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  1. Re:yes. idiot. hitler knew that. stalin knew that on The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred · · Score: 1

    "Europeans from Paris to Danzig stood by and let their countrymen be marched off to their deaths, and while there were heroes here and there (just as there were collaborators), all in all they just stood there."

    A lot of them helped. After all, murdering Communists is rational, and there was enough anti-Jewish and anti-Gypsy irrational prejudice that most of them weren't missed.

    Look up the Waffen SS divisions from the occupied countries. Some of them fought superbly.

  2. Re:Bogus premise on The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred · · Score: 1

    War is the deliberate infliction of violence to BREAK the will to resist. It's not "policing" which is which "policing" DOES NOT WORK.

    Chivalry only works on the chivalrous.

  3. Re:Bogus premise on The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred · · Score: 1

    France had it easy. Poland didn't, and much of Polish resistance was destroyed including the entire Warsaw Ghetto.

    The Soviets fought various Eastern partisan groups for a few years after WWII ended, and because they weren't also fighting the Wehrmacht they had the leisure to destroy them.

  4. Re:Bogus premise on The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred · · Score: 1

    "The US is the biggest terrorist in the world you don't kill hundred of thousands of Japanese even after they tried to surrender and call your self the army of rightness."

    Nonsense. The Japs had a chance to surrender and were too slow about it. There was no reason not to nuke them because OWN-side lives have value and enemy lives do not. They were TOLD to surrender and should have done so after Iwo Jima fell.

  5. Re:Bogus premise on The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred · · Score: 1

    Germany was NOT peaceable after WWI, because the Dolchstoss theory that it had been stabbed in the back was propagated and not countered.

    When their country got burned down around their ears and what the Wehrmacht had fought for was destroyed, German psychology changed greatly.

    Beating enemy soldiers with no consequence to enemy civilians (due to pretending the COUNTRY isn't the enemy) doesn't produce lasting victory.

  6. Windows viruses on Viruses Stole City College of S.F. Data For Years · · Score: 1

    It DOESN'T go without saying, except here.

    Relentlessly remind people that viruses are largely a consequence of running a "virus farm" OS.

  7. Re:Well, only sort of... on Sykipot Trojan Variant Stealing DoD Smartcard Credentials · · Score: 1

    DoD has a live distro for telecommuting. They should make its use mandatory for that, and get rid of their Windows desktops. That's as easy as giving the order, just like when we transitioned TO Windows in ancient times.

    It's free to download, grab a copy:

    http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm

  8. Re:She has a brighter future... on Homeless Student Is Intel Talent Search Semifinalist · · Score: 1

    Your Mom must want someone to mentor.

  9. Re:I really hate this article on Homeless Student Is Intel Talent Search Semifinalist · · Score: 1

    If the Masters who rule us fail to share sufficient loot, there is no reason not to eat them.

    Those who teach otherwise teach we have some "obligation" to the masters.

    I don't owe anyone anything. The peons (everyone reading this) should first remember they are peasants somewhere at the level of the folks who pack human shit into fuel briquettes in Third World countries.

    Nobody gives a fuck about you, except a "small circle of friends".
    Since the masters have no ethics when dealing with you, you are free to smile and return the favor.

  10. USAF distro solves this for remote users. on Sykipot Trojan Variant Stealing DoD Smartcard Credentials · · Score: 1

    http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm

    Your taxes paid for it and it's a free download. Grab a copy and check it out. Saves buckets of money in license fees compared to a PE-ish live CD, and won't run Windows malware.

  11. Re:Sounds anti-competitve to me on Microsoft Taking Aggressive Steps Against Linux On ARM · · Score: -1, Troll

    They own the US government, and this is an election year.

    Niether Omney nor Robama dare fuck with a company that powerful. The Justice Department prefers to target medicinal cannabis and play gunrunner in Operation Gunwalker.

    What do those have in common? They are geared to undermine your rights, not Microsoft.

