The problem with spray painting cameras is the paint is fairly easily dissolved. A better approach would use construction foam, also available in a spray can, and at night so it won't be treated immediately. Yes, wet foam can also be removed with acetone, but once it dries, it has to be removed with tools like a chisel or putty knife, so the chance of damage to the camera are much greater. Another approach would be to use any sort of spray that has significant alcohol (any sort) content and some sort of ignition source. Burnt cameras don't get better. In the UK where the Gatso was ticketing people, lorry drivers would put a tyre around the pole and add petrol, then light the whole thing on fire. Trickier in some ways, but you want to be thorough.
Windows is a virus masquerading as an operating system and has been since the release of Win95. Before that it was a command line app that you launched from MS-DOS and even then it had virus-like features. I don’t click on links from strangers. Some people are more diligent at making malware and I’m not enthusiastic about the results of clicking. Besides, it isn’t like there is any shortage of resources on lasers available hither and yon.
When I was working at Schwab in the early 2000's, monitoring network traffic, I noticed that the Windows computers all report back encrypted messages to Microsoft at regular intervals.
It would be an error to suggest things. “Whatever you say, say nothin’ when you talk about you know what. For if you know who should hear you, then you know what you’d get. They’d take you away to you don’ know where for you wouldn’t know how long. So whenever ya think about talkin’ remember the words to this song.”
Yes, ammonium bifluoride (ABF) is available in spray containers, typically as a diluted liquid in specialty products like acid-based wheel cleaners, glass etching creams, or industrial coil cleaners So many wheels, so few cleansers!
Far too many great ones to comment on all of them but - we trust the CDC and WHO now, for no. of heat deaths? Haven't looked into it - no time right now - but is it not likely that it is a case of "people who died while there was a heat wave" rather than "people who died from heat as the direct cause of death"?
I'll try and remember to go dig for data from Sweden later.
where is the time that people considered baking in the sun a holiday? my dad in Belgium remarked this. Why is everyone complaining since they do not have to go to the Mediterranean, the Carrabian, Egypt, etc. and now have heat for free? And why is it that people who have worked in the heat all their lives, all of a sudden now have to be protected from the sun? (African farm workers, Southern Italian farmers, etc.)
Lots of those in the Italian press and I still have to see an article about 1400+ deaths in Venezuela due to the earth quakes.
PS. I wonder if Waltz has already tried one of these things?
Right, so I went to the official Cause of death-registry and did a search, using their diagnostic code for "Death due to being exposed to naturally occuring heat". Both sexes, all ages, from 1997 to 2024 (because anything pre-1997 isn't available via computer search, it's all on paper in an archive somewhere).
Anyhow.
Total dead from heat exposure in Sweden for that period?
26 people.
I'm starting to think that my initial suspicion has something to it. The 175 000 is likely inflated - it's not as if us Swedes are the most used to handle high temperatures.
in all honesty, the reason I'm seeking way-outta-town property isn't the neighborhood (as the old guy selling the place leaned in and said real quietly, "it's a little dark.")
it's the bloody AWFLs in the municipal corporation-masquerading-as-government and their cronies in the unelected bureaucracy that're leveraging me out of my house. the neighbors are fine, though I do wish they'd take the occasional gunfire to the municipal court or maybe the mayor's ritzy neighbourhood instead
The problem with spray painting cameras is the paint is fairly easily dissolved. A better approach would use construction foam, also available in a spray can, and at night so it won't be treated immediately. Yes, wet foam can also be removed with acetone, but once it dries, it has to be removed with tools like a chisel or putty knife, so the chance of damage to the camera are much greater. Another approach would be to use any sort of spray that has significant alcohol (any sort) content and some sort of ignition source. Burnt cameras don't get better. In the UK where the Gatso was ticketing people, lorry drivers would put a tyre around the pole and add petrol, then light the whole thing on fire. Trickier in some ways, but you want to be thorough.
Thanks, very creative ideas!
Lasers are nifty. But they can damage Flock cameras so, never point one at a camera!
https://biglaserpointers.com/blue-laser-pointers/16-pluto-entry-level-class-4-high-power-burning-laser.html
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Laser-induced-damage-threshold-of-camera-sensors-Schwarz-Ritt/637496d331c386412933381b1e0bd705e1ace4f1
Intriguing ideas. Also: don’t follow links from strangers.
