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Comment Re:just unlock my phone damnit. (Score 1) 298

I don't mean as in jailbreaking, I mean as in unlocking my SIM card when the contract is fulfilled like every other phone (ever) allows. I could handle the lack of jailbreaking (since I'm switching to a different phone, the Nokia N900, specifically to have a better hack environment). I just want to be able to give my iPhone to a friend on a different network. Once the contract is fulfilled I've paid AT&T back for their investment in the phone. Not unlocking the SIM at this point is just greed.

I already left AT&T due to the jailbreaking issue. This is different. And snide reply is snide.

Comment Re:Effect on humans? (Score 1) 464

Also, when you quote something, don't just quote the parts that you can twist around to back up your argument. The protocol also says "It is prohibited to employ laser weapons specifically designed, as their sole combat function or as one of their combat functions [italics mine], to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision..."

Wow. You really are a special case. You accuse me of not quoting the whole thing, and then quote exactly the same passage that I did ... except even LESS of it!

What the hell is wrong with you?

The clause you quote is clearly designed to allow laser weapons that are designed to destroy equipment, not people

No, you've just got a comprehension problem. The protocol is designed to stop the development/distribution of weapons whose intended use is to induce blindness. If blindness is an unintended byproduct (or, as the convention puts it, an "incidental or collateral effect of the legitimate military employment of laser systems"), then the weapon isn't prohibited.

You're talking from a position of ignorance, as someone who's never had to deal with weaponry or with the Geneva Conventions. We saw the same sort of idiocy back when the US was accused of violating the ban on chemical weapons because they were using white phosphorous in Iraq. It's just ignorant, egotistical civilians spouting off on topics they've never researched and know nothing about.

As a matter of fact, though, I just noticed that you are the same ... "individual" who was having comprehension problems in a different discussion I was engaged in. Once again - if you can't even parse a dictionary entry, I certainly don't expect you to understand the Geneva Conventions. I'm bowing out of this "conversation", too.

Comment Re:Might not punch through, but... (Score 1) 388

Even if the building still topples on them? I dunno. This company needs to demonstrate its effectiveness in less abstract scenarios than the one pictured in that video; it needs to show that the solution isn't just trading one form of catastrophe for another. It needs to demonstrate it with real car bombs against real buildings, not once but repeatedly in several variations. Otherwise all it has is good marketing but bad science.

Comment 10,000 database? (Score 0) 374

Extremely small sampling of the millions of "PC's" it probably only includes Windoze registered computers. There are plenty of people that hide behind VM's anyways no way to tell (maybe wrong here) what their using. Sorry if this redundant, just saw the post above mine.

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