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Earnestic Review
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To be optimistic, not all bitcoin multipliers and investment plans are complete scams or fraudulent, but by in large the industry is in the majority as far as tainted and here today gone tomorrow with new ones popping up nearly every single day.
Is Earnestic Paying?
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No matter the background or level of understanding in this space, high yield investment programs are the highest risk and lowest reward programs anyone can partake in. Given how many daily multiplier programs and HYIP investment opportunities are out there to choose from, it should be no surprise that most fail to meet the criteria that anyone with reason should consider when deciding which ones to join or earn daily profits with. Our best advice as of right now is to hold off and pause any instant gratification feelings you may have had before visiting here and check other HYIP monitors for their feedback on current payment and withdrawal activity.
How To Find A Paying HYIP Project?
Like looking for unicorns in the universe, it can be tricky and time-consuming to find an honest, legit, on-going daily cryptocurrency profit earner. We are working on putting together a Best Bitcoin HYIP Multiplier List here as it can be a very tedious task to stay up with all of the new companies and programs popping up as fast as they are shutting down. One of the golden rules we can suggest is to look at the track record of opportunities who have been offering the cryptocurrency mining and trading profit returns to see how long they have been in business and paying – also use search engines for reviews and feedback suggestions moving forward.
Earnestic Conclusion
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Computer chips made out of graphene—a web of carbon atoms—could potentially be faster and more powerful than silicon- based ones. The discovery of graphene garnered the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, but the success of this and other forms of carbon nanotechnology might ultimately depend on chemists' ability to create structures with atomic precision.
The discovery of buckyballs—hollow, cagelike molecules made entirely of carbon atoms—in 1985 was the start of something literally much bigger. Six years later tubes of carbon atoms arranged in a chicken wire–shaped, hexagonal pattern like that in the carbon sheets of graphite made their debut. Being hollow, extremely strong and stiff, and electrically conducting, these carbon nanotubes promised applications ranging from high-strength carbon composites to tiny wires and electronic devices, miniature molecular capsules, and water-filtration membranes.
For all their promise, carbon nanotubes have not resulted in a lot of commercial applications. For instance, researchers have not been able to solve the problem of how to connect tubes into complicated electronic circuits. More recently, graphite has moved to center stage because of the discovery that it can be separated into individual chicken wire–like sheets, called graphene, that could supply the fabric for ultraminiaturized, cheap and robust electronic circuitry. The hope is that the computer industry can use narrow ribbons and networks of graphene, made to measure with atomic precision, to build chips with better performance than silicon-based ones.
"Graphene can be patterned so that the interconnect and placement problems of carbon nanotubes are overcome," says carbon specialist Walt de Heer of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Methods such as etching, however, are too crude for patterning graphene circuits down to the single atom, de Heer points out, and as a result, he fears that graphene technology currently owes more to hype than hard science. Using the techniques of organic chemistry to build up graphene circuits from the bottom up—linking together "polyaromatic" molecules containing several hexagonal carbon rings, like little fragments of a graphene sheet— might be the key to such precise atomicscale engineering and thus to unlocking the future of graphene electronics.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Apple Tasting / Samples at Toledo Farmers Market
Although you'd never know it from selection offered at the the average grocery store, thousands of varieties of apples are grown in the US. Protecting this biodiversity is one of the goals of Slow Food, and Slow Food Maumee Valley friends and members have a chance to follow Poppy Tooker's advice and "eat it to save it."
Every Saturday morning throughout the winter, Witts Orchards offers dozens of delicious varieties at the Toledo Farmers Market (the orchards, located in Oak Harbor, include more than five dozen varieties).
On Saturday September 20th from 9 AM to 12 PM, Slow Food Maumee Valley members will prepare apple-based treats for market shoppers as well as a tasting of several varieties that are at their peak this month. We'll talk to market shoppers about Slow Food and our mission to make food that is good, clean, and fair available to everyone.
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Some games, such as Monopoly, achieve an honoured place in popular culture, becoming easily recognizable brands to even the least gaming-minded segments of the vulgus populi. Others are famous only within the gaming community, either as treasured memories of gaming days gone by or as coveted collector's gems, either already collected or on the wish list of games designated to be one day added to the collection. Such a game was Milton Bradley's Dark Tower.
Dark Tower was released in 1982, two years before Milton Bradley was purchased by Hasbro for $360 million. The company took an aggressive advertising stance, hiring Orson Welles to star in the commercial designed to hawk the game on Saturday morning TV shows. The commercial was a masterpiece, with Welles' commanding voice intoning not only how the game was played but how he was "victorious." Electronic games were still fairly novel, and therefore somewhat expensive, but between the commercial and the sheer "cool" factor of the game, it looked like Dark Tower was set to become yet another Milton Bradley classic. Too bad for them that they didn't own the concept.
Dark Tower was registered as a trademark on January 12, 1981 by Paul N. Vanasse (who incidentally is now the Director of Global IP and Enforcement for Hasbro). Here's where the story of Dark Tower gets interesting. In February (or March, some claim) of 1980, two game inventors, Alan Coleman and Roger Burten, approached Milton Bradley with a board game concept they called Triumph, but Milton Bradley ultimately rejected their submission. A year later the pair saw Dark Tower being demonstrated at a toy fair in New York, and concluded that Milton Bradley had stolen their game concept, and pursued legal action, suing Milton Bradley for fraud, breach of contract and two counts of trade secret misappropriation. During the proceedings in District Court, the fraud charge was withdrawn, and the jury found for Coleman and Burten, rewarding the two inventors the sum of $737,058.10 (based on the Dark Tower's royalties).
In what must have felt like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, the lawyers representing Milton Bradley immediately asked the judge for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, essentially a legal move asking the judge to disregard the jury verdict. The court set aside the jury's judgment, essentially letting Milton Bradley off the hook. However, Burten and Coleman took their case to the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals, who performed an exhaustive examination of Milton Bradley's disclosure agreements and past District Court cases of a similar nature. After a deliberation that they described as a "close question", the Court of Appeals reversed the District Court's decision, and reinstated the monetary judgment against Milton Bradley. (The decision in all its original legal glory can be read HERE.)
