I'm assuming you're also the other AC who posted at about the same time. The VRLA looks absolutely fascinating and, when I get back home, I'll look into seeing if any have been imported into my country and might be either at auction, private sale, or coming up for sale - where I might be able to coerce someone into letting me test it.
That's an impressive range. I'll mention that the HMMWV can run on pretty much anything - including 80 proof vodka. It also runs slightly better on 110 proof. Yes, yes I know this first hand.;-) It too is diesel. It's a load of fun.
Most HMMWVs are either in a convoy or paired up. There's a variety of reasons for this but one of the biggest is the cannibalization factor. Coupled with the nature of the beast, it's nearly impossible to get one stuck if you have a second one handy. I can attest, they are nearly impossible to get stuck - if you do get one stuck then you need to get something like a tank retriever out there to extract it. (I don't really consider it stuck while there's still the chance for the second one to pull it out. That's just temporarily halted.)
As a multi-purpose vehicle, it's hard to not show my biases, it's very good. It's exceptional but there are others that are equally as nice - I'm sure. They'll all have certain benefits and certain problems. I can not, unfortunately, own them all - but I'd certainly like to. I just lack room and wouldn't be able to put them all to use. I have a whole bevy full of automobiles and each one gets used, even if just for specific purposes.
The range on an HMMWV is, IIRC, about 400 km (250 miles, as I recall) but you can extend the range by carrying additional fuel. 1200 km is impressive! I could see that coming in *very* handy. They don't look to have the same clearance, same tipping point, and protection from ground obstacles but they do look beautiful in their own right. They look like they're rugged as all hell. I saw a video of one (I went looking after the earlier post) and was impressed with it out in the desert. It'd be nice if they could deflate and inflate the tires on the go but that's not really required - someone mentioned that they have a compressor on-board.
The tires look thinner - which may help in some areas. Believe it or not, thinner tires are often better in deep snow and certain kinds of mud. As they can be deflated then there's some benefit there. The compressor's a nice feature. It does look like lots of fun and like it's very functional. I kind of want one and will keep an eye out for the chance to test one and, perhaps, own one. Should I own one, I'll get a Legion flag or something and put it atop a mountain in the remote NW part of Maine and snap a picture or two. I'm sure they'll appreciate it - I'll even put the Marine Colors alongside it. Actually, I've a friend who served in the FFL - maybe I can get them to come with me and hold the flags? (I'll even let 'em hold the FFL colors higher than the USMC colors in one picture.)
What's wrong with being the starter and getting things in motion and then going on to a new and different thing? You explained that you didn't like it - you didn't tell us why and why it is a problem. It's a nice rant, and all, but it doesn't actually explain why you're ranting.
I "started" something. In fact, I was on the cusp of something that turned out to be pretty huge, at least for a while. I then owned and worked at that company for more than 15 years before I sold it. Selling it was actually a little rough emotionally. The dollars made up for that emotional discomfort, by the way. Since then, I've gone on and done a few other things but, in most cases, that was just me financing someone else's dream in return for a stake in their business. I've invested in young and immature companies and not done anything other than that. It's actually more lucrative than working ever was and I don't even need the money.
Am I a bad person for selling my business when I was offered an obscene amount of cash? Am I bad for jumping from idea to idea and helping people work on reaching their goals? Am I bad for enabling someone to work on their goals and risking my property to enable them to do so? Should they be forced to not try to reach their goals unless they're wealthy (read lucky) enough to be able to take off on their own and assume the many risks that go along with it?
This is the point where I like to share that I bought some 2000 shares of Tesla when they were just about $24 each. I took the risk, I let the other people get it done, and someday - I'll capitalize on that investment. (I still own all the shares.) That makes me a bad person? How so? I even pay my taxes - every bit due. I don't even write off, down, or avoid all the taxes that I could legally avoid. It's too much work and I'm forgetful. But, I'm a bad person for helping others reach their goals - just because I may profit on it and just because I don't do and stick with the work myself?
Tell me why I'm a monster please. I mean, yeah, I'm an asshole but I'm not an asshole for that. There are plenty of reasons to call me a jerk but I don't think that qualifies.
Actually, you might be surprised at what some of us do under a different moniker and in our spare time. Many of us here give back to the community in multiple ways. Some even belong to multiple communities and do things just for the sake of helping out, out of curiosity, or out of need. It's not always altruism but it does happen.
Some careful searching might find a whole host of (quite old) commits, and even whole projects, with documentation that reads slightly like someone who was poor at articulating clearly, very verbose, and may have some familiar verbiage. Sometimes, you grow tired of the project, the people, or just move on and leave it and someone picks up the pieces and carries on - or not. There's no obligation to maintain it just as there's no obligation to create it.
However, given the nature of this site - it's quite possible that the AC you replied to is directly involved in assisting a variety of projects in some meaningful fashion.
Oh, we do have our share of nutcases - even more than our share. Point being, it's a very broad term and encompasses many, many subtle (and not so subtle) differences. I, for instance, am a Classic Libertarian (my preferred term) but you'd find more information about my beliefs by searching for "Socialist Libertarian."
I'll be the first to admit that we've got some straight up idiots, assholes, and lunatics in our party but I'd also add that it'd be rather antithetical of us to attempt to silence them. Unfortunately, they're a rather noisy lot.
That should give you a good indication - more details given if requested. For example, I think social safety nets, health care, and taxes are a brilliant thing and don't mind paying them. My tax rates are lower than they could be. I make up for it by donating to worthy causes. I don't mind my taxes. I mind them being used to prop up a military industrial complex, allow corporations to pay less, and bomb little brown people. I'm quite happy to pay and have even elected to donate to NASA in the past.
As for NASA... You can donate but you can't earmark the donation - it has to go into the general fund. At least that's how they replied to my email. This was way back when I'd sold so around 2008. I'm guessing the regulations are the same.
Heh... I have a fairly distinct writing style and I'm aware of it. Even when I post AC, it's usually pretty damned obvious who it is. Of course, I usually make it a point to indicate who I am as I'm, ultimately, responsible for what I say - in my opinion. Right or wrong, I wrote it, I own it.
I imagine that my code, it's not so very good, would stand out like a sore thumb when compared with other samples. For starters, I never knew best practices nor did I take much in the way of programming courses. I learned to program because I had to. I didn't even really much like computers at the time. (I've explained this before, I thought they were a waste of time in their current configuration - but they were good for doing math.)
