"What about the rest of us, who already have DVD players? we have to buy all new ones, to watch sonys new DVD's?"
Why would watching the products of a corporation that displays such utter contempt for you provoke anything but utter contempt in return???
When you buy their stuff you reward them for screwing you over. Don't buy their stuff. _I_ don't buy their stuff. You aren't missing information, just some specific popular entertainment. It's not like boycotting Sony would make your life worse.
9.1.1 Unnecessary Suffering. Antipersonnel weapons are designed to kill or disable enemy combatants and are lawful notwithstanding the death, pain, and suffering they inflict. Weapons that are designed to cause unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury are, however, prohibited because the degree of pain or injury, or the certainty of death they produce is needlessly or clearly disproportionate to the military advantage to be gained by their use. Poisoned projectiles and small arms ammunition intended to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering fall into this category. Similarly, using materials that are difficult to detect or undetectable by field x-ray equipment, such as glass or clear plastic, as the injuring mechanism in military ammunition is prohibited, since they unnecessarily inhibit the treatment of wounds. Use of such materials as incidental components in ammunition, e.g., as wadding or packing, is not prohibited. Use of.50 caliber weapons against individual enemy combatants does not constitute a violation of this proscription against unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury.
"No, basic understanding of war. There are no "winners" in a war -- there are only those who lose worse."
Don't confuse expenditure of lives and treasure with "loss" in the sense of defeat. They are different.
"War is the breakdown of diplomacy. Every single time the United States has entered military conflict is because we already lost our attempt at an acceptable non-military solution."
"Diplomacy" wouldn't have put us in the dominant position after WWII. Killing and destruction are what brought us to power.
Kindly cite and link to the specific Orders or Directives to which you are referring!
BTW, who the hell calls themselves an O3? O-3 MAYBE, but it's more common to say your RANK, not pay grade, "Captain" AC.
"Who needs fancy new robots, the marine corps makes robots the old fashioned way: With brainwashing!"
They also train them to PROPERLY identify weapons. "m2"? Niiice. Lastly, unlike "soldier", "sailor","airman", or "troll", "Marine" is customarily capitalized.
The statement regarding the 50 BMG is an urban legend, and that round is not more prone to "collateral damage" than other rounds. Once fired, it does not lie in wait like a mine or CBU bomblet. The projectile, if it misses the target, is just more battlefield debris.
Hate on the US all ya like, but please bring facts to the table.
I defy anyone to demonstrate a logical reason to not use large caliber weapons on the same people one is prepared to shoot with smaller caliber weapons. The object is to take them out of action before they take YOU out, and a.50 BMG does that.
That said, the Geneva Convention ban you mention is an urban legend. A fifty-cal clearly does not fall under any "unnecessary suffering clause". Get hit with one of those and it will likely put you OUT of any misery pronto.
"And this was a liberal watchdog group? Gimme a break. I thought the left at least gave lip service to freedom of speech."
"LIBERAL" = "Leftist". We don't have any more classical Liberals and Conservatives.
Also, anything done within African-American culture is beyond criticism or comment or observation outside its membership. The proper way for non-Africans to discuss such things is offline and out-of-range.
"Ask why no action is being taken, because they are black, and have no oil?"
Because our military is a shrunken shell of its Reagan Era self, and sparing the troops for another Mogadishu scenario (Africans HATE interlopers) isn't smart. Military common sense says going is a bad idea for the US. There is no moral imperative to military failure.
(OTOH, the EU have plenty of forces sitting home. France is good at African ops, and any country not engaged in Iraq and/or A-stan should be able to join the adventure.)
By the way, if you're going to call a representative to ask them to deploy ME to Darfur, howsabout going YOURSELF in some capacity??
During the Cold War I enlisted because I oppose Communism, and stay in because I oppose pan-Islamism. If people are going to espouse a cause they ought to be very willing to pitch in! If you are not physically fit enough to do military ops, peaceful NGOs could use help.
P.S. The inexpensive way to really solve the problem would be to arm and train the blacks to defend themselves.
The Janjaweed and their horses aren't bulletproof. The UN could hire a military contractor (UN forces are of variable quality) to help create a black anti-Muslim defense force. ComBloc weapons are a good, simple, robust standard for low-tech forces. Kalashnikovs, some anti-personnel RPGs (buy them new from Basalt), some heavy machine guns, and some commo equipment would let the locals kill the Janajweed and control their own destiny. People appreciate freedom when they fight for it.
