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| (...) I understand that it's quite arbitrary, and includes some amount of marketing tactics as well as back-biting amongst the various military departments and contract bidders. For example, the M-16 is a 5.56 caliber carbine fully-automatic rifle (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Military Weapon Designations?
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| How are the official designations for military weapons decided in the US? That is, what do the M and the 16 mean, exactly, in M-16? I know, of course, that many weapons are described by their calibre and bore size, but what about the others? For (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: Bowlin' Fer Souls
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| (...) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.cad.ray)
| | | | | SPOOF WARNS OF AIBO, THE ATTACK DOG
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| SPOOF WARNS OF AIBO, THE ATTACK DOG A humorous posting on Bugtraq, a popular computer security e-mail list, warns that hackers have found a way to take over Sony's Aibo robot dog and command it to attack and perform other annoying canine tricks. The (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: FOTL
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| (...) Since this was a self-proclaimed FOT*L*, I don't believe that a "next time" is permitted! ;) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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