This has been the accepted canon regarding Milton Bradley's court troubles over Dark Tower, but a dissenting voice can be found at Well-of-Souls.com, a Dark Tower homage website. Robert Hoffberg, a programmer who worked for Milton Bradley (known for programming Connect Four and Cosmic Hunter into the Microvision), is quoted as stating that he saw Triumph, that its only similarity to Dark Tower was an electronic computer game piece in the center of the game board, and that the true inspiration for Dark Tower came from an old Synergistic Software Apple II game from 1980 called "Wilderness Campaign" (by Robert C. Clardy, who, incidentally, has an impressive resume, with involvement in several games, including Vengeance of Excalibur and Thexder).
After watching the YouTube video of "Wilderness Campaign", some similarities between it and Dark Tower can be seen, but the reality is that the same can be said about half the published (and unpublished!) AD&D game modules of the era. Trekking through the wilderness, running into random encounters, heading into a store for more supplies, and ultimately facing the evil Overlord in his castle were standard motiffs of the day. So, perhaps Mr. Hoffberg is correct, perhaps not; without further evidence, the court's opinion continues to be the historical record that the Dark Tower story is based on.
For those who have never had the opportunity to play this classic game, Dark Tower is best described as a RPG transplanted into the board game genre. The circular game board is divided into four kingdoms, and in the center sits the electronic Dark Tower. Players quest around the game board to locate three keys (bronze, silver, and gold) which will allow them to solve the Riddle of the Keys, that is, which order the keys must be used to open the gates to the Dark Tower, and permit them to battle the forces within. To defeat their ultimate enemy, they must find reinforcements (and feed them!) to help defeat the hordes of defenders awaiting them in the Dark Tower. As they search for the keys, players can be attacked by Brigands, and if they win the battle, can receive a reward: gold, a Dragonsword, a magic key, a curse on one of your competing players by a friendly wizard (giving you 1/4 of their gold and warriors), even a ride on a Pegasus! (If you're really lucky, you can receive one of these rewards by simply entering one of the tombs or ruins on the game board.)
However, ill luck can follow you as you quest for the keys. Sometimes the battle against the Brigands does not go your way. Sometimes you can get lost and have to start over from your last position. Sometimes a vicious plague wipes out some of your warriors (though you can avoid this by having a Healer in your ranks). Sometimes your gold and warriors will be stolen from you by the arrival of the Dragon…unless you have the Dragonsword, and then you get all its treasure! Of course, sometimes your move is benign, and nothing happens at all.
There are also special locations on the game board that can be accessed for good or ill. There are tombs and ruins which might hold a treasure – or more Brigands! There places of Sanctuary wherein you may be given more warriors, gold or food if you are in need. Each player has a Citadel which acts as the home base and that can act as either a Sanctuary or as the launching point for the final assault on the Dark Tower. Finally, there is the Bazaar, a place where many items might be for sale, such as warriors, food, a Healer (as mentioned above, saves you from a Plague), a Scout (keeps you from getting lost), or a Beast (carries your gold for you to free up warriors). The Bazaar changes prices and selection, and you can always attempt to haggle if you think the price is too dear…but don't push your luck or the merchant will shut down the bazaar and your turn is over. You get NOTHING; good day, sir!
Much like an arcade game, Dark Tower also provided you with a score for how well you did during the game, from a lowly 1 to the maximum of 99. The more warriors you used and more time you took circling the game board, the lower your score. It was possible to get no score at all, meaning that although you ultimately defeated the brigands of the Dark Tower and were awarded the Ancient Scepter, it took too many turns to do so. Not every victory is one for the bards!
So what is the fascination with Dark Tower that has propelled it into the stratosphere of board game value? A casual search of eBay.com returns listings with a range from $100 to $300 for this game. (My favorite board game website, magisterrex.com, does not have the game in stock.) It could be the collective memory of playing the game, but at its original price point (more expensive than a regular board game; reading people's recollections of how much they paid run the gamut from $40 to $130, which goes to show you how subjective our memories can be…but I digress.), it was not as ubiquitous on North American game shelves as a game such as Monopoly, which would belie that hypothesis. Perhaps it is as simple as the memory of wanting to play Dark Tower, but not being able to afford it – or being able to convince the responsible parental units to purchase it. That desire for a memory that could have been may be driving the price of Dark Tower.
Ultimately, it does not matter why Dark Tower continues to be one of the most sought after Holy Grails of classic board game collecting. It's an electronic game with depth that is astounding for the era it was produced in, and truly enjoyable to play. For this reason, Dark Tower deserves to be remembered as one of the Best Classic Board Games, and well-worth adding to anyone's board game collection!
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Industry Enjoys RVB's Party at Hard Rock Cafe
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Richard Coon (left), president of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), toasts the association and its 50th Anniversary National RV Trade Show during a party Wednesday night (Nov. 28) at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Louisville, Ky. The RV Business Annual Cash Bar Extravaganza was sponsored by RVBusiness Magazine. Joining Coon on the toast are (from left) Gregg Fore, immediate past RVIA chairman and chairman of Dicor Corp.; David Humphreys, past RVIA president; and Doug Gaeddert, RVIA chairman and a general manager of Forest River Inc. Several hundred people attended the event which went well into the night.
Gregg Fore (left), immediate past chairman of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and chairman of Dicor Corp., holds an artist's rendering portrait penned by his son, Alan. RVBusiness Publisher Sherman (right) presented the drawing on behalf of Alan to Fore Wednesday night during a party at the Hard Rock Cafe sponsored by RVBusiness. Photos by Shawn Spence.


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WASHINGTON (June 25, 2012)—Travel back to the Golden Age of Muslim civilization — from the seventh to the 17th centuries — with a new exhibition opening at the National Geographic Museum this summer. "1001 Inventions: Discover the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization" is an award-winning traveling exhibition that highlights the enormous contribution to science and technology made by men and women of many different faiths during the era of Muslim civilization. The exhibition opens Aug. 3, 2012, and runs through Feb. 3, 2013.
