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Comment In Canada (Score 5, Interesting) 493

by Rev. DeFiLEZ (#36837930) Attached to: Can a Playground Be Too Safe?

My 3.5 year old broke her arm at the playground, and I was very proud of her. We made the whole thing, including the hospital trip all part of the fun.

It does seem that the playgrounds are becoming less fun, but I let my kid do all sorts of stupid things, so the way I see it, as an adult she'll be at an advantage over her peers.

Comment Re:No amount of security will prevent terrorism (Score 1) 457

by Rev. DeFiLEZ (#36639000) Attached to: Time To Close the Security Theater

Reinforced and 'locked' cockpit doors are things that should have naturally been implemented into design by common sense. That would be passive security that works on its own without further human intervention after fabrication and production.

See I don't see it that way.

When I was a child (~10 years old) I would fly solo to Britan (Belfast to be specific) and back every summer.

I had a "British Airways Junior Pilot Flight Log Book" that I would get filled out and signed by the Captain during my visit INTO the cockpit.

So at a time when Irish/British tensions were high with soldiers with fully automatic weapons roaming the streets and daily bomb blasts. A young child could still go inside the cockpit and have a conversation.

My children can no longer do that, which means "The terrorists have won"

Comment My Theory (Score 4, Interesting) 888

by Rev. DeFiLEZ (#30561408) Attached to: TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight

I am starting to think the airlines want this.

If government rules make it impossible to have comfortable flight, why should an airline even try to make the flight comfortable?
(fedex can ship 200 pounds of meat cheaper than american airlines)*

*might not actually be true, but I am sure some bean counter is thinking it
Hardware Hacking

Revisiting DIY HERF Guns 425

Posted by kdawson from the scrambled-not-fried dept.
An anonymous reader writes "HERF guns have previously been regarded as nothing more than an interesting project with uses ranging from at-home experiments to malicious pranks. But the deployment of 'morally gray' forms of high-tech crowd control, such as the recent use of a sound cannon against domestic protesters, along with the likely future unleashing of the pain gun on more than just 'foreign terrorists,' creates a new purpose for these relatively easily assembled devices. Could HERF guns become a new method to counter the silencing of protesters via these sophisticated attacks, or is there any other way to prevent such efficient, convenient crowd dispersal?"

Comment Re:And they wonder why..... (Score 1) 299

by Rev. DeFiLEZ (#28796895) Attached to: Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled

$2112.43 != $500

I would also expect to pay a lot more than $100 for painted rims. its $50 just to take them off, unmount tire, remount tire and back on bike.

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