  12. Re:Announcing Waterproof 3D HDTVs! on Nanocoating Waterproofs Any Gadget · · Score: 2

    "Then she can do his back."

    Or he hers...

  13. Re:Sometimes hi-tech is not the best solution.... on The Future of Hi-Tech Auto Theft · · Score: 1

    Of course not. Ordinary repo work.

  14. Re:Wrong demographic on The Future of Hi-Tech Auto Theft · · Score: 1

    All you have to do to steal a car is pull up to it with a snatch truck, grab it with a wheel lift, and drive off down the street. You can disengage the parking brake later if you don't mind tire smoke for a bit.

    Repo'ing cars isn't like on TV, and it was educational. Bystanders don't give a shit about a tow truck. Repo drivers know how to disable alarms etc. It's part of recovery.

  15. Re:It never ends... on US Navy Developing App-Summoned Robotic Helicopter · · Score: 1

    "Ask them to describe American culture and you'll get a blank stare."

    That's completely offensive! I demand an apology.

    We have NASCAR, Jersey Shore, and the Kardashian sisters!

  16. Re:omg yay on FreeBSD 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Chases off users they don't want anyway. Not everyone wants to rule the desktop!

  17. Re:Time famine? Really??? on Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations? · · Score: 1

    This deluge of dilution is utterly intolerable!

  18. Re:what will they do with stolen cars? on The Future of Hi-Tech Auto Theft · · Score: 1

    That's why it should be legal and encouraged to use lethal force to protect property. Good people don't steal.

    Pulling the fuel pump fuse or ECU fuse and replacing with a dummy works well too, and is invisible unless the thief pulls that fuse.

    My bud had several steering columns ruined on his wrecker over the years, but it was never stolen. Columns are free when you do salvage and he got very quick at swapping them out!

  19. Re:what will they do with stolen cars? on The Future of Hi-Tech Auto Theft · · Score: 1

    It's mostly the "busting" part. Cheap sheet metal and cheap plastic bumper covers abound, but many other parts are still painfully expensive.

    The dealer I worked for would routinely buy complete wrecks at auction for parts and make a nice profit!

  20. Re:Obligatory on Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations? · · Score: 1

    Workers aren't valuable in the USA and can be instantly replaced. Employers have zero reason to care if you drop dead off-premises.

    Now that I'm out of the military and retired I can fuck off as I like, and have no moral duty to my employers nor they to me.

    Most people don't have "fuck you money" coming in to pull that off.

  21. Re:If they were manned aircraft would it be an iss on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    My front door stays closed. Free security monitoring is fine with me.

    Metal thieves in my neighbourhood are the real threat. I socialise comfortably with local law enforcement, many of who are also retired G.I.s.

    If the cops want to park a squad car out front I'd clear space for it so it would be off the shoulder of the road.

  22. Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    MANY of "the troops" in Combat Arms are rednecks and not down with oppressing the American public. If the shit hits the fan the military will be divided.

    It seems odd to civilians, but much of the military hold our corrupt civilian government in contempt. I'm much more worried about civilian apparatchiks who have never had military experience.

    Timothy McVeigh was a soldier, and agree or disagree with his methods he knew government was becoming the enemy of the American public. The awkward part is the SAME oppressive government largely consists of "just plain folks" and they were collateral damage at OKC just like the collateral damage at Waco.

    Note to future revolutionaries:
    Pick your targets individually.

  23. Re:Eye for an eye.` on Video Games As Propaganda · · Score: 1

    They are losing nuclear scientists at an amusing rate:

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/11/world/asia/iran-scientist-killed/

  24. ++ for distro choice! on Intel-Powered Smartphones Arriving Soon · · Score: 1

    That's the big deal to me. For a phone to eventually become a serious notebook and desktop alternative it needs to run an appropriate OS and make use of the vast existing application base.

  25. If they were manned aircraft would it be an issue? on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Movements are publicly viewable.