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Minisaw |  Posted by michael on Tuesday November
12, @10:52PM
from the
first-it-was-a-screwdriver dept.
weighn writes "The SMH has
this story about an eccentric Frenchman who carries about 1300 useful
items attached to his body by various means. A digital camera is mentioned,
so I guess there may be some form of computing device nearby. Anyone
else a bulging pocketed geek-scout?"
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Who wants to bet... (Score:4, Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 12,
@10:55PM (#4656635)
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That one of those items ia a white
flag?
badda-bing!
Thanks! I'll be here all
night! |
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by Devil's BSD (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @12:05AM
- Re:Who
wants to bet... by Scrameustache (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @12:09AM
argh no no no (Score:5,
Informative)
by nomadic
([nomadicworld] [at]
[hotmail.com]) on Wednesday November 13,
@12:42AM (#4657162)
(User #141991
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Well, the thing is France crumbled almost
immediately. And they shouldn't
have.
Well, maybe you didn't notice, but
the Nazis were the most powerfull force in history
at the time (they didn't start conquering the world
on a double dare you know).
That's
what the high school textbooks say. Unfortunately,
like many things in the high school textbooks it's
not quite accurate. France had a very large army,
well-fortified, and after the invasion of Poland
Britain also stationed troops in France.
Textbooks (well high school ones) also make
a big deal about the German panzer divisions, but
sometimes forget to mention that the French tanks
were superior. The Germans just knew how to
use them better.
So we have two
well-equipped, sizeable forces in France, expecting
an attack.
So what happens? The Germans flank
the French, ignore the Maginot line, smash both the
French and the British armies, and have reached the
English channel in 8 days.
Yes, the constant
insults about French courage are unfair, but they
didn't exactly cover themselves with glory in 1940.
Ditto for the British. It also doesn't help that the
French have absolutely no sense of humor about
themselves. Neither do the Germans, but the Germans
at least have the excuse that they don't have a
sense of humor about anything. |
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- Re:argh
no no no by CableModemSniper (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @01:06AM
- Re:argh
no no no by MacAndrew (Score:3)
Wednesday November 13, @01:12AM
Re:argh no no no (Score:4,
Funny)
by Imperial Tacohead on
Wednesday November 13, @01:20AM (#4657299)
(User
#216035 Info) |
Oh, let's not forget their half-assed
performance during the Franco-Prussian war,
too.
Q: Why is Paris lined with
trees?
A: Because the German army likes to
march in the shade. |
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Re:argh no no no (Score:4,
Funny)
by Metrol on Wednesday November
13, @01:31AM (#4657323)
(User #147060
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So what happens? The Germans flank the
French, ignore the Maginot line, smash both the
French and the British armies, and have reached
the English channel in 8 days.
It
really is worth mentioning why it was so easy to
flank the French lines.
All of the big
French artillery guns were literally buried into
position facing in the direction that the Germans
were supposed to come. When the Germans decided
that walking into a killing field would be silly,
the French couldn't turn their guns!
This
thread reminds me of a few years back when some
really big commemarative event was happening in
Normandy. Presidents and Prime Ministers attending
kinda big, along with soldiers who had fought on
that beach. A number of Germans were also looking
to attend, which the French opposed. One
commentator noted...
"Yeah right. Like they
could keep them out!" |
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- Re:argh
no no no by v8interceptor (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @01:51AM
- The
BEF by Afty0r (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @04:44AM
- Re:argh
no no no by HawkingMattress (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @07:20AM
- Re:argh
no no no by HawkingMattress (Score:1) Wednesday
November 13, @07:23AM
- *All*
your generalisation are belong to /bin/false by
Guignol (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @11:38AM
- Re:argh
no no no by Sri Lumpa (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @05:26PM
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by neafevoc (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @01:29AM
- Re:Who
wants to bet... by packeteer (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @01:57AM
Re:Who wants to bet...
(Score:4, Insightful)
by jericho4.0 on
Wednesday November 13, @02:31AM (#4657520)
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| At the time of Germanys invasion of the
Rhineland, France had 50 tank divisions within a 2
days travel. Germany had 6, in total. Germany also
had many officers convinced Hitler was mad and
waiting for the counter-attack to start so they
could kill Hitler. They missed a Big Chance.
France also had a naive millitary command, and
very little resistance.
That said, who can blame them? WWII was still a
very nasty memory, and none could face the prospect
of war again. It was very easy to belive that Hitler
only wanted a little bit of Europe, and then he'd be
happy. England managed to muster a fight through
blind jingoism, and the U.S. had time to wake up to
the fact that they were going to have to fight. I
don't envy anyone of the time who had to make the
big desisions.
