The Gauss Mini-Needler (it's so CUTE!) does a whopping 1d(3) pi-.
It goes through armor like nobody's business, the target getting only 1/3 the listed protection.
But 1d pi- still sucks!
Body: minimum, 1; average 1; maximum 3.
Vitals: minimum, 3; average 10; maximum 18.
Skull: minimum, 4; average 14; maximum 24.
Eye: minimum, 4; average 14; maximum 24.
Because of that armor divisor, someone needs at least 18 DR to be immune to it.
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30 June 2018
It Makes A Terrifying Amount Of Sense
Watching a video on cutting threads.
He's talking about the 60˚ angle of the cutter.
Metric threads use centigrade degrees.
Inch threads use Fahrenheit degrees.
He's talking about the 60˚ angle of the cutter.
Metric threads use centigrade degrees.
Inch threads use Fahrenheit degrees.
29 June 2018
GURPS And Underpowered Ammo
Shooting the bad buys with inadequate rounds.
The average Joe Mook is a 10 HT, 10 HP schmoe.
A .25 ACP round fired from a pocket pistol does a whopping 1d pi-. Anything what penetrates the DR gets halved.
Shooting someone in the torso deals a minimum of 1, a maximum of 3 and an average of 1.
Getting them in the vitals does a minimum of 3, a maximum of 18 and an average of 10.
Getting them in the skull adds DR2 to the Mook and makes the minimum damage 0, maximum 16 and average 6. Plus there's an extra consciousness roll for the head shot.
Going for the eye bypasses the skull DR making the minimum 4, maximum 24 and average 14.
Shot placement is everything! Also, on average, you're going to need more than one shot to kill someone.
.22LR from most any pistol does 1d+1 pi-.
On the body that's minimum 1, average 2 and maximum 3.
On the vitals it becomes minimum 6, average 13 and maximum 21.
Against the skull it's minimum 0, average 10 and maximum 20.
The eye yields minimum 8, average 18 and maximum 28.
.22LR from most any rifle does 1d+2 pi-.
On the body that's minimum 1, average 2 and maximum 4.
On the vitals it becomes minimum 9, average 16 and maximum 24.
Against the skull it's minimum 4, average 14 and maximum 24.
The eye yields minimum 12, average 22 and maximum 32.
All three rounds against something important, like the vital organs or brain, are more than capable of rendering the Mook unconscious by delivering the requisite 10 points of damage, and occasionally getting a death roll by doing 20 or more points.
Under no circumstances should any of these rounds be considered enough medicine for a T-Rex. Unless you're very patient, brought lots of ammo and have a very secure firing position.
The average Joe Mook is a 10 HT, 10 HP schmoe.
A .25 ACP round fired from a pocket pistol does a whopping 1d pi-. Anything what penetrates the DR gets halved.
Shooting someone in the torso deals a minimum of 1, a maximum of 3 and an average of 1.
Getting them in the vitals does a minimum of 3, a maximum of 18 and an average of 10.
Getting them in the skull adds DR2 to the Mook and makes the minimum damage 0, maximum 16 and average 6. Plus there's an extra consciousness roll for the head shot.
Going for the eye bypasses the skull DR making the minimum 4, maximum 24 and average 14.
Shot placement is everything! Also, on average, you're going to need more than one shot to kill someone.
.22LR from most any pistol does 1d+1 pi-.
On the body that's minimum 1, average 2 and maximum 3.
On the vitals it becomes minimum 6, average 13 and maximum 21.
Against the skull it's minimum 0, average 10 and maximum 20.
The eye yields minimum 8, average 18 and maximum 28.
.22LR from most any rifle does 1d+2 pi-.
On the body that's minimum 1, average 2 and maximum 4.
On the vitals it becomes minimum 9, average 16 and maximum 24.
Against the skull it's minimum 4, average 14 and maximum 24.
The eye yields minimum 12, average 22 and maximum 32.
All three rounds against something important, like the vital organs or brain, are more than capable of rendering the Mook unconscious by delivering the requisite 10 points of damage, and occasionally getting a death roll by doing 20 or more points.
Under no circumstances should any of these rounds be considered enough medicine for a T-Rex. Unless you're very patient, brought lots of ammo and have a very secure firing position.
Favorable Mention In Parliament
I can't bring myself to mourn the deaths of five people who worked for a newspaper in Maryland.
Maybe it's the incessant cries from such institutions wishing me dead for being... the list is long and ofttimes isn't true or even applicable.
