Comments for Christian Burns is thinking things through http://christianburns.wordpress.com Trying to balance life, work, creativity, innovation, kaizen and entrepreneurship. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by Me a Moi http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13039 Me a Moi Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:23:03 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13039 The design of the suit seems more ideal to a S.W.A.T. team than military. For the level/price issue, for big protection army generally aims for stuff like tanks. This is more important for personal and quick units with a small arms focus, again, very S.W.A.T. and similar small strike forces with a high 'density' of technology. (Army is big, but has lots of personal, it spreads its dollars among as many individuals as possible. You need a force that spends more dollars per person.) The design of the suit seems more ideal to a S.W.A.T. team than military. For the level/price issue, for big protection army generally aims for stuff like tanks. This is more important for personal and quick units with a small arms focus, again, very S.W.A.T. and similar small strike forces with a high ‘density’ of technology. (Army is big, but has lots of personal, it spreads its dollars among as many individuals as possible. You need a force that spends more dollars per person.)

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by kake http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13038 kake Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:46:45 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13038 Yes, but everything blends into shadows of things. Did you know that the ninjas actually used RED suits because red turns black in the dark and is scary in the light. Not saying that I should start dying my cammies red, but if he's gonna choose any color it could've been red. You don't change color to blend into lighting situations, you change your stance. Marine corps special ops. All colors can blend into dark, just like all lightings can blend into red as long as the lighting is red. Yes, but everything blends into shadows of things. Did you know that the ninjas actually used RED suits because red turns black in the dark and is scary in the light. Not saying that I should start dying my cammies red, but if he’s gonna choose any color it could’ve been red. You don’t change color to blend into lighting situations, you change your stance. Marine corps special ops. All colors can blend into dark, just like all lightings can blend into red as long as the lighting is red.

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by Tony http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13037 Tony Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:45:25 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13037 No, black doesn't match any natural colors, but it does blend in with shadows of things giving it a better dispersion pattern. No, black doesn’t match any natural colors, but it does blend in with shadows of things giving it a better dispersion pattern.

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by TheTrue http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13036 TheTrue Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:26:14 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13036 The black can be easily replaced with camo. The black can be easily replaced with camo.

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by karl http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13035 karl Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:04:01 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13035 Oh, and black blends into nothing in the natural environment. Oh, and black blends into nothing in the natural environment.

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by karl http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13034 karl Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:01:12 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13034 Look, the suit is a good idea but it's wrong. I'm a marine, I know combat, it is not the place to flash lights or record your thoughts. Also, pistols suck. I'll stand a hundred yards away, and I'll hold my 55sixer and we'll take turns. You get to fire off a nine mm first, and then I get to take a pot at you and we'll see... You get hit in a firefight, period. You want to get hit in the core? no, and that's point of chest and head armor. You can live through a shot to the arm. If you get hit by any round, with any armor on, it's going to hurt and you're proly' gonna pass out from the pain. You can't focas on just defense, you have to make your main purpose out there KILLING BODIES! There are just a million reasons that wearing this suit in the sandbox will get you killed. If you're a SEASONED vet and you'd like to contend with this, I'll listen. Otherwise I might ignore you. Oh! and fyi, digi cammoflage is one of the most brilliant things our military has ever done especially in grey. Think of it this way, when you scan the horizon you either look up and down or left to right. If you're looking left to right, what will stand out to you right away are not colors. What will stand out is the clash that happens between your horizontal movement and the vertical shape of something. And vice versa. When things are perfectly square shaped, your eye just moves with all the lines smoothly without clashing. Grey is great because you don't blend into color, like I said, you blend into lighting. Grey is shaded to blend into different lighting. Join the military before you comment on the alleged mistakes thereof, okay? Look, the suit is a good idea but it’s wrong. I’m a marine, I know combat, it is not the place to flash lights or record your thoughts. Also, pistols suck. I’ll stand a hundred yards away, and I’ll hold my 55sixer and we’ll take turns. You get to fire off a nine mm first, and then I get to take a pot at you and we’ll see… You get hit in a firefight, period. You want to get hit in the core? no, and that’s point of chest and head armor. You can live through a shot to the arm. If you get hit by any round, with any armor on, it’s going to hurt and you’re proly’ gonna pass out from the pain. You can’t focas on just defense, you have to make your main purpose out there KILLING BODIES! There are just a million reasons that wearing this suit in the sandbox will get you killed. If you’re a SEASONED vet and you’d like to contend with this, I’ll listen. Otherwise I might ignore you. Oh! and fyi, digi cammoflage is one of the most brilliant things our military has ever done especially in grey. Think of it this way, when you scan the horizon you either look up and down or left to right. If you’re looking left to right, what will stand out to you right away are not colors. What will stand out is the clash that happens between your horizontal movement and the vertical shape of something. And vice versa. When things are perfectly square shaped, your eye just moves with all the lines smoothly without clashing. Grey is great because you don’t blend into color, like I said, you blend into lighting. Grey is shaded to blend into different lighting. Join the military before you comment on the alleged mistakes thereof, okay?

