About the only draw the military has at all is that they will accept just about anyone who has a qualifying score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, can pass a medical exam, has a high school diploma, and can pass a law-enforcement background check.
There - fixed that for you.
Otherwise, there was a lot of truth in what you had to say. Sorry it didn't work out for you and wish you good luck.
Speaking as a prior Air Force nerd... my recruiter told me something interesting right before I left for basic (in addition to, "Don't Be That Guy.") He said that out of every 8 people who first walk into a recruiter's office, 7 don't end up enlisting. Some just can't make it on the ASVAB, some can't pass the medical exam, but most of the people who want to enlist but can't have problems with the background check.
It's telling. There were a definitely a bunch of cool people where I worked - I was a 2E2 (jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none computer tech) working with 3C0s (computer communications) and 3C2s (network infrastructure). But there were a metric fuckton of jackasses also.
I disagree. I only use Windows at work, but it is my understanding that it is very difficult to make older Windows applications run in newer versions of Windows, especially applications that were written for Windows 95/98.
YMMV, and I respectfully disagree. Microsoft's greatest strength is, arguably, its backwards compatibility. There are obviously glaring exceptions, but in my experience I've found that Microsoft's pretty good about support for its older stuff. That there's just so much stuff to be compatible with is testament to a job adequately done.
It's conceivable that people don't complain about boot times because we've simply become used to them. When I boot my computer in the morning, I usually grab some java in the interim because "that's what I've always done" booting my computer.
I'd welcome anything making my computer more efficient.
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You might be unacquainted with our country, good sir. Let me put something into perspective.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. -- H. L. Mencken
Agreed. Not sure what all the hate for 4ed comes from.
4th edition? Hell, until they bring back THAC0, screw 'em.
Now get off my lawn.
About the only draw the military has at all is that they will accept just about anyone who has a qualifying score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, can pass a medical exam, has a high school diploma, and can pass a law-enforcement background check.
There - fixed that for you.
Otherwise, there was a lot of truth in what you had to say. Sorry it didn't work out for you and wish you good luck.
Speaking as a prior Air Force nerd... my recruiter told me something interesting right before I left for basic (in addition to, "Don't Be That Guy.") He said that out of every 8 people who first walk into a recruiter's office, 7 don't end up enlisting. Some just can't make it on the ASVAB, some can't pass the medical exam, but most of the people who want to enlist but can't have problems with the background check.
It's telling. There were a definitely a bunch of cool people where I worked - I was a 2E2 (jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none computer tech) working with 3C0s (computer communications) and 3C2s (network infrastructure). But there were a metric fuckton of jackasses also.
I disagree. I only use Windows at work, but it is my understanding that it is very difficult to make older Windows applications run in newer versions of Windows, especially applications that were written for Windows 95/98.
YMMV, and I respectfully disagree. Microsoft's greatest strength is, arguably, its backwards compatibility. There are obviously glaring exceptions, but in my experience I've found that Microsoft's pretty good about support for its older stuff. That there's just so much stuff to be compatible with is testament to a job adequately done.
But on the flipside, most US TV series don't appear to really have "proper" endings, unlike many Japanese anime...
Respectfully sir, you've never watched Evangelion, have you?
Of course, I'm making the mistake of Reading The Fine Article...
Oh. So that's what the "F" stands for. I always wondered about that.
Yes, because making a rocket go a few extra thousand miles is such a challenge compared to developing a nuclear bomb.
The real secret of the atomic bomb is how easy they are to make. That's why the US (in particular) makes obtaining the fuel so difficult.
It's conceivable that people don't complain about boot times because we've simply become used to them. When I boot my computer in the morning, I usually grab some java in the interim because "that's what I've always done" booting my computer. I'd welcome anything making my computer more efficient.