Although you are right in the point that both books write about violence and other more horrible acts, there IS a difference, and it is this:
First of all the bible is written in two distinct parts; the old testament and the new one. It is quite possibly the old testament that contains most violent and horrible acts. The old testament describes a god that is vengeful and grim. The smallest mischief and its all fire and brimstone on your puny little ass. Nevertheless, it is god himself who does that, and on those occasions when humans thought they could (or should) be violent, god intervened. This starts with Abel and Cain, where the latter killed the former, and he is punished by god. Even with Sodom & Gomorrah it is God who does all the killing NOT humans. Then there is the new testament. In part two of this novel a young protagonist has been send to right some wrongs. First he points out that he intimately knows the main character of part one personally and that he isn't half as bad-assed as described in part one. He goes on telling that God actually wants people to love each other. Casting of the first stone, turn the other cheek, love your neighbour as yourself, be nice to prostitutes and even the guy's from the IRS etcetera etcetera... the list goes on... Then he is treated very unfriendly and goes home.
Then there is the Koran, This could be viewed as part 3 of the trilogy, OR as a re-write of part 1 & 2 with an alternative ending. Now to come to a good understanding of this book one should read it at least two times, because the chapters are not chronological but sorted in length. This was more convenient to... well who knows? Anyway, it is important to read it twice, first to have an overview, second time to understand the context of each chapter. Here God is portrayed as a bad-assed mofo again, but this time he is more like a got-father who tell's people (Muslims) to be violent against non-people (non-muslims). He goes so far as to call non-muslims monkeys and pigs, man he is ill-tempered! That violence is almost always in the form of killing, wich is commanded to the believer, can be found here (Sura 2:191), here (Sura 5:33), here (Sura 8:12), here (Sura 8:60*), here (Sura 8:65), here (Sura 9:5), here (9:29*), here (Sura 9: 123*) and finally here (47:4). Marked * are disputable, it all depends a bit which translation is being used one can be found here: http://www.universalunity.net/English_Translation_By_R_Khalifa.htm
In short, the difference is that in Christianity being violent is God's job (and no one else's), in the Quran being violent is the job of the believer. There are scores of Christians who want to help God a little (wrongfully if they had read their book) and scores of Muslims who do not kill anyone (wrongfully if they had read their book).
So.... You actually believed them? That is slightly naive isn't it? Info=$$$ It is always been that way, and will always be that way. Anyone knows that, so it is a pretty stupid idea to have yourself monitored that way. No matter what the fanboys say. Smartmeters are for dumb people (assuming one has a choice). What is next, smart-tv's, smart browsers, smart shoes that tell where you are walking?
Then we have to set-up a new agency overseeing the scarcity and reporting to the (also new) scarcity taskforce who in turn report to the (also newly installed) Minister of Scarcity. He in turn makes new scarcity laws and regulations and scarcity-tax. The latter has to be collected by the IRS, the former have to be implemented (and reported about), enforced (and reported about), and reported about. And of course we finally need a scarcity-ombudsman to see that no one has a monopoly, nor the government, nor any private entity. All those reports I just mentioned should be transparently written, placed under great scrutiny, and if necessary rewritten or partly reformulated, to achieve a level that is comprehensible by only the most educated of men. After long, laborious, intrinsically difficult procedures and of course the proper clearance one should be able to see a copy of the desired report in D.C.
All this to acquire the highest level of government accountability and achieve total transparency as promised by that guy you voted for last time! Me. Thank you for your trust!
One starts to wonder if it is: Red tape, red tape, red tape; Red red red tape tape tape; Or finally Red red red tape. To speak in the words of Sir Bernard Woolley, MA (Oxon) GCB: What about a publicity campaign Minister, you know ADMINISTRATION SAVES THE NATION, RED TAPE IS FUN, full pages ads in... in. Just an idea.
