You know, it's odd that when Saudis were involved in 9/11 everyone jumped tot he conclusion that Saudi Arabia must be involved. But when 2 Iraqis were involved with the '93 World Trade Center attack, I don't hear the same claims that Iraq must have been involved. Weird, right? Then when Iraq was tied to the '94 Bojinka plot, the '95 OKC Bombing, and the '98 Embassy attacks, it was just of series of weird coincidences.
BTW, the World Trade Center was built to withstand direct collisions with the largest plane built at the time, I believe the 717. 30 years later, planes were much bigger.
I've actually read several books from Norman Soloman, Noam Chomsky, and others about the media in the US. No doubt the US lies. I was just pointing out it's not in the same league as North Korea in the seer audacity and unbelievabality.
Or maybe your personal experiences are blinding you to what is going on in a completely different country. I work in the intelligence community, and I can assure you that the state media does in fact put out ridiculous things and is reported by multiple independent sources.
I doubt Sherrif Joe is flying anything near Iran. Nor would the Secret Service, NSA, FBI, or ATF. The remaining entities on your list all talk to each other, all share the same airspace, and all report to one authority. This is why we have Combatant Commands. The Commander for U.S. Central Command has authority and cognizance over everything in that theater. Back in the day, like WWII, we had a War Dept and a Dept of the Navy and they didn't work together very well. Now we have one Defense Dept and regional Combatant Commands to manage interagency coordination such as this. It's still possible someone didn't manage their inventory well and I guess the U.S. might deliberately lie to cover up the loss of one small tactical UAV, but if the U.S. is saying they didn't lose one, that's the way to bet.
Oh, please. The US may lie in the press, but it's nothing compared to what North Korea does. Our media doesn't say shit like on the day Obama was born, there was a double rainbow over the White House and a cold shiver went down Chuck Norris' spine. There's no comparison.
It turns out that Moore was observing only a small portion of a greater trend. That is, many (or most) things involving technology have a short doubling period, usually between 1 and 2 years. Total information created, processing power per dollar, resolution of brain scanning technology, et al all follow a similar doubling period to what Moore observed with transistors on integrated circuits. It's not that everyone else is misusing Moore's Law, so much as Moore didn't make make the law broad enough.
Actually, we don't. We officially have Lincoln Head One-cent Pieces, colloquially known as pennies. Hey, this is slashdot. Where else can I be this pedantic?
I'd like to point out that the drone pilot doesn't decide to fire. There is a rather lengthy and complicated targeting process to get authorization to fire. The worst problem with a bored drone pilot is that he may miss something on the screen, not that he'd launch a Hellfire missile because it was something to do.
In an amusing twist that undoubtedly spells the end of some hapless manager's career, Microsoft has accidentally gifted pirates with a free, fully-functioning Windows 8 license key. As you have probably surmised, this isn't intentional
Yes, in fact, this is exactly what I surmised after seeing the word "accidentally". That usually implies lack of intention.
I'm all for lowering emissions, but don't forget about the massive damage that's already been done. To use an analogy, we're pushing a rock down a hill. Lowering emissions means only pushing it less down the hill. We need to stop pushing entirely, get on the other side, slow it down, stop it, and push it back up. That's going to entail a lot more work than replacing lawn mowers and washing machines. We need to lower CO2 levels in the atmosphere, suck out pollution in the air, water, and soil, regrow forests and other ecosystems, and figure out how to use the remaining resources of the planet sustainably.
Since most of your food is grown in warmer climates, good luck eating when the food runs out. Most food grown everywhere only does so in specific climates. Vary the temperature, rainfall, soil salinity, etc, etc even slightly and it dies. We're looking at global collapse of the food distribution network.
Imagine that you are at 33 Flatbush Ave. in the Brooklyn borough of what David Letterman calls "the world's greatest city." You go to the 7th floor. Congratulations. You have found New York City's community biolab, Genspace.
So if I were to go there, that's where I'd be? Where ever you go, there you are! Funny how that works.
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You know, it's odd that when Saudis were involved in 9/11 everyone jumped tot he conclusion that Saudi Arabia must be involved. But when 2 Iraqis were involved with the '93 World Trade Center attack, I don't hear the same claims that Iraq must have been involved. Weird, right? Then when Iraq was tied to the '94 Bojinka plot, the '95 OKC Bombing, and the '98 Embassy attacks, it was just of series of weird coincidences.
BTW, the World Trade Center was built to withstand direct collisions with the largest plane built at the time, I believe the 717. 30 years later, planes were much bigger.
