Can't stand a misogynist - you're perfectly right. A misogynist is worse than any of you stuffed shirts, IMHO. And, yes, a lot of women ARE thankful for us.
LMAO - listen to you. You're the dweeb that never got picked for ANYTHING. Even when a nerd was needed, you were overlooked. Sux2BU when life has passed you by.
Tartars were very dumb missiles. Smart for their day, but still very dumb. I can't say what the newer missiles can do today - I haven't worn a uniform since 1983. It's probably safe to ASSume that today's missiles are a lot more sophisticated, but then, we have this story. One of the United State's most sophisticated drones has crashed into a US Navy ship. Some dude named Murphy probably had his fingers in it.
I'm sure that she could engineer something for you. If you explicitly describe how you would like to be tied up and beaten, there is surely a well programmed robot in your future. Don't expect it to be cheap though!
You girls CLAIM that you want to be treated like men. Alright - so - I've just met one of my buddies whom I haven't met in years, and found he's successful.
"Hey, Dilrod - how ya doin?" "Not bad, Queerbait, how bout you?" "Oh, I'm running my own business now, doing about ten mil a year!" "Not true! NO ONE earns ten mil on their knees, even in Washington!" "You're just jealous - you only earn five mil on your knees."
If we talked to women the same way we talk among ourselves, the women would either cry their eyes out, or pull a gun and start shooting. You could HOPE that we just grew up, but it ain't happening.
The article is somewhat misleading - but it's close enough for government work. It's safe to say that my ship, up against any of the famous battleships of World War 2 would have a 60/40 chance of success. It would boil down to who saw whom first. If they fire first, we're dead - if we get an Asroc in the water first, then they are dead.
Yeah - and I can tell you about an older missile that was quite dangerous as well.
Often times, we would fire a Tartar missile at a target. The damned thing may or may not get a lock on target in the first minute of flight. If it failed to lock, it would start searching for a target. Far, far out at sea, far beyond sport fishermen's territory, when a missile starts searching for something to kill, what is the easiest target to spot? Oh yeah - that would be US - the platform from which it was launched.
We never fired a missile without the guns manned up, ready to fire. I never kept count, but I know that I witnessed at least a half dozen of those things coming back at us.
No, we never missed a gunnery target, no matter how fast, how high, how low - we ALWAYS killed when we fired a 5" 54 caliber gun.
Define "armored". Then, refer to Jane's or any other listing of combat ships you might think of. You will note that we no longer have "armored" ships. No "pocket battleships", no "heavy cruisers", nothing of the sort. We're discussing a "guided missile cruiser" here, not a WWII heavy combat ship.
Naval doctrine dropped armor in exchange for speed and stealth well before I was born, in the latter 50's. The Marines have more armor on an Abrams tank than any ship of the line has.
Actually - the drone was NOT being controlled by anyone aboard the ship. At least one article that I read specified that the drone was operated from a shore station. TFA doesn't make mention of that fact.
To put things in perspective - the ship's capability to detect and intercept stealth aircraft was being put to the test. The cruiser didn't have control of the drone, because that would have been "cheating". Instead, another command activity was responsible for the drone, ensuring that the cruiser's personnel had to do the actual work of spotting it, and calculating "kill" shots on it. Standard routine for ship's gunnery and missile exercises since long before I served.
That is unnecessary for some people. If your sole motive is profit, then maybe being publicly traded is a good thing. Small businesses, however, manage to keep on going, year after year, sometimes decade after decade, eking out a modest living for themselves, and their employees, and showing a modest profit. Such businesses often have no desire to compete on national or international markets.
You're right. We can't expect a normal user to understand how search engines work. For that matter, we can't expect normal users to spend a couple hours researching anything, even if they do understand search engines. Normal users expect to push a button or two, and get instant gratification.
That really IS silly. I get so tired of greedy bastards who think that their "intellectual property" is worth quintillions of dollars. But - people DO need to eat, they need homes, some of them hope to raise kids, some like to have their own private transportation.
A company isn't evil just because it's "for profit". They may BECOME evil, in the pursuit of profits, but profits aren't evil.
Real life has a way of destroying idealist's dreams. Unless, of course, you are posting from some alternate dimension in which no one needs or wants profits. How does everyone eat over there? You should share your secrets with us!
My youngest son graduated high school three years ago, in southwest Arkansas. I taught the boy more about computers than the school system did - then the little smart ass learned at least five times as much as I taught him, on his own. He is putting himself through college, and informs me that the majority of the courses, majority of the teachers, and majority of the students are clueless boobs who can't do much more than the Microsoft-centric high schools taught them.
