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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:40 am
Need to keep the World Cup Safefractal wrote:A significant part of outlaws use improvised guns in Brazil
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Re: "Offtopic-posts-topic" NSFW
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:44 pm
Brazil isn't dangerous as tehy sat out there, you just need to be careful about dangerous parts of the city and be alert about strange people and scammers (they love ripping off tourists, even the brazilian ones)jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Need to keep the World Cup Safefractal wrote:A significant part of outlaws use improvised guns in Brazil
Re: "Offtopic-posts-topic" NSFW
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:09 am
I'm pretty sure the truth is somewhere in between the extremes which the media portrays.fractal wrote:Brazil isn't dangerous as tehy sat out there, you just need to be careful about dangerous parts of the city and be alert about strange people and scammers (they love ripping off tourists, even the brazilian ones)
I liked this less sanitized parody of the google doodles:
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:22 am
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:I'm pretty sure the truth is somewhere in between the extremes which the media portrays.fractal wrote:Brazil isn't dangerous as tehy sat out there, you just need to be careful about dangerous parts of the city and be alert about strange people and scammers (they love ripping off tourists, even the brazilian ones)
I liked this less sanitized parody of the google doodles:
HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE AQUI É BRASIL VAGABUNDO HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE
AEHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The people who participated on the 2013 riots didn't had a concrete objective, everyone was asking for something diferent (but somewhat similar). The much smaller protest that are happening now are composed of feminazis, leftists and pawns, and are rapidly contained by the police
Re: "Offtopic-posts-topic" NSFW
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:51 pm
I usually "use" 60 - 55 cm length for my barrels, now i brought a steel pipe and after cutting a new barrel i got left with 40 cm of pipe.... Is i good for a riffle or ...maybe a pistol ....?
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:19 pm
You could make a carbinebravootome wrote:I usually "use" 60 - 55 cm length for my barrels, now i brought a steel pipe and after cutting a new barrel i got left with 40 cm of pipe.... Is i good for a riffle or ...maybe a pistol ....?
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:35 pm
i think 40 cm is to short for a rifle....fractal wrote:You could make a carbinebravootome wrote:I usually "use" 60 - 55 cm length for my barrels, now i brought a steel pipe and after cutting a new barrel i got left with 40 cm of pipe.... Is i good for a riffle or ...maybe a pistol ....?
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:04 pm
bravootome wrote:i think 40 cm is to short for a rifle....fractal wrote:You could make a carbinebravootome wrote:I usually "use" 60 - 55 cm length for my barrels, now i brought a steel pipe and after cutting a new barrel i got left with 40 cm of pipe.... Is i good for a riffle or ...maybe a pistol ....?
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:18 am
I inherited that exact airgun (or possible a model 20-30 years older haha). Thing has been a source of fun my whole life! Just rebuilt the pumping seals the other day and cleaned the whole gun.fractal wrote:
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 1:42 pm
‘The Gunfighter’ shows the dangers of a Wild West without secrets (VIDEO) 
http://www.guns.com/2014/06/25/the-gunf ... ets-video/
http://www.guns.com/2014/06/25/the-gunf ... ets-video/
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:45 pm
This gun has a lot of possibilities of moddingmobile chernobyl wrote:I inherited that exact airgun (or possible a model 20-30 years older haha). Thing has been a source of fun my whole life! Just rebuilt the pumping seals the other day and cleaned the whole gun.fractal wrote:
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:53 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:18 pm
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Hey MrC, make sure you have those consent forms ready beforehand
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:34 pm
Lol I've read about it.jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Hey MrC, make sure you have those consent forms ready beforehand
Not sure if dumb, trolling or just feminism.
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:56 pm
Yeah that is pretty bad. I think that idea came out after a recent government report or something and Labour seem to be jumping on it as they're way way down in the polls. They haven't committed to it either which leads me to believe it's a political move, they were skirting around whether the would enforce it. I suspect it would lose them as many voters as it would gain, though. Their party leader has already come out and apologised for 'being a man' at a domestic violence victims meeting thingy, which wasn't taken very seriously by the wider public (rightly so).jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Hey MrC, make sure you have those consent forms ready beforehand
I just don't see how the legal experts would think it's practical. Sure, it works when the person in court is actually a rapist but how is anyone else supposed to prove consent? It's he-said she-said except this time prison is the default outcome.
edit: It's worth pointing out that France already does this. They use the inquisitorial system to investigate serious crimes I believe. I don't think the inquisitorial system, by definition, implies the defendant is guilty. So I don't know where that part has come from in the article above. The inquisitorial system would seem to treat both rape and consent unproven at the start and then look for evidence that suggests one over the other.
In spud-related news:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11290773
Mashed spuds were the order of the day in Dunedin last night as stunt scientist Tom Pringle, aka Dr Bunhead, claimed a Guinness World Record, by using a potato bazooka to fire nine potatoes through a tennis racket in three minutes.
"It's the most amazing feeling. But, it was also incredibly nerve-racking," he said after breaking the record with a second to spare.
The experiment at Mitre 10 Mega was part of the 2014 New Zealand International Science Festival.
Spectators were pre-warned to bring "ear-defenders, safety goggles and extra-strong underpants" to the demonstration.
"They're exciting experiments and big, dangerous experiments. They're the sorts of experiments you don't get to do at home," Dr Pringle said.
The attempt was one potato better than his 2004 world record of shooting eight spuds in three minutes.
"Part of the test is firing the potatoes through a tennis racket, to quantify the velocity," he said.
"A good musketeer could fire three shots a minute, which included loading, firing and cleaning the gun."
The potatoes reached speeds of up to 320km/h in the demonstration, which has still to be ratified by Guinness World Records.
Two justices of the peace, two timers and two video cameras were required to verify the feat.
The Plymouth-born educator has an international reputation for his dramatic science shows and tours the world startling and fascinating children and adults.
"Science can be dull, or it can be fascinating. It's about the delivery and talking about stuff people are interested in," he said.
"It's all about getting the 'wow' moment. Because when you get the 'wow' you get the 'why?"'