I love how those politicrappers like to use buzzwords like "terr-ow-reesm" or "teh children", as if they were some magic spells that can immediately turn off the reasoning part of the public's minds. Unfortunately, media-fueled hysteria means that those buzzwords will be repeated, over and over, until a general sense of unease and fear has been generated. The best way to break the spell is by confronting it with the harsh truth. And the truth is, the eeeevul terr-ow-reests don't need any rinky-dinky 3D printer to get their hands on weapons. If they want to make zip guns, they'll be able to make them with far less and far cheaper equipment. If they want explosives and incendiaries hey, any chemistry student can do that. Besides, what's that hate affair the US has with terr-ow-reests? Remember the Armalites sent to Provos up in the Ulster? They even have a song about them. The only thing those "Liberators" are good for is close-range assassination because the weapon can be easily disposed of and will leave no rifling on the bullets, but that's it. As for Australia, fuck it: it's ruled by fascist freaks, if the aussies are too stupid to get anyone decent governing them, they cannot be trusted with firearms. Same with limeys.;)
What part of "if there are civilians or cops in the are switch targets or abort" didn't you understand? Destroying property is one thing, you may even get some sympathy as an anarchist, but if you hurt someone you're in for a world of crap. That's why you have to take your anarchy stuff seriously.
It is, but there's no point in doing it. First of all, the multicopter is not a stable enough platform to properly aim and shine the laser into the camera. It's also noisy and the range is too low. If anything goes wrong, the copter can be retrieved and traced back to you. Stick to good old methods, recon the cameras' positions, the surroundings, the ways in and out, the best angles to snipe it. Find out the best times of the day you can attack it and escape. Don't attack multiple cameras in the same area in one go, unless you're working in a team and in this case it's best to attack different cameras at a distance. Do not carry your cellphone. Wear clothing that is appropriate for the environment while helping you conceal your face. Rainy and cold nights are better, you can wear hoods, carry umbrellas, wear gloves. Once you have your target properly reconnoitered, go in, do the deed, and go out. It doesn't take more than 30 seconds at best. Practice out of town by targeting lamp posts. Don't forget your protection glasses, practice lowering them, taking aim and lasing until you can do it in your sleep. If there are civilians or cops in the area, switch targets or abort. When your laser hits the lens or any metal, the beam will reflect and anyone looking at it will suffer permanent eye damage so check carefully. Anyone follows you, you turn a corner and ditch laser and glasses into a trash can or gutter (you have memorized the positions, don't you) and you don't even dream of coming back for them. Those are expensive items but if you're caught with them it's game over for you. So, can you handle it or have you decided you're not so tough after all?
Shine a blue laser on it, it will kill the sensor. Shoot it with a flobert rifle, the report is very quiet and they're powerful enough for the purpose. Shoot it with a slingshot. Splash it with hydrofluoric acid, which will destroy the lens (however it may backfire badly). The laser is however the best and most effective way, it's smaller than a handheld flashlight and it has good range.
Wrong. German tactical doctrine during WW2 highly favoured initiative vs rigid command. The whole concepts of Blitzkrieg (lightning-fast war) and Bewegungskrieg (movement war) relied on Auftragstaktik, which depends on the ability of individuals to follow the INTENTIONS of their commanders without sticking to a rigid plan. This is what allowed the German Army to roll over France in way less time than predicted. Coincidentally, the Western world based its military thinking on German concepts after WW2. Yes, even the Israelis, who know a good thing when they see it.
"Strict"? They're reasonable: you want to carry, you ask for a permit, you pass an exam. Then you can carry. As for their geographic position, they're smack in the middle of Europe, sitting on some of the most strategic transit axis. Your ignorance is mindboggling. As for your "right not to be killed", no such right exist, unless you're Franco Frattini who supports censorship in order for commoners not to get information on explosives and stuff he doesn't like.
