Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it.
-- Mitchell's Law of Committees --
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A little over two weeks ago I wrote about the danger of blowing off fingers with a 3-D printed gun. How do you test it?
Well, here's how: http://youtu.be/V8iHAS4iGyg (warning, NSFW because of sound of gunshots). Their finger-saver cracked me up. Note that on the first shot, the barrel fell off. Plus, between shots they had to replace parts, including the screws. Note that the trigger changes colors. The guy who made it said in an interview (I believe it was him) that even though the gun had fired ten bullets without exploding, he's still not sure the next bullet wouldn't blow it apart. Story at http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/3d-printed-liberator-handgun.
This was I think the first video posted of a home-printed gun. There are now several on YouTube. I guess folks can stop pushing for background checks. Seems like the horse has left the barn.
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It seems like I have a very unusual bird in the back yard. It's about the size of a robin, solid black with a small yellow bill - typical starling or grackle**, perhaps, except that it had one very long pure white feather down the middle of its tail. Very pretty.
A little research reveals that blackbirds are turning up here and there with either one white feather down the middle, or two white feathers, one on either side, of the tail. Most of the reports seem to be coming from New Jersey. A mutation?
[Actually, it didn't really look like either a starling or a grackle. Tail was longer than starling, and beak was shorter than grackle.]
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