It wasn't until I ended up hiring professional programmers (they rewrote the entire code body eventually) that I actually learned from them. I learned some of the best practices, and I learned some more of the theory, and I learned to clean up my code a bit - and a bunch of other things far too long to mention. Unlike most, I was comfortable admitting that they were better than I - that'd be why I hired them. I'd be remiss in my duty to not have taken the chance to learn from them. Without them, I'd be still employed and doing useful things all day instead of retired and bugging you guys with endless novellas and questions.
So, probably towards the end of it - I'd have coded in a slightly different style but my comments might indicate it was me. I'd have mimicked the styles that I'd learned from them but I'm sure there would be traces of my own bad practices left in there.
Like a Slashdot post sent as an AC, it's probably not too hard to figure out who I am.
You forget everything from traffic shaping determinisms, timing, ownership of the proxy, browser fingerprinting, cookies, XSS may give up information, and powers that can visualize a goodly portion of the entire 'net and use deterministic algorithms to narrow down the search.
However unrealistic those things are, or realistic - depending on one's opinion, they are simply a few things you neglected to mention so we'll assume you've not taken steps to mitigate those risks. Many of them can be avoided but true anonymity is damned difficult today. I understand that, for instance, you can remain reasonably certain that you're secure if you remain on the Tor network and don't browse into clearnet. I've heard good things about L2P but not tried it and don't know enough to opine.
Mostly, I just read what the guys/gals here have to say and ask questions and then do some reading on my own. I used to be, shall we say, quite interested in security for a variety of reasons but those reasons have passed by and I am not really concerned as much. Thus, I no longer keep up on the latest and greatest news. It does(n't) help that I've been retired for 8 years now.
At any rate, if you think the use of a proxy is adequate then you're sorely mistaken. It can be *a* step in the right direction but that sure as hell had better not be your only line of defense. Even if they aren't logging, they have an upstream bandwidth provider...
I am not saying that this product is effective but your post reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask...
Why is it you point to things where the program/application/function will not work? Yeah, err... We know (or they know) that it will not work everywhere and in every point in time. Strangely enough, a good tradesman has a variety of tools in their toolbox.
What you're saying is that a hammer is not very good for doing window glazing. While that's certainly true, it's hardly salient.
There's usually a Stylish or GreaseMonkey script for that. I'm kind of surprised they made this an extension instead of just making it a script. It'd probably be easier and more cross-platform as a GreaseMonkey script.
Download the code, fork it, use find/replace and change "trump" to "sanders." Import it through the uncompressed extensions thingy or upload it to share with others. You should probably make a nice little icon and change the name - and follow the license, I'm guessing it is GPL so you'll be fine - just fork it directly to GitHub or grab a copy and hack it locally and upload the code where you prefer.
I'm guessing 30 minutes of work. The longest part would be making an image 'cause my image making skills are akin to that of a five year old on a combination of LSD and meth. Which is to say, not very good.
In short, you're on fucking Slashdot. Make your own! You need KGIII to make it for you? If you wish to remain willfully ignorant then, by all means, you could at least try to make the tools to do so on your own.
Err, the same goes for the ninnies that want to apply it to Clinton, Cruz, Paul, and whoever else. It's probably not a whole lot more complicated then find/replace. I'm willing to be that *I* can figure it out. That's saying something...
I gotta tell ya, there's absolutely zero chance of my voting for Trump but the narrative and lies (I've checked to see what was really said and what was quoted) are really, well, amusing (for lack of a better word). This indicates, to my mind, fear. Why are you guys so afraid of Trump that you need to lie, misrepresent, take out of context, and then continue on with denigrating comments towards those who would show you the truth?
There are many things, perfectly valid things, that should keep Trump out of office. There's no reason to make things up, misrepresent, or otherwise censor. The dude's an absolute moron who has no business being in charge of ordering dinner, never mind leading a country. I don't even have to make things up in order to say that. He has catastrophically failed at almost anything meaningful that he's attempted. He's offered no sound direction. He's indicated that he doesn't understand the issues. He's not interested in anything other than fame and fortune. He has a history of doing borderline mentally retarded things.
No, no you're not. See, some of us *have* paid that amount in taxes and we can usually tell others who have done the same thing from a mile away. One of those ways to tell is their ability to communicate. Honestly, I'd be surprised if you paid $12.8 dollars in taxes.
Well, that and you're trolling... I don't mind feeding you. I am guessing my taxes are already feeding you. I'm okay with that. It keeps you occupied enough to where you're not trying to steal my stuff.
On a good day, you can get called at least three of those things (or have them insinuated). It's almost a badge of honor at this point. Of course, the folks on the right have their host of preconceptions and are generally quite eager to label me as well.
I had one on here but they appear to have stopped now.:( For a while they were even modding my posts down (five done in quick succession and in order - so probably through my profile) but then it went to three and then they stopped so I'm assuming meta moderation addressed that. It's unfortunate, really. I kind of liked the attention and I am easily amused.
That said, way back before it was a thing, I was doxxed. Someone didn't believe some of the things that I'd said so they (or someone) managed to know enough about me and get my tax information (which is, technically, public information). I can only surmise that their way of apologizing was that they'd redacted my SSN. However, I got snail mail, hate letters (for not donating to certain groups - oddly enough), pizza, etc. and it kind of sucked. See, I had done what I'd said I'd done but that didn't matter to some people. They hated me for not donating to certain causes. (I'll avoid mentioning them here. It was two, quite specific, causes and not the group's fault that they have crazy followers.)
However, nobody stalked me from that - as far as I know. Hell, in the New Years Eve thread/poll - I give people quasi-directions to my house and invite anyone from Slashdot to visit for the festivities. I didn't give exact details in the thread but I've since given out directions in email and it appears we'll have some extra guests.
I have a point, sort of... Maybe I'm looking at it backwards... I must be? I really didn't like being doxxed, it felt invasive and I had to go pick up boxes of mail at the post office for a while and deal with irate pizza delivery people (I did actually buy some of those pizzas - good timing and, it turns out, I kind of like Hawaiian pizza - I'd never tried it before.) I've even had a couple of trolls follow me around the 'net.
I've learned there's fuck all you can do about it so you might as well make the most of it. Smile and thank 'em for giving you attention. Look at it as if you have the power to control their lives. They are giving you control of their behavior and emotions. They are saying that you're important and giving you attention. You are able to make them dance like a puppet. And it is awesome. So, I view it like that.
Note: Some stalkers might be dangerous. Most appear to be powerless, pathetic, and in need of some attention themselves.
