Excellent post, agree on 4GW, but "taking out hundreds of Merkavas"?
HUNDREDS??? Sources please! A quick web search points to (possibly) over 100 disabled, which can be anything from a busted track to total destruction. The percentage that burned/exploded or were blown up sufficient to be total losses is hard to guage. 'Hundreds" would be destruction on the level of that inflicted on the Republican Guard in Gulf War Part 1! It would be difficult to hide that many kills (discreet tank recovery, transport, and refurbishment would be no mean feat!), and that level of loss would be a traumatic defeat for the IDF. There would be no way to hide trailers carrying that many machines to the rear.
It would be an impressive chunk of the whole IDF Merkava fleet:
"Overall the total number of all Merkava tanks produced as of 2001 is estimated at 1280 tanks, although as opposed to most other sources, according to Jane's Defense Weekly, the IDF operates about 1,050 Merkava mk.2/2B and 700 Merkava mk.3/3B/BAZ tanks. Assuming the more widespread number of 1280 tanks is the correct one, we see that during the last decade (1990-2000, taking into account the stopping of production in 1990/91), some 480 to 680 Merkava mk.3 tanks were built, meaning a rate of production of about 50 tanks per year. Although the capability is there to produce no less then 120 machines a year, the funding most likely isn't."
I support plenty of Win98 users for barter and pocket money. They are used to it, it serves them well enough, and they don't have a lot of money to spend on a newer machine or OS. There are more than a few people who can't afford even a couple hundred bucks for a computer, so scrounged machines and free dialup are how they make do.
You are correct. When I see people scrapping their old gas hog vehicles, selling off trucks and SUVs they don't use for actual work, and see them demanding economical vehicles (comparable to the old VW Rabbit and Honda Civic) then I'll be be impressed. I worked in a junkyard during the 1970s, and people were eagerly ditching their bloatmobiles. I'm a mechanic now, and it ain't happening. When consumers can afford 30,40 and 50K dollar vehicles gas isn't a player.
If you have nothing to hide, you can use surveillance footage to prove your innocence should it ever be questioned. With public (and far more common) private cameras in so many places, you can substantiate your innocence if you know where the cameras are. The solution is to make public recordings of public behavior publically accessable. Pictures of the commons should be common property.
I'm far more frightened by voter stupidity than election fraud, but would like to see widespread cracking of Diebold machines because that is the only way the public will exert pressure for change. Theoretical exploitation of teh mysterious boxes is one thing, but grossly hacking an election would get the attention of the average tard on the street.
"getting on board with a laptop battery that is drained"
Easily solved. I carry a spare,charged battery. While waiting in terminals, I plug in my wall wart and run from that while keeping my Thinkpad charged, minimizing battery use.
"War is for one thing only--the destruction of your enemy." Not correct. Destruction is but a tool, and modern war encompasses the whole spectrum of political conflict.
Examples:
North Vietnamese leadership did not attack US forces outside the theatre, did not attack the mainland US, and did not use terrorism as do the Jihadists. Their sound reasoning was that they understood the political ramifications of destroying (some of) the enemy in a way that hardened US resolve. Pearl Harbor was a cautionary example.
Non-lethals have tremendous potential because the people whose conduct is adjusted by their application do not become martyrs. An otherwise politically indifferent civilian, accidentally killed during riot control, can become a martyr for a cause they don't even share. Kent State, anyone?
The object of war is behavior modification, and non-lethals are another tool in the toolbox.
If twenty dollars matters that much, to each his own, although I'd just upgrade the modem and sell the old one. The money I've saved by not buying Windows over the years would easily pay for a few computers, let alone a card or two.
A natural hack would be to add an IDE/CF adapter and run a "frugal install" (see the Damn Small Linux forums for how to do those) of a modern distro like Kanotix from a Compact Flash card. You get the benefits of a live CD without the live CD, and persistent storage (if you want that) on a second partition, USB key, or any other media.
A "frugal install" on hard disk or compact flash is an excellent alternative to live CDs. You retain the use of your CD drive and of any other drives/partitions, and may create a persistent home directory or not as you wish. See the Damn Small Linux forums for info and help on setting up frugal installs. If anything gets hosed, you can easily use the same CD your installed with to repair any problems.
