As of the idiot at WIRED... Look a the name... How can you say that he doesn't have an axe to grind? It's probably a pseudonym for that express purpose!
You can google DCISE for yourself, or take your chances following an embedded link on slashdot...
Actually.....
Recent history shows he doesn't have to resign early to affect his succession. If you were watching in 2005 you would know that Pope John Paul II did exactly that and basically put him (the current Pope) into office as his hand-picked successor. Look at nearly any picture of the previous Pope in the last few years of his life and you're see the the man who became Benidict XVI in the same frame.
Not like this is any big scandal. - It's totally natural to be concerned about who takes over when you leave.
AND, leaders (religious, political or even corporate) selecting others who are like minded is called "Organizational Consistency" and is not a ""bad word"" in most places.
It took 6 impacts before the material failed- Just like a walnut that you hit with a hammer to get at the food; the first hit might be absorbed, but even if you're not swinging brittle shell material will develop cracks and eventually the shell will collapse into tiny bits allowing you access to what's inside.
In this case, "what's inside" are the internal parts of the weapon, and having access to them is not what you want.
My IT industry friends are the most well armed guys I know.
All of the high-stress areas are also in the UPPER receiver. If the upper receiver, chamber, barrel, bolt-face, cam-lock, and main spring are all from "typically manufactured" steel and aluminum parts, then using this weapon is not any more dangerous than firing a mass-produced AR. - Just less reliable.
It's a shame that NOBODY in those companies has figured that out yet.
We've known for 40 years what comes from Mars and shakes the earth...
It's the "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator".
Marvin has been searching for YEARS for that darned thing; ever since Buggs was able to get it away from him. Let's hope that he's not looking at the news today.
That said... It's not a relevant issue here. Manning is not a war hero. He is a traitor.
Ever since then, I was wondering why Japanese scientist weren't worried about Fuji. - Now I know: They ARE worried.
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come to think of it... the "good ole days" weren't ACTUALLY that good... 15Mb to my house makes the world seem like a better place, if you ask me.
Somebody ought to cross ball point pens with coat hangers so that the pens will multiply instead of disappear.