I brought some facts to a debate here a while back and it's time to trot it out again - it's been a while.
If you *really* wanna mess with 'em - tell them that the only group with a lower rate of recidivism is murderers. This number has not changed with registries except it's slightly moved to be a little more frequent but they're still almost the least likely to re-offend. See FBI stats for more information. I think I was also able to pull out some stats from the UN the last time I went looking.
A good vehicle will save your life and allow you to get your job done - while not being a source of problems. The problems with the HMMWV is that we've attempted to use them for things they were not designed for, it turns out that they're not bad at those new tasks after they've been given additional armor. It's a highly mobile, multi-purpose, wheeled vehicle. It's not a specialist anything and not ideal for any one task.
I was excited to read that I can actually purchase one that has gone to the auction. I've just not found one in the condition that I like and at a price that I like. I'm being rather picky - I've looked at two so far but the engine was nearing its end, the running gear was trashed, and I'd have basically had to replace everything but the body. They still wanted $30,000 for it. I found one less expensive and in better shape but, alas, that crawled so I knew the frame was bent and it is possible to straighten it (even without a jig - you can do it in the field with another HMMWV, chain, and a tree) I didn't want to go through that and risk the damage.
That said... The deep water fording kit is just too much fun. Basically, you mount a snorkel so the engine can still breathe. Then, from there, you shift into low and climb up on the seat and hunch over. You put your feet on the steering wheel and steer with them. So long as your still able to breathe, the engine is able to breathe. It's a whole bowl of fun. You're also cross-trained to use anything equipped so you get to man the.50. There's something to be said for that kind of activity. You're throwing half-inch sized chunks of lead 1000 yards downrange.
The vehicle you linked - it looks *very* utilitarian. I imagine that the Perkins is a good choice with lots of torque. I don't recall having seen that specific vehicle in my travels but I'm pretty sure I've seen something similar. It may have been one of those and I didn't notice or pay enough attention. I've done exercises with NATO and was out with the UN so it's not entirely unlikely that I saw one. I dare say, good fun could be had in that.
I'm afraid he must not know any Marines. We'd move the rocks and bridge the ditch if needed. If there's a few things a few Marines and a box of spare parts can get accomplished it is both explosions and landscaping work. We have an entrenching tool. In fact, pretty much all of us have one.
A ditch or a rock? Heh... Yes. That's gonna stop a bunch of angry (or bored) Marines - dead in their tracks and they'll have no idea how to proceed.;-)
The point would be that you checked some flaky sources. See the Wikipedia article if you'd like. I, for one, don't mind taxes one bit. I do, on the other hand, mind how they're spent. To be honest, I could be taxed more and probably should be - I make up for that by donating to worthy causes. See the first opening half-dozen paragraphs on Wikipedia. If I had to be pegged into a specific area, I'd be what you'd probably call a Socialist Libertarian - though I prefer the nomenclature to be Classic Libertarian or just plain Libertarian.
You're thinking of a Randian or Anarcho-Capitalist. They're stupid and confused. They often self-identify as Libertarians but don't actually understand the "liberty" aspect very well. They also can't figure out the whole part of society, social need, the commons, and other non-binary things. We're not really able to shut them up, that'd be a bit antithetical. However, they're a rather noisy minority. Most of us are quite sane, well reasoned, and not even remotely like you've attempted to describe.
If you get past Wikipedia and would like to know more, I can probably help with that.
Just the seizures in the US amounted to (most recent data I found in a quick Google) about 420 tons of cocaine. An oft-cited number is that they seize an estimated 10%.
Personally, I'd not get involved in the trade but I'm not afraid of the products. I'd rather we legalize them and take the criminal element out of it. I think it should be treated like a medical issue instead of a criminal issue - unless, of course, they're committing crimes other than use (and some sort of sanctioned distribution).
Some quick head math says that something like 1050 kg of coke is coming into the US every day that's being seized. Some of it was just destined here and is caught out at sea, for instance. If they're only catching 10% then that's a whole lot of coke.
Yeah, that's a very valid addition. If you're not using services then turn them off. Err... It's been a while but I think you loaded that with just services.msc from the prompt. If you don't know what the service is, use a search engine. You can use manual and, well sometimes, it will start the service when you do something that invokes the service or you can disable it.
As for Linux... Well, I think I tried *all* of them. Not quite but every single one in the top 20 at DistroWatch. Plus a bunch more. VM on VM on VM and just so many. I don't really have a favorite except I'm kind of partial to LXDE and the Ubuntu ecosystem so I use Lubuntu and Mint Cinnamon as Cinnamon isn't bad either. Sometimes, I don't even install the OS but just run it from a Live USB. It's not like I don't have enough RAM. With enough RAM and being patient to let it load, it actually gets pretty speedy in a Live USB environment - for what I'm often doing (which is absolutely as little as possible 'cause I'm old like that).
That and manually updating instead of automatic updating windows helped. I manually kept up on the updates for Windows and for the various apps. I'd update as needed. I'd scan, usually once a week but I didn't always remember, and check. I didn't do anything like banking on the computer - I never do. I never will. Even with the best security practices that I can manage, there's no incentive for me to bank online. Errr... To credit union online perhaps? Well, I do have a few bank accounts but i digress.
It takes some work, at first, to really figure out how you'll attack the problem. I think we've pretty much covered the ideas if not the individual things. Since switching to using Linux exclusively, I no longer feel as if my brain is turning to mush. I feel a day without learning is a day without growth and if I'm not growing them I'm not improving. I like to improve. I like to learn. I like to grow. 'Tis one of the reasons that being wrong doesn't bug me much. So long as I'm still wrong, I've got room to improve.
You appear to be advocating the re-interpretation of an amendment to the Constitution. I dare that that is proposing something. And no, they're not fooling me. I don't *like* them but i support their right to bear arms so long as they do so in a safe and lawful manner.
Me? I came from a family of Marines and Navy (said that way on purpose). I spent eight years serving to demonstrate my willingness to put my life on the line in the name of freedom, for myself or for others. Just because they didn't serve doesn't mean they don't get those rights. In fact, I served so that they don't have to.
What next? Freedom of the press for only those who served in a government printing office? No, people have provided you link after link after link. This has been covered, gone over many times, and hashed out by people who are far better versed in the subject than you (or I). However, nothing indicates that it is the singular reason and the courts have determined this to be true.