Link to the Powned (yes it is called powned:) clip: http://youtu.be/3izaITMDAYg (in Dutch)
Transcript for the non-Dutch: <anchor guy> Our Jojanneke showed us yesterday that even blonde women can crack the TLS-chipcard without a problem. The responsible company reacted frivolously because the hack would show up in their systems, and the authorities would be alerted. In other words, keep calm and carry on. But that was before they saw this news-item. <Journalist 1> I can check in and out myself, simply by typing in the time that I want to be checked in, and upload it to the card. No signs in their back-office, this is undetectable. <anchor guy> Yes indeed, now the TLS-card can be hacked even without TLS getting to know about it. The chance that the identity of the fraudulent traveller is to be unveiled is as good as nil. And that is what the responsible company is finally - although not enthusiastically - admitting. <TLS spokes woman, Anita Hilhorst (to a journalist in a studio)>...At this moment our checks with detectors and inspectors do not show those transactions in our back-office, <journalist in the studio> yeah, when I the conductor checks me, his machine just says that I am checked in. <TLS spokes woman>...Yes... <journalist in the studio> So then I dont have a problem and you are completely ignorant about it. <TLS spokes woman>...then we cant see that ehhh ehhh in the transactions in our back-office <journalist in the studio> So at that moment I am untraceable, and you cant do anything against me. <TLS spokes woman> We aren't able to see that, no. <anchor guy> And so definitively the TLS-card dies. Costing 3.000.000.000,- Euro, and nothing. The minister is summoned for a debate before parliament to explain what he will do about it. And here is some more ammo for the ladies and gentlemen of the opposition; the software needed is, since yesterday, downloadable from bittorrent sites. Cracking the TLS-card is now in reach for your grandmother of 82 years old. <Jojanneke a.k.a. Pow-janneke> The cracking of the TLS-card is now made even simpler because the software is leaked to bittorrent sites, what does that mean? <journalist> It means that anyone can download this, and since it is a very simple crack I am not surprised that it is put in the open. <Jojanneke> This thing is also needed (hold up card reader), where to buy this? In a shop? <journalist> Yes, it is about three tenner's, so anyone can go ahead with a TLS-card. <Jojanneke> But can it be bought in a store? <journalist> Yes, or on-line if they aren't sold out yet. <Jojanneke> And we dont have to check in at the station, we can do this at home? <journalist> yes, that is quite simple to do (shows program how-to) and because you do this at home, you are invisible to the back-office. The conductor just checks whether the card has been checked in or not, and that data is transmitted to the system at the end of the day, but by then you already left the train. <Jojanneke> In other words, it is so simple even my grandmother can do this? <journalist> Even your grandmother can do this easily <anchor guy> Well and if this isnt bad enough, the hackers will present a new version tomorrow that will make it even more easy with new features like making mony with that card! <Jojanneke> Hackers are busy to speed up the process to keep it within 15 seconds, what does this mean if the succeed in that? <journalist> Well then it is so fast and easy that it becomes feasible to start a 'business' with that. <Jojanneke> So they can recharge a lot of cards in a short while. <journalist> Yes, you give me a tenner, and I put a hundred euro's worth of credit on it. And I have warned about this in the past that this might happen. <anchor guy> If by chance you are slightly handy with computers, TransLinkSystems is looking for a fraud-manager that can monitor the security measures of the cards, stress-resistance is a pre.
Sorry for any mistakes made, but you'll get the message right?
No, not really. It happened before (2010) with the cards of those dim-witted nitwits of TransLinkSystems in the Netherlands. A journalist hacked a TLS-card (although admittedly it was more at the level of a script-kiddy) and traveled for free, on camera etc, even showing how to do it. Not quite sure what happened, but I believe the court dismissed the case because the value of the freedom of press and journalists being critical was more important than a company that isn't up-to-date (since 2007). <sarcastic commercial tune> TransLinkSystems, promising better since 2001 </sarcastic commercial tune>
Off-topic, but last week the same news-network (Powned) were voting in the elections for the new parliament wearing a burqa (and a hidden camera) and thus couldn't be properly identified. No problem for the multiculturalist doing the ID-ing, and the guy (yes a guy) voted with a fake ID of a woman and a voters-card of some other woman. Same here, probably it will be dismissed for the same reason. Good fun with those guy's.
Although you are completely right in the point you make, thing is that they need eye's and radar to navigate as well. And it is this visual/radar blindspot that I was talking about. They want all vessels to stay away AT LEAST 1 mile (nautical mile of course) away from them or cap'n Chumbucket at the wheel gets nervous. And this is only because the flight-deck takes away the lookout visually and the hight leaves a radar blindspot. And, although technically possible, there is no point in sending out aircraft's with their radars only for navigational purposes.
> If you eliminate the carriers, you also eliminate most the need for a navy.
True, but only for the operating Navy... As an opposing enemy navy kill's off the airstripship, it will only free the rest of the vessels (squadron) to go and kick some ass elsewhere:-) How ironic huh?
