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   Don Y to Liz Tuddenham   
   Re: Raspberry Pi goes to war   
   30 Jan 26 07:07:12   
   
   From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 1/30/2026 6:25 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > Don Y  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/27/2026 5:13 PM, bitrex wrote:   
   >>> On 1/27/2026 5:55 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   >>>>>> Suddenly, "players" without deep pockets can become significant   
   >>>>> adversaries!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Players without deep pockets have proved significant adversaries (of   
   >>>>> the US at least) for 70 damn years!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But the military doesn't learn!  (It seems to be part of their   
   mindset.)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Note the Brits "learned" during the Revolutionary War 250 years ago...   
   >>>> We have this belief that MORE technology is ALWAYS the solution   
   >>>> ("We need drone jammers!!  That evolve to adapt to a rapidly   
   >>>> evolving drone ecosystem...")   
   >>>   
   >>> Sounds like they've invented a very slow cruise missile which would have   
   >>> difficulty penetrating mosquito netting   
   >>   
   >> "Enough" of anything (sticks and stones) can overwhelm any offense/defense.   
   >   
   > If you could attack tha biggest tank in the Russian arsenal with tiny   
   > drones that hit it and exploded every few minutes, how long would it be   
   > before the crew either surrendered, tried to escape and were hit or   
   > simply went mad through lack of sleep?   
      
   Why waste efforts on such targets?  Will ALL of the offenders "hide"   
   in tanks?  FOREVER??  Are all of the support services similarly hiding   
   in tanks?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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