Things like "Alien Invasion" and "Zombie Pandemic" are often used in war colleges to encourage creative thinking in developing combat plans.
It's not entirely insane. Say someone at Google designs a plan on what to do if an EMP is detonated over California (i.e. a nuke going off at high altitude). Crazy and pretty unlikely, but say a solar flare smacks the shit out of California and exactly that happens. Welp, as unlikely as the first scenario was they now have a plan.
Oh no, 22% chance somebody died? We need Congress to BAN EARTHQUAKES! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
I felt a couple wobbles. Everyone was going out into the street to see what was going on. I don't know if they fuckin' expected the Red Army to be going down the street or a goddamned Gundam to be going rooftop-to-rooftop... it was nothin' here in Jersey.
As an American, I want to say thank you. Please keep fighting this perception. Every time national health care is brought up it's fought with cries of "SOCIALISM!". Never mind the facts you stated about the UK, or the fact that we already have more than a few "socialized" services (Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Police, Fire Department, etc.).
It's goddamned sickening how easily some people fall for this shit.
Putting it into RTS terms, what your advocating is building up large swarms of troops, wait until you've got the maximum (meaning loads of resources collected and lots of supply buildings built), and then upgrade them. The better strategy is to upgrade them while you build them.
Look, as much as we need stuff like socialized health care (and better social programs in general), it's not going to help us in any way to stop or slow down doing R&D. We have more than enough money to get it all done - it'd be better to spend effort on trying to fight waste and pork spending rather than something that produces something incredibly useful for us in the long run. The reason we're in this mess is that we don't do shit that pans out in the long run - we want results, and we want them NOW.
It's just the seed money - a preliminary stage. They're paying $500,000 for the plan that would let us get to another star in 100 years. Ostensibly they would pay a fair bit more than that for the actual program.
It'd be like soliciting architectural plans. You don't want the architects to actually build the building for such a low cost, you just wanna see the design.
Do you guys need really tall people? I'm 6'5" and unemployed... I can reach really high things without a ladder, like lightbulbs and books on the top shelf! I'm a people person and I think laterally!
To be (mildly) fair to some of these drivers, it's illegal to pull over in a lot of places unless you've broken down or there's an emergency. If you have a really important phone call that you need to take and you pull onto the shoulder, you're liable to get fined.
I'm largely against joining the military personally (for the reasons you stated), but hang on a sec here.
I agree that joining up when we're in the middle of a war implies that you're all for it, because odds are you are going to be participating in it somehow. I personally don't like running around in other countries and shooting up people's neighborhoods.
That said, there are legitimate, non-combat reasons to join the military. The Coast Guard, for instance, is in the business of protecting our ocean borders and saving lives. They're rarely put into combat - my grandfather was in the Coast Guard but I'm told he drove one of those landing craft at Normandy. Nowadays they mostly go after drug smugglers and rescue people.
The Navy is not all that different. They're likely to be the launching point for an airstrike (be it by plane or missile), but they're just as likely to be acting in a humanitarian capacity in some respect.
I do think most poeple nowadays join the military out of desperation or a sense of patriotism. They want to serve their country and hope that they'll be able to do something positive for it or protect it, but sadly that almost never happens.
Around late 2005 - early 2006. Also got Blue Shift and Opposing Force (which I think is one of the best of the original three, if not the best).
I've played Enemy Territory. I really enjoyed Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory was pretty boss back in the day, but it doesn't have conc jumping.
As I understand it, the guys who made Portal originally made Narbacular Drop, and Portal was made entirely in-house at Valve. That is one case of them bringing on a mod team and creating something completely new from scratch after they've gotten them in-house rather than buying up an existing game, polishing it, and releasing it.
I do find it a bit insulting, though, that TF2 is free to play and TFC is *still* $5 (and the community is nearly dead) when it originally came packaged as a free mod for Half-Life.
Honestly, if Terrorists blew a hole in the side of the plane and killed half the passengers but the captain still managed to land it safely, he wouldn't really have all that much to worry about. All he has to say is he was trying to prevent another 9/11 and he'd get off the hook, and he'd be right. Whoever's in the back is a small number in comparison to how many people could potentially be hurt or killed by the plane being rammed into a building or heavily populated area.
