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I hear what you're saying, but I still think the cross-over would be too great. 90% of the tech posts would also be geek posts. That means we're taking up 2 channels where 1 would have done. With growing channel proliferation, we want to conserve those 7 allotted channel spots to be as distinct as possible.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Choggie, you must live in Maine, because it's exactly how you described it.
Than you all for the wonderful comments, and Dag, about the channel thing:
I argue that the crossover is MUCH less than people have made it to be.

For example, I cite these videos:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Solar-Air-Conditioning
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Antikythera-mechanism
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Aquaduct-pedal-powered-water-filtering-vehicle
http://www.videosift.com/video/Computerized-model-of-how-a-Gatling-gun-works
http://www.videosift.com/video/Get-tasered-from-100-feet-away

Things like that get slapped with "geek" even though it really is more of a plain "tech" thing.


I think Rembar (where the hell IS that guy?) summed it up nicely in this channel.

ping!

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I wonder if the rotation makes the bullet veer off to the left?

Choggie, you must live in Maine, because it's exactly how you described it.
Than you all for the wonderful comments, and Dag, about the channel thing:
I argue that the crossover is MUCH less than people have made it to be.

For example, I cite these videos:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Solar-Air-Conditioning
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Antikythera-mechanism
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Aquaduct-pedal-powered-water-filtering-vehicle
http://www.videosift.com/video/Computerized-model-of-how-a-Gatling-gun-works
http://www.videosift.com/video/Get-tasered-from-100-feet-away

Things like that get slapped with "geek" even though it really is more of a plain "tech" thing.


I think Rembar (where the hell IS that guy?) summed it up nicely in this channel.

congrats, schmawy! thanks, y'all. srsly.

in lieu of the traditional upvotes? what i'd really like?
check out my playlists, pick one, and sift something specifically for that list.

then come back here, and leave a link to it.
bonus points for sifts with multiple list potential.

you go now.

This one never got any traction, but it's a fair tutorial on blackpowder...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Loading-and-Firing-a-Percussion-Revolver

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
cheers, schmawy!

...in return, i created a brand new playlist, for your first clip here...

Oh, I bet that felt good. I tried to do that earlier and realized I was 50 short. Congratulations yourself, you're one of the bright stars.

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
cheers, schmawy!

congrats on the gold star. in return, i created a brand new playlist, for your first clip here, and it gets my first ever (genuinely invoked)

*promote!

>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?


Suppressing fire. You hear that gun, you run. There's no two ways about it. Not to mention that what it really has a stunning effect on is light armored vehicles. You don't even have two shoot at anything for a full second. Just a nice quick squeeze and a thousand rounds say, "No one is getting out of that car."

I was being flippant and sarcastic

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>> ^Farhad2000:
>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?

Because its 1000 more dead terrorists per minute...


i don't think this gun will see many terrorists..

>> ^Farhad2000:
>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?

Because its 1000 more dead terrorists per minute...


i don't think this gun will see many terrorists..

>> ^Aemaeth:
Call me ignorant, but I can't imagine anything we need to fire 3000 RPM at instead of 2000 RPM. At what point is it just ridiculous?


Because its 1000 more dead terrorists per minute...

coolhund, the gatling isnt supposed to overheat because it's changing barrels as it shoots.

Here the MythBusters are using one of them for cutting down trees:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Tree-Cutting-MythBusters-Style-Gatling-Gun

Armaments available to the Warthog:
* Guns: 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GAU-8/A Avenger gatling gun with 1174 rounds
* Hardpoints: 8× under-wing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations holding up to 16,000 lb (7,200 kg) and accommodating:
o Mark 82, Mark 83, and Mark 84 general-purpose bombs or
o Mk 77 incendiary bombs or
o BLU-1, BLU-27/B Rockeye II, Mk20, BL-755[27] and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 cluster bombs or
o Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (A-10C) or
o GBU-10 Paveway II, GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-16 Paveway II and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bombs or
o Joint Direct Attack Munition (A-10C)[28] or
o AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles or
o LAU-68 Hydra 70 mm (2.76 in) and 127 mm (5.0 in) rocket pods or
o Illumination flares, ECM and chaff pods or
o ALQ-131/ALQ-184 ECM pod or
o LITENING AT/Sniper XR targeting pods (A-10C)

Goalkeeper uses the same GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm Gatling gun that is used on the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

Using a search radar it identifies, tracks and prioritizes incoming projectiles by order of threat, switching over to engagement radar it tracks and traverses the system to track the threat, then fires at 4200 rounds per minute to obliterate or detonate the warhead with sheer kinetic force.

@raven: No offense taken.
@raven and twiddles:
I never meant that to be insensitive, but more of a "how-does-living-in-a-bad-house-give-you-cancer" sort of way. Unless I missed something (I'm not big on aircraft ordinance) but I thought a bunker buster was steel and explosives. How does that give you cancer?
Also, since when were the living conditions great before we got there?

The only depleted uranium in use that I know of is in the large-caliber Gatling guns that don't really see much use. And rougy, I never said our presence isn't what caused those deaths. But once again, thanks for the personal attacks. Those always make a mature conversation so much fun.