Calling a real person a "nerd" is an insult. Calling a nerd a "smelly putrid piece of shit" is telling the truth. That is the difference. By the way, your stupid glasses only see forward, and they can only upload if there's signal - which is not everywhere. You will be stabbed in the ribs with a rusty screwdriver and then your head will be busted open. Your glassholish toy will not see anything, because you will have been attacked from its blind side, won't upload anything anyway because your attacker will either use a jammer or get you where there's no signal, and no recording will be found because the device will be destroyed. The grisly remains of your disfigured corpse will be set on fire, of course.
The whole architecture of the internet is built around decentralized management. If one part fails, other parts take over and people will replace the failing parts with what resources they can get available. "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." -- John Gilmore
Mere wishful thinking. The internet is not a sentient or living being, it doesn't "interpret" anything. It's a communication network with strong redundancy but that's all it is. It will not actively defend itself, it will not resist any attempt to turn it into a surveillance tool. It's simply a bunch of machines and lines. What it does or does not depends entirely on human will, and whose will be exercised. Right now, it's not ours.
Wrong. There's been no war since WW2 because Europe had been divided in two sphere of influences and any country stupid enough to try anything foolish would have been whacked by either the US or the USSR. "Europe" back there was the "European Coal and Steel Community", it hasn't turned into the EU until the last 20 years. It must hurt a lot for euro pride, but it's not that construct that prevented war, but a lack of a casus belli and the virtual impossibility for any state to wage war on the other without getting whacked a lot. As of now, no country has the means to wage war against another for merely economical reasons. Of course, you can't tell that to the citizens, better to lie to them and instill the fear that without the Brussels boyards, the continent would immediately get back into a warzone - which can't happen. And even if it should, there's nothing the EU can do about it. They haven't been able to do squat about the wars in former Yugoslavia which occurred right on their doorstep except huff, puff and look powerless. Get a clue.
"Starship Troopers" and "The Moon is a harsh mistress" should be mandatory. "Space Cadet" as well, it makes learning stuff cool - which it is - while stressing the importance of teamwork, personal excellence and physical fitness. Anathema to loserboy nerds, of course, and that's another reason to support them.:)
... I'm afraid of change. Yes, maybe Google Glass is the future. Maybe a world without privacy is the future. Maybe self-mutilation is the future, too. Once upon a time, National Socialism was the future ("you cannot stop the course of history", nazikrauts used to say). Communism was the future. Fortunately, the future changed. In many nations, you cannot go around taking pictures and filming people as you like. I expect those nations won't change their laws because an American megacorps (which is the embodiment of evil for many citizens of those nations) says so. It's time we use some panic-mongerers arguments and go all "ZOMG google glasses enable PEDOS to take pictures of TEH CHILDREN!" and demand arrests and searches to be performed on Google's offices. Also, while iPads and the like are carried devices that can be stowed away, glasses are something you have to wear: harass and ridicule anyone you catch wearing such devices, the message must be that anyone wearing those things is a smelly abhuman or a pervert, and treated as such. There are plenty of ways to Fight the Future(TM).
And thus started Fahrenheit 451. The novel, you know. Next in line to be banned. It's high time we build a mirror factory, and make nothing but mirrors for a whole year, and then take a good look at them.
Why missiles? A semi-autonomous, RC aircraft large enough that it could carry some weapons can easily be repurposed as a cruise missile. Forget about putting weapons on it, they would be mostly too lightweight to be of any use. Instead, the whole device is a weapon: GPS guidance allows it to fly itself through a series of waypoints, an inexpensive camera on the nose can be used for terminal guidance. You can update it through 3G or 4G if you really have to, and a contrast seeker/image matching routine is no problem for an Arduino or Raspberry board. Put an incendiary, homemade thermite-based warhead on it (incendiaries do, pound per pound, more damage than explosives) and what else do you need? Design it the right way and the components will be immolated in the fire.
... Don't be a scientist in Italy. Really, after the sentences handed out to sismologists for not predicting the L'Aquila earthquake, it should be clear. Be a designer, a sportsman, a politician but do NOT be a scientist in Italy. Italy is not for science: it's for fashion, sports and la dolce vita. It should be enough for them. Until the economy complete collapses, of course.
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Ask yourself if you can ever be free in a world where 6 people have more money than 100 million others combined?