Not only that, it becomes even more ironic: one of the carriers that was to be build by the soviets only got half-build (It was called the Varyag). The Chinese are now finishing that 25 yo monster:-)
> Yes. Aircraft carriers == countries grandstanding about how big & strong they are
And the other way around. Countries that have a carrier, big. A carrier is a toy for the big guy's because it needs a whole squadron around it to protect the carrier and for all your other naval activities a different fleet has to be operational. It is a ship that is a big target in the best of times and a big, cumbersome, slow moving, blind (there is a visual and radar blindspot with a mile radius around it) and hopelessly lacking manoeuvrability all the other times. In order to have one floating around, one needs at least a handful of frigates (all of them equipped with a helicopter) , a minesweeper or two, one auxiliary ship and preferably a submarine or two and a hospital ship. And yes you can try with less ships around it being dedicated to your airstripship... like the Argentinians tried in 1982... and failed...
Nice maritime topic by the way, with International talk-like-a-pirate-day tomorrow and all! How considerate!:-)
All free speech should be protected. Whether it is islam-critical, evolutionist, holocaust-denying, anti-christian, pro-choice, pro-life, racist, communistic, darwinistic, scientific, WHAT EVER it is, it shouldn't be silenced. Not by any means, it should be challenged by word, and not by sword. Christians understand this. That is why there are thousands, if not millions of anti-christian metal songs, and not one embassy is/was RPG-ed for it. Buddhists understand this. If they dont agree and have no other means to protest, they burn themselves. THEMSELVES! not killing innocent diplomats. Hindu's understand this. If you tell them that you don't believe a word of their religion they shrug their shoulders and say:'ok, whatever'. Sikh's understand this. They too just carry on, and their obliged to feed anyone no matter what religion if that person is hungry and comes to their temple. Jainists understand this. For them it is forbidden to use violence in any way (even self-defence), and they build the most open library's in India for anyone. Muslims just cant handle it. Whether it is a cartoon, a doodle, a very poorly made 'movie', anything goes to get on the streets, burn flags and buildings, topple car's over, murder, pillage, scream very loud and in general make a fool out of them selves. I wish the day was there that they too had their enlightenment and they too can join the ranks of religions that are too proud of making an ass of themselves. Until that time we should keep our freedom of speech from getting trumped by screaming bearded fundamentalists who want us to do as they please. Caving in is called Dhimmitude and I dread it. In short: option A, as an ideal in itself:-D
Thing is that it doesn't really matter what quality it is for those people. Even an illiterate 14 year old with down-syndrome is subject to violence... if she is a Christian in Pakistan. Even if it was a set-up by the imam and there are several eye-witnesses stating that he did so, she is still to blame. Any excuse, no matter how futile, to be violent towards non-muslims is good enough. No matter if a 4 yo doodled something against mohammed, or Dreamworks made a splendid animation, the result will be the same if it's published. This is not a religion of love, respect and tolerance, or at least it is not if you're not a heterosexual male muslim.
I think Google is doing the right thing here, and I can't condemn them for taking it down for some countries, although I can't applaud it either. This is the 21st century, and there is a good chance that there is someone out there who disagrees with something you hold true. "Lets talk" seems a lot more mature to me than petrolbomb each-others brains out. Let alone RPG-ing an embassy. That is just set-up. Lets not succumb to the medieval doctrine of some pious adversaries to freedom of speech, already to many where killed defending that right and there is no reason to have a second round of that. And if you dont agree with me... well... I wont harm you for it:-)
Thank you man. I did my fair share of sailing, both as crew on sailing ships as back in the navy as a navigation officer (all in all about 8 years or something). So I do know my way around charts and compasses. I also asked around with people who have more experience then me in these kind of undertakings, both IRL as on on-line communities. The point is that, whenever I ask about good tech, (the stuff that makes life easier) there are about as many answers as there were people responding. My own experience is mostly on Garmin and Humminbird equipment, but there are dozens of others. So I took it to/. which is my main source of tech/science related news, just to see what would come out of it. I want to spend my budget wisely you see, more info makes for better choices. I know that 95% here is not really into sailing, but they ARE in on tech. So that is why. For the rest of your respond, helpful and useful thank you. But, just out of curiosity... are there any particular brands you like to recommend?
