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How to Disappear
The Economist ^
| September 4, 2008
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Posted on 09/13/2008 8:29:23 AM PDT by T Ruth
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Interesting article.
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:29:23 AM PDT
by
T Ruth
To: T Ruth
I seem to recall there is a book by that same name.
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:32:31 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(What did Obama's Koran instructors teach him about women?)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds like the book about the Omamanation after election day .
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:33:54 AM PDT
by
Renegade
(You go tell my buddies)
To: T Ruth
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:35:03 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: T Ruth
Picture of a new AK47:
See, technology DOES work....
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:36:36 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: T Ruth
'I didn't see you at camouflage practice this morning, Private!'
'Thank you very much, Sir!'
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:38:14 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, Soros Â… use a RED crayon.)
To: T Ruth
I once saw a vid on youtube shot form the insurgent/AlQueda perspective, a US soldier disembarked from a Bradley, he was wearing some kind of light refraction suit, you could only see the outline of him which looked like a mirage as he ran to a building beside the road. The insurgents were tripping out at what they were seeing. I've search for the vid since and can't find it, I wonder if it was removed. I may have even followed the link to it from FR.
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:45:45 AM PDT
by
Naplm
To: Daffynition
Solution: tenderize the LZ
Cammo? We don' need no steekeen cammo!
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:45:50 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(Will Work for Ammo)
To: T Ruth
I question Mr. Malalo’s point re glint from the AK47.....unless something has drastically changed. The AK’s I saw, were, believe it or not, covered with a thin coat of rust which dulled and concealed it. The stocks were made of unfinished wood that actually looked hand-carved. I marveled at the fact that these weapons looked like hell but were so superior in terms of reliability compared to what I was carrying.
To: T Ruth
Maybe the frogies never heard of flat spray painting yer'ol hunt'n gun? They, the frogies, grow up hunting with poodles or something? Right? No need for a gun against a vicious, charging mushroom or fungus.
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:53:55 AM PDT
by
Leisler
To: Slings and Arrows
Beat me to it.
DAMN YOUR EYES!
To: martin_fierro
DAMN YOUR EYES! TOO LATE!
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:00:26 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: Slings and Arrows
LOL. Thanks for the link.
There is more wit on this short thread than in 50 days of DU threads.
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:06:42 AM PDT
by
T Ruth
(Islam shall be defeated.)
To: T Ruth
LOL. Thanks for the link. You're quite welcome.
There is more wit on this short thread than in 50 days of DU threads.
If you start missing those threads I could cuss 50 times per post and start whining about my antipsychotic meds not working.
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:10:57 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: T Ruth
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:25:21 AM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: T Ruth
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:37:53 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:40:28 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: T Ruth
The interesting part of camouflage is the theory behind it.
This boils down to how the eyes, and by extension, sensor see, and how what is seen is interpreted.
This means that movement, sound, smell, size, shape, color, contrast, perspective, attraction, attention and fixation, expectation, suspense and shock, illusion—distraction and obscuration, and even superstition come into play.
To design camouflage, you have to understand the eyes, the ears, the nose, the brain, and the mind. Which is why is can be very, very expensive to develop camouflage that works.
The best camouflage not only blends in with its surroundings, but it actually repels interest. People do not want to look at it, yet at the same time want to neglect it. That blend is amazingly hard to achieve.
Maybe a good illustration can be found in a fake rubber dog poo gag.
Let’s say you use it to hide an important key.
If it’s up on a shelf, it is out of context, so most people would notice it and find the key.
If it was on the floor of your home, and you didn’t have a pet, you would likely inspect it and find the key.
If it was on the floor, and you had a pet that might make such a mess, you would still inspect it, carefully, but still find the key. Especially if the floor had other messes on it.
But if it was on somebody else’s floor, and they had a pet, and it was messy, you would probably leave it alone. But you would point it out to them, and they would find the key. Unless, of course, you didn’t like them, and you don’t mention it.
Ironically, even though it was very obvious, it might best be put someplace like a sidewalk, where it would be assumed to be natural and avoided.
In practice, aversion camouflage is peculiar. For example, if you wear an ordinary eye patch in public, people who don’t know you will only see the eye patch. Later, if asked, they will be hard pressed to remember any other detail.
To: frithguild
I love John Cleese! The incendiary devices used in the film are top drawer!!!!
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posted on
09/13/2008 12:22:43 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, Soros Â… use a RED crayon.)
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