There are also many complete bootable media images (liveCD/DVD and USB) with recovery and other progs available via the pyrate sytes that you can copy for examples.
For religion to be strong, religionists must ration sex and guide violence.
In strongly religious (= viciously primitive) societies, those who violate sex taboos are punished with violence, sex partners are rationed by the religious hierarchy, and "enemies" are infidels to be attacked.
Because business is war, only restrained by law, and free of morals. Conventional morality is a liability in business.
The goal of business is profit, and if we would shape its behavior that must be done by imposing fear of punishment as a deterrent acts which we sufficiently disapprove. People respond to fear even if they are amoral. Be ready to inflict pain upon those you would have behave themselves.
"Two different American foreign policies during the World Wars?"
Practical in WWI. Might have avoided US involvement in a squabble between Euro empires.
The Second World War would not likely have happened or happened the same way given a divided "former US".
US imperial reach into the Pacific may well have been different as there might not have been a Spanish-American war to whet the US appetite for Pacific involvement. The US oil/iron embargo that provoked/triggered the Jap attack in 1941 might never have happened because the fascination of US missionaries with Chinese might not have occurred.
Westward expansion could have been handled by the ballot box.
That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. I ascribe the current calm to "exhaustion", not "change of heart" among people whose feuds go back centuries.
If they bleed a bit more they may tire a bit more, and when people tire of schismatic savagery (Europe certainly had its share!) they may become more reasonable. When thinking in historic terms, casualties are mere statistics and the outcome is what matters.
"Clearly, nobody in Iraq is going to stop a takeover from Iran."
Not so clearly, as Iraqis and "Persians" are historic enemies, which facilitated the Iran-Iraq War. The Iraqi government could call the US for help, and the US could use that as a figleaf to take out Iran.
"Moving the vehicles is a hidden, really tragic problem."
Nice troll, but vehicles usually move by ship and are not crated, since crating would make them much more difficult to handle and serve no purpose. (IHMTTTSB- "I Has Many Trips To The Sand Box").
Most military gear isn't crated, but travels in either generic or purpose-built ISO containers. SOME of those have hardwood floors, but not of valuable mahogany. (/me lubs ISO containers, owns three as shop buildings, and worked out of many while deployed.)
I don't care about your feelings regarding casualties, but your are on a tech forum and shouldn't post misleading information regarding technology used to transport (anything).
Violence isn't the problem, extricating US troops is the problem.
It didn't matter when Saddam was killing Iraqis, and it won't matter when we hand off to the locals again. The insurgents "attacking"/= "winning", and UNLESS Iraqis buy their country with their own blood sacrifice it won't mean anything to them. There is obviously much more tribal violence to come, but that's normal in that part of the world.
It's called "self-actualization" and there is nothing much Caucasian Colonials can do about it.
"Old people set in their ways and people currently happily burning gas not interested in changing their ways, or experimenting. Chocking news."
Some old people would prefer to let Early Adopters pay to find out what breaks and then buy a proven product.
I'm fucking ancient (50), a mechanic, and too smart to pay to be a beta tester!
It's all about dollars per mile, and if a non-ICE vehicle had COMPELLING advantages for me I'd get one in a heartbeat. None does, I don't, end of story.
Now get off my (paid for, because I'm thrifty like that) lawn!
You conveniently omit mention of WHY it isn't legal for highway use in the US. It's cute, but it wouldn't pass crash testing.
You COULD, if sufficiently motivated, import one for off-highway use, or import the drivetrain for installation into something else. (Three-wheelers can be registered as motorcycles, for example.)
Battery prices won't drop without AFTERMARKET competition driven by a large user base. This applies to any automobile replacement part. (IAAM, I Am A Mechanic.)
The user base is what make the parts industry so able to support vehicles long after the maker has orphaned them. Build the user base and that will make new systems viable in the marketplace.
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You can do this yourself.
WinPE/BartPE will run from a thumb drive, for example.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+7+install+from+thumb+drive
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709665(WS.10).aspx
There are also many complete bootable media images (liveCD/DVD and USB) with recovery and other progs available via the pyrate sytes that you can copy for examples.
"Use the license key that came with your machine."
Or snarf the installed key before wiping it, as they may not be the same. Having more keys is always good.
Good. More reason for users to dump them...to self or other geeks.
I collect OS discs and recovery media from DOS 6.22 up, as should every scrounger of used hardware.
"Actually, perhaps the Linux zealot faction should welcome the "no OS discs" trend. "
Not always. I still backed up Vista before nuking it for Ubuntu. If I sell the machine or need to fix another like it, they will come in handy.
"Today, I am finding people that are throwing away dual and quad core PCs because the repair costs are so high."
More free Ubuntu boxes for me. Computers are as disposable as a toaster, but I like free toasters.
"However, if this is the case, these people participating in this 'business' deserve neither respect nor obedience. "
If business wants "obedience" it should pay what the market will bear.
For religion to be strong, religionists must ration sex and guide violence.
