstations for fire control. Paladin is a much smaller CPU and system.
And the really big thing about Crusader was the automation of shell selection/loading, which Paladin can't do, AFAIK, and the liquid propellant, which was scrapped VERY early in the program.
True. Your current battery had better bug out, but you should have some FOs out there, and you should be able to bring in fire from other FUs, preferably spread out in all directions, so as to stress the targeting on this thing.
Where does the laser go if they miss the shell? Disperse into a cloud? Hit a passing 747?
Somehow, I doubt a 747 would be flying into a live fire area (Iraqi airliners excepted). Many current artillery shells have high trajectories that go several km in altitude. As a matter of fact, I once worked on a system that had an operator warning "NOTIFY NASA", for when a shell trajectory was computed to go above a certain altitude.
Probably not. If I were the ARTY commander, and I figured out I was fighting one of these things, I'd call in multiple volleys from different Fire Units to wipe it out -- it can't be omnidirectional! Unless the target acquisition time is insanely low...
IIRC, "Not guilty. Doh!" is not an option. The appeals court upheld the FoF, we're just arguing about whether to give MS a timeout or whether they're grounded.
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was referring to this: "Should she reject it, she can only offer suggestions for improvement; she cannot impose amendments".
How will this ruling (when it comes out) affect the 9 rebels? Will they be bound by her ruling, or will that segment of the trial continue?
Because I couldn't even get a word in edgewise... I tried to tell them "Not interested and put me on your DNC list", but they interrupted after "interested".
I finally got pissed and tried to give them some idea of what dickheads they were bing.
From AT&T trying to sell me on their local service.
Now, I use AT&T for my long distance (got a deal with my cell... when the contract's up, I'll probably change), so I had a little bit of leverage.
This drone wouldn't take "Not interested." for an answer, so I told them, "Hang up NOW, or I will call AT&T and cancel my existing service, and tell them that it was your telemarketing company!"
If you can't sell your licenses, how did Bluelight buy them when it bought KMart? Or was KMart always part of Bluelight?
You got it backwards. KMart set up Bluelight in an attempt to cash in on both the Net and their reputation ("Blue-light special on aisle 4!"), hence the name "Bluelight".
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If we don't know where the shells are coming from, what's the chances that this system will be able to realistically identify a genuine incoming round, activate (from idle) and reliably shoot it down in time? We're not getting the first couple of rounds, and after that, our existing counterbattery systems will be silencing the enemy artillery.
Can you say "Counterbattery Radar"? I knew you could!
It's doubtful. I worked on Crusader for a bit. It's a HELL of a lot bigger than Paladin. Crusader was essentially a couple of Sun or HP workstations for fire control. Paladin is a much smaller CPU and system.
And the really big thing about Crusader was the automation of shell selection/loading, which Paladin can't do, AFAIK, and the liquid propellant, which was scrapped VERY early in the program.
True. Your current battery had better bug out, but you should have some FOs out there, and you should be able to bring in fire from other FUs, preferably spread out in all directions, so as to stress the targeting on this thing.
Where does the laser go if they miss the shell? Disperse into a cloud? Hit a passing 747?
Somehow, I doubt a 747 would be flying into a live fire area (Iraqi airliners excepted). Many current artillery shells have high trajectories that go several km in altitude. As a matter of fact, I once worked on a system that had an operator warning "NOTIFY NASA", for when a shell trajectory was computed to go above a certain altitude.
Shells are smaller than rockets (with some exceptions -- 14in navguns come to mind :-P).
No, that was James Bond.
Will it survive real heavy artillery battle?
Probably not. If I were the ARTY commander, and I figured out I was fighting one of these things, I'd call in multiple volleys from different Fire Units to wipe it out -- it can't be omnidirectional! Unless the target acquisition time is insanely low...
Because they're not as stupid as BT, who went after Prodigy -- aka SBC.
SBC probably had deeper pockets than BT. PanIP is going after little guys to set precedents.
And why would a Win2K user go there?
Out of idle curiosity, where is that documented?
Yeah, Linux guys are used to the command line, but stuff *DOES* tend to be documented (even if done poorly) in HOWTOs or man pages.
Got this T-Shirt for my mom to wear while voting:
"I'm from Chicago... TWO BALLOTS PLEASE!"
Not only that, but it looks like she imposed it on the Dissenting 9 as well!
Same thing happened in Julian May's Surveillance
About your nick:
I can imagine Aethelred's parents when he was a kid...
"Aethelred, aren't you ready yet!?"
IIRC, "Not guilty. Doh!" is not an option. The appeals court upheld the FoF, we're just arguing about whether to give MS a timeout or whether they're grounded.
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was referring to this: "Should she reject it, she can only offer suggestions for improvement; she cannot impose amendments".
How will this ruling (when it comes out) affect the 9 rebels? Will they be bound by her ruling, or will that segment of the trial continue?
How does her ruling affect the 9 dissenting states? They didn't agree to the RPFJ, so how can it be binding on them?
Damn. I *knew* I should have used preview! I knew that was wrong. Thanks.
The Earth shifted even further in it's orbit, as Jon Postel continued spinning madly in his grave.
Thank you! That's one of my pet peeves!
Because I couldn't even get a word in edgewise... I tried to tell them "Not interested and put me on your DNC list", but they interrupted after "interested".
I finally got pissed and tried to give them some idea of what dickheads they were bing.
Had anyone but a few people bothered to read the article, or even the headline of it at the LA Times link
Have you ever seen the LA Times website? It was probably impossible to tell the article from the ads.
From AT&T trying to sell me on their local service.
Now, I use AT&T for my long distance (got a deal with my cell... when the contract's up, I'll probably change), so I had a little bit of leverage.
This drone wouldn't take "Not interested." for an answer, so I told them, "Hang up NOW, or I will call AT&T and cancel my existing service, and tell them that it was your telemarketing company!"
They hung up.
Oh, agreed. The CA tap water is chlorinated, but the grey that eventually clears is aeration.
If you can't sell your licenses, how did Bluelight buy them when it bought KMart? Or was KMart always part of Bluelight?
You got it backwards. KMart set up Bluelight in an attempt to cash in on both the Net and their reputation ("Blue-light special on aisle 4!"), hence the name "Bluelight".