It's also worth mentioning that (In Canada at least I don't know about the US) The Studio is demanding a much larger cut of the Ticket sales than any other movie released to date. Many of the smaller (read small business owned) theaters are not showing AoTC due to not wanting to start a precedent about the pricing of blockbusters.
Basically the Studio get as much as 70% of the ticket sales for opening weekend and that percentage drops every week that it shows. That way by the 4th week most of the profits go to the movie house. For AoTC the Studio want %70 for the next 2 weeks and a much larger cut for the rest of production run.
And damned if I can find the link to back this up.
This is what worked for me and I'm sure you'll hate the Idea but...
Join the Air Force.
Now don't flame just hear me out.
If you are getting out of high school and are a computer geek but without the wherewithal or grades to go to a good college then the military will basically be your savior.
Even if you only go the 4 year route like I did you will get from the military four years of tech experience, training in the computer field (networking, admin, programming, etc) that you CHOSE AT THE RECRUITERS (that's very important), the GI bill for college, and a killer resume.
All you really have to content with is 4 years of short haircuts, no drugs, and if you are gay no sex. Of course if you are a geek then 4 more years without sex wont be anything new to you anyway.
This is geared to a Programmer but just change program to Maintain or Operate and there you go.
Granted basic training is a drag but you get 3 college PE credits for it. Then it's on to Tech school where (if your are a programmer) you get another 19 credit hrs and training in various programming languages. Then it's off to your first assignment. Probably some shithole is Texas but you could end up somewhere very nice. PROGRAMMERS DON'T GO TO WAR so you get to stay home. Next you learn whatever it is that they are programming in at your new Base. Everyone says "ADA" but I only saw that at tech school. Everyone else uses what is appropriate to the job. Mostly C or Java for the UNIX side and some kind of Visual crap for MS.
Other than from 7:30 to 4:30 your time is your own with weekends off. There are tons of stuff to do on most Bases but the most important is FREE CLEP/DANTE tests from the Base education office. Take as many as you would like. If you don't pass one on your first try just check out the study material from the Base library and try again in a 6 months.
After the first year you will take your 5 level tests (just a bunch of questions about your career field, You have all the study material issued to you). After that you can start going to the real college off Base if you'd like. Many Bases allow 3 hrs of "Personal Growth Time" for you to take courses during work hours (if your job permits it) or you can go at night. You could also wait for the teachers to come to Base. Most Bases offer night classes as well.
Did I mention the GI Bill yet? Well it makes college WAY cheaper and some Commands will reimburse you for classes that pertain to your career field. Add to that when you do decide to leave the military the GI bill adds to any other benefit you may receive from your employer. Right now I make about 200 a month more just for going to college. Twice a week. At night.
Did I also mention the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)? Damn near every course that the Air Force sends you to (and they will) are worth college credits. The CCAF is accredited and an associates degree is and an associates degree. It's even better when it's free.
So after four years of work you will have an associates degree (close to a bachelor's). 4 years experience, possibly a security clearance, medals if you do really well, the GI bill and the only 21 -22 year old that you know who can say "yes I was the lead programmer for 2 products" and "why yes I was in charge of the UNIX development lab". Add to all this the ability to bitch to people in bars about how "this damn military is going to crap, back in my day..."
So if your just out of high school and have nothing pending. Go into an Air Force recruiters' office and Say that I want to work on computers. Don't let then sign you up for Security Forces or some Guaranteed General slot that they have open. Just stick to your guns, take the tests they tell you to take and sign the form that says:
Reserved Position of COMPUTER PROGRAMMER (or OPPERATOR or MAINTANENCE or COM or anything that is followed by 3C***)
Then welcome to crappy basic and to a rather beneficial 4 years. And who knows you might enjoy it.
I still think that the fastest way to begin switching the masses to Linux would be for the Game manufacurers to release games for Linux first.
How many times have you seen the latest, hottest most awesome game ever and then notice that the MS version is available but the Mac and Linux version is 2 to 3 months away(or not available at all)?
Now how many people out there actually wait for that linux version vs. loading it onto your windows partition.
Now imagine that Duke Nukem forever or Diablo 4 were coming out. But wait, only the linux version is available just now (shipping with a trimed down distro of course) but don't worry the MS version will be along in a couple off months.
"Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, a Chinese-born cloning scientist now at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, says he has been aware of the advances being made in China for a long time.
