Sometimes I really hate the open source attitude... what is actually wrong with a company producing a product and then locking it up so only they can service/upgrade/modify it ?
Do you complain that you microwave is not upgradable by you ? How about the kettle ?
What happens if this "object" is shaped like a spear ? So it only looks 3m wide from our perspective of looking at it, and really there is another couple of km behind it ?!?
Will the Earth be skewered like a cherrie on a tooth pick ?:-)
Come on own up there must be some people doing it ?:-)
If I was to try selling a friend on getting an Android, I'd first get laughed at for the stupid name and then they'd laugh even more when I told them how good it was at reading barcodes!
Hands up who has looked at armor from Ye Olde Days ? Not the flashy stuff the generals and Kings wore but the stuff your soldier/knight wore. Notice that it's nice and smooth ? That's because in those days they realised that if you had an edge or ridge a sword/axe/arrow could snag onto then that edge just helped the sword/axe/arrow get enough purchase to cut in... not something you'd find comfortable. You want to deflect impacts not just absorb them.
So this guy has designed a suit of "armor" that while it is probably made of the right materials the is pretty much all edges, joints, creases and other showy bits, all of which adds up to more places a bullet can lodge and drive in.
I bet he did his elephant gun test at a point blank angle and just proved that the materials could absorb the impact, want to lay a wager that if you did a test of firing the elephant gun at say a 30 degree angle across into the suit you'd get the fun viewing of a limb being torn off as the bullet lodges into his nice showy suit and then tries to take that part of the suit with it.. when instead you want to maximise the chance of the bullet splashing off.
This guy has watched too many scifi movies where the armor is all pretty looking to make it look good, real armor is quite boring in design, it;s all about function... so please let him do his personal test, I'll watch the blood and carnage on YouTube:-)
OK so if they find a miracle cure for disease "insert favourite ailment here" and your daggly bits are about to drop off, do you want them to skip over you cause you're an ungrateful goit ?;-)
You had 4 people in it ? Naughty naughty! It's a 2 seater with capacity for about 100kg or luggage!... I'm surprised as well that it took off:-)
It's all good fun though.. one day I'll learn to land it!;-)
You could get 90knots out of that... find a real high cliff, get a good run up and then "power" it off the edge, by the time you get to the bottom 90 knots should have been achieved, though you might want to pull up before hitting the floor;-)
Any chance people could wait until 2006 is finished before anouncing the best products of the year ? Or has everyone else been issued a crystal ball ?:-(
"Pixels!" LUXURY! When I was a kid the boobies were made up of ASCII characters! Any my dad would beat us to death, bury us in the garden under 10 feet of ice and not even tell us the boobies existed till spring!
I know if I'm hiring I'm looking for stuff other than the skills required, if you've an existing team you want people who will fit in with it and note grate on the rest. My last job in the UK hired me not because I was the strongest in the skills but because I was pretty good in the skills AND fitted in with the personalities already there.. and it worked, was a real nice working environment.
(Oh and I'm not saying your a cretin by the way.. just used it as an example:-)
Gives new meaning to oral sex I suppose ...
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sorry I tried to resist the obvious, but I'm just to weak willed...;-)
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A true American response :-)
Here people are supposed to do as they are told, not do what they want ... in theory ...
If you'd like to see what rights we do have, go here : http://www.justice.govt.nz/pubs/other/pamphlets/bill_of_rights/bill_rights.pdf
Don't worry it's a very short document ;-)
Sadly I doubt quoting the Berne Convention would work as New Zealand is a signatory.
Didn't Einstein leave his brain to medical science ? Surely that's good enough permission! :)
What happens when your little space ship hits a bit of dust ? :-)
Sometimes I really hate the open source attitude ... what is actually wrong with a company producing a product and then locking it up so only they can service/upgrade/modify it ?
Do you complain that you microwave is not upgradable by you ? How about the kettle ?
