Yep.. We seem to have a knack for that... Wrong is wrong.... Anarchy isn't the solution... I feel for the families of cops and the two guys who got killed by cops... I was racially profiled by Hereford cop on way to Borger, Texas in the 90s ...said we looked suspicious driving a luxury Suburban.... Brought the dogs and all. Asked why we had all the electronic gear in truck..... They even checked Interpol.... No warrants, no tickets... nada.. Said my scanner was illegal. I told him didn't know the law... They let us go.... No apology... Driving while Chicano... Orale On Jul 9, 2016 11:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, they fixed it. Texas style I guess. And it will stay fixed, that > is for sure. > > We have all replace the entire run of CAT5 rather than waste time > troubleshooting it. > > Perhaps there was another way, but probably not a quick obvious solution. > Tear gas could have flushed him and caused more shooting, ditto pepper > spray. > He could have dialed a phone number and blew up more people at any time. > > Perhaps they could have put a tranquilizer rifle on the robot. > This is a case where the walking robots under control of an oculus rift > virtual control may have been useful, but imagine a future with walking > humanoid robots packing heat. > Put a bunch of armor on them, remote control Ironman. > > Ken, some of are old enough that we will probably not have to worry about > Judge Dredd becoming reality... > > *From:* Rory Conaway <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, July 9, 2016 11:06 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Philosophical question - WRT Dallas > > > The gas that the Russians use isn’t instantaneous and you have to have > specific containment. In addition, there is no chance the Police > Department even has it and the intelligence/military community aren’t going > give it to them for a lone gunman. > > More than likely they determined by then that he was the lone shooter and > there was no way they were going to put more police lives in danger to take > him alive. They may also have made the determination that he was psychotic > and did know that he had meth in his apartment and was probably still on > it. In addition, they thought he had another explosive device and since > the found the materials at his apartment, nobody was going to get close to > him and they couldn’t risk it going off. There were no other options. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Lewis Bergman > *Sent:* Saturday, July 9, 2016 9:56 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Philosophical question - WRT Dallas > > > > I would mention, since this is Jaime's and my state, that the mentality > down here is to do something. That is the default. Maybe not the right > decision but I think folks down here prefer action over inaction. Talking > past a few hours is likely to be considered inaction. > > > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016, 11:44 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Drones... > > > > *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Saturday, July 9, 2016 10:37 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Philosophical question - WRT Dallas > > Very slippery slope IMHO > > > > we've been doing it for years in other countries tho so it was just a > matter of time before we did it on our own soil. > > > > Life imitating art...terminator style :-/ > > > > -Sean > > On Saturday, July 9, 2016, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why blow up a perp? > > Why not keep talking? > > Better to have him caged for the rest of his life IMHO. > >
