DARPA developes self-guided sniper bullets

[DGuller]

Making fun of comments by gun nuts is like making fun of Russian state news on Ukraine.  It's so easy it's boring, and both leave you scared because plenty of zombified fanatics actually believe that shit.

  You and Hans are practically twins in your thinking.  Only your tribal allegiances differ; your contempt for opinions other than your own, and your over-use of hyperbole, are identical. 

I don't want to discourage you (or Hans), but I want to help the rest of the forum see how funny you guys are.

  Do you and Berkut get paid per each use of "tribal" and "Drazi"?

And just like Berkut usually does, you're so blinded in your desire to invoke tribalism that you misidentified my position on the issue as well;  I'm not so much against gun ownership as I am against fanatically idiotic arguments in support of gun fetishism.  I concede that gun ownership in US is here to stay;  I just wish gun fetishists conceded that this is a cultural choice of ours that costs tens of thousands of lives each year, and not babble on about how the safest society is the one where everyone is trained to use AK-47 at age 8.

[Eddie Teach]

Grumbler and I are like twins as well.

Are you Schwarzenegger or DeVito?

[Ideologue]

I just wish gun fetishists conceded that this is a cultural choice of ours that costs tens of thousands of lives each year, and not babble on about how the safest society is the one where everyone is trained to use AK-47 at age 8.

There'd be more job openings in that society.

[grumbler]

  Do you and Berkut get paid per each use of "tribal" and "Drazi"? 

Nope.  Do you and Hans get paid a each time you engage in bullshit hyperbole?

And just like Berkut usually does, you're so blinded in your desire to invoke tribalism that you misidentified my position on the issue as well;  I'm not so much against gun ownership as I am against fanatically idiotic arguments in support of gun fetishism.

Somebody owes you some money! 

I didn't identify any position for you, but you are so blinded by your bullshit hyperbole that you probably couldn't even see that.  I don't care about your "position;: I laugh at your bullshit, which is pretty much identical to Hans's, except (apparently) deployed in defense of a different position.  I say "apparently" because neither of you actually seems to have an intellectual argument, just a line of shit.

[DGuller]

  Do you and Berkut get paid per each use of "tribal" and "Drazi"? 

Nope.  Do you and Hans get paid a each time you engage in bullshit hyperbole?

And just like Berkut usually does, you're so blinded in your desire to invoke tribalism that you misidentified my position on the issue as well;  I'm not so much against gun ownership as I am against fanatically idiotic arguments in support of gun fetishism.

Somebody owes you some money! 

I didn't identify any position for you, but you are so blinded by your bullshit hyperbole that you probably couldn't even see that.  I don't care about your "position;: I laugh at your bullshit, which is pretty much identical to Hans's, except (apparently) deployed in defense of a different position.  I say "apparently" because neither of you actually seems to have an intellectual argument, just a line of shit.

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".  Then again, given the propensity to throw this term around meaninglessly, I may have been wrong to read into any implication.

[grumbler]

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".  Then again, given the propensity to throw this term around meaninglessly, I may have been wrong to read into any implication.

No, "tribal" is not a position.  Knowing, now, that you don't even know the meaning of the word, your extreme irritation at its use is even more amusing! 

[DGuller]

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".  Then again, given the propensity to throw this term around meaninglessly, I may have been wrong to read into any implication.

No, "tribal" is not a position.  Knowing, now, that you don't even know the meaning of the word, your extreme irritation at its use is even more amusing! 

You know what?  You have the right to call me anything, that's your opinion, and we're all expressing opinions here.  But if we're all going to be willfully obtuse while pretending to discuss things, then this forum is not going to be a very enjoyable place.  I think you understand well enough that I was never operating under a misconception that "tribal" is a position, and that your post was a pointless attempt to score a point.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Isn't it just cheaper to teach people to aim?

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The EXACTO system consists of a maneuverable bullet, as well as a real-time optical guidance component that can track and direct the bullet to the target. The system makes it easier for snipers to hit a moving target, DARPA officials say.

The system also allows a bullet that has already been fired to compensate for any unexpected factors that may have driven it off course, such as a strong gust of wind, rain or a dust storm.

The system was designed with the dusty terrain and high winds of Afghanistan in mind, according to DARPA. Agency officials have said snipers in Afghanistan need rifles with greater accuracy, because every shot that doesn't hit its mark could potentially expose the location of the sniper, and put the lives of both the shooter and nearby troops in danger.

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No amount of training allows a sniper compensate for events that occur after the shot is taken.

[grumbler]

You know what?  You have the right to call me anything, that's your opinion, and we're all expressing opinions here.  But if we're all going to be willfully obtuse while pretending to discuss things, then this forum is not going to be a very enjoyable place.  I think you understand well enough that I was never operating under a misconception that "tribal" is a position, and that your post was a pointless attempt to score a point.

Yoiu yourself said that

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".

Now, if you are going to be willfully moronic and then try to weasel out of your moronic statements, this forum is... well, it actually will continue to be a very enjoyable place, because there's nothing more fun than a dancing weasel.  Now, you can blame the moronic nature of your statements on the readers if you want, but that's just going to make people laugh harder.  The redundancy is good, but would have been better if written "a pointless failed attempt to futilely score a point."

[DGuller]

You know what?  You have the right to call me anything, that's your opinion, and we're all expressing opinions here.  But if we're all going to be willfully obtuse while pretending to discuss things, then this forum is not going to be a very enjoyable place.  I think you understand well enough that I was never operating under a misconception that "tribal" is a position, and that your post was a pointless attempt to score a point.

Yoiu yourself said that

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".

Now, if you are going to be willfully moronic and then try to weasel out of your moronic statements, this forum is... well, it actually will continue to be a very enjoyable place, because there's nothing more fun than a dancing weasel.  Now, you can blame the moronic nature of your statements on the readers if you want, but that's just going to make people laugh harder.  The redundancy is good, but would have been better if written "a pointless failed attempt to futilely score a point."

Position being implied by accusing me of tribalism does not make tribalism a position.  And the bolded statement is actually not redundant.

Do you have anything else, or have you reached the bottom of your barrel?

[Razgovory]

There is a fairly good size ravine where a barrel once stood.

[Jaron]

That picture is 10 years old now!

[Eddie Teach]

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".  Then again, given the propensity to throw this term around meaninglessly, I may have been wrong to read into any implication.

No, "tribal" is not a position.  Knowing, now, that you don't even know the meaning of the word, your extreme irritation at its use is even more amusing! 

Guller's tribe takes the position that more gun control is needed. Thus by accusing him of tribalism in a discussion regarding gun control, you are implying that he takes that position.

[Ideologue]

Don't intervene.  Let them bleed each other.

[grumbler]

The position was implied by the use of "tribal".  Then again, given the propensity to throw this term around meaninglessly, I may have been wrong to read into any implication.

No, "tribal" is not a position.  Knowing, now, that you don't even know the meaning of the word, your extreme irritation at its use is even more amusing! 

Guller's tribe takes the position that more gun control is needed. Thus by accusing him of tribalism in a discussion regarding gun control, you are implying that he takes that position.

Actually, I noted that he and Hans may both be tribal in their thinking.  Does this mean that I am implying that Hans favors strict gun control?  Tribal thinking can mean many things, just as "magical thinking" doesn't necessarily imply Catholic.

And note that you are actually more "accusing" than I am in your tribalism statements, since you actually refer to "Guller's tribe," whereas I just noted that "yor tibal allegiances may differ." 

Now, you will note from my post that what i was actually "accusing" DG and Hans of was "contempt for opinions other than your own, and... over-use of hyperbole."  Guller has not disputed either of those.