I would recommend Michael Crichton. Yes, books like Jurassic Park only use sudo-science, but he does his homework to add some actual science behind it. I remember reading The Andromeda Strain and was rather impressed with the level of "science" involved in the story. The same goes for Cube. Both use scientific investigation as a means to drive the story, at least early on.
The only thing about Michael Crichton's books is that a large number of them have been made into movies. But, the differences are easy to spot and would be really easy to trip up any cheaters.
I've personally fallen in love with Visual Studio. It's definitely the planets most feature-rich and capable IDE.
How is not being able to load 64-bit libraries, that it compiled, feature rich? I guess I should consider the fact that I can't edit the UI using the same libraries I will deploy a feature. For those that are unaware, the UI designer is still only 32-bit, even though VS has been able to compile 64-bit for a while now. So when you are working on a 64-bit project and want to use the libraries you've written, you 1st have to compile it all to 32-bit, do your edits in 32-bit and then recompile for release as 64-bit.
Or another issue is with manually edited Entity Framework edmx files, which is necessary considering that Entity Framework doesn't natively support all MS-SQL data types and other things that Entity Framework lacks. If you "Update from Database" a manually edited edmx file, goodbye manual changes. But hey, you didn't really mean to manually edit the file, so as a feature VS fix that for you.
I'm unsure of how it would perform with something as dynamic as a video game.
Really? Valve ported Left 4 Dead 2 to Linux and it came out faster. I'm at work so I can't exactly get to the page, but I pulled this reference from the Wikipedia article about Steam. Since I'm at work I can't verify that Valve is using OpenGL for the Linux port of Steam, but I'm going to assume that's the case.
In the US, there's no way you could ever get away with something that discriminatory.
Not necessarily. The thing about discrimination is that you can get away with it, if you have reasonable cause to do so. For example, fire departments can and routinely discriminate against women. Why? Well, the job has a reasonable expectation that you will be forced to lift a certain amount(I believe it's around 75lbs) of weight up a large amount of stairs. For your averagely fit man, and even some below average, this is not much of a requirement. But the same cannot be said for most women. Women can still be firemen, but it requires more work.
So Daniel Craig walks up to this scanner and is greeted by a female voice that goes, "Good morning, Mr. Connery. We have detected that you are about to commit a felony. We strongly urge you to reconsider."
There, fixed that for ya. Sean Connery is a much better match to Daniel Craig than Jack Nicholson.
Slavery wasn't overturned by a vote. Segregation and mixed race marriage bans weren't overturned by a vote. There are lots of examples where the higher law "all people must be treated equally by the government" takes precedence over temporal squabbles on the details of who should be discriminated against.
Actually they were. Or are you forgetting that most of those where outlawed by Amendments to the Constitution(13th for Slavery, 15th, 19th, 24th all were suffrage rights) and other laws(Civil Rights Act of 1964)? Yes, most of these actions were preceded by Judicial & Executive orders, but at the end of the day they were set in stone by a democratic process.
Oh, come on, wouldn't you want to see the utmost irony? The Defender of Democratic Values going to war against The Uber Evil Rightless Commie Nation over them allowing the latest Mickey Mouse movie or Metallica album being distributed for free? I mean, think of the children.
Besides everybody else saying what to security equipment(dogs, guns, CTVs, etc) & how you are a snob for not wanting Windows or some other OS, how about some real suggestions.
I'd first start with the non-PC related tech. TVs, cameras, game systems, etc. Those usually have a fixed cost involved, and there usually isn't too many ways you can cheap out on them without getting screwed buying crap. Figure up what you want & how you want it arranged in your house, then go from there.
Next I'd look at your PC related tech & networking equipment. What do you want to do with your PCs & how do you want to integrate them into your entertainment setup?
Personally, I have a media server and then a media system hooked up to each of my TVs for media sharing. I run MythTV for my DVR needs. Since MythTV is WAY easier to setup on a Linux system, that fits nicely with your no Windows rule. But others don't like Myth or are unable to utilize its DVR service and there are better media sharing services out there, so use what works best. Then I have Samba shares setup for out of Myth media additions & viewing. One of the shares is monitored by my torrent service, so I can drop torrent files there from any PC & have it automatically add them. My total media PC equipment costs are only about $1500 - $2000.
