Ah but there is the rub. Throwing money accomplishes nothing. With these systems there was a perceived (real or imagined) threat, which defined the mission. Without a purpose project seems to languish, or at the very least take much longer. War, it seems, is a prime motivator for Homo Sapiens.
This is true, plenty of classified failures (for reasons other than to protect a budget... you do realize that many members of Congress have the clearance to review this information right?).
That said I counter with plenty of unclassified successes... that the article does not mention. My main point is that is it damn near impossible to draw an informed conclusion with most of the information is not available, especially so when the author has a clear bias.
The CMCM campaigns (specifically 2) were classified, so you will not be able to Google the results.
The radar on SBX is quite awesome actually. It shares a common linage with a radar known as TPS-X (which IIRC was renamed to FBX-T) which functions very well as part of the THAAD system. These radars are precision weapons guidance radars. While they do have a search function they do indeed stink at that: they are rifle sights, not binoculars. Try to locate a flying bird with your rifle scope.
The discrimination capabilities of these radars are really a function of software as well as the radar characteristics, see my comment about the CMCM-2. However during a launch a target would typically drop bolt mounts, explosive bolts for the stages, the stages themselves, and other such debris (in addition to counter measures). Individual radars (there were about a dozen tracking just the target vehicle) were assigned to and could track the individual pieces in flight as they spun around and bounced off of each other. This was easier than discrimination as the flight characteristics and origin of the debris were known ahead of time, but this is a small unclassified example of the capabilities.
Now, it is debatable if this was all a waste of money, but to say none of the stuff worked is disingenuous as the success stories will not be found in unclassified sources.
What I have seen is a very few special cases where the smoker who pisses hot (and admits it) is given the opportunity to sign a form stating that they will indeed quit while in the employment thereof, and is subject to a few random pee tests for the next couple of years.
>> As somebody who has worked in that world, I say shut the fuck up and go find an honest job and leave.
As somebody with decent reading skills, I say shut the fuck up and reread my post, specifically the "(I left that work about 5 years ago)" part.
Jesus wept you are a moron. Uninformed, and incapable of understanding even if it is written clearly for you. While I think everybody's opinion counts, in your case I am not so sure. Had you actually sat for a FSP rather than quoting Googled articles - you would know that my description was pretty much spot on: sit there very still, answer the questions, examiner tries to upset you. That. Is. It.
Why do we *need* to travel at all? Autonomous transportation in many cases is simply very inefficient teleconferencing. At least this is true in business.
Oh really? Having held such a clearance for years (I left that work about 5 years ago) I can tell you that the situation is in many ways reversed. Your very behavior is held hostage just so you keep your job. Want to try some weed while in Colorado? Want to go see the Great Wall of China (actually, you might get this approved)? Three beers at happy hour and get pulled over for speeding? Buy a house at the height of the housing boom and your spouse lose her job so it is foreclosed upon, or she gets sick and the medical bills pile up...
All of these things can lead to your ticket being clipped.
Besides - people act like a clearance is some magical thing that they have earned. Nothing is further from the truth. It simply means you have a clean police and financial record, and don't hang out with militants. All of the investigations and polygraphs boil down to determining that. You fill out the forms honestly, and wait for investigators to determine that indeed you did not lie on your application. Sometimes you sit in a silly little room over by BWI with weird cloud scenes on the florescent lights and answer the same questions while some polygraph examiner tries to upset you. Again, nothing that you have earned through hard work or being special, just that you waited out the process and didn't lie.
If you know anything about government projects... anything at all... then you know that even the most successful programs are often cancelled, defunded, and split up for reasons that one can simply not apply logic to. I have no doubt that there were those in the NSA that were fighting vigorously to shit can this program... simply because it wasn't their pet project, or they wants its funds, or they hated the PM...
If you actually read the article, you would know that the infrastructure is not the problem, it is the providers willingness to hook him up to said infrastructure.
The salient point here is that the educational system of the backwater tribe you are a member of is questionable at best, judging by your reading comprehension.
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No? I am unimpressed.
Ah but there is the rub. Throwing money accomplishes nothing. With these systems there was a perceived (real or imagined) threat, which defined the mission. Without a purpose project seems to languish, or at the very least take much longer. War, it seems, is a prime motivator for Homo Sapiens.
This is true, plenty of classified failures (for reasons other than to protect a budget... you do realize that many members of Congress have the clearance to review this information right?).
That said I counter with plenty of unclassified successes... that the article does not mention. My main point is that is it damn near impossible to draw an informed conclusion with most of the information is not available, especially so when the author has a clear bias.