SCOTUS' job (well, one of them) is to interpret the law and have their interpretation act as binding precedent on the national level. The important bit here, though, is "interpret the law". Even if you disagree with them, they do try very hard to explain why they voted a particular way and cite specific laws and precedent.
If this does get to SCOTUS and it's not found to be extortion (even though it walks like a duck and talks like a duck etc.), then it comes down to the laws being deeply flawed.
Speaking of technology, I'm interested in seeing if the UK's extensive CCTV network will be able to catch and prosecute all of these people committing crimes. Sure the UK police is posting screenshots from cameras, but I imagine they're a very small portion of total crimes committed. My own bias aside, I do hope a study is done on whether or not they're actually effective in prosecution.
I think we can say that they haven't done a whole lot for crime prevention, though. People know they are on camera, and more than a few are using the ultimate enemy of CCTV - a hoodie and mask.
If you ask a carpenter what is "best tool" is, he might ask you "for doing what?"
My dad has actually been a carpenter for 45 years and I asked him this very question, and his answer was that at first. I added "If you had to choose one tool as the most important, what would it be?" He narrowed it down to two: a tape measure, and a pencil. "You can pound a nail with a brick or pry something apart with a stick, but without these things here everything would come out crooked."
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It is a legitimate concern, but North America actually ends at Tokyo, not Nome.
WHAT?!
Man, I thought Detroit was bad, but we've got an entire island NATION of squatters on our land!
I say we send some Jersey boys and hockey hooligans over there as a joint U.S.-Canadian tax collection operation!
Well as far as I know, Falun Gong didn't try to inflitrate the fucking government like Scientology did.
That alone should make you worried about them.
Things like "Alien Invasion" and "Zombie Pandemic" are often used in war colleges to encourage creative thinking in developing combat plans.
It's not entirely insane. Say someone at Google designs a plan on what to do if an EMP is detonated over California (i.e. a nuke going off at high altitude). Crazy and pretty unlikely, but say a solar flare smacks the shit out of California and exactly that happens. Welp, as unlikely as the first scenario was they now have a plan.
Oh no, 22% chance somebody died? We need Congress to BAN EARTHQUAKES! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
I felt a couple wobbles. Everyone was going out into the street to see what was going on. I don't know if they fuckin' expected the Red Army to be going down the street or a goddamned Gundam to be going rooftop-to-rooftop... it was nothin' here in Jersey.
Straight outta recess
As an American, I want to say thank you. Please keep fighting this perception. Every time national health care is brought up it's fought with cries of "SOCIALISM!". Never mind the facts you stated about the UK, or the fact that we already have more than a few "socialized" services (Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Police, Fire Department, etc.).
It's goddamned sickening how easily some people fall for this shit.
I'm more fond of Seven of Nine myself.
Putting it into RTS terms, what your advocating is building up large swarms of troops, wait until you've got the maximum (meaning loads of resources collected and lots of supply buildings built), and then upgrade them. The better strategy is to upgrade them while you build them.
Look, as much as we need stuff like socialized health care (and better social programs in general), it's not going to help us in any way to stop or slow down doing R&D. We have more than enough money to get it all done - it'd be better to spend effort on trying to fight waste and pork spending rather than something that produces something incredibly useful for us in the long run. The reason we're in this mess is that we don't do shit that pans out in the long run - we want results, and we want them NOW.
It's just the seed money - a preliminary stage. They're paying $500,000 for the plan that would let us get to another star in 100 years. Ostensibly they would pay a fair bit more than that for the actual program.
It'd be like soliciting architectural plans. You don't want the architects to actually build the building for such a low cost, you just wanna see the design.
You're right! If only those scientists had figured out how to take those giant parachutes and put them on little backpacks for people to wear.
Yeah, well, NES games went as high as $80 at things like Toys R' Us back in the day.
That's when I discovered the joy of used games.
I'll miss you, Cartoon Land. I still have the copy of Ms. Pac Man I bought from you. I still have all the games I bought from you.