"These are credible people," he says. "I've encouraged them to publish in peer-reviewed journals so that they receive credit and the world knows about their accomplishments." "
Just the fact that Scientists need to be encouraged to say what they are up to is kind of distressing. I can't help wondering why a chinese scientist would ever want to remain quiet about his work. Oh wait...
Who here doesn't know of at least 1 person who has a corp code. I'm in a shop full of geeks so it was only a matter of time before someone somewhere got a hold of a decent CD key.
Add to that the number of times people will reload there machines to get it "just right". Everyone and thier brothers are using any code they can get so that they don't have to bother Microsoft in order to just play.
So now a new hack that will do it for you. To late as far as most are concerned.
I know this will probably never be read but I just wanted to wish you both a very hearty congratulations!
I also wanted to give you a bit of advice if you don't mind.
After you've both been married for a while you will begin to get sick of each other. It happens to everyone right at about the 7-year mark. Just keep being honest with each other and wait for that 8th year to role around. I can promise you a long and very happy marriage if you just talk (bitch, groan, complain just let it out and move on).
If its gonna be anything like the series (and I hope it will be) how are you supposed to win? In the series they rarely if ever achieve anything close to victory. The last season was pretty damn depressing what with every one and their mother after them.
Sure Dargo got his son back but then the brat goes and pokes Dargo's girl friend.
I'm sure the game is going to be alot like a 2 hr special. A bunch of problems to solve and bad guys to kill. But at the end of it there still royally screwed.
It still should be fun though.
tangent; Does anyone know if Zahn is still dead? I'm catching up with the reruns and they keep showing them out of order.
This is along the lines of what I've been telling anyone who asks me about the Military.
I got out of college after 2 years bored to tears with it. I had a computer for games and that was it. No plans or what not. Not even a decent job.
So I walk into an AF recruiting office and they send me to take some tests and say that they have a slot open for a programming position. One year later I'm a computer programmer with 65 more college credits under my belt and a job and training and a top secret clearance and they paid me for it.
Granted the position mostly sucked but what the hell 4 years later and I got out and into a contractor position without any hassle other than moving. I now have my company tuition assistance and the GI bill so I actually make money going to school. On top of that the people you meet now will remember you later so I've got friends in all kinds of positions that can throw my name out if I get bored with what I'm doing and want to work on some other contract.
Only took 4 years and now my college is free, I have a job and My contract just got extended.
The military is great when you have nothing better to do and no way to find out what you enjoy.
Plus its and In for contractor work as well as showing that you can deal with any little pressures that come along.
The only problem is that you see things a bit differently. Most problems can be viewed as "No one is dying, it will be fixed soon." Panicky people don't enjoy that view very much and will continue to run around like an idiot.
So in closing if you have no career aspects or no chance of college you could do alot worse than signing up for the military. (just make sure you have a confirmed job (AFSC if you will) going in)
Man I sound like such a cheerleader.
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Actually the main reason that we haven't used assassins is not necessarily a moral decision. The main reason we haven't tried to send assassins into Afghanistan before we started (or into Iraq for that matter) is because of the Martyr status it will then give the person in question. We want his caught or killed in action NOT stabbed in his sleep.
That would just lead to more "look how bad the Americans are they wont even stand up to a fight" and will lead his more dedicated follows to kill more people in his leaders name. And lets not forget how this will affect the undecided folks out there.
It will be bad enough if we do catch him, much worse if it's from an ignoble death.
Does anyone remember there first samba load.
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I still remember mine like it was yesterday.
I was made the lead unix sysadmin about 20 days previous because I could remember some line commands and my supervisor didn't want to deal with it. (Yes this was in the Air Force)
I then set up a 18 machine network with 2 servers and a raid controller. It took all of the 20 days but I thought I was hot shit back then. Then I was told that the NT machines sitting in the back had to be connected to the network. No Prob says I.
10 hours later I was still shuffling between the DEC server and the NT Server and unable to do anything but ping.
I remember fondly reading the install instructions with the hope inspiring line of "at this point you may want to take a break or get a beverage because this next part can be a little tricky" and thinking, "no way could it be that hard"
After the second day I gave up and resorted to the unthinkable. I called the real admin up who had left the air force to complete his degree. The bastard couldn't remember AT ALL! Finally at the end of the second day (only 9 hrs this time) he and i finally got it working. Granted it took a conference call to the other admin guy that went to germany but the damn thing worked.