In strongly religious (= viciously primitive) societies, those who violate sex taboos are punished with violence, sex partners are rationed by the religious hierarchy, and "enemies" are infidels to be attacked.
"Combat" can turn into "Policing" or "Internal Stabilization" with a few keystrokes.
"nation that has never and almost certainly will never conventionally and not by proxy attack us?
Fixed it for you.
Because business is war, only restrained by law, and free of morals. Conventional morality is a liability in business.
The goal of business is profit, and if we would shape its behavior that must be done by imposing fear of punishment as a deterrent acts which we sufficiently disapprove. People respond to fear even if they are amoral. Be ready to inflict pain upon those you would have behave themselves.
Tried the Prelinger Archive?
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
"Hell, we still have troops in the South!"
The North by and large didn't want military bases, the South by and large is supportive, so guess where they accumulate?
You insisted on invading, so enjoy sending us money and having us vote in national elections.
Self-determination may apply in former Yugoslavia, but it doesn't fly in the forcibly-United States of America.
It means keeping G.I.s in the FOBs and outsourcing military involvement to contractors. :)
"Two different American foreign policies during the World Wars?"
Practical in WWI. Might have avoided US involvement in a squabble between Euro empires.
The Second World War would not likely have happened or happened the same way given a divided "former US".
US imperial reach into the Pacific may well have been different as there might not have been a Spanish-American war to whet the US appetite for Pacific involvement. The US oil/iron embargo that provoked/triggered the Jap attack in 1941 might never have happened because the fascination of US missionaries with Chinese might not have occurred.
Westward expansion could have been handled by the ballot box.
That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. I ascribe the current calm to "exhaustion", not "change of heart" among people whose feuds go back centuries.
If they bleed a bit more they may tire a bit more, and when people tire of schismatic savagery (Europe certainly had its share!) they may become more reasonable. When thinking in historic terms, casualties are mere statistics and the outcome is what matters.
"Clearly, nobody in Iraq is going to stop a takeover from Iran."
Not so clearly, as Iraqis and "Persians" are historic enemies, which facilitated the Iran-Iraq War. The Iraqi government could call the US for help, and the US could use that as a figleaf to take out Iran.
"Moving the vehicles is a hidden, really tragic problem."
Nice troll, but vehicles usually move by ship and are not crated, since crating would make them much more difficult to handle and serve no purpose. (IHMTTTSB- "I Has Many Trips To The Sand Box").
Most military gear isn't crated, but travels in either generic or purpose-built ISO containers. SOME of those have hardwood floors, but not of valuable mahogany. (/me lubs ISO containers, owns three as shop buildings, and worked out of many while deployed.)
I don't care about your feelings regarding casualties, but your are on a tech forum and shouldn't post misleading information regarding technology used to transport (anything).
https://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/news/syscomnews.nsf/StoriesDisplay/7383A3E4E9F11DD1852573BE0051E8F1?OpenDocument
For ISO containers, just GIS "military ISO containers" for an overview.
"The responsibility aspect is one area where the Black Hat guys could earn a lot of respect by doing the right thing. "
That assumes DTRT is "respected" instead of "punished".
Like a spider monkey on meth, but if that works then I should have passed genius level around 1974.
Violence isn't the problem, extricating US troops is the problem.
It didn't matter when Saddam was killing Iraqis, and it won't matter when we hand off to the locals again. The insurgents "attacking" /= "winning", and UNLESS Iraqis buy their country with their own blood sacrifice it won't mean anything to them. There is obviously much more tribal violence to come, but that's normal in that part of the world.
It's called "self-actualization" and there is nothing much Caucasian Colonials can do about it.
Pretending that nearly everyone who supports the externalities of fossil fuel transport does not also benefit from doing that is disingenuous.
All that movement of people and stuff makes the (group) economy go round.
"Old people set in their ways and people currently happily burning gas not interested in changing their ways, or experimenting. Chocking news."
Some old people would prefer to let Early Adopters pay to find out what breaks and then buy a proven product.
I'm fucking ancient (50), a mechanic, and too smart to pay to be a beta tester!
It's all about dollars per mile, and if a non-ICE vehicle had COMPELLING advantages for me I'd get one in a heartbeat. None does, I don't, end of story.
Now get off my (paid for, because I'm thrifty like that) lawn!
"Air Car is not allowed here"
You conveniently omit mention of WHY it isn't legal for highway use in the US. It's cute, but it wouldn't pass crash testing.
You COULD, if sufficiently motivated, import one for off-highway use, or import the drivetrain for installation into something else. (Three-wheelers can be registered as motorcycles, for example.)
Battery prices won't drop without AFTERMARKET competition driven by a large user base. This applies to any automobile replacement part. (IAAM, I Am A Mechanic.)
The user base is what make the parts industry so able to support vehicles long after the maker has orphaned them. Build the user base and that will make new systems viable in the marketplace.
"Meanwhile a Civic will cost you around $20k and can drive more than 100 miles without waiting hours to refuel.
Even if you don't need to travel long distances, $12k will buy you a lot of gas."
I'll just keep the $32K, thank you very much. :)