"They could see it wasn't a bomb from the xray and by me powering it up, "
Think it's annoying now, wait until some enterprising Jihadist figures out that the only barrier to making explosives that look like battery cells under x-ray inspection is bit of trial and error and some machine shop time to fab the tooling for fake cells. You don't need all the cells to power up a notebook for testing.
"It's cheaper to drop obsolescent bombs on some dusty armpit than to decommission them."
You are babbling utterly scornworthy nonsense which there isn't the slightest reason for even laypersons to believe. There is MUCH more to missions and mission support than "wingy thing fly drop bomb".
Sorties are tremendously complex to generate and support. Shipping conventional ordnance for disposal is much cheaper, and using it for live training (training sorties will happen either way), hauling it to a range and having the EOD folks blow it up, etc is far cheaper than a combat mission. There is MUCH more to missions and mission support than "wingy thing fly drop bomb". (BTW I'm a former F-4 Phantom and OV-10 Bronco Avionics troop, and F-16 A/B/C/D Engine mech, and later Crew Chief.)
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
The problem is trying to find a technical solution to a personal problem. Users will not exert the effort to make their machines secure unless and until they perceive a destructive threat to their personal PC.
We need destructive malware in abundance, so improperly secured machines are taken out of action and the remaining ones build an immune response. Since most computers are used for entertainment, no great loss if a bunch of them get blown away.
"You can't buy a home anywhere in the world without incurring a debt that is many times your yearly salary." You can, however, buy cheap in many areas, fix it yourself, and pay it off quickly. You can devote your leisure time and hobbies to learning to fix most of what you own and live in, which pays easily for (good) tools that you keep to do more of same. If you are smart enough to be a geek, you can choose to "get" that you can learn most anything you set your mind to, and use what you learn to live cheaply and efficiently.
The best response is to have friends that hate debt collectors and will mislead them while being Very Nice to them. The way to break such systems is to not permit things like "shaming" to work. .
"Sure, text and web might be nice - sometime - but I don't really need/want to be that "connected" all the time."
Strongly agree!
I don't need a featureful phone because I force most communication with me to be asynchronous by directing it to email. I'm "connected", but don't even IM except on rare occasions.
I don't text, I respond when I fucking feel like it, I don't need to chatter or Twitter like a bitch who uses conversation for audio wallpaper.
Part of controlling personal space is controlling communication.:)
The booty bomb has been done, and thanks to the internet we know surprising objects of all sorts can fit where it would seem impossible/impractical/painfully stretchful.
A certain famous shock photo clearly displays enough space for a conventional frag grenade, though taping spiky bits like the spoon would seem wise.
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Screaming brats don't take any special triggers to scream. Must be a slow news day.
"It is news like this that gives evangelical Christians a bad rep."
Well that, and direct experience with them also helps. The US Rovian Religious Right are a MASSIVE collection of Evangelical Dominionists bent on turning the US into a theocracy.
"Don't you think that the Iranians will present this as an act of war, and use it in every diplomatic conference for the next 20 years?"
Let them. They understand the Clash of Civilizations. They cannot be seduced out of their religion, so they should know they face determined opponents who are ready for the inevitable war.
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"They could see it wasn't a bomb from the xray and by me powering it up, "
Think it's annoying now, wait until some enterprising Jihadist figures out that the only barrier to making explosives that look like battery cells under x-ray inspection is bit of trial and error and some machine shop time to fab the tooling for fake cells. You don't need all the cells to power up a notebook for testing.
"But what about quality of life?"
I look at mine. I will not sacrifice my QOL for others.
I'd rather Inspector Columbo also have scanning technology.
I'm smart enough to pass casual interrogation, there are MANY other people smarter than I, and that makes for a security hole.
"how is scanning teenagers not considered manufacturing CP?"
The scans have no Pedobear seal of approval.
The Air Force had a shitload of those bad machines. They ended up on pallets at property disposal.
Of course Dell is still generally USAF standard. :)
Fuck that.
My CB radio will do just fine for summoning help, and is monitored by truckers and other professional folk.
"It's cheaper to drop obsolescent bombs on some dusty armpit than to decommission them."