That is right, I have no problems using the a compass, sextant, watch, paper charts, pencils, pencil sharpeners etc. It is about the hi-tech stuff. There is just so much on the market. Maybe this is the same as asking: "I bought my first computer, what linux distro is good for me". But some pointers would be nice. And the power-supply will come from a small wind turbine, solar panels and if that fails I'll crank up the Volvo propulsion diesel which doubles as a generator. Must be enough to use the electronics, and maybe even a small fridge.
I think that your biggest contribution is putting in the words: OLD SCHOOL in your reply, although I'm almost completely convinced that you didn't mean it as a school that has been there for a long time. What I am really missing is an article about a school (especially in the 3rd world). Wasn't this whole RPi concept about bringing tech lessons to schools (in the 3rd world) in the first place? Yet I haven't seen 1 single contribution (and 1 would suffice) about a school in say, Angola, with kiddos all huddled around a RPi trying to get "hello world" on a tv-screen. That would be more impressive than a professor with years and years of academical skill's and drills getting Deb to run IMHO. That would be cool wouldn't it? (yeah I know, you've all been there, done that and got a "hello world"t-shirt, but for those kids it is a different ball-game)
So to conclude, I think you are funny AND analytical! Congrats on that!
I totally agree... During an 8 month trip through India & central Asia you won't believe how many travellers I seen who had a nifty kindle/tablet with their travel-guides and maps. Oh the smug faces and hipster-glasses in those LP-reccomended espresso-bars... Until the battery is empty or the device cant bear the heat/mechanical stress/dust/moist air any longer and all the sudden they have no clue where they are or how to get back. They are handy, but I would advise everyone to keep a dead-tree-version at hand. Drop that from >2 meters... it won't matter, just pick it up and dust it off Submerge under water... it won't matter just dry it and the paper is wrinkly but the info is there for you Read it for 50 years straight without recharging... it won't matter there are no batteries in there anyway Keep it in a backpack on top of a bus travelling across pothole-filled jagged roads... it won't matter there is no lcd or e-ink screen to break or mallfunction Let other people read it... it won't matter, that is not hacking, it is sharing After learning how to read in primary school there are no additional software upgrades necessary.
So, any electronics to quickly and easily find info on is ok, as long as you DO have a paper-backup copy. Besides, I always thought that air-planes had everything redundant and double redundant "just in case" anyway!?!
This is a kind of a reductio ad Hitlerum. The problem is that some people are just to serious about themselves. Imagine that you truly believe that Muhammed was the greatest, biggest et ceterea, in the world. You and your friends believe in the *proper* imaginary bearded friend in the clouds. You and your little bearded friends are the only ones who really, fully and totally understand the truth, and everyone should obey you. Now keep that thought... You also see that you and your country didn't contribute to anything at all for the last say 300 years, on any terrain except some pious womenbeatings. Third you see the big Satan and his little helper (the west + Israel) getting people into space, inventing combustion engines, tv's, electric tin openers, microwaves, electricity, [expand the list as you like] and some of those inventions are used to kick your butt.
This is why there are Mohammedan-terrorists: they feel that the time is NOW or NEVER, and by all means should it be worthwhile to convert (or kill) the infidels. Just wait it out, after a bit they will have their own renaissance and we'll all live peacefully here. Same goes for all of the mentalist by the way (ecomentalists, pro-life/choise-mentalists left/rightwing-mentalists, gun-nutters, and so on) and clearly even comic-book-mentalists believing that a zombie-apocalypse is on our hands... So it is not about being human, it is about being human & mental...
But I wont kill anyone for this believe, it is a mere opinion...:-)
Shouldn't be hard, just dont focus on his speed. Besides, if guns kill people, then meth will ruin your teeth... no... ehhhh... never mind... Just dont focus on his speed ok!?!
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Although you are right in the point that both books write about violence and other more horrible acts, there IS a difference, and it is this:
First of all the bible is written in two distinct parts; the old testament and the new one. It is quite possibly the old testament that contains most violent and horrible acts. The old testament describes a god that is vengeful and grim. The smallest mischief and its all fire and brimstone on your puny little ass. Nevertheless, it is god himself who does that, and on those occasions when humans thought they could (or should) be violent, god intervened. This starts with Abel and Cain, where the latter killed the former, and he is punished by god. Even with Sodom & Gomorrah it is God who does all the killing NOT humans.