Plus there's their hypocrisy. They're simultaneously going to call for more gun control and calling for men with guns to stand out front to guard them.
In short, fuck 'em.
Maybe it's the incessant cries from such institutions wishing me dead for being... the list is long and ofttimes isn't true or even applicable.
Plus there's their hypocrisy. They're simultaneously going to call for more gun control and calling for men with guns to stand out front to guard them.
In short, fuck 'em.
Not Being Replaced
The death of Harlan Ellison underscores something in science fiction for me.
With the current social justice warrior gatekeepers forcing authors to toe the line or publishing, awards, recognition and publicity will be withheld.
With this structure in place, that means we won't get stories which challenge or assault the established way of thinking of things...
My generation isn't going to have a Stranger In A Strange Land moment.
With the current social justice warrior gatekeepers forcing authors to toe the line or publishing, awards, recognition and publicity will be withheld.
With this structure in place, that means we won't get stories which challenge or assault the established way of thinking of things...
My generation isn't going to have a Stranger In A Strange Land moment.
28 June 2018
Best Commentary On Waiting Periods Ever
How do violent criminals keep track of all this?
oh, wait
Makarov on Arfcom
This is from the confusing mess that is waiting periods in Florida.
27 June 2018
Pop The Popcorn
Justice Kennedy is stepping down before the mid-term elections.
What will the cry be about his replacement, since appointing Gorsuch was a "violation of democratic norms to capture the judiciary"...
Violation of Democrat norms, perhaps, in that the GOP actually stood up to them.
I can't wait to see what tactics and procedures the GOP uses that had been used on them for so many decades by the Democrats and watch the liberals lose their everlovin' minds about it.
What will the cry be about his replacement, since appointing Gorsuch was a "violation of democratic norms to capture the judiciary"...
Violation of Democrat norms, perhaps, in that the GOP actually stood up to them.
I can't wait to see what tactics and procedures the GOP uses that had been used on them for so many decades by the Democrats and watch the liberals lose their everlovin' minds about it.
Beam
Found my notes... Trying to reconstruct.
Beam diameter is (0.61*[distance to target in m]*[wavelength in m]/([lens diameter in m]/2))*2
So a 1m lens firing hard x-ray beam at a target 17,000 miles away makes a 0.33m diameter spot.
A 250MJ hard X-ray laser fired from this aperture gives...
[beam power in watts]/π*([distance to target in m]*Tan([Theta]/2))^2)
Theta = 1.22*[wavelength in m]/([lens diameter in m]/2)
So... our 250mJ laser at 17k miles, firing a 1 second pulse is putting out 2851.46 MW/m2/sec
Put another way, that's dropping 250MW on a 0.33m diameter circle.
That's enough to vaporize 1.87" of steel that diameter.
In GURPS terms 17,000 miles is the 1/2D distance and the 130.97 points of damage represented by the penetration aligns with the 5dx50(2) burn damage given.
Beam diameter is (0.61*[distance to target in m]*[wavelength in m]/([lens diameter in m]/2))*2
So a 1m lens firing hard x-ray beam at a target 17,000 miles away makes a 0.33m diameter spot.
A 250MJ hard X-ray laser fired from this aperture gives...
[beam power in watts]/π*([distance to target in m]*Tan([Theta]/2))^2)
Theta = 1.22*[wavelength in m]/([lens diameter in m]/2)
So... our 250mJ laser at 17k miles, firing a 1 second pulse is putting out 2851.46 MW/m2/sec
Put another way, that's dropping 250MW on a 0.33m diameter circle.
That's enough to vaporize 1.87" of steel that diameter.
In GURPS terms 17,000 miles is the 1/2D distance and the 130.97 points of damage represented by the penetration aligns with the 5dx50(2) burn damage given.
26 June 2018
BRN-10 Update
Brownell's says that this is essentially a production gun. The gas-port area on the barrel will be slightly different and the magazine release will be changed.
Should be ready in the proverbial "two weeks"!
Should be ready in the proverbial "two weeks"!
Aperture
Back in Focus Focus Focus I discussed how the aperture size and frequency of a laser affects the range it is effective as a weapon.
The math that governs that is inflexible and clear.
Something about the rules as written is a set of lasers that gets increased range without increasing the size of the weapon or changing the frequency.
Since the size of the aperture is limited to about a meter by the scale of the turrets, how can you extend the range without increasing the size of the lens?
One avenue is to assume that at TL10-11 it becomes possible to create a phased array laser in the x-ray bands.
Another, given Traveller's insane control and manipulation of gravity could be to use gravity lensing to compress the aperture physically while making it effectively larger.
