a kid who's barely out of high school doesn't want to die, and is nearly cracking under the pressure of killing people in a country he couldn't point to on a map a year earlier.
Uh, sorry, that's really not an accurate reflection of the Marine Corps. More like a form of projection of yourself. Marines are re-enlisting at all-time high rates. This is a volunteer force who signed up in a time of war. They signed up for action and got it. Maybe you'd be pissing your pants in fear, but don't project that on the Marines.
Maybe Linux failed, but if Microsoft had a victory, it was a Pyrrhic one. They were trying to kill XP and move to Vista when the netbooks took off, and instead they had to keep extending XP in order to keep in the game in this emerging market. Netbooks aren't going anywhere, in fact I suspect we'll see a continuing trend of similarly powerful machines at lower costs vice more and more powerful machines at the same or higher cost. Microsoft's products, bloatware they are, are not poised to succeed in this market. Personally, I see a bright future for Linux here. Maybe I'm wrong though.
But few police forces have done so; most require only a high school diploma, or perhaps two years of college.
Because they wouldn't be able to find enough applicants in most jurisdictions. Many offer bonuses for degrees however.
And somehow in all that anecdotal evidence and random links, I missed the connection between non-genius IQs correlating to being an asshole, and how raising the IQ of police officers would alleviate the abuse of power. What does one have to do with another? Or, again, is this about feeling better about your high IQ?
Not sure if you picked up on the sarcasm there Joe. And BTW, pot smoking is ILLEGAL. Police officers are just doing their job. If you have a problem with the law, VOTE or STFU. I'm not even going to go into the vagaries of arm-chair second guessing the decisions of every instance of taser-use and the feasibility of asking about heart conditions during hand-to-hand conflict. I don't see how using a taser makes them fascist pigs in any case, but hey.
and enforce the fucked up laws we have in the United States is a stupid, fascist pig
Like, you know, the abolition on murder, rape, theft, arson, etc.
Because people who dedicate themselves to the service of others, the improvement of their community, and betterment of society are stupid fascist pigs, and should be treated as such. Right slashdot?
I guess. I do it here at work, and the admins understand. It's a safer more secure browser, especially with adblock, noscript, and flashblock installed, as I have. I could see a mild chastising perhaps. But firing? Unless you were using it to browse pr0n all day maybe...
I like to point out to those people that granite is radioactive and some forms have been shown to give off levels of radon several times higher than the FDA recommends as safe. Then ask how much food they prepare on them.
How about bio-engineering some extremophiles to due some conversions for us? Then, when we land, we just release some extremophile-eating microbes to clean up. Then winter comes, and they all freeze to death.
Venus is actually quite terra-formable. It does have an atmosphere, an extremely thick one at that, which has caused its high temperature. It also has gravity closer to ours than the moon or Mars. If we could turn the CO2 into O2 and usable carbon (like for soil), we could eventually live on it. Wouldn't be easy, but probably more feasible than terra-forming Mars.
Just because you are wrong and I called you out on it doesn't mean I am a Troll.
Wait, wait, wait. A Microsoft OS that installs by itself with no issues? You mean no more installing XP over and over again, trying to get it to work? Sign me up!
The Chrome OS netbook is basically another Network Computer type scenario, designed to take out Microsoft or at least compete with it.
Netbooks have been extremely successful so far, with no sign of going away. They've been a thorn is MS's side, and the likely reason XP has been extended as long as it has. Without XP, it would have no entry into this market at all, and XP will go away at some point. What will replace it on these popular machines? Vista? 7? Not likely, and not on mine in any case. Google Chrome has a real chance of increasing market share at MS's expense, IMHO, and could use its success on netbooks to expand into full-size laptops and desktops.
The vast majority of Google searches are, of course, done on PCs running Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. It is not in Googleâ(TM)s real interest to displace these products, which have facilitated so much of its success.
So Google doesn't make money from people running other OS's? Google ads don't appear in my browser when I'm running Ubuntu? Would the Google Chrome OS or browser presumably block its own ads? Now I understand why this has the tag diecringleydie.
Someone else further down posted a study that wind is better for the environment than nuclear, so check that out. But yeah, so solar cells have to be manufactured, as do windmills. Are nuclear power plants then grown from seed?
Nuclear power plants take 20+ years to build due to all the safety regulations, permits, etc which is not likely to change. Wind and solar work now.
I understand the deficiencies of wind. Nuclear may be better in several ways. But better for the environment? I'm still skeptical.
Enviromentalism needs to wake up and face the fact that the problem is now so bad that idealism must take a back seat to pragmatics.
How ironic. Environmentalists aren't the only ones infected with idealism. Nuclear is great in theory. But in reality, nuclear power plants take 20+ years to build, so they are hardly a realistic solution to today's power problems. They could re-use radioactive waste, but don't. Maybe the nuclear enthusiasts could be a little more pragmatic too.
These things are a great way to make a beautiful landscape hideous.
As opposed to what, a coal plant?
Never mind that they actually are better for the environment than anything else.
Clean renewable energy is worse for the environment than radioactive waste? I understand that nuclear power is a viable alternative to coal and oil, and that it produces constant power and all that, but how is it better for the environment than wind?
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a kid who's barely out of high school doesn't want to die, and is nearly cracking under the pressure of killing people in a country he couldn't point to on a map a year earlier.
