Yeah, the rechargeable spotlight I bought for $19.99 has the same effect. And I paid $130 less and spend 0 minutes building it. I am underwhelmed by your "research". Like you said, I think it may have some use at a rave, but not much otherwise.
I would imagine just about any light based blinding weapon could cause permanent damage if not used properly (or if purposefully used improperly). Kind of like how people have died from getting tazered by a "non-lethal" device...
But what are the possible long term effects to your version? How many human subjects did you test? How fast does the subject feel the effects? How long do the effects last? Is it safe to use on the same subject multiple times in a period of time? Stuff like this is why the other group spent $1 million. (Plus I would bet the farm theirs works more effectively.) I don't buy that "one flashing light weapon is the same as all other flashing light weapons" for a second.
And doesn't the Geneva Convention specifically ban weapons where the primary purpose is blinding people?
Ah, but that would be counterproductive as it would cut down the number of players out there that people are buying legitimate DVDs to play in them. The MPAA doesn't care what player you use to play their movies, just that the movies are purchased from them. What would be their (financial) motivation for cracking down on DVD player hardware?
Not really. I know a few people who also switched back to IE8 because of the memory holes in FF and other assorted reasons. I haven't myself but mostly because the extensions I use aren't all available for IE. If IE really got on the whole extension thing I think it would be an entirely different ballgame.
Not entirely. I don't think musicians are Gods, but I think that some are more than mere "entertainers". And any of them have the power to inspire people. Personally, a few musicians to me are heroes.
Anytime music inspires you to do something it is a muse - not every action has to be "great" for you to be inspired. If not for music I truly believe I would not have accomplished certain things in my life, and may not even be around now. I don't care if you want to belittle my or anyone's accomplishments because you don't think that they are "great", but to be honest all that matters is what I think of my accomplishments myself, it doesn't really matter how "great" or "heroic" someone else thinks they are. Sorry, but you do not get to decide for everyone else how big or little an influence like music can be. That is every individual's choice.
To be clear I don't equate a musicians success with greatness or heroics, but that does not mean that a musician cannot achieve those things. To simply discard that fact to me seems rather disingenuous.
And to answer one of your questions, yes I have cured somebody. Myself. Music is a great cure for depression. I consider that to be one of the greatest gifts I have received; whether you believe it or not has no bearing on what I know to be true myself.
And now scientists have located the genes responsible for THC potency and are trying to grow strains of hemp with almost zero THC content. If they can do it, maybe the US government will reverse their ridiculous policy about growing hemp for rope, clothing, paper, oil, and all the other wonderful products you can make from it. Seems pretty dumb that it was outlawed to begin with, but you can thank Randolph Hearst for that. He owned most of the US newspapers at the time, and also owned paper mills so he could make a killing from the ground up. He realized that hemp paper was stronger and cheaper than traditional wood pulp paper and started a FUD campaign against "the evil weed" and had the country convinced that minority ethnic groups were going to be raping white women in droves. It worked and now nobody can legally grow hemp here at all - even hemp that contains so little THC that you would need to smoke several ounces to feel a buzz. Now I just hope that the scientists will also figure out the flip side - how to make super concentrated amounts of THC in marijuana.
Well, we will just have to agree to disagree then. I firmly believe that music has served as a muse for many people (myself included) and feel for anyone who can't be moved by music.
"Tell me what songs inspired Jonas Salk, Robert Goddard, Niels Bohr, and Martian Luther King?"
Are you actually insinuating that before modern popular music that no sort of music existed at all inspire anyone? What about Beethoven, Mozart, Gershwin? Would you put those in the same category as simply an "entertainers"?
Exactly. Why do you think Bin Laden only uses face to face communications? Only the extremely stupid or lazy will be caught using this. And once again, the problem with gathering intelligence isn't a lack of information, the problem is determining which pieces of information are actually credible, and which are not.
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Only poseurs spell poseurs as "posers". (Seriously, look it up).
And I'm not even a Malcom McClaren.
If people are dead, they can't complain about being blind.
Yeah, the rechargeable spotlight I bought for $19.99 has the same effect. And I paid $130 less and spend 0 minutes building it. I am underwhelmed by your "research". Like you said, I think it may have some use at a rave, but not much otherwise.
I would imagine just about any light based blinding weapon could cause permanent damage if not used properly (or if purposefully used improperly). Kind of like how people have died from getting tazered by a "non-lethal" device...
