Again, somewhere between everyone and no one and the line shifts from minute to minute.
![rory5000:
futurescope:
Combat Exoskeleton Marches Toward Afghanistan Deployment
Lockheed appears to be on track for deploying combat versions of the HULC exoskeleton into Afghanistan in early 2013 or even late in 2012.
The HULC can assist speed marching at up to 7 mph reduces this somewhat; a battery-draining “burst” at 10mph is the maximum speedA soldier with a pack would normally go at 3 mph maximum and cover 10-12 miles in a day. Exoskeleton Soldiers could also carry lightweight foldable electric scooters on their exoskeleton that would enable 60-100 mph on roads. If the bike had motocross like capabilities it could still go about 30-60 mph on rougher terrain.
[read more @wired @nextbigfuture]
Why?
HEY LOOK SOMETHING ELSE WE’VE GIVEN MILLION OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES TO ENTIRELY FOR THE SAKE OF BEING ABLE TO CARRY ON WAR MORE QUICKLY. (NOT FOR ANY LESS TIME, OF COURSE. JUST… MORE QUICKLY.)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ir9qjUoB1r08k60o1_500.jpg)
Combat Exoskeleton Marches Toward Afghanistan Deployment
Lockheed appears to be on track for deploying combat versions of the HULC exoskeleton into Afghanistan in early 2013 or even late in 2012.
The HULC can assist speed marching at up to 7 mph reduces this somewhat; a battery-draining “burst” at 10mph is the maximum speed
A soldier with a pack would normally go at 3 mph maximum and cover 10-12 miles in a day. Exoskeleton Soldiers could also carry lightweight foldable electric scooters on their exoskeleton that would enable 60-100 mph on roads. If the bike had motocross like capabilities it could still go about 30-60 mph on rougher terrain.[read more @wired @nextbigfuture]
Why?
HEY LOOK SOMETHING ELSE WE’VE GIVEN MILLION OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES TO ENTIRELY FOR THE SAKE OF BEING ABLE TO CARRY ON WAR MORE QUICKLY. (NOT FOR ANY LESS TIME, OF COURSE. JUST… MORE QUICKLY.)
This man is invaluable. Let’s elect him King of the World and kick back to watch him fix things so everything works.
(Source: fyjonstewart)
(Source: das-spooky)
I’ve been somewhere on the fence between everything and nothing for most of my life, and I quite doubt at this point that I really want to know the answer.
There is no such thing as society, and even if there is I almost certainly have nothing to do with it.
Dear Hunter,
It is over a year since you set the scene for your strangely planned suicide. The messages that I had received from you up to the Bush-Kerry election of 2004 were infected by a dismal undertone. “If bush wins,” you said, “the planet is doomed!”
When you pulled the trigger on your magnum .44 my first reaction was to say, “About bloody time; he’s been threatening to do that for years!”
You were never reasonable, and you knew, in spite of your wayward spirit, you were not invincible. Those who became a threat to your America continued to burgeon. For you, it was victory, or game over! I just wanted you to hang around, and nail the beauty of that image of absolute evil, but you leave us with a blueprint, old sport. Take it up with the gods. Send word.
-Ralph
Ralph Steadman, in his eulogy to Hunter S. Thompson
I love hearing people complain about the adverse effects cigarettes are having on them
Like “Cigarettes give me this horrible cough,” or, “cigarettes have ruined my voice.”
Because I’m sure that all of those people have been having magical fairy demons come to their rooms at night and force them to smoke.
Everything.
(Source: basedfassbender)
