The "bomb" was essentially a large casing, filled with a stack of "honeycombs". Inside each cell of the honeycomb was a Mexican Freetailed Bat carrying an incendiary device.
The bats were chilled to induce torpor, then fitted with the device. While still chilled, they were loaded into the honeycombs and the devices were armed by pulling the string through the top of each cell. The combs were then strung together and loaded into a casing.
The casing would be dropped over a city, and once it reached 4000 feet, a chute would deploy and the case would fall off. The honeycombs would then fall like an accordion, stretching out. Each bat would then be shaken out of their cells and onto the top of the bottom cell. The device is now armed.
This was actually deliberate, as it gave the bats time to warm up, get their bearings and fly off for shelter.
The intent was that the bats would fly toward homes and buildings, seeking shelter from the daylight. After 20 minutes, the incendiary device would ignite. And since most Japanese homes of the time were made from washi paper, wood and bamboo, the resulting fires would be catastrophic.
Yes, but the fact that the Jewish faith does NOT consider money or the possession of money to be inherently evil rankles everyone else. Every other faith on the planet encourages you to get rid of as much as possible, as fast as possible.
Preferably to the church of the faith in question.
And because the Jewish faith has not only managed to keep money, but also successfully integrate it into their secular and religious existence without any overt conflict, it drives other faiths quite barmy. Often homicidally so.
Pretty much every single religion has prohibitions against making large amounts of money, and very strong inducements towards charity. Christianity espouses poverty, while charity is one of the Pillars of Islam.
It all started very early in the whole hatred of Jews story? Basically, whenever someone needed money, they would go to a Jewish person with money and take out a loan, usually for a business. When that business started making a profit, the Jew would ask for payment.
That's usually when the borrower "finds religion", accuses the Jew of something horrible and gets all their newfound friends to run the Jew out of town on a rail. After all, "everyone knows" that the Jews killed Jesus, right?
So, just as with every other religious pissing contest in the history of the human race, it all comes down to money.
Jew can have it; Christians can't, Moslems have to give it away and they both hate the Jews because of it.
Oh yeah...and unlike Christianity and Islam, Judaism doesn't have any foolishness about "Turning the other cheek", so when you piss them off, they beat the living !@^# out of you. That tends to piss off Christians and Moslems too.
Get a group of 101 people. Fill them all in on the plan.
1 person will go to a public place and just start taking pictures. LOTS of pictures. They don't need to act strange, just take pictures. Have the other 100 just hanging out, doing various things to look normal.
Wait for a cop-rental or otherwise-to come up and confront the person taking pictures. If it's just a simple, "Hi, how's it going" kind of encounter, then the photographer puts on a silly hat. Then the other 100 people all give a cheer and disperse.
But if the cops start to violate the law, the photographer holds up their hands in surrender.
All 100 people dash over and surround the cop and photographer, about 10 feet away, and start to chant "First Amendment!", really loud.
The cops will be so distracted that the photographer will be able to merge with the crowd. Once they're in the crowd, everyone simply breaks up and moves on.
Art, political statement, social statement and entertainment, all in one.
Security classifications are "all-inclusive" and "absorbent", in that if you have a document that has so much as a single "classified" word in it, then the entire document gains the classifcation level of that single word. This applies even if the material in question wouldn't be classified, but the footnotes reference a classified source.
This policy applies to physical media as well. If a camera, floppy, USB stick, CD or other recording media is plugged or inserted into a classified computer, then that item becomes classified at the same level as the computer. Sometimes, even bringing the item into a physical space, such as a meeting room or NOC, can convey that classification. (Try walking into a SCIF with a thumbdrive and see what happens if they catch you with it.)
This rule is absolute across the government, and is applied universally across the board. However, enforcement may or may not be lax depending upon the situation, and it may also be up to the discretion of the commanding officer to allow certain waivers.
I dunno how things work on cable ships for other countries, but working on the USNS Zeus sucks bigtime.
No internet, no phones, no email, not even any outgoing traffic. NO electronic emissions of any kind. That also includes satellite TV because the dish does emanate some EMF. The only thing you can get is US Navy fleet broadcast coming in on UHF or EHF. You're gone for 3-4 months at a time, nobody onboard except for the captain knows where you're going or when you'll be back.
During the trial, McDonalds lawyers tried to argue that they shouldn't have to pay for Mrs. Liebeck's skin graft operations, as she was an 80 year old woman and didn't need her genitalia anymore.
Technically true from a practical standpoint, but boy-oh-boy did the jury take a disliking to them when it came time to soak them for punitive damages.
I think this will play out in a similar manner, and the RIAA is going to take a terrible beating if they try and push it. Better to simply walk away from this one.