I'm sure that mileage does vary, depending on location, but Microsoft still has a lot of lock-in going for them in the school systems.
"That's only going to work for so long until the next generation hits adulthood."
Do you really think so? The "next generation" is in high school right now, taking "computer science" courses, that consist of teaching Microsoft Office. What the next generation actually needs, is to learn to question authority. If they can learn that lesson, then maybe they can break the corporate lock-in tradition that the current generation seems so happy with.
Time will tell, of course. If Microsoft, Apple, and the major manufacturers start losing big money, then you'll be proven right.
Mehhh. I used to update my kernel as quickly as possible when they promised major improvements. It always turns out that a "major improvement" is actually an "incremental improvement". I lost the excitement over kernel upgrades some time ago. I still upgrade from time to time, but my attention is more focused on security than any supposed "improvements". I don't want to be the odd guy who is caught with some vulnerability that was fixed eight versions ago. Two versions, maybe - but eight? Nope, no way! That would be just to embarrassing.
Ahhhhh - the sweet smell of victory. When the other side has nothing more to offer in their cause, they resort to insults.
The article you cite? Oddly - there isn't a whole lot of real evidence in the article. Just so much opinion, and rationalization. "Oh, in America, you don't mean the same thing that we mean when you talk about violence!"
Well, how 'bout we all make up our own minds what the hell a "violent crime" is, then we can all make up our own statistics to prove whatever the hell we want?
The FACTS are not on your side. People on the other side of the Atlantic are as violent as we are in the US, and maybe more so. Violent crimes take place over there more often that they do here. Them's the FACTS. I don't much care how you digest them, or if they give you indigestion. Anything that contradicts the facts are lies.
I would argue that easy suicides are NOT a problem. I am not a suicidal person. Never have been. But, I am introspective, and I'm aware that a lot of people suffer terrible deaths. Faced with incessant paid that was guaranteed to last until my death, I would consider killing myself.
And, guess what? GOVERNMENT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO PREVENT ME FROM DOING SO!! My ass belongs to me, and to me alone. If/when the day should come that I personally decide that it should end, it will end, and damn the government.
As for other suicidal people - I'm not going to assist them, but I ain't about to get in their way either.
You haven't been to Detroit lately, have you? Or areas of Chicago. Or Los Angeles. New York? Florida? In short - you don't travel outside your well sheltered gated community, do you?
I think you're on to something there. It's the UNLOADED guns that climb off their shelves, and go hunting for people. If a gun is well fed, it has no need to go hunting.
This is why you look at the history of the Colt.45 M1911. Put away all those popular fad weapons. There are VERY few things with the man stopping power of the.45. Sure, you macho magnum round may produce more foot pounds of energy than my.45, but what the hell HAPPENS to all that energy? I know what happens to the.45's energy - it is all absorbed into the body that it hits.
Turbo scooter? Holy shit, man. WTF you need a turbo on a little ten horse engine for? What do you gain? I see no point. For the price of your custom turbine, you could just go buy a larger bike. I love my 32 year old Honda GL-500. I shop E-bay now and then to see what's available. For a thousand bucks you can have about 32 horses between your legs, capable of propelling your ass down the road at 100 mph. Turbo scooter?
I was thinking along those lines. I'm no fan of plastic, to be perfectly honest. I am a fan of the 1911, so I'd much prefer to have a nice solid mass of metal in my hands, than bits of plastic here and there.
I am really glad to see that you followed that up with an actual real life test. Many manufacturers rate their vehicles to get x mpg, but in real life, they never achieve anything close to that mileage.
Still - the people who tested the vehicle were highly trained, and they did everything possible to ensure maximum fuel economy. Take that very same vehicle, and hand it off to Suzy Soccer Mom, who simply has no time or inclination to ensure the vehicle is in top running condition all the time. Suzy buys the cheapest fuel she can, rides the brakes, never changes air filters, never does anything for the car. She'll be lucky to get 40 mpg in her frenzied driving around Los Angeles - she'll more likely get something in the high thirties, until lack of maintenance drives mileage down under 30.
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Can't stand a misogynist - you're perfectly right. A misogynist is worse than any of you stuffed shirts, IMHO. And, yes, a lot of women ARE thankful for us.
