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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by goldenkey on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:51PM (#16757150)
That flamethrower is awesome. What use does a flamethrower have though besides burning buildings, that a normal gun wouldn't?
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by punchclockhero on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:11PM (#16757357)
Clearing brush. It's considered an agricultural tool IIRC.
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by reitanqild on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:44PM (#16757660)
Also for preburning (ahead of forest fires) IIRC.
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by ianamartin on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:26PM (#16758046)
Are you saying that literally fighting fire with fire is a thing?

I may have missed my calling . . . .

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by munk-a on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:14PM (#16759760)
I mean... yes?

That is where the saying comes from.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by goldenkey on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @08:51PM (#16760807)
Never really thought about it. But it makes sense to cut a "gap" in the forest using fire, to prevent a fire from crossing the gap. Once burned, something aint gonna burn again...
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by rdtsc on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @07:46PM (#16760427)
> What use does a flamethrower have though besides burning buildings, that a normal gun wouldn't?

It can be more effective at clearing bunkers and closed rooms? The military were using these in WWII for trenches, bunkers, clearing brush. My friend's grandpa in US was operating one in the Pacific during WWII.

I just brought it was an example how something potentially more deadly than guns or RPGs is not much regulated and how laws are not very rational sometimes.

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