Anti-missile defense is a complex and daunting task, but progress matters because of the wide VARIETY of ordnance employed by adversaries.
The objection that it's not 100-percent efficient is but a quibble. If North Korea launched 1000 mustard gas shells at Seoul, it would be much nicer for the residents if 800 didn't make it. (Chems are NOT really "WMD" and if you dress for the party your odds are good, but they are so classified in order to allow a nuclear response by nations who have renounce chems.)
"In a religious context, the term 'Semitic' can refer to the religions associated with the speakers of these languages: thus Judaism, Christianity and Islam are often described as "Semitic religions" (irrespective of language family spoken by their adherents). Manicheanism and the Mandaean religion also fall within this category.
The term Abrahamic religions is more commonly used today. A truly comprehensive account of "Semitic" religions would include the Ancient Semitic religions (such as Mesopotamian religion and Canaanite Religion) that flourished in the Middle East long before the Abrahamic religions."
Superstition is not race. Ideology is not race. Only Nazi science considers Superstition to be race, and their nonsense isn't logically supportable.
When you mean (/superstition) SAY which Superstitionist (Jew, Muslim, Christian,) you mean without dissembling.
Shoot all the artfuck "developers" in the face. They have become human obstacles.
Seriously, if any of you eye-candy fetishists read this, go write shitty interfaces for Windows apps instead. Better yet, suck a shotgun and thin the herd.
"We want shiny tabletly eye candy bullshit because we'd rather be developing for Windows, but Windows already has a DE. We don't give a shit about anything but shiny change because change is progress and efficiency is shit and everyone should have to constantly re-learn how to interact with their PC and ergonomic efficiency be damned.
"Abstracting away the reality that you are killing people, by making a machine do the actual deed after deployment removes the innate guilt of killing those people."
What a load of shit. "Guilt" is far from innate, and enormous genocides through history have been done gleefully and "up close and personal".
Rwandan genocides were more often than not done with KNIVES, which means you get sprayed body fluids during your hackathon. Posed "no fucking problem" to the perps.
Also, seige engines and cannons/tube artillery called, citing "prior art"!
"Ma bring me my shotgun. Theres another of them their intlectuls on the front grass."
All the more reason to seek power over such lesser humans by deceiving them, then ruthlessly strip them of power, wealth and rights.
I understand the contempt the rich elites hold for the common man. Sucks that the rest of us may get caught in the blast radius, but there really is every reason to hate such low thug trash and to enjoy the revenge of fucking them over.
There is literally nothing about such folk to arouse the least bit of sympathy. Why NOT outsource their jobs, tax them to destitution, and spend a few billion dollars convincing them to lick your boots because it's the will of Jesus?
You must be religious, as your assertion is the standard defense of Superstition. Superstition IS its REAL EFFECTS, not its IMAGINARY, IDEAL effects.
Superstition is dangerous because it subordinates humans to other humans in the most profound way, which is inherently exploitable (Allahu Akbar! Deus Vult!) and is so exploited.
Anyone who tries to separate belief from believers is being disingenuous. We see through such things nowadays, as in (most) countries Superstitionists can no longer have us burned for heresy.
"I was thinking of switching from Ubuntu to PCLinuxOS, because I want to use a computer without ever needing to reinstall, in other words, rolling releases."
You could try that "Debian" thing, I think it's a fork of Ubuntu or somethin'....
"Cut down on burning fossil fuels. Doing that now is cheaper than repairing the damage and installing preventive measures agains floods and storms later."
Citation needed. Storm damage is an opportunity for urban renewal, and the casualty rate is trivial compared to accepted activities such as being hospitalized and driving to work.
"A real man isn't afraid to order a fruity drink because they taste damn good..."
The Spartans and Greek warriors were among the ultimate "real men". Just because a lot of out homosexuals are silly bottoms doesn't mean they ALL are....
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Anti-missile defense is a complex and daunting task, but progress matters because of the wide VARIETY of ordnance employed by adversaries.
The objection that it's not 100-percent efficient is but a quibble.
If North Korea launched 1000 mustard gas shells at Seoul, it would be much nicer for the residents if 800 didn't make it. (Chems are NOT really "WMD" and if you dress for the party your odds are good, but they are so classified in order to allow a nuclear response by nations who have renounce chems.)
The non-Jews concerned are also Semites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic#Semitic-speaking_peoples
"In a religious context, the term 'Semitic' can refer to the religions associated with the speakers of these languages: thus Judaism, Christianity and Islam are often described as "Semitic religions" (irrespective of language family spoken by their adherents). Manicheanism and the Mandaean religion also fall within this category.
The term Abrahamic religions is more commonly used today. A truly comprehensive account of "Semitic" religions would include the Ancient Semitic religions (such as Mesopotamian religion and Canaanite Religion) that flourished in the Middle East long before the Abrahamic religions."
Superstition is not race. Ideology is not race. Only Nazi science considers Superstition to be race, and their nonsense isn't logically supportable.
