I would trust Valve to do that so long as they remain a private company run by Gabe. When they change leadership (unless Gabe is immortal, they will have to at some point), I will reevaluate based on the new leadership. If they ever go public, I may consider "liberating" the games I purchased through steam.
The fibonacci sequence actually makes a good chord progression (or even series of notes... ) though you do have to pick a point to stop and start over. A minor or C major are good scales to try this one (since they are all white keys on a piano). Just go with a series of notes, assign A or C to be equal to 1 (This actually gets done in music theory,, a friend of mine who majored in it stopped talking in notes and chords and just talked in numbers). The keys are then sequenced (if starting from A) B = 2, C = 3, D = 4, E = 5, F = 6, G = 7 and then A is 8.... so 8 = 1. A many common chord progressions start on 1 and END on 5. Try just playing those notes on a piano, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, and then either 8 or 1 since musically, they are considered relatively equal.
It still sounds musical because it's individual notes on a single musical instrument, if they has used a tone generator it probably would sound less musical. This was more a neat demonstration of mathematics than anything else. Though it's fairly easy to create a piece that still fits the "definition" of music without sounding "musical" ie: Metal Machine Music, or any of the other experiments in sound by composers over the last 100 years or so.
Apple does not allow non-macintosh viruses to be created on their products. Additionally, they prohibit macintosh viruses from being created on non=Apple platforms.
Quite frankly I prefer crafting my own custom units to fit the situation. They are typically 1 xenophophum wide, and typically found at a depth of 1 xenophyohom.
I can provide definitions, dimensions, and conversion factors if anyone needs them.
I think my main point was that the type of evidence generally provided for the existence of any sort of creator type being is not empirical evidence. We use as evidence that someone once claimed to have talked to a flaming bush which was actually god and told everyone about this, which then got passed on through thousands of generations, to arrive to us today as evidence for the existence of that particular god. Is it evidence? sure. Is it good evidence? No. Going back to the analogy of my wife in the living room, me stating the fact is still evidence, but it's not very good evidence, providing a picture is better evidence, turning on a webcam and streaming it live, while holding up the marriage certificate is even better evidence. But none of that is proof, we can only provide more and more evidence until the probability of our assertions approaches 1. The judicial system works the same way (or should).
I could provide evidence of a said flaming badger, but you could probably (and rightfully) conclude that the evidence is very poor and thus the probability of my claim being true is close to 0.
As I mentioned before, proof isn't part of it. I can no more prove to you that my wife is in my living room right now watching tv right now than I can prove that the universe was created by a giant flaming green badger. I have evidence that I can present, but evidence is not proof. I could take her picture and e-mail it to you, but that picture could be of anyone, anywhere, at any time. But you could make a guess based on the evidence I present of the truth of my statement, though it would never be proven. Proof is only ever involved in math and liquor.
You mention the bible, but that is just one of many possible definitions of god. You see insight in it and have chosen that definition as your causality for the universe as a whole. I see no reason to elevate it above any other definition of god, and generally consider any other possible explanation for causality in the universe as a more viable reality so long as it fits the observable evidence. As that evidence changes, that explanation may change, but that increases our understanding. Again, for some "God did it" is a good approximation, others wish to probe deeper.
It is still possible there is some bizarre being we would call "God" who created the universe we are currently occupying, I see no evidence to support that line of thinking, but that also doesn't rule the idea out. But given the large variety ideas of "God" being passed around by humanity, I would be hesitant to assume that such a "Creator" had any attributes that matched any profile we've come up with. I would be more inclined to consider that if there actually is a "God", it is likely a lucky guess. What evidence do we really have to support such a being? Do any known doctrines have any evidence? Currently observable evidence? We don't know everything about the universe, probably never will, but we have some guesses, we have currently observable evidence that lends weight to those guesses and we find more everyday.
I tend to think of religion as the origin of scientific thought. Initially, as humanity gained cognizence, it began to wonder about about it's surroundings, it looked for connections between things. It didn't have much to go on, other than what it could see and manipulate, it looked for patterns in those things and as modern humans still will do, used reasoning to make a best guess at things. Sometimes this led to a pointier stick, other times an anthropomorphic invisible being making things happen. Now we have better theories, ones that better explain our surroundings. As with many other theories, the old outdated ones still have value, at least to some people. Though Einstein may be more accurate, Newton still is a good approximation for what we consider normal. For some people, even though evolution or cosmology is more accurate than "God did it", the "God did it" is good enough for them.
