Correct, and using your own example, when iron sword met bronze in battle, bronze lost. This enabled extinction of entire tribes that would have been otherwise impossible. Same happened when rock throwers met bows, bows met guns and so on.
It's funny how people who try to twist arguments to justify their beliefs tend to pick ones that can be used against them far more then for them.
Data that is kept under retention laws isn't available for commercial usage (afaik). It's only available for things like law enforcement, which means that while it can be misused, such misuse is highly unlikely to become widespread.
Same cannot be said about your data on social networks, not by a long shot.
If you want to pick on it, then you should educate yourself first. Cigarettes have significant benefits in short term, from neurological to cardiac. In this regard they can be compared to caffeine. Their major problem is severe damage caused to lung and thorax/mouth areas which massively outweighs benefits in long term.
You "usage" argument is also shaky. Everything humans use is a tool. Tools, among other things ENABLE action that would be otherwise impossible. Therefore it is indeed viable to argue that action can be influenced by presence and efficiency of a certain tool. Great example of this is indeed gun crime - for example in Kosovo (a well documented area) there has been a very significant increase in gun crime related to crimes of passion after war, due to significant increase of availability of assault rifles.
Credible evidence: history of our planet. Every warming period in the history of the planet has been associated with methane release from seabed. If you want your own evidence, get a shovel and start digging.
Because at sometime we'll hit the point where methane starts to get released from seabed where it's stored, just like it happened during major climate warmings in the past. At this point, it will likely become fully self-sustaining at unstoppable.
There has been credible evidence that "point of no return" comes when oceans are warm enough to start releasing methane stored on the seabed. Then greenhouse effect will start feeding itself and will likely become unstoppable, and we'll simply repeat history with massive warming and sea level rise.
Reality is though, that we have no reliable information on when this threshold will occur. We do know that oceans are warming up, and it's alarming, so reducing the emissions would absolutely help. But all this crying about DOOMSDAY only pulls the rug from under the people who are actually working on the problem.
And USSR industry, while deeply socialist on personal level, was also deeply capitalist on organisational levels. Competition between companies for government contracts has been bloody - just look at their Mikoyan&Gurjevich vs Sukhoi competition on the market of fighter jets. It makes Lockheed Martin VS Boeing look communist (as in real meaning of the word, "let's share the wealth") in comparison.
And while saying that, he is in fact correct. One of the major reasons why capitalism needs to be moderated by someone is because its natural aim is to plan only for short term to kill off competition, and handle long term by buying out or destroying competition. We've had that happening once in our known history, and are currently in the process of it happening the second time.
So "evil"? No. Need to have forward planning and moderation to keep it from destroying itself? Yes.
If you're that worried about it, you should NEVER visit any random web page. Who knows when the evil webmaster will give you a nasty flash ad, a pop-under or even goatse!
TDM is good for short, mindless fun when you have only a few minutes to play.
Conquest and rush are for moments when you have much longer, usually an hour at least to kill.
And I very much agree on Titan mode. I loved it, and I would love to see it again (perhaps conquer bases, like amphibious assault on enemy aircraft carrier?)
None of the perks you listed will be needed in a few weeks, because everyone who played for longer periods will have squad upgrades. These grant the perk to entire squad. I am not the most active of players, and I already have squad sprint, squad ammo and squad flak jackets unlocked.
In this regard, just play engineer if you have little time. SCAR-H is the single best slot 1 weapon available to the class, available after a couple of games as engineer and starter RPG is likely to remain the most versatile of RPGs even after most people get laser designators to make javelin worth taking. The only other meaningful unlock is anti-tank mine, which you also get pretty quickly. Everything else for engineer is either a piece of fluff like EOD bot or just plain useless like the rest of the weapons engineer gets.
That would depend on how shitty your country's operators (and competition) is. In mine (Finland), I buy a smartphone, and my 1mbit/1mbit unlimited 3G data plan comes free with my 39€/month 24/1 ADSL2+ line.
Granted I do pay about double per minute and text message then I would if I got a separate 3G line with same data plan, and that would set me back about 10€/month, but I use less then that on calls and text messages at the moment.
