Thats good to know. I'm familiar with the voice radio systems, and just assumed these would be at least as secure. I guess it really is security through obscurity. If nobody tries to take control of it, they'll leave it as is.
The best part is that the summary specifies a used NBC suit. good thing they have a useful life of like 24 hours once out of the wrapper. If the military never asked for it back is it really theft? Everyone in the military takes stuff, you have to because they bust your balls if you lose a damn glove let alone a $400 sleeping bag.
I've used a robot like that one before. There's nothing automated to it. The government is SOMETIMES very cautious about things they issue to soldiers. Especially the things that kill people.
Until someone comes to get it and fixes it. You think someone trying to get you is going to stop coming because their robot broke? This isn't middle school and it isn't a game.
Good luck with the frequency hopping encrypted radio links, or the hard wired systems shielded against more electromagnetic interference than you could hope to generate. Turns out the best "hacking" is done with guns and bombs.
I think you're misunderstanding how this particular machine operates. It has nothing to do with software , nor is it capable of operating autonomously. It's all about mechanical components and remote control. There is not even a hint of targeting, motion compensation, or stabilization.
I operated one of these systems on top of my truck in Iraq. It was possibly the biggest waste of effort ever. When we went over even slightly rough terrain it would shake itself apart so badly that i had to tighten its bolts of several times a day. If i could find the appropriate sized allen wrench that is. Even then it would stop moving without any apparent reason. Like it was stuck or something.
The view it offered was vastly inferior to just being in the turret myself. I couldn't see anything that wasn't straight in front of it. Ultimately we gave it back to the armory, told them it was broken and we didn't want it back. In other words, that machine is shit. I'd rather stick halfway out the top of of an armored truck than use it again.
If you're an insurance salesman you'd want it too. If fewer people get in wrecks your insurance has to pay out less often. Since people are required by law to have insurance they'd just be funneling money into your company for nothing in return. I hate the concept of insurance, but unfortunately society has feared me into such a pussy that i have to have it.
I don't know about the first two questions, but I'm willing to bet that the LEDs aren't avoiding the friction, but somehow putting it to use by converting the heat into electricity which they then use themselves. This is what enables them to consume less power than traditional metal filament dark suckers.
Why don't they just use a system with a collapsible fuel bladder inside of a pressurized tank? You could monitor the temperature and pressure inside the tank to see how much the gas had expanded to replace fuel volume.
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Awkwardly enough "pieces of shit" about sums it up.
Sometimes no evidence is just as telling as there being plenty of evidence.
I'm probably wrong, but i believe they either pay up or claim bankruptcy.
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Thats good to know. I'm familiar with the voice radio systems, and just assumed these would be at least as secure. I guess it really is security through obscurity. If nobody tries to take control of it, they'll leave it as is.
I knew these were trash, but not that bad.
Would you like bombs with that?
The best part is that the summary specifies a used NBC suit. good thing they have a useful life of like 24 hours once out of the wrapper. If the military never asked for it back is it really theft? Everyone in the military takes stuff, you have to because they bust your balls if you lose a damn glove let alone a $400 sleeping bag.
I've used a robot like that one before. There's nothing automated to it. The government is SOMETIMES very cautious about things they issue to soldiers. Especially the things that kill people.
Infinite loop... till they screw up at least.
Good news. This robot is not autonomous.
The robot is remote controlled. More than likely it got postponed so long because it's a piece of trash and someone finally realized it.
Until someone comes to get it and fixes it. You think someone trying to get you is going to stop coming because their robot broke? This isn't middle school and it isn't a game.
Good luck with the frequency hopping encrypted radio links, or the hard wired systems shielded against more electromagnetic interference than you could hope to generate. Turns out the best "hacking" is done with guns and bombs.
They aren't autonomous, they're fully remote control.
There is no aiming script, it's remote control. Small details like that are important. This robot couldn't pick its nose by itself.
I think you're misunderstanding how this particular machine operates. It has nothing to do with software , nor is it capable of operating autonomously. It's all about mechanical components and remote control. There is not even a hint of targeting, motion compensation, or stabilization.
I operated one of these systems on top of my truck in Iraq. It was possibly the biggest waste of effort ever. When we went over even slightly rough terrain it would shake itself apart so badly that i had to tighten its bolts of several times a day. If i could find the appropriate sized allen wrench that is. Even then it would stop moving without any apparent reason. Like it was stuck or something.
The view it offered was vastly inferior to just being in the turret myself. I couldn't see anything that wasn't straight in front of it. Ultimately we gave it back to the armory, told them it was broken and we didn't want it back. In other words, that machine is shit. I'd rather stick halfway out the top of of an armored truck than use it again.
If you're an insurance salesman you'd want it too. If fewer people get in wrecks your insurance has to pay out less often. Since people are required by law to have insurance they'd just be funneling money into your company for nothing in return.
I hate the concept of insurance, but unfortunately society has feared me into such a pussy that i have to have it.
I think you will find it takes significantly more than 1cm of steel to stop .50 bmg rounds. They really are ridiculously powerful rounds.
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You might get 50kg of armor to stop a .50 caliber action express pistol round, but it sure is not going to stop a .50 caliber BMG machine gun round.
I got to throw plenty of grenades. All I had to do was sign away a large portion of my free will to the Department of the Navy.
I don't know about the first two questions, but I'm willing to bet that the LEDs aren't avoiding the friction, but somehow putting it to use by converting the heat into electricity which they then use themselves. This is what enables them to consume less power than traditional metal filament dark suckers.
Why don't they just use a system with a collapsible fuel bladder inside of a pressurized tank? You could monitor the temperature and pressure inside the tank to see how much the gas had expanded to replace fuel volume.
What if you only need to carry 6 and the bomber is already flying there? Why waste a flight and more fuel?
Why tax everyone when you can tax the specific people that use the road?
I've got a theory. It could be bunnies.