Four years and a civilian job later and for some unknown reason I still recommend SAMBA to others.
This is all very funny really. We've been slated to begin a Linux install dry run on some excess boxes just to show how it would go for a (suggested) migration to Linux. We constantly get hassled about the need to do this and what the benefits could be, the cost to train etc.
Well today we have two new reasons why a switch will be beneficial and some pretty well timed additions to our morning meetings.
So thanks MS. With luck and your continued support there will be one less Microsoft shop in the Air Force. 1 (maybe) down the rest of the base to go.
I've yet to hear how the FBI will determine who this program will be used on. If this is an attachment file on an email(as the wired article suggested) then how can this file not be spread to everyone who recieves a foward? Is this going to be an executable file in which case even some MS users know not to open now, or will it be planted by govenment hackers?
The FBI was quoted in the wired article as saying to the effect that they don't like breaking and entering to plant these devices so that only leaves the above two.
And yes I've been told that I bitch too much about government involvement but how many doors will this open? How long until this access is available to anyone with a good script library? How long will a person be monitered? Who determines who gets monitored to begin with?! Expecially if the code is in a Damn email attachment so that everyone will have it on there systems.
And just because you don't use MS doesn't mean that they won't try to load it on your systems as well. How many of you know what every chip on your new Hardware does?
This really bugs me and I keep hoping that it's a hoax.
When I was in the Air Force we ran into the same situation. All of the MS boxes that were connected to the Lan were locked down to the extreme that you could not change your background and even the file manager was locked out. (only 2 of our development machines where on their network btw)
After we received a request for an email tool we bitched and bitched about getting the rights to load it on a networked PC as well as SOME info on how our Mail servers worked. They said no so we delivered the product as is. Surprise of Surprises it didn't work right.
We the programmers then got all the rights back that we had before. All it should take is some truly crappy releases from your developers before they give you back at least some of your user rights.
Just make sure that you document all of your hassles before you release it:)
According to the article someone did make a worm that patched the infected machines. The programmer was apparently arrested for spreading a worm onto the net.
They could catch the white hat but the rest run free. That's just funny.
So I'm asking those out there who do. Would you please post a well written, none offensive LETTER TO THE EDITOR that a previous poster has suggested. If enough people will take the time to print it out and mail it in (stamps are not that much) we could at least do SOMETHING.
I've signed the petition. I've told everyone I know. But still no one really cares. Right now it's more of a "well that sucks...but what the hell its just a Russian" kind of attitude. Like it's not something that could happen to anyone else in America. Or that it affects the First Amendment in the LEAST!
So I'm asking, please post what you've got. The more we send it out the greater the chance we have of at least being heard.
Well this isn't the exact reason but in 1992 when the concept Stealth aircraft was proposed (again) to the Navy the COMNAVAIRPAC at the time turned it down due to the fact that the stealth tech was only as good as the radar it was going against.
So the navy saved a bundle because radar has gotten better. Cool
Does this ruling also apply to what people post to chat rooms and the like? Does that mean that/. is in violation of this ruling because someone tells the address of there mirror site?
So far as I can tell the ruling doesn't say anything about what other people or even AC's post. Just that the site is resposible. Tell me I'm wrong.
Does anyone know if 3dfx will be producing any more 3d add on cards. The voodoo2 kicked much ass and i've heard rumors of another. 3dfx, if emailed, changes thier answer about every month.
First off they have been working on this system for almost 10 years so this is hardly a new story. Second, the military has already decided that remote soldiers or vehicles are not suitable for combat. The reason being that the remote feed can be jamed or intercepted( having your army turn around on you would kind of suck) and that any controller station in the world, say the US, would then be a fair target. And making US cities a bonified UN approved target is very frowned upon. All that leaves is the improvement of our deployed forces. AKA JEDI, Mobile Personnel Armor, and man portable smart weapons. And no these technologies are nothing like Quake.
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It's also worth mentioning that (In Canada at least I don't know about the US) The Studio is demanding a much larger cut of the Ticket sales than any other movie released to date. Many of the smaller (read small business owned) theaters are not showing AoTC due to not wanting to start a precedent about the pricing of blockbusters.
