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US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by jpatokal »

noselasd wrote: post #12
Luc wrote: post #4

I was not aware Pole Shift Survival was a thing. The internet really is a collection of wonderful things. http://pssurvival.com/ "The information on this site is for those who wish to improve their chances for survival after the coming pending pole shift."

It is not a thing. This is crack-pottery at an insane level. From the intro: "We expect about 90 degree shift of the crust as planet-X passes earth's orbit on its way through our solar system. " As other comments mentions magnetic pole shift though, that is a thing and happens every so often, about every 0.1 to 1 million years, see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal

From the site:

> When will the Pole Shift occur?

> Best we can tell it will occur between May 20 and Jun 12 in 2012. See the source Zetatalk clues, and Crop Circle clues that give this final result.

Oops!

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

kaybe wrote: post #30
nathanm412 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This site is literally talking about the entire planet being forced to rotate 90 degrees due to a rogue planet passing nearby. This sudden rotation would supposedly cause the crust of the planet itself to slip and rotate due to inertia. Sci-fi fans might actually get some enjoyment from this! http://pssurvival.com/PS/2-Pole_Shift/0-Pole_Shift_Descripti...

Interesting. They decoded that from crop cycles.

Yeah, that's pretty crazy. They should have decoded it from chicken entrails.

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by molsongolden »

An uncle gave me an early 90's version of this manual as a gift when I was in my teens. This manual, along with "The American Boy's Handy Book" resulted in days and days of outdoor activity and a plethora of failed boats/rafts/cabins/snares/spearfishing/etc... There are some awesome instructions in here and the print copy I have has an entire color photo plant identification guide in the back.

My only word of warning would be to make sure the kids you expose to this are responsible enough for the knowledge. There are some last resort things like "how to poison an entire stream of fish by grinding up wild plants".

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by steveplace »

remarkEon wrote: post #23

If you guys enjoyed this, you'll love the Ranger Handbook. Still have mine from when I went through :) [0] http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf

Since we're on a roll, here's a CIA manual on tradecraft

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by Terr_ »

kaybe wrote: post #30
nathanm412 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This site is literally talking about the entire planet being forced to rotate 90 degrees due to a rogue planet passing nearby. This sudden rotation would supposedly cause the crust of the planet itself to slip and rotate due to inertia. Sci-fi fans might actually get some enjoyment from this! http://pssurvival.com/PS/2-Pole_Shift/0-Pole_Shift_Descripti...

Interesting. They decoded that from crop cycles.

Those are usually determined by the farmer. Crop circles, on the other hand, are usually determined by some pranksters.

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by ak217 »

kaybe wrote: post #29
TallGuyShort wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they are actually referring to geomagnetic reversal, believed by some to be a likely cataclysmic event, in which the poles could reverse entirely and it is supposed that the protective field would have a dramatic reduction in power for enough time to cause serious problems.

Well, we see evidence for magnetic reversal in the geological record. It happened before, and a lot. Also, the strength has gone down to about 5% before. This much I'd take as fact. What is not clear is the effect this has on the biosphere. Calculations have been made for different magnetic field strenghts during the reversal and it seems that radiation can go up. By how much and how much of a problem that would be..…

Crazy thought: What if magnetic reversals drive punctuated-equilibrium evolution?

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by CamperBob2 »

I hope the rest of the advice is better than the advice for magnetizing a compass needle:

   If you have a battery and some electric wire, you
   can polarize the metal electrically. The wire should be 
   insulated. If not insulated, wrap the metal object in
   a single, thin strip of paper to prevent contact. The 
   battery must be a minimum of 2 volts. Form a coil with
   the electric wire and touch its ends to the battery's 
   terminals. Repeatedly insert one end of the metal
   object in and out of the coil. The needle will become an 
   electromagnet.
No, the needle will not become an "electromagnet," once it's outside the coil. It won't even become a good permanent magnet if you follow these directions, because you'll tend to demagnetize it every time you withdraw it in the same direction you inserted it. (I actually tried it with a power supply, a spool of wire, and a couple of screws. Dropping a screw through the coil in one direction 10 times will give it the same amount of magnetism that moving it in and out about 200 times will impart.)

In any case, none of this has anything to do with the battery's voltage except to the extent that it provides more current per turn. A 1.5V 'AA' cell would work fine for creating a compass needle unless you wasted your time with those instructions.

But hey, at least now I know that polar bears are best avoided, and that drinking kerosene will get rid of intestinal parasites...

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by vacri »

noselasd wrote: post #12
Luc wrote: post #4

I was not aware Pole Shift Survival was a thing. The internet really is a collection of wonderful things. http://pssurvival.com/ "The information on this site is for those who wish to improve their chances for survival after the coming pending pole shift."

It is not a thing. This is crack-pottery at an insane level. From the intro: "We expect about 90 degree shift of the crust as planet-X passes earth's orbit on its way through our solar system. " As other comments mentions magnetic pole shift though, that is a thing and happens every so often, about every 0.1 to 1 million years, see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal

To be pedantic, the survival for magnetic poles shifting is "go about life as normal". The magnetic poles are constantly shifting, just not very fast (~50km/year or so). Reversal would be a bit more dramatic, though...

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by FantabulousDay »

molsongolden wrote: post #33

An uncle gave me an early 90's version of this manual as a gift when I was in my teens. This manual, along with "The American Boy's Handy Book" resulted in days and days of outdoor activity and a plethora of failed boats/rafts/cabins/snares/spearfishing/etc... There are some awesome instructions in here and the print copy I have has an entire color photo plant identification guide in the back. My only word of warning…

In what circumstance would you want to poison an entire stream of fish? Would the fish be edible after being poisoned? Or is this for another purpose?

Re: US Army Survival Manual (2006) [pdf]

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Post by RichardFord »

Jhsto wrote: post #14

For the curious, here is also surviving guide in a pdf form issued by Finnish defense forces in 1985: http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/61ba4180411e702ea19ee9e364... You probably can't make much out of the text, but pictures may be worth looking of, even though most of the traps demonstrated are illegal to make during peace. There's also cooking recipes in the bottom of the document, which contain oddities such as so…

I always enjoy seeing small scandanavian tactics (Norway, Sweden, Finland) tactics against German, Russian juggernauts.
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