The math that governs that is inflexible and clear.
Something about the rules as written is a set of lasers that gets increased range without increasing the size of the weapon or changing the frequency.
Since the size of the aperture is limited to about a meter by the scale of the turrets, how can you extend the range without increasing the size of the lens?
One avenue is to assume that at TL10-11 it becomes possible to create a phased array laser in the x-ray bands.
Another, given Traveller's insane control and manipulation of gravity could be to use gravity lensing to compress the aperture physically while making it effectively larger.
Therm-Melt
One of the local pawn shops has a couple large boxes of Thermold magazines.
Your choice of 20 or 30 rounders.
Since these were state-of-the-art for Twilight: 2000, I had to have one for photographic purposes.
I ended up with two and a Twin-Mag coupler.
You can even flip one magazine over into "jungle" mod so you can drag the mouth of the spare magazine in the mud and crud!
A loaded Thermold is 16.6 oz. The coupler is 2.1 oz. An assembly is 2 lb. 3.3 oz. (2.2 lb. for GURPS).
One of them doesn't lock Andrea's bolt to the rear.
$15 for two magazines and a coupler, even if they don't work they still cause the right people to twitch and sweat.
Your choice of 20 or 30 rounders.
Since these were state-of-the-art for Twilight: 2000, I had to have one for photographic purposes.
I ended up with two and a Twin-Mag coupler.
You can even flip one magazine over into "jungle" mod so you can drag the mouth of the spare magazine in the mud and crud!
A loaded Thermold is 16.6 oz. The coupler is 2.1 oz. An assembly is 2 lb. 3.3 oz. (2.2 lb. for GURPS).
One of them doesn't lock Andrea's bolt to the rear.
$15 for two magazines and a coupler, even if they don't work they still cause the right people to twitch and sweat.
It's No Wonder Custer Couldn't Get Away
You wouldn't be able to escape all the angry Indians in the world if you'd been carrying 24 folding chairs, 6 large tents, five compasses...
25 June 2018
Be Quick Bring Packs
142 Years Ago:
George Armstrong Custer made two gross errors in estimation.
First, he grossly overestimated he and his men's capabilities.
Second, he grossly underestimated the size and resolve of his foe.
It's a speedbump on the expansion of the United States from Atlantic to Pacific.
George Armstrong Custer made two gross errors in estimation.
First, he grossly overestimated he and his men's capabilities.
Second, he grossly underestimated the size and resolve of his foe.
It's a speedbump on the expansion of the United States from Atlantic to Pacific.
I Don't Say Infestation
Some muscle bound bully on Twitter is going off.
I don't dehumanize illegal immigrants with the term infestation.
The phrases I've been using for decades now are "colonization" and "enclaves".
Illegal immigrants are not coming to America to be Americans, they are coming to America to remain whatever nationality they were before they came here.
They don't learn local customs. They don't obey local laws (in fact breaking the law is their very first action in America). They don't learn the local language.
Once a certain concentration of unassimilated foreigners is reached, it's an enclave. Inside an enclave there's no need to do anything that's not native to their place of origin.
When such enclaves expand with the intent of eliminating the existing culture and nation; it becomes colonization.
Enclaves do exist where there's no attempt a colonization. Waves at the Cubans in Miami!
But that's not what we're getting with the illegal immigrants from other Latin American nations, they're setting up colonies.
I don't dehumanize illegal immigrants with the term infestation.
The phrases I've been using for decades now are "colonization" and "enclaves".
Illegal immigrants are not coming to America to be Americans, they are coming to America to remain whatever nationality they were before they came here.
They don't learn local customs. They don't obey local laws (in fact breaking the law is their very first action in America). They don't learn the local language.
Once a certain concentration of unassimilated foreigners is reached, it's an enclave. Inside an enclave there's no need to do anything that's not native to their place of origin.
When such enclaves expand with the intent of eliminating the existing culture and nation; it becomes colonization.
Enclaves do exist where there's no attempt a colonization. Waves at the Cubans in Miami!
But that's not what we're getting with the illegal immigrants from other Latin American nations, they're setting up colonies.
Herr Trump ist kein Nazi!
Dear Mr Fonda,
In case you're curious about what happens to someone peacefully protesting actual National Socialists;
Die Weiße Rose.
A sure fire way to tell that you're not dealing with real Nazis is what happens when you vocally and publicly denounce them.
If you're still alive and at large and not in hiding: not Nazi.
If you're dead, imprisoned or running for your very life: Nazi.