But then, they aren't the sharpest cartridge on the turntable, are they?
Thank you, I'll be here all night. Try the buffet.
Unlimited tech support opportunities! Exclusive contracts! Clueless users ensuring a steady supply of work! Bottomless pits of fodder for "Customers Suck" and "Stupid, Stupid Enduser" blogs! Angry phone calls at 3AM! People knocking on your door asking you to fix their plumbing and interwebs!
Usenet used to be HUGE, but now it seems to be fading away. It's like all the hard-core admins who used to maintain everything are getting tired of it all.
GoogleGroups used to be good for searching stuff like this, but that too, seems to be suffering from "data rot".
Admittedly, nearly half the "content" itself could fall under the category of "rot" even when it was new, but that's for another thread...
See, there's the flaw in your logic. The idiot arresting you isn't going to be smart enough to understand that, and neither is the judge at the arraignment. Which means you get arrested, thrown in jail for months until the trial and then get to try and prove your innocence.
No matter how it turns out in the end, you still lose.
#2: In the US Navy, they would send out the "Monthly Funnies", or the Summary of Mishaps, a collection of crazy, dumb and just plain accidents that happen to our men and women in uniform.
Accidents involving wedding bands were all quite preventable, and not a single one of them were ever even the slightest bit funny.
So yes, please, #2 definitely gets my vote, simply for reasons of safety if nothing else.
You can't punish the companies that are advertised, because it would make it very easy for a competitor to get his rival in trouble by sending spam in the victim's name.
This is where the Blue Security Model was a huge success?
You simply could not pull that kind of shenanigans without ruining your own business model. You'd have to send enough spam to trigger the blue frogs to attack, but that would draw away all of your own customers. And once your "competitor" is gone, you can start up again, but you'll only get nailed by the Blue Frogs yourself.
The Blue Security model was-and still is-the ONLY anti-spam technology that was effective.
I work for a Big Telecom Company, and one of the things we have to do is push the LEC out to make repairs on their equipment. From fibercuts to dead smartjacks, our ability to function revolves around our ability to get telco onsite as quickly and easily as possible.
The customer NOC's often have no clue as to what kind of access hours the end user keeps, or even what sort of conditions there are, such as security gates. It's not that they don't necessarily *have* this info, it just takes them forever to find it. Add the fact that the NOC is also in Bangalore, and you've got a clusterf$ck.
Using Google, I can not only find the customer's address, I can also find their web page. From there, I can find the access hours, local contact and phone numbers. Sattelite view tells me what kind of place I'm sending telco out to. Military base, business park, rural area...you name it.
By switching to Street View, I can often identify the precise nature of the location, as well as any key landmarks that will help guide the field tech to the site. I've had to give a field tech step-by-step instructions more than once, too.
"No-no...turn LEFT at the red building with the white doors. THERE! That antenna tower, that's the one. The combo lock is on the gate...blah-blah-blah..."
I've also managed to scare the bejabbers out of a few CO techs and testers by telling them preciselywhere they are, right down to suggesting they get a relaxing cup of coffee from the Dunkin Donuts next door. And yes, I'm aware of the irony of that statement.
And sometimes, I can even use StreetView to determine business hours. Hotel? 24-7. Gas farm? 0730-1700. Government? 0800-1600. Military reserve depot? 0700-1530.
StreetView is a tool, just like a ballpeen hammer. And just like any tool, including a ballpeen hammer, it can be used for bad things.
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Actually, the "Bat Bomb" was a striking success.
The "bomb" was essentially a large casing, filled with a stack of "honeycombs". Inside each cell of the honeycomb was a Mexican Freetailed Bat carrying an incendiary device.
The bats were chilled to induce torpor, then fitted with the device. While still chilled, they were loaded into the honeycombs and the devices were armed by pulling the string through the top of each cell. The combs were then strung together and loaded into a casing.
The casing would be dropped over a city, and once it reached 4000 feet, a chute would deploy and the case would fall off. The honeycombs would then fall like an accordion, stretching out. Each bat would then be shaken out of their cells and onto the top of the bottom cell. The device is now armed.
This was actually deliberate, as it gave the bats time to warm up, get their bearings and fly off for shelter.
The intent was that the bats would fly toward homes and buildings, seeking shelter from the daylight. After 20 minutes, the incendiary device would ignite. And since most Japanese homes of the time were made from washi paper, wood and bamboo, the resulting fires would be catastrophic.
The concept worked perfectly, as the Army found out quite by accident. Here's a video. Advance to 6:25 for the "successful test"
Unfortunately for a few million Japanese, but fortunately for the bats, the program was canceled in lieu of the A-Bomb.