This is what a lot of idealistic programmers who are just out of school fail to realize. We should be able to remember that all the code we wrote in college had to be perfect, without any flaws. At the same time, most of these programs were fairly small(
Another problem arises when you have an older developer who is forced to learn new tech where the best practices are drastically different from those he/she is familiar with. For example, if all you've ever done is procedural code(which is what most of my college classes did), and you are tossed into a situation where most of your coding is layered event driven the best practices between the two are so different that you are bound to make mistakes. What I've then see happen in situations like this is that a new developer comes along & sees where there are places that the best practices aren't being followed 100% of the time, and therefore assumes all the code must be crap. Instead, what should happen is the new developer should look at why something was done the way it was & work with the responsible party(not necessarily the original developer) and see if there's a good reason to "fix" the bad code.
Currently I work with a great set of managers. They understand the cost of any project and are very good at prioritizing "fixes". They know that some of the early development doesn't work with the things we are now trying to do, and are will to let us go back & fix things. But they also know that we don't have the resources to fix everything, even things that might reduce the errors & crashes. I have a fellow developer that not fixing everything drives him crazy, and that was one of his first lessons. Nothing's perfect, nothing will be, and our job is do the best we can & worry about the problems only when we are told to.
I would be much less worried about this, if it weren't for the fact that the label of "sex offender" is used for everything where genitalia are involved.
Did the cops follow you 20 yards into the thick forest along the interstate to catch you peeing? Sex offender.
Did your top get ripped off and carried away in the surf at Jones Beach? Sex offender.
Did you scratch yourself when a cop was looking? Sex offender.
Even worse is that all of those offenses have nothing to do with online behavior. The punishment doesn't fit the actual crime.
Will it though? You said yourself it won't protect against perverts who haven't been caught or actually done anything legally wrong. And what about those who's offense wasn't online related? I don't see how this will make one bit of difference.
If you want pervs off whatever video game you are playing, good luck. It'll happen about the same time that 4chan disappears.
massive corporations google, shadowy "internet activists" and special interests.
Oh, you mean like the ones who opposed SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/etc? Was that fear mongering? Doesn't the EFF want to keep the internet out of the ITU's hands?
While I don't like the fact that US corps & their cronies can just seize someone's website(assuming it has a.com/.org/.edu), but at least I can tell my government to "F-off" or whatever & not have to worry about being dragged in for a "friendly" interrogation(yes, I realize that will be happening here soon, but not yet). I can also post & read things that are critical of what my government does, crack pot or not, without the fear of reprisal. The international success of sites like Slashdot & others would not be able to exist otherwise.
Yeah, I was like, "Wait, Win8 is being pirated? By who?" Those that want it, or will end up with it, are those that are too stupid/ignorant to know how to avoid it or get something better.
Why on earth did they choose to do this based on race rather than poverty?
Using poverty as an indicator of intelligence or the ability to meet scholastic achievements is just as bad as using race. There are plenty of poor smart kids out there, that just need to be challenged, much like these racially downtrodden students in VA. The problem is that you cannot apply such a broad stroke & hope to gain any significant success out of it.
A better method would be to base pass/fail levels on an individual's prior performance. The idea being that you use the standard test scores to justify the grades each student is making and that you keep them challenged & progressing.
Second, there is only one country in the world that has, throughout its history, used its military power and political influence consistently to try to export its ideas of morality and law to the world, and it ain't no abode of Muslin desperation, it is the U-S-of-A.
Actually, like my fellow posters have pointed out the USA is not the only nation to force its values on others. We got the idea for doing so from the nations that were the world powers when we were formed, Spain, England, France. And since then I know of at least 2 others who have done the same thing since then, Nazi Germany & Soviet Russia. While we might be the only nation currently capable of forcing our world view on others, we are not the only group to be doing so. Most terrorist organizations seek to do just that, but by much more violent means.
I've only pointed out recent history, past couple hundred years. But human history is full of those in power, or those with power, forcing their belief system or way of life on others. Look at the Jewish conquest of Palestine from the Bible, or the Crusades from the Middle ages or the Greek & Roman conquests of ancient Europe. In all of these events, the conquerors force their way of life on the conquered. The USA is just the latest in a long line of doing what everybody else has done.
I propose that we protect these infant stars from the destructive forces of black holes by making it illegal for black holes to be within 1 parsec from any newly forming stars. As an added precaution, they should also stay away from all nebulae and other entities which have the potential to form stars at any time in the future. Help Stop Proto-Star Destruction by calling your congressman/woman today & demanding they pass HR-1@M@N1D01T.
