it was done secretly in a country your at peace with to a person that was sleeping how is that a battle field.
Or it was done at his base of operations. A functioning base of operations where it is believe that he was in direct communication with combatants. Please don't let the fact that he was sleeping comfortably change the fact that he was an enemy commander.
Except for that whole part where it's fucking irrelevant because this was a military operation in a theater of war (don't feed me the line about how it was in Pakistan, it's intentionally a poorly maintained border.) I'm so sick of this namby pamby bull about how and why we should be trying the leaders of our enemies when it's okay to kill scores of the men that they're ordering to death. Let's stop looking at this from the criminal aspect and more of the active enemy commander aspect, please. It's a bit more realistic. I'm not saying that it's right that we're at war, but we are - and to argue as if the Pentagon was just another precinct is stupid.
Did you ever consider that you're just terrible? Back in my day if you turned the game off you were done. If you died 3 times before getting X amount of points and getting a free play, you were done.
I'm 23 years old, and all I can think of is this: Get off of my lawn.
Do me a favor - go to the Korengal valley and find your typical civilian there who is caught between two !foreign! forces fighting in his home and explain to him that we're the good guys because we only killed some of his friends and family by mistake.
Why does everyone assume this includes hard drives? I think it's far more likely and probable that they nabbed a little black book full of names and contacts, a few maps and some random communiques... but that's me.
You know, I always knew that as a crowd we tend to be biased... but please, think critically about what I write before modding it down. Osama declared a war that left several thousand NATO-allied troops and civilians dead. America declared two wars that have left hundreds of thousands dead in retaliation. If you can't see that, and you don't understand that you're bring irrational. I'm not arguing right or wrong, I'm just stating facts.
Just for your edification, for most legal purposes a US base, territory or Embassy abroad is generally considered US soil - jus soli (right of soil) is the Latin if I'm not mistaken. Not to mention that the stipulation that if your parents are citizens, you're a citizen through the magic of jus sanguinis (right of blood).
You're use of the phrase 'militant atheist' three times in a single run-on sentence makes you look dumb as well. I will admit that the first sentence did make me do a quick review of the origins of Young Earth Creationism theories, so thanks for that.
That's my point - when someone says they're watching TV you assume that they're watching cable channels because that's the overwhelmingly common usage.
You don't assume that they're watching a DVD or any of the many other uses that a television can actually do, because the phrase "Watching TV" is synonymous with specifically using that TV to watch broadcasts or cable - exactly as "using the internet" is now synonymous with using Facebook for a new generation.
I know that you were joking, but to many people - that is now the truth. When I talk to my youngest brothers and sisters and they say they're going to "go on the internet" they're referring to Facebook, Youtube and maybe an IM client. That's the way it is now.
The MPAA are a cancerous organization, you'll get no argument from me there, but your comment clearly shows you didn't understand what I was saying - this studio was going to go for the torrent release long before Paramount's Australian shells got a hold of it specifically because they couldn't get the funding with a traditional distro model.
I just want to say that I can't believe you're comment is modded up - that someone would consider your useless mini-rant against the MPAA insightful at all even though it contributes nothing to the discussion says a lot about the Slashdot crowd as a whole. I think it means that as a collective, we've finally become so anti-**AA that we'll blindly champion how terrible they are while deliberately obscuring the fact that we're just as marginalized the other way - me included.
That's at best being terrible at sarcasm and at worst you're being deliberately obtuse. After all, it was posted HERE before that they planned on this all along as a way to drum up interest in the under-budget film already. Source.
That aside, I think everyone here who has ever bitched at the MPAA should at least do a little research and find out that, one of the many reasons that they're having trouble funding this film is because they're going against the grain and not opting for a huge distribution model that we so frequently claim to hate.
All I'm saying is, pony up Slashdotters. Put your money where your mouth is and show them that you like the business model by trying it, and pay for it if it's worth it (which is a different story entirely.)
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I wish that you had somehow linked a news story about Farmville so that I could have done the reverse and had my head explode.
I'm pretty sure that Dr. Bob, DC was joking.
it was done secretly in a country your at peace with to a person that was sleeping how is that a battle field.
Or it was done at his base of operations. A functioning base of operations where it is believe that he was in direct communication with combatants. Please don't let the fact that he was sleeping comfortably change the fact that he was an enemy commander.
Agreed.
Except for that whole part where it's fucking irrelevant because this was a military operation in a theater of war (don't feed me the line about how it was in Pakistan, it's intentionally a poorly maintained border.) I'm so sick of this namby pamby bull about how and why we should be trying the leaders of our enemies when it's okay to kill scores of the men that they're ordering to death. Let's stop looking at this from the criminal aspect and more of the active enemy commander aspect, please. It's a bit more realistic. I'm not saying that it's right that we're at war, but we are - and to argue as if the Pentagon was just another precinct is stupid.
