Raimundus posted:

Did he lose part of his eyebrow, there?

It's a shame he had those tattoos to begin with.

utada posted:

I think since the tattoo went though his eyebrow, they had to shave it off and now that they've lasered the area, the hair won't grow back.

Lovie Unsmith posted:

beato posted:

He's turned his life around now and is currently studying at Greendale Community College.

quote:

Q. There were 42 images added to this edition of the book. Tell me about your favorites.

A. [...] In the New York subway, the robbery picture you see in the book, that was made on the No. 1 train from 72nd Street to Times Square. That picture was made during the week, and the robber knew he had two or three minutes from the express stop between 72nd and Times Square to commit a crime.

Q. This is the much-talked-about photo, on Page 91, with a man in a red jacket holding a gun up to someone's head . . .

A. New York magazine called me, and they were doing a story on a series of subway undercover detectives, who dressed themselves and behaved in certain ways to entice muggers.

And one detective was dressed as a rabbi with a beard, and he wore a gold chain. Of course, rabbis don't wear chains, but the robber probably didn't know that. I volunteered, since I had been mugged previously when I was alone. . . . I volunteered to be a decoy so, I acted in such a way to get mugged. Now, I always had my camera out around my neck when I took pictures because I can't just hide the camera and then approach people. It has to be out there, in the open. I took a subway map out and pretended I was lost.

The robber came into the car, robbed the sleeping rabbi/detective -- took his chain right off his neck -- and came towards me at the end of the car. He said, "Give me that camera!" And just at that moment, I lifted my camera and photographed him. And as I photographed him, [the detective] Billie moved in with the .38 and arrested him, so it was a simultaneous thing. One frame.

Q. So what we're seeing, the gentleman in red is actually a police officer.

A. Yeah, he's an undercover. And you see, he's sitting there in the middle of the train with a boombox and dark glasses in that kind of hip-hop clothing, and the robber [thinks], "Oh, I got a brother. He's going to help me. He's not going to say anything." And that was his fatal error.

The group was disbanded after awhile because the bait was too good. Sometimes the cops looked so good, I was going to rob them myself.

Q. What happened afterward? Are there other images from the incident?

A. He was arrested, and I felt sorry for him. As soon as he robbed me, they took him out and cuffed him. They took him right off the train at 42nd Street.

Then, I felt I couldn't photograph him being arrested at that moment. I didn't feel comfortable doing that, because he was cuffed and helpless.

Philip J Fry posted:

Despite being ex-military, I'm not a huge war buff or anything but I do love me some planes.

Philip J Fry posted:

Despite being ex-military, I'm not a huge war buff or anything but I do love me some planes.

Raimundus posted:

Are there any civilian jet aircraft on the market and how do I get one?

redmercer posted:

Don't bother, I already called and they won't give you the A-10 with the gun. Not even if you're just planning to fire blanks.

Erebus posted:

From a Chicago Tribune interview with the photographer, Bruce Davidson:

Philip J Fry posted:

Despite being ex-military, I'm not a huge war buff or anything but I do love me some planes.

Dirp posted:

That's some great trigger discipline there officer.

Polaron posted:

How slow did they have to go to get an A-10, a P-51 and two high-speed jets into formation?

Dusseldorf posted:

He's actually threatening the dude with the gun. Don't you suppose to put your finger for that.

JEEVES420 posted:

You only put your finger on a trigger when you are ready to pull it. This is how accidentle shootings occur.

Jigg posted:

F16 Falcon, P51 Mustang, A10 Warthog, and F15 Eagle, yes?

Dusseldorf posted:

He looks pretty goddamn ready to pull it. What do the rules of gun safety say about holding a revolver to someone's temple?

Dusseldorf posted:

He looks pretty goddamn ready to pull it. What do the rules of gun safety say about holding a revolver to someone's temple?

DrCornelius posted:

PovRayMan posted:

I read somewhere online about old cops who are used to drawing their heavy pull revolvers readying their finger on the trigger ending up shooting themselves in the leg when the department switched over to glocks.

Livingston posted:

dreesemonkey posted:

And as for Isle of Man, those guys are absolutely insane. I struggle to think of a crazier form of motorsport, but honestly I can't think of one. Maybe a tie with Dakar.

Hazzamon posted:

I take it that revolvers don't have a safety-catch either?

Trent posted:

What the gently caress am I looking at here? A suicide? A photoshop?

Raimundus posted:

Are there any civilian jet aircraft on the market and how do I get one?

Colonel K posted:

Money, http://www.prideaircraft.com/flanker.htm

Schindler's Fist posted:

The Czech L-39 jet trainer is a popular civilian model. Since a number of pilots with little jet experience and big egos bought them and promptly converted themselves to a pink mist, you now have to have 1000 flight hours logged before you can get rated for a private miljet.

Wikipedia posted:

26 September 1986 Mihai Smighelschi, a 21-year old student of the Romanian Air Force Academy, used an L-39ZA Albatros training plane to run to Turkey and request political asylum. His plane was later recovered and onboard data recorders showed that he had flown no higher than 150 meters above ground at 700 km/h to evade radar detection. Smighelschi had less than 100 hours at the time, including high-school glider training, and less than 3 hours on the L-39ZA. Without satellite navigation or indeed any maps, he navigated a mentally recorded straight line over Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey using only ground marks and the memory of a map of Europe he had access to at the Academy. He eventually landed in Kirklareli, Turkey, on a street near a group of jeeps that seemed to have American insignia, breaking the front wheel and the nose of the plane.

sirbeefalot posted:

Nickel nanotube lattice, apparently 1/100 the weight of an equally sized block of EPS foam ("Styrofoam").



Finally, a jaunty cap to keep those fuzzies in place!

protobyss posted:

What are the applications of this lightweight lattice-work?

Sunday Punch posted:

If I correctly recall the article I read, it's highly elastic and returns to 98% of its original thickness after being crushed. So it would be suitable for shock absorption and impact protection in a wide range of applications where weight considerations are critical (eg. aerospace).

Bluff posted:

Also a super-effective insulator.

Chemistry is really cool.