Farmers don't need iPads. They need to have the government stop screwing up the markets and inadvertently creating monopolies like Monsanto. They created genetically altered seeds that, when they blow into neighboring fields, they sue those farmers, forcing them into bankrupcy, and thus getting a cheap new addition to their mega farm.
The other problems caused by government is they're endangering the food supply -- look it up online, we're about one drought away from a food shortage right now, the corn supply is down to about 6 months now, the lowest its been since the 50s. Part of it is because 40% of our corn gets turned into ethanol (a non-viable alternative to gas, used presently as an additive, at a premium), instead of food. Part of it is because the mega farms don't do proper crop rotation, but instead follow the market -- leading to diminishing yields and land overuse. And part of it is, ironically -- subsidies. The government steps in and says that there are certain price floors and ceilings for farming... and since eventually every farmer has a bad harvest, and they can't pay their mortage or whatever, they go bankrupt. It's inevitable; Just a matter of time. And then their land is bought up by the next door mega farm.
The consolidation of the agricultural industry is going to screw us; and iPads are not going to help. Not in the slightest. What's even more funny... not many younger people want to work on a farm. A lot of family farms are closing up because the kids moved away. Not much money in it... So you're asking people in their 50s and 60s "Hey, wanna use an iPad to do something you've been doing for the past, uhh... forever?" No. They don't. They're worried about making the next mortgage payment and repairing the roof of the barn. an iPad is not high on the list, and it offers no real benefit in productivity or return on investment. It's a convenience, nothing more.
I'll give a bit of background so you'll understand where I get my info. I currently work for a company that underwrites the USDA's Federal Crop Insurance as a software developer. We don't sell this insurance, but contract with various insurance agents around the country who do. The way that this program works is we underwrite the insurance, and assign a % premium and risk to the USDA, the rest is ours. Farmers do not have to purchase crop insurance, but if they do not they won't qualify for certain disaster relief. My particular job has included working on software that maps a farmer's fields and allows him/her & their agent to report what is planted on each field.
Wow, where to begin. I guess I'll start with how farmers don't want this iPad stuff. This is one area where I know for a fact that you are wrong. Yes, the older farmers aren't nearly as interested in it as your average teenager. But that does not mean that they don't appreciate what it can and does do for their farming operation. The older generation of life long farmers who own their land usually aren't the ones farming it. Most of the fields we insure are multi-shareholder setups. Basically, a "farmer" leases a field from a landholder for a % of the profits. These younger farmers who are leasing the land are the ones who are using this new tech. We've seen a large demand for the ability to use this precision farming information when reporting what was planted. Farmers are demanding more & more tech in their farming operations. Yes, the older generation who now mostly lease their land don't have any need for it, but the younger generation loves it.
Next, Monsanto's "wind blown" lawsuit was in Canada. I say that because I'm assuming that by "government" you mean the US government, although all governments create some sort of monopolies. Their other lawsuits were clearer cases of infringement, either by resellers knowingly selling gen-mod grown seed or farmers reusing grown seed instead of disposing/selling like they contracted to do. While I don't agree with what they patented or how they've c
Shhh, you are supposed to talk about that. And its not magic underwear, they are really super advanced body armor. We aren't allowed to tell anyone because the government has been trying to get a set to reverse-engineer for their soldiers. But this is one of our advantages we have over most armies and can't let it fall into enemy hands./sarcasm
Neckbeard indeed. Lots of anonymous cowards in this thread.
Last I checked, white southerners (including me) and slavehodlers aren't collectively members of a cult.
Our church leaders have continually told us that we should have both a 72 hr kit and a year's food storage. Its not uncommon for a food storage order make its rounds at church every few months or for there to be classes taught during the week on canning and food storage meal prep. Tack on the fact that besides organizations like Walmart & the Red Cross, we have the largest food production & distribution network, all in house and mostly staffed by volunteers.
I guess all of that make us one of the largest terrorist networks in the world. And here you thought that our missionaries were just there to annoy you with offers of Mormon Videos & a copy of the Book of Mormon. Never underestimate the clean white shirt, pressed dark pants, tie and the infamous black & white name tag.
Slashdot Mirror
I would recommend Michael Crichton. Yes, books like Jurassic Park only use sudo-science, but he does his homework to add some actual science behind it. I remember reading The Andromeda Strain and was rather impressed with the level of "science" involved in the story. The same goes for Cube. Both use scientific investigation as a means to drive the story, at least early on.
