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From: Altered Beast <j63480576@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Just how realistic ARE those video games!?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:17:13 -0500
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Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:46:48 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> 
>> The usual reason why more military forces don't use off-the-shelf
>> civilian gear is the military usually want's them to be more durable,
>> have a wider range of temperatures they can operate at, EMP resistant
>> frequently, waterproof and so on.  That's why you get $500 dollar ash
>> trays, they are designed to break without leaving sharp edges that can
>> cut and injure personnel as the pieces fly around in a battle.
> 
> The image of soldiers having a smoke and caring that the ashes land in
> an ashtray with one hand and shooting with the other is entertaining
> in itself.
> 
> Besides, it would make me uneasy to know my freedoms were purportedly
> being protected by any military too stupid to realize that a $4
> ashtray made of fiberglass or many other flameproof/shatterproof
> materials would work just as well there.
> 
I know.  And you gotta take all your rings off too because of the 
electromagnetics.