Current Events August 2017: A Song of Tweets and Fire

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bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

Dead Reckoning posted:

I've had recruiters calling me lately. I told one that, if he could get me a flight school slot, I'd sign up. Why not.

poo poo if I could get a guaranteed pilot slot I'd give it some serious thought.

And then I'd get awacs and promptly take a radio in the tub with me.

# ? Aug 7, 2017 23:29

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ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

TBeats posted:

https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/894605274274811906

This rules.

That is god drat awesome. I hope they get some mad cash out of those retards.

# ? Aug 7, 2017 23:38

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Bolow posted:

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Socrates was bitching about whatever the loving ancient greek equivalent of millennials were over 2,000 years ago

# ? Aug 7, 2017 23:40

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Oh I just see a future murder-suicide couple from the Golden Gate. They are loving with tremendously rich people in a very public way.

# ? Aug 7, 2017 23:43

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

ElMaligno posted:

naw your generation grew too old and now is irrelevant

There just aren't as many of us as there were boomers and are millenials. Boomers didn't gently caress as much as their parents and gen x is making more babies because condoms are hard.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 00:28

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

C.M. Kruger posted:

weed booze gambling and :krad:

fashion

# ? Aug 8, 2017 00:41

Mr. Mambold: Feb 13, 2011; Aha. Nice post.

Doc Hawkins posted:

I know rats can be trained to detect landmines by smell (and also, supposedly, to detect certain diseases in blood samples). I bet they could clamber over a pile of suitcases pretty good.

Rats are cutting edge because they're smart and so lightweight, they don't set off typical landmines. Plus, at the end of the day, they're fuckin rats!

# ? Aug 8, 2017 01:19

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

https://twitter.com/Independent/status/894652153696067584

Kissinger needs more blood sacrifices to stay alive

# ? Aug 8, 2017 02:00

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/Independent/status/894652153696067584

Kissinger needs more blood sacrifices to stay alive

How is this loving ghoul considered a serious voice in politics?

# ? Aug 8, 2017 02:07

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Stultus Maximus posted:

How is this loving ghoul considered a serious voice in politics?

have you heard about who the president of the united states is

# ? Aug 8, 2017 02:11

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Hmm yes the destruction of a radical empire will lead to the creation of a radical empire I see

# ? Aug 8, 2017 02:22

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

# ? Aug 8, 2017 02:35

Richard Bong: Dec 11, 2008

I understand the power vacuum he's talking about, but I feel like the "Iranian Empire" is more than a hop skip and jump away from what we have going on now.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 02:41

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

There's a problem with the Army's new pistol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7si_VQsGA

Whoops.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 03:23

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

facialimpediment posted:

There's a problem with the Army's new pistol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7si_VQsGA

Whoops.

Oh come on, how is anyone going to be hurt from a discharge when they drop a gun in such a way that it falls so that it's pointed directly at their face?

# ? Aug 8, 2017 03:35

Arcella: Dec 16, 2013; Shiny and Chrome

facialimpediment posted:

There's a problem with the Army's new pistol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7si_VQsGA

Whoops.

Aren't there plenty of pistols already which don't do this?

# ? Aug 8, 2017 03:41

Ceiling fan: Dec 26, 2003; I really like ceilings.; Dead Man’s Band

Here's something else that the military will make nowhere nearly as awesome as it should be.

quote:

WASHINGTON (AP) � The Pentagon has sent new guidance to the armed services that lays out the military�s authority to disable or shoot down any drone that violates airspace restrictions over a U.S. base and is deemed a security risk.

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told Pentagon reporters Monday that a classified policy was approved in July. On Friday, additional public information was sent to military bases around the country so officials can alert their communities about the restrictions and the actions the military can take.

He said the new policy provides details about the actions the military can take to stop any threat, including destroying or seizing any unmanned aircraft � including the smaller ones that the general public can easily buy � that is flown over a base.