We have the same problem in the Air Force. I solved it from my own POV long ago. I don't socialize with women at work or from my workplace, I don't converse with them unless they initiate it (except when assigning work), and I keep strictly to business. I'm very pleasent, professional and polite. There is no reason, unless you ARE the woman in the office, not to isolate them socially if self-protection makes that a good idea. My job is not a social club, and reasons to not exist for me to fraternize with or appear to fraternize with women at work.
Maybe the guarantee is valid if they are run from a UPS. Power fluctuates where I live, and is interrupted fairly often when local drunks hit the wooden poles. I certainly don't get more than a year out of them. Wake me up when LEDs are an economical alternative.
"There should be laws against this kind of behavior, they should be enforced, or there should be a local law enforcement culture that encourages a violent beat down of people who carry on this type of harrasment campaign." China can take care of that nicely. There is no reasonable expectation of EUSian society changing in a way favorable to animal research, so it is reasonable to move it to China. Whatever we think of the Chinese government, taking advantage of the differences between our systems to benefit science is logical. As the US becomes more anti-science, why shouldn't the rest of the world take up the slack? Instead of foreign students and scientists coming to the US, ours can travel overseas.
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"How about the number of people who destroy thousand-dollar engines for want of two bucks of motor oil?" I LOVE them! Some people are warning-proof. They would rather blithely sail through life and destroy stuff than take proper care. Works for me and my wallet! It's not like I don't warn them, but they just drool and drive off...
There are plenty of good commercial solutions to storing such items. Automated rotary and sliding shelving systems are available where you may manually or electronically select the item you want. Bookshelf systems are available (we use them for USAF Tech Order binders) so if you want to store binders of DVDs it's no problem. They are robust enough for industrial tool cribs, and specc'ing an enclosure or fireproof room if required is routine (though expensive). If your facility has the room, 20 or 40-foot ISO shipping containers can be used as internal or external storage. They are gasketed, easy to secure, fireproof, and storm-resistant. They are easily fitted with power and lighting at less than the cost of new construction. SeaBox makes custom commercial and military containers and could do something suitable.
"But I just get the funny feeling that some moron is going to design it so that you literally *can't flush* merely because you lost power."
The nice thing about conventional toilets is that you can bucket-fill the tank and flush at leisure. I live in an area where power outages caused by storms are common, and am not interested in running my generator to flush my toilet.
How about an app to drop a dime on anyone you suspect of doing anything illegal? It could send logs, screen grabs, etc as desired to any/all of a menu of law enforcement agencies. I'm not serious of course, but it's probably a matter of time until someone who is devises Stasi-at-home software.
Gotta have tunes! As an avionics weenie I made several Walkman adapters (allowing pilots to use them over their headsets) during the Gulf War. This was common, since ingress and egress flights were long and boring and music helped the pilots stay awake.
Male and female comm cord ends, some cable & heatshrink, and a Radio Shack audio plug are all it takes. Keying the mike cuts the audio so the person on the other end won't hear your music. The ends haven't changed so interested G.I.s could still do this. Dunno if most mp3 players will drive an aircraft headset.
Indeed, but thanks to the people who worked on installing small distros (especially DSL) to USB flash drive, you can use the same techniques for larger distros. 1GB drives are cheap enough to fit the full live CD distro of your choice in "frugal install" mode. Those interested can check out the Damn Small Linux forums for more info.
They are already large enough to hold usable operating systems like Linux. Damn Small Linux and CPXmini (a slick little Kanotix remaster) run fine from USB sticks. If you have the space, you can install a full distro and keep a storage partition for files you wish to save.
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"one hit to a battleship"
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Israel has never had a battleship or anything nearly that large. Missile ships are their mainstay.
Here's a recent list:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/isra
Excellent post, agree on 4GW, but "taking out hundreds of Merkavas"?
HUNDREDS??? Sources please!
A quick web search points to (possibly) over 100 disabled, which can be anything from a busted track to total destruction. The percentage that burned/exploded or were blown up sufficient to be total losses is hard to guage.
