This sounds fishy to me. He was pointing out stars, so chances are he'd be shining the laser at a rather high angle. I don't know how much exposure you people have to planes, but I'll point something out: The cockpit windshield is on the top half of the jet. below the windshield, a nose bulges out. It provides better aerodynamics and shit, I guess. It's irrelevant.
Now, tell me, how could he paint a jet and somehow manage to shine a lser at a constellation or whatever else and manage to hit a plane at cruising altitude and overcome the nose and the angle of the windshield to hit the pilot in the eye.
Even taking off, the plane would be pointed at an angle high enough that the laser should be unable to reach the windshield and hit a pilot in the eye. Landing is more likely, but even then you have the task of dealing with range. I assume he wasn't inside the gates of an airport, which would put him at a minimum of several thousand feet away from the plane.
This sounds like a huge load of bullshit to me.
Actually, I've stopped smoking for the past seven months. no problems. no withdrawl, no burning desire to light up again. marijuana isn't addictive. an addictive personality can equate the good feelings of toking up as a necessary part of life, or just getting through the day, and can THINK they're addicted.
And I was a pretty heavy "stoner" before that. Making good grades in school while responsibly maintaining my work and extra-curriculum activities without any fault too, by the way.
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT THIS IS JUST A TOOL MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT? THEY'RE GOING TO USE TRACKING CHIPS TO CONTROL US AS WE SHOP! WHAT'S NEXT!? EVERYONE RISE AGAINST THIS HIDEOUS DEVICE! DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!
sorry guys, I had to do it. Realistically though, this sounds like a very good idea. Definitely a step up from my normal routine of nomadically wandering around the store for 3 hours and thinking, "That looks good...". I end up with 20 packages of Oreos and some chicken noodle soup.
only discussing the positive uses wouldn't work. The first time they used it, they would see how "well" it could be used as a dirty-bomb/threat/device of mass destruction.
I don't care how much you say a stick of dynamite can be used for only wonderful things such as blowing open mine shafts and such, eventually someone's gonna tie it to a person.
I work for a business that duplicates CDs and DVDs. We have a bunch of autloading/burning/printing machines from companies like Primera.
We can burn around 1500-2000 CDs daily. Mostly for places like banks or H&R Block. Anyways, www.primera.com has autoloaders and such available for purchase. Those machines work pretty well, although they take up quite a bit of the windows resources at work. I think they have mac compatible machines, but haven't checked in a while.
Why use DVDs in a station wagon when you can use the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra (60 GB, arguably smaller size:storage ration) in a greyhound bus? hell, strap some rockets onto the bus and you can make it even faster.
it's a keyboard with a light. I thought/. was above gawking at everyday technology. The Star Destroyer Auction, the Heavy Metal Server, and now this? What the hell?
First off, I find it funny that any time someone takes a picture of something that's anti-mainstream, such as this, it's obviously a doctored or misleading photo.
Second off, it would prove more than "people knew how to build boats." The Christian Bible said Noah's Ark landed there. It's a pretty safe bet that if they find ruins of a large boat (the size of Noah's Ark) or similar evidence, it's probably evidence that Noah's ark existed. Of course, the "h4rdk0r3 atheists" will argue otherwise.
Obviously, the lead had to come from SOMEWHERE, right? I'm going to take a stab in the dark, and guess that it came from either the earth, or aliens. Since, although I support the belief of extraterrestrial life, I find it illogical that they would want to sneak lead to earth, the lead probably came from earth.
when I was a kid, my mom would always tell me to put the damn bread back in the damn fridge when I was done making the damn sandwhich.
Could somebody more learned in ecology tell me why we can't put the damn lead back in the damn earth when we're done with the damn products?
I mean, I realize that animals die because of it, but doesn't that just accomplish more natural selection? I don't see how it matters.
It doesn't look like much now, but I can't wait to see where it goes. Imagine working at a toy store, and posititioning Tim the Talking Teddy squashed under a stack of boxes, begging, "Please help me... I don't want to die."
I don't see any real meaningful non-entertainment purposes to it, but I sure as hell wish I could reprogram my little brother's talking dolls to say, "bitch, ima fuck yo' ass up!"
now i can just use this as another reason to be late to work when I'm really going through the pain in the ass process of networking a Win98 machine that's not taken care of AT ALL with my XP rig that i take care of (as much as Windows can be taken care of without a hammer, anyways)
i had to make a bunch of veneer a while ago. i never used a lathe. and considering that veneer is simply thin strips of wood, i see no reason anyone would need to use a lathe for it.
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This sounds fishy to me. He was pointing out stars, so chances are he'd be shining the laser at a rather high angle. I don't know how much exposure you people have to planes, but I'll point something out: The cockpit windshield is on the top half of the jet. below the windshield, a nose bulges out. It provides better aerodynamics and shit, I guess. It's irrelevant. Now, tell me, how could he paint a jet and somehow manage to shine a lser at a constellation or whatever else and manage to hit a plane at cruising altitude and overcome the nose and the angle of the windshield to hit the pilot in the eye. Even taking off, the plane would be pointed at an angle high enough that the laser should be unable to reach the windshield and hit a pilot in the eye. Landing is more likely, but even then you have the task of dealing with range. I assume he wasn't inside the gates of an airport, which would put him at a minimum of several thousand feet away from the plane. This sounds like a huge load of bullshit to me.