Then there is the new testament. In part two of this novel a young protagonist has been send to right some wrongs. First he points out that he intimately knows the main character of part one personally and that he isn't half as bad-assed as described in part one. He goes on telling that God actually wants people to love each other. Casting of the first stone, turn the other cheek, love your neighbour as yourself, be nice to prostitutes and even the guy's from the IRS etcetera etcetera... the list goes on... Then he is treated very unfriendly and goes home.
Then there is the Koran, This could be viewed as part 3 of the trilogy, OR as a re-write of part 1 & 2 with an alternative ending. Now to come to a good understanding of this book one should read it at least two times, because the chapters are not chronological but sorted in length. This was more convenient to... well who knows? Anyway, it is important to read it twice, first to have an overview, second time to understand the context of each chapter.
Here God is portrayed as a bad-assed mofo again, but this time he is more like a got-father who tell's people (Muslims) to be violent against non-people (non-muslims). He goes so far as to call non-muslims monkeys and pigs, man he is ill-tempered! That violence is almost always in the form of killing, wich is commanded to the believer, can be found here (Sura 2:191), here (Sura 5:33), here (Sura 8:12), here (Sura 8:60*), here (Sura 8:65), here (Sura 9:5), here (9:29*), here (Sura 9: 123*) and finally here (47:4). Marked * are disputable, it all depends a bit which translation is being used one can be found here: http://www.universalunity.net/English_Translation_By_R_Khalifa.htm
In short, the difference is that in Christianity being violent is God's job (and no one else's), in the Quran being violent is the job of the believer. There are scores of Christians who want to help God a little (wrongfully if they had read their book) and scores of Muslims who do not kill anyone (wrongfully if they had read their book).
Respectively "yes" and "I don't care".
So.... You actually believed them? That is slightly naive isn't it?
Info=$$$ It is always been that way, and will always be that way. Anyone knows that, so it is a pretty stupid idea to have yourself monitored that way.
No matter what the fanboys say. Smartmeters are for dumb people (assuming one has a choice).
What is next, smart-tv's, smart browsers, smart shoes that tell where you are walking?
Then we have to set-up a new agency overseeing the scarcity and reporting to the (also new) scarcity taskforce who in turn report to the (also newly installed) Minister of Scarcity. He in turn makes new scarcity laws and regulations and scarcity-tax. The latter has to be collected by the IRS, the former have to be implemented (and reported about), enforced (and reported about), and reported about. And of course we finally need a scarcity-ombudsman to see that no one has a monopoly, nor the government, nor any private entity. All those reports I just mentioned should be transparently written, placed under great scrutiny, and if necessary rewritten or partly reformulated, to achieve a level that is comprehensible by only the most educated of men. After long, laborious, intrinsically difficult procedures and of course the proper clearance one should be able to see a copy of the desired report in D.C.
All this to acquire the highest level of government accountability and achieve total transparency as promised by that guy you voted for last time!
Me. Thank you for your trust!
With warm regards,
Politician.
One starts to wonder if it is: ... in. Just an idea.
Red tape, red tape, red tape;
Red red red tape tape tape;
Or finally Red red red tape.
To speak in the words of Sir Bernard Woolley, MA (Oxon) GCB: What about a publicity campaign Minister, you know ADMINISTRATION SAVES THE NATION, RED TAPE IS FUN, full pages ads in
In the microwave. Searching for nuked beer!
No, not in English, but here is the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvbZ3nsFf0M
Link to the Powned (yes it is called powned:) clip: http://youtu.be/3izaITMDAYg (in Dutch)
Transcript for the non-Dutch:
<anchor guy> Our Jojanneke showed us yesterday that even blonde women can crack the TLS-chipcard without a problem. The responsible company reacted frivolously because the hack would show up in their systems, and the authorities would be alerted. In other words, keep calm and carry on. But that was before they saw this news-item.
<Journalist 1> I can check in and out myself, simply by typing in the time that I want to be checked in, and upload it to the card. No signs in their back-office, this is undetectable.
<anchor guy> Yes indeed, now the TLS-card can be hacked even without TLS getting to know about it. The chance that the identity of the fraudulent traveller is to be unveiled is as good as nil. And that is what the responsible company is finally - although not enthusiastically - admitting.
<TLS spokes woman, Anita Hilhorst (to a journalist in a studio)>...At this moment our checks with detectors and inspectors do not show those transactions in our back-office,
<journalist in the studio> yeah, when I the conductor checks me, his machine just says that I am checked in.