I hope this little guide helps you from further embarrassing effluence of shit from your mouth.
In case you're curious about what happens to someone peacefully protesting actual National Socialists;
Die Weiße Rose.
A sure fire way to tell that you're not dealing with real Nazis is what happens when you vocally and publicly denounce them.
If you're still alive and at large and not in hiding: not Nazi.
If you're dead, imprisoned or running for your very life: Nazi.
I hope this little guide helps you from further embarrassing effluence of shit from your mouth.
They're Obviously Not Saying It Publicly
Dear Democrats and Liberals (brought to you by the department of redundancy department).
The reason that your "we can't separate parents from children" ploy failed is because a great many people who're opposed to illegal immigration simply don't care if those children ever see anyone they know ever again, let alone their parents.
We're damn close to shoot, shovel and shut up on the borders already; can't separate the kids from the parents simply means more shots fired and larger graves. Same silence.
The whole "illegal" portion of this is being blatantly ignored and misrepresented by the mainstream press. It's as if the modifier "illegal" is silent and meaningless to them.
I'm willing to bet that if we made re-entry after deportation a capital offense with very limited appeals we'd see a lot less of it.
I don't know why we lost the will to punish the people who break the law. (Yet there is ample will to punish people who don't.)
Never mind that, philosophically illegal entrants don't have rights like citizens, legal entrants and legal immigrants.
It's often overlooked, but we could just claim they're spys and do a summary execution right there in the desert. Remember all those congressional authorizations of war-like power right after 9/11? Those evoke several of the "in time of war" rules. Including espionage.
So, Democrats and Liberals (I repeat myself again) we're OK with killing each and every one of them regardless of age and sex. What that means is you're not going to make us feel too guilty by showing compassion for a child and locking them in a fairly comfortable detention area (even if it looks like a kennel) and putting their "parents" in an uncomfortable cell.
We compromised already by not shooting them in the desert.
The reason that your "we can't separate parents from children" ploy failed is because a great many people who're opposed to illegal immigration simply don't care if those children ever see anyone they know ever again, let alone their parents.
We're damn close to shoot, shovel and shut up on the borders already; can't separate the kids from the parents simply means more shots fired and larger graves. Same silence.
The whole "illegal" portion of this is being blatantly ignored and misrepresented by the mainstream press. It's as if the modifier "illegal" is silent and meaningless to them.
I'm willing to bet that if we made re-entry after deportation a capital offense with very limited appeals we'd see a lot less of it.
I don't know why we lost the will to punish the people who break the law. (Yet there is ample will to punish people who don't.)
Never mind that, philosophically illegal entrants don't have rights like citizens, legal entrants and legal immigrants.
It's often overlooked, but we could just claim they're spys and do a summary execution right there in the desert. Remember all those congressional authorizations of war-like power right after 9/11? Those evoke several of the "in time of war" rules. Including espionage.
So, Democrats and Liberals (I repeat myself again) we're OK with killing each and every one of them regardless of age and sex. What that means is you're not going to make us feel too guilty by showing compassion for a child and locking them in a fairly comfortable detention area (even if it looks like a kennel) and putting their "parents" in an uncomfortable cell.
We compromised already by not shooting them in the desert.
Secrets
Now that I have an active player...
I can't just post my campaign ideas to the blog!
I know he reads it.
I can't just post my campaign ideas to the blog!
I know he reads it.
24 June 2018
What Would The Czech Republic Know About Fascist Or Totalitarian Governments?
I mean what happened to them?
It's not like they got annexed and invaded by Nazis or something....
Oh, wait...
It's not like, after the Nazis were defeated, they were invaded by The Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union...
Oh, wait...
I'm sensing we might have a Czechit soon if Brussels doesn't start backing off the gun control nonsense.
It sounds like Poland is getting fed up with The EU too. And Hungary...
Interesting times.
It's not like they got annexed and invaded by Nazis or something....
Oh, wait...
It's not like, after the Nazis were defeated, they were invaded by The Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union...
Oh, wait...
I'm sensing we might have a Czechit soon if Brussels doesn't start backing off the gun control nonsense.
It sounds like Poland is getting fed up with The EU too. And Hungary...
Interesting times.
23 June 2018
Other Big Game Cartridges
Greener 8-Bore:
6d+2 pi++
Minimum damage on the body is 12. Average is 42. Maximum damage is 72 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 18, average 63 (consciousness) and maximum of 108 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 16. Average is 76 (consciousness). Maximum is 136 (1 death rolls.).