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by Lance A http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13033 Lance A Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:38:05 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13033 I have tryed to keep up with this suit it has some merit and I have seen suits worn by Riot geared police that is not as good in some cities of USA the videos needs to be less child like as if a person of the blackwater group made this suit that it is a danger to any bad guy out there the recorder device should be a blackberry phone system with internet texting that desplay in other suits transfer voice to text for commands not heard by others only the ones needed I have tryed to keep up with this suit it has some merit
and I have seen suits worn by Riot geared police that is not as good in some cities of USA the videos needs to be less child like as if a person of the blackwater group made this suit that it is a danger to any bad guy out there the recorder device should be a blackberry phone system with internet texting that desplay in other suits transfer voice to text for commands not heard by others only the ones needed

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by John K http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13032 John K Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:17:16 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13032 I've been looking at all sorts of body armor lately, this one has alot of good qualities. But I think this suit has too many gadgets for conventional uses, I understand it's nice to have them, but in a general situation, it'd probably be just as convenient to have all those gadgets in a back pack or on a belt. And the suit's protection is nice, but the dragon skin stuff is level 4 body armor, and it's lighter. If I were to have made a suit like this, I would keep the exoskeleton, make it as bullet proof as possible, as light as possible, cut out the less useful gadgets such as the little recording device, but keep the temperature control apparatus. I just see too many gadgets to take this suit seriously, it's more like a kid's toy than combat armour, it's like trying to make a serious statement while having Aqua songs playing in the background. Great idea overall though. I’ve been looking at all sorts of body armor lately, this one has alot of good qualities. But I think this suit has too many gadgets for conventional uses, I understand it’s nice to have them, but in a general situation, it’d probably be just as convenient to have all those gadgets in a back pack or on a belt. And the suit’s protection is nice, but the dragon skin stuff is level 4 body armor, and it’s lighter.
If I were to have made a suit like this, I would keep the exoskeleton, make it as bullet proof as possible, as light as possible, cut out the less useful gadgets such as the little recording device, but keep the temperature control apparatus.
I just see too many gadgets to take this suit seriously, it’s more like a kid’s toy than combat armour, it’s like trying to make a serious statement while having Aqua songs playing in the background.
Great idea overall though.

]]> Comment on Being your own thought leader by Christian Cherokee Burns http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/being-your-own-thought-leader/#comment-13029 Christian Cherokee Burns Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:12:43 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/being-your-own-thought-leader/#comment-13029 I was looking up my own name after getting back into writing and was wondering if a search would lead me to a blog I've been on when I came across a blog with a man with the same name as me. I've been teaching writing to kids, and writing some, but emotional problems have kept me from producing. Blogging has awakened me. I was looking up my own name after getting back into writing and was wondering if a search would lead me to a blog I’ve been on when I came across a blog with a man with the same name as me.

I’ve been teaching writing to kids, and writing some, but emotional problems have kept me from producing. Blogging has awakened me.

]]> Comment on Calacanis Cast Beta 11, Wikipedia by sandrar http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/calacanis-cast-beta-11-wikipedia/#comment-13026 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:04:08 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/calacanis-cast-beta-11-wikipedia/#comment-13026 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Google Reader rocks by Christian Burns http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/google-reader-rocks/#comment-13021 Christian Burns Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:42:16 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/google-reader-rocks/#comment-13021 The google reader sidebar widget is just an rss widget of my google reader shared items rss feed The google reader sidebar widget is just an rss widget of my google reader shared items rss feed

]]> Comment on Google Reader rocks by Scott C. http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/google-reader-rocks/#comment-13020 Scott C. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:19:00 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/google-reader-rocks/#comment-13020 Hey, how did you get that google reader sidebar on your wordpress.com blog? I can't find the widget in my appearance section of the admin page. Did you have to upgrade your wordpress account in order to add it? Hey, how did you get that google reader sidebar on your wordpress.com blog? I can’t find the widget in my appearance section of the admin page. Did you have to upgrade your wordpress account in order to add it?

]]> Comment on Being your own thought leader by A Virtual Notebook at Retrospect http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/being-your-own-thought-leader/#comment-13019 A Virtual Notebook at Retrospect Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:58:16 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/being-your-own-thought-leader/#comment-13019 [...] purpose for this space, I’ll become frustrated by its inadequacy and dump it.  So, as a brother recently noted, “there is no substitute for reading a post you wrote 5 years ago and realizing that you are [...] [...] purpose for this space, I’ll become frustrated by its inadequacy and dump it.  So, as a brother recently noted, “there is no substitute for reading a post you wrote 5 years ago and realizing that you are [...]

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by Lian Lian Ywui http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13006 Lian Lian Ywui Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:56:39 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-13006 It seem impressive and well protective but what are the chances against a flamethrower or similar...like molotov bombs? If it cant protect the user from fire and if it is not equipped with thermal vision, I believe it will be very easy for the enemy to ambush. It seem impressive and well protective but what are the chances against a flamethrower or similar…like molotov bombs? If it cant protect the user from fire and if it is not equipped with thermal vision, I believe it will be very easy for the enemy to ambush.

]]> Comment on Trojan Suit, full body armor failed to sell on ebay by aleksander norway http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-12997 aleksander norway Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:06:38 +0000 http://christianburns.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/trojan-suit-full-body-armor-failed-to-sell-on-ebay/#comment-12997 Can you make one in blue and grey my bid 18 000-to 30 000 dollars Can you make one in blue and grey

my bid 18 000-to 30 000 dollars

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