'Hundreds" would be destruction on the level of that inflicted on the Republican Guard in Gulf War Part 1!
It would be difficult to hide that many kills (discreet tank recovery, transport, and refurbishment would be no mean feat!), and that level of loss would be a traumatic defeat for the IDF.
There would be no way to hide trailers carrying that many machines to the rear.
It would be an impressive chunk of the whole IDF Merkava fleet:
http://www.waronline.org/en/IDF/arms/merkava.htm
"Overall the total number of all Merkava tanks produced as of 2001 is estimated at 1280 tanks, although as opposed to most other sources, according to Jane's Defense Weekly, the IDF operates about 1,050 Merkava mk.2/2B and 700 Merkava mk.3/3B/BAZ tanks.
Assuming the more widespread number of 1280 tanks is the correct one, we see that during the last decade (1990-2000, taking into account the stopping of production in 1990/91), some 480 to 680 Merkava mk.3 tanks were built, meaning a rate of production of about 50 tanks per year.
Although the capability is there to produce no less then 120 machines a year, the funding most likely isn't."
I support plenty of Win98 users for barter and pocket money.
They are used to it, it serves them well enough, and they don't have a lot of money to spend on a newer machine or OS.
There are more than a few people who can't afford even a couple hundred bucks for a computer, so scrounged machines and free dialup are how they make do.
You are correct.
When I see people scrapping their old gas hog vehicles, selling off trucks and SUVs they don't use for actual work, and see them demanding economical vehicles (comparable to the old VW Rabbit and Honda Civic) then I'll be be impressed.
I worked in a junkyard during the 1970s, and people were eagerly ditching their bloatmobiles.
I'm a mechanic now, and it ain't happening.
When consumers can afford 30,40 and 50K dollar vehicles gas isn't a player.
If you have nothing to hide, you can use surveillance footage to prove your innocence should it ever be questioned.
With public (and far more common) private cameras in so many places, you can substantiate your innocence if you know where the cameras are.
The solution is to make public recordings of public behavior publically accessable. Pictures of the commons should be common property.
*grabs some of your popcorn*
I'm far more frightened by voter stupidity than election fraud, but would like to see widespread cracking of Diebold machines because that is the only way the public will exert pressure for change.
Theoretical exploitation of teh mysterious boxes is one thing, but grossly hacking an election would get the attention of the average tard on the street.
"getting on board with a laptop battery that is drained"
Easily solved. I carry a spare,charged battery. While waiting in terminals, I plug in my wall wart and run from that while keeping my Thinkpad charged, minimizing battery use.
"War is for one thing only--the destruction of your enemy."
Not correct. Destruction is but a tool, and modern war encompasses the whole spectrum of political conflict.
Examples:
North Vietnamese leadership did not attack US forces outside the theatre, did not attack the mainland US, and did not use terrorism as do the Jihadists. Their sound reasoning was that they understood the political ramifications of destroying (some of) the enemy in a way that hardened US resolve. Pearl Harbor was a cautionary example.
Non-lethals have tremendous potential because the people whose conduct is adjusted by their application do not become martyrs. An otherwise politically indifferent civilian, accidentally killed during riot control, can become a martyr for a cause they don't even share. Kent State, anyone?
The object of war is behavior modification, and non-lethals are another tool in the toolbox.
If twenty dollars matters that much, to each his own, although I'd just upgrade the modem and sell the old one.
The money I've saved by not buying Windows over the years would easily pay for a few computers, let alone a card or two.
Damn Small Linux also has the frugal install option which is ideal instead of the hassle of a live CD.
/ damnsmall/current/pdfdocs/FrugalHowto.pdf
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions
A natural hack would be to add an IDE/CF adapter and run a "frugal install" (see the Damn Small Linux forums for how to do those) of a modern distro like Kanotix from a Compact Flash card. You get the benefits of a live CD without the live CD, and persistent storage (if you want that) on a second partition, USB key, or any other media.