.500/450 Magnum Nitro Express:
8d pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 9. Average is 39. Maximum damage is 69 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 18, average 78 (consciousness) and maximum of 138 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 16. Average is 96 (consciousness). Maximum is 176 (2 death rolls!).
.470 Nitro Express:8d+2 pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 12. Average is 42. Maximum damage is 72 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 24, average 84 (consciousness) and maximum of 144 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 24. Average is 104 (consciousness). Maximum is 184 (2 death rolls.).
.375 H&H Magnum:
8d+2 pi
Minimum damage on the body is 8. Average is 28. Maximum damage is 48.
Against the vitals it's minimum 24, average 84 (consciousness) and maximum of 144 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 24. Average is 104 (consciousness). Maximum is 184 (2 death rolls.).
.458 Winchester Magnum:
8d pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 9. Average is 39. Maximum damage is 69.
Against the vitals it's minimum 18, average 78 (consciousness) and maximum of 138 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 16. Average is 96 (consciousness). Maximum is 176 (2 death rolls!).
.577 T-Rex (if anything works, this one should!):
5d+2x2 pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 18. Average is 55 (consciousness). Maximum damage is 93 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 36, average 110 (1 death roll) and maximum of 186 (2 death rolls!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 40. Average is 140 (1 death roll). Maximum is 240 (3 death rolls!).
.460 Weatherby Magnum:
5d+1x2 pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 15. Average is 52 (consciousness). Maximum damage is 90 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 30, average 104 (consciousness) and maximum of 180 (2 death rolls!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 32. Average is 132 (1 death roll). Maximum is 232 (3 death rolls!).
.700 Nitro is the same as .600 Nitro as far as GURPS is concerned.
.585 Nyati is the same as .577 T-Rex.
6d+2 pi++
Minimum damage on the body is 12. Average is 42. Maximum damage is 72 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 18, average 63 (consciousness) and maximum of 108 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 16. Average is 76 (consciousness). Maximum is 136 (1 death rolls.).
.500/450 Magnum Nitro Express:
8d pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 9. Average is 39. Maximum damage is 69 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 18, average 78 (consciousness) and maximum of 138 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 16. Average is 96 (consciousness). Maximum is 176 (2 death rolls!).
.470 Nitro Express:8d+2 pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 12. Average is 42. Maximum damage is 72 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 24, average 84 (consciousness) and maximum of 144 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 24. Average is 104 (consciousness). Maximum is 184 (2 death rolls.).
.375 H&H Magnum:
8d+2 pi
Minimum damage on the body is 8. Average is 28. Maximum damage is 48.
Against the vitals it's minimum 24, average 84 (consciousness) and maximum of 144 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 24. Average is 104 (consciousness). Maximum is 184 (2 death rolls.).
.458 Winchester Magnum:
8d pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 9. Average is 39. Maximum damage is 69.
Against the vitals it's minimum 18, average 78 (consciousness) and maximum of 138 (1 death roll!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 16. Average is 96 (consciousness). Maximum is 176 (2 death rolls!).
.577 T-Rex (if anything works, this one should!):
5d+2x2 pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 18. Average is 55 (consciousness). Maximum damage is 93 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 36, average 110 (1 death roll) and maximum of 186 (2 death rolls!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 40. Average is 140 (1 death roll). Maximum is 240 (3 death rolls!).
.460 Weatherby Magnum:
5d+1x2 pi+
Minimum damage on the body is 15. Average is 52 (consciousness). Maximum damage is 90 (consciousness).
Against the vitals it's minimum 30, average 104 (consciousness) and maximum of 180 (2 death rolls!).
Go for the brain! Minimum is 32. Average is 132 (1 death roll). Maximum is 232 (3 death rolls!).
.700 Nitro is the same as .600 Nitro as far as GURPS is concerned.
.585 Nyati is the same as .577 T-Rex.
Darwin Never Sleeps
Reading all these stories about a child being left alone in a hot car and dying.
Back in the stone age, we could roll down the windows by turning the handy cranks. Assuming the windows weren't already down, what with hardly any cars having AC back then.
Even so, the door handles on all but a few cars work even if there's no power; and those cars have emergency releases with pictograms to save the illiterate from Father Darwin.
Darwin is saying that if your kids are too stupid to open the door when it's getting too hot in the car, then He wants to keep them from getting old enough to breed.
He's also saying that if you're so stupid that you locked your spawn in a sun-powered oven; then a retroactive application of birth control is fine by Him.
Your going to jail for killing your kids is gravy.
