"Let me guess, you're American." What's your point, AC? Despite our current administration, I wouldn't trade my US citizenship for any other.
"Let's not forget that the project would have been a total write-off without Russia."
All you're saying is that Russia made good on some of its commitments. It doesn't change the fact that the US had to dig deeper into its own pockets to cover what Russia failed to pay.
"gotten a 16-button Autovon phone (with the extra precedence TouchTones) and had dialed the base PBX, dialed up to the bird's PBX, dialed across it to an outgoing line back to the ground, which needless to say had permission to call anywhere in the world at any priority it wanted, and was yakking with his buddies in..."
The report of missing data made Bush look weak on security. It happened on his watch.
Here's my cynical suspicion of what happened:
Bushco had to immediately mitigate the political damage. They fired everyone in sight so that they could say it would never happen again. But that still was not a happy ending for them because the the fiasco was a matter of public record. The only way to undo the damage was to make the public think that it was all just a false alarm, a bad dream.
Maybe the disks were never recorded. Yeah, that's the ticket. That's what we'll say, and we'll leak a few "details" to help sell it.
The confusion, it turns out, was created by inventory bar codes produced for computer disks that have never been written, a department official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"Not only were there more problems available with old cars, they happened more often!"
There are far more ways a new car can fail. The weak parts in old cars were, as you stated, part of the routine maintenance plan. If you never get a tuneup and you ignore the warning signs, then yeah, those points will eventually burn up.
"I can't think of many "non-specialised" parts on old cars."
Coils, water pumps, starters, switches, lamps, batteries, hoses, belts, pulleys, motor mounts, gas caps, keys, gaskets, manifolds, fasteners, fluids, heater cores and ac evaporators, radiators and ac condensers, cables, and many others were more far more generic in the old days.
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1. expand TLA as needed.
2. craft dumb joke about the US
3. profit
Mr. President, we cannot allow a popcorn gap!
"Let me guess, you're American."
What's your point, AC? Despite our current administration, I wouldn't trade my US citizenship for any other.
"Let's not forget that the project would have been a total write-off without Russia."
All you're saying is that Russia made good on some of its commitments. It doesn't change the fact that the US had to dig deeper into its own pockets to cover what Russia failed to pay.
Let's not forget that Russia did not live up to its own obligations in the project. The US was left holding the bag for $billions.
Ahh, gorilla warfare.
It was a half-baked idea.
1 atmosphere is about the same relative pressure as the inside of a soccerball.
"gotten a 16-button Autovon phone (with the extra precedence TouchTones) and had dialed the base PBX, dialed up to the bird's PBX, dialed across it to an outgoing line back to the ground, which needless to say had permission to call anywhere in the world at any priority it wanted, and was yakking with his buddies in..."
Mr. Big's Limousine. It's almost too easy.
You could probably roll your own. I crack me up.
You should have told them that you were Abe Frohman.
The report of missing data made Bush look weak on security. It happened on his watch.
Here's my cynical suspicion of what happened:
Bushco had to immediately mitigate the political damage. They fired everyone in sight so that they could say it would never happen again. But that still was not a happy ending for them because the the fiasco was a matter of public record. The only way to undo the damage was to make the public think that it was all just a false alarm, a bad dream.
Maybe the disks were never recorded. Yeah, that's the ticket. That's what we'll say, and we'll leak a few "details" to help sell it.
The confusion, it turns out, was created by inventory bar codes produced for computer disks that have never been written, a department official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Ahh, what a relief... if you believe it.
"It's literally a million pound weapon of death"
And that's just the loco.
Like this?
"I added Sun to laugh at the steep slope to down, and their share price is going up."
That's Sun Oil (Sunoco). Their share price is being influenced by, ahem, different factors.
I think this is what you wanted.
"Hey HP, you can stop sucking ass now!"
Fiorina got her Bachelor's degree in Medievel history and philosophy. hmmmm
My work here is done.
Anyone who claims to be an expert "navagationalist" is a liar.
"parenting is now the job of the government now"
According to one of your other posts in this thread, making parental decisions about other people's kids is your job.
You really ought to STFU.
"A Ferrari is built to squeeze every last bit of performance out of the machinery, sacrificing silly stuff like economy, comfort and reliabiliy."
Right, because everyone knows that races are won by fatigued drivers making extra pit stops.
That's excellent. The label *is* the nutrition.
Yeah, there seem to be some adverse side-effects.
... the big dipper and the little dipper are there merely to illustrate "before and after".
Stocked in the department of redundancy department."
I think you mean 'stacked'.
How do you know they haven't?
"Not only were there more problems available with old cars, they happened more often!"
There are far more ways a new car can fail. The weak parts in old cars were, as you stated, part of the routine maintenance plan. If you never get a tuneup and you ignore the warning signs, then yeah, those points will eventually burn up.
"I can't think of many "non-specialised" parts on old cars."
Coils, water pumps, starters, switches, lamps, batteries, hoses, belts, pulleys, motor mounts, gas caps, keys, gaskets, manifolds, fasteners, fluids, heater cores and ac evaporators, radiators and ac condensers, cables, and many others were more far more generic in the old days.