If all the "bad guys" in the world turned good in a torrent of peace and flowers and sunshine and unicorns heralding the dawn of a new era free from conflict forever, we'd be better off without any troops whatsoever.
I think you would have been far better off in your original post by simply stating this: (1) you recognize the present need for armed forces and respect the job they do, (2) as an individual, you believe your particular talents are better expressed in the private sector (although many successful people have also served in the military), and (3) you look forward to the day when armies and navies are rendered unnecessary.
Those are all points I completely agree with. Your original post, however, was completely disrespectful in tone and quite lacking in substance.
This is such disastrously bad reasoning that I honestly don't know where to begin. I think I'll just leave it at this: how is it that your brilliant ideas on the necessity (or lack thereof) of various military components haven't gained widespread traction? While I'm definitely open to learning from spirited debate between political scientists and other academics with respected credentials, I think I'll respectfully decline your armchair philosophy.
I wholeheartedly agree with the core of your position, and I certainly am not advocating compulsory military service in the United States. The fact that we have all-volunteer military forces is a wonderful thing.
While your point is well taken, holding a graduate level degree isn't any guarantor of a higher salary. I know several people who finished grad school and never broke $50K a year (they're in their 40s and 50s now). There are also jobs that pay six figures but don't require anything more than a high school diploma or equivalent.
I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but submarines primarily serve in a deterrent capacity. Go read up on subs; the presence of some weapons is necessary to make potentially hostile nations think twice before doing something stupid.
I think you must have missed a couple of turns on the information superhighway... your post is entirely too informative for Slashdot. Are you sure you weren't trying to post somewhere else?
They could be doing something else, being productive members of society, living their lives (some of the best years of their life, too).
So you're saying members of the military aren't productive members of society and that they gain no life experience from service. Speaking as someone who served in the U.S. Navy as a submariner, I find that position laughable. The value of the life you live shouldn't be based on a few years worth of a salary that you're so certain could have been higher.
to say nothing of the price of my liberty
You have your liberty because others are willing to serve. How about getting your head out of your ass?
The point of this story isn't to announce the original incident, it's to talk about the impact on EC2. Get your own head out of your ass, and get some critical thinking skills while you're at it.
Actually, says the guy whose original UID wasn't much higher than yours, and created a new account a couple of years ago. And I really can't say that the average speed of news aggregation has significantly diminished since then.
Umm... you must be new around here. Slashdot is basically a news aggregation site (stories come from other, already published sources), with community commentary and badly edited story summaries;).
If educating children without teachers or other instructional figures there to guide them were easy (or even possible), we'd already be doing it. That said, there is a ton of educational software available in distributions like Edubuntu that can go a long way toward that goal.
After realizing he wasn't at home? Get real: he was sleeping in the car out of a desire to do the right thing. He wasn't stumbling drunk, but he did know he shouldn't be driving. It's amazing the lengths you'll go to in your quest to assume everyone involved with alcohol and a car would actually drive it.
Drunk drivers aren't drunk drivers until they're convicted. I happen to know someone personally who was charged with drunk driving for sleeping in his car in the parking lot of a bar.
This sounds like an excellent reason to dump your contract now. If they try charging you for early termination after pulling a stunt like this, I'm confident you'll be able to find an attorney who can change their mind.
As per my other reply at the same hierarchy level as the GP, the concept of faster web applications on mobile devices should wind up applying to Safari as well. Honestly, resolution and interface problems really aren't that hard to accommodate. Good web developers have been producing apps that run well on multiple platforms for years.
That certainly can't be ruled out. Hopefully, Apple would try to capitalize on other "app store" type ventures but with web apps. Some people really like the fact that Apple reviews everything (although the review process is frequently pretty jacked up), and they may be able to retain that as a selling point. Who knows?
I should clarify my last reply; while Firefox Mobile is moving forward with better performance on mobile devices, Apple can't just let Safari sit forever. Sooner or later, they'll have to bring its performance up to par too.
That's the point of this whole thing. With better apps that just run in the browser, you don't need the app store anymore. Other "app stores" pop up to sell you subscriptions to rich web applications that you access over your phone's net connection.
You see, the difference is, this time we're dealing with something that actually is write once, run anywhere. Who honestly wants to maintain two separate codebases? Sure, if Apple decides iPhones shouldn't have Internet connectivity or a built-in browser, they can beat what's coming. I'm not seeing that happening, somehow...
You haven't spent much time on/b/, have you? If you think the GP is over the top, there's stuff on 4chan that'll make your eyes fall straight out of their sockets.
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If all the "bad guys" in the world turned good in a torrent of peace and flowers and sunshine and unicorns heralding the dawn of a new era free from conflict forever, we'd be better off without any troops whatsoever.
