Not a bad suggestion; quite a few war-torn regions would be somewhat fixed through the simple expedient of removing lines on a map that various colonial powers placed, generally arbitrarily, in the last few hundred years.
I'm pointing out that SecDef Cheney knew that going into Iraq would never have a positive outfcome, and that 10 or 12 years later, VP Cheney advocated invading Iraq.
Nothing in the geopolitical landscape, human psychology, or any thing else changed. What he said in 91 was still completely accurate and valid, and his prediction about what WOULD happen, should the US invade and occupy Iraq, came about. Sure, instead of Iraq disintegrating, instead we had ISIS fill a power vacuum, but while he got some of the specific details wrong, he got the overall picture exactly right.
I am amazed at S Korea and Japan's tolerance of N Korea.
They know exactly how much damage the DPRK would do. An invasion of the DPRK, after generations of inculcation by the Kim dynasty, would more or less require outright genocide to pacify the country.
No, the best thing for all parties probably is to slowly chip away at the bullshit and wait for Best Korea's people to be ready for liberation.
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney explains why, after kicking Iraq out of Kuwait, it would be fucking stupid to invade Iraq:
Because if we'd gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. There wouldn't have been anybody else with us. There would have been a U.S. occupation of Iraq. None of the Arab forces that were willing to fight with us in Kuwait were willing to invade Iraq. Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? That's a very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off: part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west, part of itâ"eastern Iraqâ"the Iranians would like to claim, they fought over it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey, then you threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey. It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq. The other thing was casualties. Everyone was impressed with the fact we were able to do our job with as few casualties as we had. But for the 146 Americans killed in action, and for their familiesâ"it wasn't a cheap war. And the question for the president, in terms of whether or not we went on to Baghdad, took additional casualties in an effort to get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth? Our judgment was, not very many, and I think we got it right.[
Lets not forget that Iran is a theocracy due directly to the US of A overthrowing the elected government. They all knew exactly what would happen in Iraq back in the 90s, and they knew again in the 2000s. Only this time, they also ready to make it profitable.
Yes, it is. You assume that the change list is complete, accurate, and comprehensive. You assume that you know every piece of software that is, or ever will be, running on your computer. You assume that you know every use case, interaction, or whatever, that is, or ever will be, running on your computer. And so on.
You don't know that when you install the patches and reboot into a new kernel immediately either.
Yes, which is why you do controlled tests, at a time of your choosing, rather than finding out when, four years down the line, your UPS happens to shit itself at the same time your generator fails during a massive power outage.
Also, as far as possible, test both new patches and reboots in a staging environment, and with as identical hardware as possible. Especially for five nines systems.
Absolutely, and one of the reasons is, change logs don't tell the whole story. Computers are complicated beasts. Also, blah blah, upgrade one member of the cluster at a time, yadda yadda, disaster recovery, and so on and so forth.
compared to systems that are so unstable that they are rebooted as a precaution every week or month.
Like Linux daemons that serve a certain number of requests, then spawn a new copy end themselves? Or xinetd-style 'spawn it, run it, kill it?' And while the OS itself may or may not be rock solid, most people run things other than the OS.
All I'm saying is, part of computer security is controlling as much as possible, and knowing, as best you can, in advance, what results when 'x' happens. Controlled reboots are part of that process.
And prior to that, we had to hand craft our autoexec.bat files using loadhigh to put mouse driver, cd extender, memory extender, and so on, all in JUST the right order, sort out our sound card IRQ and DMAs, and so on, just so that Wing Commander 2 would play speech.
Nobody does that shit these days. Hell, kids these days just sit down and watch other people play video games on youtube.
What would the Microsoft Tax have to do with anything?
Ok, so your PC comes pre-installed with Windows. Windows is apparently 'good enough' that incredibly few mainstream users feel the need to wipe it and install something else. There is exactly one alternate OS that has ANY sort of retail presence, and that's OS X. And all of the extant versions of OSX have less market share than W10 alone.