Back in the stone age, we could roll down the windows by turning the handy cranks. Assuming the windows weren't already down, what with hardly any cars having AC back then.
Even so, the door handles on all but a few cars work even if there's no power; and those cars have emergency releases with pictograms to save the illiterate from Father Darwin.
Darwin is saying that if your kids are too stupid to open the door when it's getting too hot in the car, then He wants to keep them from getting old enough to breed.
He's also saying that if you're so stupid that you locked your spawn in a sun-powered oven; then a retroactive application of birth control is fine by Him.
Your going to jail for killing your kids is gravy.
Sunspot Baby
Unsupported with max-digital zoom! I managed to catch a sunspot!
With the intermittent clouds, I didn't bother getting the tripod out. That might have gotten a sharper image.
Supply Demand
If sales of firearms slumping is an indication that gun control is winning... then...
Profit?
But it ignores the record sales when the fear of a ban was in place.
It ignores that despite the market cooling somewhat, that sales are still higher than before the Obama scare(s).
So, gun control people, it would appear that your very best tactic to reduce gun sales is to stop talking or be seen to have no power to affect the gun laws.
Speaking of gun laws, remember this picture from the other day?
A convicted felon amassed that collection in California. Someone who's not supposed to be able to own a gun anywhere in the nation acquired all of that, in the state with the strictest gun control.
This is why I keep harping that gun laws only affect the law abiding, because it certainly doesn't slow down the criminals.
Profit?
But it ignores the record sales when the fear of a ban was in place.
It ignores that despite the market cooling somewhat, that sales are still higher than before the Obama scare(s).
So, gun control people, it would appear that your very best tactic to reduce gun sales is to stop talking or be seen to have no power to affect the gun laws.
Speaking of gun laws, remember this picture from the other day?
A convicted felon amassed that collection in California. Someone who's not supposed to be able to own a gun anywhere in the nation acquired all of that, in the state with the strictest gun control.
This is why I keep harping that gun laws only affect the law abiding, because it certainly doesn't slow down the criminals.
22 June 2018
I Know Why
Why would an airline allow one weight for a bag going one direction and less for the return?
Oh, there's a fuck ton of reasons why.
Prevailing winds, distance to clear mountains, etc...
If there's mountains close to the destination the plane will be lighter when it gets there, but might be too heavy to go over them on the return leg. Winds that help one direction hurt in the other.
You know something else?
It's not the airline's gorram fault.
Yes, you should have paid attention to the weight limits and that super high price for carrying your overweight bags is what we call a teaching moment. You're damn sure going to remember to check the weight restrictions both ways next time, aren't you?
It's shit like that is why you're in the penalty box blogroll, you Bombastic Idiot.
I still can't figure out why you're held in such high regard.
PS, you're damn lucky they didn't put you on a scale and charge for a second seat for the each of you. I remember family pictures from that era, and you weren't exactly small people.
Oh, there's a fuck ton of reasons why.
Prevailing winds, distance to clear mountains, etc...
If there's mountains close to the destination the plane will be lighter when it gets there, but might be too heavy to go over them on the return leg. Winds that help one direction hurt in the other.
You know something else?
It's not the airline's gorram fault.
Yes, you should have paid attention to the weight limits and that super high price for carrying your overweight bags is what we call a teaching moment. You're damn sure going to remember to check the weight restrictions both ways next time, aren't you?
It's shit like that is why you're in the penalty box blogroll, you Bombastic Idiot.
I still can't figure out why you're held in such high regard.
PS, you're damn lucky they didn't put you on a scale and charge for a second seat for the each of you. I remember family pictures from that era, and you weren't exactly small people.
Here's A Drive You Nuts Thing
The total outside volume of an M855 round is 0.1778 cu/in.
The total outside volume of the LSAT I drew from a picture is 0.2075 cu/in.
Yet it's definitely a more compact round than the conventional one.
More compact doesn't always mean less volume.
This is what we call an illustrative example.
The total outside volume of the LSAT I drew from a picture is 0.2075 cu/in.
Yet it's definitely a more compact round than the conventional one.
More compact doesn't always mean less volume.
This is what we call an illustrative example.
Roughly And In A Nutshell
Top to bottom...
Textron's 5.56 LSAT cased telescopic round.
Standard 5.56x45mm NATO.
5.56x45mm case with the bullet shoved back flush with the mouth.
5.56x45mm case with the bullet shoved back and walls extended to the mouth.
5.55x45mm case with the walls extended to cartridge overall length.