Well, just so long as they're careful not to take too much inspiration from the television shows...
Last Time, on Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3...
Goku: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vegeta: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you guys need really tall people? I'm 6'5" and unemployed... I can reach really high things without a ladder, like lightbulbs and books on the top shelf! I'm a people person and I think laterally!
"Who cleans up after the janitors?" ???
To be (mildly) fair to some of these drivers, it's illegal to pull over in a lot of places unless you've broken down or there's an emergency. If you have a really important phone call that you need to take and you pull onto the shoulder, you're liable to get fined.
I'm largely against joining the military personally (for the reasons you stated), but hang on a sec here.
I agree that joining up when we're in the middle of a war implies that you're all for it, because odds are you are going to be participating in it somehow. I personally don't like running around in other countries and shooting up people's neighborhoods.
That said, there are legitimate, non-combat reasons to join the military. The Coast Guard, for instance, is in the business of protecting our ocean borders and saving lives. They're rarely put into combat - my grandfather was in the Coast Guard but I'm told he drove one of those landing craft at Normandy. Nowadays they mostly go after drug smugglers and rescue people.
The Navy is not all that different. They're likely to be the launching point for an airstrike (be it by plane or missile), but they're just as likely to be acting in a humanitarian capacity in some respect.
I do think most poeple nowadays join the military out of desperation or a sense of patriotism. They want to serve their country and hope that they'll be able to do something positive for it or protect it, but sadly that almost never happens.
You want Communist Zombies? Here's your communist zombies.
I already own TFC. I bought it with the Half Life Anthology
Around late 2005 - early 2006. Also got Blue Shift and Opposing Force (which I think is one of the best of the original three, if not the best).
I've played Enemy Territory. I really enjoyed Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory was pretty boss back in the day, but it doesn't have conc jumping.
Can anyone here explain why space elevators seem to be the more popular idea among the two?
Launch loops weren't featured in a Gundam series.
As I understand it, the guys who made Portal originally made Narbacular Drop, and Portal was made entirely in-house at Valve. That is one case of them bringing on a mod team and creating something completely new from scratch after they've gotten them in-house rather than buying up an existing game, polishing it, and releasing it.
I do find it a bit insulting, though, that TF2 is free to play and TFC is *still* $5 (and the community is nearly dead) when it originally came packaged as a free mod for Half-Life.
Honestly, if Terrorists blew a hole in the side of the plane and killed half the passengers but the captain still managed to land it safely, he wouldn't really have all that much to worry about. All he has to say is he was trying to prevent another 9/11 and he'd get off the hook, and he'd be right. Whoever's in the back is a small number in comparison to how many people could potentially be hurt or killed by the plane being rammed into a building or heavily populated area.
SCOTUS' job (well, one of them) is to interpret the law and have their interpretation act as binding precedent on the national level. The important bit here, though, is "interpret the law". Even if you disagree with them, they do try very hard to explain why they voted a particular way and cite specific laws and precedent.
If this does get to SCOTUS and it's not found to be extortion (even though it walks like a duck and talks like a duck etc.), then it comes down to the laws being deeply flawed.
Speaking of technology, I'm interested in seeing if the UK's extensive CCTV network will be able to catch and prosecute all of these people committing crimes. Sure the UK police is posting screenshots from cameras, but I imagine they're a very small portion of total crimes committed. My own bias aside, I do hope a study is done on whether or not they're actually effective in prosecution.
I think we can say that they haven't done a whole lot for crime prevention, though. People know they are on camera, and more than a few are using the ultimate enemy of CCTV - a hoodie and mask.
If you ask a carpenter what is "best tool" is, he might ask you "for doing what?"
My dad has actually been a carpenter for 45 years and I asked him this very question, and his answer was that at first. I added "If you had to choose one tool as the most important, what would it be?" He narrowed it down to two: a tape measure, and a pencil. "You can pound a nail with a brick or pry something apart with a stick, but without these things here everything would come out crooked."
He's paraphrasing Carl Sagan, who famously said, "We are products of is the stars that are in of the sky."