Advocating a re-interpretation is, indeed, a proposition. Doing so, the act itself, will result in a civil war. There is no maybe about it. It's not like I'm going to start it but it's going to be started. It's going to be bloody and may not end the way you want. It's very tough to fight an insurgency or guerrilla warfare. More problematic will be that the enlisted people will not follow an unlawful order along those lines. GI Joe's not going to kill his wife's uncle, brother, mother, or children.
In short, through no fault of mine and I wish you no ill will, this sort of stuff is the stuff that will likely get someone killed if they start running around and perverting justice. That will be the straw that breaks the camel's back - for many, many people. I am not prepared to deal with that and I don't think you are either.
At any rate, I didn't serve for a set of rights. I already have those. I served because I was willing to ensure you also had those rights - without needing to serve. No amount of trying to hand wave it away, no ignoring the links you've been fed, and no attempt to re-interpret the Constitution (which is rather clear in a plain English reading - it lists a single, solitary, reason but does not make it the exclusive reason, it cites it as an example) is going to change that.
If it had said something along the lines of: "in order to ensure discourse between the government in the people, the government shall make no law that infringes on the right to speech, blah blah blah" then what would you think? How about privacy? It's not mentioned at all, by name, and yet we've interpreted it as being in there by inference from other documents and multiple parts. Not only are you selectively reading this one with a bunch of biases, you're also not interpreting it correctly - as is evidenced by the many links you've been given but declined to read.
It doesn't read like you think it does, no matter how you read it. That also includes their not needing to serve in order to have those rights. Those rights are, well, held to be self evident.
Good man. You know why. Not many of us are comfortable admitting our mistakes and learning from them. It's something I pride myself on and post lots of things hoping that people will make me find my own logical inconsistencies or to otherwise learn from them.
That said, yeah, you can buy AV for Linux. I'm not actually sure why you'd want to (unless you're worried about something in WINE getting infected or might be responsible for handing files off to others who might be infected. If I could pick one application that I'd like to see ported to Linux it would be Agnitum's Personal Firewall. Yes, you can do everything that it does with some combinations of CLI and GUI. Well, probably all in CLI if you wanted. However, their firewall is slick, highly configurable, and really damned secure (depending on who is in the chair at the desk).
Anyhow, kudos. There are many who could stand to learn from your behavior. It's good to admit your'e mistaken - it means you're learning something and willing to accept new information and change your opinion. If your reasoning isn't challenged and you're not open to doing so with as little bias as possible, then how do you know that they're logistically consistent? The easiest person for us to fool is ourselves.
Mostly to prove it can be done, I used Windows for years without any live running AV application. I even did it without a third party software firewall and used only NAT connectivity with the router handling DHCP. I would scan, once in a while, with MBAM or similar. I would check Wireshark once in a while and look for activity that I did not recognize in the logs.
It's possible. It's not even all that difficult, just don't be stupid. This was not, of course, Windows 10. I blocked scripts and whitelisted them as needed. I used ad protection extensions. I didn't download or execute unknown applications. I used a third party browser. I kept my computer up-to-date.
No, I'd not recommend that most people go that route nor am I saying everyone can. Nothing on my network exhibited any signs of malware or an intrusion. I guess the point is, you can use Windows safely without all the cruft - but you have to practice safe hex. Don't let stuff run without expressly granting it permission and knowing what it is (within reason) before allowing it to run. Use least permissions, Windows has permissions - use them. I did not use Microsoft's free AV - I did use the included Windows Firewall. I also used Acronis True Image but never, to the best of my knowledge, had to use it because of a malware infection.
It's not terribly difficult if you're willing to learn and be patient. I use Linux, exclusively even, today and am happier here than I was there. I'd always kept Linux installed on one partition or another but didn't use it nearly enough - I stopped poking in the early/mid 2000s but kept it installed and kept it up to date. I was already familiar with AIX and Solaris.
I found that I wasn't learning anything new. I'd become mentally fat and a mere consumer. So, I switched to Linux exclusively. I may go to GhostBSD next. It could be a while, I'm not yet feeling like I'm stagnating. However, I digress.
If you want to work at it and remain vigilant then you can use Windows without even an AV running constantly. If you a reasonably alert and attentive then you can do it just fine with an AV running live. Gone are the days of just being able to toss a box up on the 'net and expect it to be hacked in mere seconds or minutes.
No, no tickets on the Golden Road but your presence implies you've accepted the agreement (unless otherwise granted for a race or something) that logging vehicles have the right of way - bar none. If your car is where a logging truck is then you are in the wrong. I know of no suits or anything from this.
Here, there's some leeway. Kids can drive tractors beyond a certain age and with a familial relationship (I believe) as long as they don't exceed a certain speed and distance. They also, obviously, can't access limited-access highways.
Oh, I can fix all my vehicles with most any problem they might have. I'm just not going to. I do go out and work with the mechanic, from time to time, and sometimes I'll turn my own wrenches on a project car. I've a whole, for lack of a better word, stable of vehicles. Literally, an obscene number and they're all in fine physical and mechanical shape.
To explain, I'm a an automobile aficionado. I don't own a single trailer queen - every vehicle gets driven once in a while, even if just to take it to a show. Nothing rides in on a trailer and nothing is too good to not drive it. I own very specific model years that may seem of slight value to others but, given what I've spent doing restorations and/or upgrades, I'll never recoup my investment nor do I want to.
A good example might be that I've a fully restored (and then modified) Volvo 245 from 1982. I have a Honda Accord LX that is from 1986 and I sent it to Japan for restoration. I have a factory Porsche 911 that was factory restored. I have a 1973 Jeep, Grand Wagoneer, that has the original Borg transmission with the PTO. Things like that - very specific and purchased for very exacting reasons - each one is pushed to the limits of its design potential. It'd not be uncommon for you to find me putting a 2WD vehicle on the top of a mountain in the spring. Hell, I own the Volvo specifically because it's a tank, RWD, and more fun in snow than almost anything else I own - because I can push it to the limits (in a reasonably safe manner).
So, I said that just to add this: Yeah, I can turn a wrench. I can do drum brakes, I can swap an engine, I can weld an exhaust, I can swap out a clutch on a front-wheel drive, I can change shocks and struts, etc... I just don't. Well, not normally. I hate smashing my fingers with a wrench.
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I'm assuming you're also the other AC who posted at about the same time. The VRLA looks absolutely fascinating and, when I get back home, I'll look into seeing if any have been imported into my country and might be either at auction, private sale, or coming up for sale - where I might be able to coerce someone into letting me test it.