I've actually read several books from Norman Soloman, Noam Chomsky, and others about the media in the US. No doubt the US lies. I was just pointing out it's not in the same league as North Korea in the seer audacity and unbelievabality.
Or maybe your personal experiences are blinding you to what is going on in a completely different country. I work in the intelligence community, and I can assure you that the state media does in fact put out ridiculous things and is reported by multiple independent sources.
I doubt Sherrif Joe is flying anything near Iran. Nor would the Secret Service, NSA, FBI, or ATF. The remaining entities on your list all talk to each other, all share the same airspace, and all report to one authority. This is why we have Combatant Commands. The Commander for U.S. Central Command has authority and cognizance over everything in that theater. Back in the day, like WWII, we had a War Dept and a Dept of the Navy and they didn't work together very well. Now we have one Defense Dept and regional Combatant Commands to manage interagency coordination such as this. It's still possible someone didn't manage their inventory well and I guess the U.S. might deliberately lie to cover up the loss of one small tactical UAV, but if the U.S. is saying they didn't lose one, that's the way to bet.
Oh, please. The US may lie in the press, but it's nothing compared to what North Korea does. Our media doesn't say shit like on the day Obama was born, there was a double rainbow over the White House and a cold shiver went down Chuck Norris' spine. There's no comparison.
Does that include the doubling of processing power before the transistor was invented?
It turns out that Moore was observing only a small portion of a greater trend. That is, many (or most) things involving technology have a short doubling period, usually between 1 and 2 years. Total information created, processing power per dollar, resolution of brain scanning technology, et al all follow a similar doubling period to what Moore observed with transistors on integrated circuits. It's not that everyone else is misusing Moore's Law, so much as Moore didn't make make the law broad enough.
Melts in your Mouth. Not in your pocket.
I thought you were going to tell us it's a space station.
Actually, we don't. We officially have Lincoln Head One-cent Pieces, colloquially known as pennies. Hey, this is slashdot. Where else can I be this pedantic?
I'd like to point out that the drone pilot doesn't decide to fire. There is a rather lengthy and complicated targeting process to get authorization to fire. The worst problem with a bored drone pilot is that he may miss something on the screen, not that he'd launch a Hellfire missile because it was something to do.
I read that Skyfall is actually inspired by Stuxnet, which was way worse than controlling thermostats and happened in real life.
Geez, you got all those and didn't ask if it blends? You must be new here!
We can put a man on the moon, but I can't drive a giant advanced transforming evil alien robot? WTF?
Maybe we hipsters just like the irony of restricting speech in order to be free. Or maybe we like anything involving Best Korea.
Personally, I'm looking forward to .corn. I would love to get www.amazon.corn, www.google.corn, www.apple.corn, etc.
In an amusing twist that undoubtedly spells the end of some hapless manager's career, Microsoft has accidentally gifted pirates with a free, fully-functioning Windows 8 license key. As you have probably surmised, this isn't intentional
Yes, in fact, this is exactly what I surmised after seeing the word "accidentally". That usually implies lack of intention.
I'm all for lowering emissions, but don't forget about the massive damage that's already been done. To use an analogy, we're pushing a rock down a hill. Lowering emissions means only pushing it less down the hill. We need to stop pushing entirely, get on the other side, slow it down, stop it, and push it back up. That's going to entail a lot more work than replacing lawn mowers and washing machines. We need to lower CO2 levels in the atmosphere, suck out pollution in the air, water, and soil, regrow forests and other ecosystems, and figure out how to use the remaining resources of the planet sustainably.
Since most of your food is grown in warmer climates, good luck eating when the food runs out. Most food grown everywhere only does so in specific climates. Vary the temperature, rainfall, soil salinity, etc, etc even slightly and it dies. We're looking at global collapse of the food distribution network.
The upward trend is clearly due to the declining numbers of pirates.
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Harpo Marx
Imagine that you are at 33 Flatbush Ave. in the Brooklyn borough of what David Letterman calls "the world's greatest city." You go to the 7th floor. Congratulations. You have found New York City's community biolab, Genspace.
So if I were to go there, that's where I'd be? Where ever you go, there you are! Funny how that works.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
That's all I've got to contribute. Carry on.
Indeed. He should have posted his own comment in order to karmawhore, like the rest of us.
but if the 'big bag' happened only a 100 million years ago
Where do you get the age of the universe at 100 million years? Here, try this:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=age+of+universe