"Muslim civilization stretched from southern Spain as far as China," explains Professor Salim Al-Hassani, one of the academics behind the exhibition and editor of the exhibition's companion book. "For a thousand years, scholars of many faiths built on the ancient knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, making breakthroughs that helped pave the way for the Renaissance. The discoveries made by men and women in Muslim civilization — from automatic machines and medical marvels to astronomical observations and inspiring architecture — have left their mark on the way we live today."
1001 Inventions is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of scientific and cultural achievements from the Golden Age of Muslim civilization and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world. The "1001 Inventions" exhibition was named the Best Touring Exhibition of the Year at the Museums and Heritage Excellence Awards (U.K.). This highly interactive exhibition showcases the historic advancements in navigation, medicine, hydraulics, optics, mathematics and more.
"1001 Inventions" has drawn millions of visitors in London, Istanbul, New York and Abu Dhabi. A half-million people saw the exhibition at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it closed in mid March 2012
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a model of celebrated Ottoman engineer Al-Jazari's sophisticated Elephant Clock, created more than 800 years ago. The clock was a masterpiece celebrating the diversity of humankind. Its moving parts were automated using a water-powered timer inspired by an Indian mechanism known as ghatika. Combined with this were an Egyptian phoenix, Greek hydraulic technology, Chinese dragons, an Indian elephant and mechanical figurines in Arabian dress. The clock cleverly reflected cultural and technological influences from across Muslim civilization, from Spain to China. Every half hour the timer would set off a series of sounds and movements. A ball rolled from the top of the clock, turning an hour dial, while the scribe and his pen turned automatically to show the minutes past the hour.
The work of influential scientists, such as physicist Ibn al-Haytham, is highlighted in the exhibition. Al-Haytham's ideas about optics overturned the ancient theory that our eyes send out invisible rays in order to see. He proved his theory of light rays being reflected from visible objects to build the first camera obscura. The exhibition includes camera obscura examples and other advancements in optics, showing how early people came to understand the complex concepts behind vision.
The exhibition also features models and illustrations of energy-efficient courtyard houses modeled on those developed more than 4,500 years ago. They incorporated natural cooling elements in their design, such as double-glazed windows, thick external walls and air-scoops for natural cross ventilation. Current energy-efficient houses use these same environmentally friendly, energy-efficient techniques today.
"1001 Inventions" also includes many everyday objects that many do not know were invented by men and women of the Golden Age of Muslim civilization. Items such as perfume, fabrics, the game of chess and more are featured to show visitors the importance of past inventions in our daily lives today.
"The mission of National Geographic is to spread knowledge of the world and its cultures — past and present," said Kathryn Keane, vice president of exhibitions at the National Geographic Society. "This exhibition is an opportunity to share the fascinating history of Muslim civilization with our audiences and to celebrate great scientific achievement and innovation."
In conjunction with the museum exhibition, the National Geographic Museum will host the 1001 Inventions Family Festival on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This outdoor festival will include performances, music and dance workshops, hands-on art activities, tastings, demonstrations and a craft bazaar. In addition, admission to the museum will be free all day. The festival is supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
National Geographic Books recently published the companion book to the exhibition, "1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization" (National Geographic; ISBN 978-1-4262-0934; $28), that delves into some of the most important inventions from the period.
The "1001 Inventions" exhibition is supported by the UK-based Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation, an international network of academic experts, as its Global Knowledge Partner. Additional support comes from the Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, philanthropic arm of the ALJ Group of companies, which serves as the Global Strategic Partner of 1001 Inventions. The exhibition is locally sponsored by Geico and Busboys & Poets, which will be hosting events in conjunction with the exhibition through its run in D.C.
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1001 Inventions is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of 1,000 years of scientific and cultural achievements from Muslim civilization from the 7th century onwards, and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world. The content of the "1001 Inventions" exhibition was reviewed and approved by an independent panel of academics from the London Science Museum and was also reviewed by academic experts retained by California Science Center. Further information is available from the official website www.1001inventions.com.


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The second law of thermodynamics is famous having manifestations that seem to have nothing to do with heat or work. One of the newest of these avatars of the second law, suitable for our information age, is Landauer's principle, "No physical process has as its sole result the erasure of information." We discuss the interplay of physics and information, beginning nearly 150 years ago with the paradox of Maxwell's demon, modern experiments making the demon visible for the first time, the theory of reversible computation by ideal Brownian computers modeled on the genetic apparatus, and the thermodynamics of error-correction in Brownian automata that, like real enzymes, are less than ideal.
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Betsy Witman will enter her 22nd season at the helm of the Spartan women's basketball team for the 2018-19 season.
Witman took over her current post on August 1, 1997. The 2008-2009 Spartans had the greatest season in school history as they won 27 games, earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament, advanced to the Sweet 16, won a school-record 25 straight games, and went a perfect 16-0 in the Capital Athletic Conference regular season. For her efforts, Witman was named the CAC Coach-of-the-Year and also earned WBCA Regional Coach-of-the-Year.
The Spartans got Witman her first Capital Athletic Conference Tournament championship in 2011 as the Spartans made a run through the conference tournament, culminating with a 70-66 win over Wesley College in the tournament championship game. That earned the Spartans their second NCAA Tournament appearance in the last three years. It also earned Witman her third CAC Coach-of-the-Year award. She earned her other two CAC Coach-of-the-Year awards in 2002 and 2009. Witman begins the season with a mark of 145-81 in Capital Athletic Conference action over the last 15 seasons. York has reached double figures in conference wins six times.
The 2011-12 season started with great promise and the Spartans didn't disappoint as the Green and White went 24-6, spent most of the season in the regional rankings, advanced to the CAC championship game and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the previous four years. The Spartans went 14-2 in the CAC with their only two losses coming to nationally ranked Mary Washington. In fact, all six of York's losses on the year came to nationally ranked squads. The Spartans placed a Capital Athletic Conference record four players on the All-CAC team. Senior April Sparkman earned All-American honors for the Spartans, the third Spartan earn the prestigious honor under Witman's guidance.
