CorgiShinobi Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 The procedure of "milking" itself has been associated with animals like cows and goats, thereby rendering it as a byproduct of livestock. That whole imagining of "livestock" would put women, hypothetically, in a "Milker" employment position down to that level. I'm not sure exactly what conditions the women would be in, but it would ultimately come down to dozens of women lined in rows being milked by industrial machines for X hours a week. Of course, there's another perspective. When you go into a grocery store, everything is a product of either plants or animals. You pick up some apples, lettuce, fruit juice, a steak, some eggs, cheese, and etc. When you get to the milk, if you then saw "Naturally produced by FDA certified human female" (or something) on a carton/bottle, yeah, you're going to stop in your tracks. Rather than thinking of receiving your milk from a cow off on a farm, you've got the image of some dude's mom pumping her milk into bottles. I mean, cows are cows. Women are a little more... how do I say, "different." Like, imagine what woman would actually submit themselves to that job. Personally, I don't imagine a hot babe squeezing her lactating jugs as a "milker." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Also there's the practical problem that women only lactate during/shortly after pregnancy, whereas dairy cows lactate all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 So you may have heard that US navy has got a laser weapon system up n running. They're all excited cos they managed to do it at sea and it uses the ships on-board generators. I was going to post on it other day but wanted a video. There's now a video of this test run: tbh from the description given in various articles I expected them to be test firing on something like this Not putting a few flames on a paddle boat. I'm not sure toasting the enemies marshmallows is an effective combat technique. (probably worth noting they reckon they can run several of these 15KW lasers together to make 110KW of power, so maybe that might do something more impressive) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 I guess if you could ignite the ammo/fuel or something... but then a well placed pair of mirrors set at a 45 degree angle could make this a very hazardous weapon for the person firing it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 A weapon like that would be useless against big ships anyway because it's only line-of-sight, as opposed to anti-ship missiles that can go over the horizon. Also like the army the navy is working on improving its ability to fight asymmetrical threats like piracy/terrorism, and pirates/terrorists don't tend to have destroyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 A weapon like that would be useless against big ships anyway because it's only line-of-sight, as opposed to anti-ship missiles that can go over the horizon. Also like the army the navy is working on improving its ability to fight asymmetrical threats like piracy/terrorism, and pirates/terrorists don't tend to have destroyers. It's just not the same without a red beam of light lopping off limbs and such. Lasers have let me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 A weapon like that would be useless against big ships anyway because it's only line-of-sight, as opposed to anti-ship missiles that can go over the horizon. Also like the army the navy is working on improving its ability to fight asymmetrical threats like piracy/terrorism, and pirates/terrorists don't tend to have destroyers. It's just not the same without a red beam of light lopping off limbs and such. Lasers have let me down. If anything it's scarier, whenever I'm on a boat now I'm gonna be worrying about walking into invisible laser beams that will set me on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 A weapon like that would be useless against big ships anyway because it's only line-of-sight, as opposed to anti-ship missiles that can go over the horizon. Also like the army the navy is working on improving its ability to fight asymmetrical threats like piracy/terrorism, and pirates/terrorists don't tend to have destroyers. See I think at that stage they may as well stick with the current method of sniping them. Which I think tends to be off a small ship too. Even against a small ship I hoped more than a little fire from the duel tanks but like bore a hole through the hull n sink it, or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 If anything it's scarier, whenever I'm on a boat now I'm gonna be worrying about walking into invisible laser beams that will set me on fire. Do you spend that much time on boats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I used to go sailing in a Laser II (great name huh ) Not in sea though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 That laser, to me, was never meant to take down ships. Its role is more defensive against missiles attack, like those carrier killers ones that are designed to go reeeeaaalllly damn fast. Well, if you have a laser that can take out those missiles quickly, it sort of defeats those missiles... unless there are more missiles that the laser can handle. Also maybe the laser can evolve into something that can do some serious damage to big ships... so it forces the enemy, ship, planes(!) or whatever, to stay the fuck away from the laser line of sight. Now to somehow make the laser to have any sort of decent range and start up time... I have heard of laser that can burn through inches or even feet of steel in seconds but I somehow think its at a very close range or at least too close for comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Well the lasers they have being developing with Boeing http://en.wikipedia....ki/Boeing_YAL-1 is meant for intercepting missiles n such. This one they seemed specifically testing it firing on marine targets using radar n checking the wobble of waves so I don't think they're doing the same job. Here's a video of that taking out a missile: (I'd assume it's not real time so that enemies can't realize that missiles can be shot down in seconds, or take hours) And a car (Just as impressive as the boat. I guess it gets more impressive when you realize how precise it is from way up in the sky) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 If anything it's scarier, whenever I'm on a boat now I'm gonna be worrying about walking into invisible laser beams that will set me on fire. Do you spend that much time on boats? Not since I quit rowing. But apparently they're also firing invisible lasers at our cars now. And worst of all I can't even fire off a missile without the risk of it being shot down in non-real time. How good are lasers at cutting through brick and/or double glazing? Should I shut my curtains? They're all out to get me with their invisible beams of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 How good are lasers at cutting through brick and/or double glazing? Should I shut my curtains? They're all out to get me with their invisible beams of death. I have bad news. They'll even attack your popcorn. Oh and you're not safe in hiding behind a banister either. Double glazing is a definite no-no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 How good are lasers at cutting through brick and/or double glazing? Should I shut my curtains? They're all out to get me with their invisible beams of death. I have bad news. They'll even attack your popcorn. Oh and you're not safe in hiding behind a banister either. Double glazing is a definite no-no. So many questions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Like I said, two mirrors, 45 degree angle = one very dead laser. ---->----\ ----<----/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 It dissipates in the air though. It might still be pretty beefy but all the energy it lost travelling to you will be doubled on it's way back to the person who fired the laser. Also it's focused specifically to hit you so not only will the energy dissipate into the air it'll be less focused. So it could just end up as a very bright light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Also it doesn't take into account the fact that the laser is aimed. "Hey, Dave, the target's got a couple of mirrors... make sure not to aim at the mirrors." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Sure, cover yourself in mirrors... and be a walking target, unable to be camouflage! Ready those missiles, cannons and artillery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deanb Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 On the lighter side of things: http://www.computerw...ci_researchers/ Innuendo identifying AI. Turns out it's pretty hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Innuendo identifying AI. Turns out it's pretty hard. I SO hope that was an accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Innuendo identifying AI. Turns out it's pretty hard. I SO hope that was an accident. You're going to be left pretty disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/faa-wants-your-opinion-about-commercial-space Man NASA must be pissed. Still I guess it was inevitable. Space has been used for commercial purposes for many decades now. On a final note: Sppppaaaaaccccccccccceeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) http://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-2032 This should go here. Its about Intel's new 3D chip or whatever. It has the new transistor, which can be packed really tightly compared to conventional ones. And... use less power to do so. Really great for mobile devices. Edited May 5, 2011 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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