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How about a Samurai Pizza Cat?

Interestingly enough, "titanium-diamond alloy" would be titanium carbide, which is a very hard ceramic material not entirely unsuitable for armour purposes.

Birds are air-fish

The medieval torture device "the rack", which slowly pulled you apart... As they slowly tightened the ropes, the victims must have at first felt relief and pleasure, briefly, as their joints were given a good stretch. Dont you sometimes feel like your spine and shoulders could use a good pulling?

Hey dude, thanks for the report! In the end, no I didnt, I spent the money doing a significant upgrade to my PC - which to be honest, I probably need for a proper VR setup anyway. That and HTC released the "Pro" version which deals with the few drawbacks of the "normal" version, and me being me, am now paralysed until the "pro" version comes down in price

Its worth noting that the "attacker" is probably an automated bot that is "attacking" several thousand accounts at once. Its not personal. Its just that this week, your number came up. That is some kind of superpower and if I could do that I certainly wouldnt need that text file! Truedat, if you have data that is truly confidential and it isnt air-gapped, you cant complain if it is ever compromised. Thats like saying getting into my house is easy if you have the key, and what I mean is, if they have a key, no point in making the door stronger. If someone has physical or remote access to your computer, no password is safe anyway, no matter how it is stored. Even the palm tablet wont save you. You are already past the point of "trying to be secure", the horse has bolted, the call is coming from inside the house. Physical access and true remote access are the most serious, but also most rare type of attack. I dont need landmine sweepers on my car.

If we are just talking unwanted pop-ups, I like to think I have the minimum level of savvy required to avoid this even with an unprotected computer, largely because not very much sensitive data passes through my machine though and the contents of my harddrive is largely replaceable. Passwords/logins are obviously sensitive but I tend not to spurt them out whilst up to my armpits in dodgy websites. Unless there is a risk I am not understanding? *** The best, and most common, advice I have heard for password security is to make them all different (natch) and unreasonably unguessable (eg: 459546FsfgsFhGfd#f+d8gf7f8*Fpd? - probably overkill but you get the idea) but keep them saved in a text file on your desktop for easy access. Because if someone can suck that text file straight from your desktop, you have much larger problems to worry about than someone hacking your amazon.

Hmmm...thing is, if managing it approaches the same level of inconvenience as the thing it stops, what use is it? Popups are not a security issue for me, so convenience is all. Sounds like a nuclear option, but I'll still check it out when Im home.

Cant believe I forgot to put this in my original response!: Welcome to the KSP forums! Heres a link to an excellent book that answers a lot of questions that are common on this site, its a link that is shared very often amongst us: https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf If you're interested in the construction of any kind of liquid-fuelled rocket, it is required reading (dont worry, its not an academic textbook, its a good read). It might give you some insight into how good an idea it is to build a rocket from scratch without industrial support and a great deal of expertise. **edit** I tried googling for pictures of injuries recieved whilst experimenting with rocket fuels and/or explosives. Hint: do not google this if you want your stomach to feel ok today. Saw some stuff I really didnt need to see, and I was looking for something gross.

Do McDonalds put 7 nugget in 1 out of every 100 (or whatever) boxes of 6 on purpose, to increase the "magic" of the experience of buying nuggets? I've heard that they keep the McRib a randomly seasonal item to maintain its "specialness" even though they know it would sell well as a main menu item.

Cool thanks, I'll take a look. Its like an arms race with these things though.

