First, there's no evidence that UN has started the cholera epidemic. No bacterial strain genotyping has been performed. Second, in such cases a cholera epidemic is more-or-less a certainty - it makes no sense to search for the index case, especially because choleric bacteria occur naturally.
Uhm, other people in this thread mentioned (multiple times) that guns can be useful against a tyrannic government. Of course, they'd be the ones to define what "tyranny" is.
Yes. If you decide that your clique has a monopoly on the public opinion and should use weapons to enforce your view, then what stops other groups from doing it?
I'd just discovered a way to make a plague lethal in 80% cases, using only kitchen tools and 3d printer! What a wonderful discovery! I hope everyone makes a vial of it - for self-defense, of course. Or for duck hunting.
Yes, I have. It required conditions that are pretty much unique in the history. Like recently demobilised soldiersm with actual combat experience, and a local government that couldn't call for military support.
What are you going to do against a modern army? Poke Abrams tanks with a sharp 3D-printed stick? Perhaps, shoot bombers from your handgun? You can not win against a modern army using only light weapons. There's no question about it. Can you remind me which military has given something beyond token resistance to the US army lately?
Sure, if you want to use terrorist tactics (hiding between civilians, striking off-duty soldiers - that sort of thing) then you can make the life of an occupying army a living hell. But if you're thinking about using terrorist weapons with impunity, then have you ever thought about an army that doesn't have modern rules of engagement?
Oh, I get it. You'd prefer to kill toddlers, perhaps even primary school children. That'll surely help your cause.
What's so magical about cars that you can't buy and store a normal weapon there? This printed shit,is likely to cost more than a simple rifle or a gun. So yes, this gun is useful only for terrorists.
Using your brains, not guns. Especially not printed guns. I've said multiple times that gun nuts who think that their guns would be in any way important in changing government are below contempt.
Nuclear bomb was morally ambiguous. It was developed to actually stop an aggression of a terrible enemy. These guns are made specifically to make dodging regulations easier.
This shows a disdain for the will of people. If you don't like the gun control laws then go and change them. If your political system is corrupt - go and change it.
Nope. I'd really like if every decision had consequences. I.e. if you refuse to be an organ donor then you should be disqualified from receiving them. If you invent a terror weapon - it'd be only fitting if you die by it.
I hope this rifle explodes and kills him. I understand the motivation to go and explore the limits of 3D printing. But rifles and handguns? They are useless for hunting or self defense. About the only thing they're useful is terrorism and/or dodging regulations.
Yep. But they only know that a phone is somewhere on a subway station (and they are often quite large). These femtocells allow to localize it to just several meters. And GPS obviously does not work underground.
That's _exactly_ what they're doing. They are installing small cells to make tracking more accurate inside the subway and adding a system to rapidly inform cell network operators about stolen phones.
Moscow Subway doesn't plan to "read data on passangers' phones". They are simply setting up femtocells to report if a phone with a flagged number comes close. So if someone steals a phone from you on the subway (happens all the time:( ) you simply need to inform station personnel and police would have a chance to catch a thief.
Technically, it can be used for tracking. But why bother? Cell phone companies must provide tracking records to law enforcement on request anyway.
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First, there's no evidence that UN has started the cholera epidemic. No bacterial strain genotyping has been performed. Second, in such cases a cholera epidemic is more-or-less a certainty - it makes no sense to search for the index case, especially because choleric bacteria occur naturally.
Now say this using your real account, that can be tied to your real-life name, please.
Yes, that's a known problem in chemistry. So there's a growing movement to require an independent lab to replicate results before publishing - Reproducibility Initiative. See: http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2012/08/14/reproducing_scientific_results_on_purpose.php
This research is total crap.
First, the increase in phone usage is just 7.5% so any effects would already be marginal.
Second, they have not controlled any other factors - people might talk more, from home. Are they talking more while they are driving?
Uhm, other people in this thread mentioned (multiple times) that guns can be useful against a tyrannic government. Of course, they'd be the ones to define what "tyranny" is.
Uhm... Dry ice is already solid CO2.
No, but you're saying in effect that the use of weapons is OK to enforce minority views.
Yes, it's useless for hunting. It has very bad accuracy and can't use a large-caliber ammo. Or do you hunt dears that are tethered to a tree?
Yes. If you decide that your clique has a monopoly on the public opinion and should use weapons to enforce your view, then what stops other groups from doing it?
Why? Don't you think that a home-made infectious plague is a tool to control government? If no, then why?
I'd just discovered a way to make a plague lethal in 80% cases, using only kitchen tools and 3d printer! What a wonderful discovery! I hope everyone makes a vial of it - for self-defense, of course. Or for duck hunting.
Yes, I have. It required conditions that are pretty much unique in the history. Like recently demobilised soldiersm with actual combat experience, and a local government that couldn't call for military support.
Guns are cheap. Pretty much everyone who can afford one gun can afford two guns. Especially since they often require gun safes.
What are you going to do against a modern army? Poke Abrams tanks with a sharp 3D-printed stick? Perhaps, shoot bombers from your handgun? You can not win against a modern army using only light weapons. There's no question about it. Can you remind me which military has given something beyond token resistance to the US army lately?
Sure, if you want to use terrorist tactics (hiding between civilians, striking off-duty soldiers - that sort of thing) then you can make the life of an occupying army a living hell. But if you're thinking about using terrorist weapons with impunity, then have you ever thought about an army that doesn't have modern rules of engagement?
Oh, I get it. You'd prefer to kill toddlers, perhaps even primary school children. That'll surely help your cause.
What's so magical about cars that you can't buy and store a normal weapon there? This printed shit,is likely to cost more than a simple rifle or a gun. So yes, this gun is useful only for terrorists.
Storing a gun in an usecured barn is illegal. So as I've said - it's only useful to break law. Not for anything else.
Using your brains, not guns. Especially not printed guns. I've said multiple times that gun nuts who think that their guns would be in any way important in changing government are below contempt.
Getting trolled in return? I don't mind.
Backup for what, exactly? If you can buy a gun then you certainly can buy another one for backup.
Nuclear bomb was morally ambiguous. It was developed to actually stop an aggression of a terrible enemy. These guns are made specifically to make dodging regulations easier.
This shows a disdain for the will of people. If you don't like the gun control laws then go and change them. If your political system is corrupt - go and change it.
Nope. I'd really like if every decision had consequences. I.e. if you refuse to be an organ donor then you should be disqualified from receiving them. If you invent a terror weapon - it'd be only fitting if you die by it.
I hope this rifle explodes and kills him. I understand the motivation to go and explore the limits of 3D printing. But rifles and handguns? They are useless for hunting or self defense. About the only thing they're useful is terrorism and/or dodging regulations.
Yep. But they only know that a phone is somewhere on a subway station (and they are often quite large). These femtocells allow to localize it to just several meters. And GPS obviously does not work underground.
That's _exactly_ what they're doing. They are installing small cells to make tracking more accurate inside the subway and adding a system to rapidly inform cell network operators about stolen phones.
Moscow Subway doesn't plan to "read data on passangers' phones". They are simply setting up femtocells to report if a phone with a flagged number comes close. So if someone steals a phone from you on the subway (happens all the time :( ) you simply need to inform station personnel and police would have a chance to catch a thief.
Technically, it can be used for tracking. But why bother? Cell phone companies must provide tracking records to law enforcement on request anyway.