The 2012-13 season was bittersweet for the Green and White as York roared out of the gate with an 11-0 start and a national ranking of 11th. The Spartans would drop their next three straight before bouncing back to finish third in the CAC and advancing to the CAC semifinals where they were edged by Mary Washington, denying York a third straight trip to the conference finals. Junior forward Brittany Hicks became York's fourth national All-American and was joined on the All-CAC squad by Kristen Haley and Aja Wallpher.
The 2013-14 season capped the most successful four year run in school history. The Spartans captured the regular season CAC championship and won their second CAC Tournament championship. The Green and White made their fourth NCAA Touranment appearance. The Spartan senior class of Hicks, Haley, Wallpher and Kelsey Murphy combined to go 86-29 during their four year careers. Hicks earned All-American honors for the second straight season as she becomes York's first two-time All-American. Witman earned her fourth CAC Coach of the Year award while Hicks, Haley and Wallpher earned All-CAC accolades. The Spartans went 26-3 including a conference-best 14-2 in the CAC.
The 2015-16 season was another stellar campaign as York went 20-7 overall and 13-5 in the highly competitive Capital Athletic Conference. York advanced to the CAC semifinals before falling to eventual champion Marymount. The Spartans were one of Witman's youngest teams as York had just two seniors on the squad.
Witman helped guide the Spartans to 18 wins in 2016-17, going 18-9 overall and 11-7 in conference, good for another CAC Tournament berth. York defeated Frostburg St. at home in the tournament first round, before falling to eventual champion Christopher Newport. Senior Sam Hruz earned first-team All-CAC honors, in addition to garnering an All-Region selection from D3hoops.com. Junior Morgan Kuehne also was a second-team All-CAC pick for the Spartans.
The 2017-18 season was another successful one has Witman led the Spartans to a second consecutive 18 win season. York tackled Frostburg St. in the first round of the CAC tournament before falling to Christopher Newport in the tournament for the second straight season. Witman helped coach a squad that had two all-CAC performer in Katie Wagner and Katie McGowan. York will lose three of their top four scorers going into the 2018-19 season.
Witman posted her 100th career win on February 9, 2004, in a 68-64 win over Elizabethtown. She captured her 150th career win on November 20, 2007, against Goucher. Witman crossed the 200-career win milestone on January 13, 2010 with the 67-64 win at Salisbury. Win number 250 came in the NCAA Tournament victory at Juniata on March 3, 2012. Witman earned her 300th career victory with a 67-57 win at Wesley on February 4.
Witman enters the 2018-19 campaign with a career mark of 378-218, good for a winning percentage of 63.4%.
She has recruited and coached three CAC Player-of-the-Year award winners (Heather Kessler in 2004, Keli Ward in 2009, and Brittany Hicks in 2014) and four CAC Rookie-of-the-Year selections (Amy Anderson in 1997, Kristen Daly in 2005, Keli Ward in 2006, and Kristen Haley in 2011). Witman has also had 17 different players earn a combined 37 All-CAC awards. Witman has coached 11 of the Spartans' 14 1,000-career point scorers including Haley and Hicks who joined the club in 2012-13.
Witman came to York after four seasons of serving as the women's assistant coach at Millersville University. The Marauders won 57 games during Witman's tenure at Millersville including a 17-9 season in 1996-97. In addition to coaching at Millersville, Witman has also served as an assistant at the University of Delaware.
Witman is not a stranger to York County basketball. She was born and raised in Hanover before traveling to James Madison University where she was a 1,000 point scorer for two Sweet 16 teams. She earned her undergraduate degree in Physical Education/Sport Management from JMU and her master's degree in Physical Education/Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware. She was named one of the best five high school players in York County over the last 40 years by the York Dispatch. She is also a member of the Hanover High School Athletic Hall of Fame and recently received the Hanover Alumni Career Achievement Award.
"I am happy with the direction of our program," says Witman. "I think we have built the program up to where it is a very attractive option for talented student-athletes. I want us to build on the success of the last six years and continue to maintain our status as one of the top programs in the region and the nation. The Grumbacher Center is one of the finest facilities in the east coast if not the nation."
"With our outstanding academic reputation and reputable athletic program, I am confident in our team's ability to continue to make York College very proud. We have a great group of kids who work hard and possess the talent to make this a very special program," says Witman.
The Spartans continue to be outstanding academically. After being ranked number one in the nation for team GPA in 2005, the Spartans finished second in 2006 and runner-up again in 2008. The Spartans were ranked 20th in the 2015 WBCA Academic rankings.
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Tim Berners-Lee invented the WorldWideWeb. I like the screenshots of the browser you can find here :)
In a recent article on zdnet.co.uk by Tom Espiner, he points at the "geek culture" that "that disregards the work of capable female engineers, and puts others off entering the profession."
Interesting reading.
I'd like to point out that "geek culture" is only one of the ingredients to the under-representation of women in IT, or in Sciences in general. I see it also as a social and education issue (link to a related UF thread, with very good points discussed).
Of course, it would help a lot that women involvement/employment/careers gain the same opportunities than the men ones (the other way around is also true), and that women representations shift away from the hot chick/go-go dancer/blond with big boobs objectifications. Our society has to evolve, our education system has to stop renewing the usual stereotypes (all of them, including ethnics and religion, not only regarding gender).
Lots of work ahead!
Thanks to Aurelie who linked that article in the LinuxChix.fr mailing list, and to all the humans who work towards integration, especially within Linux communities.


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Nicki Minaj suffers nip-slip at start of tour
The curvaceous Super Bass hitmaker was performing at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham when her right nipple popped out of her sparkly corset dress during the energetic Va Va Voom track, but she ignored the fashion mishap and continued on with the show.
After completing the tune, she addressed the overexposure and told the crowd, "You guys have seen my boobs before. You won't tell anyone, will you? What happens in Nottingham..."
The hip-hop star's figure-hugging outfit slid a little too low once again during the concert finale as she belted out her smash hit Starships, but this time Minaj had apparently tried to preserve her modesty in between tracks by placing adhesive tape, decorated with love hearts, over her nipples, which became visible as she closed out the gig.