Which ones? The ones that got bombed to the ground, or ones currently having fun raping and killing those that got bombed to the ground?
They both have a reason to fear a military attack yet again you know.
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You forget that while US went in that direction, Europe went in other with eurofighter, which also works.
You can write a thesis on why stealth is better then speed, but the point will stand - both work well.
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Republic dear, not democracy. Greek debt shenanigans should show that very clearly even to the most uninformed: "Oh my god, you're going to have a democratic referendum? HOW DARE YOU!".
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I think you should drop beating around the bush and blame the North. Slave workforce would have been so much more efficient, yet those dicks actually fought against it and won.
They're not "demilitarized". German army is quite powerful, as is Japanese. You're referring to their politics, which tend to avoid conflicts (Germany) and are pacifist because of constitutional requirements (Japan).
But they both are most certainly equipped to fight a defensive war, or even offensive war if needed. Make no mistake here. They have a lot of military tech and comparatively large military budgets (as compared to rest of the world minus USA).
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And now, let's think WHY they have a "shortage of special forces soldiers"...
Yeah.
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Money back will not happen. A contract with such a demand would simply not be accepted, because they would know that they can't deliver.
And people who are fully paid for by the company who are giving them these contracts wouldn't stand for it anyway. Where else will they get their kickbacks?
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Frankly, that's false. A-10 is among other things a close support aircraft. It can do a lot of quick hit and runs, can identify targets visually if needed and it's slow enough to support convoys efficiently.
Not so with F-35. These are just two very different beasts.
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That is a very silly claim. A fighter bomber is always going to look like a "jack of all trades" to the uninformed. The advantages of it over pure fighter or pure attack plane are extremely obvious to the informed however.
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Correct, and using your own example, when iron sword met bronze in battle, bronze lost. This enabled extinction of entire tribes that would have been otherwise impossible. Same happened when rock throwers met bows, bows met guns and so on.
It's funny how people who try to twist arguments to justify their beliefs tend to pick ones that can be used against them far more then for them.
Data that is kept under retention laws isn't available for commercial usage (afaik). It's only available for things like law enforcement, which means that while it can be misused, such misuse is highly unlikely to become widespread.
Same cannot be said about your data on social networks, not by a long shot.
If you want to pick on it, then you should educate yourself first. Cigarettes have significant benefits in short term, from neurological to cardiac. In this regard they can be compared to caffeine. Their major problem is severe damage caused to lung and thorax/mouth areas which massively outweighs benefits in long term.
You "usage" argument is also shaky. Everything humans use is a tool. Tools, among other things ENABLE action that would be otherwise impossible. Therefore it is indeed viable to argue that action can be influenced by presence and efficiency of a certain tool. Great example of this is indeed gun crime - for example in Kosovo (a well documented area) there has been a very significant increase in gun crime related to crimes of passion after war, due to significant increase of availability of assault rifles.
Credible evidence: history of our planet. Every warming period in the history of the planet has been associated with methane release from seabed. If you want your own evidence, get a shovel and start digging.
Because at sometime we'll hit the point where methane starts to get released from seabed where it's stored, just like it happened during major climate warmings in the past. At this point, it will likely become fully self-sustaining at unstoppable.
There has been credible evidence that "point of no return" comes when oceans are warm enough to start releasing methane stored on the seabed. Then greenhouse effect will start feeding itself and will likely become unstoppable, and we'll simply repeat history with massive warming and sea level rise.
Reality is though, that we have no reliable information on when this threshold will occur. We do know that oceans are warming up, and it's alarming, so reducing the emissions would absolutely help. But all this crying about DOOMSDAY only pulls the rug from under the people who are actually working on the problem.
And USSR industry, while deeply socialist on personal level, was also deeply capitalist on organisational levels. Competition between companies for government contracts has been bloody - just look at their Mikoyan&Gurjevich vs Sukhoi competition on the market of fighter jets. It makes Lockheed Martin VS Boeing look communist (as in real meaning of the word, "let's share the wealth") in comparison.
