P.S. Chris, I received the original today of Keiko demonstrating her shotgun skills on Sam’s last deep-fried (carbonized?) turkey. Superb, and thank you!
Then as now. Though some will argue that they are not one and the same, evil gov can only be evil with the complicity of evil enablers.
August 2, 2019 at 12:25 am
NotYetInACamp
So much for what I did not comment yesterday about what happens when after Alexa (or others) leave and then the toaster, refrigerator, utility meter, oven, washing machine and dryer, vacuum cleaner, toothbrush, razor, LED lights, other lights, vehicles, power tools, phones, computers, and all the items composing the internet of things continue communicating with and reporting to Alexa or her bosses in such a manner that they know when our innards gurgle, much less when we fart.
Well that part about continuing to report to the AI god bosses kind of worries me.
Where do those open iris physically plugged in wire-heads running the tech overlord corporations fit into this? Will they upload to their AI god eventually and continue the reign of terror control they desire? Or am I just over speculating?
Forget the name, has dual magazine tubes and holds like 24 Aguila Minishells. Something that would be joked about for repelling nonexistent mindless zombie hordes, until you’ve seen Antifa swarm.
But where are the ear muffs and eye protection? They’re helpful when making Alexa shrapnel.
But you’re in Kalifornia therefore have no need for nor right to own “weapons of goddamned mass destruction” according to your Beloved Governor Newsom. However if you act now you could pick up a useful Midland Backpack before they’re declared a concealable weapon and you have to register it.
Huh, it’s a Marlin 336 but with shiny brass at twice the price. Well those Henrys sure are real purty display pieces, really brighten up the room hanging on the wall, yes they do. 😉
But soft, what light through yonder comic strip breaks? It is a rational thought and Skye is pulling the trigger! Pull, fair Sam, and kill the envious Alexa…
Kel-Tec KSG 12 pump-action shotgun. Two tubular magazines that each hold 7-2¾” shells or 6-3″ shells. (or like Kadaka said 24 of the Aquila 1½” mini shells) The gunner can select which magazine he wants to draw from, so you could one “tube” with #1 Buck and the other with slugs, and select your feed as the situation dictates.
And, despite Skye being a still-leftie, a Princess Bride quote seems appropriate:
“There’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.”
August 2, 2019 at 8:00 am
PaulS
My first thought was that she should be nekkid, for exactly that reason. 😉
August 2, 2019 at 6:48 pm
JSStryker
Check Palmetto State Armory they have them for $649
August 2, 2019 at 5:22 am
Bill G
I don’t recall what all of us were discussing, but I mentioned the Kel-Tec to the group and one young lady immediately searched it on her phone. After seeing it, she then announced “I know what I want for Christmas!”
For years I’ve wanted to be able to say “Computer”, and have it respond “Working…”*. Then I could ask it to do/find what I needed.
So, why am I so anti-Alexa/Siri/Whatnot?
Because I wanted to talk to MY computer. I don’t want to talk to the master computer in Silicon Valley. Or China. I want to talk to MY computer and have IT do the search or whatnot.
It’s not the computer knowing what I want or like, and being able to act as my servant, it’s the centralization and that it’s somebody else.
It’s much like the problem so many folks have with e-books and streaming movies: you don’t really own it; you’re simply allowed to access it at their whim. Thanks. If I really want it, I’ll buy a CD/hardcopy and keep it where I control it and can use it as I wish.
(* I’m guessing you can’t make Siri or Alexa sound like Majel Barrett. Probably licensing issues. I could make MY computer do that, and not break a single IP law. One more argument against the Big Tech approach.)
First, without reading the dialog, I though it was that Solar Sail deployment by the Planetary Society. Then I started the dialog and I started with Skynet. Instapundit – “Skynet Smiles”. Then Hal 9000 and the shot gun. Then it made sense.
I’m so old I remember……
Electronic hockey pucks, so ‘puter resolution cameras could track ’em on the ice for the viewers that normally take the short bus.
Wait…wait….which one of those is the small, hockey puck sized, units?
Sorry OT again y’all but I’m busting…proof positive that among the darkness and worry for the future of our Republic and our world, there is also such hope and light:
Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters – all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing.
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“I can see…”?
Holy shit it’s worse than we thought…
Not that our phones, computers, teevees, and frickin’ cars aren’t also watching our every move.
How many shells ya got, Skye?
I love a happy ending.
P.S. Chris, I received the original today of Keiko demonstrating her shotgun skills on Sam’s last deep-fried (carbonized?) turkey. Superb, and thank you!
Alexa makes HAL look like a good guy.
GOOD!!! Somebody else caught the ref. 😀 😀 😀
I was thinking that Alexa was sounding like HAL. But only for a moment. PULL!
I believe Alexa was quoting HAL’s line.
“I’m sorry, Alexa, I can’t do that.”
Hal was the victim. The evil was the government giving it conflicted orders.
Then as now. Though some will argue that they are not one and the same, evil gov can only be evil with the complicity of evil enablers.
So much for what I did not comment yesterday about what happens when after Alexa (or others) leave and then the toaster, refrigerator, utility meter, oven, washing machine and dryer, vacuum cleaner, toothbrush, razor, LED lights, other lights, vehicles, power tools, phones, computers, and all the items composing the internet of things continue communicating with and reporting to Alexa or her bosses in such a manner that they know when our innards gurgle, much less when we fart.
