"The money we spend on war prevents a renaissance of humanity."
War removes old, defective, degenerate, weak systems. (The revolutions in the US, France, Russia, and China are examples.) Inconclusive wars are less effective, which argues for waging war with sufficient force to accomplish the object of the conflict.
"The money we spend on war prevents a renaissance of humanity."
The churn of war gives the opportunity for human improvement static (i.e. "warless", conflict-free) social systems do not.
War is an antidote to stasis, not a brake on human or human technological development. War consumes some resources and shortens some lives in the process, but competition usefully destroys the weak (though in a manner far more lenient in terms of survivors than that of nature). The destruction of systems that cannot or choose not to survive competition is healthy. The competition improves the breed (not genetically, but socially) by selecting adaptive, strong-willed groups and removing some of their competition.
The freedoms that we have now are the direct result of the West being (generally) very good at war. War is needed to keep man from being asphyxiated by old religious and social systems. It is needed to prevent the resurgence of static, backward beliefs. When we become static and backward, we will require destruction in our turn.
How will we know when our failure merits losing? When it happens.
"If not, let him go to whichever side of the fence he wants, because the government has no right to restrict the liberty of any person barring criminal behavior. What bizarre value system gives government to right to dictate the movements of supposedly free people? Doesn't make any sense to me."
People like me who would not benefit from open borders (being invaded by the Third World would do nothing for my personal benefit) empower their governments to exclude others. My government does not exist (at least in theory) to take that which is mine and give it to a foreigner. My home is my castle and my country is an extension of property.
"The UK is the country furthest along the road to 1984." while providing sanctuary to thousands of Muslims who want to change the UK into something different than the soft-hearted fools who let them become citizens envisioned.
Busting the exact opposite of your real cultural enemies is less than brilliant...
Who is "we", Kemosabe? The way to vote is not to buy. Buying for whatever reason is consent to being breechloaded like one of Father Geoghan's trusting flock.
"The stupid code built into DELL motherboards and their version of Windows is bad enough as it is. Equally stupid is having to re-activate windows everytime we change hardware. I even had to call MSFT for re-activation after I upgraded RAM!"
I don't game and I don't buy Windows or Dell computers. My Linux machines do all I need, and whatever inconvenience is involved with that choice is acceptable, and in my case MUCH less inconvenient and costly than the Win-centric alternative.
I usually tied my head to the webbing with the desert scarf as a headband for supported lolling. C-17 rides are sweet. I just curled up on the floor or on the baggage pallet if I didn't get beaten to it.
Fun C-141 anecdote: Just before landing in the Azores a receptacle on the wall opposite one of our troops shorted (probably due to being ancient) and shot the aluminum cannon plug dust cap straight across the cabin into the forehead of an aircraft electrician who was sound asleep. Just left a bruise but that was one surprised airman! The same 141 attempted to strand us at Moron AB when about four square ft.of leading edge wing root fairing decided to blow off. Not structural so no biggee, and one of our Sheet Metal guys guys patched it so we could keep going. The 141's Crew Chief said the unofficial nick for his bird was "The Tube of Pain".:)
I just dropped a couple Dramamine before the flight and slept most of the way when I deployed. Think airline seats suck? Try webbing sling seats in a C141 (yes, I'm old) or other airlifter. Eating first kept me from waking up due to hunger.
"Still nice to see a new, effective way to change the Administrator password, could save me hours screwing with making a new BartPE with the right drivers."
Seems the Bashrat driverpacks can work with BartPE, tho I haven't tested this personally.
"Perhaps, but the effects (side or immediate) of coffee/caffeine taken in moderation are well-known (and have been for literally over at least a century). "
Which is why military pilots who need to stay alert on long missions take (under Flight Surgeon supervision) mild amphetamines instead.
"Uh-huh. And I suppose then it would be fair to judge a modern day practitioners of non-religion (i.e. atheism) by the actions of Soviet Russia, and the millions of Christians slain?"
That's a deliberate conflation of Communism with a-theism. Being theism-free does not imply ANY other ideology or spirituality at all.
Communists wanted power, saw theism correctly as a competitor for power (The Tsars and church were what ruled and ruined Russia to the point that Communism looked like a good solution), and used ANTI-theist Communist ideology to justify destroying their opponents. Communism only takes hold when its predecessors fail, so one might rightly blame the Tsarist state and the church for bringing on the deluge.
"Then your (our, really) problem is not the agreements but your dickless administration. In my native Finland it is legally forbidden for the state to turn a finnish citizen over to a foreign state for any reason. "
Good for Finland and bad for the disgusting idea of world government. There is no reason a country should allow treaties with other countries to govern its internal affairs.
"Most people who have only ever driven cars fail to appreciate that driving heavy trucks is actually quite a demanding job, and not one for dummies."