The only thing about Michael Crichton's books is that a large number of them have been made into movies. But, the differences are easy to spot and would be really easy to trip up any cheaters.
I've personally fallen in love with Visual Studio. It's definitely the planets most feature-rich and capable IDE.
How is not being able to load 64-bit libraries, that it compiled, feature rich? I guess I should consider the fact that I can't edit the UI using the same libraries I will deploy a feature. For those that are unaware, the UI designer is still only 32-bit, even though VS has been able to compile 64-bit for a while now. So when you are working on a 64-bit project and want to use the libraries you've written, you 1st have to compile it all to 32-bit, do your edits in 32-bit and then recompile for release as 64-bit.
Or another issue is with manually edited Entity Framework edmx files, which is necessary considering that Entity Framework doesn't natively support all MS-SQL data types and other things that Entity Framework lacks. If you "Update from Database" a manually edited edmx file, goodbye manual changes. But hey, you didn't really mean to manually edit the file, so as a feature VS fix that for you.
I totally agree. I feel sad for science now that this guy has one of the truly greats Nobel Medals.
I'm unsure of how it would perform with something as dynamic as a video game.
Really? Valve ported Left 4 Dead 2 to Linux and it came out faster. I'm at work so I can't exactly get to the page, but I pulled this reference from the Wikipedia article about Steam. Since I'm at work I can't verify that Valve is using OpenGL for the Linux port of Steam, but I'm going to assume that's the case.
Nope, you are not the only one.
In the US, there's no way you could ever get away with something that discriminatory.
Not necessarily. The thing about discrimination is that you can get away with it, if you have reasonable cause to do so. For example, fire departments can and routinely discriminate against women. Why? Well, the job has a reasonable expectation that you will be forced to lift a certain amount(I believe it's around 75lbs) of weight up a large amount of stairs. For your averagely fit man, and even some below average, this is not much of a requirement. But the same cannot be said for most women. Women can still be firemen, but it requires more work.
So Daniel Craig walks up to this scanner and is greeted by a female voice that goes, "Good morning, Mr. Connery. We have detected that you are about to commit a felony. We strongly urge you to reconsider."
There, fixed that for ya. Sean Connery is a much better match to Daniel Craig than Jack Nicholson.
Slavery wasn't overturned by a vote. Segregation and mixed race marriage bans weren't overturned by a vote. There are lots of examples where the higher law "all people must be treated equally by the government" takes precedence over temporal squabbles on the details of who should be discriminated against.
Actually they were. Or are you forgetting that most of those where outlawed by Amendments to the Constitution(13th for Slavery, 15th, 19th, 24th all were suffrage rights) and other laws(Civil Rights Act of 1964)? Yes, most of these actions were preceded by Judicial & Executive orders, but at the end of the day they were set in stone by a democratic process.
Oh, come on, wouldn't you want to see the utmost irony? The Defender of Democratic Values going to war against The Uber Evil Rightless Commie Nation over them allowing the latest Mickey Mouse movie or Metallica album being distributed for free? I mean, think of the children.
Besides everybody else saying what to security equipment(dogs, guns, CTVs, etc) & how you are a snob for not wanting Windows or some other OS, how about some real suggestions.
I'd first start with the non-PC related tech. TVs, cameras, game systems, etc. Those usually have a fixed cost involved, and there usually isn't too many ways you can cheap out on them without getting screwed buying crap. Figure up what you want & how you want it arranged in your house, then go from there.
Next I'd look at your PC related tech & networking equipment. What do you want to do with your PCs & how do you want to integrate them into your entertainment setup?
Personally, I have a media server and then a media system hooked up to each of my TVs for media sharing. I run MythTV for my DVR needs. Since MythTV is WAY easier to setup on a Linux system, that fits nicely with your no Windows rule. But others don't like Myth or are unable to utilize its DVR service and there are better media sharing services out there, so use what works best. Then I have Samba shares setup for out of Myth media additions & viewing. One of the shares is monitored by my torrent service, so I can drop torrent files there from any PC & have it automatically add them. My total media PC equipment costs are only about $1500 - $2000.
After all, what do you think 130,000 CIA employees do all day, sit around and stare at the walls?