Actually, I've stopped smoking for the past seven months. no problems. no withdrawl, no burning desire to light up again. marijuana isn't addictive. an addictive personality can equate the good feelings of toking up as a necessary part of life, or just getting through the day, and can THINK they're addicted. And I was a pretty heavy "stoner" before that. Making good grades in school while responsibly maintaining my work and extra-curriculum activities without any fault too, by the way.
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT THIS IS JUST A TOOL MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT? THEY'RE GOING TO USE TRACKING CHIPS TO CONTROL US AS WE SHOP! WHAT'S NEXT!? EVERYONE RISE AGAINST THIS HIDEOUS DEVICE! DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER! sorry guys, I had to do it. Realistically though, this sounds like a very good idea. Definitely a step up from my normal routine of nomadically wandering around the store for 3 hours and thinking, "That looks good...". I end up with 20 packages of Oreos and some chicken noodle soup.
Cell Phone. Cellular Telephone. Cellular PDA-Gaming Platform-Calendar-Planner-Universal Remote-Translator-Dictionary-Infrared Scanner-Laser Pointer-RC Probe-Camera-Swiss Pocket Knife-Movie Projector-Telephone? I sure hope I didn't forget anything.
according to GameFAQs, Headhunter did have a US release. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/dreamcast/data/322 51.html
only discussing the positive uses wouldn't work. The first time they used it, they would see how "well" it could be used as a dirty-bomb/threat/device of mass destruction. I don't care how much you say a stick of dynamite can be used for only wonderful things such as blowing open mine shafts and such, eventually someone's gonna tie it to a person.
I work for a business that duplicates CDs and DVDs. We have a bunch of autloading/burning/printing machines from companies like Primera. We can burn around 1500-2000 CDs daily. Mostly for places like banks or H&R Block. Anyways, www.primera.com has autoloaders and such available for purchase. Those machines work pretty well, although they take up quite a bit of the windows resources at work. I think they have mac compatible machines, but haven't checked in a while.
is can NASA take a rocket up 100 km with 3 people, take it down, and put it back up again within 2 weeks?
Why use DVDs in a station wagon when you can use the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra (60 GB, arguably smaller size:storage ration) in a greyhound bus? hell, strap some rockets onto the bus and you can make it even faster.
it's a keyboard with a light. I thought /. was above gawking at everyday technology. The Star Destroyer Auction, the Heavy Metal Server, and now this? What the hell?
Y'know, technically, they WILL meet eventually. Disclaimer: I am not a tectonic plate expert.
as long as I can run really fast and look through walls like in Deus Ex, I don't care.
is that art is relative to both the artist and the viewer.
First off, I find it funny that any time someone takes a picture of something that's anti-mainstream, such as this, it's obviously a doctored or misleading photo. Second off, it would prove more than "people knew how to build boats." The Christian Bible said Noah's Ark landed there. It's a pretty safe bet that if they find ruins of a large boat (the size of Noah's Ark) or similar evidence, it's probably evidence that Noah's ark existed. Of course, the "h4rdk0r3 atheists" will argue otherwise.
Pssh... Everyone knows the real purpose of scientific calculators is to play Tetris instead of paying attention to your Discrete Math assignment.
Obviously, the lead had to come from SOMEWHERE, right? I'm going to take a stab in the dark, and guess that it came from either the earth, or aliens. Since, although I support the belief of extraterrestrial life, I find it illogical that they would want to sneak lead to earth, the lead probably came from earth.
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when I was a kid, my mom would always tell me to put the damn bread back in the damn fridge when I was done making the damn sandwhich.
Could somebody more learned in ecology tell me why we can't put the damn lead back in the damn earth when we're done with the damn products?
I mean, I realize that animals die because of it, but doesn't that just accomplish more natural selection? I don't see how it matters.
Then again, i'm an idiot compared to 99% of
not exactly true. When the predator kills all the prey, who is left to get stronger?
due to filters, I couldn't RTFM, but from what I've heard it seems like sweeping would be able to clean it up (mostly).
actually fiberglass. put your weight into it, and those things just snap off.
$100,000 ass wiper?
It doesn't look like much now, but I can't wait to see where it goes. Imagine working at a toy store, and posititioning Tim the Talking Teddy squashed under a stack of boxes, begging, "Please help me... I don't want to die." I don't see any real meaningful non-entertainment purposes to it, but I sure as hell wish I could reprogram my little brother's talking dolls to say, "bitch, ima fuck yo' ass up!"
now i can just use this as another reason to be late to work when I'm really going through the pain in the ass process of networking a Win98 machine that's not taken care of AT ALL with my XP rig that i take care of (as much as Windows can be taken care of without a hammer, anyways)
i had to make a bunch of veneer a while ago. i never used a lathe. and considering that veneer is simply thin strips of wood, i see no reason anyone would need to use a lathe for it.
so, what would happen to porn DVDs when you turn the censor on?
LucasArts has gone too far. I'm up for a full-scale riot.
The sad thing is, for all people claim about Lucas being a cash-greedy man with no care for his fans, he just shot down two huge cash cows.