You have no idea what you're talking about. Please stop.
You say nothing damning? What cables have you been reading?
In July 2009, a confidential originating from the U.S. State Department ordered U.S. diplomats to spy on the leader of the United Nations, Secretary general Ban Ki-moon, and other top U.N. officials.[1] The intelligence info the diplomats were ordered to gather included biometric information, passwords, and personal encryption keys used in private and commercial networks for official communications.
In 2009, the U.S. manipulated — via spying, threats, and bribes — the Copenhagen global climate change summit to prevent any agreement to be reached leading to the overall failure of summit.
According to a cable from the American Embassy in Kabul, Vice President of Afghanistan, Ahmad Zia Massoud, was found carrying $52 million in cash that he “was ultimately allowed to keep without revealing the money’s origin or destination.”
There's more but that's what I found in about 2 minutes on wikipedia.
And the government works for us, they have no right to secrets. It is completely different from a private citizen's communications being leaked.
Most of the "serious gamers" I know play games on a PC. Though at this point I doubt most of us PC gamers want to be associated with the frat boy stereotype that perpetuates on consoles.
Yeah no. You have no idea what you're talking about. That said, I wouldn't be surprised to see Steam be released for Android/iOS/mobile, and get a chunk of that market.
You're an idiot. It's in the summary AND the article, and if you looked even briefly at the actual photo of the device, you'd have seen that it has a sata port on it.
Erm, what? If you want to help people, then join the Peace Corps, or some other volunteer organization. That's not hard to understand.
And yes, I paid my taxes, and no, I don't like that I had to. Hence stating my point of view and trying to convince people of my opinion. I plan on leaving the states once I am done with my PhD in Nuclear Engineering, unless things have gotten better.
No I'm not - but by choosing to join the military you are supporting 'preemptive murder'. You are going over there and killing people who (I assume) you strongly suspect are a threat to you. Unfortunately that threat is subjective - the only time I'd say you are justified in killing someone is self defense. Unfortunately, YOU ARE THE INVADER and they are defending themselves from you, not the other way around. By attacking them you are only inciting more hate toward your country and inspiring the populous there to come over and kill us here.
I'm not sure offhand, but weren't the democrats in power for much of the cold war?
And I know it wasn't a specific war, but there were many invasions to keep Communism from spreading. Which is ridiculous - let communism spread if people like it. Other countries have rights too.
And if the public didn't see glory in the military, they wouldn't join or support the military and we would not feel it was our right to invade other countries.
I don't have a simplistic and unrealistic impression of how the world works. I never stated a cadre of beliefs, you are simply assuming - for the sake of rational debate you, and everyone else, should stop doing that when you encounter an opinion you don't like.
As I stated in another comment - "I never said they weren't necessary, but we shouldn't revel in their actions. And yes, like you say, sometimes they are doing what they do for the greater good. Many times it is just needless interventionism though."
Yes there are complex reasons, but the use of force is supposed to be a last resort rather than the second option.
I'll agree with you on your second set of statements, but just because they're doing their job doesn't excuse them. They are invading a country where they aren't wanted and are murdering people.
I never said they weren't necessary, but we shouldn't revel in their actions. And yes, like you say, sometimes they are doing what they do for the greater good. Many times it is just needless interventionism though.
It was unintended, but yes. I'll post it every time there is a story on/. that glorifies the military, because that is a surefire way to get us back to Manifest Destiny and the Cold War policies where we invaded countries at the drop of a hat
Slashdot Mirror
I'm not exactly sure, but I don't think they've actually done anything yet. Everything so far is the lame duck congress.
Most college admissions offices print out the electronic application, and then go by that. It's incredibly ridiculous, the limits they enforce.
You're obviously using the wrong service then. Not to mention the fact that Airlines are HEAVILY regulated.
Lysander Spooner would like a few words with you.
Correlation != Causation. This is basic guys, cmon.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Please stop.
You say nothing damning? What cables have you been reading?