<TLS spokes woman>...Yes...
<journalist in the studio> So then I dont have a problem and you are completely ignorant about it.
<TLS spokes woman>...then we cant see that ehhh ehhh in the transactions in our back-office
<journalist in the studio> So at that moment I am untraceable, and you cant do anything against me.
<TLS spokes woman> We aren't able to see that, no.
<anchor guy> And so definitively the TLS-card dies. Costing 3.000.000.000,- Euro, and nothing. The minister is summoned for a debate before parliament to explain what he will do about it. And here is some more ammo for the ladies and gentlemen of the opposition; the software needed is, since yesterday, downloadable from bittorrent sites. Cracking the TLS-card is now in reach for your grandmother of 82 years old.
<Jojanneke a.k.a. Pow-janneke> The cracking of the TLS-card is now made even simpler because the software is leaked to bittorrent sites, what does that mean?
<journalist> It means that anyone can download this, and since it is a very simple crack I am not surprised that it is put in the open.
<Jojanneke> This thing is also needed (hold up card reader), where to buy this? In a shop?
<journalist> Yes, it is about three tenner's, so anyone can go ahead with a TLS-card.
<Jojanneke> But can it be bought in a store?
<journalist> Yes, or on-line if they aren't sold out yet.
<Jojanneke> And we dont have to check in at the station, we can do this at home?
<journalist> yes, that is quite simple to do (shows program how-to) and because you do this at home, you are invisible to the back-office. The conductor just checks whether the card has been checked in or not, and that data is transmitted to the system at the end of the day, but by then you already left the train.
<Jojanneke> In other words, it is so simple even my grandmother can do this?
<journalist> Even your grandmother can do this easily
<anchor guy> Well and if this isnt bad enough, the hackers will present a new version tomorrow that will make it even more easy with new features like making mony with that card!
<Jojanneke> Hackers are busy to speed up the process to keep it within 15 seconds, what does this mean if the succeed in that?
<journalist> Well then it is so fast and easy that it becomes feasible to start a 'business' with that.
<Jojanneke> So they can recharge a lot of cards in a short while.
<journalist> Yes, you give me a tenner, and I put a hundred euro's worth of credit on it. And I have warned about this in the past that this might happen.
<anchor guy> If by chance you are slightly handy with computers, TransLinkSystems is looking for a fraud-manager that can monitor the security measures of the cards, stress-resistance is a pre.
Sorry for any mistakes made, but you'll get the message right?
No, not really. It happened before (2010) with the cards of those dim-witted nitwits of TransLinkSystems in the Netherlands.
A journalist hacked a TLS-card (although admittedly it was more at the level of a script-kiddy) and traveled for free, on camera etc, even showing how to do it.
Not quite sure what happened, but I believe the court dismissed the case because the value of the freedom of press and journalists being critical was more important than a company that isn't up-to-date (since 2007).
<sarcastic commercial tune>
TransLinkSystems, promising better since 2001
</sarcastic commercial tune>
Off-topic, but last week the same news-network (Powned) were voting in the elections for the new parliament wearing a burqa (and a hidden camera) and thus couldn't be properly identified. No problem for the multiculturalist doing the ID-ing, and the guy (yes a guy) voted with a fake ID of a woman and a voters-card of some other woman. Same here, probably it will be dismissed for the same reason. Good fun with those guy's.
Why Non-Coders Shouldn't Write Code
:-)
Why Non-Surgeons Shouldn't Operate
Why Non-Terminators Shouldn't Terminate
Why Non-Welders Shouldn't Weld
Why Non-Judges Shouldn't Judge
Why Non-Burglars Shouldn't Burgle
Why Non-Existent Shouldn't Exist
Why Non-Veterinarians shouldn't Vet
Why Non-Fiction Shouldn't Fict
Why Non-Player Character Shouldn't Charact Play
Why Non-Females Shouldn't Do the Dishes
Why Non-Males Shouldn't do Men's Jobs
And so on. If everybody does what he/she does best, all will be fine! It's that easy!
Although you are completely right in the point you make, thing is that they need eye's and radar to navigate as well. And it is this visual/radar blindspot that I was talking about. They want all vessels to stay away AT LEAST 1 mile (nautical mile of course) away from them or cap'n Chumbucket at the wheel gets nervous. And this is only because the flight-deck takes away the lookout visually and the hight leaves a radar blindspot.
