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This showed up at the SIU airport today, please excuse the lovely ipad quality: 
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grover posted:We don't get UK4 here. Please post a link to the clip once it airs, though! It's not up yet but when it is it'll appear here: http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/ you'll probably need a UK proxy to view it though.
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Sep 13, 2013 20:53
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I didn't make the cut, hopefully they'll include me in another programme. They had a harrowing piece on the al-Baida massacre instead.
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Sep 13, 2013 21:14
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LAAAAAAAAAAME!
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Sep 13, 2013 22:12
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Quite awesome actually. His grand kids doing it would be meh, but when a 94 yo marine wants to give back a sword in the name of peace, you loving take it.
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Sep 13, 2013 23:50
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Sep 14, 2013 03:26
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That thing is the machine of nightmares. A nuclear powered, nuclear bomb dropping cruise missile. You think ICBM/ABM political balance are bad, think how hosed stability would get if someone deployed something like that. It would have been the first combat drone. Only it carried the (at the time) equivalent of an entire SSBN in nuclear warheads. Burning nuclear-powered laps in the sky until someone gave it the go order.
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Sep 14, 2013 04:31
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Beastie posted:This showed up at the SIU airport today, please excuse the lovely ipad quality: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale?
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Sep 14, 2013 05:43
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evil_bunnY posted:Quite awesome actually. His grand kids doing it would be meh, but when a 94 yo marine wants to give back a sword in the name of peace, you loving take it.
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Sep 14, 2013 06:08
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Richard Bong posted:Southern Illinois University at Carbondale? That's right. I guess the pilot was a 2005(?) graduate. He said he got it from St. Louis to here in 12 minutes. We're leaving class early today to watch him do a short-field take off. It's going to be awesome.
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Sep 14, 2013 14:09
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MRC48B posted:That thing is the machine of nightmares. A nuclear powered, nuclear bomb dropping cruise missile. You think ICBM/ABM political balance are bad, think how hosed stability would get if someone deployed something like that. GBS and reddit get really upset that we didn't end up having a giant nuclear holocaust gunship around for the Cold War. What do people think, that if it actually ended up being used for space travel that the nations of the earth would have banded together to fund Mars colonies?
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Sep 14, 2013 14:43
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Fallom posted:GBS and reddit get really upset that we didn't end up having a giant nuclear holocaust gunship around for the Cold War. What do people think, that if it actually ended up being used for space travel that the nations of the earth would have banded together to fund Mars colonies? I know a lot of people, including my 10 year old self, that felt that was exactly what would happen.
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Sep 14, 2013 18:04
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Beastie posted:That's right. I guess the pilot was a 2005(?) graduate. He said he got it from St. Louis to here in 12 minutes. We're leaving class early today to watch him do a short-field take off. It's going to be awesome. Well I am pretty jealous, I almost wish I didn't go to Chicago this weekend. Was he doing a cross country thing or were they in St Louis for a demo?
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Sep 14, 2013 18:13
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My professor was saying that they flew to St. Louis for a stop, burned their way here, and are now off to Wright-Patterson AFB. He climbed out of the pattern and was out of sight in about 10 seconds.  
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Sep 14, 2013 19:15
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Fallom posted:GBS and reddit get really upset that we didn't end up having a giant nuclear holocaust gunship around for the Cold War. What do people think, that if it actually ended up being used for space travel that the nations of the earth would have banded together to fund Mars colonies? In such a scenario, the most aggressive nation will triumph anyway. 
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Sep 14, 2013 20:46
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Derek Dominoe posted:In such a scenario, the most aggressive nation will triumph anyway. http://sidmeiersalphacentauri.wikia.com/wiki/Peacekeeping_Forces stupid alpha centauri wiki posted:"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last loose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master." now i'm wondering how long before this vidya game quote starts popping up on facebook next to a picture of barry obongo doing something wacky
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Sep 14, 2013 20:56
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Sep 15, 2013 00:09
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But NSA is all about free flow of information... in one direction... regardless of how hard people are trying to hide it.
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Sep 15, 2013 00:44
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Brown Moses posted:Some even have been arguing it's FAE, but that's not a theory I find particularly convincing. Can anyone explain to me in simple terms the difference between FAE and thermobaric munitions?
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Sep 15, 2013 01:03
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lewdminx posted:Can anyone explain to me in simple terms the difference between FAE and thermobaric munitions? A thermobaric weapon is any explosive that reacts with the ambient air to create a high-temperature, high-pressure explosion. A fuel-air bomb is just the easiest way of doing that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon
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Sep 15, 2013 01:08
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MRC48B posted:That thing is the machine of nightmares. A nuclear powered, nuclear bomb dropping cruise missile. You think ICBM/ABM political balance are bad, think how hosed stability would get if someone deployed something like that. Well, until someone shot it down. It would have been flying during a time when nuclear-tipped SAMs were still a thing.
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Sep 15, 2013 02:11
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Madurai posted:Well, until someone shot it down. It would have been flying during a time when nuclear-tipped SAMs were still a thing. If it detects an incomming SAM or plane it should CRANK ITS REACTOR UP TO 11 and spew out enough hard rads to fry any electronics or crew. Or just do that at all times.
