Misc. Friday Ramblings...

Bruce Baum: If you want too much porn on the internet, you could get hair on your palm pilot.

• It's Photoshop Phriday!
  Mispelled movies...part duxe...er, deux...
  


• Scientists create a cloaking device.
  It works for microwaves, but what about toaster ovens?
  


• How to stripe your lawn like a sports field.
  Ah, if everyone had a zero-turn mower.
  


• Turtle Power
  

  IT may not be a fast mover but it keeps Tina the three-legged tortoise out of the crawler lane. The 54-year-old pet has a mini air-filled rubber wheel to replace a leg lost to a predator.
  

  Wanted for questioning:
  


• Chris Rock's Mom Claims Discrimination From Cracker Barrel.
  Well, it has Cracker in its name for a reason.
  


• Carmen Electra teaches seniors to lap dance.
  Ew...why?
  


• Device used to fill woman's arousal gap.
  A more direct way would be to use a jackrabbit.
  

Friday FIREPOWER!

• FN SCAR evaluation and video.
  

  SOCom awarded a Nov. 5, 2004, contract to FN Herstal to develop a highly reliable, modular weapon system for its elite forces.
  
  Army Times recently spent a few hours at FNH USA’s weapons training and test facility in Fredericksburg, Va., checking out the latest prototypes of the new weapon system.
  
  The SCAR program is really two rifles — the SCAR Light, chambered for 5.56mm NATO rounds, and the SCAR Heavy, chambered for 7.62mm NATO ammo.
  
  Both versions of the SCAR can be equipped with different barrel lengths to suit missions ranging from close-quarter fights to long-range shooting.
  
  The SCAR Light has a 10-inch “close quarter combat” barrel, a 14-inch “standard” barrel and an 18-inch “long barrel.”
  
  The SCAR Heavy also has a 10-inch CQC barrel but has a 13-inch standard barrel and a 20-inch long barrel.
  
  The CQC barrel is intended for urban-style targets out to 200 meters; the standard barrel is for targets at 300 to 500 meters; and the long barrel is for targets at 500 to 800 meters out.
  
  For cleaning, the SCAR breaks down into five main groups:
  
  • Upper receiver assembly, including the barrel.
  
  • Lower receiver assembly, including the trigger mechanism.
  
  • Moving parts assembly, which houses the bolt carrier group and recoil spring.
  
  • Buttstock assembly.
  
  • Magazine assembly.
  
  The joint command is looking at SCAR for Army, Navy and Air Force special operators. In addition, the Marine Corps is looking at SCAR for its elite units and hasn’t ruled it out as a future option for the entire Corps.
  
  The conventional Army, however, is not interested in SCAR. For the foreseeable future, Army officials have said combat units will continue to use the M16 rifle and the M4 carbine. Over the next five years, the Army’s first priority is to look for a replacement for the M249 squad automatic weapon.
  
  Video: SCAR (S.O.F. Combat Assault Rifle)

  
  Hope and pray that a civilian version comes out before the Republican rule ends in 2008.
  


• Self-defense in Seattle.
  

  Daniel Culotti was shot shortly after 11 a.m. by a 52-year-old man he was assaulting in an unprovoked attack, according to Seattle police. The victim of the assault was carrying a handgun and had a concealed-weapons permit, police said.
  
  Seattle police continue to investigate Saturday's shooting, and their findings will be turned over the prosecutor's office to decide whether charges are warranted. While police would not speculate on whether the shooting of Culotti was self-defense - saying the term is a legal finding that will be determined by prosecutors -the account offered by a police spokeswoman supports that possibility.
  
  Moments earlier, witnesses told police, a man in his 20s apparently attacked the 52-year-old man, punching and kicking him until he fell to the sidewalk. The older man pulled out a .357-caliber Ruger revolver and fired one round, striking the man in the abdomen.
  
  The older man "was not winning the fight" - the other man "just starts attacking him, he's on the ground and a shot is fired," Brown said, describing witnesses' accounts.
  
  "It happened pretty fast. Probably by the time anybody thought to intervene, it was already over."
  
  The 52-year-old had a concealed-weapons license and was in legal possession of the handgun, Brown said. Police have not released the man's name because he was not booked into jail.

  
  


• Slow-motion bullets and impacts.
  Because it is always more effecive to go full-auto while wearing a hockey mask.