For me personally, I reject "God did it" because we have better answers now, and our only evidence for "God did it" is your ancient book of choice and what the crazy guy down the street says. But again, who needs proof? We make observations, gather observations and make a best guess from that. We may often get it wrong, or slightly distorted, but we get some new ideas that let us probe deeper and gather more evidence. Proof implies an absolute truth that cannot be questioned, if we could ever find that in regards to the universe as a whole, we ourselves would be god, because there would be nothing left to know.
I think you may be slightly missing the point. The parent said nothing about "non-thinking tough guys" nor is it implied anywhere in the post, nor is it implied that there would be a lack of thought. The parent probably could have been a little less crude which would have made his point about taking risk and realizing you can't protect everything a little more clear, but I suppose sometimes it's just fun to say "pussy" regardless of context.
Granted, I'm unfamiliar with the above site and how accurate their numbers are, but to me, 2.7 million games sold in one week across ALL platforms says otherwise. It doesn't break it down by price point, by the top game on their list for the week (Mario Kart Wii) still retails for $47 on amazon. That doesn't sound like very very few to me. Sure having to go get or ship a physical copy isn't as convenient as the instant gratification of digital distribution, but on-line retailers tend to blow the brick and mortar shops out of the water when it comes to media. I can't speak for the rest of the population, but most of the games I'm willing to pay $40 for, I'm also willing to wait for. If I've got 10 minutes to kill, I'm bored, and I want something new then I'm probably not going to want to wait, and well, probably not willing to spend $40 for that 10 minutes either. As for critical mass, I'll agree with that, though I wouldn't be surprised if the industry itself is pushing away from more traditional handheld types. It's a bad feedback loop, no gamers, no games yet no games, no gamers. Not many new properties or franchise iterations were brought to the 3DS to start with. In my completely uninformed opinion, I'm guessing a lot of the big studios are focusing their portable divisions on breaking into smartphones and tablets. The traditional style handheld brings PC/Console level games to the portable market, costs are probably on par with regular console/PC titles and then have to sell for a lower price point. The simple kill 5 minutes games on the smartphones cost next to nothing to develop so who cares if the price point is $1 or $2, that's cheap enough that many people will impulse buy, I would assume they are looking on getting more entrenched in that market since it probably looks like people are just printing money.
As an American who currently lives in Japan, I couldn't agree more. I haven't owned a vehicle in over 7 years, If I need to go somewhere, I walk, take a bus, take a train, and if it needs to be exceptionally quick (to a point not readily served by trains), I take a cab. It's a little less convenient for somethings, groceries, checking my post box, etc but I manage. When I look at how much I spend on transportation and then look at the time I spend commuting and compare that to the cost of owning a car and the time I'd save, it's really not worth it. My wife (not American) almost had me convinced to buy a car at one point, until I sat down and did the math, and realized we'd take a huge dip in our quality of life just to make it easier to cart groceries home. For anything else (occasional camping/ski trip and similar) we can easily rent a car for a couple days for less than the monthly fees of owning one (especially since we don't do those activities all that often).
Most other Americans I know who live here, the first thing they look for once here is a car. Culturally, a car is like a rite of passage for Americans. They can't imagine being without one. I've even been ridiculed by other Americans for not owning a car. I know a few guys who will get in their car and drive to the gym, which is a mile away from their house, and then go for a 3 mile run (on the road, not a treadmill). I've got friends who post more pictures of their car to facebook than their own children. For most people I know, it's not enough to have 1 car for the family, they have one for each individual with a license.
Granted, Japan has a fairly high population density (at least in greater Tokyo/Yokohama area) which makes useful mass transit feasible. Out in the more rural areas, a car is almost a necessity. While my wife's parents could certainly survive without theres given that they grow a good portion of their own food and have a grocer within walking distance, anything else is too far away. Though I think the major problem with the states and I would suppose Australia (I've only been to a couple cities for a few days at a time, but I don't remember there being a very robust public transit system) is that no one has managed to succeed in putting in an efficient mass transit system in the places that can support it (NYC being a possible exception). A lot of that is probably political lobbying, but I'm sure the culture surrounding the car doesn't help mass transit win any points.