�The increase of commercial and private drones in the U.S. has raised our concerns with regards to safety and security of our installations,� Davis said. �Protecting our force remains a top priority, and that�s why DoD issued this very specific but classified policy, developed with the FAA and our inter-agency partners, that details how DoD personnel may counter the unmanned aircraft threat.�

He said that the actions taken by military officials at the bases to address a threat posed by a drone could include �incapacitating or destroying them. And they could also be seized as well for part of investigations.�

Davis said the military has always had the authority to defend the bases and troops, �but this I think makes it a little more solidified with what we�re able to do, and it�s been completely coordinated with the FAA.�

He said part of the effort to release the new guidance was to insure that commanders distribute information to the communities surrounding their bases so that the public knows what could happen if someone flies a drone over a military installation.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 03:41

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Bring back shotguns to the MAs and MPs!

# ? Aug 8, 2017 03:48

Woodchip: Mar 28, 2010

Pole, ten foot
Net, fishing.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 03:58

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

current event: the Amazon video app on the PS3 can suck a fat dick

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:17

Radical 90s Wizard: Aug 5, 2008; ~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~

Train anti-drone eagles like the french did

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:18

Cugel the Clever: Apr 5, 2009; I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Smiling Jack posted:

current event: the Amazon video app on the PS3 can suck a fat dick

Found your problem.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:19

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

facialimpediment posted:

There's a problem with the Army's new pistol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7si_VQsGA

Whoops.

The part that gets me the most is where he outlines what the current drop tests are. It's like those tests are designed to not cause a problem. Yeah any firing like that can be unsafe but if I had to take my chances with one I can be pretty sure it would be the situation where the round goes right into the dirt over the one that wasn't tested where the round is going up at an angle.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:20

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

facialimpediment posted:

There's a problem with the Army's new pistol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7si_VQsGA

Whoops.

Would still use over the lovely 92FS I was issued.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:26

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

Cugel the Clever posted:

Found your problem.

Listen I bought that thing in December 2013 and it's got a few years left in it ok

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:28

Richard Bong: Dec 11, 2008

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Train anti-drone eagles like the french did

I worry that it will just lead to some sharpened lightweight metals being put on the rotor leading edges of drones used to do something nefarious.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:29

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

are you at least using an ethernet connection on it

the wifi on ps3s are certified dogshit

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:29

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

Richard Bong posted:

I worry that it will just lead to some sharpened lightweight metals being put on the rotor leading edges of drones used to do something nefarious.

That should be a goddamn hanging offense.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:33

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

are you at least using an ethernet connection on it

the wifi on ps3s are certified dogshit

Still don't understand why in this day and age a 100 mb downlaod takes 30 minutes on PSN. App updates hurt, downloading new games is an all day affair. Blows cock.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 04:41

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Zeroisanumber posted:

That should be a goddamn hanging offense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M41aZX5ijVM

# ? Aug 8, 2017 05:03

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

are you at least using an ethernet connection on it

the wifi on ps3s are certified dogshit

no it's pretty clearly a software error

# ? Aug 8, 2017 05:21

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

I miss that orchestra warm up sound the PS3 made when you turned it on.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 05:27

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

tastefully arranged labia posted:

Still don't understand why in this day and age a 100 mb downlaod takes 30 minutes on PSN. App updates hurt, downloading new games is an all day affair. Blows cock.

How long was PSN down a couple years back? Three months or so?

I don't really give a poo poo about games anymore, but even with dsl I can pull down a decent size game over xbox live in an hour or so, and not have to worry as much about my personal information being compromised. Or xbox live taking a multi-day poo poo. Then again, you get what you pay for.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 05:30

Mustang: Jun 18, 2006; “We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”

Weird, I download full games like BF4 or whatever on PSN in less than an hour, and BF games are loving huge

# ? Aug 8, 2017 05:48

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

tastefully arranged labia posted:

Still don't understand why in this day and age a 100 mb downlaod takes 30 minutes on PSN. App updates hurt, downloading new games is an all day affair. Blows cock.

my ps4 downloads poo poo at like 80mb/sec

# ? Aug 8, 2017 06:01

Blind Rasputin: Nov 25, 2002; Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

PS4 download speeds aside. NK talking some pretty big game about nuking the US if we act militarily in any way. Also they will not back down on their testing whatsoever. Whats the spread on this thing actually happening? I just bought a new place in the PNW and would like to see summer temperatures stay where they are.

# ? Aug 8, 2017 06:13