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  1. Re:One says it can, One says it can't on It Turns Out the F-35 Can Dogfight (defensenews.com) · · Score: 1

    And with stealth aircraft that has only gotten worse, not better, as you now cannot turn on your own radar, for fear of being the first to give up your position.

    Which is why you have AWACS, E-2C, ground radars, and ship radars. Fighters are just one piece of an air combat system.

  2. Re:One says it can, One says it can't on It Turns Out the F-35 Can Dogfight (defensenews.com) · · Score: 1

    You're mixing up two different roles. In air combat situations it's BVR. For ground attack it's not.

  3. Re:Nuclear weapons aren't the deterrent on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    No, they don't have a device that's small enough to fit on a missile. Yet. But Cramer is wrong - a few kilotons is enough to wipe out a city.

  4. Re: Will she pardon here self and him once she get on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Wrong again. 18 U.S. Code 798 - Disclosure of classified information. She can go to jail for ten years on each count.

  5. Re:It matters. Justice Breyer "The Court & the on French Bill Carries 5-Year Jail Sentence For Company Refusals To Decrypt Data For Police (dailydot.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Breyer's view on international standards for US law is considered a fringe view.

  6. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The thing I love about leftists is the more certain they are the more you can be sure they're wrong. Oliver North wasn't granted immunity by the courts, he was granted immunity by Congress. And they granted him immunity for exactly the same reason the FBI worked out an immunity deal for Hillary's sysadmin - they wanted to put his boss in jail.

    Rush Limbaugh was never granted immunity for anything. Do you just make this shit up as you go along?

  7. Re: Will she pardon here self and him once she get on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    You are incorrect. Neither indictment nor conviction are impediments to the presidency. In a legal sense they do not matter.

  8. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Wrong on both counts. First of all, you can go to jail for a misdemeanor. A parking ticket is an "infraction".

    But more importantly, what's happening here is multiple felonies. That's something you'd have to take seriously if you were Clinton.

  9. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    In theory if she becomes president she can pardon herself. There isn't really any reason for her to drop out of the race - Democrats don't seem to be bothered by criminality on the part of their candidates.

  10. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone seems to forget that it was SOP during the Bush years for everyone to use an email server run by the RNC.

    Did they use it for government business, and can anyone prove it? Did it ever have emails that contained classified information?

    Nice try.

    If the FBI charges Clinton with any sort of crime, it will just serve to further undermine the legitimacy of all law enforcement agencies in the US. It could easily turn into a nationwide war on police.

    You have it exactly backwards. What would undermine their legitimacy is for them to ignore obvious criminal behavior.

  11. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If he was willing to talk there wouldn't be any need. This is what the government does when you refuse to testify and they would otherwise be unable to compel you because of the 5th amendment.

    This wouldn't be happening if he didn't have damaging testimony.

  12. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    He has to talk or be in contempt of court. This is the situation Susan McDougal found herself and for which she spent 18 months in jail.

  13. Re:Then why get a console? on Microsoft To Unify PC and Xbox One Platforms (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's probably part of it, but I think the best explanation is price. Not long ago a low-to-mid level gaming PC ran you around $1200, while you could pick up a console with similar graphics quality for around $400.

  14. Re:Increase the punishment on Japanese Court Demands 'Right To Be Forgotten' For Sex Offender (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    The question is while the punishment might be filled and dues paid per law. A lot of sex offenders are repeat offenders.

    And a lot of them aren't. And a criminals in general seem to lean toward repeat offenses. None of this has any bearing on a particular case.

  15. This seems like just the thing for an electric airship.

  16. Re:Waze doesn't seem to have "avoid dangerous area on Israeli Troops Who Relied On Waze Blundered Into Deadly Palestinian Firefight (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Heh heh. If someone firebombs my car, there's a firefight.

  17. Nah, they're not safe for Palestinians either. It's just that nobody cares when Palestinians kill each other.

  18. Re:An imaginary crisis? on Tackling The Future Of Digital Trust -- While It Still Exists (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Yeah. It's not imaginary or hypothetical. It's already happening. Millions of people in the US alone have had their information compromised, and once it's out, it's out.

  19. Re:Seriously thats how they compare? on Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But universities don't have to turn a profit, so there's less responsibility.

  20. Nobody died, right? on Damage Report: LA Methane Leak Is One of the Worst Disasters In US History (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is not only not the worst disaster in US history, it's not ever in the top 25.

  21. You do need to use a larger caliber to get effective with exploding bullets. (.30 or larger rifle calibers) But they WERE used to great effect in WWII in German Vs Soviet sniper hunts. There's a youtube video by a couple of guys that do some meat and jell experiments with them and they are extremely devastating when they hit a human torso.

    You would not want to take .30 caliber exploding bullets onto a modern battlefield for general use. You're not going to get as much range and you're not going to penetrate body armor except at point blank range. And I doubt exploding 5.56 NATO is any less gimmicky than .22 LR.

    Also, I realize larger caliber explodey stuff is very effective. That's why I was careful to indicate I was talking about small arms calibers. Realistically, it's not worth the trouble until you get to about 20 mm.

    The automatic defense guns (coax armed R2-D2) designed for land based defense against mortars uses a fuse and explosive to break up the round after a certain distance.

    I'm not sure what you mean by "coax" here. If you're talking about CRAM, that's 20mm, so again we're not talking small arms.

  22. I realize that. As others have noted, US marines qualify at 500 meters. But in real life you don't take shots at those ranges if you're not a sniper.

  23. Re:What do you say now, Microsoft shills? on Windows 10 Now Showing Full Screen Ads On Lock Screen (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't pay for my Windows 10 upgrade, and I've been reasonably satisfied with it. While I'd rather not have Microsoft pushing ads at me, it seems like every other company is doing the same.

    Now, if I'd paid $100 bucks (or whatever) for a copy I might be a bit upset.

  24. Re:"the United Kingdom recently agreed to pay" on France Seeking $1.76 Billion In Back Taxes From Google (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Americans just place far too much emphasis on WW II. Prior to that war France was seen as great power you didn't want to mess with. But while it's true individual French soldiers and units fought bravely and effectively, as a whole the French army did not live up to expectations in 1940.

  25. Re:To "help limit the extent of collateral damage" on Army Researchers Patent Self-destructing Bullet Designed To Save Lives (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree. We should have nuked them instead.