What the hell ? What's wrong with a kettle lead from Tandy ? ;-)
What happens if this "object" is shaped like a spear ? So it only looks 3m wide from our perspective of looking at it, and really there is another couple of km behind it ?!? Will the Earth be skewered like a cherrie on a tooth pick ? :-)
Come on own up there must be some people doing it ? :-)
If I was to try selling a friend on getting an Android, I'd first get laughed at for the stupid name and then they'd laugh even more when I told them how good it was at reading barcodes!
I think the Zune tattoo'd guy is possible the only sadder person!
Well if you think about it, Goliath nearly always wins and then procedes to kick the crap out of Davids family, friends and dog...
It's bound to be able to get some sort of state funding to help ....
Hands up who has looked at armor from Ye Olde Days ? Not the flashy stuff the generals and Kings wore but the stuff your soldier/knight wore. Notice that it's nice and smooth ? That's because in those days they realised that if you had an edge or ridge a sword/axe/arrow could snag onto then that edge just helped the sword/axe/arrow get enough purchase to cut in ... not something you'd find comfortable. You want to deflect impacts not just absorb them.
.. when instead you want to maximise the chance of the bullet splashing off.
... so please let him do his personal test, I'll watch the blood and carnage on YouTube :-)
So this guy has designed a suit of "armor" that while it is probably made of the right materials the is pretty much all edges, joints, creases and other showy bits, all of which adds up to more places a bullet can lodge and drive in.
I bet he did his elephant gun test at a point blank angle and just proved that the materials could absorb the impact, want to lay a wager that if you did a test of firing the elephant gun at say a 30 degree angle across into the suit you'd get the fun viewing of a limb being torn off as the bullet lodges into his nice showy suit and then tries to take that part of the suit with it
This guy has watched too many scifi movies where the armor is all pretty looking to make it look good, real armor is quite boring in design, it;s all about function
Not being a bean counter type, I've always wondered what on earth they could look for in your credit card and banking details to make them suspisious.
:-)
I means it's not like you'l have the name of "Mr Joe Terrorist" printed on it or be stupid enough to have "C4 purchase" listed on your statement
Thanks! I didn't want to eat my dinner anyway ....
OK so if they find a miracle cure for disease "insert favourite ailment here" and your daggly bits are about to drop off, do you want them to skip over you cause you're an ungrateful goit ? ;-)
You had 4 people in it ? Naughty naughty! It's a 2 seater with capacity for about 100kg or luggage! ... I'm surprised as well that it took off :-)
It's all good fun though .. one day I'll learn to land it! ;-)
You could get 90knots out of that ... find a real high cliff, get a good run up and then "power" it off the edge, by the time you get to the bottom 90 knots should have been achieved, though you might want to pull up before hitting the floor ;-)
Just the one I use doesn't quite hit mach 2.3 ... more like 90knots ... if you thrash it! ;-)
http://www.iserve.net.nz/users/d1helxb/aac.org.nz/ htdocs/region_images/grummanoutside.jpg
The phrase "If your device is Plays for Sure compliant it may work," is quite amusing.
... but it might not ... great stuff! ;-)
So the device claims to play for sure
Any chance people could wait until 2006 is finished before anouncing the best products of the year ? Or has everyone else been issued a crystal ball ? :-(
"Pixels!" LUXURY! When I was a kid the boobies were made up of ASCII characters! Any my dad would beat us to death, bury us in the garden under 10 feet of ice and not even tell us the boobies existed till spring!
I know if I'm hiring I'm looking for stuff other than the skills required, if you've an existing team you want people who will fit in with it and note grate on the rest. My last job in the UK hired me not because I was the strongest in the skills but because I was pretty good in the skills AND fitted in with the personalities already there .. and it worked, was a real nice working environment.
.. just used it as an example :-)
(Oh and I'm not saying your a cretin by the way
sorry I tried to resist the obvious, but I'm just to weak willed ... ;-)
All those mainframes running your banks wouldn't dream of using virtualisation ;-)
You know that Virtualisation has been around longer than I've been alive .. it came from the mainframe world and "discovered" by the x86 crowd :-)