An individual I know tends to vote strictly republican, this person has never been rich and certainly has benefited and will benefit from many of the social programs and subsidies that are usual railed against by many repbulicans and their pundits. But none of that goes into their reasoning, the main reason they vote for whom they vote for is that their church hands them a flyer every October that tells them who to vote for. Every name is republican.
I doubt every church does this (As someone who doesn't hold any beliefs, I don't find myself in churches very often, I only know about this case as it's a family member), but I wouldn't doubt that it's a factor in the voting tendencies of certain populations. Again, since I only know this one example, for all I know there are religious institutions that do the same thing for the democrats. Though with the typical overt christian leanings of many republicans and their pundits, it really wouldn't surprise me if there were a large number of churches doing this, hell I wouldn't be surprised if this was a party strategy.
Lately I've been thinking that having a lawn is absurd, it requires a fair amount of maintenance and provides not much of anything in return. At least IMO, if you're just going for aesthetics, it would be better to do a rock garden, flower/shrub garden or some combination of those. Additionally, why not use some of the land to grow a few crops? Not necessarily for profit, but as a supplement for your own house, or possibly crops that are a bit expensive or aren't readily available in local markets for personal use. My wife's parents do a bit of both. They have a nice rock garden with a few trees and shrubs that covers ~1/2 their total yard space, the other 1/2 is used for crops to supplement their household food. Though the rock garden required a good deal of work to set up, it only requires a tiny bit of maintenance each year to trim the shrubs. The vegetable garden requires a bit of work at the beginning of each season, but after that it doesn't require much maintenance at all, at least much less than the typical grass lawn.
Once I get settled into a house I'm planning on using the lawn space to either grow grapes or barley and hops for use in making wine/beer. Why toil away on a lawn that does nothing for me, when I can combine the efforts of maintaining a small piece of land with a productive hobby?
Theres two versions, Korg DS-10 and DS-10+, DS-10+ has a few extra features that you can only use if you're running it on a DSi, as well as a couple extra features that can be used whether your using a DSi or standard DS.
The main difference is that with the DS-10+ on a DSi, you double the number of available simultaneous sounds from 6 to 12.
I have the regular DS-10, it's fun and easy to use, kaoss pad functionality added in as well. Sound quality coming out of the headphone jack on a DS isn't exactly professional studio quality, but it still sounds good.
I don't think an app store has anything to do with it. (They do have an on-line store, but it's not the same). They aren't exactly the same markets, and the markets do overlap. Most smartphones have app stores, and those app stores do have some games, pretty much all of which are significantly cheaper than console games, most cheaper than Nintendo's virtual console and Wiiware/DSiware games. Smartphones are fairly common now, it's very rare to see someone who doesn't have one, but I doubt that most people bought the smartphone as a gaming device and rather bought it as a phone first, with the apps being a bonus. Of the people I know who play games on their smartphones, they are either more "traditional gamers" who downloaded a few games on their smartphone to kill time while waiting for the bus/train, or they are people who don't own any other game systems (and may even criticize "traditional gamers" as being nerds/geeks/pejorative term of the week) and downloaded a few games on their smartphone to kill time while waiting for the bus/train, these people probably wouldn't buy any sort of gaming console in the first place without some sort of peer pressure or cultural shift. (Note: by traditional gamer, I mean someone who owns at least one console or a PC and actually plays games on that console or PC).
Though I know next to nothing about business, and my above reasoning is only based on my observations and not statistically valid data, I would lean towards the problems contributing to the 3DS not selling well as the relatively high price point in the current economy coupled with the fact that there was not a single great launch game. I'm sure there are other reasons as well, but those are probably the main ones.
I would modify number 2 slightly - Make them available to the individual(s) interviewed/pulled over/charged without charge, but not the public as a whole. If the individual feels they've been wronged they can choose to make it public and press charges/sue. It's bad enough people get fired over stupid things they post on facebook, do we really need to include the times we've gotten pulled over for whatever reason?
That sort of military grade still exists, however it's expensive and everything has to be designed or redesgined from the ground up to use it, which can be extremely expensive when you start talking modern computers. So military grade often now means COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) put into a ruggedized/shock mounted shell and possibly water cooled.
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I would trust Valve to do that so long as they remain a private company run by Gabe. When they change leadership (unless Gabe is immortal, they will have to at some point), I will reevaluate based on the new leadership. If they ever go public, I may consider "liberating" the games I purchased through steam.
You guys got to use 80386's? Lucky! We got stuck with Mac's.