Easy. Be one of those 6 or near enough.
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What happens when your computer breaks, it can't be repaired because the parts are not manufactured anymore, and there are no replacement PCs - only tablets? Stuff doesn't last forever, you know. If you can't replace it, it's gone and you have no choice. It can happen.
Actually they got to the Moon 9 times - Apollo 8 and 10 did arrive at the Moon as did 13, which didn't get land but circled the Moon. The Saturn V was already "long in the tooth" then and plans were underway for the next-generation, finless Saturn and the more powerful Nova missile. Then the program was canceled and there was no need for gigantic kerolox rocket engines anymore. There was no pressure to retain the design, and a good lot of the designers are now dead. You would be surprised at how much stuff becomes difficult to rebuild once the know-how is lost. But of course you're a loserboy nerd who understands nothing about the "science" and "technology" you stuff your foul-smelling mouth with. Consider your face being shit upon.
Loserboy nerds never cease to amuse me with their lack of imagination. Why use a firearm, and risk being charged for reckless discharge in a populated area, when you can silently hit it with a green or - better - blue laser? It will burn the expensive camera sensor and after a couple of busted cameras the message will go through. Otherwise, the thing is remote-controlled: find the frequency and overwhelm it, or blast white noise on all channels. It will cause it to crash and, luckily, cause property damage, injuries or death for which the owner will be liable.
Why is it that the same people who are "anti-gun" walk around so often with guns themselves?
People who are "anti-gun" do not often walk with guns themselves. They hire other people - who they consider as inferior - to carry guns and protect them wherever they go so they can feel all smug and aloof. Of course, the gun-carrying people are instructed to use the maximum violence in order to insure the smugaloofness of their employers is not disturbed by the unenlightened rabble who - HORROR OF HORRORS! - works to live.
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I love how those politicrappers like to use buzzwords like "terr-ow-reesm" or "teh children", as if they were some magic spells that can immediately turn off the reasoning part of the public's minds. Unfortunately, media-fueled hysteria means that those buzzwords will be repeated, over and over, until a general sense of unease and fear has been generated. The best way to break the spell is by confronting it with the harsh truth. And the truth is, the eeeevul terr-ow-reests don't need any rinky-dinky 3D printer to get their hands on weapons. If they want to make zip guns, they'll be able to make them with far less and far cheaper equipment. If they want explosives and incendiaries hey, any chemistry student can do that. Besides, what's that hate affair the US has with terr-ow-reests? Remember the Armalites sent to Provos up in the Ulster? They even have a song about them. The only thing those "Liberators" are good for is close-range assassination because the weapon can be easily disposed of and will leave no rifling on the bullets, but that's it. As for Australia, fuck it: it's ruled by fascist freaks, if the aussies are too stupid to get anyone decent governing them, they cannot be trusted with firearms. Same with limeys. ;)
the real question is, where are people going?
Maybe they have died.
What happens when a rocket is not painted black? It happens that it's painted a different color.
What part of "if there are civilians or cops in the are switch targets or abort" didn't you understand? Destroying property is one thing, you may even get some sympathy as an anarchist, but if you hurt someone you're in for a world of crap. That's why you have to take your anarchy stuff seriously.
It is, but there's no point in doing it. First of all, the multicopter is not a stable enough platform to properly aim and shine the laser into the camera. It's also noisy and the range is too low. If anything goes wrong, the copter can be retrieved and traced back to you. Stick to good old methods, recon the cameras' positions, the surroundings, the ways in and out, the best angles to snipe it. Find out the best times of the day you can attack it and escape. Don't attack multiple cameras in the same area in one go, unless you're working in a team and in this case it's best to attack different cameras at a distance. Do not carry your cellphone. Wear clothing that is appropriate for the environment while helping you conceal your face. Rainy and cold nights are better, you can wear hoods, carry umbrellas, wear gloves. Once you have your target properly reconnoitered, go in, do the deed, and go out. It doesn't take more than 30 seconds at best. Practice out of town by targeting lamp posts. Don't forget your protection glasses, practice lowering them, taking aim and lasing until you can do it in your sleep. If there are civilians or cops in the area, switch targets or abort. When your laser hits the lens or any metal, the beam will reflect and anyone looking at it will suffer permanent eye damage so check carefully. Anyone follows you, you turn a corner and ditch laser and glasses into a trash can or gutter (you have memorized the positions, don't you) and you don't even dream of coming back for them. Those are expensive items but if you're caught with them it's game over for you. So, can you handle it or have you decided you're not so tough after all?
