CNET Community Hot Topic newsletter ... Subject: Can Barnes & Noble save the bookstore? Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:25:06 -0800 (PST) From: CNET Community Hot...
.but we're trying http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810107 31 January 2012 Last updated at 11:57 ET Self-steering bullet researched by US weapons experts ...
Great article except the author fails to note that many Catholics reject the Church's social justice doctrines in favor of its abortion doctrines when voting,...
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Jim Bechtel
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Feb 1, 2012 6:09 pm
Laser-guided artillery shells date back to the 155 mm Copperhead round, first used 20 years ago in Desert Storm. It's 6 inches in diameter, to contain the...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Feb 1, 2012 6:51 pm
Scroll down and enlarge the yellow & blue chart: http://www.omaha.com/article/20120201/NEWS01/702019907#just-how-off-kilter-is-winter-12 Other stuff this...
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Reason-Omaha@yahoogro...
Feb 1, 2012 7:56 pm
Reminder from: Reason-Omaha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reason-Omaha/cal Regular Meeting Saturday February 4, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (This event...
Anyone heard of him? Sounds like someone I'd like to hear: http://www.willamette.edu/alumni/connect_online/wunews/2012/02/features/6.html Clay -- *Clay Farris...
The laser stabilization system that will keep a laser dot on the target during and after recoil will surely be expensive - probably too expensive for all but...
Great piece, Ed. It was a pleasure to read it again, a decade later. Some of the comments are just what you'd expect from the boneheaded backwoodsmen of the...
Goodness gracious. I have heard the NAVY is working on rail guns that will allow it to cheaply strike hundreds of miles inland without using expensive cruise...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Feb 2, 2012 3:28 pm
Wouldn't the guy aiming the laser be located elsewhere, as in many other systems? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision-guided_munition#Laser-guided_weapons ...
Yeah you could do things like have a drone with a laser system be flying above then have long range artillery bombard from a distance. This makes snipers even...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Feb 2, 2012 3:33 pm
'...civilisations starting out from the oldest stars in our galaxy would have had epochs of time to reach us by now." I don't know if the recent...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Feb 2, 2012 4:20 pm
You described the Copperhead (Desert Storm) artillery system. ... From: ntraughpee To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:31 AM ...
Unfortunately, our own military could use a few thousand as well. According to the military's own estimates, 1 in 3 women are raped during their military...
http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2012/02/11440/male-and-female-behavior-deconstructed Male and Female Behavior Deconstructed UCSF Team Uncovers Genes Influenced by Sex...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120202093836.htm Men Behaving Nicely: Selfless Acts by Men Increase When Attractive Women Are Nearby ScienceDaily...
If the aiming gear is separate from the gun, seems to me it would take it out of the realm of the sniper/platoon soldier(and terrorist) and most covert...
If you've seen the movie "Fifth Element" you might recall the "recall" feature of Zorg's gun: the first bullet marked the target, then all bullets after that...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Feb 3, 2012 3:14 pm
The very interesting movie "Jarhead" was all about a sniper team in Iraq. They are two-man teams: a spotter with binoculars & communication link, and the...
I think you're right Jim; I would expect the spotter to light up the target with the laser with some type of laser built into their binoculars. I've always...
The reason for a spotter is that he can see what happens. The shooter is occupied with firing the rifle, the spotter concentrates on seeing where the bullet...
As you are probably already aware, our weather is forecasted to take a turn for the worse tonight, putting us under a winter storm watch through 12am Sunday,...
With Darwin Day approaching, Science Odyssey this Saturday morning features two sides of the contemporary religious reaction to Charles Darwin the man and his...
Here in Lubbock Texas we also have a weather warning to pass along. The high will only get up to 62 degrees and the UV index will be high do to severely clear...