In July 2009, a confidential originating from the U.S. State Department ordered U.S. diplomats to spy on the leader of the United Nations, Secretary general Ban Ki-moon, and other top U.N. officials.[1] The intelligence info the diplomats were ordered to gather included biometric information, passwords, and personal encryption keys used in private and commercial networks for official communications.
In 2009, the U.S. manipulated — via spying, threats, and bribes — the Copenhagen global climate change summit to prevent any agreement to be reached leading to the overall failure of summit.
According to a cable from the American Embassy in Kabul, Vice President of Afghanistan, Ahmad Zia Massoud, was found carrying $52 million in cash that he “was ultimately allowed to keep without revealing the money’s origin or destination.”
There's more but that's what I found in about 2 minutes on wikipedia.
And the government works for us, they have no right to secrets. It is completely different from a private citizen's communications being leaked.
Slashdot UTF fail. muTorrent, or utorrent, not Torrent.
The problem with Glenn Beck is that he has cognizant arguments that break down right before he makes his big point.
http://xkcd.com/759/ Kinda like this
Most of the "serious gamers" I know play games on a PC. Though at this point I doubt most of us PC gamers want to be associated with the frat boy stereotype that perpetuates on consoles.
Yeah no. You have no idea what you're talking about. That said, I wouldn't be surprised to see Steam be released for Android/iOS/mobile, and get a chunk of that market.
Hey scrub, Fusion is the same size as intel's onboard video. RTFA.
You mean according to standards?
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/opera/
This is what I have used, it works fine.
This isn't aimed at desktops dumbass, this is aimed at servers where iop/m^3 is important
You're an idiot. It's in the summary AND the article, and if you looked even briefly at the actual photo of the device, you'd have seen that it has a sata port on it.
http://xkcd.com/397/
"U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, convinced of the defeat of the Loyalist forces and fearing the creation of "a second Cuba""
Yeah, to prevent it from imploding. Right.
And I never mentioned parties being important - the important thing is that we did it.
Erm, what? If you want to help people, then join the Peace Corps, or some other volunteer organization. That's not hard to understand.
And yes, I paid my taxes, and no, I don't like that I had to. Hence stating my point of view and trying to convince people of my opinion. I plan on leaving the states once I am done with my PhD in Nuclear Engineering, unless things have gotten better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Power_Pack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada
Care to defend those?
No I'm not - but by choosing to join the military you are supporting 'preemptive murder'. You are going over there and killing people who (I assume) you strongly suspect are a threat to you. Unfortunately that threat is subjective - the only time I'd say you are justified in killing someone is self defense. Unfortunately, YOU ARE THE INVADER and they are defending themselves from you, not the other way around. By attacking them you are only inciting more hate toward your country and inspiring the populous there to come over and kill us here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States
I'm not sure offhand, but weren't the democrats in power for much of the cold war?
And I know it wasn't a specific war, but there were many invasions to keep Communism from spreading. Which is ridiculous - let communism spread if people like it. Other countries have rights too.
And if the public didn't see glory in the military, they wouldn't join or support the military and we would not feel it was our right to invade other countries.
I don't have a simplistic and unrealistic impression of how the world works. I never stated a cadre of beliefs, you are simply assuming - for the sake of rational debate you, and everyone else, should stop doing that when you encounter an opinion you don't like.
As I stated in another comment - "I never said they weren't necessary, but we shouldn't revel in their actions. And yes, like you say, sometimes they are doing what they do for the greater good. Many times it is just needless interventionism though."
Yes there are complex reasons, but the use of force is supposed to be a last resort rather than the second option.
I'll agree with you on your second set of statements, but just because they're doing their job doesn't excuse them. They are invading a country where they aren't wanted and are murdering people.
I never said they weren't necessary, but we shouldn't revel in their actions. And yes, like you say, sometimes they are doing what they do for the greater good. Many times it is just needless interventionism though.
It was unintended, but yes. I'll post it every time there is a story on /. that glorifies the military, because that is a surefire way to get us back to Manifest Destiny and the Cold War policies where we invaded countries at the drop of a hat