Professional truckers are quite capable and skilled people, but many "truckers" aren't professional.
I don't assume that just because someone passed a quickie driving course and got a license that they have a clue. (Lurk on a few towing forums if you want to see how much business "truckers" generate for towmen recovering the results of their mistakes!).
Of course, since your post refers to "tyres" you may be in a country with stricter standards and enforcement than the US.:)
That's what he gets for trying to piss primitives off. I regard religion with the utmost contempt, but if I lived where the wogs will kill you for that I'd be smart enough to lie and exploit religion instead of provoking the mob.
"but really, is this what the Linux user community needs?"
Those who don't need it can ignore it. It will thrive or die depending on who it pleases. Not every egg hatches. So what? The strong survive, the rest die off, and it doesn't cost anyone anything who does not choose to invest.
The Portege 3010 and 3020CT models will take a flash card in a CF adapter. With Damn Small Linux they run fine and have excellent battery life. They aren't too bad with Windows 2000 on a hard drive (hadn't tried a CF install) and would be fun to play with using a WinPE or BartPE to CF install. Better specs than the Libretto, nicely built, and cheap.
That Alpine tactile feedback sounds neat. Would it work through flight gloves?
I didn't fly 16s, just wrenched them for many years. I don't envy anyone who has to keep track of systems on a C-5, but at least they get to break down/vacation all over the world (and the souvenirs can come back on the "morale" ISU).;)
"For most devices, keys make more sense because they're always in the same place and the touch feedback makes it possible to use them without looking."
Consider the MFDs (Multi-Function Displays) in an F-16 cockpit. Keys are NEAR the screen but instead of a touch screen, the keys provide tactile feedback. Avionic controls must be easy to operate in-flight, and in that case, in combat. I'm surprised there are no MFD-style tablet PCs. They are easy to work with.
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In MY day we had ASCII gateway porno and we LIKED it!
"The money we spend on war prevents a renaissance of humanity."
War removes old, defective, degenerate, weak systems. (The revolutions in the US, France, Russia, and China are examples.) Inconclusive wars are less effective, which argues for waging war with sufficient force to accomplish the object of the conflict.
"The money we spend on war prevents a renaissance of humanity."
The churn of war gives the opportunity for human improvement static (i.e. "warless", conflict-free) social systems do not.
War is an antidote to stasis, not a brake on human or human technological development. War consumes some resources and shortens some lives in the process, but competition usefully destroys the weak (though in a manner far more lenient in terms of survivors than that of nature). The destruction of systems that cannot or choose not to survive competition is healthy. The competition improves the breed (not genetically, but socially) by selecting adaptive, strong-willed groups and removing some of their competition.
The freedoms that we have now are the direct result of the West being (generally) very good at war. War is needed to keep man from being asphyxiated by old religious and social systems. It is needed to prevent the resurgence of static, backward beliefs. When we become static and backward, we will require destruction in our turn.
How will we know when our failure merits losing? When it happens.
"And I'll pump you all the viking DNA you'll ever want!"
How will you get the Vikings to accept your offer?
"If not, let him go to whichever side of the fence he wants, because the government has no right to restrict the liberty of any person barring criminal behavior. What bizarre value system gives government to right to dictate the movements of supposedly free people? Doesn't make any sense to me."
People like me who would not benefit from open borders (being invaded by the Third World would do nothing for my personal benefit) empower their governments to exclude others. My government does not exist (at least in theory) to take that which is mine and give it to a foreigner. My home is my castle and my country is an extension of property.
"The UK is the country furthest along the road to 1984." while providing sanctuary to thousands of Muslims who want to change the UK into something different than the soft-hearted fools who let them become citizens envisioned.
Busting the exact opposite of your real cultural enemies is less than brilliant...
Sounds like the transition from Phoenix to Firefox...
"We buy those,"
Who is "we", Kemosabe? The way to vote is not to buy.
Buying for whatever reason is consent to being breechloaded like one of Father Geoghan's trusting flock.
"The stupid code built into DELL motherboards and their version of Windows is bad enough as it is. Equally stupid is having to re-activate windows everytime we change hardware. I even had to call MSFT for re-activation after I upgraded RAM!"
I don't game and I don't buy Windows or Dell computers. My Linux machines do all I need, and whatever inconvenience is involved with that choice is acceptable, and in my case MUCH less inconvenient and costly than the Win-centric alternative.
I usually tied my head to the webbing with the desert scarf as a headband for supported lolling.
:)
C-17 rides are sweet. I just curled up on the floor or on the baggage pallet if I didn't get beaten to it.