That's an impressive range. I'll mention that the HMMWV can run on pretty much anything - including 80 proof vodka. It also runs slightly better on 110 proof. Yes, yes I know this first hand. ;-) It too is diesel. It's a load of fun.
Most HMMWVs are either in a convoy or paired up. There's a variety of reasons for this but one of the biggest is the cannibalization factor. Coupled with the nature of the beast, it's nearly impossible to get one stuck if you have a second one handy. I can attest, they are nearly impossible to get stuck - if you do get one stuck then you need to get something like a tank retriever out there to extract it. (I don't really consider it stuck while there's still the chance for the second one to pull it out. That's just temporarily halted.)
As a multi-purpose vehicle, it's hard to not show my biases, it's very good. It's exceptional but there are others that are equally as nice - I'm sure. They'll all have certain benefits and certain problems. I can not, unfortunately, own them all - but I'd certainly like to. I just lack room and wouldn't be able to put them all to use. I have a whole bevy full of automobiles and each one gets used, even if just for specific purposes.
The range on an HMMWV is, IIRC, about 400 km (250 miles, as I recall) but you can extend the range by carrying additional fuel. 1200 km is impressive! I could see that coming in *very* handy. They don't look to have the same clearance, same tipping point, and protection from ground obstacles but they do look beautiful in their own right. They look like they're rugged as all hell. I saw a video of one (I went looking after the earlier post) and was impressed with it out in the desert. It'd be nice if they could deflate and inflate the tires on the go but that's not really required - someone mentioned that they have a compressor on-board.
The tires look thinner - which may help in some areas. Believe it or not, thinner tires are often better in deep snow and certain kinds of mud. As they can be deflated then there's some benefit there. The compressor's a nice feature. It does look like lots of fun and like it's very functional. I kind of want one and will keep an eye out for the chance to test one and, perhaps, own one. Should I own one, I'll get a Legion flag or something and put it atop a mountain in the remote NW part of Maine and snap a picture or two. I'm sure they'll appreciate it - I'll even put the Marine Colors alongside it. Actually, I've a friend who served in the FFL - maybe I can get them to come with me and hold the flags? (I'll even let 'em hold the FFL colors higher than the USMC colors in one picture.)
What's wrong with being the starter and getting things in motion and then going on to a new and different thing? You explained that you didn't like it - you didn't tell us why and why it is a problem. It's a nice rant, and all, but it doesn't actually explain why you're ranting.
I "started" something. In fact, I was on the cusp of something that turned out to be pretty huge, at least for a while. I then owned and worked at that company for more than 15 years before I sold it. Selling it was actually a little rough emotionally. The dollars made up for that emotional discomfort, by the way. Since then, I've gone on and done a few other things but, in most cases, that was just me financing someone else's dream in return for a stake in their business. I've invested in young and immature companies and not done anything other than that. It's actually more lucrative than working ever was and I don't even need the money.
Am I a bad person for selling my business when I was offered an obscene amount of cash? Am I bad for jumping from idea to idea and helping people work on reaching their goals? Am I bad for enabling someone to work on their goals and risking my property to enable them to do so? Should they be forced to not try to reach their goals unless they're wealthy (read lucky) enough to be able to take off on their own and assume the many risks that go along with it?
This is the point where I like to share that I bought some 2000 shares of Tesla when they were just about $24 each. I took the risk, I let the other people get it done, and someday - I'll capitalize on that investment. (I still own all the shares.) That makes me a bad person? How so? I even pay my taxes - every bit due. I don't even write off, down, or avoid all the taxes that I could legally avoid. It's too much work and I'm forgetful. But, I'm a bad person for helping others reach their goals - just because I may profit on it and just because I don't do and stick with the work myself?
Tell me why I'm a monster please. I mean, yeah, I'm an asshole but I'm not an asshole for that. There are plenty of reasons to call me a jerk but I don't think that qualifies.
Actually, you might be surprised at what some of us do under a different moniker and in our spare time. Many of us here give back to the community in multiple ways. Some even belong to multiple communities and do things just for the sake of helping out, out of curiosity, or out of need. It's not always altruism but it does happen.
Some careful searching might find a whole host of (quite old) commits, and even whole projects, with documentation that reads slightly like someone who was poor at articulating clearly, very verbose, and may have some familiar verbiage. Sometimes, you grow tired of the project, the people, or just move on and leave it and someone picks up the pieces and carries on - or not. There's no obligation to maintain it just as there's no obligation to create it.
However, given the nature of this site - it's quite possible that the AC you replied to is directly involved in assisting a variety of projects in some meaningful fashion.
Oh, we do have our share of nutcases - even more than our share. Point being, it's a very broad term and encompasses many, many subtle (and not so subtle) differences. I, for instance, am a Classic Libertarian (my preferred term) but you'd find more information about my beliefs by searching for "Socialist Libertarian."
If you get a few minutes, read the first part of this page (or all of it, if you want):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I'll be the first to admit that we've got some straight up idiots, assholes, and lunatics in our party but I'd also add that it'd be rather antithetical of us to attempt to silence them. Unfortunately, they're a rather noisy lot.
That should give you a good indication - more details given if requested. For example, I think social safety nets, health care, and taxes are a brilliant thing and don't mind paying them. My tax rates are lower than they could be. I make up for it by donating to worthy causes. I don't mind my taxes. I mind them being used to prop up a military industrial complex, allow corporations to pay less, and bomb little brown people. I'm quite happy to pay and have even elected to donate to NASA in the past.
As for NASA... You can donate but you can't earmark the donation - it has to go into the general fund. At least that's how they replied to my email. This was way back when I'd sold so around 2008. I'm guessing the regulations are the same.
Heh... I have a fairly distinct writing style and I'm aware of it. Even when I post AC, it's usually pretty damned obvious who it is. Of course, I usually make it a point to indicate who I am as I'm, ultimately, responsible for what I say - in my opinion. Right or wrong, I wrote it, I own it.
I imagine that my code, it's not so very good, would stand out like a sore thumb when compared with other samples. For starters, I never knew best practices nor did I take much in the way of programming courses. I learned to program because I had to. I didn't even really much like computers at the time. (I've explained this before, I thought they were a waste of time in their current configuration - but they were good for doing math.)
