Re: Raspberry Pi goes to war

I suspect part of the CIA's /raison d'etre/ is to foment instability.

However, had Trump wanted to claim the mantle of having "defeated" Russia, he could have flooded the zone with US (and allies -- when we had them) support for Ukraine, effectively boxing Putin into a corner where he either resorts to the nuclear option (and worries about any global retaliation that might ensue) *or* backs down.

See below.

He'll now find himself the exemplar of The Wrong Way of doing things (even things that people claim to have wanted).

He could have one-upped "Obamacare"; instead, folks will quickly label whatever mess he comes up with as "Trumpcare", setting himself up for a direct comparison with his predecessor's "product" (likely unfavorably).

Wouldn't that just encourage the manufacturer to scale up production (and, possibly, reap further economies of scale)?

However, matching their purchases can send a message to Russia that they are likely to encounter more losses than they're "economics guy" had anticipated...

Russia doesn't seem to have any economics guys. Their economy wouldn't be in the mess that it is if they did.

That woulld take time - and their previous customer might not be in a position to afford them (or use them) by then.

If you could attack tha biggest tank in the Russian arsenal with tiny drones that hit it and exploded every few minutes, how long would it be before the crew either surrendered, tried to escape and were hit or simply went mad through lack of sleep?

A small fuel-air bomb ahead of the main attack would deal with plastic netting.

How would you ensure "previous contracts" were ignored in favor of the "new customer"? Especially if they had a "special relationship" with that customer (for other reasons beyond the sale of drones)?

The RIGHT solution would have been not to let things get to the point they're at. Blame our ex president (with 40 years experience!) and our current one (with literally NONE!).

Tank treads can get messed up by quite small amounts of explosive.

Tanks have quite a few moving parts, and fast-moving grit can can get into very inconvenient places.

one Javelin is enough to do the job. Several dead tanks can attest to that.

More lame insults. Don't you bore yourself?

My time in Moscow was interesting. They treated "American Capitalists" like gods and treated common russians like trash. Entirely backwards, I thought.

We were transported in a warm bus onto a warm Aeroflot plane and given hot tea, as a crowd of russians waited outside to board, in the cold rain.

We could buy stuff in shops in Moscow that russian civilians were not allowed to enter.

The russian women, not just the mobs of hookers, were all over us. They wanted to marry Americans, and my single male co-workers usually came home with a Russian wife. I understand that it usually worked out well.

John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics

Drones with thermal imagers can kill anything warmer than the snow. Russians are freezing in their trenches and don't dare make a fire.

John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics

Europe and the rest of the world has stepped up, to some extent. Australia has sent some old Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers and some old Abrams tanks which they were going to scrap.

It hasn't been enough to let the Ukraine kick out the Russians, but it has helped.

It's a valid point - the insult is incidental.

American capitalists were hard to get. There were lots of Russians around. Scarce goods are always over-valued.

Your single male co-workers had presumably had enough sense and self-discipline to get an education and job, and enough diplomatic skills to deal with a Donald Trump-lite boss. Marriages between people who know what they are getting into do tend to work. "Marry in haste, repent at leisure" is more of a problem with younger people.

Could be fun...unless the drone starts backing up from recoil!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONFIRM YOU ARE BRAINDEAD

Has your keyboard died? Caps lock stuck? Or still using a Teletype?

John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics

I mean, it worked for Grand Fenwick.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

You youngsters can't remember the joy of getting a high speed paper tape reader.

John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics

Was just trying to help you with your vision (in any sense) problem.

As to Cuba, (get your glasses now) In 'merryca many are sleeping on the streets because of poverty and drug addiction. You want to export that way of life to Cuba?

Tramp the white house ape is a disgusting war mongering retarded egocentric nutcase and so are those who follow him.

I have heard enough of US crap since ByeThen and Bush and your King Kong That it can be a better way did Obama show, Time for history to repeat itself. No empire lasted forever.