It seems like all you would need to do is have an option that has a voice clearly enunciate the text, and you'd be good. Record all the possible letters, combine 'em on the fly, and play them for the user.
Of course, voice recognition could be used by bots... but I expect OCR to start thwarting the visual trick as well.
Oh, I'd say that there are _lots_ of ways to 'win' a war... annhilation is just the most definitive.
You might pick better role models than Romans and Nazi Germany...
Incidently, we never ensured that Japan can't become dangerous... we've just continuously denied the right to have an offensive military. Some day this will go away, I'm sure.
Unfortunately, we live in a world of arbitrary morals (Not everyone reads the same holy book... some of us don't read any), and 'who is right' is usually 'who is left (alive)'
The bad guys (particularly high-value political targets) can't run nearly as far in 2-3 hours as 10. Moreover, a group of ground troops can keep a target immobile for a couple of hours and wait on the bombers, but 10-20 hours is not nearly as easy.
In theory, sure. In practice, most of the time this will work. But sometimes things are defective, or just break, and I tend to be wary of those occasions.
Also, I was under the impression that the escape system was designed for early-launch problems (when the shuttle has little lateral velocity and is not too high).
The shuttle lands at a couple of hundred miles an hour... _if_ you could bail out before landing, it wouldn't be long before landing (as jumping at speeds over 300 mph is courting death).
There was a guy who bailed out of a fighter at over mach 1 (well, an ex-fighter, it was exploding at the time), and survived, but it screwed him up pretty bad.
Putting aside the fubar'd aerodynamics of having a hole in the wing (which I think would be significant), I don't think the nitrogen could offset the friction.
liquid n2 is a couple of hundred degrees below zero, but the plasma that it would have to fight is several thousand degrees. I doubt that the shuttle could carry enough n2 to do the job.
Not to mention that you'd have to have a massive amount of pipes, etc... note really feasible.
There are now explosive rounds, fired from a gun, that will fly a designated distance and explode. Really useful for shooting people hiding around corners, behind walls, etc.
They are still in prototype now, and I think are part of the LandWarrior system.
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It seems like all you would need to do is have an option that has a voice clearly enunciate the text, and you'd be good. Record all the possible letters, combine 'em on the fly, and play them for the user.
Of course, voice recognition could be used by bots... but I expect OCR to start thwarting the visual trick as well.
I saw one worse than that... above the arrow keys, below the insert/delete/pageup/down block, was the reset and power keys...
directly above the friggin' arrow keys!
If you missed the up arrow, you'd reset the machine. Horrible, horrible design...
um, I dunno dude, but keep the details to yourself,ok? :)
Very well said, sir!
If the losing side is just _gone_, they can't complain.
I am not suggesting this as a good thing or a viable (ok, it is viable... just not acceptable) war tactice, just making the point.
I rarely agree with statements that start "The only way..." and I don't this time either.
And justifiably so... I am vaguely amazed that the denial of rights to an offensive army has lasted so long.
Oh, I'd say that there are _lots_ of ways to 'win' a war... annhilation is just the most definitive.
You might pick better role models than Romans and Nazi Germany...
Incidently, we never ensured that Japan can't become dangerous... we've just continuously denied the right to have an offensive military. Some day this will go away, I'm sure.
Unfortunately, we live in a world of arbitrary morals (Not everyone reads the same holy book... some of us don't read any), and 'who is right' is usually 'who is left (alive)'
ICBMs have 1 hour (not counting fueling) resonse time already, (un?)fortunately.
The bad guys (particularly high-value political targets) can't run nearly as far in 2-3 hours as 10. Moreover, a group of ground troops can keep a target immobile for a couple of hours and wait on the bombers, but 10-20 hours is not nearly as easy.
Well, you _can_ win by just dropping bombs, but the price is pretty horrific. If you're willing to glass all population centers, you win.
Of course, you're not gonna have many friends in the world.
Those of us who have to build cross-browser websites care, actually....
No, that's not right... you might miss a product placement.
heh,
"Our contestants today are 'spunkmaster fresh', 'Anonymous Coward' and, er... 'Anonymous Coward'
True :) When you're about to die is not a great time to be conservative.
In theory, sure. In practice, most of the time this will work. But sometimes things are defective, or just break, and I tend to be wary of those occasions.
yeah, so can your mom...
(sorry, cheap shot... too easy not to go for it.)
Even with protection, I don't think I'd wanna try punching out at mach 2... if you went into a spin, the G-forces would be horrendous...
hunh. hadn't thought about that...
Also, I was under the impression that the escape system was designed for early-launch problems (when the shuttle has little lateral velocity and is not too high).
The shuttle lands at a couple of hundred miles an hour... _if_ you could bail out before landing, it wouldn't be long before landing (as jumping at speeds over 300 mph is courting death).
There was a guy who bailed out of a fighter at over mach 1 (well, an ex-fighter, it was exploding at the time), and survived, but it screwed him up pretty bad.
Putting aside the fubar'd aerodynamics of having a hole in the wing (which I think would be significant), I don't think the nitrogen could offset the friction.
liquid n2 is a couple of hundred degrees below zero, but the plasma that it would have to fight is several thousand degrees. I doubt that the shuttle could carry enough n2 to do the job.
Not to mention that you'd have to have a massive amount of pipes, etc... note really feasible.
True, this is off topic, but very interesting nonetheless. Thanks for the information!
There are now explosive rounds, fired from a gun, that will fly a designated distance and explode. Really useful for shooting people hiding around corners, behind walls, etc.
They are still in prototype now, and I think are part of the LandWarrior system.
Yes, they are cumulative.
My understanding is that the EULA for a later version takes precedence over earlier versions, so SP4 would be the 'rule'
While I agree with you, you're probably not gonna win any mod points by calling names, y'know?.
Yeah, I know. Technically, that kinda ship is a _trawler_, actually. It's a common usage on the net though, and most folks got it.
Sorry you didn't.