You'd think that with all this digitizing of the meters, they would put a simple serial port (or even just some pins) on it so you could monitor it remotely.
CIA Special Operations Group and Special Activities Division are supposedly as good as Delta and SEAL Team Six
I think that's probably because they're mostly ex-special forces to begin with. You know, spec-ops guys who finished their time, spent a few months in the real world, and decided they couldn't stand it. So they joined the CIA to make some serious money while still getting in on the action.
you would know that the Western invasion of Germany was a limited war because high casualties would not be accepted by the American and British public
Can you imagine if Patton had been in charge of everything? Yeah, we would have suffered triple the casualties, but we definitely would have beat the Soviets to Berlin.
FFS, I served, and while 13 meters isn't all that much, bad intelligence is still bad intelligence.
And while yes, being 13 meters away from a hellfire hit is still going to turn your brain to mush, a blase attitude towards the need to be as accurate and efficient as possible in target selection is what leads to blue on blue and death of civies. Once you start accepting 13 meter inaccuracies as "good enough" you're on a slippery slope. You want to be as accurate as your weapon system allows you to be, and you always want to strive to improve upon it.
In any case, 13 meters is nothing. Civilians have been watching too many movies to think war is fought on that scale.
13 meters is a hell of a lot if there's a hospital or school ten meters from the target. This isn't warfare, it's assassinations. A 13 m discrepancy when you're trying to assassinate someone is pretty damn unacceptable.
Also, the system was used to locate targets. So it might say the target is in one hut, when in fact, they are in a hut 13 meters away. The drone's pilot would then designate the wrong hut with the laser. The system is for target selection, not missile or drone guidance.
I'm fine with fighting wars to bring harm to those who seek to harm us. I'm even ok with fighting wars to remove tyrants who bring conflict and genocide to our planet.
I'm just not ok with fighting these wars in secrecy, or the fact that my country condones assassination (i.e. murder) in any form. If we have a just cause, there is no need to use a veil of secrecy.
Not to mention the fact that we live in a (representative) democracy, so keeping the voters uninformed is no better than rigging an election.
Also, how can we condemn others for murder and assassination of leaders, when we are, in fact, the largest perpetrator of assassinations in the world (along with Mossad)?
I said when you go out on the weekends. You know, to a movie, to the park, whatever. When you're in a business situation of course different rules apply.
to direct secret assassination drones in central Asia.
The CIA has the authority to direct secret assassination drones? Inside of Pakistan and possibly other countries?
Did we learn NOTHING from the Bay of Pigs, Nicaragua, the equipping of the Mujaheddin with weapons, etc... ? The CIA should not be fighting wars. We're supposed to be the city upon the hill. We shouldn't be fighting our wars in secrecy.
You go up to them and you talk to them, as you would any other person you're meeting. If you have an open mind, it's really not difficult to find a subject that you're both interested in. This allows you to have an intelligent, interesting conversation. Try to find a subject you both might know about... for example, somewhere you've both been, a movie you might like, an event you've attended/are going to attend.
I've found that nothing will earn you a person's affection faster than sincere, honest conversation. Well, that and a delicious home-cooked meal and a glass of wine.
So what you're saying is you left the geek bubble for another bubble. The "pants" bubble, if you will.
Do you really wear khaki pants when you go out? I can see doing that for fancy-pants restaurants, but anything else, I don't really see the point. I have a circle of non-geek friends, and nobody wears "pants".
Then again, this is San Francisco, where everybody wears designer jeans.
having to learn how to parrot stupid lines about x86 vs. ARM
Seriously. I'd be very weirded out if a girl used a line like that during a conversation, only to later find out that she had no clue what she was talking about. If she needs to resort to being fake to make people think she's interesting, well, I'll take my chances elsewhere.
I don't really get this either. Plenty of geeks I know where khakis ALL the time.
Not to mention, if you're wearing "pants" rather than jeans when you go out on the weekend (excluding to fancy-pants restaurants) you're probably kind of a douche.
I generally wear skirts. People give you funny looks - at first - but they quickly get used to it and just accept that they should just close their eyes when I bend over to pick something up.
Don't they realize that if all their smart geeky employees start getting laid regularly they'll quickly lose motivation to work ridiculous hours for less pay than their superiors who don't do anything?
If geeks start getting laid, the American economy will collapse, since geeks is all we really have left. I, for one, think that the sexual activities of geeks should be heavily monitored and controlled by the government to ensure their continued general dissatisfaction with human relations. It must be done; for the sake of our children, for the sake of American prosperity.
Industry officials said that mainland China’s customs agency had notified companies that they were not allowed to ship to Japan any rare earth oxides, rare earth salts or pure rare earth metals, although these shipments are still allowed to go to Hong Kong, Singapore and other destinations.
So all your ship has to do is make a stop in Hong Kong, and then it can go to Japan. Oh noes!
Bomb China would have been a huge mistake. Leaving us to fight Japan on land AND china?
Um. He said that at the end of the Korean war. We had no reason to bomb Japan during the Korean war. Japan had already been bombed into submission several years prior.
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Indeed, geek and warrior are not mutually exclusive. I'm an USNA grad, and I spend my days programming in CUDA now.
