I just came back from the Army's Warrior Leaders Course yesterday where I had spent a month training to learn how to be a SGT. One of the things we did was take two squads into a building and sit down at 16 computers and played DARWARS. While the graphics and such were obviously Full Spectrum Warrior (the first one), it was still an incredibly useful simulation. The people adapted to the computer controls relatively quickly, especially considering that most of them were surprisingly not very familiar with computer gaming at all, and once that was done, we did a few missions where our superiors played as the OpFor and we ran varied missions through some interesting and oddly familiar landscapes.
Simulations can't be knocked. They work. They might not work as well as the real experience (duh) but there is a lot to say for the speed that simulated realities can bring to the training world.
The transmission unit was modified in such a way that the conditions on the 144-kilometre stretch between the islands exactly reflected those that would prevail on a 1.5 million kilometre link through space. This was achieved primarily by reducing the emission aperture of the laser to a diameter of less than half a millimetre in order to weaken the light signal.
I have a hard time believing that a measly 144km stretch on a planet WITH ATMOSPHERE is able to exactly replicate the conditions of a 1.5 million km stretch of space. I mean let's look at the ozone. I'm not a scientist and I only hold a GED, but doesn't that thing block cosmic rays and radiation and shit? What would that do to a laser?
And let's assume for a moment that they are just shooting from ship to ship. What about atmosphere? Would the laser require less intensity to be shot such a long distance due to the lack of interference from an atmosphere? And if so, wouldn't little things like the quality of technology have a greater impact on the quality of laser stream?
I dunno. I see way too many holes in this to see any plausible correlation to 1.5km of space.
Something that's always intrigued me about stem cell research is the concept of genetic memory. Considering the implications that this theory has on the theory of evolution, I wonder if mixing and matching stem cells, and thereby mixing genetic memories, would fuck the evolutionary process. It's the type of result that we probably wouldn't see for thousands (or tens of thousands) of years.
Eventually though, I would imagine that it would be like the episode of Star Trek Enterprise when they find the race of people who are basically falling apart genetically and they have no idea why.
And then of course the old addage "Overspecialize and you breed in weakness" has many powerful implications in this as well.
Maybe I wouldn't be so scared if we weren't still completely reversing our dietary ideals every 3 years. If we can't even nail down a healthy diet (pyramid points up or down now?!), how the hell can we figure out what the ramifications of stem cell research would be on our evolutionary process?
Yeah putting computers in deployable containers was definitely a military-first idea. Hell I'm willing to bet that the primary interest that the military had for the longest time was in deployability of resources. Taking a computer instead of 12 cabinets of paper probably seemed like a wet dream to transcom back in the day.
Odds are that your virus scanner found one of your keygens from an old warez program you had. I've seen that happen a LOT in the last 6 months or so, and not just on my computer but several of my friends' computers as well.
It is not a "her". If sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken, then sticking other things up the other side doesn't make you female.
I'm stunned. I had no idea the American system was still capable of curing these problems anymore.
I was well on the way to staying in Germany permanently due to the issues I've had with the US government over the last few years. Big victories like this one cause me to stop and reflect, however, and several more actions of this nature will make living in America seem appealing again.
I've seen all sorts of portable equipment in use over here in Germany. The Polizei used to use their spring-loaded sticks to "acquire" blood samples to send off to a lab. Now all they have to do is hold you down, pull out some blood in a syringe and they can do an on-the-spot drug test to determine if they have probably cause to search your vehicle for drugs.
A piece of equipment like this would undoubtedly make it into their squad cars to track down people who left DNA at a crime scene.
That's why we work so hard to stay friends with them. Look at how easily they stomped us in Korea. The luck and skill of a couple Generals is all that saved the South.
If China decided to goto war, they would have waves and waves of people to throw at their targets. And now they have waves and waves of hackers to brute force any network. Who needs botnets when you actually have the people to do a manual DoS?
Yeah, the pattern is that they tell you exactly which rights and privileges they are taking away from you so that you can easily, in the future, reference where your lost your freedom.
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Ah the wiki page I linked said it was Operation Flashpoint. Whoops. It really did look a lot like full spectrum warrior though.
I just came back from the Army's Warrior Leaders Course yesterday where I had spent a month training to learn how to be a SGT. One of the things we did was take two squads into a building and sit down at 16 computers and played DARWARS. While the graphics and such were obviously Full Spectrum Warrior (the first one), it was still an incredibly useful simulation. The people adapted to the computer controls relatively quickly, especially considering that most of them were surprisingly not very familiar with computer gaming at all, and once that was done, we did a few missions where our superiors played as the OpFor and we ran varied missions through some interesting and oddly familiar landscapes.