And while saying that, he is in fact correct. One of the major reasons why capitalism needs to be moderated by someone is because its natural aim is to plan only for short term to kill off competition, and handle long term by buying out or destroying competition. We've had that happening once in our known history, and are currently in the process of it happening the second time.
So "evil"? No. Need to have forward planning and moderation to keep it from destroying itself? Yes.
If you're that worried about it, you should NEVER visit any random web page. Who knows when the evil webmaster will give you a nasty flash ad, a pop-under or even goatse!
Thanks for reminding me why I shouldn't buy MW3.
TDM is good for short, mindless fun when you have only a few minutes to play.
Conquest and rush are for moments when you have much longer, usually an hour at least to kill.
And I very much agree on Titan mode. I loved it, and I would love to see it again (perhaps conquer bases, like amphibious assault on enemy aircraft carrier?)
None of the perks you listed will be needed in a few weeks, because everyone who played for longer periods will have squad upgrades. These grant the perk to entire squad. I am not the most active of players, and I already have squad sprint, squad ammo and squad flak jackets unlocked.
In this regard, just play engineer if you have little time. SCAR-H is the single best slot 1 weapon available to the class, available after a couple of games as engineer and starter RPG is likely to remain the most versatile of RPGs even after most people get laser designators to make javelin worth taking. The only other meaningful unlock is anti-tank mine, which you also get pretty quickly. Everything else for engineer is either a piece of fluff like EOD bot or just plain useless like the rest of the weapons engineer gets.
I think apple's profits will answer that question better then I ever will.
Reading comprehension. Specifically note "top of the line" part.
You're note getting a "top of the line" for 100.
That would depend on how shitty your country's operators (and competition) is. In mine (Finland), I buy a smartphone, and my 1mbit/1mbit unlimited 3G data plan comes free with my 39€/month 24/1 ADSL2+ line.
Granted I do pay about double per minute and text message then I would if I got a separate 3G line with same data plan, and that would set me back about 10€/month, but I use less then that on calls and text messages at the moment.
Brand new top of the line smartphone is 600+. Anything below this is a subsidy which you pay in monthly installments.
Which ones? The ones that got bombed to the ground, or ones currently having fun raping and killing those that got bombed to the ground?
They both have a reason to fear a military attack yet again you know.
You forget that while US went in that direction, Europe went in other with eurofighter, which also works.
You can write a thesis on why stealth is better then speed, but the point will stand - both work well.
Republic dear, not democracy. Greek debt shenanigans should show that very clearly even to the most uninformed: "Oh my god, you're going to have a democratic referendum? HOW DARE YOU!".
I think you should drop beating around the bush and blame the North. Slave workforce would have been so much more efficient, yet those dicks actually fought against it and won.
Unamerican bastards!
They're not "demilitarized". German army is quite powerful, as is Japanese. You're referring to their politics, which tend to avoid conflicts (Germany) and are pacifist because of constitutional requirements (Japan).
But they both are most certainly equipped to fight a defensive war, or even offensive war if needed. Make no mistake here. They have a lot of military tech and comparatively large military budgets (as compared to rest of the world minus USA).
And now, let's think WHY they have a "shortage of special forces soldiers"...
Yeah.
Money back will not happen. A contract with such a demand would simply not be accepted, because they would know that they can't deliver.
And people who are fully paid for by the company who are giving them these contracts wouldn't stand for it anyway. Where else will they get their kickbacks?
Frankly, that's false. A-10 is among other things a close support aircraft. It can do a lot of quick hit and runs, can identify targets visually if needed and it's slow enough to support convoys efficiently.
Not so with F-35. These are just two very different beasts.
That is a very silly claim. A fighter bomber is always going to look like a "jack of all trades" to the uninformed. The advantages of it over pure fighter or pure attack plane are extremely obvious to the informed however.
Nothing like a little patent MAD to spice up our lives.
Or to be more precise, make our lives a hell of a lot more expensive, because we the customers are the ones who end up footing the bill in the end.