Shine a blue laser on it, it will kill the sensor. Shoot it with a flobert rifle, the report is very quiet and they're powerful enough for the purpose. Shoot it with a slingshot. Splash it with hydrofluoric acid, which will destroy the lens (however it may backfire badly). The laser is however the best and most effective way, it's smaller than a handheld flashlight and it has good range.
Wrong. German tactical doctrine during WW2 highly favoured initiative vs rigid command. The whole concepts of Blitzkrieg (lightning-fast war) and Bewegungskrieg (movement war) relied on Auftragstaktik, which depends on the ability of individuals to follow the INTENTIONS of their commanders without sticking to a rigid plan. This is what allowed the German Army to roll over France in way less time than predicted. Coincidentally, the Western world based its military thinking on German concepts after WW2. Yes, even the Israelis, who know a good thing when they see it.
"Strict"? They're reasonable: you want to carry, you ask for a permit, you pass an exam. Then you can carry. As for their geographic position, they're smack in the middle of Europe, sitting on some of the most strategic transit axis. Your ignorance is mindboggling. As for your "right not to be killed", no such right exist, unless you're Franco Frattini who supports censorship in order for commoners not to get information on explosives and stuff he doesn't like.
Why bother? Shine a blue laser on them. Will destroy the glasses' camera AND the neckbeard's eyes. The message will be: wear iglasses, go blind.
Calling a real person a "nerd" is an insult. Calling a nerd a "smelly putrid piece of shit" is telling the truth. That is the difference. By the way, your stupid glasses only see forward, and they can only upload if there's signal - which is not everywhere. You will be stabbed in the ribs with a rusty screwdriver and then your head will be busted open. Your glassholish toy will not see anything, because you will have been attacked from its blind side, won't upload anything anyway because your attacker will either use a jammer or get you where there's no signal, and no recording will be found because the device will be destroyed. The grisly remains of your disfigured corpse will be set on fire, of course.
The whole architecture of the internet is built around decentralized management. If one part fails, other parts take over and people will replace the failing parts with what resources they can get available. "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." -- John Gilmore
Mere wishful thinking. The internet is not a sentient or living being, it doesn't "interpret" anything. It's a communication network with strong redundancy but that's all it is. It will not actively defend itself, it will not resist any attempt to turn it into a surveillance tool. It's simply a bunch of machines and lines. What it does or does not depends entirely on human will, and whose will be exercised. Right now, it's not ours.
Wrong. There's been no war since WW2 because Europe had been divided in two sphere of influences and any country stupid enough to try anything foolish would have been whacked by either the US or the USSR. "Europe" back there was the "European Coal and Steel Community", it hasn't turned into the EU until the last 20 years. It must hurt a lot for euro pride, but it's not that construct that prevented war, but a lack of a casus belli and the virtual impossibility for any state to wage war on the other without getting whacked a lot. As of now, no country has the means to wage war against another for merely economical reasons. Of course, you can't tell that to the citizens, better to lie to them and instill the fear that without the Brussels boyards, the continent would immediately get back into a warzone - which can't happen. And even if it should, there's nothing the EU can do about it. They haven't been able to do squat about the wars in former Yugoslavia which occurred right on their doorstep except huff, puff and look powerless. Get a clue.
Yes, because if the EU fails there's going to be WW1 Reloaded. How stupid can you be?