Simulations can't be knocked. They work. They might not work as well as the real experience (duh) but there is a lot to say for the speed that simulated realities can bring to the training world.
Let's break it down.
Smokers eat less. Smokers die of cancer. Cancer kills more people than obesity.
Wow.
The transmission unit was modified in such a way that the conditions on the 144-kilometre stretch between the islands exactly reflected those that would prevail on a 1.5 million kilometre link through space. This was achieved primarily by reducing the emission aperture of the laser to a diameter of less than half a millimetre in order to weaken the light signal. I have a hard time believing that a measly 144km stretch on a planet WITH ATMOSPHERE is able to exactly replicate the conditions of a 1.5 million km stretch of space. I mean let's look at the ozone. I'm not a scientist and I only hold a GED, but doesn't that thing block cosmic rays and radiation and shit? What would that do to a laser? And let's assume for a moment that they are just shooting from ship to ship. What about atmosphere? Would the laser require less intensity to be shot such a long distance due to the lack of interference from an atmosphere? And if so, wouldn't little things like the quality of technology have a greater impact on the quality of laser stream? I dunno. I see way too many holes in this to see any plausible correlation to 1.5km of space.
He used up all his clever thoughts for this thread in the first post.
Indeed. But that's what the presidency is for.
Step 1: start a military contracting company
Step 2: become integrally involved in united states politics
Step 3: ?????
Step 4: Profit!!!
** spoiler warning ** Step 3 is "start a war"
What boobs do you like?
A) Saggy boobs
B) Granny boobs
C) CowboyNeal's boobs
less hostility = better karma?
They just bought all of SCO's bad karma. Why would they add more?
Something that's always intrigued me about stem cell research is the concept of genetic memory. Considering the implications that this theory has on the theory of evolution, I wonder if mixing and matching stem cells, and thereby mixing genetic memories, would fuck the evolutionary process. It's the type of result that we probably wouldn't see for thousands (or tens of thousands) of years.
Eventually though, I would imagine that it would be like the episode of Star Trek Enterprise when they find the race of people who are basically falling apart genetically and they have no idea why.
And then of course the old addage "Overspecialize and you breed in weakness" has many powerful implications in this as well.
Maybe I wouldn't be so scared if we weren't still completely reversing our dietary ideals every 3 years. If we can't even nail down a healthy diet (pyramid points up or down now?!), how the hell can we figure out what the ramifications of stem cell research would be on our evolutionary process?
Yeah putting computers in deployable containers was definitely a military-first idea. Hell I'm willing to bet that the primary interest that the military had for the longest time was in deployability of resources. Taking a computer instead of 12 cabinets of paper probably seemed like a wet dream to transcom back in the day.
So when does Wil Wheaton get his own asteroid?
Odds are that your virus scanner found one of your keygens from an old warez program you had. I've seen that happen a LOT in the last 6 months or so, and not just on my computer but several of my friends' computers as well.
It.
It is not a "her". If sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken, then sticking other things up the other side doesn't make you female.
Does anyone know if this is compatible with the pandora battery hack?
Should we call this Schroedingers Law of technology?
Seoul, Korea or India spring to mind instantly.
There are several heavily populated places in the country where people must live in this fashion.
I'm stunned. I had no idea the American system was still capable of curing these problems anymore.
I was well on the way to staying in Germany permanently due to the issues I've had with the US government over the last few years. Big victories like this one cause me to stop and reflect, however, and several more actions of this nature will make living in America seem appealing again.
They don't yet. Just imagine if companies like MediaDefender actually hired intelligent people to accomplish their goals. It's frightening.
Hey, there were telephones involved in there somewhere. I guess that means we could also classify this as "phreaking" right?
Only slightly. Compromise a basic user account, and then elevate your privileges for free.
I've seen all sorts of portable equipment in use over here in Germany. The Polizei used to use their spring-loaded sticks to "acquire" blood samples to send off to a lab. Now all they have to do is hold you down, pull out some blood in a syringe and they can do an on-the-spot drug test to determine if they have probably cause to search your vehicle for drugs.
A piece of equipment like this would undoubtedly make it into their squad cars to track down people who left DNA at a crime scene.
That's why we work so hard to stay friends with them. Look at how easily they stomped us in Korea. The luck and skill of a couple Generals is all that saved the South.
If China decided to goto war, they would have waves and waves of people to throw at their targets. And now they have waves and waves of hackers to brute force any network. Who needs botnets when you actually have the people to do a manual DoS?
With UV rays, of course.
;)
I mean look at what they do to nerds!
Yeah, the pattern is that they tell you exactly which rights and privileges they are taking away from you so that you can easily, in the future, reference where your lost your freedom.
28 minutes to kill? Replay it again!