Uh, sorry, that's really not an accurate reflection of the Marine Corps. More like a form of projection of yourself. Marines are re-enlisting at all-time high rates. This is a volunteer force who signed up in a time of war. They signed up for action and got it. Maybe you'd be pissing your pants in fear, but don't project that on the Marines.
Marines are not soldiers. It's like calling someone who writes malicious code a hacker. Or something.
A Marine buddy of mine just posted this on Facebook yesterday.
Maybe Linux failed, but if Microsoft had a victory, it was a Pyrrhic one. They were trying to kill XP and move to Vista when the netbooks took off, and instead they had to keep extending XP in order to keep in the game in this emerging market. Netbooks aren't going anywhere, in fact I suspect we'll see a continuing trend of similarly powerful machines at lower costs vice more and more powerful machines at the same or higher cost. Microsoft's products, bloatware they are, are not poised to succeed in this market. Personally, I see a bright future for Linux here. Maybe I'm wrong though.
But few police forces have done so; most require only a high school diploma, or perhaps two years of college.
Because they wouldn't be able to find enough applicants in most jurisdictions. Many offer bonuses for degrees however.
And somehow in all that anecdotal evidence and random links, I missed the connection between non-genius IQs correlating to being an asshole, and how raising the IQ of police officers would alleviate the abuse of power. What does one have to do with another? Or, again, is this about feeling better about your high IQ?
But these folks generally burn out in a few years, and either quit or come to behave just like the majority of dullards.
Generally, huh? How many data points are you working on? How many cops do you personally know?
Does bad-mouthing those you deem beneath you make you feel better about yourself?
and enforce the fucked up laws we have in the United States is a stupid, fascist pig
Like, you know, the abolition on murder, rape, theft, arson, etc.
Because people who dedicate themselves to the service of others, the improvement of their community, and betterment of society are stupid fascist pigs, and should be treated as such. Right slashdot?
When the weather is no longer chaotic?
Absolutely. After getting hit with the billy club, you would have a new face. The old mold would be useless!
I guess. I do it here at work, and the admins understand. It's a safer more secure browser, especially with adblock, noscript, and flashblock installed, as I have. I could see a mild chastising perhaps. But firing? Unless you were using it to browse pr0n all day maybe...
The wikipedia page says it made it to public domain in 1992. Why exactly is this news?
Then go to portableapps.com and run Firefox off your desktop.
Forget version numbers. How did you pick that user name?
I like to point out to those people that granite is radioactive and some forms have been shown to give off levels of radon several times higher than the FDA recommends as safe. Then ask how much food they prepare on them.
How about bio-engineering some extremophiles to due some conversions for us? Then, when we land, we just release some extremophile-eating microbes to clean up. Then winter comes, and they all freeze to death.
Venus is actually quite terra-formable. It does have an atmosphere, an extremely thick one at that, which has caused its high temperature. It also has gravity closer to ours than the moon or Mars. If we could turn the CO2 into O2 and usable carbon (like for soil), we could eventually live on it. Wouldn't be easy, but probably more feasible than terra-forming Mars.
Just because you are wrong and I called you out on it doesn't mean I am a Troll.
Wait, wait, wait. A Microsoft OS that installs by itself with no issues? You mean no more installing XP over and over again, trying to get it to work? Sign me up!
My apologies. I didn't realize I strayed onto your lawn. I will promptly remove myself forthwith. Good day, sir!
The Chrome OS netbook is basically another Network Computer type scenario, designed to take out Microsoft or at least compete with it.
Netbooks have been extremely successful so far, with no sign of going away. They've been a thorn is MS's side, and the likely reason XP has been extended as long as it has. Without XP, it would have no entry into this market at all, and XP will go away at some point. What will replace it on these popular machines? Vista? 7? Not likely, and not on mine in any case. Google Chrome has a real chance of increasing market share at MS's expense, IMHO, and could use its success on netbooks to expand into full-size laptops and desktops.
The vast majority of Google searches are, of course, done on PCs running Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. It is not in Googleâ(TM)s real interest to displace these products, which have facilitated so much of its success.
So Google doesn't make money from people running other OS's? Google ads don't appear in my browser when I'm running Ubuntu? Would the Google Chrome OS or browser presumably block its own ads? Now I understand why this has the tag diecringleydie.
Someone else further down posted a study that wind is better for the environment than nuclear, so check that out. But yeah, so solar cells have to be manufactured, as do windmills. Are nuclear power plants then grown from seed?
Nuclear power plants take 20+ years to build due to all the safety regulations, permits, etc which is not likely to change. Wind and solar work now.
Nuclear == Pipe Dream
That's a great argument for using coal and oil too, you know. Why just let that energy supply sit in the ground unused? Drill, baby, drill!
Given the problems that strip mining produces, it may be better to just leave the ground intact and get our energy from someplace else.
Enviromentalism needs to wake up and face the fact that the problem is now so bad that idealism must take a back seat to pragmatics.
How ironic. Environmentalists aren't the only ones infected with idealism. Nuclear is great in theory. But in reality, nuclear power plants take 20+ years to build, so they are hardly a realistic solution to today's power problems. They could re-use radioactive waste, but don't. Maybe the nuclear enthusiasts could be a little more pragmatic too.
These things are a great way to make a beautiful landscape hideous.
As opposed to what, a coal plant?
Never mind that they actually are better for the environment than anything else.
Clean renewable energy is worse for the environment than radioactive waste? I understand that nuclear power is a viable alternative to coal and oil, and that it produces constant power and all that, but how is it better for the environment than wind?