Are you sure the Russians invented the ICBM? I thought that was you guys. You and your second-hand Nazis, who were so much better than the Russian second-hand Nazis.

Russians didn't invent the ICBM

The ICBM was totally our thing, man. The Soviets just liked to parade them around the streets a lot more.

Wikipedia says the R-7 was the world's first ICBM. Would Wikipedia lie to you?

ZAZ: Wikipedia says the R-7 was the world's first ICBM. Would Wikipedia lie to you?

First successful flight of the R-7 beats the Atlas flight.

GAT_00: ZAZ: Wikipedia says the R-7 was the world's first ICBM. Would Wikipedia lie to you?

First successful flight of the R-7 beats the Atlas flight.

Also, it was operational first.

sinschild: I would love to be sitting on a jury for someone on trial for perforating them at range.

I always wonder why we don't hear more about them getting shot. It has to be happening, right?

sinschild

Wikipedia says "Atlas became operational as an ICBM in October 1959" and The first [R-7] strategic-missile unit became operational on 9 February 1959. Do you have a better source?

violentsalvation

www.thenewspaper.com has a roundup of the week's media-reported vandalism of speed cameras every Sunday.

ZAZ: violentsalvation

www.thenewspaper.com has a roundup of the week's media-reported vandalism of speed cameras every Sunday.

Awesome.

ZAZ: sinschild

Wikipedia says "Atlas became operational as an ICBM in October 1959" and The first [R-7] strategic-missile unit became operational on 9 February 1959. Do you have a better source?

I still don't consider the ICBM to have been invented by Russia. The Germans were the ones developing it and they were coming close with the A9/A10. The Russians did win the race to get theirs in the air first. But I think we are just arguing semantics.

brantgoose: Are you sure the Russians invented the ICBM? I thought that was you guys. You and your second-hand Nazis, who were so much better than the Russian second-hand Nazis.


Done in one.

sinschild: Perhaps we could combine the derail with the OP's subject and advocate nuking them from orbit?

Orbit is a bit much.

sinschild: violentsalvation: sinschild: Perhaps we could combine the derail with the OP's subject and advocate nuking them from orbit?

Orbit is a bit much.

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Davy Crockett strikes again. Although that does not appear to be a recoiless launcher. Perhaps it is the 280mm experimental they tried? Great photo though.

M65 atomic cannon (new window) The youtube videos of it are awesome. Operation Upshot-Knothole sounds dirty.

ultraholland: On the highway speed limits mean jack shiat to me. I'm an excellent driver who can track what's going on around me better than Skynet's latest model. I've never been hit by a speed camera and would be royally pissed if these started showing up.

You're going too fast. slow down.

Awesome, I drive about 5 over the limit and usher the bunnies through.
/Police dogs love to chase the bunnies

sinschild: So much for that whole " Right to face your accuser" thing.

OK, this is the second thread today where I've seen somebody make this argument, and I'm still not buying it. I'd like to know... what do you think should happen if somebody breaks into a warehouse and robs the place while nobody's there, but gets caught on the security camera? They should just walk, because a cop wasn't there to catch them in the act?

Assuming you'll say they shouldn't... what makes this any different than that? Camera catches you breaking the law, cop reviews it, cop sends you a ticket.

serial_crusher: sinschild: So much for that whole " Right to face your accuser" thing.

OK, this is the second thread today where I've seen somebody make this argument, and I'm still not buying it. I'd like to know... what do you think should happen if somebody breaks into a warehouse and robs the place while nobody's there, but gets caught on the security camera? They should just walk, because a cop wasn't there to catch them in the act?

Assuming you'll say they shouldn't... what makes this any different than that? Camera catches you breaking the law, cop reviews it, cop sends you a ticket.

Are you putting cameras in the warehouse simply to boost your revenue? That wouldn't work would it? Comparison does not fit.

violentsalvation: Are you putting cameras in the warehouse simply to boost your revenue? That wouldn't work would it? Comparison does not fit.

Well, if I had reason to believe that people were frequently robbing the place, yes I'd look to recuperate some of those losses, and I guess you could choose to interpret that as "boosting revenue".

But that's aside the point. Saying it's a money grab is a separate argument from saying that a camera somehow stops people from facing their accusers.

"Cordon works automatically without human will," says Ilya Barsky from Simicon. "The main feature is to provide an image of the car and the speed of the car at very high accuracy. There is no other photo-capture system that measures plus or minus one MPH."

I wonder how you'd go about scrambling something like this....maybe reflective tape to blur the camera?

lostcat: All it would take is three months in which all citizens obey traffic and parking laws to avoid violations. City Hall would be broke and forced to begin lay-offs.

Yeah, but having to obey traffic and parking laws violates my rights somehow.

This can be easily defeated in the US:

Ahem, I will demonstrate:

"Don't vote for this guy! He wants to put in commu-ruskie inventions like simicons, stealing away your rights for the reds! Any vote for simicon is a vote of your freedom away!"