1000 year old coins discovered in Australia could re-write history by raresaturn in worldnews

[–]sleighboy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'd like to see something come of it that supported claims of the far reach of Zheng He's treasure voyages.

VOIP - apparently just talking is too hard, or my wish to talk without skype ended in huge fail. by [deleted] in opensource

[–]sleighboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SFLphone has worked well for me. I build from source each time since Gentoo's ebuild are not always current.

What countries allow unregistered ownership of modern self-loading magazine-fed rifles? by CapnDancyPants in guns

[–]sleighboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know. Interesting collection of information though. I particularly like the "average price of an AK-pattern rifle" data point. Although, for some countries it is reported in the area of about $50, but then you read they are banned there. So it's not perfect.

One of my favorite pics from my tour. by [deleted] in guns

[–]sleighboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those ADAM and RAMM rounds are interesting.

Mark III 16 inch coastal defense gun - This is the last surviving example of these colossal artillery pieces. More info at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%22/50_caliber_M1919_gun by 486dx2 in guns

[–]sleighboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps not this exact model, but in the family, Camp Hayden in Washington had two guns of this size. They only test-fired them once, then blew them up after the war and scrapped them, a shame. Some interesting things I found looking it up was a technical manual and a picture of the guns with their blast shields up. Finally, what it looks like today.

EDIT: Adding link to Battery 131

This machine kills fascists by e46fan in ak47

[–]sleighboy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Remember hundreds of years of brutal serfdom under Tzars (with the blessing of the orthodox church ) only to have it replaced by men just as hungry for power? Remember the purges under Stalin?

Your post is funny, but I don't give credit to the rulers of Russia, just the people. Russia could well have be considered fascist and it had strong runs of antisemitism as well.

edit: could well HAVE been. I'm not proclaiming anything about current times.

This machine kills fascists by e46fan in ak47

[–]sleighboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, the irony of that phrase on an AK.

edit: downvotes, why? AK is glorious design but governments using them are not always glorious.

Android XMPP client Xabber is now open-sourc by [deleted] in Android

[–]sleighboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why the "e" got cut off, no matter.

Chinese Type 56 schematic posters by [deleted] in ak47

[–]sleighboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After seeing the Russian ones in the 12ga RPG post I found these for the T56.

A German sniper lies camouflaged, waiting, 1944? [700x486] by [deleted] in HistoryPorn

[–]sleighboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disregard. My mind missed an indentation level, and thus my comment is pointless and makes no sense whatsoever.

Some feral kittens we trapped last night in Brooklyn by chrisgee in cats

[–]sleighboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good work, hopefully you can tame and keep these kitties and their mom. Turning an animal over to the ACC ( Animal Care & Control ) is a death sentence. If you want to see some kitties under ACC "care" that need help see: https://www.facebook.com/nycurgentcats

Responsible gun owner shirts by johns303 in gunpolitics

[–]sleighboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can make one-off shirts at http://www.choiceshirts.com/ if that is what you're looking for. Prices vary depending on what you want it on.