Basically the Studio get as much as 70% of the ticket sales for opening weekend and that percentage drops every week that it shows. That way by the 4th week most of the profits go to the movie house. For AoTC the Studio want %70 for the next 2 weeks and a much larger cut for the rest of production run.
And damned if I can find the link to back this up.
This is what worked for me and I'm sure you'll hate the Idea but...
Join the Air Force.
Now don't flame just hear me out.
If you are getting out of high school and are a computer geek but without the wherewithal or grades to go to a good college then the military will basically be your savior.
Even if you only go the 4 year route like I did you will get from the military four years of tech experience, training in the computer field (networking, admin, programming, etc) that you CHOSE AT THE RECRUITERS (that's very important), the GI bill for college, and a killer resume.
All you really have to content with is 4 years of short haircuts, no drugs, and if you are gay no sex. Of course if you are a geek then 4 more years without sex wont be anything new to you anyway.
This is geared to a Programmer but just change program to Maintain or Operate and there you go.
Granted basic training is a drag but you get 3 college PE credits for it. Then it's on to Tech school where (if your are a programmer) you get another 19 credit hrs and training in various programming languages. Then it's off to your first assignment. Probably some shithole is Texas but you could end up somewhere very nice. PROGRAMMERS DON'T GO TO WAR so you get to stay home. Next you learn whatever it is that they are programming in at your new Base. Everyone says "ADA" but I only saw that at tech school. Everyone else uses what is appropriate to the job. Mostly C or Java for the UNIX side and some kind of Visual crap for MS.
Other than from 7:30 to 4:30 your time is your own with weekends off. There are tons of stuff to do on most Bases but the most important is FREE CLEP/DANTE tests from the Base education office. Take as many as you would like. If you don't pass one on your first try just check out the study material from the Base library and try again in a 6 months.
After the first year you will take your 5 level tests (just a bunch of questions about your career field, You have all the study material issued to you). After that you can start going to the real college off Base if you'd like. Many Bases allow 3 hrs of "Personal Growth Time" for you to take courses during work hours (if your job permits it) or you can go at night. You could also wait for the teachers to come to Base. Most Bases offer night classes as well.
Did I mention the GI Bill yet? Well it makes college WAY cheaper and some Commands will reimburse you for classes that pertain to your career field. Add to that when you do decide to leave the military the GI bill adds to any other benefit you may receive from your employer. Right now I make about 200 a month more just for going to college. Twice a week. At night.
Did I also mention the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)? Damn near every course that the Air Force sends you to (and they will) are worth college credits. The CCAF is accredited and an associates degree is and an associates degree. It's even better when it's free.
So after four years of work you will have an associates degree (close to a bachelor's). 4 years experience, possibly a security clearance, medals if you do really well, the GI bill and the only 21 -22 year old that you know who can say "yes I was the lead programmer for 2 products" and "why yes I was in charge of the UNIX development lab". Add to all this the ability to bitch to people in bars about how "this damn military is going to crap, back in my day..."
So if your just out of high school and have nothing pending. Go into an Air Force recruiters' office and Say that I want to work on computers. Don't let then sign you up for Security Forces or some Guaranteed General slot that they have open. Just stick to your guns, take the tests they tell you to take and sign the form that says:
Reserved Position of
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER (or OPPERATOR or MAINTANENCE or COM or anything that is followed by 3C***)
Then welcome to crappy basic and to a rather beneficial 4 years. And who knows you might enjoy it.
Suitable for public office?
I still think that the fastest way to begin switching the masses to Linux would be for the Game manufacurers to release games for Linux first.
How many times have you seen the latest, hottest most awesome game ever and then notice that the MS version is available but the Mac and Linux version is 2 to 3 months away(or not available at all)?
Now how many people out there actually wait for that linux version vs. loading it onto your windows partition.
Now imagine that Duke Nukem forever or Diablo 4 were coming out. But wait, only the linux version is available just now (shipping with a trimed down distro of course) but don't worry the MS version will be along in a couple off months.
If you were a game geek would you wait?
That's true. How about for the PowerPack. Is that set in stone like the distro or can that be changed without too much hype?
I wonder if mandrake will change there april distro to reflect this.
Save me some download time at any rate.
"Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang, a Chinese-born cloning scientist now at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, says he has been aware of the advances being made in China for a long time.