You know what I think is worse? Those people that ring up old folks and tell them that their computers have been compromised and use a load of garbage language that is very alarming like "criminals have gained access to your personal information you need to install our software now" or "criminal activity has been detected on your computer and the authorities informed" and then charge them a lot of money (often after asking how much they can afford and then surprise! They juuuuuuust have enough money to be able to pay for this lifesaving service! How convenient!) I hope every single one of them trips on their front doorstep and breaks both their ankles. That goes triple for auto-popup ads for similar "services" that autoplay a voiceover that "warns" you of all of the above, AND calls up a "login" window and the window cant be closed and keeps playing the damn voiceover unless you hit escape and close the window in the half-second before the login box pops back up. I even had one of these that was coded so insidiously that it kept playing the audio voiceover even after I closed the tab AND shutdown the browser! I mean Im almost impressed by the ingenuity of deception that these people have. I know its hard to believe anyone falls for those but if you arn't "into" computers like we all are, how would you know what is or is not legit? It isnt fair to expect everyone to have a minimum competence in everything. For the 1 in 10,000 people that these ads hook, it must be a terrifying and very expensive experience. Its literally the equivalent of a doctor telling you that you have a rare and dangerous disease but luckily he has this total cure for this heavy but just about affordable price. Oh and that happens too. I dont think anyone would shed any tears if these people took an accidental fall down some long steep stairs. Made of concrete.

Its all one attack, you arn't being targeted by multiple hackers that have just decided to pick you this week. I had an attempt on my ebay and paypal accounts not long ago. You already know what to do, change passwords, activate 3-factor authentication where possible (eg: text authentication for steam account). Tip-top-tip: if an account records your telephone number, check it hasnt been changed. After I had secured my ebay account I noticed that it had been altered. I dont know why, although I can guess, but I almost missed it. And if you are feeling dilligent, contact whoever the account is with (steam, ebay etc.) and let them know that an attempt has been made and that the most recent account updates (you securing your login details) are legit.

You cant find cheap vodka? I havnt heard of a vodka rocket before, so stop me if Im wrong, but a 60% water solution doesnt sound like it will make a rocket work. Someone managed to shoehorn politics into this tiny thread? Thats some dedicated work!

Probably the cowboy jedi has a light-sabre lassoo.

FunFact: if you put ejection seats into airliners, you will significantly decrease their safety.

I heard it also contained 6 trench runs, 43 exploding death stars, a cowboy jedi, a samurai for some reason, at least 4 seperate instances of ancient weapons (spear, bolas etc.) being "spacified" with lasers and chapters and chapters glorifying religious sacrifice. jk

Very Frontier:Elite II

A book is a screen. It just has a limited refresh rate and runs an extremely rudimentary operating system. But the graphics fidelity is off the charts and it has an advanced haptic-feedback interface. There is also an olfactory age-indicator.

Boy, are you in the wrong place... Fact is, stealth is a MUCH different question in space than on Earth, the factors and consideration are all different. Are all different categories. The current "REAL MILITARY" does not and has never, fought in space. It is a reasonable debate. But to be fair, you are totally correct.

If nobody has pointed you towards "project rho" yet, allow me to be the first: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/ Tons of stuff on there, its like a collection of science geared towards people writing hard sci-fi. Some of the weapons-related stuff is a little outdated and optimistic, but overall its an excellent source, at least as a starting point. Anyhoo, I believe theres a bunch of stuff about lasers that might interest you, even if you arent specifically interested in them as space weapons.

If we walked out the only thing that would happen is that 70 people would be out of work. It would hurt the company but only at a much higher cost to ourselves. And for many long-timers, walking out is not an option, mortgages would fall through, pensions could be put at risk etc. I would love to be in a position where I could sacrifice my employment to make a moral stand, but unfortunately that is not the case. I mean, long term? Sure, my long term plans involving this company have changed dramatically, but do I want to be fired in October? No I do not.

My company is making changes to the contracts of 70-odd people that result in each of us losing out on two weeks pay, we are being coerced under threat of termination to sign the new contract. Nothing we can really do as they are technically following the letter of the law, but it sucks, hard. Anyone have any relevant experience with similar? At this point resigning myself to weathering a very poor month and just being mouthey about it where I feel I can get away with it, not much else we can do.

Ewewewwwwww gross get it off! Omg they have gotten everywhere... JESUS H. WHAT IS THAT SMELL!? Related but not related:

I think they are merely younger/inexperienced, which we all once were, and/or still are to varying degrees and in various contexts.