The fibonacci sequence actually makes a good chord progression (or even series of notes... ) though you do have to pick a point to stop and start over. A minor or C major are good scales to try this one (since they are all white keys on a piano). Just go with a series of notes, assign A or C to be equal to 1 (This actually gets done in music theory,, a friend of mine who majored in it stopped talking in notes and chords and just talked in numbers). The keys are then sequenced (if starting from A) B = 2, C = 3, D = 4, E = 5, F = 6, G = 7 and then A is 8.... so 8 = 1. A many common chord progressions start on 1 and END on 5. Try just playing those notes on a piano, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, and then either 8 or 1 since musically, they are considered relatively equal.
It still sounds musical because it's individual notes on a single musical instrument, if they has used a tone generator it probably would sound less musical. This was more a neat demonstration of mathematics than anything else. Though it's fairly easy to create a piece that still fits the "definition" of music without sounding "musical" ie: Metal Machine Music, or any of the other experiments in sound by composers over the last 100 years or so.
Do the UID's rollover or is the server overthrown in violent rebellion?
Apple does not allow non-macintosh viruses to be created on their products. Additionally, they prohibit macintosh viruses from being created on non=Apple platforms.
It's in the TOS. Read it.
Quite frankly I prefer crafting my own custom units to fit the situation. They are typically 1 xenophophum wide, and typically found at a depth of 1 xenophyohom.
I can provide definitions, dimensions, and conversion factors if anyone needs them.
I think my main point was that the type of evidence generally provided for the existence of any sort of creator type being is not empirical evidence. We use as evidence that someone once claimed to have talked to a flaming bush which was actually god and told everyone about this, which then got passed on through thousands of generations, to arrive to us today as evidence for the existence of that particular god. Is it evidence? sure. Is it good evidence? No. Going back to the analogy of my wife in the living room, me stating the fact is still evidence, but it's not very good evidence, providing a picture is better evidence, turning on a webcam and streaming it live, while holding up the marriage certificate is even better evidence. But none of that is proof, we can only provide more and more evidence until the probability of our assertions approaches 1. The judicial system works the same way (or should).
I could provide evidence of a said flaming badger, but you could probably (and rightfully) conclude that the evidence is very poor and thus the probability of my claim being true is close to 0.
As I mentioned before, proof isn't part of it. I can no more prove to you that my wife is in my living room right now watching tv right now than I can prove that the universe was created by a giant flaming green badger. I have evidence that I can present, but evidence is not proof. I could take her picture and e-mail it to you, but that picture could be of anyone, anywhere, at any time. But you could make a guess based on the evidence I present of the truth of my statement, though it would never be proven. Proof is only ever involved in math and liquor.
You mention the bible, but that is just one of many possible definitions of god. You see insight in it and have chosen that definition as your causality for the universe as a whole. I see no reason to elevate it above any other definition of god, and generally consider any other possible explanation for causality in the universe as a more viable reality so long as it fits the observable evidence. As that evidence changes, that explanation may change, but that increases our understanding. Again, for some "God did it" is a good approximation, others wish to probe deeper.
It is still possible there is some bizarre being we would call "God" who created the universe we are currently occupying, I see no evidence to support that line of thinking, but that also doesn't rule the idea out. But given the large variety ideas of "God" being passed around by humanity, I would be hesitant to assume that such a "Creator" had any attributes that matched any profile we've come up with. I would be more inclined to consider that if there actually is a "God", it is likely a lucky guess. What evidence do we really have to support such a being? Do any known doctrines have any evidence? Currently observable evidence? We don't know everything about the universe, probably never will, but we have some guesses, we have currently observable evidence that lends weight to those guesses and we find more everyday.
Who needs proof?
I tend to think of religion as the origin of scientific thought. Initially, as humanity gained cognizence, it began to wonder about about it's surroundings, it looked for connections between things. It didn't have much to go on, other than what it could see and manipulate, it looked for patterns in those things and as modern humans still will do, used reasoning to make a best guess at things. Sometimes this led to a pointier stick, other times an anthropomorphic invisible being making things happen. Now we have better theories, ones that better explain our surroundings. As with many other theories, the old outdated ones still have value, at least to some people. Though Einstein may be more accurate, Newton still is a good approximation for what we consider normal. For some people, even though evolution or cosmology is more accurate than "God did it", the "God did it" is good enough for them.
