Not quite: slashdotters (at least those over the age of 30) tend to be smarter than that. Calling us anti-nuke is ignorant and simplistic. These conventional reactor designs (that can go critical without active cooling) need to be replaced with thorium salt and pebble-bed designs... and the beancounters and bureaucrats keeping us "safe" (thank you, regulatory capture) replaced with proper engineers.
If the idea of "pre-crime" sounds too much like Big Brother, maybe it's because our values are somewhat less than enlightened.
Or maybe, Ichijo-san, your crazy ass needs to go back to pre-War Nippon because with ideas as "progressive" as that (/sarc), you sure as hell don't need to be sharing the modern era with the rest of us!
Would our prisons continue to be depressing, dangerous places, or would they look more like mental health facilities?
So, instead of failing to rehabilitate (and producing even worse crimininals), they can merely fail to heal the crazies, probably make 'em even crazier in the process (Paxil, anyone?!). Whats not to like?? Hell, the BATFE can even give 'em some guns to play with, give them the "tools" to make some politically-useful headlines...;)
Now consumers have mostly rejected it You say that as if it were, in fact, actually true. I really respect your willingness to demonstrate such a high level of "flexibility.";)
Twenty years' experience tells me that an [easily replaced] external GPU isn't likely to help if the onboard GPU in your laptop goes out; you'll almost certainly need it functional just to boot up...
It died in 1913 with the establishment of the Federal Reserve but few were willing to accept the fact until '64, when we enjoyed a coup and had our coinage debased.
LOL, you're completely talking out of your ass. While NK is not [nor has it ever been] much of a threat to anyone but South Korea and Japan, they do happen to be the most incredibly-useful bogeyman imaginable... and that very much ensures their protected status.
A small city, perhaps but it'd require an airburst so smuggling it in would be out; they'd definitely require those primitive ICBM's (which reminds me of a joke from the 80's: Q) What did Jessie Jackson bring to the ICBM conference? A) A pooper scooper.
LOL, don't be so fucking gullible; yeah, our governments apparently finds it useful to spin their leaders as madmen but you're really not supposed to fall for that bullshit unless you're stuck with an IQ under 105; the North Korean regime clearly hasn't stayed in power as long as they have because they base their tactical and strategic decisions on their fucking emotions!
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but for those who don't want to deal with the hardware-support issues, OSX is often the next choice.
Apparently you haven't installed Linux in ten or fifteen years...
But instead, the Government is doubling down on crippled, closed, proprietary platforms that the Government has almost zero control over
Pray tell, how else are we to enjoy hidden features such as the ability to strand naval vessels at sea with the age-old (yet apparently still highly-effective) Blue Screen of Death? :)
The one intelligent thing out of this clown's mouth and you guys mod him down?? WTF?!
Not quite: slashdotters (at least those over the age of 30) tend to be smarter than that. Calling us anti-nuke is ignorant and simplistic. These conventional reactor designs (that can go critical without active cooling) need to be replaced with thorium salt and pebble-bed designs... and the beancounters and bureaucrats keeping us "safe" (thank you, regulatory capture) replaced with proper engineers.
That's all well and good but does nothing to reinforce the poorly-thought-out point you were [attempting] to make.
If the idea of "pre-crime" sounds too much like Big Brother, maybe it's because our values are somewhat less than enlightened.
Or maybe, Ichijo-san, your crazy ass needs to go back to pre-War Nippon because with ideas as "progressive" as that (/sarc), you sure as hell don't need to be sharing the modern era with the rest of us!
Would our prisons continue to be depressing, dangerous places, or would they look more like mental health facilities?
So, instead of failing to rehabilitate (and producing even worse crimininals), they can merely fail to heal the crazies, probably make 'em even crazier in the process (Paxil, anyone?!). Whats not to like?? Hell, the BATFE can even give 'em some guns to play with, give them the "tools" to make some politically-useful headlines... ;)
Can we dismantle all this crap and recycle it into something that doesn't sound as if it was written by a schizophrenic? :)
You're either still not getting it (i.e. you're stupid) or you're being deliberately obtuse. My money's on both. :)
Now consumers have mostly rejected it You say that as if it were, in fact, actually true. I really respect your willingness to demonstrate such a high level of "flexibility." ;)
Twenty years' experience tells me that an [easily replaced] external GPU isn't likely to help if the onboard GPU in your laptop goes out; you'll almost certainly need it functional just to boot up...
So future predictions are now considered trends...?
Hmm, how about: "AMD: the Cyrix of microprocessor manufacturers..."
A) "Fix it again, Tony!"
It died in 1913 with the establishment of the Federal Reserve but few were willing to accept the fact until '64, when we enjoyed a coup and had our coinage debased.
His point nonetheless stands but nice try with the strawman.
You're thinking too much.
Damn; well said.
LOL, you're completely talking out of your ass. While NK is not [nor has it ever been] much of a threat to anyone but South Korea and Japan, they do happen to be the most incredibly-useful bogeyman imaginable... and that very much ensures their protected status.
A small city, perhaps but it'd require an airburst so smuggling it in would be out; they'd definitely require those primitive ICBM's (which reminds me of a joke from the 80's: Q) What did Jessie Jackson bring to the ICBM conference? A) A pooper scooper.
LOL, don't be so fucking gullible; yeah, our governments apparently finds it useful to spin their leaders as madmen but you're really not supposed to fall for that bullshit unless you're stuck with an IQ under 105; the North Korean regime clearly hasn't stayed in power as long as they have because they base their tactical and strategic decisions on their fucking emotions!
God DAMN; well said.
There's a flaw in your analogy: while computers have indeed been coming down in price over the years, cars have not.
I'm guessing Cold Fjord finally took my advice and found a new username?? :)
IDF soldiers had better be careful with their eyebrows...