Toadfish Monastery

[Warning: Animal cruelty ahead]
You can buy one of those mid-high power lasers and shoot the bug down...

Why does the number of teaspoons one has always decrease over time?

The teaspoon goblins sneak in at night and eat them.

Well, if it is silver spoons  then air quality (the lack of it) may play a role

Same reason socks lose their pairs...

No - socks are devoured by the washing machine.  Teaspoons are eaten by teaspoon goblins.

Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on September 04, 2012, 05:03:05 PM
[Warning: Animal cruelty ahead]
You can buy one of those mid-high power lasers and shoot the bug down...

Now to find a way to attach them to my frikkin' sharks.

Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on September 04, 2012, 05:03:05 PM
[Warning: Animal cruelty ahead]
You can buy one of those mid-high power lasers and shoot the bug down...

That thing is frighteningly low-cost, for something with the potential to blind someone from miles away...

... I remember a gross-number of years ago, where an airline nearly crashed on take-off, because some *#^)^ kid was shining a laser pointer into the cockpit windows...

... meh.   Too easy for stupid people to get at, IMO.

But I'd love to have one nonetheless-- I could play with the laser bounce array the Apollo astronauts left on the moon (for example)-- all you need is a good laser (like the above), and an electronic timer-switch to time the laser's trip to the moon and back.  From there, you can calculate the exact distance (at that moment) betwixt you and the moon (it varies quite a bit, due to orbital wobble, or so I'm told...quite a bit, as measured by feet that is).

Alternatively, once you establish a proper baseline?  You could also use it as an altimeter...

... seriously, it would work relatively well, as such things go.   Kinda Rube Goldberg, though.

Just a few days ago a youngster over here tried to escape arrest by using a laser pointer on the policeman laying the hand on him. Although the plot failed, the officer had to go to the hospital. By the time it hit the news it was not clear whether his eyes got permanently damaged.

I'm always terrified of those torches and light bulbs that come with instructions not to ever look directly at the light source. I get an impelling desire to disobey which is really difficult to fight. (Like the desire to stand up in a hushed theatre audience and shout^&'~#!!!***%$ !!)

Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on September 05, 2012, 11:00:06 PMToo easy for stupid people to get at, IMO.

The same applies for automatic weapons I'm afraid... 

Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on September 06, 2012, 04:45:51 AM

Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on September 05, 2012, 11:00:06 PMToo easy for stupid people to get at, IMO.

The same applies for automatic weapons I'm afraid... 

Here in the US, it's rather difficult to obtain weapons of the automatic variety-- sure, you can, but you need special licenses and all that--usually one per weapon, non-transferable, etc.

Semiauto weapons, on the other hand, are dirt-simple to get, pretty much anywhere.

But stupid people will do what they do best-- unfortunately, they all too often do it to someone else first...

... meh.

Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on September 06, 2012, 05:20:45 AM

Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on September 06, 2012, 04:45:51 AM

Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on September 05, 2012, 11:00:06 PMToo easy for stupid people to get at, IMO.

The same applies for automatic weapons I'm afraid... 

Here in the US, it's rather difficult to obtain weapons of the automatic variety-- sure, you can, but you need special licenses and all that--usually one per weapon, non-transferable, etc.

Legally, that is.

Quote from: Aggie on September 06, 2012, 07:42:33 AM
Legally, that is.

Well... if you want to nit-pick.



I agree:  enforce the gun laws we already have on the books, and that right there would eliminate the majority of the problem.

But the politicos want to keep slashing the budget so they can give still more benefits to the already-rich.

... after all--these people can afford to hire private armies*... right?  So they likely don't care all that much either way [about guns].



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The thing is that getting a semi-auto is relatively easy and converting it to fully auto is quite easy.
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As with lasers, the overwhelming majority of users aren't out there causing mayhem with them, but it only takes one pointing at a plane, or worse, to the public of a completely full movie theater.