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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    Why don't the bullets have tiny processors (obviously extremely resistant to heat and explosive force) with built in accelerometers that readjust bullet angle (with the aforementioned tiny fins or what have you) in relation to the speed (y for gravity and x for wind resistence/other forces) and starting firing angle? That way the aerodynamics will redirect the bullet along the original target line.


    Makes sense to me.

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    Image of Mark Tran Mark Tran
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    who knew that the us navy employed ninjas... i thought only the us army employed american ninjas.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/16/09

    @Mark Tran: The Navy doesn't employ American Ninjas. They employ shapeshifting, sub-aquatic, mer-ninjas.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    What would you do with a drunken sailor?

    What would you do with a drunken sailor?

    What would you do with a drunken sailor,

    Early in the mornin'.


    Shoot 'em in the face with an EXACTO rifle.

    Shoot 'em in the face with an EXACTO rifle.

    Shoot 'em in the face with an EXACTO rifle,

    Early in the mornin'

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    How about a rail gun? I don't think weather is going to affect a projectile going 7 times the speed of sound from a mile away.
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    Image of Révolution Révolution
    04/16/09

    @ripfire: Yeah. The exploding railgun will affect it though.

    [img][upload.wikimedia.org]]
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04/16/09

    @Révolution: You do realize that the "bullet" in that picture is 7lbs right? I'm thinking more of something in a smaller scale comparable to a 7.62.
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    Image of mocax mocax
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    why don't they just pour boiling oil on the pirates as they're climbing up the ropes/ladders?


    cheaper too.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    04/16/09

    @mocax: B/c something like this could happen?
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    Image of leonardlow leonardlow
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    Because pirates are the bad guys... right? I'm not so sure now... [www.boingboing.net]
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/16/09

    @leonardlow: While they're trying to make a living, they are ultimately responsible for the condition of their own country.


    What I love is hearing that US Seals killing pirates is escalation, and that they are going to be meaner to us in the future. Like we actually did something wrong by defending our own people.

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    Image of sinister6000 sinister6000
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    "The Pentagon has been working on the .50 caliber EXACTO for about a year already..."

    Sounds like someone watched Wanted.
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    04/16/09

    @sinister6000: Yeah, the sniper will just end up cutting his thumb open with it right as he is finishing a badass new death-star model...
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    Image of SirFenwick SirFenwick
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Pentagon's EXACTO Rifle Will Be Able to Take Out Pirates A Mile Away
    I don't understand why the Navy just doesn't sink those Pirates. Arg!
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    Image of The Magnificen7 The Magnificen7
    04/16/09

    @SirFenwick: With hostages onboard? Good plan.
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    04/16/09

    @The Magnificen7: No, doofus, nuke their speed boats.
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    Image of hhumbert hhumbert
    04/16/09

    @bpapa9013 - Is now an ego maniac thanks to his new star ->: Tactical Nukes, FTW!
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    Image of Joe Joe
    04/16/09

    @SirFenwick: They use boats that look like fishing boats or regular commuter boats. Most freighters can't tell that they are pirates until it's too late. Killing innocent fisher men because you "think" they are pirates is bad PR.
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    Image of Dillinger23 Dillinger23
    04/16/09

    @Vroomtrap: Well there should be a safe distance rule, IE if you are a fisherman stay 200 yds or more away, if you get closer we blast you in half.
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    Image of Marcus Marcus
    04/16/09

    @dillinger23: Gimme a ping, Visily.
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    Image of OMG! Bacon! OMG! Bacon!
    04/16/09

    @hhumbert: *Nuclear Launch Detected*
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    04/16/09

    @Marcus:
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    04/16/09

    @phoenix27: Find the "Ghost"! Bring an overlord or Observer in!


    @SirFenwick: @bpapa9013 - Is now an ego maniac thanks to his new star ->: Un-provoked attacks in territorial waters is not good precedent.

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    Image of ephdel ephdel
    03/17/09

    In reply to There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town
    i can meet you half way: when i was a kid my dad gave me his old pellet rifle. i'd drop old fashioned matches (non-safety or strike-anywhere or whatever they are called) down the barrel and shoot those. when they hit their target their flare up for a second. i could light our BBQ from 50 paces!
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/17/09

    @ephdel: Neat. Incendiary rounds!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/17/09

    In reply to There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town
    Better watch out Black Bart-B-Q. I'm a gunnin' for you!
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    Image of vshank vshank
    03/17/09

    In reply to There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town
    I got one of these in my stocking at Christmas. It's awesome to pull out to lite a smoke.


