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by Uncluttered
2011-03-28 09:25pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Will the close-quarter blade ever go out of fashion?
Replies: 59
Views: 6569

Re: Will the close-quarter blade ever go out of fashion?

That being said, from that premise i would conclude that it might never get out of fashion simply because it'll always be able to fulfill the role it currently does. There are two ways i see this could change: -People have such effective body armor that it'll be useless. However, it would have to c...
by Uncluttered
2011-03-28 09:07pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Ghost Rider Disappearance Discussion
Replies: 116
Views: 79395

Re: Ghost Rider Disappearance Discussion

How long do you have to be missing to be listed on the NYC.Gov website?

I checked here
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/missi ... _man.shtml

He should be listed, but he's not. I wonder if the sight is even maintained?
by Uncluttered
2011-01-14 06:36pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

No, it's pointing out that they're not a bunch of ignorant peasants, in addition to the bandwidth issue Who argued that position? Sounds like you are off to see the wizard with that one. Big assumption. My point was, just because the GWOT isn't RAR PANZER WAR, doesn't mean that war between nation-s...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-13 09:28pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

:shock: I meant something more along the lines of the equivalent of the filling of a small pistol bullet exploding inside a paper bag duck taped onto the main frame or something. Yes. like a squib, or an explosive bolt. I was worried that the phrase "small explosive" would unleash an aval...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-13 07:03pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

I guess you should be used to the idea that your ideas are worthless, then. Your ideas will be judged on their merit, or lack of, and nobody gives a fuck about your self diagnosed edginess. Nobody gives a fuck about your unpleasent internet tough guy persona. But is it not worse for public opinion ...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-13 06:15pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

News flash, Iraqi insurgents were able to tap into UAV feeds. So, is this an argument against encryption? Because those feeds were not encrypted. Besides, the next 100 years aren't going to be spent fighting illiterate peasants, there might actually be opponents who are competent (in EW). Even with...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-13 05:49pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

News flash. I am a sociopath. Perhaps I should have made it clear earlier on I guess but I figured everyone knew already. In topics about weapons systems, this isn't a problem. (Like say: child rearing.) But, this isn't DOOM. Real war is frequently counter-insurgency. There are "rules" to...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-13 05:34pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

@Uncluttered How do you propose "hard-coded" IFF works ? As in what target attributes would it use to determine whether it is friendly or not ? Best bet would be to use "Is this object wearing a radio beacon that pings in the designated code sequence? If so, it is not a target. Is th...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-13 05:08pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

And I don't see anything particularly bad with the logic that each army should rather have 1000 enemy children die than lose one of their own soldiers. Wow purple. I never thought to put you into the sociopath camp. I am truly dissapointed. Say hello to Norade for me. OK. Lets do this from a Kissin...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-11 11:04pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

And this wouldn't be problematic against an opponent with some competance in electronic warfare because...? Because the opponent would have to physically tamper with the roms in the robot to turn this off. Or the insurgent would have to crack the IFF encryption, on the battlefield. It's not foolpro...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-11 08:45pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.
Replies: 153
Views: 18129

Re: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.

I disagree. We shouldn't be trying to poke too close, we should be trying to talk. While we should be ready to defend ourself, we should be more concerned with not having to in the first place and crashing something of ours into something of theirs is not a good way to go about that. In theory, our...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-11 04:24pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.
Replies: 153
Views: 18129

Re: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.

I have some news.

3 Hours ago, by secret vote, the G20 has agreed to allow the use of nuclear weapons in space for defense of humanity.
We're working to get this formalized into a new treaty.
by Uncluttered
2011-01-11 04:17pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.
Replies: 153
Views: 18129

Re: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.

A probe? Well what do you want it to do? We could stick something on a missile and send it straight up. Jam every sensor and transmitter we can fit in the thing, and put it on a direct ballistic course for the object. Gravity shunting to get it into a stable orbit would take too long, but a hard bu...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-11 11:31am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.
Replies: 153
Views: 18129

Re: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.