It wasn't until I ended up hiring professional programmers (they rewrote the entire code body eventually) that I actually learned from them. I learned some of the best practices, and I learned some more of the theory, and I learned to clean up my code a bit - and a bunch of other things far too long to mention. Unlike most, I was comfortable admitting that they were better than I - that'd be why I hired them. I'd be remiss in my duty to not have taken the chance to learn from them. Without them, I'd be still employed and doing useful things all day instead of retired and bugging you guys with endless novellas and questions.
So, probably towards the end of it - I'd have coded in a slightly different style but my comments might indicate it was me. I'd have mimicked the styles that I'd learned from them but I'm sure there would be traces of my own bad practices left in there.
Like a Slashdot post sent as an AC, it's probably not too hard to figure out who I am.
You forget everything from traffic shaping determinisms, timing, ownership of the proxy, browser fingerprinting, cookies, XSS may give up information, and powers that can visualize a goodly portion of the entire 'net and use deterministic algorithms to narrow down the search.
However unrealistic those things are, or realistic - depending on one's opinion, they are simply a few things you neglected to mention so we'll assume you've not taken steps to mitigate those risks. Many of them can be avoided but true anonymity is damned difficult today. I understand that, for instance, you can remain reasonably certain that you're secure if you remain on the Tor network and don't browse into clearnet. I've heard good things about L2P but not tried it and don't know enough to opine.
Mostly, I just read what the guys/gals here have to say and ask questions and then do some reading on my own. I used to be, shall we say, quite interested in security for a variety of reasons but those reasons have passed by and I am not really concerned as much. Thus, I no longer keep up on the latest and greatest news. It does(n't) help that I've been retired for 8 years now.
At any rate, if you think the use of a proxy is adequate then you're sorely mistaken. It can be *a* step in the right direction but that sure as hell had better not be your only line of defense. Even if they aren't logging, they have an upstream bandwidth provider...
I am not saying that this product is effective but your post reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask...
Why is it you point to things where the program/application/function will not work? Yeah, err... We know (or they know) that it will not work everywhere and in every point in time. Strangely enough, a good tradesman has a variety of tools in their toolbox.
What you're saying is that a hammer is not very good for doing window glazing. While that's certainly true, it's hardly salient.
There's usually a Stylish or GreaseMonkey script for that. I'm kind of surprised they made this an extension instead of just making it a script. It'd probably be easier and more cross-platform as a GreaseMonkey script.
Download the code, fork it, use find/replace and change "trump" to "sanders." Import it through the uncompressed extensions thingy or upload it to share with others. You should probably make a nice little icon and change the name - and follow the license, I'm guessing it is GPL so you'll be fine - just fork it directly to GitHub or grab a copy and hack it locally and upload the code where you prefer.
I'm guessing 30 minutes of work. The longest part would be making an image 'cause my image making skills are akin to that of a five year old on a combination of LSD and meth. Which is to say, not very good.
In short, you're on fucking Slashdot. Make your own! You need KGIII to make it for you? If you wish to remain willfully ignorant then, by all means, you could at least try to make the tools to do so on your own.
Err, the same goes for the ninnies that want to apply it to Clinton, Cruz, Paul, and whoever else. It's probably not a whole lot more complicated then find/replace. I'm willing to be that *I* can figure it out. That's saying something...
I gotta tell ya, there's absolutely zero chance of my voting for Trump but the narrative and lies (I've checked to see what was really said and what was quoted) are really, well, amusing (for lack of a better word). This indicates, to my mind, fear. Why are you guys so afraid of Trump that you need to lie, misrepresent, take out of context, and then continue on with denigrating comments towards those who would show you the truth?
There are many things, perfectly valid things, that should keep Trump out of office. There's no reason to make things up, misrepresent, or otherwise censor. The dude's an absolute moron who has no business being in charge of ordering dinner, never mind leading a country. I don't even have to make things up in order to say that. He has catastrophically failed at almost anything meaningful that he's attempted. He's offered no sound direction. He's indicated that he doesn't understand the issues. He's not interested in anything other than fame and fortune. He has a history of doing borderline mentally retarded things.
There. You don't even have to lie.
No, no you're not. See, some of us *have* paid that amount in taxes and we can usually tell others who have done the same thing from a mile away. One of those ways to tell is their ability to communicate. Honestly, I'd be surprised if you paid $12.8 dollars in taxes.
Well, that and you're trolling... I don't mind feeding you. I am guessing my taxes are already feeding you. I'm okay with that. It keeps you occupied enough to where you're not trying to steal my stuff.
On a good day, you can get called at least three of those things (or have them insinuated). It's almost a badge of honor at this point. Of course, the folks on the right have their host of preconceptions and are generally quite eager to label me as well.
I live in the US. This is bound to be indexed by Google. I like poking sleeping bears. Let's see what happens, shall we?
Dr. Janice Duffy is a fat cow and is slightly more numb than a cunt full of Novocain.
I await my notice in the mail or from the process server.
You get on the internet by clicking the blue "E," dummy!
(No, I could not resist.)
I had one on here but they appear to have stopped now. :( For a while they were even modding my posts down (five done in quick succession and in order - so probably through my profile) but then it went to three and then they stopped so I'm assuming meta moderation addressed that. It's unfortunate, really. I kind of liked the attention and I am easily amused.
That said, way back before it was a thing, I was doxxed. Someone didn't believe some of the things that I'd said so they (or someone) managed to know enough about me and get my tax information (which is, technically, public information). I can only surmise that their way of apologizing was that they'd redacted my SSN. However, I got snail mail, hate letters (for not donating to certain groups - oddly enough), pizza, etc. and it kind of sucked. See, I had done what I'd said I'd done but that didn't matter to some people. They hated me for not donating to certain causes. (I'll avoid mentioning them here. It was two, quite specific, causes and not the group's fault that they have crazy followers.)
However, nobody stalked me from that - as far as I know. Hell, in the New Years Eve thread/poll - I give people quasi-directions to my house and invite anyone from Slashdot to visit for the festivities. I didn't give exact details in the thread but I've since given out directions in email and it appears we'll have some extra guests.
I have a point, sort of... Maybe I'm looking at it backwards... I must be? I really didn't like being doxxed, it felt invasive and I had to go pick up boxes of mail at the post office for a while and deal with irate pizza delivery people (I did actually buy some of those pizzas - good timing and, it turns out, I kind of like Hawaiian pizza - I'd never tried it before.) I've even had a couple of trolls follow me around the 'net.