I think you would have been far better off in your original post by simply stating this: (1) you recognize the present need for armed forces and respect the job they do, (2) as an individual, you believe your particular talents are better expressed in the private sector (although many successful people have also served in the military), and (3) you look forward to the day when armies and navies are rendered unnecessary.
Those are all points I completely agree with. Your original post, however, was completely disrespectful in tone and quite lacking in substance.
This is such disastrously bad reasoning that I honestly don't know where to begin. I think I'll just leave it at this: how is it that your brilliant ideas on the necessity (or lack thereof) of various military components haven't gained widespread traction? While I'm definitely open to learning from spirited debate between political scientists and other academics with respected credentials, I think I'll respectfully decline your armchair philosophy.
I wholeheartedly agree with the core of your position, and I certainly am not advocating compulsory military service in the United States. The fact that we have all-volunteer military forces is a wonderful thing.
While your point is well taken, holding a graduate level degree isn't any guarantor of a higher salary. I know several people who finished grad school and never broke $50K a year (they're in their 40s and 50s now). There are also jobs that pay six figures but don't require anything more than a high school diploma or equivalent.
I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but submarines primarily serve in a deterrent capacity. Go read up on subs; the presence of some weapons is necessary to make potentially hostile nations think twice before doing something stupid.
It's rather watered down, I'd imagine.
I think you must have missed a couple of turns on the information superhighway... your post is entirely too informative for Slashdot. Are you sure you weren't trying to post somewhere else?
They could be doing something else, being productive members of society, living their lives (some of the best years of their life, too).
So you're saying members of the military aren't productive members of society and that they gain no life experience from service. Speaking as someone who served in the U.S. Navy as a submariner, I find that position laughable. The value of the life you live shouldn't be based on a few years worth of a salary that you're so certain could have been higher.
to say nothing of the price of my liberty
You have your liberty because others are willing to serve. How about getting your head out of your ass?
The point of this story isn't to announce the original incident, it's to talk about the impact on EC2. Get your own head out of your ass, and get some critical thinking skills while you're at it.
Says the person with the ID over one million.
Actually, says the guy whose original UID wasn't much higher than yours, and created a new account a couple of years ago. And I really can't say that the average speed of news aggregation has significantly diminished since then.
Umm... you must be new around here. Slashdot is basically a news aggregation site (stories come from other, already published sources), with community commentary and badly edited story summaries ;).
Who is so damn board
Hey, if I were made of wood I'd be angry too.
If educating children without teachers or other instructional figures there to guide them were easy (or even possible), we'd already be doing it. That said, there is a ton of educational software available in distributions like Edubuntu that can go a long way toward that goal.
After realizing he wasn't at home? Get real: he was sleeping in the car out of a desire to do the right thing. He wasn't stumbling drunk, but he did know he shouldn't be driving. It's amazing the lengths you'll go to in your quest to assume everyone involved with alcohol and a car would actually drive it.
Drunk drivers aren't drunk drivers until they're convicted. I happen to know someone personally who was charged with drunk driving for sleeping in his car in the parking lot of a bar.
This sounds like an excellent reason to dump your contract now. If they try charging you for early termination after pulling a stunt like this, I'm confident you'll be able to find an attorney who can change their mind.
As per my other reply at the same hierarchy level as the GP, the concept of faster web applications on mobile devices should wind up applying to Safari as well. Honestly, resolution and interface problems really aren't that hard to accommodate. Good web developers have been producing apps that run well on multiple platforms for years.
That certainly can't be ruled out. Hopefully, Apple would try to capitalize on other "app store" type ventures but with web apps. Some people really like the fact that Apple reviews everything (although the review process is frequently pretty jacked up), and they may be able to retain that as a selling point. Who knows?
I should clarify my last reply; while Firefox Mobile is moving forward with better performance on mobile devices, Apple can't just let Safari sit forever. Sooner or later, they'll have to bring its performance up to par too.
That's the point of this whole thing. With better apps that just run in the browser, you don't need the app store anymore. Other "app stores" pop up to sell you subscriptions to rich web applications that you access over your phone's net connection.
You see, the difference is, this time we're dealing with something that actually is write once, run anywhere. Who honestly wants to maintain two separate codebases? Sure, if Apple decides iPhones shouldn't have Internet connectivity or a built-in browser, they can beat what's coming. I'm not seeing that happening, somehow...
Nope. From TFA, the new photo is 105x35 meters. The photo you referenced is only 32.9x8.5 meters.
You haven't spent much time on /b/, have you? If you think the GP is over the top, there's stuff on 4chan that'll make your eyes fall straight out of their sockets.
Yeah, I read it wrong :). Salt probably would've helped a bunch, though.