"Starship Troopers" and "The Moon is a harsh mistress" should be mandatory. "Space Cadet" as well, it makes learning stuff cool - which it is - while stressing the importance of teamwork, personal excellence and physical fitness. Anathema to loserboy nerds, of course, and that's another reason to support them. :)
... I'm afraid of change. Yes, maybe Google Glass is the future. Maybe a world without privacy is the future. Maybe self-mutilation is the future, too. Once upon a time, National Socialism was the future ("you cannot stop the course of history", nazikrauts used to say). Communism was the future. Fortunately, the future changed. In many nations, you cannot go around taking pictures and filming people as you like. I expect those nations won't change their laws because an American megacorps (which is the embodiment of evil for many citizens of those nations) says so. It's time we use some panic-mongerers arguments and go all "ZOMG google glasses enable PEDOS to take pictures of TEH CHILDREN!" and demand arrests and searches to be performed on Google's offices. Also, while iPads and the like are carried devices that can be stowed away, glasses are something you have to wear: harass and ridicule anyone you catch wearing such devices, the message must be that anyone wearing those things is a smelly abhuman or a pervert, and treated as such. There are plenty of ways to Fight the Future(TM).
Killing moo-slime rabble is not genocide. It's pest control.
And thus started Fahrenheit 451. The novel, you know. Next in line to be banned. It's high time we build a mirror factory, and make nothing but mirrors for a whole year, and then take a good look at them.
Why missiles? A semi-autonomous, RC aircraft large enough that it could carry some weapons can easily be repurposed as a cruise missile. Forget about putting weapons on it, they would be mostly too lightweight to be of any use. Instead, the whole device is a weapon: GPS guidance allows it to fly itself through a series of waypoints, an inexpensive camera on the nose can be used for terminal guidance. You can update it through 3G or 4G if you really have to, and a contrast seeker/image matching routine is no problem for an Arduino or Raspberry board. Put an incendiary, homemade thermite-based warhead on it (incendiaries do, pound per pound, more damage than explosives) and what else do you need? Design it the right way and the components will be immolated in the fire.
Well, if you have good connections with the Nazi party, everything is possible. How did your untermenschexterminierung go today?
... Don't be a scientist in Italy. Really, after the sentences handed out to sismologists for not predicting the L'Aquila earthquake, it should be clear. Be a designer, a sportsman, a politician but do NOT be a scientist in Italy. Italy is not for science: it's for fashion, sports and la dolce vita. It should be enough for them. Until the economy complete collapses, of course.
Ask yourself if you can ever be free in a world where 6 people have more money than 100 million others combined?
Easy. Be one of those 6 or near enough.
What happens when your computer breaks, it can't be repaired because the parts are not manufactured anymore, and there are no replacement PCs - only tablets? Stuff doesn't last forever, you know. If you can't replace it, it's gone and you have no choice. It can happen.
Actually they got to the Moon 9 times - Apollo 8 and 10 did arrive at the Moon as did 13, which didn't get land but circled the Moon. The Saturn V was already "long in the tooth" then and plans were underway for the next-generation, finless Saturn and the more powerful Nova missile. Then the program was canceled and there was no need for gigantic kerolox rocket engines anymore. There was no pressure to retain the design, and a good lot of the designers are now dead. You would be surprised at how much stuff becomes difficult to rebuild once the know-how is lost. But of course you're a loserboy nerd who understands nothing about the "science" and "technology" you stuff your foul-smelling mouth with. Consider your face being shit upon.
Loserboy nerds never cease to amuse me with their lack of imagination. Why use a firearm, and risk being charged for reckless discharge in a populated area, when you can silently hit it with a green or - better - blue laser? It will burn the expensive camera sensor and after a couple of busted cameras the message will go through. Otherwise, the thing is remote-controlled: find the frequency and overwhelm it, or blast white noise on all channels. It will cause it to crash and, luckily, cause property damage, injuries or death for which the owner will be liable.
Why is it that the same people who are "anti-gun" walk around so often with guns themselves?
People who are "anti-gun" do not often walk with guns themselves. They hire other people - who they consider as inferior - to carry guns and protect them wherever they go so they can feel all smug and aloof. Of course, the gun-carrying people are instructed to use the maximum violence in order to insure the smugaloofness of their employers is not disturbed by the unenlightened rabble who - HORROR OF HORRORS! - works to live.