I've learned there's fuck all you can do about it so you might as well make the most of it. Smile and thank 'em for giving you attention. Look at it as if you have the power to control their lives. They are giving you control of their behavior and emotions. They are saying that you're important and giving you attention. You are able to make them dance like a puppet. And it is awesome. So, I view it like that.
Note: Some stalkers might be dangerous. Most appear to be powerless, pathetic, and in need of some attention themselves.
I brought some facts to a debate here a while back and it's time to trot it out again - it's been a while.
If you *really* wanna mess with 'em - tell them that the only group with a lower rate of recidivism is murderers. This number has not changed with registries except it's slightly moved to be a little more frequent but they're still almost the least likely to re-offend. See FBI stats for more information. I think I was also able to pull out some stats from the UN the last time I went looking.
A good vehicle will save your life and allow you to get your job done - while not being a source of problems. The problems with the HMMWV is that we've attempted to use them for things they were not designed for, it turns out that they're not bad at those new tasks after they've been given additional armor. It's a highly mobile, multi-purpose, wheeled vehicle. It's not a specialist anything and not ideal for any one task.
I was excited to read that I can actually purchase one that has gone to the auction. I've just not found one in the condition that I like and at a price that I like. I'm being rather picky - I've looked at two so far but the engine was nearing its end, the running gear was trashed, and I'd have basically had to replace everything but the body. They still wanted $30,000 for it. I found one less expensive and in better shape but, alas, that crawled so I knew the frame was bent and it is possible to straighten it (even without a jig - you can do it in the field with another HMMWV, chain, and a tree) I didn't want to go through that and risk the damage.
That said... The deep water fording kit is just too much fun. Basically, you mount a snorkel so the engine can still breathe. Then, from there, you shift into low and climb up on the seat and hunch over. You put your feet on the steering wheel and steer with them. So long as your still able to breathe, the engine is able to breathe. It's a whole bowl of fun. You're also cross-trained to use anything equipped so you get to man the .50. There's something to be said for that kind of activity. You're throwing half-inch sized chunks of lead 1000 yards downrange.
The vehicle you linked - it looks *very* utilitarian. I imagine that the Perkins is a good choice with lots of torque. I don't recall having seen that specific vehicle in my travels but I'm pretty sure I've seen something similar. It may have been one of those and I didn't notice or pay enough attention. I've done exercises with NATO and was out with the UN so it's not entirely unlikely that I saw one. I dare say, good fun could be had in that.
I'm afraid he must not know any Marines. We'd move the rocks and bridge the ditch if needed. If there's a few things a few Marines and a box of spare parts can get accomplished it is both explosions and landscaping work. We have an entrenching tool. In fact, pretty much all of us have one.
A ditch or a rock? Heh... Yes. That's gonna stop a bunch of angry (or bored) Marines - dead in their tracks and they'll have no idea how to proceed. ;-)
The point would be that you checked some flaky sources. See the Wikipedia article if you'd like. I, for one, don't mind taxes one bit. I do, on the other hand, mind how they're spent. To be honest, I could be taxed more and probably should be - I make up for that by donating to worthy causes. See the first opening half-dozen paragraphs on Wikipedia. If I had to be pegged into a specific area, I'd be what you'd probably call a Socialist Libertarian - though I prefer the nomenclature to be Classic Libertarian or just plain Libertarian.
You're thinking of a Randian or Anarcho-Capitalist. They're stupid and confused. They often self-identify as Libertarians but don't actually understand the "liberty" aspect very well. They also can't figure out the whole part of society, social need, the commons, and other non-binary things. We're not really able to shut them up, that'd be a bit antithetical. However, they're a rather noisy minority. Most of us are quite sane, well reasoned, and not even remotely like you've attempted to describe.
If you get past Wikipedia and would like to know more, I can probably help with that.
Just the seizures in the US amounted to (most recent data I found in a quick Google) about 420 tons of cocaine. An oft-cited number is that they seize an estimated 10%.
Personally, I'd not get involved in the trade but I'm not afraid of the products. I'd rather we legalize them and take the criminal element out of it. I think it should be treated like a medical issue instead of a criminal issue - unless, of course, they're committing crimes other than use (and some sort of sanctioned distribution).
Some quick head math says that something like 1050 kg of coke is coming into the US every day that's being seized. Some of it was just destined here and is caught out at sea, for instance. If they're only catching 10% then that's a whole lot of coke.
Yeah, that's a very valid addition. If you're not using services then turn them off. Err... It's been a while but I think you loaded that with just services.msc from the prompt. If you don't know what the service is, use a search engine. You can use manual and, well sometimes, it will start the service when you do something that invokes the service or you can disable it.
As for Linux... Well, I think I tried *all* of them. Not quite but every single one in the top 20 at DistroWatch. Plus a bunch more. VM on VM on VM and just so many. I don't really have a favorite except I'm kind of partial to LXDE and the Ubuntu ecosystem so I use Lubuntu and Mint Cinnamon as Cinnamon isn't bad either. Sometimes, I don't even install the OS but just run it from a Live USB. It's not like I don't have enough RAM. With enough RAM and being patient to let it load, it actually gets pretty speedy in a Live USB environment - for what I'm often doing (which is absolutely as little as possible 'cause I'm old like that).
That and manually updating instead of automatic updating windows helped. I manually kept up on the updates for Windows and for the various apps. I'd update as needed. I'd scan, usually once a week but I didn't always remember, and check. I didn't do anything like banking on the computer - I never do. I never will. Even with the best security practices that I can manage, there's no incentive for me to bank online. Errr... To credit union online perhaps? Well, I do have a few bank accounts but i digress.
It takes some work, at first, to really figure out how you'll attack the problem. I think we've pretty much covered the ideas if not the individual things. Since switching to using Linux exclusively, I no longer feel as if my brain is turning to mush. I feel a day without learning is a day without growth and if I'm not growing them I'm not improving. I like to improve. I like to learn. I like to grow. 'Tis one of the reasons that being wrong doesn't bug me much. So long as I'm still wrong, I've got room to improve.
You appear to be advocating the re-interpretation of an amendment to the Constitution. I dare that that is proposing something. And no, they're not fooling me. I don't *like* them but i support their right to bear arms so long as they do so in a safe and lawful manner.
Me? I came from a family of Marines and Navy (said that way on purpose). I spent eight years serving to demonstrate my willingness to put my life on the line in the name of freedom, for myself or for others. Just because they didn't serve doesn't mean they don't get those rights. In fact, I served so that they don't have to.