Which means that Windows is, indeed, 'good enough' at it's price point for more than 80 percent of the population. Given that people replace computer parts all the damn time, you simply cannot say 'oh, it's just because windows is built in.' If that's the case, there'd be no NVidia, no ATI, no Creative Labs, no aftermarket industry of any kind.
The simply and unambiguous fact is that Linux isn't selling what people want to buy. Period.
So, you have so much experience living and working as a woman, have you, Cedric?
What kind of warped thinking has to be injected into your poor, wounded ego to vent your spleen at a woman who DARES to actually share her real experience.
And yet you dismiss HIS 'real experience' as a man who had to overcome adversity, learn skills, and do things that, in a perfect world, nobody would have to do.
Why is your experience and viewpoint privileged over his?
Remember, these stormtroopers aren't clones that are genetically altered to be loyal. They're human beings being raised and indoctrinated, and yeah, the old methods work the best there. Same as modern military training.
As for flamethrowers being 'clumsy, old fashioned weaponry,' how ELSE are you going to put an entire village to the flame?
At the seven-movie marathon back on VII's opening day, the MOST cringeworthy scene was in AotC, when Anakin just gives this creepy lust-infused stare to Padme, who looks vaguely skeeved out and worried.
I thought, 'How could ANYBODY think Hayden Christensen is a bad actor? This is EXACTLY how a teenage boy acts when he's 'so in love'.
Of course, then she kisses him...I think there was a sit-com style 'he got older, she stayed exactly the same age as TPM' sort of idea there.
He does indeed mention that Jakku was his first battle. He also mentions he worked sanitation. Also that he was taken as a baby.
So, I hypothesize that what happened is that, during his training and indoctrination phase, he worked sanitation. Think cleaning out the head in Full Metal Jacket, or even marines being put on honey-dipper detail.
So yeah, it actually makes perfect sense. During early education and training, Finn worked sanitation detail in that area.
When the driving force of the movies is literally described as something that imparts visions, clues and hints, and people are casually described as having fates and destinies, yes.
But you're equally correct; the plot is there to connect the set pieces. And VII does an amazingly better job of doing that well. Unlike, say, TPM.
Combination of self-imposed exile and searching for old Jedi Temples; he finally realized that he has basically no real Jedi training.
Finn, raised as a soldier his whole life, suddenly grows a conscience and quits after slaughtering a village. Doesn't stop him from killing a shitload of his old mates afterwards. Isn't he a bit too self aware?
I got the feeling that this was either his first mission, or his first mission that wasn't something he could justify to himself.
Poe Dameron pulls a resurrection that would make Jesus jealous. Zero explanations provided....same as the magical appearance of Chewy and Han Solo on the Millennium Falcon, which is now literally in the middle of nowhere. That one was cringe worthy....but not as much as Luke's lightsaber showing up in the exact saloon our heroes visit. Out of all the saloons in the galaxy.
The Force guiding people to where they need to be.
Kylo Ren: worst villain ever. One minute an incredible badass who can stop a blaster shot without even looking at it, the second he's been beaten up by a janitor with zero sword experience.
Incredible 'take that' to people who think Darth Vader, mass murderer, child killer, and all around bad guy, is a likable and marketable character.
An Rey. From scavenger extraordinary to master of the force in literally a little over 30 minutes. The "you will release me" scene was just too much.
Yes. This would have been better if she'd been getting whispers through the Force or something. Imagine if, while strapped to the chair, suddenly very softly, in the background, they played clips from the 'not the droids you're looking for,' 'republic credits will be fine,' 'your master will reward you' and so on.
Similary, 'Finn, where did you learn to use a lightsaber?' "I didn't, but as a stormtrooper, I have all sorts of weapons training. I was scared I'd take my own arm off the whole time, though."
No it doesn't. But you're most likely American, so I can see why you'd think so.
and several days to count the results
No, it doesn't. But you're most likely American, so I can see why you'd think so.
Institute a sane political system and voting system, the way every other civilized country does, or even, and this is the funny part, the way America requires in places that it's democratized, and you'll realize that elections can happen on a few week's notice, and iron-clad, verified results are available the same day.