However, the rapper had warned audience members earlier in the night not to be too surprised if her or her dancers' stage costumes exposed a little more than expected, telling them: "This is our first show so excuse any boobs popping out or any penises popping out!"
It's not the first time Minaj has faced a nip-slip onstage - she accidentally exposed her breast while performing live in New York's Central Park for U.S. breakfast show Good Morning America last year (11).


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Posted: Wed 11 May 2011, 04:10
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Multisession disc and Firefox 4 bookmarks in 525
I thought I had fixed this problem by changing the Firefox 4 permissions but it still exists.
If I add any bookmarks to Firefox 4 whilst running a multisession disc,upon reboot and after saving changes,all the previously stored bookmarks are either missing or have turned into BBC web links that I have never visited.
I have been using the Firefox 4 from Quickpet.
Does anybody else see this problem??
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Posted: Mon 16 May 2011, 22:47
Post subject: Re: Multisession disc and Firefox 4 bookmarks in 525
Brown Mouse wrote:
...Does anybody else see this problem??
I don't use Firefox so I can't really speak to your question directly, but I occasionally save my SeaMonkey bookmarks as a file in a location where I can recall them to install into a fresh SeaMonkey if required. (For instance if I burn a new version of Puppy on another DVD for testing.) I've never had any problem with my bookmarks, whether after saving to my multisession DVD on shutdown, or after installing the whole shebang of bookmarks into a pristine SeaMonkey.
What happens if you save your Firefox bookmarks before you shut down (separately from saving everything else when you shut down) then, if the bookmarks are no good after rebooting, replace the bad bookmarks with the saved bookmark file?
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Firefox bookmarks are more complex than bookmarks in Seamonkey. It may have something to do with the bookmark backup files in Firefox. The latest Seamonkey in Puppy 5.2.5 use this type of bookmarks. I keep my bookmarks in folders in the personal toolbar. I have eighteen folders in my toolbar with many bookmarks in each.
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Thanks for the feedback guys
I also use Seamonkey and don't see this problem in that or Opera.
I've not done much more experimenting lately with the multisession disc but will try your suggestions of saving separately before closing down plus making a bookmarks backup.
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I was trying out a version of Puppy 431 that came with Opera.
I could not get used to it, having used Seamonkey, so I figured I would install Seamonkey from a pet I had previously downloaded.
It installed, and updated on starting.
I had moved the /root/.mozilla directory to /mnt/home and made a system link and that was working.
But this time for some reason, tired I guess, I answered yes to importing settings.
A new default profile was created and my bookmarks, and plugins were gone.
I tried to load my old profile, but it was not even listed in the available profiles window even though it was still in the /mnt/home/.mozilla/seamonkey directory.
Is there some trick to restoring/loading my old profile?
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maybe it will overwrite the bookmarks folder for different pupsaves...?
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Thank you for the links.
It helped somewhat at least in knowing what not to do.
Sorry I took a while to get back to you.
ISP line quality is lousy and DSL connection is intermittent
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You might also want to check the Mozillazine forums.
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You might also want to check the Mozillazine forums.
That sounded like a good idea until I tried to visit the site which states that my IP address is banned until June.
Wouldn't mind but I've never visited it before
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It seemed to work okay for me, and I'm new there too. Assuming you don't have a fixed IP address, perhaps someone in your vicinity was 86ed and DHCP assigned you his IP address. Try it again after shutting your internet connection down overnight so you have to be assigned a new IP address when you restart. I think there's a way to ask for a different IP address but I don't know what it is. Perhaps something like "ip renew" in a console?
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Change IP Address in Firefox
1. Click on Tools and then click on Options.
2. Click on Advanced button at the top of pop up window.
3. Now choose Network tab and go to Connection settings.
4. Click on Manual proxy configuration radio button.
5. Now set the HTTP Proxy and Port Number. (Feel free to use *these)
6. Click on OK button. Now you can access the Internet with a changed ip address.
*# HTTP proxy (on Firefox):
# For the Port on any browser, enter the following number:
# Click OK and close the dialog boxes, and then refresh this page. Your IP address should change.
or, for easy use try hidemyass
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I am usually logged out at the mozillzine forums. Recently it would not accept my supposed un+pw. next time I got a similar message, next time back it loaded properly. I did not try to login. Maybe I will re register.
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No matter how many cameras they install they CAN'T keep intruders out without enough defenders on the berm to continuously cover it's entire perimeter.
Your Best defense is staying hidden away. Is it well know or Obvious that there is a House there ? Are you expecting a raiding party to accidentally stumble on to it? or specifically come for it ?
Judging by your map your biggest danger would be a raiding part traveling the Minor highway and upon discovery of locations 1 & 2 proceed towards your home to Investigate the possibilities of easily obtainable supplies.
1) Now your First line of defense is Misinformation. I would highly recommend Acquiring a sign of some sort that would suggest the road leads to something of no Interest to anyone. It could be an open area or a city dump. This Obviously wouldn't fool the locals but might work with someone who has never been to the area. In case of SHTF I would Place it a few Hundred Yards beyond where your Property would be visible From.
2) If you still have a raiding party coming that Ignored Misinformation. Your best Bet is to control their actions. Play a game of Chess with them Give them a Perceived Opening that is actually the Place where you can concentrate the defenses on. Make the woods around the house Hard to travel in Forcing them take the road and then Concentrate on defending the road.
3) Don't be Attached to the Property Don't force yourself to defend something that you cant. If defense is Impossible Just Leave. Have a campsite set up in the mountains that you can retreat to at the moments notice. Along with this Don't keep all your gear and supplies in one spot.
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Have a vehicle loaded with supplies, when overrun drive it away from the home to an area completely cleared, but close enough to the woods to sneak in at night to resupply. Disable the car. Then snipe anyone going near from a secure mountain area.
great advice
No suggesting outright retaking of the compound. I am talking about long range harassment, hit and run. Not interested in attrition at all.