Well that part about continuing to report to the AI god bosses kind of worries me.
Where do those open iris physically plugged in wire-heads running the tech overlord corporations fit into this? Will they upload to their AI god eventually and continue the reign of terror control they desire? Or am I just over speculating?
Or: “PULL!’
PULLPULLPULLPULLPULLPULLPULLPULLETCETCETC!!!
ETC!!!
What in God’s Good Name is Skye shooting with?
Forget the name, has dual magazine tubes and holds like 24 Aguila Minishells. Something that would be joked about for repelling nonexistent mindless zombie hordes, until you’ve seen Antifa swarm.
But where are the ear muffs and eye protection? They’re helpful when making Alexa shrapnel.
It’s a Kel Tec.
It is a Kel Tec Shotgun, a nice bullpup 12 gau.ge shotgun
Santa..I know what I want for Christmas
But you’re in Kalifornia therefore have no need for nor right to own “weapons of goddamned mass destruction” according to your Beloved Governor Newsom. However if you act now you could pick up a useful Midland Backpack before they’re declared a concealable weapon and you have to register it.
Interesting Peace Keeper. I’m thinking Ole Henry
https://www.henryusa.com/news/the-side-gate-lever-action-a-first-for-henry/
“I’m thinking Ole Henry”
Huh, it’s a Marlin 336 but with shiny brass at twice the price. Well those Henrys sure are real purty display pieces, really brighten up the room hanging on the wall, yes they do. 😉
I’m feeling much better, Dave.
But soft, what light through yonder comic strip breaks? It is a rational thought and Skye is pulling the trigger! Pull, fair Sam, and kill the envious Alexa…
Would be sweet irony if they had hooked up the skeet trap to the IoT and said “Alexa, pull!”
Kel-Tec KSG 12 pump-action shotgun. Two tubular magazines that each hold 7-2¾” shells or 6-3″ shells. (or like Kadaka said 24 of the Aquila 1½” mini shells) The gunner can select which magazine he wants to draw from, so you could one “tube” with #1 Buck and the other with slugs, and select your feed as the situation dictates.
Over $700 at Bud’s. But watch the video at link, the KSG is downward ejecting and Skye shouldering the stock with that top is NOT recommended.
And, despite Skye being a still-leftie, a Princess Bride quote seems appropriate:
“There’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.”
My first thought was that she should be nekkid, for exactly that reason. 😉
Check Palmetto State Armory they have them for $649
I don’t recall what all of us were discussing, but I mentioned the Kel-Tec to the group and one young lady immediately searched it on her phone. After seeing it, she then announced “I know what I want for Christmas!”
For years I’ve wanted to be able to say “Computer”, and have it respond “Working…”*. Then I could ask it to do/find what I needed.
So, why am I so anti-Alexa/Siri/Whatnot?
Because I wanted to talk to MY computer. I don’t want to talk to the master computer in Silicon Valley. Or China. I want to talk to MY computer and have IT do the search or whatnot.
It’s not the computer knowing what I want or like, and being able to act as my servant, it’s the centralization and that it’s somebody else.
It’s much like the problem so many folks have with e-books and streaming movies: you don’t really own it; you’re simply allowed to access it at their whim. Thanks. If I really want it, I’ll buy a CD/hardcopy and keep it where I control it and can use it as I wish.
(* I’m guessing you can’t make Siri or Alexa sound like Majel Barrett. Probably licensing issues. I could make MY computer do that, and not break a single IP law. One more argument against the Big Tech approach.)
I bet your computer doesn’t have the Photon torpedoes that Majel had. I don’t think there was an episode that they weren’t locked and loaded.
Spin
Kirk, you magnificent bastard, I’ve got you now!
First, without reading the dialog, I though it was that Solar Sail deployment by the Planetary Society. Then I started the dialog and I started with Skynet. Instapundit – “Skynet Smiles”. Then Hal 9000 and the shot gun. Then it made sense.
Sorry!
So you’re not a fan of Multivac running the world? (Yes, an Asimov reference.)
GRIOT ?
Is Alexa going to sing Bicycle Built For Two on the way out?
Hal, I don’t think we are going to be in Texas anymore, WWheeee………………BoooooM
Spin
How can you shoot such an innocent ‘bot? Easy, you don’t lead’em as much.
I knew I fell in love with Skye all those years ago for a reason… and not just because she was a ‘fallen’ woman!!
A gentleman appreciates a woman with a past. It gives him hopes for the future.
From ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ to a segue into “The Princess Bride’ then on to ‘Full Metal Jacket’. We’re covering all the bases here…
‘Shiny!’
You missed Majel Barrett’s (Gene Rodenberry’s squeeze) photon torpedoes about half a page up.
Spin
Dammit! You’re right…
I’m so old I remember……
Electronic hockey pucks, so ‘puter resolution cameras could track ’em on the ice for the viewers that normally take the short bus.
Wait…wait….which one of those is the small, hockey puck sized, units?
Bye, Alexa…
Kel-Tec KSG12 ….. Dana Loesch would abide……
Sorry OT again y’all but I’m busting…proof positive that among the darkness and worry for the future of our Republic and our world, there is also such hope and light:
https://poetnthepawnbroker.blogspot.com/2019/08/my-baby-is-pilot.html
You are blessed. Congratulations.
All of you are blessed, and all of us by it.
Thank you Sir.
Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters – all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing.
David Petraeus