No UN rescuers will be able to watch over everyone, but if every non-Janjaweed is packing a battle rifle the odds are better.
'In other words, mastery of office politics and not mastery of whatever it is you were originally hired to do is the key to getting ahead at the office. Sad but true."
As the old saying goes, "It's not what you know, it's who you blow".
"They're taking a very big gamble on their customer base, who, traditionally I would wager are the more technically minded type than the average intel customer. People who are more likely to object to this kind of thing."
Which is why we should raise a stink. Customer loyalty among fans kept AMD going in the enthusiast market, and they defecate on users like this?
Why is this a US problem? BUSH didn't initiate Darfur.
How about providing a linky so we can annoy the EU and THEY can flex THEIR peacekeeping muscles? It does not take the US or US participation to field a UN force or enforce a no-fly zone. France has considerable experience doing COIN ops in Africa, has the Foreign Legion available, etc. Most of the EU forces don't have large overseas commitments. There are of course MANY other members of the UN in the rest of the world. Many of those are rich.
The reason they don't waste their time in futile African adventures is that Africans doing things to Africans are not the business of non-African colonials. When said colonials show up, the locals adapt, fight, shoot them up, and make examples of their dead to hammer the point home. Africans are tough (note the Somalis who, unarmed, ran TO the fight in Mogadishu!) and they DO NOT like invaders. Let them settle things themselves.
If you want to do something, enlist as a merc or join an NGO on your side of choice and do it yourself.
"I think SCOvell has become an wholly owned subsidiary of MSFT and is being used for the express purpose of setting up precedents and creating more and more FUD."
"When the military has no oil for its war machine what is it going to do?"
The military will have fuel or make fuel. There will still be coal in 2035 so there will be some oil. Biodiesel is another option (though not a replacement) since most military vehicles run on diesel.
When I was a kid, there were no violent computer games or computers to play them on.
The workaround was to play Cowboys and "Native Americans", play soldiers, and read those evil comic books ("subversive" if you count Mad magazine, but that flew below adult radar). Lots of play that mimicked fantasy and real violent behavior.
Most folks turned out okay, except that when some of us had kids we forgot what it was like to BE one!
This isn't about vendor preference, it's about freedom of public access to public documents. For the public to allow vendor lock and depend on a single vendor for future access because they accepted a vendor standard is "just plain stupid".
No vendor whould be forced out, but the product the public entities buy would be standardized.
"If there's a silver lining, hopefully it will spur more support for Haiku,"
The sooner non-OSS BeOS dies the better. We should not want it, should not support it, and should support Haiku out of good old-fashioned self-interest if nothing else.
Instead of hoping commercial entities do the right thing, how about supporting people who do the right thing because they value doing it??
What ever bank is used, a Slashdot affinity card would have a much bigger potential customer base along with more visibility than any other OSS-promoting activity.
"Regarding the OP's problem the solution is simple: they should pony up $200 of their own money and buy their own secondary monitor, when the audit comes either they can show the second monitor is theirs or take it home that day and bring it back once the audit is done."
I brought my own ergo keyboard, trackball, and scanner/printer (the shop buys the ink cartridges and paper). My comfort can convenience are well worth it. All are well-marked as personal property.
Auto mechanics customarily supply most of the own tools, because that setup is an optimal "fit" for them and gives them the power user choices they want.Compared to that, springing for a few computer bits is dirt cheap. They are even tax deductable as professional equipment, as are your home computer and peripherals if you use them for business.
Many SC companies draw on the large retired/separated military population. Charleston AFB will be a steady source of people. Good companies can cherry-pick employees from many such sources in SC.
Slashdot Mirror
"What about the rest of us, who already have DVD players? we have to buy all new ones, to watch sonys new DVD's?"
Why would watching the products of a corporation that displays such utter contempt for you provoke anything but utter contempt in return???
When you buy their stuff you reward them for screwing you over. Don't buy their stuff. _I_ don't buy their stuff.
You aren't missing information, just some specific popular entertainment. It's not like boycotting Sony would make your life worse.
The popular urban legend is addressed here:
.50 caliber weapons against individual enemy combatants does not constitute a violation of this proscription against unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury.