LMAO - listen to you. You're the dweeb that never got picked for ANYTHING. Even when a nerd was needed, you were overlooked. Sux2BU when life has passed you by.
Tartars were very dumb missiles. Smart for their day, but still very dumb. I can't say what the newer missiles can do today - I haven't worn a uniform since 1983. It's probably safe to ASSume that today's missiles are a lot more sophisticated, but then, we have this story. One of the United State's most sophisticated drones has crashed into a US Navy ship. Some dude named Murphy probably had his fingers in it.
http://murphyslaws.net/
I'm sure that she could engineer something for you. If you explicitly describe how you would like to be tied up and beaten, there is surely a well programmed robot in your future. Don't expect it to be cheap though!
"taking her as seriously as you would a man."
You girls CLAIM that you want to be treated like men. Alright - so - I've just met one of my buddies whom I haven't met in years, and found he's successful.
"Hey, Dilrod - how ya doin?"
"Not bad, Queerbait, how bout you?"
"Oh, I'm running my own business now, doing about ten mil a year!"
"Not true! NO ONE earns ten mil on their knees, even in Washington!"
"You're just jealous - you only earn five mil on your knees."
If we talked to women the same way we talk among ourselves, the women would either cry their eyes out, or pull a gun and start shooting. You could HOPE that we just grew up, but it ain't happening.
Also - given the option of a nuclear warhead, no amount of armor would ever be enough.
http://www.seaforces.org/wpnsys/SURFACE/RUR-5-ASROC.htm
The article is somewhat misleading - but it's close enough for government work. It's safe to say that my ship, up against any of the famous battleships of World War 2 would have a 60/40 chance of success. It would boil down to who saw whom first. If they fire first, we're dead - if we get an Asroc in the water first, then they are dead.
Yeah - and I can tell you about an older missile that was quite dangerous as well.
Often times, we would fire a Tartar missile at a target. The damned thing may or may not get a lock on target in the first minute of flight. If it failed to lock, it would start searching for a target. Far, far out at sea, far beyond sport fishermen's territory, when a missile starts searching for something to kill, what is the easiest target to spot? Oh yeah - that would be US - the platform from which it was launched.
We never fired a missile without the guns manned up, ready to fire. I never kept count, but I know that I witnessed at least a half dozen of those things coming back at us.
No, we never missed a gunnery target, no matter how fast, how high, how low - we ALWAYS killed when we fired a 5" 54 caliber gun.
Define "armored". Then, refer to Jane's or any other listing of combat ships you might think of. You will note that we no longer have "armored" ships. No "pocket battleships", no "heavy cruisers", nothing of the sort. We're discussing a "guided missile cruiser" here, not a WWII heavy combat ship.
Naval doctrine dropped armor in exchange for speed and stealth well before I was born, in the latter 50's. The Marines have more armor on an Abrams tank than any ship of the line has.
Actually - the drone was NOT being controlled by anyone aboard the ship. At least one article that I read specified that the drone was operated from a shore station. TFA doesn't make mention of that fact.
To put things in perspective - the ship's capability to detect and intercept stealth aircraft was being put to the test. The cruiser didn't have control of the drone, because that would have been "cheating". Instead, another command activity was responsible for the drone, ensuring that the cruiser's personnel had to do the actual work of spotting it, and calculating "kill" shots on it. Standard routine for ship's gunnery and missile exercises since long before I served.
"publicly traded"
That is unnecessary for some people. If your sole motive is profit, then maybe being publicly traded is a good thing. Small businesses, however, manage to keep on going, year after year, sometimes decade after decade, eking out a modest living for themselves, and their employees, and showing a modest profit. Such businesses often have no desire to compete on national or international markets.
You're right. We can't expect a normal user to understand how search engines work. For that matter, we can't expect normal users to spend a couple hours researching anything, even if they do understand search engines. Normal users expect to push a button or two, and get instant gratification.
You should talk to Steve Jobs about that. I'm sure the NSA can hook you up with a direct line - they know everyone else's business.
That really IS silly. I get so tired of greedy bastards who think that their "intellectual property" is worth quintillions of dollars. But - people DO need to eat, they need homes, some of them hope to raise kids, some like to have their own private transportation.
A company isn't evil just because it's "for profit". They may BECOME evil, in the pursuit of profits, but profits aren't evil.
Real life has a way of destroying idealist's dreams. Unless, of course, you are posting from some alternate dimension in which no one needs or wants profits. How does everyone eat over there? You should share your secrets with us!