Yes, but the fact that the Jewish faith does NOT consider money or the possession of money to be inherently evil rankles everyone else. Every other faith on the planet encourages you to get rid of as much as possible, as fast as possible.
Preferably to the church of the faith in question.
And because the Jewish faith has not only managed to keep money, but also successfully integrate it into their secular and religious existence without any overt conflict, it drives other faiths quite barmy. Often homicidally so.
Jews are hated because they can have money.
Pretty much every single religion has prohibitions against making large amounts of money, and very strong inducements towards charity. Christianity espouses poverty, while charity is one of the Pillars of Islam.
It all started very early in the whole hatred of Jews story? Basically, whenever someone needed money, they would go to a Jewish person with money and take out a loan, usually for a business. When that business started making a profit, the Jew would ask for payment.
That's usually when the borrower "finds religion", accuses the Jew of something horrible and gets all their newfound friends to run the Jew out of town on a rail. After all, "everyone knows" that the Jews killed Jesus, right?
So, just as with every other religious pissing contest in the history of the human race, it all comes down to money.
Jew can have it; Christians can't, Moslems have to give it away and they both hate the Jews because of it.
Oh yeah...and unlike Christianity and Islam, Judaism doesn't have any foolishness about "Turning the other cheek", so when you piss them off, they beat the living !@^# out of you. That tends to piss off Christians and Moslems too.
This would make for an awesome flashmob.
Get a group of 101 people. Fill them all in on the plan.
1 person will go to a public place and just start taking pictures. LOTS of pictures. They don't need to act strange, just take pictures. Have the other 100 just hanging out, doing various things to look normal.
Wait for a cop-rental or otherwise-to come up and confront the person taking pictures. If it's just a simple, "Hi, how's it going" kind of encounter, then the photographer puts on a silly hat. Then the other 100 people all give a cheer and disperse.
But if the cops start to violate the law, the photographer holds up their hands in surrender.
All 100 people dash over and surround the cop and photographer, about 10 feet away, and start to chant "First Amendment!", really loud.
The cops will be so distracted that the photographer will be able to merge with the crowd. Once they're in the crowd, everyone simply breaks up and moves on.
Art, political statement, social statement and entertainment, all in one.
Yes, but the Dutch are very picky about their money.
If "x" amount of money is slated to go to "A", then by God, every single penny had better get to "A", or there'll be Hell to pay.
Here in the US, money slated to go to "A" starts at "Z" and dribbles its way backwards, and whatever is left is what they get.
Security classifications are "all-inclusive" and "absorbent", in that if you have a document that has so much as a single "classified" word in it, then the entire document gains the classifcation level of that single word. This applies even if the material in question wouldn't be classified, but the footnotes reference a classified source.
This policy applies to physical media as well. If a camera, floppy, USB stick, CD or other recording media is plugged or inserted into a classified computer, then that item becomes classified at the same level as the computer. Sometimes, even bringing the item into a physical space, such as a meeting room or NOC, can convey that classification. (Try walking into a SCIF with a thumbdrive and see what happens if they catch you with it.)
This rule is absolute across the government, and is applied universally across the board. However, enforcement may or may not be lax depending upon the situation, and it may also be up to the discretion of the commanding officer to allow certain waivers.
But nice work if you can do it.
No it's not.
I dunno how things work on cable ships for other countries, but working on the USNS Zeus sucks bigtime.
No internet, no phones, no email, not even any outgoing traffic. NO electronic emissions of any kind. That also includes satellite TV because the dish does emanate some EMF. The only thing you can get is US Navy fleet broadcast coming in on UHF or EHF. You're gone for 3-4 months at a time, nobody onboard except for the captain knows where you're going or when you'll be back.
The Zeus would drive a Tibetan Hermit insane.
They just managed to get a judgment due to an arcane provision...
*shrugs*
Winning by default is still a victory in the eyes of the law. It sucks the moral testicles of a dead camel, but its still the law.
The good news is that more and more regular people are getting really tired of sucking dead camel balls, and we're starting to do something about it.
This is kinda like the infamous McDonalds Coffee Lawsuit?
During the trial, McDonalds lawyers tried to argue that they shouldn't have to pay for Mrs. Liebeck's skin graft operations, as she was an 80 year old woman and didn't need her genitalia anymore.
Technically true from a practical standpoint, but boy-oh-boy did the jury take a disliking to them when it came time to soak them for punitive damages.
I think this will play out in a similar manner, and the RIAA is going to take a terrible beating if they try and push it. Better to simply walk away from this one.