Any dimensional errors are mine! There's a few dimensions that are assumed on all the drawings I've found.
The standard round has 0.1044 cu/in of volume with the bullet in there.
Telescoped it drops to 0.0648 cu/in.
Extending the walls with the same case length doesn't change that.
Extending the case around the bullet gives 0.1069 cu/in, but the round ends up bulkier!
It doesn't seem like you're gaining much, if anything by shortening the round, huh?
Actual cased telescoped rounds, like the 5.56 LSAT, are not based on the 5.56x45mm case, it's fatter at the base and doesn't have much or any visible taper. The LSAT round is a "push-through" extraction design with the following round shoving it forward out of a rotating chamber. Textron has a video.
Edited to fix some assumptions.
Utlra Tech Acronyms
For some reason they didn't include explanations of the abbreviations and acronyms for conventional and electrothermal guns in GURPS: Ultra Tech for 4e.
CL = caseless telescoped, C for caseless option, L for the light option both from page 164 of GURPS: High-Tech 4e which was published AFTER Ultra-Tech! Missing is the T for telescoped option, which has not been detailed, just mentioned. Also note, these options are the default state and the modifications and weight reductions have already been applied.
Because they have three different 10mm caseless rounds listed, they needed to differentiate them from each other without getting too detailed. Remember this is supposed to be fairly generic. If these were real rounds it'd be "10x20mm CLT, 10x30mm CLT and 10x45mm CLT" or some such.
CLP = Caseless Pistol, shorter than the normal 10mm CL.
CLR = Caseless Long Rifle, longer than the normal 10mm CL.
PC = Polymer Cased
PLB = Pre-Loaded Barrel; this is like a MetalStorm barrel.
CL = caseless telescoped, C for caseless option, L for the light option both from page 164 of GURPS: High-Tech 4e which was published AFTER Ultra-Tech! Missing is the T for telescoped option, which has not been detailed, just mentioned. Also note, these options are the default state and the modifications and weight reductions have already been applied.
Because they have three different 10mm caseless rounds listed, they needed to differentiate them from each other without getting too detailed. Remember this is supposed to be fairly generic. If these were real rounds it'd be "10x20mm CLT, 10x30mm CLT and 10x45mm CLT" or some such.
CLP = Caseless Pistol, shorter than the normal 10mm CL.
CLR = Caseless Long Rifle, longer than the normal 10mm CL.
PC = Polymer Cased
PLB = Pre-Loaded Barrel; this is like a MetalStorm barrel.
20 June 2018
Is .45-70 Enough Medicine?
Remember this?
A T-Rex is a 53 Hit Point, DR2, size mod +5 critter.
Miguel Points out Marlin is saying their new M1895SBL in .45-70 is good for T-Rex.
In that short barrel, .45-70 does 4d+2 pi+.
Minimum damage on the body is 6. Average is 21. Maximum damage is 36.
Good thing you get 6+1 shots!
Even against the vitals it's minimum 12, average 42 and maximum of 72 (consciousness roll!).
Damn, even if you're a good shot you're still needing multiple rounds!
Go for the brain!
Minimum is 8. Average is 48. Maximum is 88 (consciousness roll).
Huh.
Good thing you have seven shots and it has short arms.
A T-Rex is a 53 Hit Point, DR2, size mod +5 critter.
Miguel Points out Marlin is saying their new M1895SBL in .45-70 is good for T-Rex.
In that short barrel, .45-70 does 4d+2 pi+.
Minimum damage on the body is 6. Average is 21. Maximum damage is 36.
Good thing you get 6+1 shots!
Even against the vitals it's minimum 12, average 42 and maximum of 72 (consciousness roll!).
Damn, even if you're a good shot you're still needing multiple rounds!
Go for the brain!
Minimum is 8. Average is 48. Maximum is 88 (consciousness roll).
Huh.
Good thing you have seven shots and it has short arms.
Have A Plan
If your plan is to rely on divine intervention, you should consider a different plan.
Sure, if you receive divine intervention, you're assured success; but it's more likely that a plan that doesn't rely on it will succeed.
Sure, if you receive divine intervention, you're assured success; but it's more likely that a plan that doesn't rely on it will succeed.
19 June 2018
Big Junk On Bunk
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| From: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/19/more-than-500-guns-seized-from-southern-california-homes.html |
This guy might be an example of someone who's harmless, despite all the guns and the felony conviction.
18 June 2018
Bug Bomb Day
Time to mess with the teeny black ants that have managed to get everywhere.