My youngest son graduated high school three years ago, in southwest Arkansas. I taught the boy more about computers than the school system did - then the little smart ass learned at least five times as much as I taught him, on his own. He is putting himself through college, and informs me that the majority of the courses, majority of the teachers, and majority of the students are clueless boobs who can't do much more than the Microsoft-centric high schools taught them.
I'm sure that mileage does vary, depending on location, but Microsoft still has a lot of lock-in going for them in the school systems.
"That's only going to work for so long until the next generation hits adulthood."
Do you really think so? The "next generation" is in high school right now, taking "computer science" courses, that consist of teaching Microsoft Office. What the next generation actually needs, is to learn to question authority. If they can learn that lesson, then maybe they can break the corporate lock-in tradition that the current generation seems so happy with.
Time will tell, of course. If Microsoft, Apple, and the major manufacturers start losing big money, then you'll be proven right.
Mehhh. I used to update my kernel as quickly as possible when they promised major improvements. It always turns out that a "major improvement" is actually an "incremental improvement". I lost the excitement over kernel upgrades some time ago. I still upgrade from time to time, but my attention is more focused on security than any supposed "improvements". I don't want to be the odd guy who is caught with some vulnerability that was fixed eight versions ago. Two versions, maybe - but eight? Nope, no way! That would be just to embarrassing.
Ahhhhh - the sweet smell of victory. When the other side has nothing more to offer in their cause, they resort to insults.
The article you cite? Oddly - there isn't a whole lot of real evidence in the article. Just so much opinion, and rationalization. "Oh, in America, you don't mean the same thing that we mean when you talk about violence!"
Well, how 'bout we all make up our own minds what the hell a "violent crime" is, then we can all make up our own statistics to prove whatever the hell we want?
The FACTS are not on your side. People on the other side of the Atlantic are as violent as we are in the US, and maybe more so. Violent crimes take place over there more often that they do here. Them's the FACTS. I don't much care how you digest them, or if they give you indigestion. Anything that contradicts the facts are lies.
I would argue that easy suicides are NOT a problem. I am not a suicidal person. Never have been. But, I am introspective, and I'm aware that a lot of people suffer terrible deaths. Faced with incessant paid that was guaranteed to last until my death, I would consider killing myself.
And, guess what? GOVERNMENT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO PREVENT ME FROM DOING SO!! My ass belongs to me, and to me alone. If/when the day should come that I personally decide that it should end, it will end, and damn the government.
As for other suicidal people - I'm not going to assist them, but I ain't about to get in their way either.
You haven't been to Detroit lately, have you? Or areas of Chicago. Or Los Angeles. New York? Florida? In short - you don't travel outside your well sheltered gated community, do you?
I think you're on to something there. It's the UNLOADED guns that climb off their shelves, and go hunting for people. If a gun is well fed, it has no need to go hunting.
This is why you look at the history of the Colt .45 M1911. Put away all those popular fad weapons. There are VERY few things with the man stopping power of the .45. Sure, you macho magnum round may produce more foot pounds of energy than my .45, but what the hell HAPPENS to all that energy? I know what happens to the .45's energy - it is all absorbed into the body that it hits.
Turbo scooter? Holy shit, man. WTF you need a turbo on a little ten horse engine for? What do you gain? I see no point. For the price of your custom turbine, you could just go buy a larger bike. I love my 32 year old Honda GL-500. I shop E-bay now and then to see what's available. For a thousand bucks you can have about 32 horses between your legs, capable of propelling your ass down the road at 100 mph. Turbo scooter?
You kids scare me sometimes.
I was thinking along those lines. I'm no fan of plastic, to be perfectly honest. I am a fan of the 1911, so I'd much prefer to have a nice solid mass of metal in my hands, than bits of plastic here and there.
"The 2013 Ford C-Max is rated at 47MPG"
I am really glad to see that you followed that up with an actual real life test. Many manufacturers rate their vehicles to get x mpg, but in real life, they never achieve anything close to that mileage.
Still - the people who tested the vehicle were highly trained, and they did everything possible to ensure maximum fuel economy. Take that very same vehicle, and hand it off to Suzy Soccer Mom, who simply has no time or inclination to ensure the vehicle is in top running condition all the time. Suzy buys the cheapest fuel she can, rides the brakes, never changes air filters, never does anything for the car. She'll be lucky to get 40 mpg in her frenzied driving around Los Angeles - she'll more likely get something in the high thirties, until lack of maintenance drives mileage down under 30.