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Sep 15, 2013 03:28
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Baloogan posted:If it detects an incomming SAM or plane it should CRANK ITS REACTOR UP TO 11 and spew out enough hard rads to fry any electronics or crew. Considering there would be absolutely no way to shield the reactor due to weight it would be an all time thing.
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Sep 15, 2013 03:35
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This project is the angry, glowing cock of Curtis LeMay.
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Sep 15, 2013 04:28
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hailthefish posted:A thermobaric weapon is any explosive that reacts with the ambient air to create a high-temperature, high-pressure explosion. A fuel-air bomb is just the easiest way of doing that. quote:A fuel-air explosive (FAE) device consists of a container of fuel and two separate explosive charges. After the munition is dropped or fired, the first explosive charge bursts open the container at a predetermined height and disperses the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen (the size of the cloud varies with the size of the munition). The cloud of fuel flows around objects and into structures. The second charge then detonates the cloud, creating a massive blast wave. The blast wave destroys unreinforced buildings and equipment and kills and injures people. The antipersonnel effect of the blast wave is more severe in foxholes, on people with body armor, and in enclosed spaces such as caves, buildings, and bunkers. Out of curiosity: Why? I get enclosed spaces due to pressure and percussive amplification and such, but body armor?
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Sep 15, 2013 22:37
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Out of curiosity: Why? I'd assume it has to do with the way the pressure waves act on the surface of the armor and how the body can or cannot deform to accommodate the pressure waves. But that's just a guess.
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Sep 15, 2013 22:41
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Cloth ballistic vest alters response to blast. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3339678?dopt=Citation Ballistic wounds have been and will remain the principal cause of casualties in combat. Cloth ballistic vests (CBV) play an important role in limiting critical wounds from fragments and small-arms fire. There is an increased risk of primary blast injury on the modern battlefield. In a previous study, volunteers were exposed to short-duration blast waves of low peak pressure (18.6 +/- 0.8 kPa). Pressure measurements made in the distal esophagus as an estimate of intrathoracic pressure (ITP) were significantly higher (p less than 0.05) when the standard U.S. Army ballistic jacket was worn (8.7 +/- 1.2 kPa) than when fatigues alone were worn (7.4 +/- 0.7 kPa). In this study 58 sheep were exposed to nominal blast levels of 115, 230, 295, and 420 kPa peak pressure in groups of 12, 18, 16, and 12, respectively. Half of each group was fitted with a CBV. Lung weight index (LWI), lung weight expressed as a percentage of body weight, was used as a measure of blast injury. Use of the CBV was associated with a significant increase in LWI (p less than 0.05) which averaged 21% for the two middle exposure groups. At the 420 kPa level, two of six non-CBV animals died as opposed to five of six animals wearing the CBV. Intrathoracic pressure was generally higher in the CBV group. Likely mechanisms of injury enhancement include an increase in target surface area and an alteration of the effective loading function on the thorax. This information may be useful in the triage and treatment of casualties exposed to intense blast environments.
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Sep 15, 2013 22:43
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Them poor fuckin' sheep. 
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Sep 15, 2013 22:49
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Action Jacktion posted:NSA director modeled war room after Star Trek's Enterprise Toffile posted:
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Sep 15, 2013 22:52
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Commander Spack; set phasers to civil liberties.
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Sep 15, 2013 22:54
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What the gently caress would the director even look at? I can't imagine it's like the 'hacking' in movies with 3d virtual buildings and poo poo.
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Sep 15, 2013 23:03
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Baloogan posted:Cloth ballistic vest alters response to blast. That uses words I don't understand.
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Sep 15, 2013 23:04
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JSARSOM posted:What the gently caress would the director even look at? I can't imagine it's like the 'hacking' in movies with 3d virtual buildings and poo poo. http://hackertyper.net/
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Sep 15, 2013 23:05
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Everyone to the evil triangle table. We need to discuss emails.
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Sep 15, 2013 23:05
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JSARSOM posted:What the gently caress would the director even look at? I can't imagine it's like the 'hacking' in movies with 3d virtual buildings and poo poo. 
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Sep 15, 2013 23:12
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Kinda wanna see that photoshoped into that picture now.
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Sep 15, 2013 23:17
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Stultus Maximus posted:That uses words I don't understand. The vests squeeze you like you're popping a blood balloon.
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Sep 15, 2013 23:22
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So thats what happens when you give a bunch of nerds unlimited funds. In the 60s it got us to the moon!
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Sep 16, 2013 00:51
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Every corporate control center and meeting room I've ever seen, the higher the original building budget, the closer it looked to pretty much those pics. Well, with LCDs and plasmas instead of sunken CRTs, at least. And the exception of the heavily bolstered commander's chair.
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Snowdens Secret posted:Every corporate control center and meeting room I've ever seen, the higher the original building budget, the closer it looked to pretty much those pics. Well, with LCDs and plasmas instead of sunken CRTs, at least.
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