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nutbastard
11/04/09

In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
hey guess who ends up paying for these things?

b-de-b-de-b-de that's us, folks. #ade651
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daveNYC
11/04/09

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Crap, I remember seeing a very similar looking gadget, with an identical list of BS claims about its funtionality on 60 Minutes over a decade ago. It was being sold to gullible hick police departments in the states. #ade651
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
11/04/09

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It's an E-Meter! It susses out the Theta levels of humans and booms. #ade651
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Xeno
11/04/09

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This is basically a electronic dowsing rod. It works only by random chance. People just choose to forget about all the times it is wrong because they want to believe it works. #ade651
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Daveinva
11/04/09

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Wow, this is the same crap they tried to sell years ago as the DKL Lifeguard.

[skepdic.com]

I remember when Tom Clancy included the DKL in the novel "Rainbow Six." It was like, "Coooool, you can detect heartbeats through walls!" He, of course, was taken in by the fraud.

And that was over TEN YEARS ago.

Man, this makes me want to sell the Iraqis magic beans. #ade651
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Tiny Iota
11/04/09

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Still, it works better than their previous bomb detector.
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Fractal the Meek
11/04/09

@Tiny Iota: "Is this a bomb?" *shake shake*
Ask again later.
*shake shake*
Concentrate and ask again.
*shake shake*
Cannot predict now.
...dammit. Hey, wait, where are you going? Come back! #ade651
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Kaiser-Machead
11/04/09

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I'm sure they can make up the difference by reselling them as ecto-repellant, or even an E-meter. I'm sure Cruise would be happy to roam about his estate searching for thetans.
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FriarNurgle
11/04/09

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Amateurs
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Lizard_King
10/27/09

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This computer understands that channel locks are not mean to be used on thumbs, right? #ar
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nutbastard
10/27/09

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does it berate you when you inadvertently fuck something up? #ar
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valkilmerisawful
10/27/09

@nutbastard: Yup. If you do everything right, you have a virtual romantic evening with a hott e-lady-of-the-night. If you screw up, you get the same virtual romance holodeck experience except your virtual pee pee cannot get an e-rection, and you are virtually humiliated. And then when you try to explain it to her, she just laughs at you for telling a pair of glasses that you've just had too much wine. #ar
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NightInfinity
10/27/09

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I saw some video where BMW(I think) was showing this tech off. Very cool. #ar
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fuchikoma
10/27/09

@NightInfinity: Yes, that was a concept video, but I'm very happy to hear that it's been put to real life application at last. I think this is one of the better immediate uses for AR tech.

As something like an engine is assembled in a relatively standard way, it should be easy for the software to recognize parts, and what it is looking at - I also think it would be pretty easy to slap a sticker with a glyph onto parts to ID them and give a little orientation data to a system like this if needed. #ar
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CoHPhasor
10/27/09

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Problem is that mechanics need their hands to be able to go in tight spots.
Hell, what happens when you slip trying to loosen/tighten something and break it? "Guess I'm not fixing this today!" . How about how easy it'll be to smuggle these to the enemy? lol! #ar
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CoHPhasor
10/27/09

@CoHPhasor: ps,.. Since when was ease-of-use part of Military TM's anyway? ;-p #ar
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Barry99705
10/27/09

@CoHPhasor: They're written at an eight grade English level. How much easier can you get? Though you have a point, half the shit I used to have to fix on aircraft way never in a good place to stick your hands. You usually ended up doing it by feel, then using an inspection mirror to see if you did it right. That's the problem with engineers, they don't have to work on the stuff they draw up on paper. Yes, my aircraft was designed on paper, not computers..... #ar
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CoHPhasor
10/29/09

@Barry99705: "Yes, my aircraft was designed on paper, not computers....."

.... O,O lies! #ar
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jakebathman
10/27/09

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I would love to see a video of this in action #ar
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Wrathernaut
10/27/09

@jakebathman: Was the second paragraph (with video link) not available when you wrote this? #ar
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jakebathman
10/27/09

@Wrathernaut: @Redrum4breakfast: @OfficerMike: @Bryan Tucker: Sorry all, I COMPLETELY missed that link. I must have been a bit distracted last night. #ar
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SigmundTheSeaMonster
10/14/09

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But who fixes/protects the robots?
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TryAgain
10/14/09

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The greatest thing about the Jedi story is that Tesco (the store in question) have really gotten into it, saying

"Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood."

and most tellingly

"If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."

I personally can't wait to see if they have a "No Droids" rule.
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