You are babbling utterly scornworthy nonsense which there isn't the slightest reason for even laypersons to believe. There is MUCH more to missions and mission support than "wingy thing fly drop bomb".
Sorties are tremendously complex to generate and support. Shipping conventional ordnance for disposal is much cheaper, and using it for live training (training sorties will happen either way), hauling it to a range and having the EOD folks blow it up, etc is far cheaper than a combat mission. There is MUCH more to missions and mission support than "wingy thing fly drop bomb". (BTW I'm a former F-4 Phantom and OV-10 Bronco Avionics troop, and F-16 A/B/C/D Engine mech, and later Crew Chief.)
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
The problem is trying to find a technical solution to a personal problem. Users will not exert the effort to make their machines secure unless and until they perceive a destructive threat to their personal PC.
We need destructive malware in abundance, so improperly secured machines are taken out of action and the remaining ones build an immune response. Since most computers are used for entertainment, no great loss if a bunch of them get blown away.
"You can't buy a home anywhere in the world without incurring a debt that is many times your yearly salary."
You can, however, buy cheap in many areas, fix it yourself, and pay it off quickly. You can devote your leisure time and hobbies to learning to fix most of what you own and live in, which pays easily for (good) tools that you keep to do more of same. If you are smart enough to be a geek, you can choose to "get" that you can learn most anything you set your mind to, and use what you learn to live cheaply and efficiently.
The best response is to have friends that hate debt collectors and will mislead them while being Very Nice to them. The way to break such systems is to not permit things like "shaming" to work.
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"Sure, text and web might be nice - sometime - but I don't really need/want to be that "connected" all the time."
Strongly agree!
I don't need a featureful phone because I force most communication with me to be asynchronous by directing it to email. I'm "connected", but don't even IM except on rare occasions.
I don't text, I respond when I fucking feel like it, I don't need to chatter or Twitter like a bitch who uses conversation for audio wallpaper.
Part of controlling personal space is controlling communication. :)
"invade humans and turn them into statues"
Ah, the Natalie Portman syndrome!
OOPS!
Linky (bet the cleanup crew didn't enjoy this one!):
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/28/eveningnews/main5347847.shtml
The booty bomb has been done, and thanks to the internet we know surprising objects of all sorts can fit where it would seem impossible/impractical/painfully stretchful.
A certain famous shock photo clearly displays enough space for a conventional frag grenade, though taping spiky bits like the spoon would seem wise.
Screaming brats don't take any special triggers to scream. Must be a slow news day.
"it's only because they'll be so invested and huge that they'll crush us in our own game."
At this point, only being crushed will get any attention that matters because the system is rotten and the public find ignorance delectable.
China, by the way, benefited from being reformatted by WWII and the Communist takover, which smashed decayed social structures.
The US doesn't need a Mao, but a national calamity is perhaps in order.
"It is news like this that gives evangelical Christians a bad rep."
Well that, and direct experience with them also helps. The US Rovian Religious Right are a MASSIVE collection of Evangelical Dominionists bent on turning the US into a theocracy.
"While he himself converted to Christianity he certainly ruled over a nontrivial number of non-Christian followers.
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Perhaps um, enough for a __Beowulf__ cluster?
That presumes ctrl-alt-backspace is always effective.
"Linux actually recovers after a while, unlike other OSes that just crashes."
Nice, but waiting a half-hour on principle is a bit much when ones machine locks up like two dogs fucking.
A Core Duo with 2GB is obsolete for anything but web browsing, but that's exactly what I'm usually doing with it when this happens.
"There are only two nations with the resources, will, and motive to attack Iran's nuclear ambitions in this way: America and Israel."
Such confidence that others can't code is amusing.
"Don't you think that the Iranians will present this as an act of war, and use it in every diplomatic conference for the next 20 years?"
Let them. They understand the Clash of Civilizations. They cannot be seduced out of their religion, so they should know they face determined opponents who are ready for the inevitable war.
Those behaviors are rewarded.
Other than taking precautions not to break any major laws, there is no reason not to be a sociopath in a society that admires it!
"Ask yourself how popular Linux would be today, if "
Bitches had man pages and couldn't hang, fuckin' noobz!
Who are "they"?
You can have as many different UIs as you can write, switch between them on the same system, and BTW the UI issue is OT to this thread.