But what are the possible long term effects to your version? How many human subjects did you test? How fast does the subject feel the effects? How long do the effects last? Is it safe to use on the same subject multiple times in a period of time? Stuff like this is why the other group spent $1 million. (Plus I would bet the farm theirs works more effectively.) I don't buy that "one flashing light weapon is the same as all other flashing light weapons" for a second.
And doesn't the Geneva Convention specifically ban weapons where the primary purpose is blinding people?
If it were a rave, I would definiterly be vomiting.
Wow, go to extremes much?
Exactly. Except that we call them "Tweeters".
Hey, you spelled "Apple" wrong.
That would be too obvious...
I think region codes are just a way of having a sliding price scale. They sell them for more where the market can bear it, and less where it can't.
Buy a used PowerPC Mac.
Ah, but that would be counterproductive as it would cut down the number of players out there that people are buying legitimate DVDs to play in them. The MPAA doesn't care what player you use to play their movies, just that the movies are purchased from them. What would be their (financial) motivation for cracking down on DVD player hardware?
Not really. I know a few people who also switched back to IE8 because of the memory holes in FF and other assorted reasons. I haven't myself but mostly because the extensions I use aren't all available for IE. If IE really got on the whole extension thing I think it would be an entirely different ballgame.
Not entirely. I don't think musicians are Gods, but I think that some are more than mere "entertainers". And any of them have the power to inspire people. Personally, a few musicians to me are heroes.
Anytime music inspires you to do something it is a muse - not every action has to be "great" for you to be inspired. If not for music I truly believe I would not have accomplished certain things in my life, and may not even be around now. I don't care if you want to belittle my or anyone's accomplishments because you don't think that they are "great", but to be honest all that matters is what I think of my accomplishments myself, it doesn't really matter how "great" or "heroic" someone else thinks they are. Sorry, but you do not get to decide for everyone else how big or little an influence like music can be. That is every individual's choice.
To be clear I don't equate a musicians success with greatness or heroics, but that does not mean that a musician cannot achieve those things. To simply discard that fact to me seems rather disingenuous.
And to answer one of your questions, yes I have cured somebody. Myself. Music is a great cure for depression. I consider that to be one of the greatest gifts I have received; whether you believe it or not has no bearing on what I know to be true myself.
Yes, the same day that BSD was officially declared dead.
And now scientists have located the genes responsible for THC potency and are trying to grow strains of hemp with almost zero THC content. If they can do it, maybe the US government will reverse their ridiculous policy about growing hemp for rope, clothing, paper, oil, and all the other wonderful products you can make from it. Seems pretty dumb that it was outlawed to begin with, but you can thank Randolph Hearst for that. He owned most of the US newspapers at the time, and also owned paper mills so he could make a killing from the ground up. He realized that hemp paper was stronger and cheaper than traditional wood pulp paper and started a FUD campaign against "the evil weed" and had the country convinced that minority ethnic groups were going to be raping white women in droves. It worked and now nobody can legally grow hemp here at all - even hemp that contains so little THC that you would need to smoke several ounces to feel a buzz. Now I just hope that the scientists will also figure out the flip side - how to make super concentrated amounts of THC in marijuana.
Well, we will just have to agree to disagree then. I firmly believe that music has served as a muse for many people (myself included) and feel for anyone who can't be moved by music.
"Tell me what songs inspired Jonas Salk, Robert Goddard, Niels Bohr, and Martian Luther King?"
Are you actually insinuating that before modern popular music that no sort of music existed at all inspire anyone? What about Beethoven, Mozart, Gershwin? Would you put those in the same category as simply an "entertainers"?
No problem. And thanks for getting my point that I was agreeing with you. (It seems it may have taken you a bit to realize this though.)
I don't know Cher's real first name, but her middle name is Ugly.
Pure carbon. Now good luck finding any of it.
Exactly. Why do you think Bin Laden only uses face to face communications? Only the extremely stupid or lazy will be caught using this. And once again, the problem with gathering intelligence isn't a lack of information, the problem is determining which pieces of information are actually credible, and which are not.
Why does anybody have problem with this? I'm from the old school that considers even email to not be private.
Says the Anonymous Coward.
If you are so dedicated to openness, why not post your name, address, phone number, and employer here? Put your money where your (anonymous) mouth is!