No, Goats
This is what a lot of idealistic programmers who are just out of school fail to realize. We should be able to remember that all the code we wrote in college had to be perfect, without any flaws. At the same time, most of these programs were fairly small(
Another problem arises when you have an older developer who is forced to learn new tech where the best practices are drastically different from those he/she is familiar with. For example, if all you've ever done is procedural code(which is what most of my college classes did), and you are tossed into a situation where most of your coding is layered event driven the best practices between the two are so different that you are bound to make mistakes. What I've then see happen in situations like this is that a new developer comes along & sees where there are places that the best practices aren't being followed 100% of the time, and therefore assumes all the code must be crap. Instead, what should happen is the new developer should look at why something was done the way it was & work with the responsible party(not necessarily the original developer) and see if there's a good reason to "fix" the bad code.
Currently I work with a great set of managers. They understand the cost of any project and are very good at prioritizing "fixes". They know that some of the early development doesn't work with the things we are now trying to do, and are will to let us go back & fix things. But they also know that we don't have the resources to fix everything, even things that might reduce the errors & crashes. I have a fellow developer that not fixing everything drives him crazy, and that was one of his first lessons. Nothing's perfect, nothing will be, and our job is do the best we can & worry about the problems only when we are told to.
I would be much less worried about this, if it weren't for the fact that the label of "sex offender" is used for everything where genitalia are involved.
Did the cops follow you 20 yards into the thick forest along the interstate to catch you peeing? Sex offender.
Did your top get ripped off and carried away in the surf at Jones Beach? Sex offender.
Did you scratch yourself when a cop was looking? Sex offender.
Even worse is that all of those offenses have nothing to do with online behavior. The punishment doesn't fit the actual crime.
Will it though? You said yourself it won't protect against perverts who haven't been caught or actually done anything legally wrong. And what about those who's offense wasn't online related? I don't see how this will make one bit of difference.
If you want pervs off whatever video game you are playing, good luck. It'll happen about the same time that 4chan disappears.
massive corporations google, shadowy "internet activists" and special interests.
Oh, you mean like the ones who opposed SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/etc? Was that fear mongering? Doesn't the EFF want to keep the internet out of the ITU's hands?
While I don't like the fact that US corps & their cronies can just seize someone's website(assuming it has a .com/.org/.edu), but at least I can tell my government to "F-off" or whatever & not have to worry about being dragged in for a "friendly" interrogation(yes, I realize that will be happening here soon, but not yet). I can also post & read things that are critical of what my government does, crack pot or not, without the fear of reprisal. The international success of sites like Slashdot & others would not be able to exist otherwise.
Yeah, I was like, "Wait, Win8 is being pirated? By who?" Those that want it, or will end up with it, are those that are too stupid/ignorant to know how to avoid it or get something better.
Why on earth did they choose to do this based on race rather than poverty?
Using poverty as an indicator of intelligence or the ability to meet scholastic achievements is just as bad as using race. There are plenty of poor smart kids out there, that just need to be challenged, much like these racially downtrodden students in VA. The problem is that you cannot apply such a broad stroke & hope to gain any significant success out of it.
A better method would be to base pass/fail levels on an individual's prior performance. The idea being that you use the standard test scores to justify the grades each student is making and that you keep them challenged & progressing.
Only in number of firms. Obama leaked more info.
So why don't you put something together, with your non-Arduino knowledge, that automates the old man screaming at the kids to "Get off my lawn".
Second, there is only one country in the world that has, throughout its history, used its military power and political influence consistently to try to export its ideas of morality and law to the world, and it ain't no abode of Muslin desperation, it is the U-S-of-A.
Actually, like my fellow posters have pointed out the USA is not the only nation to force its values on others. We got the idea for doing so from the nations that were the world powers when we were formed, Spain, England, France. And since then I know of at least 2 others who have done the same thing since then, Nazi Germany & Soviet Russia. While we might be the only nation currently capable of forcing our world view on others, we are not the only group to be doing so. Most terrorist organizations seek to do just that, but by much more violent means.
I've only pointed out recent history, past couple hundred years. But human history is full of those in power, or those with power, forcing their belief system or way of life on others. Look at the Jewish conquest of Palestine from the Bible, or the Crusades from the Middle ages or the Greek & Roman conquests of ancient Europe. In all of these events, the conquerors force their way of life on the conquered. The USA is just the latest in a long line of doing what everybody else has done.