And, although technically possible, there is no point in sending out aircraft's with their radars only for navigational purposes.
> If you eliminate the carriers, you also eliminate most the need for a navy.
:-)
True, but only for the operating Navy...
As an opposing enemy navy kill's off the airstripship, it will only free the rest of the vessels (squadron) to go and kick some ass elsewhere
How ironic huh?
Not only that, it becomes even more ironic: one of the carriers that was to be build by the soviets only got half-build (It was called the Varyag). The Chinese are now finishing that 25 yo monster :-)
> Yes. Aircraft carriers == countries grandstanding about how big & strong they are
:-)
And the other way around. Countries that have a carrier, big. A carrier is a toy for the big guy's because it needs a whole squadron around it to protect the carrier and for all your other naval activities a different fleet has to be operational.
It is a ship that is a big target in the best of times and a big, cumbersome, slow moving, blind (there is a visual and radar blindspot with a mile radius around it) and hopelessly lacking manoeuvrability all the other times. In order to have one floating around, one needs at least a handful of frigates (all of them equipped with a helicopter) , a minesweeper or two, one auxiliary ship and preferably a submarine or two and a hospital ship.
And yes you can try with less ships around it being dedicated to your airstripship... like the Argentinians tried in 1982... and failed...
Nice maritime topic by the way, with International talk-like-a-pirate-day tomorrow and all! How considerate!
All free speech should be protected. Whether it is islam-critical, evolutionist, holocaust-denying, anti-christian, pro-choice, pro-life, racist, communistic, darwinistic, scientific, WHAT EVER it is, it shouldn't be silenced. Not by any means, it should be challenged by word, and not by sword. :-D
Christians understand this. That is why there are thousands, if not millions of anti-christian metal songs, and not one embassy is/was RPG-ed for it.
Buddhists understand this. If they dont agree and have no other means to protest, they burn themselves. THEMSELVES! not killing innocent diplomats.
Hindu's understand this. If you tell them that you don't believe a word of their religion they shrug their shoulders and say:'ok, whatever'.
Sikh's understand this. They too just carry on, and their obliged to feed anyone no matter what religion if that person is hungry and comes to their temple.
Jainists understand this. For them it is forbidden to use violence in any way (even self-defence), and they build the most open library's in India for anyone.
Muslims just cant handle it. Whether it is a cartoon, a doodle, a very poorly made 'movie', anything goes to get on the streets, burn flags and buildings, topple car's over, murder, pillage, scream very loud and in general make a fool out of them selves.
I wish the day was there that they too had their enlightenment and they too can join the ranks of religions that are too proud of making an ass of themselves. Until that time we should keep our freedom of speech from getting trumped by screaming bearded fundamentalists who want us to do as they please. Caving in is called Dhimmitude and I dread it.
In short: option A, as an ideal in itself
Thing is that it doesn't really matter what quality it is for those people. Even an illiterate 14 year old with down-syndrome is subject to violence... if she is a Christian in Pakistan. Even if it was a set-up by the imam and there are several eye-witnesses stating that he did so, she is still to blame. Any excuse, no matter how futile, to be violent towards non-muslims is good enough. No matter if a 4 yo doodled something against mohammed, or Dreamworks made a splendid animation, the result will be the same if it's published. This is not a religion of love, respect and tolerance, or at least it is not if you're not a heterosexual male muslim.
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I think Google is doing the right thing here, and I can't condemn them for taking it down for some countries, although I can't applaud it either. This is the 21st century, and there is a good chance that there is someone out there who disagrees with something you hold true. "Lets talk" seems a lot more mature to me than petrolbomb each-others brains out. Let alone RPG-ing an embassy. That is just set-up.
Lets not succumb to the medieval doctrine of some pious adversaries to freedom of speech, already to many where killed defending that right and there is no reason to have a second round of that.
And if you dont agree with me... well... I wont harm you for it
Hey Shoten,
/. which is my main source of tech/science related news, just to see what would come out of it. I want to spend my budget wisely you see, more info makes for better choices.
Thank you man. I did my fair share of sailing, both as crew on sailing ships as back in the navy as a navigation officer (all in all about 8 years or something). So I do know my way around charts and compasses. I also asked around with people who have more experience then me in these kind of undertakings, both IRL as on on-line communities. The point is that, whenever I ask about good tech, (the stuff that makes life easier) there are about as many answers as there were people responding. My own experience is mostly on Garmin and Humminbird equipment, but there are dozens of others. So I took it to
I know that 95% here is not really into sailing, but they ARE in on tech. So that is why.
