Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:47:30 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <40216d49-1cfe-7568-e1b8-327f5d1f6725@example.net> References: <0d5d463f-af08-46aa-97e3-ef251ba64cc4@example.net> <451210c3-9b3d-91f1-be43-d06211f3b30f@example.net> <812b41ff-53e1-48d3-8088-d186fa65d90a@example.net> <1b7bd80a-ac41-bea3-6dec-3235537bd0b9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="225400"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63007 On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:28 +0100, D wrote: > >> Reminds me of the book Shoot to kill by Fairbairn, I think his >> philosophy was a lot about the intuitive way to shoot. > > 'Shooting to Live', I think, along with Sykes. I'm too lazy to go hunting > for the book. Sorry... that's the one. > The US Army published a manual 'Principles of Quick Kill' to go with a > training program. They used Daisy BB guns. > > https://beaufortcountynow.com/post/19789 > > I adapted the idea to use with a BB pistol. With half decent lighting you > can see the BB in flight and correct sort of like trying to soak the cat > with a garden hose. (no, I'd never do something like that) > > Airsoft works too and they make glow in the dark airsoft pellets for low > light practice. > > For a while I did USPSA. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Practical_Shooting_Association Glow in the dark? Had no idea! I have an ancient airgun (the one powered manually with a spring) and sometimes in the country house, I throw out a beer can on the lawn, and take steps away from it to see how far away I can get before I miss. That's the only sorry sort of fun you get in europe without a license. =( I always wonder how much better I would shoot with a brand new gun? > They're all about two handed grips, Weaver stance and so forth, which I > was not used to. I was never very good at it but I did learn from the > experience. It might be counter-productive in the real world. You engage > each target with a 'double tap' and move on to the next target. That could > be a bad habit to get into. Two handed? That's for nerds! In all cowboy movies I've seen it's one handed! And drawing is losing time, just shoot straight from the hip. ;)