What I think it did was allow the union to actually form, much like all the other slave/free compromises allowed the Union to continue.
It was, however, also a tacit acknowledgement that a large chunk of the colonies did not consider 'all men to be created equal.' It was actually somewhat noteworthy that it assigned any value at all to them, much like the 'no religious test for public office' clause was noteworthy at the time.
You are correct that the Constitution does not address voting rights, other than to assign them to the states. The Constitution does, however, address the equality of people, in ways such as the three-fifths clause.
Besides, what does what the Constitution says have to do with Jefferson's personal beliefs?
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It's not helpful to understand why something happened, and how similar situations in the future can be better addressed?
Google 'Skippy the Jedi Droid' for the TRUE story.
Not a bad suggestion; quite a few war-torn regions would be somewhat fixed through the simple expedient of removing lines on a map that various colonial powers placed, generally arbitrarily, in the last few hundred years.
I'm pointing out that SecDef Cheney knew that going into Iraq would never have a positive outfcome, and that 10 or 12 years later, VP Cheney advocated invading Iraq.
Nothing in the geopolitical landscape, human psychology, or any thing else changed. What he said in 91 was still completely accurate and valid, and his prediction about what WOULD happen, should the US invade and occupy Iraq, came about. Sure, instead of Iraq disintegrating, instead we had ISIS fill a power vacuum, but while he got some of the specific details wrong, he got the overall picture exactly right.
They know exactly how much damage the DPRK would do. An invasion of the DPRK, after generations of inculcation by the Kim dynasty, would more or less require outright genocide to pacify the country.
No, the best thing for all parties probably is to slowly chip away at the bullshit and wait for Best Korea's people to be ready for liberation.
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney explains why, after kicking Iraq out of Kuwait, it would be fucking stupid to invade Iraq:
Lets not forget that Iran is a theocracy due directly to the US of A overthrowing the elected government. They all knew exactly what would happen in Iraq back in the 90s, and they knew again in the 2000s. Only this time, they also ready to make it profitable.
One of those old WW2 engineer's tanks with chain flails on the front would do just fine.
Yes, it is. You assume that the change list is complete, accurate, and comprehensive. You assume that you know every piece of software that is, or ever will be, running on your computer. You assume that you know every use case, interaction, or whatever, that is, or ever will be, running on your computer. And so on.
Yes, which is why you do controlled tests, at a time of your choosing, rather than finding out when, four years down the line, your UPS happens to shit itself at the same time your generator fails during a massive power outage.
Absolutely, and one of the reasons is, change logs don't tell the whole story. Computers are complicated beasts. Also, blah blah, upgrade one member of the cluster at a time, yadda yadda, disaster recovery, and so on and so forth.
Like Linux daemons that serve a certain number of requests, then spawn a new copy end themselves? Or xinetd-style 'spawn it, run it, kill it?' And while the OS itself may or may not be rock solid, most people run things other than the OS.
All I'm saying is, part of computer security is controlling as much as possible, and knowing, as best you can, in advance, what results when 'x' happens. Controlled reboots are part of that process.
That's an awful lot of assumptions.
You also have no idea if your computer will successfully reboot, or if you'll run into Novell hard drive syndrome.
So, you're four years behind on security patches?
And prior to that, we had to hand craft our autoexec.bat files using loadhigh to put mouse driver, cd extender, memory extender, and so on, all in JUST the right order, sort out our sound card IRQ and DMAs, and so on, just so that Wing Commander 2 would play speech.
Nobody does that shit these days. Hell, kids these days just sit down and watch other people play video games on youtube.
What would the Microsoft Tax have to do with anything?
Ok, so your PC comes pre-installed with Windows. Windows is apparently 'good enough' that incredibly few mainstream users feel the need to wipe it and install something else. There is exactly one alternate OS that has ANY sort of retail presence, and that's OS X. And all of the extant versions of OSX have less market share than W10 alone.
