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Comment Re:It is not a ballistic missile (Score 1) 189

Probably not accurate. It is likely that the booster is an existing rocket that is also used as an ICBM. ICBM now means any long-range rocket with a nuclear warhead. It is also possible to do a terminal intercept of a reentry vehicle. Just because it is in the atmosphere does not mean that it can not or should not be intercepted. It is possible to do so. You can destroy one without it having any nuclear yield or a very small yield. Depending on how high up you take it out it could be good enough. For instance if you caused a 1kt yield at 10,000 meters over a city it would not cause much harm Even if you caused a 1kt yield at 200 meters it would be a lot better than a 2MT yield over a population center.
The issue is the shorter time between warning and impact. You are going from 30 minutes to possibly less than 10. That gives no time to launch bombers or even move command to a safe location.
The US did test two hypersonic reentry vehicles in the 1960s X-23 Prime and ASSET both could have been weaponized but it would have meant smaller or fewer warheads and since at the time there were no practical means to intercept ICBMs It was not seen as a good idea since the shorter warning could make things less stable. I do not get Putin/s choices right now. The US has not updated our ICBM force or SLBM force in a long time. We are still using Minuteman IIs and D5s.
The B-52 force is not on alert and the ALCM is old. The B-2 is also not on alert and I am sure that they have people near the B-2 base that will make a call if they take off at once and all the families run like heck for the hills. Plus we have President Donald Chicken Trump that is in fear and aww of Putin and frankly just about every other world leader with a spine. Unless he is going to try to make a move on Poland or the Baltic states he has no real need to be boosting his nuclear forces.

Comment Did you vote for Obama in his second term? (Score 4, Insightful) 330

If you did you already actively gave approval for military action. Sorry but trying to pretend you are too good of a person when you already voted for a president that takes unilateral military action in nations we are not at war with. That is active consnet folks. If you say pull the trigger refusing the make the bullets is just lying to yourself.

Comment Re:Misguided Like A Japanese Rocket Launch (Score 2) 435

"HTTPS doesn't require much at all"
But it is not without cost. It takes more power if nothing else.
I think the issue is why punish sites that do not use HTTPS if they have no reason to use HTTPS?
Why do I need to use HTTPS on a website I create that is totally public, offers not login/forums, and takes no payments. Maybe a site dedicated to building Control Line airplanes?

Comment Re:one-horsepower industrial water chiller (Score 1) 165

"This is standard overclocking stuff and has been for many, many years."
No, you are wrong.
"The attempt here is to suggest that abnormally massive cooling equipment is required when that is not supported by the facts."
No, you are still wrong.
Can you config it on PCPartspicker? Can buy it on newegg?
Let's just march down the line of overclocking, shall we?
Level 1. Aftermarket air cooler like the Cooler Master 212.
Level 2. Massive aftermarket air cooler like the NH-D15
Level 3. AIO water cooler like the H100. Yes level one and two can go back and forth a bit as to which is better.
Level 4. Custom loop.
Exterme phase change coolers, active coolers, dry ice, and LN2. The cut-off point is do you get the CPU below ambient. Or even better below freezing. What you do this as a demo and don't tell anyone that it is not a product and is being massivly overclocked you are trying to pull a fast one.

Comment Re:Punish (Score 0, Troll) 87

They both have. The officer that made an error in a tense situation has lost his job. The swatter is I hope going to jail for a very long time.
What I can not understand is how so many people are so anti-police. The officer was told that this was a hostage situation and that the caller had already killed his father. They where also told that hostages where all female. A guy walks out and then reaches for the waistband of his pants. The officer thought he was going for a gun and shot. Everyone seems to want a physic perfect police force where they know that the call is fake and can react without any fear or error.
The swatter did it for money and the LOL and then bragged about it on a youtube channel.
Let me help you out here. There is this thing called intent and it does matter.

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