Of course then you have to worry about which side . . . I guess for that you'd take track curvature into account.
― nickn, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
run away from the train at a 65 degree angle, then turn around and run directly at its side
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
http://binaryapi.ap.org/1d456e7c56cd40a888d0272d4ae83f2e/460x.jpg
― pon decor (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
mental note - always carry a protractor
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
well if the train's vector were pointed at 0 degrees, I'd imagine that running at something around 135 degrees is best. But if there's a safe distance from the track that must be obtained, you'd have to modify this accordingly while also knowing the velocity of the train.
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
i was told there would be no math on this thread
so fire a gps transmitter at the train from your utility belt before doing anything
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
all train conductors should be required to wear gps hats for this reason
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
the real question is how to run away from someone shooting at you. is the ever-popular zigzag still the best?
― ryan, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
well if you thing about vision cones, it can be best to run toward a safe exit on the side of the room of the shooter. if you run away from the shooter, he will see you.
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
actually if someone's shooting at people, the recommendation I've heard (from "safety professionals") is to freeze. shooters prone to shooting things that move.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
approximate the shooter (or train) as a sphere with a cone of debris emission and act accordingly
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theargonath.cc/characters/legolas/animations/legolasttt29.gif
I think this type of move is the best to deal with oncoming trains
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
that is interesting shakey mo, I had not read that.
al otm
yeah I thought that was interesting. it was part of the annual safety presentation in my office building, along with what to do in the event of fire, earthquake, bomb threat etc.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
I dunno, I played Quake deathmatches online a bunch back in the days, and people always killed the hell out of the frozen dudes.
― Øystein, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
let me explain to you the differences between real life and video games
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
Please inform a few newspapers while you're at it.
― Øystein, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
freezing may indeed be the right move but i don't know I'd have the courage to test it when the time comes
― ryan, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
I feel the same way
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
plus I think my usual Chicago Bears Zubaz pants draw attention
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah freezing while practical seems idk kinda TERRIFYING
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
i will shoot you
― hang son doong (am0n), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
an email once i get home
amon's pretty
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
ugly
pretty ugly
http://media2.wptv.com//photo/2014/01/14/Curtis_Reeves_1247180001_20140114133806_640_480_20140114134836_320_240.JPG
― hang son doong (am0n), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
On Dec. 28, she said Reeves confronted her for texting during a movie. She said he was glaring at her, and that he even followed her to the restroom.Dixon said her husband thought of confronting Reeves, but didn't. "It could have been us," she told Bay News 9.
Dixon said her husband thought of confronting Reeves, but didn't. "It could have been us," she told Bay News 9.
― hang son doong (am0n), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
jesus fuck
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/16/justice/indiana-grocery-strore-killing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
― how's life, Thursday, 16 January 2014 10:58 (ten years ago) link
this shit sucks and is depressing every damn day. a 5-year-old got shot in Omaha the other day but it was a stray bullet, not a disgruntled shooting.
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 16 January 2014 14:07 (ten years ago) link
shooting at the mall I often have taken my family to: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/bs-md-columbia-mall-shooting-20140125,0,967893.story
― one second I'm a goons, then suddenly the goons is me (some dude), Saturday, 25 January 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
Sorry dude.
― Spottie, Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
omg : ( I used go there all the time. Worked there for years. Fuck fuck fuck.
― how's life, Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
the mall i basically grew up in/had 3 jobs in. yikes.
― worthless lucubrations w/ ill-concealed apathy bro (zachlyon), Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
like literally everyone on my friends list is doing the "roll call i'm ok" thing, lotta friends in the mall at the time
― worthless lucubrations w/ ill-concealed apathy bro (zachlyon), Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
Where'd you work, zach? I had a couple of years at Sam Goody, a couple of years at Bombay & Co., and a very stoney holiday season at some candle cart.
― how's life, Sunday, 26 January 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
lol sam goody! i forgot we had one there. i worked at maggie moos next to the carousel on and off for a year and a half after high school (it's a... "marble slate" now?), the borders right down the stairs from the carousel for half a year, and a single day at a horrible little kiosk that sold expensive spinning porch ornaments and closed down a month later
― worthless lucubrations w/ ill-concealed apathy bro (zachlyon), Sunday, 26 January 2014 05:05 (ten years ago) link
didn't even hear about this til a few hours ago. fuck fuck fuck.
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 26 January 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
BuzzFeed News@BuzzFeedNews
WESH: One shot, in critical condition, on the campus of Eastern Florida State College.
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Thursday, 30 January 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fake-blood-blanks-schools-stage-active-shooter-drills-n28481
…
― j., Saturday, 15 February 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
Something going on in Dallas...
― That's So (Eazy), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
U.S. FedEx Shooting Results in Multiple Injuries(Atlanta)
― back-up duck (doo dah), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 12:38 (ten years ago) link
A witness said he was armed with an assault rifle, a knife and had bullets strapped across his chest “like he was Rambo,”
― am0n, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 14:35 (ten years ago) link
FedEx employee Liza Aiken saw the shooter, a 19-year-old man she said was a loader, just before she heard gunfire. Aiken was doing address corrections on some packages when she said she “heard a clink.
“I looked to my left. I saw him standing there and the knife was on the ground. He dropped his knife. He had an assault rifle. He had bullets strapped to his chest like Rambo. I mean he looked like he was heading into war. As soon as I saw him, I ran the other way. I ran and made sure that people upstairs were gone. He was in all black. I think he had a camo vest. He had an assault rifle and bullets strapped to his chest.”
Aiken said she previously reported the shooting suspect to her superiors. She said he pointed a work laser in her eye.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
scary as hell that would be
― kidd-gilchrist-douglas-roberts- (Spottie), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/19/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSKBN0GJ1BT20140819
― am0n, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
also
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-police-arrest-students-mass-shooting-plot-20140818-story.html
― am0n, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link