He's the angry video game nerd, dude.. Would it be entertaining if he went "Well the Y connector's gone on this bad boy, THAT MAKES ME SO MAD I'M GOING TO GO TO THE STORE AND RE-ATTACH AND THEN SOLDER A NEW ONE BACK INTO POSITION SO THAT I CAN RESOLVE THIS SITUATION IN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE MANNER!"

Hardcore!

Don't, erhm, like burn your fingers or anything.

In reply to this comment by Edeot:
If it makes you feel better, I'm in the 2800 field. I shall be armed to the teeth with wire cutters, soldering irons, and toner cartridges. Where there is a network in need, I'll be there.

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Marine, eh? Don't go and get yourself killed... that's what they do in them thar marines.

If it makes you feel better, I'm in the 2800 field. I shall be armed to the teeth with wire cutters, soldering irons, and toner cartridges. Where there is a network in need, I'll be there.

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
Marine, eh? Don't go and get yourself killed... that's what they do in them thar marines.

so 1st these solders suffered from those burns and now they have to suffer listening to that music?!

I was in one of those recently, and was wondering just how powerful those magnets really were. It's no wonder they don't let you in if you have any metal in your body, like surgical pins or bits of solder.

Great speech... except for the very end. "God bless the USA"... so he/she/it takes exclusive preference over nation-states now?

Well, may his magic sparky fingers give us +1 to hit/dam/AC. We sure could use it. While at it, he should toss a Protection from Evil, Aid, and Stoneskin our way. At the very least, to our solders in harms way.

Oh.. and a Column of Fire, Meteor Storm, or two at opportune moments would be nice.

The USA has finally awoken from the Sleep spell it was under. +1 INT bonus to you.

don't care one jot about how her soldering skills, she's a lady geek! how kewl is that.!!!

she is horrible at soldering.

Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva? I need to know which one to worship so I can start understanding good and evil. Otherwise, I'm just stranded here, wondering how to tie my shoes and comb my hair.

I'm nothing without a divine invisible authoritarian to tell me exactly how to live my life. Without a god in my life, I feel like I could just rape a nun with a soldering iron, then defecate on a kitten while scraping uteri with wire hangers. Or eat at Wendy's and go to work, then watch videos on a sifting site. Either way, I need to know how my robotic overlord wants me to behave. How would I ever figure it out on my own? Impossible, I tell you. Impossible!

>> ^quantumushroom:
Without God, there is no good or evil. Everything is permitted.

cool ... the idea, for those confused, is take a regular projector and shine it into a simple 3D mesh, instead of on a wall, to now display in 3D.

what I don't get is how the depth calibration takes place... is there a webcam above his projector?

He needs to map out a pattern for a PCB board fabricator to punch out on an array of large electronics boards, then get some thin wire (like 100um diameter tungston or something) cut the wire, stack the boards, thread the wire, solder to each end (hardest part) and the thread-count won't be as major a factor in resolution anymore.

^Holy shit MG i never even heard of this puppy incident though using it as a weapon is the most badass thing ever. Its funny if you look up the news report on that video how horrified they look and warn the people at home of the awful images yet they never show, you know, the fucking SOLDERS dying! Its like we cant understand the horrors of war unless there is a puppy involved to really bring it home.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
The only difference is that in a true Democracy something would be done about it.


actually if this was a true democracy we the people would get to vote on what happens to them.. luckily we sort of live in a republic and there are laws that as a population we cant abolish. in other words if the US was a true democracy you could get stupid things like 80% are Christian and they could vote to make it illegal to be atheist they have the majority luckily we have the constitution which protects us from our selfs thus its a republic.

QM if we are the good guys we should lead by example. the gorillas in Iraq could capture mercenaries and torture them and use your logic. mercenaries dont represent a country they represent corporations (yes highered by a country but not part of the national armed forces) and they are not solders.. so its ok with you if American mercenaries get tortured for info right? calling them "enemy combatants" is just a loop hole, you dont torture people.

Got this feeling that today doesn't like me
Oh, the air tastes like flowers and paint.
There's a sink full of bottles and cutlery
And the car has got a list of complaints.
I just wish I were a toothbrush or a solder gun
Make me something somebody can use.

We can wish on the pop of a lightbulb
Or those photos lying yellowed and curled
Loose in boxes near abandoned electronics
In the corners of the basements of the world.
Guess our wishes don't do dishes or brake repairs
Make them something somebody can use.

Got a face full of ominous weather
Smirking smile of a high pressure ridge
Got more faults than the state of California
And the heart is a badly built bridge
Seems the most I have to offer doesn't offer much
Make it something somebody can use.

Make this
Something somebody
Can use.

I do think he is exaggerating a little bit so i can see where MG and others are coming from. They have experience in that. However to deny that there is a problem (even though its not as big as he might make it out to be) is still unwise. To say that religion plays absolutely no role in not only our leaders decisions but our solders as well is folly. It will always be there but its important to keep it in check. Of course this doesnt pertain to all of them, probably not even majority but its still dangerous when religion is mixed with government and especially a fighting force. His strongest point I think (no not the lame Hitler argument yet again) is reasons why the founders probably wrote it in the constitution in the first place, no matter how small it starts out it can lead to trouble.

"Car goes 65 MPH, with a range of 40 miles. Why aren't we all driving on electricity?"
Answer:
Because transitional magnetic fields are far more efficient, you, Heathkit©, shade-tree, soldering iron, motherfucker!??
*
or, we don't all have disposable incomes and an engineering degree or a small penis and nothing to do all day....but kiss babies- (wait, did he say driving on sunlight!!??)Sign me the fuck up!!