    It would have been very helpful in college for the 4' water pipe to have an extra 14" to get to the chamber.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/17/09

    @vshank: You couldn't reach the bowl on a 4 footer? Try an 8 footer (incidentally I have schematics/build list) for an excellent disposable 8 footer that you can build for ~$15...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    03/17/09

    In reply to There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town
    If you carry this particular "14.5-inch implement" into a bar in your pocket, you will have the ladies asking for more than a light.
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    Image of Toshie Toshie
    03/17/09

    @Curves: But, but, but... I thought size didn't matter?!!
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    Image of Curves Curves
    03/17/09

    @Toshie: For overall use and performance, size doesnt matter, but the ladies may want to take a look at that "14.5" implement" just for the freak show shock value of it, then they will run away to a safe distance since you could poke your eye out on one of those.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/17/09

    @Curves: And once the initial shock is over you know they're going to want to touch and play with it...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    03/17/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Lol, not me. Its like climbing Mt Everest; You may want to do it once in your life, but after that, do you really want to climb it every day even if you have Sherpas to haul your ass up there? (I dont, thnx.)
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    Image of SynMonger SynMonger
    03/17/09

    In reply to There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town
    Uhh, barbecuing and grilling are two different things. One is slow cooking and takes hours resulting in delicious pork and beef. The other is quick and results in decent steak, burgers, brats and hot dogs.


    Seems the makers of this product can't even be bothered to tell the difference. Everyone I know that does actual barbecue wouldn't bother with something stupid like this to light coals. Oh, wait, nevermind they use propane since it's easier to get even heating over a longer period of time and use wood chips for flavor.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/17/09

    @SynMonger: And you're completely ass backwards on the gas/charcoal thing.


    Real barbecuing/smoking is done over low heat for a long time, being that the heat is so low means precise control of the temp isn't necessary. And I've never seen a person competing in a barbecue contest use gas...


    Gas on the other hand is quick, even heat, perfect for grilling.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/17/09

    In reply to There's a New BBQ Sheriff In Town
    "By the time the night is through, you've both had your heart broken and seen what human bone looks like when exposed to air. $10."


    For $10, I have another "bone" to expose...

    Aargh, to early in the morning.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/17/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: too
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    Image of ChibaCityCowboy ChibaCityCowboy
    01/30/09

    In reply to US Soldier Explains Why He Uses a Rifle Stock to Shoot Photographs
    Years ago I saw some footage taken from a reporter's camera who had wound up recording his own death. I don't think he was using a rifle stock mounted camera, but in the hot zone, and in a US uniform, I don't think it would make that much difference safety-wise.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    01/31/09

    @ChibaCityCowboy:
    Ernie Pyle is the war photographer whose last photo is of his dead body, shortly after he got killed by a Japanese machine-gunner during WWII, but there's another similar instance that happened more recently. In 2006, independant documentarist Brad Will was filming footage of the violent armed conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico when he was shot and killed. The video reportedly shows two armed gunmen in the distance, and right after one or both of them fire shots the camera was dropped. The belief is that Will actually filmed the shot that killed him. Both of these stories only show half of the story, and it's not the same half. One shows just the dead body after the fact, and the other shows just the killing act.
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    Image of Steeplebomb Steeplebomb
    01/31/09

    @Purple Dave:

    wow. morbid.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    01/31/09

    @Steeplebomb:
    Yeah, in a way. But if you actually look at Pyle's photo, you can't really tell that he's not just sleeping or unconscious. There's supposed to be a bit of visible blood coming out of his mouth, but it's a B&W photo that was shot over 60 years ago. The image quality isn't exactly the greatest. And with the video, you can't actually tell _why_ the camera was dropped unless someone tells you.


    And when you get right down to it, neither of these men was taking a walk through the park. Both were trying to document the real horrors that take place very far away from our mostly-secure little corner of the world (in the entire last century, Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and the Unabombing are the only three comparable acts of violence that I can think of that have been perpetrated on US soil).

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