Oh yeah... the other reason for the 'France
surrenders' joke is the american feeling that they
saved Europes asses. Probably true, but they were
next, and the war couldn't have been won without
Churchill, Turing, DeGaull and thousands upon
thousands of young men who gave their lives in the
mud. |
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by _Spirit (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @04:59AM
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- Re:Who
wants to bet... by UniverseIsADoughnut (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @01:27AM
- Napoleon
Bonaparte by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @04:54AM
- Re:Mod
this racist joke down! by mdechene (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @12:36AM
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- You
Doof! by Macgruder (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:36AM
- Is
"French" a "race"? by MacAndrew (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @01:15AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by MacAndrew (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @02:00AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @02:37AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by MacAndrew (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @09:18AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @10:36PM
- Re:Yeeessss
by enneff (Score:2) Thursday November 14, @04:02AM
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- Re:Yeeessss
by MNJavaGuy (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @03:28AM
- Re:Yeeessss
by MacAndrew (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @09:25AM
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- Re:youd
surrender too by meringuoid (Score:2) Wednesday November
13, @06:40AM
- Re:Mod
this racist joke down! by p4ul13 (Score:1) Wednesday November
13, @09:58AM
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Interesting pickup lines... (Score:5,
Funny)
by MacOS_Rules
(.moc.oohay. .ta. .mnierk.) on
Tuesday November 12, @10:55PM (#4656637)
(User #170853 Info
| http://kreinworks.no-ip.org/)
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Must be an embarrassment for the poor guy.
"Is that
a ruler in your pocket or are you happy to see
me?"
"Actually, it IS a ruler." |
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its a (Score:1, Funny)
by
1nfern0 on Tuesday November 12, @10:55PM (#4656638)
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| he's a swiss army guy. get it. hahahaha |
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No Picture!?!?! (Score:5, Insightful)
by Geeyzus
(<mark_madej> <at>
<yahoo.com>) on Tuesday November 12, @10:55PM
(#4656639)
(User #99967
Info) |
The story is about a guy who basically has a bunch of
tools attached to him, who calls himself "Crazy Eric" (go
figure). The whole story is just about how crazy this guy
looks, and there is NO PICTURE! What's up with
that?
Mark |
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Parker Lewis (Score:5, Funny)
by British
(british@ner[ ]et ['p.n' in gap])
on Tuesday November 12, @10:56PM (#4656650)
(User #51765 Info | http://british.nerp.net/ |
Last Journal: http://slashdot.org/~British/journal/)
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Anyone remember Parker Lewis Can't Lose? His buddy wore a
trenchcoat, and was already prepared. Each time he whipped out
an item you heard the sound of separating velcro.
This
guy in the story should design suits for certain professions,
with neatly designed inner pockets, outer pockets(like on the
Ps1 game "P'Oed" featuring the chef with sidearm cooking
utensil) and so forth and then sell them.
I only wish I
had more coat pockets and such, but my trendy Dockers will
have to do. Carries everything but a handgun in the pockets.
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- Re:Parker
Lewis by scott1853 (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:14PM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by brianosaurus (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:22PM
- Re:marauding
pruner by Bobartig (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:50PM
- Re:marauding
pruner by Paslophunk (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @12:49AM
Re:marauding pruner
(Score:5, Funny)
by orthogonal on
Wednesday November 13, @02:00AM (#4657433)
(User
#588627 Info) |
Of course, I was completely outclassed by a
guy at my college who carried at all times, among
other things, flashlight, rescue sheers, first aid
kit, fire repellent mask, multitool
I'm
just guessing here, but... he had no need to carry
condoms, right?
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- Re:Parker
Lewis by brnsurgon1 (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @12:14AM
- Goonies
by Student_Tech (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:52PM
- Re:Goonies
by Coward, Anonymous (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:44AM
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- Re:Goonies
by manofherb (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @03:11AM
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by ncc74656 (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @03:24AM
Re:Parker Lewis (Score:5,
Funny)
by AndroidCat on Wednesday November
13, @12:12AM (#4657042)
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| but my trendy Dockers will have to do.
I find that Dockers don't last too long. If I might
recommend: Tilley
Endurables [tilley.com] Their washing instructions
are "Give 'em hell!", and they don't need ironing.
I'm giving them a plug because I had a pair of
pants that the zipper failed on after a few years. I
figured what the hell, and took the pants back to get
the zipper fixed. And they did it -- free of charge!
(I guess they really do mean "Guaranteed for life".)
The shorts have enough capacity to handle a
six-pack. (To hell with all those gadgets!) And
there's a secret pocket too. They cost a bit more, but
will last waay longer than Dockers under geek washing
conditions. Besides, they have this neat stone head
outside their Toronto store, can't go wrong! The
Big Head [tripod.ca] |
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- Re:Parker
Lewis by jcsehak (Score:3) Wednesday November 13, @12:20AM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by Hunterdvs (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:39AM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by CableModemSniper (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @01:14AM
- Re:Parker
Lewis by SB5 (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @06:34AM
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He must be James Bond (Score:1)
by dokebi on Tuesday November 12, @10:57PM (#4656654)
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| I mean, he carrys a change of clothes on him at all times.
