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Humphreys posted:drat, that brought back memories of playing Pass the Pigs as a kid. "Makin' Bacon" 
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I love the laser arrests. Only absolutely lovely stupid people would shine a laser at an aircraft. It's not something you can really do accidentally, it's not something fun or innocent that a few assholes ruined. It's entirely stupid jerks that get a huge shock that not only is the stupid thing they're doing a serious crime, but people will loving launch a chopper and a coordinated search to nail you. I love it.
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Nov 29, 2016 22:56
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They also probably think nobody can possibly find them. Until they do.
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Nov 29, 2016 23:23
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Hah! I totally got that aircraft with my laser. Now to keep doing it for an hour straight, giving authorities ample time to track me down.
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Nov 29, 2016 23:27
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LASERs give you all the information you need to trace the source. You know which point of the Earth’s surface the plane is over, and you know its orientation. Install cameras, have a computer do some trigonometry, and It’s like a gunfire locator, but simpler.
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Rolo posted:I'm a pilot and I've seen lasers from the cockpit while still thankfully flying high.
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Baronjutter posted:I love the laser arrests. Only absolutely lovely stupid people would shine a laser at an aircraft. It's not something you can really do accidentally, it's not something fun or innocent that a few assholes ruined. It's entirely stupid jerks that get a huge shock that not only is the stupid thing they're doing a serious crime, but people will loving launch a chopper and a coordinated search to nail you. I love it. 
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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:If you're flying high you're a danger to your passengers and should probably hand over to the co-pilot. You're right hold on a sec...
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Rolo posted:You're right hold on a sec... Wait are you posting while flying while high? You're a monster!
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Nov 30, 2016 00:21
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This is my favorite category of schadenfreude, the old "Well what did they think would happen?"
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Nov 30, 2016 00:30
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Some schadenfreude on Australia, because Simon Birmingham is a moron.
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Nov 30, 2016 00:43
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Senator Simon Birmingham posted:I don't want to denigrate Kazakhstan, or indeed their artistic skills with movies like Borat(...) Nope, nope, nope, I cannot believe this is real. I can't. I won't and I can't.
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Nov 30, 2016 01:58
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Are there headlines in Kazakhstan like "we've pulled ahead of Australia!"?
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Ariong posted:Nope, nope, nope, I cannot believe this is real. I can't. I won't and I can't.
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Nov 30, 2016 02:06
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Gasmask posted:is someone shining a laser pointer on that football guy? 
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Nov 30, 2016 02:11
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loving hell, to be that person. Work your rear end off with limited resources to be one of the best in the world and they play a parody anthem, and you know it's a parody on the podium with your hand on your heart...
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Nov 30, 2016 02:40
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I'm going to bet heavily that he thinks paying teachers more is a terrible idea.
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Nov 30, 2016 03:22
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Perestroika posted:That reminds me of the demonstrations in Egypt during the Arab spring. Any military helicopters that got close got lit the gently caress up. Dude, you gotta post the animated ones.  
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Nov 30, 2016 03:42
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Gorilla Salad posted:Dude, you gotta post the animated ones. This was amazing to see because its when I realized that you might be able to thwart air attacks as a protesting population (re: second amendment wouldn't work in USA with only small arms)
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Outrail posted:I'm going to bet heavily that he thinks paying teachers more is a terrible idea. "Throwing money at schools isn't the solution."
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KoRMaK posted:This was amazing to see because its when I realized that you might be able to thwart air attacks as a protesting population (re: second amendment wouldn't work in USA with only small arms) What? All those lasers aren't going to do a single damned thing about a stick of 500-lb bombs. That they weren't firing on that crowd was because they didn't want to pay the political costs of firing on that crowd, not because the crowd had laser pointers.
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Phanatic posted:What?
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Nov 30, 2016 05:28
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KoRMaK posted:That's correct, but still the lasers help gently caress up the vision sensors and targeting systems don't they? Can't shoot what you can't see Shoot at the bright lights?
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Nov 30, 2016 05:30
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KoRMaK posted:That's correct, but still the lasers help gently caress up the vision sensors and targeting systems don't they? Can't shoot what you can't see The one weird trick rebels HATE! LASERs are by nature monochromatic light sources. It’s really easy to block them while letting whatever frequencies you’re interested in through. Platystemon has a new favorite as of 06:11 on Nov 30, 2016 |
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Nov 30, 2016 05:32
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KoRMaK posted:That's correct, but still the lasers help gently caress up the vision sensors and targeting systems don't they? Can't shoot what you can't see Not for actual hardened military aircraft. If you can think of the problem, they probably already solved it.
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Platystemon posted:The one weird trick rebels HATE! oh 
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Oh come now. Did you really think bright flashlights would stop a military vehicle. Now if they all had plasma rifles in the 40 watt range...
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Nov 30, 2016 05:48
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Well I, for one, am shocked that a glorified flashlight I got for $3 on alibaba can't defeat $50mil worth of military technology.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Oh come now. Did you really think bright flashlights would stop a military vehicle. Now if they all had plasma rifles in the 40 watt range... Imagine if they all had one of THESE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzUoe-9bKa0
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Nov 30, 2016 07:48
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A helicopter pilot friend of mine can confirm the LASER causing poo poo - he started as a regular rich-guy transporter, then somehow got into some bait program with Sydney's Police. He would fly around and get lit up, Every night new people arrested.
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Nov 30, 2016 11:21
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The other thing about lasers is they show up way fuckin' better on a camera's chip than they do in human eyes.
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Nov 30, 2016 11:51
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KoRMaK posted:That's correct, but still the lasers help gently caress up the vision sensors and targeting systems don't they? Can't shoot what you can't see An idiot pointing his laser pointer at a helicopter is providing a pretty handy targeting device pointing at his stupid rear end.
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Nov 30, 2016 12:17
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Humphreys posted:A helicopter pilot friend of mine can confirm the LASER causing poo poo - he started as a regular rich-guy transporter, then somehow got into some bait program with Sydney's Police. He would fly around and get lit up, Every night new people arrested. I don't know whether to laugh that these people are dumb enough to own themselves like this, or sigh because it's a prevalent enough problem to warrant bait choppers 
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Those idiots were what forced us to institute a "no students touch the laser pointer, ever" rule for the night labs I used to TA for. You can tell them to not point it in the sky if they see moving lights up there, but inevitably they try and go for it the second they think you aren't looking. They somehow think "we'll be gone before they ever find us" or "we'll just all blame someone different they can't arrest all of us" is a good excuse.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Those idiots were what forced us to institute a "no students touch the laser pointer, ever" rule for the night labs I used to TA for. You can tell them to not point it in the sky if they see moving lights up there, but inevitably they try and go for it the second they think you aren't looking. They somehow think "we'll be gone before they ever find us" or "we'll just all blame someone different they can't arrest all of us" is a good excuse. Surprise!
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Aerdan posted:An idiot pointing his laser pointer at a helicopter is providing a pretty handy targeting device pointing at his stupid rear end. So.....Laser drones?
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Ak Gara posted:So.....Laser drones? The US, and all other major nations, likes to use FLIR on all their offensive aircraft. Something tells me that your visible light weapon won't be that effective.
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