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Jan. 29th, 2010 09:24 amEFFIN' EFFIN' EFF! Why the frak is Fox moving Glee to 9pm Tuesdays?! When ABC moved Lost to Tuesdays at 9pm, I was all, "whew, it won't interfere with Glee!" But now they're on at the same friggin' time! I love Glee and all, but Lost is Lost, if I had to choose which to watch live, obviously it'd be the latter. I mean, its gonna be DVRed, no doubt, but since I see Lost with the usual suspects, I'll have to end up waiting to see it either the next day or staying up and watching the recording whenever I get back from where I watched Lost (more likely). I just hate that I can't watch it live. bbv('This is total BS!') I know, I know, the things I think are a big deal! People are starving and dying and worse in the world, and I'm upset about a conflicting TV schedule!?
Stuff that is cool: Ah, looks like they are gonna be releasing Episodes from Liberty City for the PS3 and PC. Cool, it did seem like PS3 owners were getting screwed over not getting a chance to play "Lost and the Damned" and "Ballad of Gay Tony".
Stuff that is stupid: Gun that won't fire unless its close to a wireless signal coming from your watch. What is this, like the RFID-tagged weapons in MGS4? While I can see the reasons why people would want "guns that only certain people can fire" technology- enemy combatants not being able to use weapons captured (though with this tech, if they got it off a soldier they killed, can't they just grab the watch too?), cops not having to be worried about being shot with their own duty weapon some criminal grabbed from them (again, unless the perp shot him from really close, which is entirely possible if they were rassling for the weapon), not having to worry about your kid getting into you gun collection and shooting himself accidentally, etc, that's not what I think is stupid, but I'll get to that. While I'm all for fancy smartphones that can do all sorts of neat things, I'm a luddite when it comes to weaponry.
Fancy electronics and wot-not are just things that can break in the middle of battle. But while I do think the AK-47 family is reliable as hell, I still like the M16 series for its ergonomics. Technological advances in small arms don't have to be fancy timed air-burst grenade launchers and sophisticated electronic scopes. Improvements in material, ergonomics, and design are advances that won't break down. So, sure this tech will prevent someone else from using the gun, but what happens when the sensors on the gun or the signal on the watch stops working? You're in the same boat!
But again, what I'm finding dumb is this company selling this pistol (which is a measly .22!) for $10,000 dollars? Who's going to pay 10K for a .22 that only fires when you're wearing a special watch. Its a novel idea, but not something someone would pay ten thousand dollars for!
Stuff that is cool: Ah, looks like they are gonna be releasing Episodes from Liberty City for the PS3 and PC. Cool, it did seem like PS3 owners were getting screwed over not getting a chance to play "Lost and the Damned" and "Ballad of Gay Tony".
Stuff that is stupid: Gun that won't fire unless its close to a wireless signal coming from your watch. What is this, like the RFID-tagged weapons in MGS4? While I can see the reasons why people would want "guns that only certain people can fire" technology- enemy combatants not being able to use weapons captured (though with this tech, if they got it off a soldier they killed, can't they just grab the watch too?), cops not having to be worried about being shot with their own duty weapon some criminal grabbed from them (again, unless the perp shot him from really close, which is entirely possible if they were rassling for the weapon), not having to worry about your kid getting into you gun collection and shooting himself accidentally, etc, that's not what I think is stupid, but I'll get to that. While I'm all for fancy smartphones that can do all sorts of neat things, I'm a luddite when it comes to weaponry.
Fancy electronics and wot-not are just things that can break in the middle of battle. But while I do think the AK-47 family is reliable as hell, I still like the M16 series for its ergonomics. Technological advances in small arms don't have to be fancy timed air-burst grenade launchers and sophisticated electronic scopes. Improvements in material, ergonomics, and design are advances that won't break down. So, sure this tech will prevent someone else from using the gun, but what happens when the sensors on the gun or the signal on the watch stops working? You're in the same boat!
But again, what I'm finding dumb is this company selling this pistol (which is a measly .22!) for $10,000 dollars? Who's going to pay 10K for a .22 that only fires when you're wearing a special watch. Its a novel idea, but not something someone would pay ten thousand dollars for!
