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    Image of nutbastard 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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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
    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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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
    It's an E-Meter! It susses out the Theta levels of humans and booms. #ade651
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
    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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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
    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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    Image of Tiny Iota Tiny Iota
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq

    Still, it works better than their previous bomb detector.
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    Fractal the Meek promoted this comment Edited by Tiny Iota at 11/04/09 10:35 AM Tiny Iota was starred Tiny Iota was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek 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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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq

    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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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/04/09 10:22 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
    Amateurs
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/27/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics
    This computer understands that channel locks are not mean to be used on thumbs, right? #ar
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/27/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics
    does it berate you when you inadvertently fuck something up? #ar
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    Image of valkilmerisawful 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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    Image of NightInfinity NightInfinity
    10/27/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics
    I saw some video where BMW(I think) was showing this tech off. Very cool. #ar
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    Image of fuchikoma 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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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    10/27/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics
    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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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    10/27/09

    @CoHPhasor: ps,.. Since when was ease-of-use part of Military TM's anyway? ;-p #ar
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    Image of Barry99705 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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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    10/29/09

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

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

    In reply to Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics
    I would love to see a video of this in action #ar
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    Image of Wrathernaut Wrathernaut
    10/27/09

    @jakebathman: Was the second paragraph (with video link) not available when you wrote this? #ar
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    Image of jakebathman 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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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/14/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    But who fixes/protects the robots?
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    Image of TryAgain TryAgain
    10/14/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    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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