HELLO!! They are building these to keep the shipbuilders in business, not because they need them. Look at half of the crap the military builds- its PORK. Or are you really that naive??
I don't think you get my argument. No matter what the defensive threshold of the carrier group is, it is very cheap to exceed that or double it or triple it. Sooner or later you can throw more offensive weaponry at the group than they can defend against, assuming any of the untested (in battle) tech works.
US never starts anything, we just usually end up finishing them.
Counterexamples: Spanish American war, Greneda, Panama, Vietnam (no, the French mistakes did not prompt an invasion of that size), Desert Storm, Iraq...etc.
It has been well understood for a while that carriers are sitting ducks. It is very cheap to attack one. You just need multiplicity. While very well defended, it is fairly rudimentary to determine what the threshold of resistance is, and very cheap to cross that threshold. If the Vulcan guns can track three missiles, fire ten.
This is the logic a real adversary would use. Once sunk, the loss of a carrier would crush American prestige.
The carrier group can't protect against two or three dozen anti-shipping missiles at once, or maybe even a nuke. Sure they have Vulcan guns. Okay, so the Vulan gun can take out a missile. So I better fire ten simultaneously. Missiles are cheap, I can just keep firing them until they start getting through.
This is the logic a real adversary will use. It is cheap to attack, expensive to defend. A carrier will be sunk in our lifetime.
Yes modern carriers have thick hulls. One Exocet probably wouldn't do it. How about ten? They really aren't that expensive considering you get to sink one of the most expensive ships in history.
Carriers are sitting ducks. The navy knows it. Its just a big target out there waiting to have a few dozen of the latest surface to vessel missiles launched at it.
Its not an issue of market share but market share in the field of potential buyers. In graphics arts/design the Mac probably still has 35%+ even though the aggregate Mac market is less than 5%.
What are the stats for video editing? Clearly not as favorable.
Another benefit of open source - no need to obey market economics when developing products.
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These days you can get excellent skis from every vendor at every price range. If you don't care for parabolics (yes, they will slow you down), K2 in particular is still pushing long straight skis. Personally I am an Atomic snob - excellent feel, nice turning, and fast at the 198 length.
I like to run trail marathons and can attest to the great strides Montrail and others have made with specific trail running gear that is distinguished from the already excellent selection of road running shoes.
Microsoft would be insane to do a cash acquisition when their stock is more than worthy enough to act as payment. Look at the history of MSFT - what you rather take - shares or cash???
What is the difference between a PC and a workstation? I think its pretty clear the term workstation as a distinguishing label died long ago, some time after "PC" performance on the desktop destroyed "workstation" performance.
Microsoft has been sitting on a cash mountain they are essentially unwilling to spend. They can simply swap stock for acquisitions, so without a pressing capital expenditure this cash should be returned to the owners of the corporation.
This may make the stock rise - too much cash on hand is often seen as a negative by analysts.
You are comparing apples and orages. Child porn is covered by a raft of international treaties regarding child exploitation that generally acknowledge that this it is a much more serious issue than spam, and you cannot equate the two.
Added to which, you once again come up against jurisdictional issues when gathering evidence from these nations.
Spammers will keep moving themselves out of the jurisidiction of the law. A story in MIT's tech review spoke of a prolific spammer who used servers in Romania and China.
Technology is still the best hope for killing spam. Laws may provide a few amusing high profile instances for public display, but they can't stop a threat that so easily straddles jurisdictions.
Are all of our military thinkers as anachronistic? The enemy of tomorrow will operate like Hamas, not the Red Army. These bombers are pointless playthings that demonstrate a serious inability to grasp the evolving threat scenario.
Sorry Neuros, time waits for no man. I have discovered (courtesy of other/.'s) that iPod can work on linux with a little work. Not only is the iPod the best music player out there, but the Neuros USB 1 connection can't touch firewire.
Your argument might have held water for the brief three month period a few years agao when both modem users were in the majority and WinModems were the preferred solution.
Now I say spend the twenty dollars for supported hardware. If you can pay your utility bill this should not be a problem.
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Sooner or later you can sink a carrier for 1/1000 of the cost of its construction.
HELLO!! They are building these to keep the shipbuilders in business, not because they need them. Look at half of the crap the military builds- its PORK. Or are you really that naive??
I don't think you get my argument. No matter what the defensive threshold of the carrier group is, it is very cheap to exceed that or double it or triple it. Sooner or later you can throw more offensive weaponry at the group than they can defend against, assuming any of the untested (in battle) tech works.
Counterexamples: Spanish American war, Greneda, Panama, Vietnam (no, the French mistakes did not prompt an invasion of that size), Desert Storm, Iraq...etc.
This is the logic a real adversary would use. Once sunk, the loss of a carrier would crush American prestige.
This is the logic a real adversary will use. It is cheap to attack, expensive to defend. A carrier will be sunk in our lifetime.
Carriers are sitting ducks. The navy knows it. Its just a big target out there waiting to have a few dozen of the latest surface to vessel missiles launched at it.
What is missing from PHP that you claim keeps it out of the enterprise?
What are the stats for video editing? Clearly not as favorable.
Another benefit of open source - no need to obey market economics when developing products.
These days you can get excellent skis from every vendor at every price range. If you don't care for parabolics (yes, they will slow you down), K2 in particular is still pushing long straight skis. Personally I am an Atomic snob - excellent feel, nice turning, and fast at the 198 length.
I like to run trail marathons and can attest to the great strides Montrail and others have made with specific trail running gear that is distinguished from the already excellent selection of road running shoes.
its a signal to future potential shareholders of a higher payout. buying will take place and the shares will rise.
Microsoft would be insane to do a cash acquisition when their stock is more than worthy enough to act as payment. Look at the history of MSFT - what you rather take - shares or cash???
Dividends exist to entice share buyers when growth is no longer evident.
What is the difference between a PC and a workstation? I think its pretty clear the term workstation as a distinguishing label died long ago, some time after "PC" performance on the desktop destroyed "workstation" performance.
This may make the stock rise - too much cash on hand is often seen as a negative by analysts.
Added to which, you once again come up against jurisdictional issues when gathering evidence from these nations.
Yes but ultimately you cannot prosecute them unless you can gather evidence. Good luck serving a court order in China.
Technology is still the best hope for killing spam. Laws may provide a few amusing high profile instances for public display, but they can't stop a threat that so easily straddles jurisdictions.
Are all of our military thinkers as anachronistic? The enemy of tomorrow will operate like Hamas, not the Red Army. These bombers are pointless playthings that demonstrate a serious inability to grasp the evolving threat scenario.
In the next war the enemy combatants will be in the US on student visas.
Yeah yeah, I know USB 2 is coming, but when?
No, WinModems died out fairly rapidly for obvious reasons.
Real modems are often double to three times more expensive and (to the end user) do exactly the same as a WinModem.
No. Real modems work. WinModems don't. Spend the $20 to upgrade.
Now I say spend the twenty dollars for supported hardware. If you can pay your utility bill this should not be a problem.
AllTheWeb indexes more documents.
Microsoft has decided to compete with Google.
Yes Google is a cool search engine, but come on folks, you get the same top ten results from even the weakest sites.