When you mean (/superstition) SAY which Superstitionist (Jew, Muslim, Christian,) you mean without dissembling.
"I miss the days of installing a new Linux distro on a ten-year-old machine and finding out that it ran as fast as a new machine with Windows."
Don't use bloated WMs. There is plenty of choice.
Shoot all the artfuck "developers" in the face. They have become human obstacles.
Seriously, if any of you eye-candy fetishists read this, go write shitty interfaces for Windows apps instead. Better yet, suck a shotgun and thin the herd.
Translation:
"We want shiny tabletly eye candy bullshit because we'd rather be developing for Windows, but Windows already has a DE. We don't give a shit about anything but shiny change because change is progress and efficiency is shit and everyone should have to constantly re-learn how to interact with their PC and ergonomic efficiency be damned.
Chickens will gleefully attack weaker chickens and sometimes kill them.
They also love to eat chicken, and are quite interested when you behead one for dinner.
My hens devour small mice, and when raking out the coop if you expose a mouse nest it's "game on". They flip the babies and gobble 'em whole.
"All the benefits of killing people, without all the personal risk. Its a win-win all round."
Old news. If Hoplites wanted "personal risk", they'd have left their shields at home.
War isn't sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is stupid.
"Abstracting away the reality that you are killing people, by making a machine do the actual deed after deployment removes the innate guilt of killing those people."
What a load of shit. "Guilt" is far from innate, and enormous genocides through history have been done gleefully and "up close and personal".
Rwandan genocides were more often than not done with KNIVES, which means you get sprayed body fluids during your hackathon. Posed "no fucking problem" to the perps.
Also, seige engines and cannons/tube artillery called, citing "prior art"!
"Ma bring me my shotgun. Theres another of them their intlectuls on the front grass."
All the more reason to seek power over such lesser humans by deceiving them, then ruthlessly strip them of power, wealth and rights.
I understand the contempt the rich elites hold for the common man. Sucks that the rest of us may get caught in the blast radius, but there really is every reason to hate such low thug trash and to enjoy the revenge of fucking them over.
There is literally nothing about such folk to arouse the least bit of sympathy. Why NOT outsource their jobs, tax them to destitution, and spend a few billion dollars convincing them to lick your boots because it's the will of Jesus?
There have been ZERO governments BASED on "atheism".
There have been governments which replaced theism with "cult of personality"/politics as religion.
Thanks for playing, you lose again.
The students who hated all authority in the Sixties were RIGHT, but they sold out for the most part.
Kids, the Man is fucking YOU even harder than he did your predecessors.
Unless you get pissed off enough to act, "prepare your anus".
"Because religion isn't dangerous."
You must be religious, as your assertion is the standard defense of Superstition. Superstition IS its REAL EFFECTS, not its IMAGINARY, IDEAL effects.
Superstition is dangerous because it subordinates humans to other humans in the most profound way, which is inherently exploitable (Allahu Akbar! Deus Vult!) and is so exploited.
Anyone who tries to separate belief from believers is being disingenuous. We see through such things nowadays, as in (most) countries Superstitionists can no longer have us burned for heresy.
Whenever the subject is brought up, it would be appropriate to NAME the perp and note his background info.
No libel, no slander, just sufficient identification that anyone considering teaming with this fellow can make a fully informed decision.
It's not revenge, just self-defense.
It would be ideal for a Chinese company to buy AMD, giving China complete PC manufacturing capability.
China is why we can afford computers. More power to them.
"I was thinking of switching from Ubuntu to PCLinuxOS, because I want to use a computer without ever needing to reinstall, in other words, rolling releases."
You could try that "Debian" thing, I think it's a fork of Ubuntu or somethin'....
Mod Parent Up!
The idea is so brilliant and so obvious almost everyone missed it.
Sounds interesting.
Howabout some links?
"IT colleagues" caring about user experience like mere noobz?
Must be seductive stuff!
" Still, it is impressive that they think they can charge so much for a device whose only selling point is that it is too hobbled to cheat with."
As with textbook prices, "assraping a captive audience" pays off handsomely.
"Cut down on burning fossil fuels. Doing that now is cheaper than repairing the damage and installing preventive measures agains floods and storms later."
Citation needed. Storm damage is an opportunity for urban renewal, and the casualty rate is trivial compared to accepted activities such as being hospitalized and driving to work.
Synthetic caffeine solves that problem.
"Manuals get updated and it's important to have the current versions."
For aircraft, yes.
For notebooks? Bullshit!
They are short-term consumer products and basic manuals are sufficient.
"Wasn't a damn thing wrong with old-school manufacturer ftp support sites."
They don't look kewl and aren't set up to facilitate recording user data for mining.
Fuck Toshiba for trying to make their older machines even less maintainable.
"A real man isn't afraid to order a fruity drink because they taste damn good..."
The Spartans and Greek warriors were among the ultimate "real men".
Just because a lot of out homosexuals are silly bottoms doesn't mean they ALL are....