I worked on websites for 30 years. Links from strangers are OK on Mac or Linux in an anonymous window. ("porn window" as they say)
But on Windows, it's not safe. Windows itself is not safe to use.
Windows is a virus masquerading as an operating system and has been since the release of Win95. Before that it was a command line app that you launched from MS-DOS and even then it had virus-like features. I don’t click on links from strangers. Some people are more diligent at making malware and I’m not enthusiastic about the results of clicking. Besides, it isn’t like there is any shortage of resources on lasers available hither and yon.
When I was working at Schwab in the early 2000's, monitoring network traffic, I noticed that the Windows computers all report back encrypted messages to Microsoft at regular intervals.
Ammonium biflouride is commonly used to etch glass.
Just saying, not suggesting anything.
It would be an error to suggest things. “Whatever you say, say nothin’ when you talk about you know what. For if you know who should hear you, then you know what you’d get. They’d take you away to you don’ know where for you wouldn’t know how long. So whenever ya think about talkin’ remember the words to this song.”
Yes, ammonium bifluoride (ABF) is available in spray containers, typically as a diluted liquid in specialty products like acid-based wheel cleaners, glass etching creams, or industrial coil cleaners So many wheels, so few cleansers!
Lasers are nifty. But they can damage Flock cameras so, never point one at a camera!
https://biglaserpointers.com/blue-laser-pointers/16-pluto-entry-level-class-4-high-power-burning-laser.html
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Laser-induced-damage-threshold-of-camera-sensors-Schwarz-Ritt/637496d331c386412933381b1e0bd705e1ace4f1
Far too many great ones to comment on all of them but - we trust the CDC and WHO now, for no. of heat deaths? Haven't looked into it - no time right now - but is it not likely that it is a case of "people who died while there was a heat wave" rather than "people who died from heat as the direct cause of death"?
I'll try and remember to go dig for data from Sweden later.
where is the time that people considered baking in the sun a holiday? my dad in Belgium remarked this. Why is everyone complaining since they do not have to go to the Mediterranean, the Carrabian, Egypt, etc. and now have heat for free? And why is it that people who have worked in the heat all their lives, all of a sudden now have to be protected from the sun? (African farm workers, Southern Italian farmers, etc.)
Lots of those in the Italian press and I still have to see an article about 1400+ deaths in Venezuela due to the earth quakes.
PS. I wonder if Waltz has already tried one of these things?
Right, so I went to the official Cause of death-registry and did a search, using their diagnostic code for "Death due to being exposed to naturally occuring heat". Both sexes, all ages, from 1997 to 2024 (because anything pre-1997 isn't available via computer search, it's all on paper in an archive somewhere).
Anyhow.
Total dead from heat exposure in Sweden for that period?
26 people.
I'm starting to think that my initial suspicion has something to it. The 175 000 is likely inflated - it's not as if us Swedes are the most used to handle high temperatures.
Going hard! Wish I was as consistent as you. Thanks for always being in the fight, brother.
Love the JAWS one. Classic on so many levels LOL
Terrific collection!
Thank you Tom!
True, sadly. And I live in Londonistan. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Is there any risk to you in reading my memes over there?
I had two subscribers with btinternet.com email addresses, but BT has been blocking patrick.net so they can't get the memes direct from me anymore.
What does the astronaut and it’s all Ohio mean?
That all of America looks like a tasteless strip mall.
It's not entirely true, but mostly.
#33
in all honesty, the reason I'm seeking way-outta-town property isn't the neighborhood (as the old guy selling the place leaned in and said real quietly, "it's a little dark.")
it's the bloody AWFLs in the municipal corporation-masquerading-as-government and their cronies in the unelected bureaucracy that're leveraging me out of my house. the neighbors are fine, though I do wish they'd take the occasional gunfire to the municipal court or maybe the mayor's ritzy neighbourhood instead
The AWFLs are also a big reason why the eternal epidemic of black violence never gets solved. They vote out of suicidal empathy for thugs.
#71 nails my interactions with my relatives recently.
Same here. They think I have TDS like they do, but mine is different, being Trump Disappointment Syndrome.