For the rest of your respond, helpful and useful thank you.
But, just out of curiosity... are there any particular brands you like to recommend?
Thank you.
Can you remember what brand that short-wave radio was?
That is right, I have no problems using the a compass, sextant, watch, paper charts, pencils, pencil sharpeners etc.
It is about the hi-tech stuff. There is just so much on the market. Maybe this is the same as asking: "I bought my first computer, what linux distro is good for me". But some pointers would be nice.
And the power-supply will come from a small wind turbine, solar panels and if that fails I'll crank up the Volvo propulsion diesel which doubles as a generator. Must be enough to use the electronics, and maybe even a small fridge.
Yeah, a FN-FAL is good. I used them in the Navy frequently. They are heavy and rather bulky but reliant and solid. Good one!
I think that your biggest contribution is putting in the words: OLD SCHOOL in your reply, although I'm almost completely convinced that you didn't mean it as a school that has been there for a long time.
What I am really missing is an article about a school (especially in the 3rd world). Wasn't this whole RPi concept about bringing tech lessons to schools (in the 3rd world) in the first place? Yet I haven't seen 1 single contribution (and 1 would suffice) about a school in say, Angola, with kiddos all huddled around a RPi trying to get "hello world" on a tv-screen. That would be more impressive than a professor with years and years of academical skill's and drills getting Deb to run IMHO. That would be cool wouldn't it? (yeah I know, you've all been there, done that and got a "hello world"t-shirt, but for those kids it is a different ball-game)
So to conclude, I think you are funny AND analytical! Congrats on that!
I totally agree... During an 8 month trip through India & central Asia you won't believe how many travellers I seen who had a nifty kindle/tablet with their travel-guides and maps. Oh the smug faces and hipster-glasses in those LP-reccomended espresso-bars...
Until the battery is empty or the device cant bear the heat/mechanical stress/dust/moist air any longer and all the sudden they have no clue where they are or how to get back.
They are handy, but I would advise everyone to keep a dead-tree-version at hand.
Drop that from >2 meters... it won't matter, just pick it up and dust it off
Submerge under water... it won't matter just dry it and the paper is wrinkly but the info is there for you
Read it for 50 years straight without recharging... it won't matter there are no batteries in there anyway
Keep it in a backpack on top of a bus travelling across pothole-filled jagged roads... it won't matter there is no lcd or e-ink screen to break or mallfunction
Let other people read it... it won't matter, that is not hacking, it is sharing
After learning how to read in primary school there are no additional software upgrades necessary.
So, any electronics to quickly and easily find info on is ok, as long as you DO have a paper-backup copy.
Besides, I always thought that air-planes had everything redundant and double redundant "just in case" anyway!?!
This is a kind of a reductio ad Hitlerum. The problem is that some people are just to serious about themselves.
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Imagine that you truly believe that Muhammed was the greatest, biggest et ceterea, in the world. You and your friends believe in the *proper* imaginary bearded friend in the clouds. You and your little bearded friends are the only ones who really, fully and totally understand the truth, and everyone should obey you. Now keep that thought...
You also see that you and your country didn't contribute to anything at all for the last say 300 years, on any terrain except some pious womenbeatings.
Third you see the big Satan and his little helper (the west + Israel) getting people into space, inventing combustion engines, tv's, electric tin openers, microwaves, electricity, [expand the list as you like] and some of those inventions are used to kick your butt.
This is why there are Mohammedan-terrorists: they feel that the time is NOW or NEVER, and by all means should it be worthwhile to convert (or kill) the infidels.
Just wait it out, after a bit they will have their own renaissance and we'll all live peacefully here. Same goes for all of the mentalist by the way (ecomentalists, pro-life/choise-mentalists left/rightwing-mentalists, gun-nutters, and so on) and clearly even comic-book-mentalists believing that a zombie-apocalypse is on our hands... So it is not about being human, it is about being human & mental...
But I wont kill anyone for this believe, it is a mere opinion...
Shouldn't be hard, just dont focus on his speed.
Besides, if guns kill people, then meth will ruin your teeth... no... ehhhh... never mind...
Just dont focus on his speed ok!?!
The beloved Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un wins from both science AND religion! All hail Kim Jong-un!