NWP 1-14M 9.1.1
9.1.1 Unnecessary Suffering. Antipersonnel weapons are designed to kill or disable enemy combatants and are lawful notwithstanding the death, pain, and suffering they inflict. Weapons that are designed to cause unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury are, however, prohibited because the degree of pain or injury, or the certainty of death they produce is needlessly or clearly disproportionate to the military advantage to be gained by their use. Poisoned projectiles and small arms ammunition intended to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering fall into this category. Similarly, using materials that are difficult to detect or undetectable by field x-ray equipment, such as glass or clear plastic, as the injuring mechanism in military ammunition is prohibited, since they unnecessarily inhibit the treatment of wounds. Use of such materials as incidental components in ammunition, e.g., as wadding or packing, is not prohibited. Use of
"No, basic understanding of war. There are no "winners" in a war -- there are only those who lose worse."
Don't confuse expenditure of lives and treasure with "loss" in the sense of defeat. They are different.
"War is the breakdown of diplomacy. Every single time the United States has entered military conflict is because we already lost our attempt at an acceptable non-military solution."
"Diplomacy" wouldn't have put us in the dominant position after WWII. Killing and destruction are what brought us to power.
Oh REALLY? What "certain" weapon systems?
Kindly cite and link to the specific Orders or Directives to which you are referring!
BTW, who the hell calls themselves an O3? O-3 MAYBE, but it's more common to say your RANK, not pay grade, "Captain" AC.
"Who needs fancy new robots, the marine corps makes robots the old fashioned way: With brainwashing!"
They also train them to PROPERLY identify weapons. "m2"? Niiice. Lastly, unlike "soldier", "sailor","airman", or "troll", "Marine" is customarily capitalized.
You are correct.
http://www.thegunzone.com/hague.html
The statement regarding the 50 BMG is an urban legend, and that round is not more prone to "collateral damage" than other rounds.
Once fired, it does not lie in wait like a mine or CBU bomblet. The projectile, if it misses the target, is just more battlefield debris.
Hate on the US all ya like, but please bring facts to the table.
http://www.thegunzone.com/hague.html
I defy anyone to demonstrate a logical reason to not use large caliber weapons on the same people one is prepared to shoot with smaller caliber weapons. The object is to take them out of action before they take YOU out, and a .50 BMG does that.
That said, the Geneva Convention ban you mention is an urban legend. A fifty-cal clearly does not fall under any "unnecessary suffering clause". Get hit with one of those and it will likely put you OUT of any misery pronto.
Enjoy:
http://www.thegunzone.com/hague.html
"And this was a liberal watchdog group? Gimme a break. I thought the left at least gave lip service to freedom of speech."
"LIBERAL" = "Leftist". We don't have any more classical Liberals and Conservatives.
Also, anything done within African-American culture is beyond criticism or comment or observation outside its membership. The proper way for non-Africans to discuss such things is offline and out-of-range.
If you need an OS, Damn Small Linux is intended for such hardware. The forums have helpful folks should you encounter problems.
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
"... except Clarke is still alive"
THAT explains the faint tapping at the gravesite...
"Ask why no action is being taken, because they are black, and have no oil?"
Because our military is a shrunken shell of its Reagan Era self, and sparing the troops for another Mogadishu scenario (Africans HATE interlopers) isn't smart. Military common sense says going is a bad idea for the US. There is no moral imperative to military failure.
(OTOH, the EU have plenty of forces sitting home. France is good at African ops, and any country not engaged in Iraq and/or A-stan should be able to join the adventure.)
By the way, if you're going to call a representative to ask them to deploy ME to Darfur, howsabout going YOURSELF in some capacity??
During the Cold War I enlisted because I oppose Communism, and stay in because I oppose pan-Islamism. If people are going to espouse a cause they ought to be very willing to pitch in! If you are not physically fit enough to do military ops, peaceful NGOs could use help.
P.S.
The inexpensive way to really solve the problem would be to arm and train the blacks to defend themselves.
The Janjaweed and their horses aren't bulletproof. The UN could hire a military contractor (UN forces are of variable quality) to help create a black anti-Muslim defense force. ComBloc weapons are a good, simple, robust standard for low-tech forces. Kalashnikovs, some anti-personnel RPGs (buy them new from Basalt), some heavy machine guns, and some commo equipment would let the locals kill the Janajweed and control their own destiny.