Which means that Windows is, indeed, 'good enough' at it's price point for more than 80 percent of the population. Given that people replace computer parts all the damn time, you simply cannot say 'oh, it's just because windows is built in.' If that's the case, there'd be no NVidia, no ATI, no Creative Labs, no aftermarket industry of any kind.
The simply and unambiguous fact is that Linux isn't selling what people want to buy. Period.
You, CAOgdin, said in another reply to Cederic:
And yet you dismiss HIS 'real experience' as a man who had to overcome adversity, learn skills, and do things that, in a perfect world, nobody would have to do.
Why is your experience and viewpoint privileged over his?
It's not a question of having droids do the work.
Remember, these stormtroopers aren't clones that are genetically altered to be loyal. They're human beings being raised and indoctrinated, and yeah, the old methods work the best there. Same as modern military training.
As for flamethrowers being 'clumsy, old fashioned weaponry,' how ELSE are you going to put an entire village to the flame?
Exactly. The acting was bad, because the direction, script and what not was bad. The actors, by and large, were and are all good to wonderful.
At the seven-movie marathon back on VII's opening day, the MOST cringeworthy scene was in AotC, when Anakin just gives this creepy lust-infused stare to Padme, who looks vaguely skeeved out and worried.
I thought, 'How could ANYBODY think Hayden Christensen is a bad actor? This is EXACTLY how a teenage boy acts when he's 'so in love'.
Of course, then she kisses him...I think there was a sit-com style 'he got older, she stayed exactly the same age as TPM' sort of idea there.
I saw the movie again last night, actually.
He does indeed mention that Jakku was his first battle. He also mentions he worked sanitation. Also that he was taken as a baby.
So, I hypothesize that what happened is that, during his training and indoctrination phase, he worked sanitation. Think cleaning out the head in Full Metal Jacket, or even marines being put on honey-dipper detail.
So yeah, it actually makes perfect sense. During early education and training, Finn worked sanitation detail in that area.
When the driving force of the movies is literally described as something that imparts visions, clues and hints, and people are casually described as having fates and destinies, yes.
But you're equally correct; the plot is there to connect the set pieces. And VII does an amazingly better job of doing that well. Unlike, say, TPM.
Combination of self-imposed exile and searching for old Jedi Temples; he finally realized that he has basically no real Jedi training.
I got the feeling that this was either his first mission, or his first mission that wasn't something he could justify to himself.
The Force guiding people to where they need to be.
Incredible 'take that' to people who think Darth Vader, mass murderer, child killer, and all around bad guy, is a likable and marketable character.
Yes. This would have been better if she'd been getting whispers through the Force or something. Imagine if, while strapped to the chair, suddenly very softly, in the background, they played clips from the 'not the droids you're looking for,' 'republic credits will be fine,' 'your master will reward you' and so on.
Similary, 'Finn, where did you learn to use a lightsaber?' "I didn't, but as a stormtrooper, I have all sorts of weapons training. I was scared I'd take my own arm off the whole time, though."
A democracy is a pack of wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
A republic is a flock of sheep voting on which wolf runs the kitchen.
No it doesn't. But you're most likely American, so I can see why you'd think so.
No, it doesn't. But you're most likely American, so I can see why you'd think so.
Institute a sane political system and voting system, the way every other civilized country does, or even, and this is the funny part, the way America requires in places that it's democratized, and you'll realize that elections can happen on a few week's notice, and iron-clad, verified results are available the same day.
Oh wow, Valve has simply turned Steam off for the moment.
Merry Christmas, Valve guys.
So, kind of like McMurdo Station in Antarctica?
What I think it did was allow the union to actually form, much like all the other slave/free compromises allowed the Union to continue.
It was, however, also a tacit acknowledgement that a large chunk of the colonies did not consider 'all men to be created equal.' It was actually somewhat noteworthy that it assigned any value at all to them, much like the 'no religious test for public office' clause was noteworthy at the time.
You are correct that the Constitution does not address voting rights, other than to assign them to the states. The Constitution does, however, address the equality of people, in ways such as the three-fifths clause.
Besides, what does what the Constitution says have to do with Jefferson's personal beliefs?