Take The Boy to school, come home, pack the cats in the carriers, sit on the back for a couple hours while the house is transformed into the insect version of Ypres!
Thank goodness for wifi and laptops!
Take The Boy to school, come home, pack the cats in the carriers, sit on the back for a couple hours while the house is transformed into the insect version of Ypres!
Thank goodness for wifi and laptops!
Getting Fed Up
A new development in the curse of the Corvette.
The HVAC cut out a couple of times returning home from taking The Boy to school.
Checking the fuse, I discovered you could get the power to flicker to the controller by wiggling the fuse.
This makes me think I have a bad fuse holder.
No biggie, fuse holders and boxes are normally relatively easy and cheap.
GM: "Hold my beer!"
The fuse box is integral to the body control module (BCM)! The fuse holders are sealed into the plastic case of the BCM.
Bad fuse holder, replace entire unit!
WHAT!
THE!
ACTUAL!
FUCK?!?
Now I'm staring at buying a BCM and hoping my buddy's programmer can calibrate it.
They're $100 used and $250 new. I dislike the idea of buying a salvaged one because who knows if it's messed up in some subtle way, and what's a warranty?
If this was a normal fuse block, I could just buy a fuse holder and fix it!
I am loathe to break the thing open to get at the fuse holders without a spare standing by.
I am sick of careening from from unplanned expenditure to unplanned expenditure. I'm tapped out for a few months and staring at an intermittent AC problem entering summer in Florida. Joy.
Hitting the tip jar now would really help me stop whining.
The HVAC cut out a couple of times returning home from taking The Boy to school.
Checking the fuse, I discovered you could get the power to flicker to the controller by wiggling the fuse.
This makes me think I have a bad fuse holder.
No biggie, fuse holders and boxes are normally relatively easy and cheap.
GM: "Hold my beer!"
The fuse box is integral to the body control module (BCM)! The fuse holders are sealed into the plastic case of the BCM.
Bad fuse holder, replace entire unit!
WHAT!
THE!
ACTUAL!
FUCK?!?
Now I'm staring at buying a BCM and hoping my buddy's programmer can calibrate it.
They're $100 used and $250 new. I dislike the idea of buying a salvaged one because who knows if it's messed up in some subtle way, and what's a warranty?
If this was a normal fuse block, I could just buy a fuse holder and fix it!
I am loathe to break the thing open to get at the fuse holders without a spare standing by.
I am sick of careening from from unplanned expenditure to unplanned expenditure. I'm tapped out for a few months and staring at an intermittent AC problem entering summer in Florida. Joy.
Hitting the tip jar now would really help me stop whining.
WHY?
I'm updating some apps on my phone and get a message that Google Pay needs access to my contacts as part of the upgrade.
Why?
I mean, no shit, WHY!?! At no point in any financial transaction between me and whomever should whom I know be a factor.
I'm getting very sick of "this app needs access to..." without any explanation of why it needs that access.
I know that privacy is effectively dead... and it's shit like this what killed it.
Unless they tell you what they're using the access for, you can't make an informed decision about allowing them access. My default is, "No!"
One gets the feeling that they don't want to define what they're doing with the access, so when they're caught being deeper into it than promised they can't be held to any sort of liability standard.
Why?
I mean, no shit, WHY!?! At no point in any financial transaction between me and whomever should whom I know be a factor.
I'm getting very sick of "this app needs access to..." without any explanation of why it needs that access.
I know that privacy is effectively dead... and it's shit like this what killed it.
Unless they tell you what they're using the access for, you can't make an informed decision about allowing them access. My default is, "No!"
One gets the feeling that they don't want to define what they're doing with the access, so when they're caught being deeper into it than promised they can't be held to any sort of liability standard.
A Different Perspective
Before we started burning things, Marv took the drone up to see if he could see the new house he's buying.
He sure can!
He sure can!
Father's Day
I had an excellent Father's Day!
The Boy got me a new beer mug.
Filled with Escape Brewing's Trois IPA.
We burned off some yard waste and Marv used the drone to film it.
I grilled some steaks and had a few beers down the road with friends.
In addition, we didn't have to use our AKs...
The Boy got me a new beer mug.
Filled with Escape Brewing's Trois IPA.
We burned off some yard waste and Marv used the drone to film it.
I grilled some steaks and had a few beers down the road with friends.
In addition, we didn't have to use our AKs...
17 June 2018
It's A Gazebo
Listen, and understand. That gazebo is out there. It can’t be
bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or
remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are
dead.
Inspired by.
Inspired by.
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