A "frugal install" on hard disk or compact flash is an excellent alternative to live CDs. You retain the use of your CD drive and of any other drives/partitions, and may create a persistent home directory or not as you wish. See the Damn Small Linux forums for info and help on setting up frugal installs. If anything gets hosed, you can easily use the same CD your installed with to repair any problems.
We have the same problem in the Air Force.
I solved it from my own POV long ago. I don't socialize with women at work or from my workplace, I don't converse with them unless they initiate it (except when assigning work), and I keep strictly to business. I'm very pleasent, professional and polite.
There is no reason, unless you ARE the woman in the office, not to isolate them socially if self-protection makes that a good idea.
My job is not a social club, and reasons to not exist for me to fraternize with or appear to fraternize with women at work.
Maybe the guarantee is valid if they are run from a UPS. Power fluctuates where I live, and is interrupted fairly often when local drunks hit the wooden poles. I certainly don't get more than a year out of them.
Wake me up when LEDs are an economical alternative.
"There should be laws against this kind of behavior, they should be enforced, or there should be a local law enforcement culture that encourages a violent beat down of people who carry on this type of harrasment campaign."
China can take care of that nicely. There is no reasonable expectation of EUSian society changing in a way favorable to animal research, so it is reasonable to move it to China.
Whatever we think of the Chinese government, taking advantage of the differences between our systems to benefit science is logical. As the US becomes more anti-science, why shouldn't the rest of the world take up the slack? Instead of foreign students and scientists coming to the US, ours can travel overseas.
"How about the number of people who destroy thousand-dollar engines for want of two bucks of motor oil?"
I LOVE them!
Some people are warning-proof. They would rather blithely sail through life and destroy stuff than take proper care. Works for me and my wallet! It's not like I don't warn them, but they just drool and drive off...
There are plenty of good commercial solutions to storing such items. Automated rotary and sliding shelving systems are available where you may manually or electronically select the item you want. Bookshelf systems are available (we use them for USAF Tech Order binders) so if you want to store binders of DVDs it's no problem. They are robust enough for industrial tool cribs, and specc'ing an enclosure or fireproof room if required is routine (though expensive).
If your facility has the room, 20 or 40-foot ISO shipping containers can be used as internal or external storage. They are gasketed, easy to secure, fireproof, and storm-resistant. They are easily fitted with power and lighting at less than the cost of new construction. SeaBox makes custom commercial and military containers and could do something suitable.
Or just use free VMWare player and your choice of virtual machine for browsing.
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http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/c
"But I just get the funny feeling that some moron is going to design it so that you literally *can't flush* merely because you lost power."
The nice thing about conventional toilets is that you can bucket-fill the tank and flush at leisure. I live in an area where power outages caused by storms are common, and am not interested in running my generator to flush my toilet.
How about an app to drop a dime on anyone you suspect of doing anything illegal?
It could send logs, screen grabs, etc as desired to any/all of a menu of law enforcement agencies.
I'm not serious of course, but it's probably a matter of time until someone who is devises Stasi-at-home software.
"You can't really protect against that."
Yes you can, with a virtual keyboard. xvkbd works for me.
Gotta have tunes!
As an avionics weenie I made several Walkman adapters (allowing pilots to use them over their headsets) during the Gulf War. This was common, since ingress and egress flights were long and boring and music helped the pilots stay awake.
Male and female comm cord ends, some cable & heatshrink, and a Radio Shack audio plug are all it takes. Keying the mike cuts the audio so the person on the other end won't hear your music. The ends haven't changed so interested G.I.s could still do this. Dunno if most mp3 players will drive an aircraft headset.
Indeed, but thanks to the people who worked on installing small distros (especially DSL) to USB flash drive, you can use the same techniques for larger distros. 1GB drives are cheap enough to fit the full live CD distro of your choice in "frugal install" mode. Those interested can check out the Damn Small Linux forums for more info.
They are already large enough to hold usable operating systems like Linux.
Damn Small Linux and CPXmini (a slick little Kanotix remaster) run fine from USB sticks. If you have the space, you can install a full distro and keep a storage partition for files you wish to save.
Had you posted WHICH wireless card you have, the Slashdot hive mind might offer solutions.