You didn't just call me a keyboard jockey("Call of Duty fantasies"), did you? LOL. That's cool man, I don't mind. I'll depend on my "Call of Duty" training.
Though if you think video games are what you need then go for it but personally I prefer to depend on my real life training from the Marines that taught me to make valid assessments of the viability of a course of action, rather then a fantasy game with a reset button and cheat codes.
This was my training regimen:
Jump School
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2/5, 2/9, 3/8, 2/1, 1/4, 3rdLAR
2yrs with J.S.O.C. (the guys that masterminded getting BinLaden)
Gentle members, we are moving into a package-measurement competition here, and that is off topic.
No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.I've been saying that for years ...
There is no value at all complaining or analyzing or reading tea leaves to decide what these bills really mean or actually do; any bill with a chance to pass will be bad for gun owners.
The details only count after the Governor signs the bills.
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You have my respect for your service. I dont play games nor do I depend on them for strategy and tactics. I thought that by putting quotes around "call of duty" and being sarcastic that would come out. Guess not. No problem.
Sorry I misunderstood but your sarcasm just came off as being "sarcastic" and not as you disavowing the gamer mentality. My comments as to the validity of your tactics still stand though.
A couple o' three things to add:
1) booby traps. Chances are you will all have livestock whether it be very expensive cattle or horses or even chicken tractors. Your expensive, hard to replace animals will wander into those booby traps and your milk production, steer to fatten or breeding project will come to an abrupt end. Is it worth it?
Oh yes, wives who never listen to their husbands will also wander into things. Don't ask me how I know that.
2) "Dwindling"/harassment/retaking of indefensible terrain: If your homestead/doomstead/red x property was where you grew food and kept livestock, it may very well be worth retaking especially since things like good tilthy soil and mature fruit/nut trees cannot be put in a BOB and hauled off to the mountains. That soil and those trees represent an agriculture based future and most ground that is fertile and productive also happens to be flat and level and therefore not that defensible. It seems like it'd be worth it to expend a few .338 Lapua rounds from 1400 yards away to get it back. Perhaps if you have to bugout, you can plug the sewer so the raiders have to step outside to drop a deuce. Maybe you'll get a couple of them that way. Who knows.
3) when you bugout in a hurry, maybe you could leave some refreshments laced with liberal amounts of ricintoxin, Amanita or whatever other Assorted Nasties you can come up with. I think a nice hearty pasta with meatballs and deathcap mushrooms left on the stove seems worth trying.
To me,the biggest danger would be looters and they would never be very disciplined and organized(or anyone else for that matter) to withstand a well thought out long range "cutting off the snake's head" strategy.
Military rule of thumb says it takes a force of 10 to 1 to drive out a entrenched opposing force. They also say that most attacking forces withdraw at 20 percent casualties. Facing liked armed attackers we could repel most any group. When the rest of the neighbors show up from all sides things are going to get ugly.
The supposition that the bad guys are going to be a overwhelming force is absurd. My wife shoots better that 99% of most pilgrims and she is the weakest shooter in our group. The attackers are going to be hungry and low on supplies, that is the reason they are attacking. Even in my little community the bad guys are going to be facing a bunch of very mad locals. I would say my county has more guns and ammo per capita than anywhere in the state.
1400 yard shots, laughable. Only made by the top snipers in the world. There isn't going to be a bunch of them running around as criminals. Way too much TV being watched here. Booby traps and poison, Really ? Shoot at my home home and we will slip out the back flank you and kill you. We do know every rock, tree and shrub on the place, we live here.
I would never abandon my home. It is where all my food, and supplies are and my ability to survive.
You city folk need to learn what a sense of community and family is. We do practice what we preach. All the rest of this is crap.
I'm done with this fantasy thread. Good luck getting out of the city.
Look up the term "cannon fodder"
You wanna put some money on that 1400 yards shot with me in June? 1000 bucks says I will make 4 out of 5 kills with it. That will make it worth my while. My lowly Savage 338 lapua and me, nothing special about us.
Let me know.
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Below is some helpful info I came across a few years ago that may be applicable to the discussion. Posted verbatim, these are not my words nor are they from copywrited sources. This may be something that everyone at a location, and even the neighbors, learns ASAP once the SHTF. Please let me know what you guys think.
>> The other thing that occurs to me is that if raiders have military training, this is what you may be facing on your counterattack. <<
Immediate Action Drill (IAD)
If you're not experienced, you really need to formulate your IAD.
When I was doing COIN ops, we had a few and they were simple and easy to adopt.
A) The enemy sees you first: assault charge towards them
B) You see the enemy first: lay an instant ambush
C) You and the enemy see each other at the same time: assault charge towards them using supporting fire and movement. Which works very well if you're in a section (8-16), platoon (25-60), or company strength (70-250) with associated fire power.
If you're on your own, the simple Dash-Down-Crawl-Observe-Sights-Fire is what you should learn (DDCOSE). The dash is never more than 3 steps, then hit the dirt, crawl into cover. Observe: where did the fire come from? Adjust sights for distance/ open scope covers. Fire if a clear target presents itself, or to cover your further withdrawal. If unarmed, obviously skip the fire part, try to establish your escape route. Running towards whoever is shooting at you is never conducive to survival.
Everything needs to be practiced. If you don't, none of your IAD will be muscle memory.
D) Over 30 meters, run for cover. Most people aren't that great with a gun. The ones that are, well, you'll know already.
E) Under 30 meters, aim for their dick, shoot until they stop moving, then shoot them in the head. Then find cover and look for their friends. If you're lucky they will come to find out what the noise is and you can kill them too.
For the serious professional, this doesn't necessarily apply but it worked fairly well in Iraq and the Philippines.
The more guns you have in a fight (with competent operators behind them) the better off you are.
A word of advice: have a pistol and a knife on your strong side hip. If **** comes to shove, drop your primary and go for the pistol. If that doesn't work, get very active with the knife as fast as you can. If you find yourself in that position, when you stand up (if you stand up) you will be a bad mother****er. Then grab what you can and run like hell.