For me personally, I reject "God did it" because we have better answers now, and our only evidence for "God did it" is your ancient book of choice and what the crazy guy down the street says. But again, who needs proof? We make observations, gather observations and make a best guess from that. We may often get it wrong, or slightly distorted, but we get some new ideas that let us probe deeper and gather more evidence. Proof implies an absolute truth that cannot be questioned, if we could ever find that in regards to the universe as a whole, we ourselves would be god, because there would be nothing left to know.
By twice so far did you mean ME 1 and ME 2, or ME franchise and DA franchise? ;)
I think you may be slightly missing the point. The parent said nothing about "non-thinking tough guys" nor is it implied anywhere in the post, nor is it implied that there would be a lack of thought. The parent probably could have been a little less crude which would have made his point about taking risk and realizing you can't protect everything a little more clear, but I suppose sometimes it's just fun to say "pussy" regardless of context.
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Granted, I'm unfamiliar with the above site and how accurate their numbers are, but to me, 2.7 million games sold in one week across ALL platforms says otherwise. It doesn't break it down by price point, by the top game on their list for the week (Mario Kart Wii) still retails for $47 on amazon. That doesn't sound like very very few to me. Sure having to go get or ship a physical copy isn't as convenient as the instant gratification of digital distribution, but on-line retailers tend to blow the brick and mortar shops out of the water when it comes to media. I can't speak for the rest of the population, but most of the games I'm willing to pay $40 for, I'm also willing to wait for. If I've got 10 minutes to kill, I'm bored, and I want something new then I'm probably not going to want to wait, and well, probably not willing to spend $40 for that 10 minutes either. As for critical mass, I'll agree with that, though I wouldn't be surprised if the industry itself is pushing away from more traditional handheld types. It's a bad feedback loop, no gamers, no games yet no games, no gamers. Not many new properties or franchise iterations were brought to the 3DS to start with. In my completely uninformed opinion, I'm guessing a lot of the big studios are focusing their portable divisions on breaking into smartphones and tablets. The traditional style handheld brings PC/Console level games to the portable market, costs are probably on par with regular console/PC titles and then have to sell for a lower price point. The simple kill 5 minutes games on the smartphones cost next to nothing to develop so who cares if the price point is $1 or $2, that's cheap enough that many people will impulse buy, I would assume they are looking on getting more entrenched in that market since it probably looks like people are just printing money.
As an American who currently lives in Japan, I couldn't agree more. I haven't owned a vehicle in over 7 years, If I need to go somewhere, I walk, take a bus, take a train, and if it needs to be exceptionally quick (to a point not readily served by trains), I take a cab. It's a little less convenient for somethings, groceries, checking my post box, etc but I manage. When I look at how much I spend on transportation and then look at the time I spend commuting and compare that to the cost of owning a car and the time I'd save, it's really not worth it. My wife (not American) almost had me convinced to buy a car at one point, until I sat down and did the math, and realized we'd take a huge dip in our quality of life just to make it easier to cart groceries home. For anything else (occasional camping/ski trip and similar) we can easily rent a car for a couple days for less than the monthly fees of owning one (especially since we don't do those activities all that often).
Most other Americans I know who live here, the first thing they look for once here is a car. Culturally, a car is like a rite of passage for Americans. They can't imagine being without one. I've even been ridiculed by other Americans for not owning a car. I know a few guys who will get in their car and drive to the gym, which is a mile away from their house, and then go for a 3 mile run (on the road, not a treadmill). I've got friends who post more pictures of their car to facebook than their own children. For most people I know, it's not enough to have 1 car for the family, they have one for each individual with a license.
Granted, Japan has a fairly high population density (at least in greater Tokyo/Yokohama area) which makes useful mass transit feasible. Out in the more rural areas, a car is almost a necessity. While my wife's parents could certainly survive without theres given that they grow a good portion of their own food and have a grocer within walking distance, anything else is too far away. Though I think the major problem with the states and I would suppose Australia (I've only been to a couple cities for a few days at a time, but I don't remember there being a very robust public transit system) is that no one has managed to succeed in putting in an efficient mass transit system in the places that can support it (NYC being a possible exception). A lot of that is probably political lobbying, but I'm sure the culture surrounding the car doesn't help mass transit win any points.
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from the Air Force. It's not like they have anything better to do.
An individual I know tends to vote strictly republican, this person has never been rich and certainly has benefited and will benefit from many of the social programs and subsidies that are usual railed against by many repbulicans and their pundits. But none of that goes into their reasoning, the main reason they vote for whom they vote for is that their church hands them a flyer every October that tells them who to vote for. Every name is republican.
