I read a story about a machinegunner in WW2, his mate (the primary gunner) was hit in the head by enemy fire, and he managed to quickly tap his assistant gunner on the shoulder before he slumped down, dead -- the priority is always to keep the MG fire up. The mission always comes first. A determined attacker will keep going until his body literally shuts down.
From my reading, I'd say the vast majority of "one-shot stops" are simply due to the gunshot victim voluntarily giving up the fight. I'd say a lot of this is from conditioning from the mass media -- you get shot, you're supposed to drop to the ground, you're out of the fight. A much smaller proportion of one-shot stops would be due to the shooter striking a critical part, like the brain, but that happens very rarely. Even shots to the head don't necessarily stop unless you've taken out some part of the brain.
Against a deadly and determined attacker, he's unlikely to go down to gunfire quickly, regardless of whether he's on drugs or not. This is why it's possible for two guys to start shooting at each other and to kill each other -- they didn't die straight away, they bled out from their gunshot wounds.
This explains the "overkill" employed by the London Metropolitan Police against Jean Charles de Menezes, but it does not excuse it in the slightest of course. Those incomptent officers (and only a few of them were, the rest did their job well) and their superiors must be charged with murder, and they must serve severe jail time.
I hope you don't get complacent. You'd only get a 1-shot stop from your handgun if the intruder is a wussy and/or you scored a critical hit (unlikely in a high-stress situation, even for good shooters). Much better to have a longgun (e.g. shotgun) to ensure the job gets done.
Not so much the accuracy issue, but the stopping power. A shotgun is indeed great for home defense, because of its stopping power. Handguns are a compromise, and longguns are always best unless you're in an extremely close quarter battle situation.
How is Jean Charles de Menezes relevant to this discussion? I'm as outraged by that incident as you are and I want the officers who pulled the trigger (and their superiors) to serve severe jail time, but that has nothing to do with this.
Chances are you'll encounter a thug or a psychopath who is a combat veteran of many firefights. He's not nervous about a gunfight and he has no qualms about despatching you or a police officer. If he draws first, you are dead.
There's a lot of literature out there about gunfights, a lot of it is chilling reading.
A jump from physical CDs straight to DRM-free music? There's no way the RIAA would've allowed that. In fact, they still hate the very idea.
I'm not saying Apple is an angel (they're purely in this business to make money) but their strategies did help to bring about the DRM-free iTunes music store. Without their clout in the digital music world, there's no way they could've demanded DRM-free music.
Most pirated ebooks are sucktacular. Full of grammar and spelling mistakes, and sometimes entire paragraphs or chapters are either missing or transposed. No table of contents and sometimes no chapter breaks. And they usually come in PDF format with no tags, so they don't reflow correctly when viewed on a portable device.
It's basically like watching a cam release of a movie. No thanks. This is why I pay for ebooks (with DRM), despite the fact that they are usually priced too high.
The source is an Adobe blog, who are clearly pissed off by Apple's refusal to include Flash on their iPhone/iPad platform. I'll wait to hear it from the horse's mouth before jumping to an conclusions.
I'm guessing they'll start off with DRM though, because that's what the major competitor (Amazon) is using. Give it a few years for DRM-free-ness.
I agree, e-ink readers remain better for reading traditional books. But I think the concept of "books" will start to radically change in the next few years. We'll see more and more multimedia and interactivity, blurring the line between books and... well, everything else! Should be an interesting ride.
E-ink has been pretty much stagnant for the last few years. Those ultra-thin colour e-ink readers still haven't made it to mass production yet. This will give it the kick in the pants it needs.
Not sure why you keep expecting Apple to make devices that suit you. You're never going to be in their target demographic for consumer appliances. iPhone and iPad are mass market devices, not traditional computers as such. As long as Steve Jobs is at the helm, this will remain true.
Experienced Apple pundits like John Siracusa accurately predicted what the iPad was going to be.
You either defend your trademark or you lose it. The Woolworths case sounds ridiculous, but that's what you have to do to prove that you're actually defending your trademark. Apple will most likely lose their case against Woolies but that's not important.
Fujitsu is in the same situation. I don't know who will win, but Fujitsu is basically obligated to go through the motions.
Sounds like your needs are much better met by an actual netbook/laptop. iPad was always going to be a media/entertainment style device for the masses, not the typical Slashdot geek.
I use a lot of Apple products but personally, I don't think I'll be buying an iPod for a few years. In particular, the 1024x768 screen has me very disappointed as I was expecting them to use a high dpi screen like the iPhone's. It's not big enough to display HD video natively. Now that they've set this screen resolution in stone, they won't be able to change this for some time even as technology progresses.
I think the iPad is a quiet gamechanger though. It'll bring about a revolution when it comes to epublishing and content delivery. Of course, it's not the iPad alone that makes this possible, it's Apple's strategic partnerships and infrastructure. I have no doubt Apple will rule the ebook and online news subscription market within a few years.
iPhone unlocking has nothing to do with jailbreaking. I unlock my iPhone but I definitely don't jailbreak it (don't want the instability and hassle of dealing with stuff that comes from non-official sources).
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I read a story about a machinegunner in WW2, his mate (the primary gunner) was hit in the head by enemy fire, and he managed to quickly tap his assistant gunner on the shoulder before he slumped down, dead -- the priority is always to keep the MG fire up. The mission always comes first. A determined attacker will keep going until his body literally shuts down.