If they are refugees, we can always open a dialog. The problem is we haven't attempted a communication yet. They currently hold the high ground, and POTUS doesn't want to piss them off. We don't know how they would react, because they are frankly, Aliens. POTUS wants us to get a few replacements for...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-09 09:44pm
Forum: Hall of Memory
Topic: Dennis Mullan / Ghost Rider
Replies: 73
Views: 172539

Re: ATTENTION EVERYONE! Re: Ghost Rider

Don't cabs have identification numbers? I mean, I don't think we are going to sit here and come up with something that someone hasn't already checked, but you never know. And yeah, lets get the quote of the week/header changed please. Can you tell us the name and address of the Hotel? The hotels ca...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-09 12:45pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

-Again, let's say our Powered Armor guy runs faster than normal due to the "powered" systems. Then makes a turn. What about traction? Any estimate on the speed limits to avoid slipping and having the enemy laugh at you? You can probably get a good estimate by comparing NFL players with co...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-07 12:59pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Latest Pentagon cuts and cancellations
Replies: 32
Views: 4003

Re: Latest Pentagon cuts and cancellations

Years back, I won a contract to design a fix for the horrible exhaust systems of the ELV. The thing was a pig, and I can't say I blame them for tossing it into the bin.
by Uncluttered
2011-01-05 02:44pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Making my grandparents self sufficient
Replies: 5
Views: 1071

Re: Making my grandparents self sufficient

All that, and I'd throw in some aquaponics.

You can also raise mushrooms in 5 gallon buckets. They eat boiled newspaper and boiled books. Finally, something Rush Limbaugh can contribute something constructive to.
by Uncluttered
2011-01-05 02:41pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: nuclear reprocessing
Replies: 10
Views: 1355

Re: nuclear reprocessing

Any idea what this technique is and what byproducts it produces? Usually, reprocessing leads to the problem of some extremely bad stuff having to be stored somewhere save for the next trillion years or so... Usually the "Bad" stuff has shorter half lives, requiring storage for only a few ...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-04 06:09pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: protecting the earth (government vs)
Replies: 71
Views: 4097

Re: protecting the earth (government vs)

I think you guys are focusing too much on game mechanics. It looks rather myopic. @Stark: Next thing you know, you're is going to say XCom could never defend the earth, because they can only move in 45 degree angles, allow only 12 soldiers, and have to take turns. @Bakustra: This isn't a cargo cult....
by Uncluttered
2011-01-04 04:01pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

Hope this isn't too far off topic, but wouldn't something like this, assuming they could indeed enter normal buildings, be of great use and interest to guys like FBI Agents or SWAT? They don't normally have to worry much about heavy-duty military weapons, and while I'm sure the suit would be expens...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-04 12:13pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.
Replies: 153
Views: 18129

Re: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.

Well, this is interesting. A radio host has just accused the POTUS of being an extra terrestrial spy. I don't know where he finds the time, or the giant antenna for that matter, to communicate with the mother ship. , What we've got is big. Big in mass, and, if I'm reading General Bolden's reports pr...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-03 07:05pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

Studies have been done on that kind of thing;i n general weapons that make more noise are feared more then ones that make less but not much can be concluded past that. So a tank being simply big with a big engine, damn loud cannon and tracks which cannot help but be noisy ought to scare people more...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-03 02:32pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Powered armour combat
Replies: 70
Views: 5735

Re: Powered armour combat

You design a significant number of your combat robots to look exactly like a human in power armor. You also program them to imitate human mannerisms, as long as it doesn't interfere with their jobs. Just like how modern officers don't go around with huge fancy hats near the frontline anymore, you m...
by Uncluttered
2011-01-03 09:29am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.
Replies: 153
Views: 18129

Re: RAR. Aliens? have been detected. You must advise POTUS.

Sir, Its a harvester for anti-matter. That's why they're near Saturn, they need the rings to harvest it, its why they're there and not at say, Jupiter. This thing wasn't meant for us at all, we're just the seagulls flying around the oil rig, what they really want is to harvest antimatter. Charles W...