I propose that we protect these infant stars from the destructive forces of black holes by making it illegal for black holes to be within 1 parsec from any newly forming stars. As an added precaution, they should also stay away from all nebulae and other entities which have the potential to form stars at any time in the future. Help Stop Proto-Star Destruction by calling your congressman/woman today & demanding they pass HR-1@M@N1D01T.
Farmers don't need iPads. They need to have the government stop screwing up the markets and inadvertently creating monopolies like Monsanto. They created genetically altered seeds that, when they blow into neighboring fields, they sue those farmers, forcing them into bankrupcy, and thus getting a cheap new addition to their mega farm.
The other problems caused by government is they're endangering the food supply -- look it up online, we're about one drought away from a food shortage right now, the corn supply is down to about 6 months now, the lowest its been since the 50s. Part of it is because 40% of our corn gets turned into ethanol (a non-viable alternative to gas, used presently as an additive, at a premium), instead of food. Part of it is because the mega farms don't do proper crop rotation, but instead follow the market -- leading to diminishing yields and land overuse. And part of it is, ironically -- subsidies. The government steps in and says that there are certain price floors and ceilings for farming... and since eventually every farmer has a bad harvest, and they can't pay their mortage or whatever, they go bankrupt. It's inevitable; Just a matter of time. And then their land is bought up by the next door mega farm.
The consolidation of the agricultural industry is going to screw us; and iPads are not going to help. Not in the slightest. What's even more funny... not many younger people want to work on a farm. A lot of family farms are closing up because the kids moved away. Not much money in it... So you're asking people in their 50s and 60s "Hey, wanna use an iPad to do something you've been doing for the past, uhh... forever?" No. They don't. They're worried about making the next mortgage payment and repairing the roof of the barn. an iPad is not high on the list, and it offers no real benefit in productivity or return on investment. It's a convenience, nothing more.
I'll give a bit of background so you'll understand where I get my info. I currently work for a company that underwrites the USDA's Federal Crop Insurance as a software developer. We don't sell this insurance, but contract with various insurance agents around the country who do. The way that this program works is we underwrite the insurance, and assign a % premium and risk to the USDA, the rest is ours. Farmers do not have to purchase crop insurance, but if they do not they won't qualify for certain disaster relief. My particular job has included working on software that maps a farmer's fields and allows him/her & their agent to report what is planted on each field.
Wow, where to begin. I guess I'll start with how farmers don't want this iPad stuff. This is one area where I know for a fact that you are wrong. Yes, the older farmers aren't nearly as interested in it as your average teenager. But that does not mean that they don't appreciate what it can and does do for their farming operation. The older generation of life long farmers who own their land usually aren't the ones farming it. Most of the fields we insure are multi-shareholder setups. Basically, a "farmer" leases a field from a landholder for a % of the profits. These younger farmers who are leasing the land are the ones who are using this new tech. We've seen a large demand for the ability to use this precision farming information when reporting what was planted. Farmers are demanding more & more tech in their farming operations. Yes, the older generation who now mostly lease their land don't have any need for it, but the younger generation loves it.
Next, Monsanto's "wind blown" lawsuit was in Canada. I say that because I'm assuming that by "government" you mean the US government, although all governments create some sort of monopolies. Their other lawsuits were clearer cases of infringement, either by resellers knowingly selling gen-mod grown seed or farmers reusing grown seed instead of disposing/selling like they contracted to do. While I don't agree with what they patented or how they've c
Shhh, you are supposed to talk about that. And its not magic underwear, they are really super advanced body armor. We aren't allowed to tell anyone because the government has been trying to get a set to reverse-engineer for their soldiers. But this is one of our advantages we have over most armies and can't let it fall into enemy hands. /sarcasm
Neckbeard indeed. Lots of anonymous cowards in this thread. Last I checked, white southerners (including me) and slavehodlers aren't collectively members of a cult.
Neither are Mormons.
Our church leaders have continually told us that we should have both a 72 hr kit and a year's food storage. Its not uncommon for a food storage order make its rounds at church every few months or for there to be classes taught during the week on canning and food storage meal prep. Tack on the fact that besides organizations like Walmart & the Red Cross, we have the largest food production & distribution network, all in house and mostly staffed by volunteers.
I guess all of that make us one of the largest terrorist networks in the world. And here you thought that our missionaries were just there to annoy you with offers of Mormon Videos & a copy of the Book of Mormon. Never underestimate the clean white shirt, pressed dark pants, tie and the infamous black & white name tag.