What next? Freedom of the press for only those who served in a government printing office? No, people have provided you link after link after link. This has been covered, gone over many times, and hashed out by people who are far better versed in the subject than you (or I). However, nothing indicates that it is the singular reason and the courts have determined this to be true.
Advocating a re-interpretation is, indeed, a proposition. Doing so, the act itself, will result in a civil war. There is no maybe about it. It's not like I'm going to start it but it's going to be started. It's going to be bloody and may not end the way you want. It's very tough to fight an insurgency or guerrilla warfare. More problematic will be that the enlisted people will not follow an unlawful order along those lines. GI Joe's not going to kill his wife's uncle, brother, mother, or children.
In short, through no fault of mine and I wish you no ill will, this sort of stuff is the stuff that will likely get someone killed if they start running around and perverting justice. That will be the straw that breaks the camel's back - for many, many people. I am not prepared to deal with that and I don't think you are either.
At any rate, I didn't serve for a set of rights. I already have those. I served because I was willing to ensure you also had those rights - without needing to serve. No amount of trying to hand wave it away, no ignoring the links you've been fed, and no attempt to re-interpret the Constitution (which is rather clear in a plain English reading - it lists a single, solitary, reason but does not make it the exclusive reason, it cites it as an example) is going to change that.
If it had said something along the lines of: "in order to ensure discourse between the government in the people, the government shall make no law that infringes on the right to speech, blah blah blah" then what would you think? How about privacy? It's not mentioned at all, by name, and yet we've interpreted it as being in there by inference from other documents and multiple parts. Not only are you selectively reading this one with a bunch of biases, you're also not interpreting it correctly - as is evidenced by the many links you've been given but declined to read.
It doesn't read like you think it does, no matter how you read it. That also includes their not needing to serve in order to have those rights. Those rights are, well, held to be self evident.
Good man. You know why. Not many of us are comfortable admitting our mistakes and learning from them. It's something I pride myself on and post lots of things hoping that people will make me find my own logical inconsistencies or to otherwise learn from them.
That said, yeah, you can buy AV for Linux. I'm not actually sure why you'd want to (unless you're worried about something in WINE getting infected or might be responsible for handing files off to others who might be infected. If I could pick one application that I'd like to see ported to Linux it would be Agnitum's Personal Firewall. Yes, you can do everything that it does with some combinations of CLI and GUI. Well, probably all in CLI if you wanted. However, their firewall is slick, highly configurable, and really damned secure (depending on who is in the chair at the desk).
Anyhow, kudos. There are many who could stand to learn from your behavior. It's good to admit your'e mistaken - it means you're learning something and willing to accept new information and change your opinion. If your reasoning isn't challenged and you're not open to doing so with as little bias as possible, then how do you know that they're logistically consistent? The easiest person for us to fool is ourselves.
Mostly to prove it can be done, I used Windows for years without any live running AV application. I even did it without a third party software firewall and used only NAT connectivity with the router handling DHCP. I would scan, once in a while, with MBAM or similar. I would check Wireshark once in a while and look for activity that I did not recognize in the logs.
It's possible. It's not even all that difficult, just don't be stupid. This was not, of course, Windows 10. I blocked scripts and whitelisted them as needed. I used ad protection extensions. I didn't download or execute unknown applications. I used a third party browser. I kept my computer up-to-date.
No, I'd not recommend that most people go that route nor am I saying everyone can. Nothing on my network exhibited any signs of malware or an intrusion. I guess the point is, you can use Windows safely without all the cruft - but you have to practice safe hex. Don't let stuff run without expressly granting it permission and knowing what it is (within reason) before allowing it to run. Use least permissions, Windows has permissions - use them. I did not use Microsoft's free AV - I did use the included Windows Firewall. I also used Acronis True Image but never, to the best of my knowledge, had to use it because of a malware infection.
It's not terribly difficult if you're willing to learn and be patient. I use Linux, exclusively even, today and am happier here than I was there. I'd always kept Linux installed on one partition or another but didn't use it nearly enough - I stopped poking in the early/mid 2000s but kept it installed and kept it up to date. I was already familiar with AIX and Solaris.
I found that I wasn't learning anything new. I'd become mentally fat and a mere consumer. So, I switched to Linux exclusively. I may go to GhostBSD next. It could be a while, I'm not yet feeling like I'm stagnating. However, I digress.
If you want to work at it and remain vigilant then you can use Windows without even an AV running constantly. If you a reasonably alert and attentive then you can do it just fine with an AV running live. Gone are the days of just being able to toss a box up on the 'net and expect it to be hacked in mere seconds or minutes.
No, no tickets on the Golden Road but your presence implies you've accepted the agreement (unless otherwise granted for a race or something) that logging vehicles have the right of way - bar none. If your car is where a logging truck is then you are in the wrong. I know of no suits or anything from this.
Here, there's some leeway. Kids can drive tractors beyond a certain age and with a familial relationship (I believe) as long as they don't exceed a certain speed and distance. They also, obviously, can't access limited-access highways.
Oh, I can fix all my vehicles with most any problem they might have. I'm just not going to. I do go out and work with the mechanic, from time to time, and sometimes I'll turn my own wrenches on a project car. I've a whole, for lack of a better word, stable of vehicles. Literally, an obscene number and they're all in fine physical and mechanical shape.
To explain, I'm a an automobile aficionado. I don't own a single trailer queen - every vehicle gets driven once in a while, even if just to take it to a show. Nothing rides in on a trailer and nothing is too good to not drive it. I own very specific model years that may seem of slight value to others but, given what I've spent doing restorations and/or upgrades, I'll never recoup my investment nor do I want to.
A good example might be that I've a fully restored (and then modified) Volvo 245 from 1982. I have a Honda Accord LX that is from 1986 and I sent it to Japan for restoration. I have a factory Porsche 911 that was factory restored. I have a 1973 Jeep, Grand Wagoneer, that has the original Borg transmission with the PTO. Things like that - very specific and purchased for very exacting reasons - each one is pushed to the limits of its design potential. It'd not be uncommon for you to find me putting a 2WD vehicle on the top of a mountain in the spring. Hell, I own the Volvo specifically because it's a tank, RWD, and more fun in snow than almost anything else I own - because I can push it to the limits (in a reasonably safe manner).
So, I said that just to add this: Yeah, I can turn a wrench. I can do drum brakes, I can swap an engine, I can weld an exhaust, I can swap out a clutch on a front-wheel drive, I can change shocks and struts, etc... I just don't. Well, not normally. I hate smashing my fingers with a wrench.