People appreciate freedom when they fight for it.
No UN rescuers will be able to watch over everyone, but if every non-Janjaweed is packing a battle rifle the odds are better.
'In other words, mastery of office politics and not mastery of whatever it is you were originally hired to do is the key to getting ahead at the office. Sad but true."
As the old saying goes, "It's not what you know, it's who you blow".
"They're taking a very big gamble on their customer base, who, traditionally I would wager are the more technically minded type than the average intel customer. People who are more likely to object to this kind of thing."
Which is why we should raise a stink. Customer loyalty among fans kept AMD going in the enthusiast market, and they defecate on users like this?
"i didn't know my only choice was to shoot people."
If you RTFP, I included the peaceful option of "join an NGO on your side of choice".
Doctors Without Borders, for example, are a courageous bunch of activists who make a difference.
Why is this a US problem? BUSH didn't initiate Darfur.
How about providing a linky so we can annoy the EU and THEY can flex THEIR peacekeeping muscles? It does not take the US or US participation to field a UN force or enforce a no-fly zone. France has considerable experience doing COIN ops in Africa, has the Foreign Legion available, etc. Most of the EU forces don't have large overseas commitments. There are of course MANY other members of the UN in the rest of the world. Many of those are rich.
The reason they don't waste their time in futile African adventures is that Africans doing things to Africans are not the business of non-African colonials. When said colonials show up, the locals adapt, fight, shoot them up, and make examples of their dead to hammer the point home.
Africans are tough (note the Somalis who, unarmed, ran TO the fight in Mogadishu!) and they DO NOT like invaders. Let them settle things themselves.
If you want to do something, enlist as a merc or join an NGO on your side of choice and do it yourself.
If oily servers and oiled admins come to pass, not only will people want to see it, but there will inevitably be a newsgroup.
" and you'll be fine.
Do not visualize any potential content of "alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.sysadmin-sebaceous
"I think SCOvell has become an wholly owned subsidiary of MSFT and is being used for the express purpose of setting up precedents and creating more and more FUD."
Fixed it for ya.
"When the military has no oil for its war machine what is it going to do?"
The military will have fuel or make fuel. There will still be coal in 2035 so there will be some oil. Biodiesel is another option (though not a replacement) since most military vehicles run on diesel.
When I was a kid, there were no violent computer games or computers to play them on.
The workaround was to play Cowboys and "Native Americans", play soldiers, and read those evil comic books ("subversive" if you count Mad magazine, but that flew below adult radar). Lots of play that mimicked fantasy and real violent behavior.
Most folks turned out okay, except that when some of us had kids we forgot what it was like to BE one!
This isn't about vendor preference, it's about freedom of public access to public documents.
For the public to allow vendor lock and depend on a single vendor for future access because they accepted a vendor standard is "just plain stupid".
No vendor whould be forced out, but the product the public entities buy would be standardized.
"If there's a silver lining, hopefully it will spur more support for Haiku,"
The sooner non-OSS BeOS dies the better.
We should not want it, should not support it, and should support Haiku out of good old-fashioned self-interest if nothing else.
Instead of hoping commercial entities do the right thing, how about supporting people who do the right thing because they value doing it??
What ever bank is used, a Slashdot affinity card would have a much bigger potential customer base along with more visibility than any other OSS-promoting activity.
"Regarding the OP's problem the solution is simple: they should pony up $200 of their own money and buy their own secondary monitor, when the audit comes either they can show the second monitor is theirs or take it home that day and bring it back once the audit is done."
I brought my own ergo keyboard, trackball, and scanner/printer (the shop buys the ink cartridges and paper). My comfort can convenience are well worth it. All are well-marked as personal property.
Auto mechanics customarily supply most of the own tools, because that setup is an optimal "fit" for them and gives them the power user choices they want.Compared to that, springing for a few computer bits is dirt cheap. They are even tax deductable as professional equipment, as are your home computer and peripherals if you use them for business.
Many SC companies draw on the large retired/separated military population. Charleston AFB will be a steady source of people.
Good companies can cherry-pick employees from many such sources in SC.
" "Cheap power" is becoming more scarce with no entity will escape the harsh reality. "
a nce/states/statessc.html
Which is why locating in states with nuclear power might have appeal.
Found via Googling, of course!
http://www.nei.org/documents/states_sc.pdf
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_gl