software engineer doing his part
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44071800/ns/today-good_news/t/he-saved-six-soldiers-lives-childs-toy/[^] Cool shit, hope the DoD starts making them standard issue.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
wizardzz wrote:
hope the DoD starts making them standard issue.
If they did it would cost $$$$$$ because it would need to meet this and that stupid standard. Instead of the $500, it would cost $50,000 each.
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wizardzz wrote:
hope the DoD starts making them standard issue.
If they did it would cost $$$$$$ because it would need to meet this and that stupid standard. Instead of the $500, it would cost $50,000 each.
I always thought the $5mil toilet seat and the like was to recoup research expensis? If so, this has been researched. However, I doubt that's the case and since a contractor didn't build it themselves, they will want around $5-15k per each. I say let us nerds raise money, send it as a tax deductible donation, and get these rovers out there. Hell, send me the parts, I'll build it! For $500, go ahead and use the rover, just autograph and send me the destroyed body when it does go. I'll put that on a case on my desk. Or let us send some battle bots of our own. I've always wanted to put a sawed off shotgun on a Roomba, and call it "The Ankle Biter" See John, this is why I stay away from gun forums.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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Have you made plans for the submarine yet? I don't visit too many of those forums at work. Although the owner of the company is a huge firearms fan, I'm not sure what the HR netnanny's will do. Outside of work, I have 3 classes and an internship so I barely have time to shit.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
I'm deep in the heart of Texas. We don't have to worry about submarines.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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I'm deep in the heart of Texas. We don't have to worry about submarines.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997I'm worried about your submarine.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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I'm worried about your submarine.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44071800/ns/today-good_news/t/he-saved-six-soldiers-lives-childs-toy/[^] Cool shit, hope the DoD starts making them standard issue.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
That is pretty cool and it didn't cost millions of dollars to develop. Just a lot to ship to them through Pakistan. It's funny how this stuff never seems to come up from the DOD so cheaply.
Well, who doesn't release stuff like that ? Microsoft software is just as bad. Christian Graus That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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That is pretty cool and it didn't cost millions of dollars to develop. Just a lot to ship to them through Pakistan. It's funny how this stuff never seems to come up from the DOD so cheaply.
Well, who doesn't release stuff like that ? Microsoft software is just as bad. Christian Graus That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
I know. Insurgents use improvised devices, why can't our boys?
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
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I know. Insurgents use improvised devices, why can't our boys?
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
It might not be KSS. :laugh:
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I always thought the $5mil toilet seat and the like was to recoup research expensis? If so, this has been researched. However, I doubt that's the case and since a contractor didn't build it themselves, they will want around $5-15k per each. I say let us nerds raise money, send it as a tax deductible donation, and get these rovers out there. Hell, send me the parts, I'll build it! For $500, go ahead and use the rover, just autograph and send me the destroyed body when it does go. I'll put that on a case on my desk. Or let us send some battle bots of our own. I've always wanted to put a sawed off shotgun on a Roomba, and call it "The Ankle Biter" See John, this is why I stay away from gun forums.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
Look what happened to the drone planes. Start with a eye in the sky (off the shelf technology) and end up with a flying bomb. DOD is famous for ordering bacon and wanting eggs and toast with it. They once ordered a personnel carrier it was delivered, but then after addons it ended up being an underpowered tank. "Gee why doesn't it work?"
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I always thought the $5mil toilet seat and the like was to recoup research expensis? If so, this has been researched. However, I doubt that's the case and since a contractor didn't build it themselves, they will want around $5-15k per each. I say let us nerds raise money, send it as a tax deductible donation, and get these rovers out there. Hell, send me the parts, I'll build it! For $500, go ahead and use the rover, just autograph and send me the destroyed body when it does go. I'll put that on a case on my desk. Or let us send some battle bots of our own. I've always wanted to put a sawed off shotgun on a Roomba, and call it "The Ankle Biter" See John, this is why I stay away from gun forums.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
wizardzz wrote:
I always thought the $5mil toilet seat and the like was to recoup research expensis?
Sort of. I posted a summary of the seat/hammer recently in SB2.0[^]: Well you're arguably half-right anyway. The toilet seats were weird requirements, the hammers just a paperwork oddity. For anyone who doesn't know the story behind those items: The toilet seat was made out of non-standard materials (orange throughout the volume (paint could scrape off) and capable of floating for several months to do double duty by also serving as a crash marker), of non-standard size (wasn't room for a normal toilet), and ordered in sufficiently low volume that they were handmade. This story eventually ended with the congresscritters (who called the vendor in to explain itself in a hearing) praising the vendor for managing to meet such a complex set of requirements at as low of a cost as they did. The hammers were just a case of weird federal reporting requirements. Specifically that the fee the vendor is allowed to charge for selecting products was spread equally across all items instead of being weighted by cost. eg I'm hiring you as my personal shopper to buy me a $20 hammer and the best used car you can find for $19980; and provide documentation explaining your selection. For your services I'll pay you a 10% fee or $2000. In a normal world most people would look at this and conclude the 10% fee added $2 to the price of the hammer, and $1998 to the price of the car. In federal procurement land however the hammer cost $1020, and the car $20980. This is the sort of procurement contract (combined with epic fail PR/damage control) responsible for the hammer story. No idea if the procurement rules were ever changed afterwards to not look retarded.
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44071800/ns/today-good_news/t/he-saved-six-soldiers-lives-childs-toy/[^] Cool shit, hope the DoD starts making them standard issue.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