"These are credible people," he says. "I've encouraged them to publish in peer-reviewed journals so that they receive credit and the world knows about their accomplishments." "
Just the fact that Scientists need to be encouraged to say what they are up to is kind of distressing. I can't help wondering why a chinese scientist would ever want to remain quiet about his work. Oh wait...
Who here doesn't know of at least 1 person who has a corp code. I'm in a shop full of geeks so it was only a matter of time before someone somewhere got a hold of a decent CD key.
Add to that the number of times people will reload there machines to get it "just right". Everyone and thier brothers are using any code they can get so that they don't have to bother Microsoft in order to just play.
So now a new hack that will do it for you. To late as far as most are concerned.
I know this will probably never be read but I just wanted to wish you both a very hearty congratulations!
I also wanted to give you a bit of advice if you don't mind.
After you've both been married for a while you will begin to get sick of each other. It happens to everyone right at about the 7-year mark. Just keep being honest with each other and wait for that 8th year to role around. I can promise you a long and very happy marriage if you just talk (bitch, groan, complain just let it out and move on).
Again Congratulations!
If its gonna be anything like the series (and I hope it will be) how are you supposed to win? In the series they rarely if ever achieve anything close to victory. The last season was pretty damn depressing what with every one and their mother after them.
Sure Dargo got his son back but then the brat goes and pokes Dargo's girl friend.
I'm sure the game is going to be alot like a 2 hr special. A bunch of problems to solve and bad guys to kill. But at the end of it there still royally screwed.
It still should be fun though.
tangent; Does anyone know if Zahn is still dead? I'm catching up with the reruns and they keep showing them out of order.
This is along the lines of what I've been telling anyone who asks me about the Military.
I got out of college after 2 years bored to tears with it. I had a computer for games and that was it. No plans or what not. Not even a decent job.
So I walk into an AF recruiting office and they send me to take some tests and say that they have a slot open for a programming position. One year later I'm a computer programmer with 65 more college credits under my belt and a job and training and a top secret clearance and they paid me for it.
Granted the position mostly sucked but what the hell 4 years later and I got out and into a contractor position without any hassle other than moving. I now have my company tuition assistance and the GI bill so I actually make money going to school. On top of that the people you meet now will remember you later so I've got friends in all kinds of positions that can throw my name out if I get bored with what I'm doing and want to work on some other contract.
Only took 4 years and now my college is free, I have a job and My contract just got extended.
The military is great when you have nothing better to do and no way to find out what you enjoy.
Plus its and In for contractor work as well as showing that you can deal with any little pressures that come along.
The only problem is that you see things a bit differently. Most problems can be viewed as "No one is dying, it will be fixed soon." Panicky people don't enjoy that view very much and will continue to run around like an idiot.
So in closing if you have no career aspects or no chance of college you could do alot worse than signing up for the military. (just make sure you have a confirmed job (AFSC if you will) going in)
Man I sound like such a cheerleader.
Actually the main reason that we haven't used assassins is not necessarily a moral decision. The main reason we haven't tried to send assassins into Afghanistan before we started (or into Iraq for that matter) is because of the Martyr status it will then give the person in question. We want his caught or killed in action NOT stabbed in his sleep.
That would just lead to more "look how bad the Americans are they wont even stand up to a fight" and will lead his more dedicated follows to kill more people in his leaders name. And lets not forget how this will affect the undecided folks out there.
It will be bad enough if we do catch him, much worse if it's from an ignoble death.
I still remember mine like it was yesterday.
I was made the lead unix sysadmin about 20 days previous because I could remember some line commands and my supervisor didn't want to deal with it. (Yes this was in the Air Force)
I then set up a 18 machine network with 2 servers and a raid controller. It took all of the 20 days but I thought I was hot shit back then. Then I was told that the NT machines sitting in the back had to be connected to the network. No Prob says I.
10 hours later I was still shuffling between the DEC server and the NT Server and unable to do anything but ping.
I remember fondly reading the install instructions with the hope inspiring line of "at this point you may want to take a break or get a beverage because this next part can be a little tricky" and thinking, "no way could it be that hard"
After the second day I gave up and resorted to the unthinkable. I called the real admin up who had left the air force to complete his degree. The bastard couldn't remember AT ALL! Finally at the end of the second day (only 9 hrs this time) he and i finally got it working. Granted it took a conference call to the other admin guy that went to germany but the damn thing worked.