From my reading, I'd say the vast majority of "one-shot stops" are simply due to the gunshot victim voluntarily giving up the fight. I'd say a lot of this is from conditioning from the mass media -- you get shot, you're supposed to drop to the ground, you're out of the fight. A much smaller proportion of one-shot stops would be due to the shooter striking a critical part, like the brain, but that happens very rarely. Even shots to the head don't necessarily stop unless you've taken out some part of the brain.
Against a deadly and determined attacker, he's unlikely to go down to gunfire quickly, regardless of whether he's on drugs or not. This is why it's possible for two guys to start shooting at each other and to kill each other -- they didn't die straight away, they bled out from their gunshot wounds.
This explains the "overkill" employed by the London Metropolitan Police against Jean Charles de Menezes, but it does not excuse it in the slightest of course. Those incomptent officers (and only a few of them were, the rest did their job well) and their superiors must be charged with murder, and they must serve severe jail time.
I hope you don't get complacent. You'd only get a 1-shot stop from your handgun if the intruder is a wussy and/or you scored a critical hit (unlikely in a high-stress situation, even for good shooters). Much better to have a longgun (e.g. shotgun) to ensure the job gets done.
Not so much the accuracy issue, but the stopping power. A shotgun is indeed great for home defense, because of its stopping power. Handguns are a compromise, and longguns are always best unless you're in an extremely close quarter battle situation.
How is Jean Charles de Menezes relevant to this discussion? I'm as outraged by that incident as you are and I want the officers who pulled the trigger (and their superiors) to serve severe jail time, but that has nothing to do with this.
Chances are you'll encounter a thug or a psychopath who is a combat veteran of many firefights. He's not nervous about a gunfight and he has no qualms about despatching you or a police officer. If he draws first, you are dead.
There's a lot of literature out there about gunfights, a lot of it is chilling reading.
For a good read on this topic, look up Marc Animal MacYoung. Very, very interesting material.
That is absolutely brilliant. Justice served.
You, sir, are my hero.
Sounds eerily like prison.
BTW, good on you for beating up the bullies. Something I was never willing to do myself.
Brilliant post!
A jump from physical CDs straight to DRM-free music? There's no way the RIAA would've allowed that. In fact, they still hate the very idea.
I'm not saying Apple is an angel (they're purely in this business to make money) but their strategies did help to bring about the DRM-free iTunes music store. Without their clout in the digital music world, there's no way they could've demanded DRM-free music.
Agreed. Amazon are way too reactionary. They should toughen up and learn a thing or two about believing in yourself and standing your ground.
Most pirated ebooks are sucktacular. Full of grammar and spelling mistakes, and sometimes entire paragraphs or chapters are either missing or transposed. No table of contents and sometimes no chapter breaks. And they usually come in PDF format with no tags, so they don't reflow correctly when viewed on a portable device.
It's basically like watching a cam release of a movie. No thanks. This is why I pay for ebooks (with DRM), despite the fact that they are usually priced too high.
DRM is bad in general, but I'm sure some developers are happy that their apps are DRMed (to fight piracy).
The source is an Adobe blog, who are clearly pissed off by Apple's refusal to include Flash on their iPhone/iPad platform. I'll wait to hear it from the horse's mouth before jumping to an conclusions.
I'm guessing they'll start off with DRM though, because that's what the major competitor (Amazon) is using. Give it a few years for DRM-free-ness.
I agree, e-ink readers remain better for reading traditional books. But I think the concept of "books" will start to radically change in the next few years. We'll see more and more multimedia and interactivity, blurring the line between books and... well, everything else! Should be an interesting ride.
E-ink has been pretty much stagnant for the last few years. Those ultra-thin colour e-ink readers still haven't made it to mass production yet. This will give it the kick in the pants it needs.
Not sure why you keep expecting Apple to make devices that suit you. You're never going to be in their target demographic for consumer appliances. iPhone and iPad are mass market devices, not traditional computers as such. As long as Steve Jobs is at the helm, this will remain true.
Experienced Apple pundits like John Siracusa accurately predicted what the iPad was going to be.
You either defend your trademark or you lose it. The Woolworths case sounds ridiculous, but that's what you have to do to prove that you're actually defending your trademark. Apple will most likely lose their case against Woolies but that's not important.
Fujitsu is in the same situation. I don't know who will win, but Fujitsu is basically obligated to go through the motions.
And why is that absurd? The OS and software is what distinguishes most phones and gadgets these days.
Sounds like your needs are much better met by an actual netbook/laptop. iPad was always going to be a media/entertainment style device for the masses, not the typical Slashdot geek.
If you're going to spout speculative unsupported bullshit, at least have the guts to login under your username.
Bravo, nicely thought out post.
I use a lot of Apple products but personally, I don't think I'll be buying an iPod for a few years. In particular, the 1024x768 screen has me very disappointed as I was expecting them to use a high dpi screen like the iPhone's. It's not big enough to display HD video natively. Now that they've set this screen resolution in stone, they won't be able to change this for some time even as technology progresses.
I think the iPad is a quiet gamechanger though. It'll bring about a revolution when it comes to epublishing and content delivery. Of course, it's not the iPad alone that makes this possible, it's Apple's strategic partnerships and infrastructure. I have no doubt Apple will rule the ebook and online news subscription market within a few years.
I'm intrigued by this chip as well, I think it might be a lot more powerful than it looks. Should be interesting to see benchmarks.
You're nothing but an ignorant troll. Apple through WebKit is basically driving the adoption of HTML5, it's being used everywhere in their products.
iPhone unlocking has nothing to do with jailbreaking. I unlock my iPhone but I definitely don't jailbreak it (don't want the instability and hassle of dealing with stuff that comes from non-official sources).