[Name deleted] we did the same basic drills in the Canadian Army, the only thing that I can add to that would be that when you are on the move, you are scanning for potential trouble and you are, at the same time, checking out the immediate area around for cover/ fire positions.
[Name deleted] very true. The only other thing is I'd say never underestimate any opponent. Unless you have solid intel on [raiders] never underestimate anyone.
I tried paint balling for that but really found it hard to gel with the awkwardness of the paint ball guns and their strange 2-finger triggers and gas canister. Also found it hard to take it seriously and tried more to shoot fat guys to see the look of shock on their faces. I spent the whole time laughing and berating my team members for cowering behind obstacles when a concerted assault on the opposing team would have routed them. ****ing civilians, think they're going to live forever.
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Interesting. Edited to say "Good post" as I haven't read the whole thing and now will have to do that over the next couple of days.
Far fetched idea but escape tunnels..
More plausible (right now) prep covered/concealed egress routes and routes to firing positions.
The second link is new to me, thank you.
A concept to keep in mind while doing preparations... "Speak softly but carry a big stick."
Don't look like a defensible position, read: something valuable is here, but be in a position to defend. Look like an everyday common poor old house, read: doesn't catch the attention of potential looters as a target.
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You will always lose when pinned down unless you have enough people to go out and stop the threat. For example The Branch Davidians and Randy weaver and his family tried to hold out and defend themselves. It didn't work out and never will.
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He's right. I can sit out there at 300-400 yards and pick you and your group off at will. You will be paralyzed until you come out and stop me. I will see you coming and move out until you get tired of looking and when you go back home, I'll start up again. I know where you are and you have no idea where I am. The only thing I would fear are dogs. I can hide from you, but not dogs. Will you have trained dogs? And you have to be willing to sacrifice people to get me. Are you ready for that? Will you post OP's and LPs? The military figures casualties into any plan, but will you?
The point is, you can't just hunker down and build bunkers and hope to survive. It's REALLY REALLY hard to defend a fixed position from a determined attacker. A casual, untrained, poorly armed group will probably give you little trouble, but the trained and determined person (or group) will take you down. You will always lose unless you are willing to go outside the wire and hunt them down effectively and take casualties. Because they will inflict casualties before you get them.
Look at history. All castles, no matter how well defended, always fall. It's just the nature of a fixed position. You simply cannot hold out forever.
The best defense is either a coordinated, well armed, well trained group willing to take proactive action (and casualties) or keeping a very low profile so you don't become a target. And being willing and able to bug out when you're getting overrun if you do become a target.
Just nailing plywood over your windows at your tract house and sitting in the kitchen with your 870 and your case of MRE's is not going to work when I want to take if from you.
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Any thoughts on the subject?
I would think that besides setting the hounds loose, there would be some productive ways to set up 20 acres to give yourself some ability to survive a period of time? I agree with most of the folks, when faced with odds you cannot hold out from, you gotta get out and git to somewhere you can survive for a while.
I am sure you and the other Marines can and would swarm and destroy an enemies position, but most of the Marines I know wouldn't do it to most citizens. Most would do what it took to stay alive and might hunt what they need, but I would be more concerned with the hordes coming from the cities that have never skinned a deer or never prepared for what might come.
Any constructive advice?
The threat is what happens when Darwin's done his work. With enough time after "The Event" , the only bad guys left will be the smart ones who know their stuff.
Right now only the "good guys" know enough to do some serious damage. But when the SHTF, the School of Hard Knocks is a fast teacher, especially in an environment without law to hold anyone back. Being engaged by a gang of expert crooks with real-world firefight experience is almost a certainty if you look ahead far enough. When it does, you will either run or die in place.
Remember-the crew who attacks your property years into the End of the World probably's done it multiple times before. You'll be fighting for your life against experts probably for the first time, or at best the second or third time. Your enemy will have raided enough people to the point its a routine. Its amazing how good at something you get when you've done it tens of times beforehand.
IMO, a smart homeowner knows their limits and plans accordingly. If you're trying to hang on to multiple acres with a family of 4, two of whom are completely unfamiliar with war or combat tactics, its probably wiser to invest in escape and evasion options then to plan on a last stand. As revered as the Alamo is to our history, we must remember that the Mexicans eventually captured the fort.
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A determined Defender can outlast any attacker with enough food ammo and water.
AleksandreCz, with all due respect, its not as simple as it seems. Back then you had commie Commissars authorized and willing to shoot anyone to death who retreats, HUGE military and political machine organizing the defense, Russian Orthodox Church to whip up a patriotic fervor and calling upon all people in USSR to defend the motherland and defeat the Germans. Big difference, my friend.
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When I was in the service we had some some terrorist dig in so hard that the only way to get them out was air support. They just would not budge we could sit there for hours and pick off the stupid ones and lob Mortars at them Until we got bored or ran out of mortars. But they just would not surrender the cave no matter what even if there wass nothing in the cave.
I would recomend landmines. Have a landmine feild and mark it with a sign! Make sure to fence it off so that wild animals wont wander onto it. This works good for a walled compound. No one would want to attack your compound once one of their guys blows up! hehe They will leave you alone exept for the most determined of forces. Make sure there is a moat around the minefeild so that they cant just run a car through the feild to clear a path.
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And without resupply, which you won't have in a fixed position when under siege, you'll eventually run out. Of everything.
The most basic thing is restricting access. For both foot and vehicle traffic. Trenches, walls, log piles, rock piles, concertina wire (I know, I know).
That takes work. Lots of work, but necessary.
Then you MUST have 24-hour sentries posted. Or dogs. Dogs are awesome. You don't want to wake up with raiders standing over you and your sleeping family with no warning.
You need an alarm or alert system. Everyone should have a least whistles with whistle codes for communicating. 3 quick whistles 'danger' or 'attackers', etc. You get the idea. Radios are good too, but you need batteries.
You should post at least one person as a sentry during the day. That person is armed with something that can put lead downrange quickly. AR, SKS, even a 10/22 if that's all you have.
Everyone needs to be taught how (and when!) to open fire and shoot someone. Ideally, everyone has at least a sidearm at all times.