Did you ever consider that you're just terrible? Back in my day if you turned the game off you were done. If you died 3 times before getting X amount of points and getting a free play, you were done.
I'm 23 years old, and all I can think of is this: Get off of my lawn.
Do me a favor - go to the Korengal valley and find your typical civilian there who is caught between two !foreign! forces fighting in his home and explain to him that we're the good guys because we only killed some of his friends and family by mistake.
... it's not fun, you know.
Why does everyone assume this includes hard drives? I think it's far more likely and probable that they nabbed a little black book full of names and contacts, a few maps and some random communiques... but that's me.
You know, I always knew that as a crowd we tend to be biased... but please, think critically about what I write before modding it down. Osama declared a war that left several thousand NATO-allied troops and civilians dead. America declared two wars that have left hundreds of thousands dead in retaliation. If you can't see that, and you don't understand that you're bring irrational. I'm not arguing right or wrong, I'm just stating facts.
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
Bin Laden doesn't even stack up against George Bush in death toll from a leader ordering deaths standpoint...
Perspective is a crazy thing.
To think, this whole time his hunter2ing password was hunter2...
/ducks
Just for your edification, for most legal purposes a US base, territory or Embassy abroad is generally considered US soil - jus soli (right of soil) is the Latin if I'm not mistaken. Not to mention that the stipulation that if your parents are citizens, you're a citizen through the magic of jus sanguinis (right of blood).
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I'm pretty sure that was the idea. Mr. spidercoz was feeding the troll... just he was feeding them poisoned food.
Well played.
To be clear, that's the average person, not all people. Sadly, the average person is dumber than a bag of hammers; and even worse, proud of it!
Seriously, let's not be so ignorant as to pretend that any large sampling of people based on nationality will be anything other than average.
I assure you that I mean to offend here:
You're use of the phrase 'militant atheist' three times in a single run-on sentence makes you look dumb as well. I will admit that the first sentence did make me do a quick review of the origins of Young Earth Creationism theories, so thanks for that.
Link for anyone interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism
And shortly thereafter - the rest of mankind started walking, because everyone knows the gay community is trendsetting! ...had to.
I'd believe you if only because I'm afraid to Google it...
Well played.
You don't really have a point, do you?
I never used to feed the trolls, oops.
That's my point - when someone says they're watching TV you assume that they're watching cable channels because that's the overwhelmingly common usage.
You don't assume that they're watching a DVD or any of the many other uses that a television can actually do, because the phrase "Watching TV" is synonymous with specifically using that TV to watch broadcasts or cable - exactly as "using the internet" is now synonymous with using Facebook for a new generation.
You bastard. I clicked on that at work.
Think Goatze.
Shocking. People will do something dishonest to get something they want - news at 11.
I like to convince my superiors that if we don't upgrade a critical machine that a herd of trolls will attack the servers. (thanks Dilbert!)
Simple fact is, people manipulate people. Let's not pretend that we don't.
I know that you were joking, but to many people - that is now the truth. When I talk to my youngest brothers and sisters and they say they're going to "go on the internet" they're referring to Facebook, Youtube and maybe an IM client. That's the way it is now.
So close... I would have said they have a nice ASCII.
...and pay for it if it's worth it (which is a different story entirely.)...
I think I was pretty clear about that.
Kettleblack.
The MPAA are a cancerous organization, you'll get no argument from me there, but your comment clearly shows you didn't understand what I was saying - this studio was going to go for the torrent release long before Paramount's Australian shells got a hold of it specifically because they couldn't get the funding with a traditional distro model.
I just want to say that I can't believe you're comment is modded up - that someone would consider your useless mini-rant against the MPAA insightful at all even though it contributes nothing to the discussion says a lot about the Slashdot crowd as a whole. I think it means that as a collective, we've finally become so anti-**AA that we'll blindly champion how terrible they are while deliberately obscuring the fact that we're just as marginalized the other way - me included.
That's at best being terrible at sarcasm and at worst you're being deliberately obtuse. After all, it was posted HERE before that they planned on this all along as a way to drum up interest in the under-budget film already. Source.
That aside, I think everyone here who has ever bitched at the MPAA should at least do a little research and find out that, one of the many reasons that they're having trouble funding this film is because they're going against the grain and not opting for a huge distribution model that we so frequently claim to hate.
All I'm saying is, pony up Slashdotters. Put your money where your mouth is and show them that you like the business model by trying it, and pay for it if it's worth it (which is a different story entirely.)