Comment Re:False Positives? (Score 1) 364
There goes Don Rickles' web presence...
There goes Don Rickles' web presence...
Two great tastes that burn great together!
Yes, this product seems useless to me. The only way I'd consider it is if it had a "dimmer" function or better yet: 5mW output if the interlock isn't engaged.
I once tried to purchase a 50mW laser from them, only to have an empty case arrive with a customs notice attached. It was confiscated on the way from China. The only good thing was they refunded my money after offering to try shipping it again. Great, now I'm probably on someone's "kook list."
Later, I bought the 50mW model from optotronics.com which ships domestically. They have a better reputation, and mine was tested as 57mW output at the factory. Very, very nice pointer which I hardly use now.
Yes, the novelty factor does wear off, but it still finds use as a cat toy - with old alkaline batteries to keep it dim. Even so, "Da Bird" is much better, since cats appreciate a simulated wounded parakeet flying around the apartment!
That sort of thing is less likely to happen with a workshop 30W cutting tool laser, even though it is far more powerful.
As I understand it, CO2 lasers are far-infrared around 10,000nm. They don't penetrate as well and are more likely to cause damage to the cornea than the retina. Near-infrared (800-1000nm) from a typical diode laser is more hazardous in that way, despite being a much lower power output. It goes straight to the retina.
KJI has been using it for years!
If I were running for office, my temptation would be to hire someone to make the most annoying and newsworthy robocalls for my opponents.
Mwahahahahaaa! I remember an occasion where I took a two liter 7-Up bottle that was three-quarters full, and refilled it with Night Train. Everyone liked it until I told them what it was. I called it a Wino Cooler.
I've had good and bad barley wine, but going over 20% sounds excessive to me. It may as well be carbonated whisky!
It wouldn't surprise me if someone comes up with a continuous process for ice distilling that isn't labor intensive. It probably already exists somewhere in industry and is waiting to be adapted.
Subspecies?
And here I thought it simply felt good when it stopped.
"You heard of yin-yang?"
We'll see things like bank pens with animation; the battery would just be another flexible plastic layer.
Very interesting! Until now I've been heating my pan on the stove on medium-high where it starts to smoke, and cooking about five minutes per side. I take it the preheating keeps the pan from cracking when put on a high burner?
(It's not good cooking if it doesn't set off the smoke detector!)
I have to say it: I always wanted night vision like Jackie Chan in that movie—hopefully with some kind of safety so it can't be used (easily) without the headlights on. Heh heh.
Just wanted to point out that you are saying "unless we are evenly matched, I will win." I am sorry but that is absurd. If you have twice the units he does, you SHOULD win. If you both have a the same sized stack it should be more random.
In real life and in Civ the answer to a big army is
There are only a few times in history where a significantly outnumbered force won. They are the extremely rare exception. In almost all cases they either had vastly better training or equipment (both easily reflected in the game). The other two possibilities were better leadership and better terrain. These are reflected in the game but to a much lower extent, your Wall+Hill+River tile bonus does help quite a bit though.
Not to mention an operator worth his salt will slam the threat button if anything looks remotely like a weapon, and the bag will be searched.
Well, yeah. That’s the main idea. Anything looking remotely suspicious triggers a search, so even if it doesn’t look perfectly like the real thing they’d have to check it to make sure.
However, I’m still not convinced that hollow coins would look suspicious.
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