But then, they aren't the sharpest cartridge on the turntable, are they?
Thank you, I'll be here all night. Try the buffet.
Holy Crap! This is like, a FREE GOLD MINE!
Unlimited tech support opportunities! Exclusive contracts! Clueless users ensuring a steady supply of work! Bottomless pits of fodder for "Customers Suck" and "Stupid, Stupid Enduser" blogs! Angry phone calls at 3AM! People knocking on your door asking you to fix their plumbing and interwebs!
This is a BOFH's Wet Dream!
Industry sources indicated that Vodafone has met Garda representatives to discuss the letter...
Right Answer: "No."
Wrong Answer: Anything other than "No.", although "Go f*ck yourselves!" would be acceptable.
Usenet used to be HUGE, but now it seems to be fading away. It's like all the hard-core admins who used to maintain everything are getting tired of it all.
GoogleGroups used to be good for searching stuff like this, but that too, seems to be suffering from "data rot".
Admittedly, nearly half the "content" itself could fall under the category of "rot" even when it was new, but that's for another thread...
Could someone explain how these projects have any kind of public support at all?
One word: Chavs.
Because: I've noticed that most people don't listen to the outgoing voicemail message.
That's easy to fix?
*ring* (click)
"You're screwed. If you want to know how to get UN-screwed, get a pen and paper, then listen to the rest of the message."
You now have their undivided attention.
A Regent University Professor hosts a lecture on precisely why you should never talk to the police.
How much you wanna bet a bunch of CEOs are going to RTA and fire all the COMPETENT bosses and keep the PHB's?
I think I would have a lot more respect if they just came right out and said they didn't want the city as competition.
You mean you have any respect at all for a telco??? Can I perhaps interest you in some prime bridge property in Brooklyn, NY?
it would be very difficult to prove in court...
See, there's the flaw in your logic. The idiot arresting you isn't going to be smart enough to understand that, and neither is the judge at the arraignment. Which means you get arrested, thrown in jail for months until the trial and then get to try and prove your innocence.
No matter how it turns out in the end, you still lose.
I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!!!
#2: In the US Navy, they would send out the "Monthly Funnies", or the Summary of Mishaps, a collection of crazy, dumb and just plain accidents that happen to our men and women in uniform.
Accidents involving wedding bands were all quite preventable, and not a single one of them were ever even the slightest bit funny.
So yes, please, #2 definitely gets my vote, simply for reasons of safety if nothing else.
You can't punish the companies that are advertised, because it would make it very easy for a competitor to get his rival in trouble by sending spam in the victim's name.
This is where the Blue Security Model was a huge success?
You simply could not pull that kind of shenanigans without ruining your own business model. You'd have to send enough spam to trigger the blue frogs to attack, but that would draw away all of your own customers. And once your "competitor" is gone, you can start up again, but you'll only get nailed by the Blue Frogs yourself.
The Blue Security model was-and still is-the ONLY anti-spam technology that was effective.
First pic of the collider...
Nevinyrral's Disk.
Coincidence?
I work for a Big Telecom Company, and one of the things we have to do is push the LEC out to make repairs on their equipment. From fibercuts to dead smartjacks, our ability to function revolves around our ability to get telco onsite as quickly and easily as possible.
The customer NOC's often have no clue as to what kind of access hours the end user keeps, or even what sort of conditions there are, such as security gates. It's not that they don't necessarily *have* this info, it just takes them forever to find it. Add the fact that the NOC is also in Bangalore, and you've got a clusterf$ck.
Using Google, I can not only find the customer's address, I can also find their web page. From there, I can find the access hours, local contact and phone numbers. Sattelite view tells me what kind of place I'm sending telco out to. Military base, business park, rural area...you name it.
By switching to Street View, I can often identify the precise nature of the location, as well as any key landmarks that will help guide the field tech to the site. I've had to give a field tech step-by-step instructions more than once, too.
"No-no...turn LEFT at the red building with the white doors. THERE! That antenna tower, that's the one. The combo lock is on the gate...blah-blah-blah..."
I've also managed to scare the bejabbers out of a few CO techs and testers by telling them precisely where they are, right down to suggesting they get a relaxing cup of coffee from the Dunkin Donuts next door. And yes, I'm aware of the irony of that statement.
And sometimes, I can even use StreetView to determine business hours. Hotel? 24-7. Gas farm? 0730-1700. Government? 0800-1600. Military reserve depot? 0700-1530.
StreetView is a tool, just like a ballpeen hammer. And just like any tool, including a ballpeen hammer, it can be used for bad things.
After 37 years of research, it's now official: pooping in the water is bad.
Suddenoutbreakofcommonsense and Haha