That is a decent plan... right up to the point when you realize that we breathe the same air.
The CMCM campaigns (specifically 2) were classified, so you will not be able to Google the results.
The radar on SBX is quite awesome actually. It shares a common linage with a radar known as TPS-X (which IIRC was renamed to FBX-T) which functions very well as part of the THAAD system. These radars are precision weapons guidance radars. While they do have a search function they do indeed stink at that: they are rifle sights, not binoculars. Try to locate a flying bird with your rifle scope.
The discrimination capabilities of these radars are really a function of software as well as the radar characteristics, see my comment about the CMCM-2. However during a launch a target would typically drop bolt mounts, explosive bolts for the stages, the stages themselves, and other such debris (in addition to counter measures). Individual radars (there were about a dozen tracking just the target vehicle) were assigned to and could track the individual pieces in flight as they spun around and bounced off of each other. This was easier than discrimination as the flight characteristics and origin of the debris were known ahead of time, but this is a small unclassified example of the capabilities.
Now, it is debatable if this was all a waste of money, but to say none of the stuff worked is disingenuous as the success stories will not be found in unclassified sources.
All I have are Slashdot and Github. If they ask for anything else they can blow me.
When they ask for your Facebook profile give them your Github profile instead.
An employer that asks for anything else is not even worthy of my contempt.
Yes.
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Well, I am yet to hear of an instance of that.
What I have seen is a very few special cases where the smoker who pisses hot (and admits it) is given the opportunity to sign a form stating that they will indeed quit while in the employment thereof, and is subject to a few random pee tests for the next couple of years.
>> As somebody who has worked in that world, I say shut the fuck up and go find an honest job and leave.
As somebody with decent reading skills, I say shut the fuck up and reread my post, specifically the "(I left that work about 5 years ago)" part.
Jesus wept you are a moron. Uninformed, and incapable of understanding even if it is written clearly for you. While I think everybody's opinion counts, in your case I am not so sure. Had you actually sat for a FSP rather than quoting Googled articles - you would know that my description was pretty much spot on: sit there very still, answer the questions, examiner tries to upset you. That. Is. It.
Why do we *need* to travel at all? Autonomous transportation in many cases is simply very inefficient teleconferencing. At least this is true in business.
>> Perhaps the only difference is that they've been caught?
That's pretty much it.
Well, this should make the unwashed masses sneaking in from banana republics feel right at home!
Oh really? Having held such a clearance for years (I left that work about 5 years ago) I can tell you that the situation is in many ways reversed. Your very behavior is held hostage just so you keep your job. Want to try some weed while in Colorado? Want to go see the Great Wall of China (actually, you might get this approved)? Three beers at happy hour and get pulled over for speeding? Buy a house at the height of the housing boom and your spouse lose her job so it is foreclosed upon, or she gets sick and the medical bills pile up...
All of these things can lead to your ticket being clipped.
Besides - people act like a clearance is some magical thing that they have earned. Nothing is further from the truth. It simply means you have a clean police and financial record, and don't hang out with militants. All of the investigations and polygraphs boil down to determining that. You fill out the forms honestly, and wait for investigators to determine that indeed you did not lie on your application. Sometimes you sit in a silly little room over by BWI with weird cloud scenes on the florescent lights and answer the same questions while some polygraph examiner tries to upset you. Again, nothing that you have earned through hard work or being special, just that you waited out the process and didn't lie.
So I doubt I will be getting anything delivered by drone.
It isn't like he is going to be productive anyway. Lot's of companies do this, nothing personal. Have a nice little staycation on us.
Clearly they were not targeting drag queen forums. This oversight will be addressed.
If you know anything about government projects... anything at all... then you know that even the most successful programs are often cancelled, defunded, and split up for reasons that one can simply not apply logic to. I have no doubt that there were those in the NSA that were fighting vigorously to shit can this program... simply because it wasn't their pet project, or they wants its funds, or they hated the PM...
Dear Russia,
We would be happy to cooperate on this project.
However, you get to pay for it this time.
If you actually read the article, you would know that the infrastructure is not the problem, it is the providers willingness to hook him up to said infrastructure.
The salient point here is that the educational system of the backwater tribe you are a member of is questionable at best, judging by your reading comprehension.
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Satellite. 4G LTE. Share with a neighbor. Panera.
All have their problems, but this is only a stop gap until he gets his own service.
Seems like a logical first step.
Never was a big deal.