You'd think that with all this digitizing of the meters, they would put a simple serial port (or even just some pins) on it so you could monitor it remotely.
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But it might not be, since the technology is not primarily used by the military, it's mainly used by businesses.
1) US creates military drones used in Pakistan.
2) Drones are controlled using software.
3) Software company that writes drone software is bought by IBM.
4) Software can now, potentially, be outsourced to IBM development personnel in um, Pakistan.
5) PROFIT!!!
Hahahaha! No.
What? I'm pretty sure the new testament was assembled (and revised many times) by the church that Peter built.
CIA Special Operations Group and Special Activities Division are supposedly as good as Delta and SEAL Team Six
I think that's probably because they're mostly ex-special forces to begin with. You know, spec-ops guys who finished their time, spent a few months in the real world, and decided they couldn't stand it. So they joined the CIA to make some serious money while still getting in on the action.
You wouldn't even need OCR. Just watch the lowest digit, and count every time it moves!
Target location was the only thing 13 meters off. The Predator drone doesn't have 13 meter position error.
you would know that the Western invasion of Germany was a limited war because high casualties would not be accepted by the American and British public
Can you imagine if Patton had been in charge of everything? Yeah, we would have suffered triple the casualties, but we definitely would have beat the Soviets to Berlin.
Hell, he would have beat them to Warsaw.
And while yes, being 13 meters away from a hellfire hit is still going to turn your brain to mush, a blase attitude towards the need to be as accurate and efficient as possible in target selection is what leads to blue on blue and death of civies. Once you start accepting 13 meter inaccuracies as "good enough" you're on a slippery slope. You want to be as accurate as your weapon system allows you to be, and you always want to strive to improve upon it.
In any case, 13 meters is nothing. Civilians have been watching too many movies to think war is fought on that scale.
13 meters is a hell of a lot if there's a hospital or school ten meters from the target. This isn't warfare, it's assassinations. A 13 m discrepancy when you're trying to assassinate someone is pretty damn unacceptable.
Also, the system was used to locate targets. So it might say the target is in one hut, when in fact, they are in a hut 13 meters away. The drone's pilot would then designate the wrong hut with the laser. The system is for target selection, not missile or drone guidance.
Sigh, I know, the douche comment was a bit heavy-handed.
I'm just not ok with fighting these wars in secrecy, or the fact that my country condones assassination (i.e. murder) in any form. If we have a just cause, there is no need to use a veil of secrecy.
Not to mention the fact that we live in a (representative) democracy, so keeping the voters uninformed is no better than rigging an election.
Also, how can we condemn others for murder and assassination of leaders, when we are, in fact, the largest perpetrator of assassinations in the world (along with Mossad)?
I said when you go out on the weekends. You know, to a movie, to the park, whatever. When you're in a business situation of course different rules apply.
to direct secret assassination drones in central Asia.
The CIA has the authority to direct secret assassination drones? Inside of Pakistan and possibly other countries?
Did we learn NOTHING from the Bay of Pigs, Nicaragua, the equipping of the Mujaheddin with weapons, etc... ? The CIA should not be fighting wars. We're supposed to be the city upon the hill. We shouldn't be fighting our wars in secrecy.
I've found that nothing will earn you a person's affection faster than sincere, honest conversation. Well, that and a delicious home-cooked meal and a glass of wine.
Do you really wear khaki pants when you go out? I can see doing that for fancy-pants restaurants, but anything else, I don't really see the point. I have a circle of non-geek friends, and nobody wears "pants".
Then again, this is San Francisco, where everybody wears designer jeans.
having to learn how to parrot stupid lines about x86 vs. ARM
Seriously. I'd be very weirded out if a girl used a line like that during a conversation, only to later find out that she had no clue what she was talking about. If she needs to resort to being fake to make people think she's interesting, well, I'll take my chances elsewhere.
Not to mention, if you're wearing "pants" rather than jeans when you go out on the weekend (excluding to fancy-pants restaurants) you're probably kind of a douche.
I generally wear skirts. People give you funny looks - at first - but they quickly get used to it and just accept that they should just close their eyes when I bend over to pick something up.
Don't they realize that if all their smart geeky employees start getting laid regularly they'll quickly lose motivation to work ridiculous hours for less pay than their superiors who don't do anything?
If geeks start getting laid, the American economy will collapse, since geeks is all we really have left. I, for one, think that the sexual activities of geeks should be heavily monitored and controlled by the government to ensure their continued general dissatisfaction with human relations. It must be done; for the sake of our children, for the sake of American prosperity.
p.s. I'm moving to Germany (Gottingen) next week.
Industry officials said that mainland China’s customs agency had notified companies that they were not allowed to ship to Japan any rare earth oxides, rare earth salts or pure rare earth metals, although these shipments are still allowed to go to Hong Kong, Singapore and other destinations.
So all your ship has to do is make a stop in Hong Kong, and then it can go to Japan. Oh noes!
Bomb China would have been a huge mistake. Leaving us to fight Japan on land AND china?
Um. He said that at the end of the Korean war. We had no reason to bomb Japan during the Korean war. Japan had already been bombed into submission several years prior.