You have to run drills for various scenarios so everyone knows what to do and where to go when 'x' happens. Keep practicing.
Then hope for the best and have a plan for bugging out. A stash of gear at an agreed upon rally point will help if you really get caught with your pants down and you have no time to do anything but run.
There's lots of other things that could be done, but those are the basics.
Again, this will work against random, untrained wanderers who think they may have an easy target. Even the dumbest raider is probably not going to just walk in the front gate hoping to take over, but ...lol...never underestimate the stupidity of people. And don't underestimate the ingenuity and determination of starving people either.
Have a plan for what to do when a woman and her 5 little kids show up and want to be taken in. Will you? What if it's a man and 1 kid? What if he's a spy doing recon on your defenses? It's just something to think and talk about with the group before it happens because it probably will.
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Every good castle has a back door. If need be, you can slip out and lay low, let the rats clean the poisoned crumbs from the cupboards.
'The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.'
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Although I've seen several references to South African farmers' experiences and their fortified homes/ranches in this thread, I haven't yet seen a link to this historical writeup with details on the actual fortifications, tactics, and their use against raiders (including guerrillas with rockets: IIRC chain link fence is your friend for warhead predetonation): http://www.rhodesia.nl/farmeratwar.html
Also, there's a fairly well-thought-out and well-written series on farm/ranch security at the lizard farmer's blog, especially on building prepared cover positions and obstacle development: http://thelizardfarmer.wordpress.com...the-homestead/
Finally, if the OP has not yet read James Wesley Rawles' Patriots, he should -- at least the first half of the book, which has the bulk of the details about hardening of the retreat and an imagined successful defense against a raid. Lots of food for thought there, whatever you may think of the book generally.
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You fellow cal gunners know a lot, way more than most including me. But, what can be done with this
> 15 irregulars, ages 14-60.
Assume 3 @ 14-16yo's,
3 @ 20-30's,
2 @ 40's,
7 @ 50-60-early 70's
And the picture of the property.
It would be great if, if, the original poster had all the resources possible, but what can be done with his posted resources.
I feel as if this thread has taken a tangent on theory, but needs to be out in practice with what is there.
Anyone think that running beagles or some other breed might work as a sentry system? I can feed at least four 13 inch beagles for the cost of one larger dog. I'm thinking a dozen beagles to three shepards or Rotts in terms of cost and upkeep. Mine is a good sentry for four legged intruders.
I don't need the dog to attack. It'll just die in the process. I want my dog(s) to harass from dense cover and raise a loud rukus.
.. imagine a drone with biological, easily done. If you aren't in a hardened place..
Kiss your butt good by.
It's been proven many times before. If you can't get airborne, select a captive audience, like Tokyo's Sarin gassing.
Caos is most easily infused through air, food and water. Areas where the US is painfully slacking.
I agree with AleksandreCz's. If you are gonna use the dogs, don't use them for passive defense, because they can be taken care of in so many ways.
Mine can track and do bitework and would ultimately be used offensively.
There are a couple blogs by people who survived real-life SHTF situations, both in Bosnia, and in Argentina.
Two very different situations.
One more military in nature, and one more criminal/economic.
Both of them advocate large groups, which it sounds like you would have.
Both of them advocate being very low-key. Even if your house is well-
fortified, and well-defended, pile up junk to make it look like a dump.
The guy in Bosnia said that the first places the gangs raided were
the big compounds with lots of supplies. With 100 armed gang
members, they would overrun a house with 10 defenders.
But they would pick that house because it looked appealing.
Like it would have food, guns, etc. If your house looks like
rubble, junk, etc, no one will bother. So for me, I really
think the best option is to stay as hidden as possible,
and have as many escape routes as possible.
The guy in Argentina put forth a much different scenario,
which really made me think. His situation was economic
collapse, but not total government collapse. So there
were still laws, police, jails, etc. But response times
were terrible. But if you killed someone without reason,
you could end up in jail. So you could not snipe at
potential attackers from a distance. The people who
would attack you, would always look like totally
normal people. And life was still going on. You
still had to go to work, still had to go into town,
go trade with people, etc. So you were often at
risk from ambush attacks. Some guy comes up
to the gate of your farm, asking to trade, and you
can't just shoot him as a trespasser. But when you
go to talk to him, even to tell him to leave, his
friend takes a shot at you from behind a nearby tree.
The situation he described was much more difficult.
Like living life now, but with much more fear of criminals.
Now, I know I'm late to this party, but when we say multi-acre, are we talking less than 5 or more than 20? Is the attacking force expected to be mounted or dismounted? Fire team, squad, platoon, company sized element? Civilian arms only, or captured military gear? Availability of explosives? Knowledge of explosives manufacture? Materials on hand?
Personally, to defend a large area containing several buildings, I would want, at minimum, a squad sized element with rifles, nvg's. I would want tank traps at entry points, sandbags/equivalent cover at various defensive positions, command det HME devices at my ECP and internal chokes (both antivehicle and antipersonnel), a few loyal, obedient, large, aggressive outdoor dogs, a rotating watch schedule, and several vehicles staged ready to take on planned exit routes, primary, secondary, or tertiary.
Efforts to consider useless: obstacles meant to stop personnel, defensive aids that highlight your forces' positions, untrained members of your team participating.
Olhunter has it right. You will have to engage the intruder (s). One man can cause extreme mental anguish to a family by shooting a young member, injuring someone far enough from a building to make recovery a deadly affair or killing someone through a window. The intruder does need to be careful about his transit in and out, and take his sweet time verifying his approach plans, but he has a luxury you don't - foreknowledge. I'll take the intruder's side every time unless there are:
Good, or just nosey neighbors
Dogs, and not just one or two house mutts
Too few avenues of approach or lanes of fire
I can come back from different approaches, use the rising or setting sun to hide me, disable vehicles, wreck propane storage, puncture solar arrays, place holes in your roof in winter.....
To keep your place safe, you will need patrols and a very hard heart - and a great deal of luck. If I were to take the side of the homesteader, I'd want people around me.... cooperative people that won't turn on me when the situation encourages it.
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