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I'm always ready... (Score:1)
by ShayUK on Tuesday November 12, @10:57PM (#4656656)
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#448325 Info | http://milgram.net/)
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as I never leave home without my trusty keyring
bottle-opener.
I will never be caught flat-footed by a
non-twist top beer again!
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No room (Score:3, Funny)
by
natron 2.0 on Tuesday November 12, @10:57PM (#4656658)
(User #615149
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I tried to fit my Microsoft EULA in my pocket but it was
to heavy.
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- Re:No
room by Phroggy (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:00AM
- Re:No
room by AndroidCat (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @01:00AM
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Oh shit... (Score:5, Funny)
by whereiswaldo on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM
(#4656660)
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I thought standing behind someone in the supermarket
paying with cheques was bad... imagine being behind this guy
in airport security!
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- Re:Oh
shit... by Reece400 (Score:1) Tuesday November 12, @11:07PM
- Re:Oh
shit... by brianosaurus (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:33PM
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I'd hate to be behind him... (Score:4,
Funny)
by UpLateDrinkingCoffee on Tuesday November
12, @10:58PM (#4656661)
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| I'd hate to be behind him at an airport security
checkpoint. |
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Bulging. (Score:5, Funny)
by DarkHelmet (elwakil@NoSPAm.usc.edu) on Tuesday November
12, @10:58PM (#4656662)
(User #120004 Info
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| Anyone else a bulging pocketed geek-scout?
Pfft, frenchmen... I may be a geek, but I don't need any
artificial means to be bulging. |
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- Re:Bulging.
by FFCecil (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @12:09AM
- Re:Bulging.
by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @02:45AM
- Re:Bulging.
by FFCecil (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @09:20AM
- Re:Bulging.
by enneff (Score:2) Wednesday November 13, @10:38PM
- Re:Bulging.
by Sri Lumpa (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @04:59PM
- Re:Bulging.
by FFCecil (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @09:25AM
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MIT cyborgs (Score:1)
by freejung
(freejung@freejunglepictures.com)
on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM (#4656664)
(User #624389 Info |
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| This reminds me of stories I've heard about the MIT
cyborgs, these guys at MIT who used to walk around with a
portable 386 with simitransparent goggles and 4-button
handheld keypads. They would walk around campus coding.
Anybody know these guys? |
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Re:MIT cyborgs (Score:5,
Insightful)
by Fnkmaster
(raefer@NO_SPAM_PLEASE.truexchange.com)
on Tuesday November 12, @11:03PM (#4656707)
(User #89084
Info | http://www.truexchange.com/)
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I don't know any of them, but I rode in the
elevator with one in the Media Lab back when I was
working there as a research assistant a few years
back. Fucking spooky when you hear a guy quietly
clicking away with his one-handed keyboard-thingie
while staring straight ahead. It was like he had no
awareness of my presence or any other people around
him.
Frankly, that kind of thing isn't good for
humankind. I'm all for connectedness, but when we are
so connected we lose our connections to the immediate
world around us and the people right under our noses
so we can email, check weather, and write code all the
time - well, we truly lose some of what makes us
human. And that's sad.
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- Re:MIT
cyborgs by russellh (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:22PM
Re:MIT cyborgs (Score:5,
Insightful)
by scott1853 on Tuesday
November 12, @11:29PM (#4656844)
(User #194884
Info | http://slashdot.org/)
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It was like he had no awareness of my
presence or any other people around him.
This has nothing to do with
technology. Have you ever gone to a grocery
store?
A surprisingly large number of
people are completely unaware that that they are
blocking the aisle when they have there cart on one
side of the isle, themselves on the other, and yet
they don't realize that you're coming despite your
driving of the loudest shopping cart in the
store.
Apparently choosing a spaghetti
sauce takes a large amount of conentration and puts
people in a trance like state. |
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- Re:MIT
cyborgs by iamdrscience (Score:1)
Tuesday November 12, @11:45PM
- Wake
him up by AndroidCat (Score:1)
Wednesday November 13, @01:07AM
- Re:MIT
cyborgs by infinite9 (Score:3)
Wednesday November 13, @11:12AM
- Re:MIT
cyborgs by agentk (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @11:51AM
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- Re:MIT
cyborgs by ag0ny (Score:1) Wednesday November 13, @01:56AM
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I guarantee you one item he doesn't need to
carry (Score:5, Funny)
by
FearUncertaintyDoubt on Tuesday November 12, @10:58PM (#4656666)
(User #578295
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| ...is a condom. |
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