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Postby Immoren » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:28 am

Replevion wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:Here's vodka and sake. Beer makes me nauseous.


Do you know good sake from bad sake?


Only sake I've tasted tasted like a mix of cheap white wine and vodka.
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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:30 am

https://hacked.com/hacking-drones-close ... king-team/

Why can't we have nice things anymore

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Postby The Serbian Empire » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:33 am

Talvezout wrote:https://hacked.com/hacking-drones-close-drawn-boeing-hacking-team/

Why can't we have nice things anymore

I bet terrorists will exploit the drones.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:35 am

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Replevion wrote:
Do you know good sake from bad sake?

I heard the good stuff smells different.

So the answer is no.

The good stuff is not nearly as sweet, much drier, with a lighter fruit taste, not sugary syrup
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Talvezout
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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:35 am

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Talvezout wrote:https://hacked.com/hacking-drones-close-drawn-boeing-hacking-team/

Why can't we have nice things anymore

I bet terrorists will exploit the drones.


They probably are.

Heck, there's probably somebody out there thinking of doing that right now.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:37 am

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Talvezout wrote:https://hacked.com/hacking-drones-close-drawn-boeing-hacking-team/

Why can't we have nice things anymore

I bet terrorists will exploit the drones.

Everyone else does, so your probably right. When the technology becomes cheaper for the good guys, it becomes much cheaper for the bad folks as well.
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Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:43 am

Talvezout wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:I bet terrorists will exploit the drones.


They probably are.

Heck, there's probably somebody out there thinking of doing that right now.

I have thought of 36 terrorist plots involving this technology right now. It's a piece of cake.

Make that 37...
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:43 am

Talvezout wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:I bet terrorists will exploit the drones.


They probably are.

Heck, there's probably somebody out there thinking of doing that right now.

Drones were a bad idea in the first place. This is why.
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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:44 am

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:
Talvezout wrote:
They probably are.

Heck, there's probably somebody out there thinking of doing that right now.

I have thought of 36 terrorist plots involving this technology right now. It's a piece of cake.

Make that 37...


Whew bam.

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Talvezout wrote:
They probably are.

Heck, there's probably somebody out there thinking of doing that right now.

Drones were a bad idea in the first place. This is why.


To be fair, they are basically glorified RC helicopters.

Or at least the little miniature ones.

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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:49 am

This one is involved in plots 25 through 32.
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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:51 am

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:This one is involved in plots 25 through 32.


You scare and awe me at the same time.

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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:52 am

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Talvezout wrote:
They probably are.

Heck, there's probably somebody out there thinking of doing that right now.

Drones were a bad idea in the first place. This is why.

Rc planes have been around for more than 60 years. As a kid We use to rig them with firecrackers, to drop, who knew how far ahead of our time we were.
The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

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Postby The Serbian Empire » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:54 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:Drones were a bad idea in the first place. This is why.

Rc planes have been around for more than 60 years. As a kid We use to rig them with firecrackers, to drop, who knew how far ahead of our time we were.

I remember a mission in GTA: San Andreas with using RC helicopters for dropping small explosives all over the place. The mission? New Model Army.
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:56 am

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Rc planes have been around for more than 60 years. As a kid We use to rig them with firecrackers, to drop, who knew how far ahead of our time we were.

I remember a mission in GTA: San Andreas with using RC helicopters for dropping small explosives all over the place. The mission? New Model Army.

That is a lot of historical knowledge for a game about gang violence.

Talvezout wrote:
Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:This one is involved in plots 25 through 32.


You scare and awe me at the same time.

I have this effect. Although, it's mostly because people don't trust me with modern equipment. "Put down the power saw, James. You'll hurt someone"
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:58 am

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:I remember a mission in GTA: San Andreas with using RC helicopters for dropping small explosives all over the place. The mission? New Model Army.

That is a lot of historical knowledge for a game about gang violence.

To be frank, CJ was hired by a nerdy guy who wanted his RC shop to be more successful than a guy named Berkley's.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:59 am

The post-work alcoholic beverage is a good friend.
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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:00 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:Drones were a bad idea in the first place. This is why.

Rc planes have been around for more than 60 years. As a kid We use to rig them with firecrackers, to drop, who knew how far ahead of our time we were.


If you want to get technical, they already had something like drones back in the 40s, except that they were balloons and you couldn't control them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_balloon

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Postby Katyuscha » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:01 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:The post-work alcoholic beverage is a good friend.

Where do you work that you get off so early
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:03 am

Talvezout wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Rc planes have been around for more than 60 years. As a kid We use to rig them with firecrackers, to drop, who knew how far ahead of our time we were.


If you want to get technical, they already had something like drones back in the 40s, except that they were balloons and you couldn't control them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_balloon

I knew this information would come on handy some day.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:03 am

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Rc planes have been around for more than 60 years. As a kid We use to rig them with firecrackers, to drop, who knew how far ahead of our time we were.

I remember a mission in GTA: San Andreas with using RC helicopters for dropping small explosives all over the place. The mission? New Model Army.

Attacking Cromwell, in gta?
The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 



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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:04 am

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:
Talvezout wrote:
If you want to get technical, they already had something like drones back in the 40s, except that they were balloons and you couldn't control them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_balloon

I knew this information would come on handy some day.


Sad thing is, it actually worked.

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Postby Dyakovo » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:07 am

Katyuscha wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:The post-work alcoholic beverage is a good friend.

Where do you work that you get off so early

It isn't early. She's in the UK.

Edit: fucking autocorrect
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:07 am

Talvezout wrote:
Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:I knew this information would come on handy some day.


Sad thing is, it actually worked.

'Course it did. That's fine engineering right there. It was genius. I'm half-sad they never actually implemented it. Better for the pigeons, though.
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Postby Immoren » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:09 am

I thought it would take 1-3 days for ALKO to deliver the ordered products, but apparently it takes 1-3 weeks. Should've checked this before. <.<
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discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there

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Postby Talvezout » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:09 am

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:
Talvezout wrote:
Sad thing is, it actually worked.

'Course it did. That's fine engineering right there. It was genius. I'm half-sad they never actually implemented it. Better for the pigeons, though.


Indeed.

I like to imagine some grizzled pigeon out there telling the little pigeons that he could have been a fighter someday or something.

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