I doubt every church does this (As someone who doesn't hold any beliefs, I don't find myself in churches very often, I only know about this case as it's a family member), but I wouldn't doubt that it's a factor in the voting tendencies of certain populations. Again, since I only know this one example, for all I know there are religious institutions that do the same thing for the democrats. Though with the typical overt christian leanings of many republicans and their pundits, it really wouldn't surprise me if there were a large number of churches doing this, hell I wouldn't be surprised if this was a party strategy.
Lately I've been thinking that having a lawn is absurd, it requires a fair amount of maintenance and provides not much of anything in return. At least IMO, if you're just going for aesthetics, it would be better to do a rock garden, flower/shrub garden or some combination of those. Additionally, why not use some of the land to grow a few crops? Not necessarily for profit, but as a supplement for your own house, or possibly crops that are a bit expensive or aren't readily available in local markets for personal use. My wife's parents do a bit of both. They have a nice rock garden with a few trees and shrubs that covers ~1/2 their total yard space, the other 1/2 is used for crops to supplement their household food. Though the rock garden required a good deal of work to set up, it only requires a tiny bit of maintenance each year to trim the shrubs. The vegetable garden requires a bit of work at the beginning of each season, but after that it doesn't require much maintenance at all, at least much less than the typical grass lawn.
Once I get settled into a house I'm planning on using the lawn space to either grow grapes or barley and hops for use in making wine/beer. Why toil away on a lawn that does nothing for me, when I can combine the efforts of maintaining a small piece of land with a productive hobby?
Theres two versions, Korg DS-10 and DS-10+, DS-10+ has a few extra features that you can only use if you're running it on a DSi, as well as a couple extra features that can be used whether your using a DSi or standard DS.
The main difference is that with the DS-10+ on a DSi, you double the number of available simultaneous sounds from 6 to 12.
I have the regular DS-10, it's fun and easy to use, kaoss pad functionality added in as well. Sound quality coming out of the headphone jack on a DS isn't exactly professional studio quality, but it still sounds good.
I don't think an app store has anything to do with it. (They do have an on-line store, but it's not the same). They aren't exactly the same markets, and the markets do overlap. Most smartphones have app stores, and those app stores do have some games, pretty much all of which are significantly cheaper than console games, most cheaper than Nintendo's virtual console and Wiiware/DSiware games. Smartphones are fairly common now, it's very rare to see someone who doesn't have one, but I doubt that most people bought the smartphone as a gaming device and rather bought it as a phone first, with the apps being a bonus. Of the people I know who play games on their smartphones, they are either more "traditional gamers" who downloaded a few games on their smartphone to kill time while waiting for the bus/train, or they are people who don't own any other game systems (and may even criticize "traditional gamers" as being nerds/geeks/pejorative term of the week) and downloaded a few games on their smartphone to kill time while waiting for the bus/train, these people probably wouldn't buy any sort of gaming console in the first place without some sort of peer pressure or cultural shift. (Note: by traditional gamer, I mean someone who owns at least one console or a PC and actually plays games on that console or PC).
Though I know next to nothing about business, and my above reasoning is only based on my observations and not statistically valid data, I would lean towards the problems contributing to the 3DS not selling well as the relatively high price point in the current economy coupled with the fact that there was not a single great launch game. I'm sure there are other reasons as well, but those are probably the main ones.
Technically, the Marines are PART of the Navy, and rely heavily on the Navy to get places and provide support.
If any branch is redundant, it's the Air Force.
I would modify number 2 slightly - Make them available to the individual(s) interviewed/pulled over/charged without charge, but not the public as a whole. If the individual feels they've been wronged they can choose to make it public and press charges/sue. It's bad enough people get fired over stupid things they post on facebook, do we really need to include the times we've gotten pulled over for whatever reason?
The site seems to be half satire, and half "why the hell are we making these same damn powerpoints over and over when we could just be sharing them".
I am tempted to order the PowerPoint Ranger's framed creed and place it on my desk.
Don't forget people with military experience who have used military grade printers!
That sort of military grade still exists, however it's expensive and everything has to be designed or redesgined from the ground up to use it, which can be extremely expensive when you start talking modern computers. So military grade often now means COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) put into a ruggedized/shock mounted shell and possibly water cooled.