Fun C-141 anecdote:
Just before landing in the Azores a receptacle on the wall opposite one of our troops shorted (probably due to being ancient) and shot the aluminum cannon plug dust cap straight across the cabin into the forehead of an aircraft electrician who was sound asleep. Just left a bruise but that was one surprised airman!
The same 141 attempted to strand us at Moron AB when about four square ft.of leading edge wing root fairing decided to blow off. Not structural so no biggee, and one of our Sheet Metal guys guys patched it so we could keep going.
The 141's Crew Chief said the unofficial nick for his bird was "The Tube of Pain".
I just dropped a couple Dramamine before the flight and slept most of the way when I deployed.
Think airline seats suck? Try webbing sling seats in a C141 (yes, I'm old) or other airlifter.
Eating first kept me from waking up due to hunger.
"Still nice to see a new, effective way to change the Administrator password, could save me hours screwing with making a new BartPE with the right drivers."
Seems the Bashrat driverpacks can work with BartPE, tho I haven't tested this personally.
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=2224&p=2
"Perhaps, but the effects (side or immediate) of coffee/caffeine taken in moderation are well-known (and have been for literally over at least a century). "
Which is why military pilots who need to stay alert on long missions take (under Flight Surgeon supervision) mild amphetamines instead.
"Uh-huh. And I suppose then it would be fair to judge a modern day practitioners of non-religion (i.e. atheism) by the actions of Soviet Russia, and the millions of Christians slain?"
That's a deliberate conflation of Communism with a-theism. Being theism-free does not imply ANY other ideology or spirituality at all.
Communists wanted power, saw theism correctly as a competitor for power (The Tsars and church were what ruled and ruined Russia to the point that Communism looked like a good solution), and used ANTI-theist Communist ideology to justify destroying their opponents. Communism only takes hold when its predecessors fail, so one might rightly blame the Tsarist state and the church for bringing on the deluge.
"And yet the emissions are still way, way worse than they would be for transport by rail."
I don't have a rail spur near my house. Shipping via rail really means unload and break bulk before truck delivery elsewhere.
"Then your (our, really) problem is not the agreements but your dickless administration. In my native Finland it is legally forbidden for the state to turn a finnish citizen over to a foreign state for any reason. "
Good for Finland and bad for the disgusting idea of world government. There is no reason a country should allow treaties with other countries to govern its internal affairs.
"Most people who have only ever driven cars fail to appreciate that driving heavy trucks is actually quite a demanding job, and not one for dummies."
:)
Professional truckers are quite capable and skilled people, but many "truckers" aren't professional.
I don't assume that just because someone passed a quickie driving course and got a license that they have a clue. (Lurk on a few towing forums if you want to see how much business "truckers" generate for towmen recovering the results of their mistakes!).
Of course, since your post refers to "tyres" you may be in a country with stricter standards and enforcement than the US.
If they knew "the best distribution for their situation" they'd no longer be newbs.
"there would be just a big crater."
Chuck DID roundhouse kick another island. It was called Atlantis.
You'll be sorry when they send Chuck to Gitmo!
"Indeed. Everybody knows that we come to slashdot for legal and romantic advice."
If I took that advice I'd be pounding my pud in prison...
That's what he gets for trying to piss primitives off.
I regard religion with the utmost contempt, but if I lived where the wogs will kill you for that I'd be smart enough to lie and exploit religion instead of provoking the mob.
"but really, is this what the Linux user community needs?"
Those who don't need it can ignore it. It will thrive or die depending on who it pleases.
Not every egg hatches. So what? The strong survive, the rest die off, and it doesn't cost
anyone anything who does not choose to invest.
The Portege 3010 and 3020CT models will take a flash card in a CF adapter. With Damn Small Linux they run fine and have excellent battery life. They aren't too bad with Windows 2000 on a hard drive (hadn't tried a CF install) and would be fun to play with using a WinPE or BartPE to CF install. Better specs than the Libretto, nicely built, and cheap.
"Weighing more makes us harder for the aliens to suck out of our cars, the reserves mean we'll last longer in the coming famine years,"
Obesity will make it much harder for you to outrun the scoop trucks, while your yield will last the rest of us longer in the coming famine years.
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That Alpine tactile feedback sounds neat. Would it work through flight gloves?
;)
I didn't fly 16s, just wrenched them for many years. I don't envy anyone who has to keep track of systems on a C-5, but at least they get to break down/vacation all over the world (and the souvenirs can come back on the "morale" ISU).
"For most devices, keys make more sense because they're always in the same place and the touch feedback makes it possible to use them without looking."
Consider the MFDs (Multi-Function Displays) in an F-16 cockpit. Keys are NEAR the screen but instead of a touch screen, the keys provide tactile feedback. Avionic controls must be easy to operate in-flight, and in that case, in combat. I'm surprised there are no MFD-style tablet PCs. They are easy to work with.