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Comment Re:Also there is simply a weight consideration (Score 1) 782

With a loop sling and 10 minutes to make those shots. I was never able to make expert (wasn't good @ off-hand and the 2nd magazine of rapid fire), but I could still do 10/10 at the 500 and have time to spare.

Slightly different in a high-stress combat situation w/ no ear plugs, a full combat load of gear, trying to pay attention to your team leader's orders, etc. Even on the "move-and-shoot" target ranges, with all the running around and non-optimal firing positions you weren't hitting things consistently at those ranges.

Comment Re:I abstain (Score 1) 794

That has nothing to do with whether the US has an official language...various groups have been trying for years to have a law passed (or an amendment to the Constitution) that makes English the official language of the US. Obviously they have not been successful to date. I doubt they ever will, since politicians would never pass it as it would hurt their image in the minds of non-English speaking constituents, not to mention all the idiots who would cry racism at such a move.

Comment Re:Disneyland (Score 1) 144

We went last summer and in one of the Animal Kingdom locations they had a Pocahontas character come out for picture time...Pocahontas was rather endowed and kept coming close to having a wardrobe malfunction, but she caught it every time...for once i didn't mind waiting in the long line for the photos...

Comment Re:I'm puzzled (Score 2, Interesting) 384

#3 and #6...At least here in Virginia, we have this annual joke of a requirement called the car inspection, where supposedly every year they go over your car and make sure it is road-worthy. In actuality, it creates guaranteed income for the all the mechanic shops who care more about charging you to replace wipers and cracked light housing than fixing real problems. I had a car that got hit for 3 of the running lights being out, yet they didn't say a word about all oil leaking from the pressure sensor (I would go through a quart a day at least). My current car passed w/ a broken engine mount, a broken linkage to the sway arm as well as the sway arm itself being bent. But I they tried to tell me the brake pads needed to be replaced until I pointed out I had replaced the pads myself the day before.

Compared to what I learned on a trip to Germany: annual inspections are not a joke and will cost you a lot of money if you don't regularly maintain your car.

Comment Re:Only link that matters (Score 3, Insightful) 191

Just IMHO, I think it would make a lot more sense if they had simply used an attractive girl wearing a t-shirt/jeans or a sweater or something in a regular candid shot - maybe even doing the typical "myspace I'm taking a picture of myself" pose.

Based on who friended 'her' and the kind of information 'she' was able to obtain, I'd say the choice of photo worked pretty damn well.

Comment Re:holy shit! (Score 1) 145

Really? So Android has no bugs/exploits in it? The various phone vendors that add their own code to the Android base also didn't introduce any bugs/exploits? And let me guess, the linux kernel has never had an exploit fixed?

ALL software has this problem. Open Source means it is much easier to bring them to light instead of depending on a proprietary vendor's announcement. Open Source does not mean the software doesn't have bugs/exploits.

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Cheap Incubator Backpack Could Reduce Infant Deaths 76

Boy Wunda writes "In just one six-month period in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2006, 96 newborn babies who were in need of medical care died before they could get help. In many developing nations, these deaths could be prevented simply by providing better ways for medical responders to transport infants properly over rough terrain and keep them alive until they can reach hospitals and clinics. Now, a group of Colorado State University seniors has designed and filed a patent for a medically equipped incubator backpack unit that they believe can reduce baby deaths in medical emergencies both in the United States and in newly industrialized nations."

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