Four years and a civilian job later and for some unknown reason I still recommend SAMBA to others.
This is all very funny really. We've been slated to begin a Linux install dry run on some excess boxes just to show how it would go for a (suggested) migration to Linux. We constantly get hassled about the need to do this and what the benefits could be, the cost to train etc.
Well today we have two new reasons why a switch will be beneficial and some pretty well timed additions to our morning meetings.
So thanks MS. With luck and your continued support there will be one less Microsoft shop in the Air Force. 1 (maybe) down the rest of the base to go.
I've yet to hear how the FBI will determine who this program will be used on. If this is an attachment file on an email(as the wired article suggested) then how can this file not be spread to everyone who recieves a foward? Is this going to be an executable file in which case even some MS users know not to open now, or will it be planted by govenment hackers?
The FBI was quoted in the wired article as saying to the effect that they don't like breaking and entering to plant these devices so that only leaves the above two.
And yes I've been told that I bitch too much about government involvement but how many doors will this open? How long until this access is available to anyone with a good script library? How long will a person be monitered? Who determines who gets monitored to begin with?! Expecially if the code is in a Damn email attachment so that everyone will have it on there systems.
And just because you don't use MS doesn't mean that they won't try to load it on your systems as well. How many of you know what every chip on your new Hardware does?
This really bugs me and I keep hoping that it's a hoax.
I'm sorry to inform you but this information is illegal to discuss as it would enable you to use this device as you see fit.
Please continue to use the equipment as the manufacturer intended but please refrain from learning anything about it or using it for actual work.
Your friends in peace
USA
When I was in the Air Force we ran into the same situation. All of the MS boxes that were connected to the Lan were locked down to the extreme that you could not change your background and even the file manager was locked out. (only 2 of our development machines where on their network btw)
After we received a request for an email tool we bitched and bitched about getting the rights to load it on a networked PC as well as SOME info on how our Mail servers worked. They said no so we delivered the product as is. Surprise of Surprises it didn't work right.
We the programmers then got all the rights back that we had before. All it should take is some truly crappy releases from your developers before they give you back at least some of your user rights.
Just make sure that you document all of your hassles before you release it:)
According to the article someone did make a worm that patched the infected machines. The programmer was apparently arrested for spreading a worm onto the net.
They could catch the white hat but the rest run free. That's just funny.
So I'm asking those out there who do. Would you please post a well written, none offensive LETTER TO THE EDITOR that a previous poster has suggested. If enough people will take the time to print it out and mail it in (stamps are not that much) we could at least do SOMETHING.
I've signed the petition. I've told everyone I know. But still no one really cares. Right now it's more of a "well that sucks...but what the hell its just a Russian" kind of attitude. Like it's not something that could happen to anyone else in America. Or that it affects the First Amendment in the LEAST!
So I'm asking, please post what you've got. The more we send it out the greater the chance we have of at least being heard.
Well this isn't the exact reason but in 1992 when the concept Stealth aircraft was proposed (again) to the Navy the COMNAVAIRPAC at the time turned it down due to the fact that the stealth tech was only as good as the radar it was going against.
So the navy saved a bundle because radar has gotten better. Cool
Does this ruling also apply to what people post to chat rooms and the like? Does that mean that /. is in violation of this ruling because someone tells the address of there mirror site?
So far as I can tell the ruling doesn't say anything about what other people or even AC's post. Just that the site is resposible. Tell me I'm wrong.
Does anyone know if 3dfx will be producing any more 3d add on cards. The voodoo2 kicked much ass and i've heard rumors of another. 3dfx, if emailed, changes thier answer about every month.
For a first time editorial that wasn't half bad.
Not nearly to the magnitude of a Katz rant and I for one appreciate it.
--Live Free or Die -- (M$ next add?)
Any chance for more Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency Books Or is two our limit?
First off they have been working on this system for almost 10 years so this is hardly a new story. Second, the military has already decided that remote soldiers or vehicles are not suitable for combat. The reason being that the remote feed can be jamed or intercepted( having your army turn around on you would kind of suck) and that any controller station in the world, say the US, would then be a fair target. And making US cities a bonified UN approved target is very frowned upon. All that leaves is the improvement of our deployed forces. AKA JEDI, Mobile Personnel Armor, and man portable smart weapons. And no these technologies are nothing like Quake.