Well, if anything that just proves the validity of any judgement. Back when the domain was first hijacked, there weren't a bazillion different porn sites. Imagine how much more money the guy could've earned being one of the first out the gate, if Verisign/Network Solutions hadn't screwed the pooch?
DVD -- one hand to hold my coffee, one hand to gratify self while watching DVD porn, one hand to hold cell phone, one hand to gesture rudely at other drivers.
Actually, I think that's the point. So called warrior-kings get along famously with "their own", just as all men do. The problem arises when a group not of "your own" wants something you have, or has something you want. That's when wars start.
Just outsource the work to Indian programmers. I mean, if politicians think it's such a boon for the economy, then what's the problem? What could possibly go wrong?
Not entirely accurate. A lot of professions, consultants among them, get bonuses based on their performance. Employers commonly do this to increase the motivation of the employee to work hard at his job. By having historical bonuses of ~50%, and then waiting until year end to tell the employees, "Sorry, no money for you," you've just screwed their budget all to hell. In fact, I'd be surprised if the employees didn't band together and get a lawyer to try to get their money anyway.
Ah, you're going to relate an anecdote about an American manager who screwed you over. We've all been there, brother. Word.
where the managerial class
Where the what what? What's a managerial class? Last time I checked, in this country few people get jobs in management at companies because of who their parents are. In fact, the vast majority of people I've known in management (including myself) worked their way there.
This happened to me when I the small company that I was working for got taken over by its German parent company. The new six-foot eight-inch 30-year-old 'manager' came in and reassigned everyone to really stupid and degrading restructured positions. Then as they complained, each employee was fired.
Wait, a German comes in, screws a bunch of people over, and quite possibly breaks half a dozen labor laws in the process, and you blame America for this? I think you need to step back and rethink the moral of your story, there, Sparky. All you've shown is that assholes abound, regardless of country of origin.
"THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN: When a upscale banker suffers a traumatic head injury, part of his brain is replaced with that of a street hustler. The movie will be written, directed and stars EVIL DEAD's Bruce Campbell. Shooting begins this spring. "
Come on, it's got Bruce Campbell. It must be good!
There was a time when knowing how to read charts, use a sextant, and basicly know where the hell you are at in the world with the use of some very low tech tools was required serve onboard a ship but it seems even in the 1990s this true and proven system started to phase out in the civilian circut. I'm not familiar with the current military stance on the subject.
Well, you used to have to be able to shoot the sun to determine your latitude, too. That went the way of the dodo a long time ago.
As for whether today's QMs and OODs need to keep up with paper charts or not, suffice to say that, with all of the redundancy built into most ships' systems, if you lose power to your navigation system, you've lost power in a lot of other places, too. So you're pretty much toast, even with your sextant.
Oh, and charts are only as good as the QM responsible for them. The QMC on my first ship (incidentally, he was a QM1 on my dad's last ship, and neither one of us could stand him) was notorious for not keeping his charts up to date. He always had to "borrow" the charts from CIC just to have a clue what was around the next sandbar. A computerized system would've ameliorated that problem.
Based on the pictures linked to, I don't see any weapons of note. There are a handful of.50 cal mounts, but that's about it. But then, this is an MSC ship, not a cruiser or destroyer. Its mission is to carry troops and gear into littoral regions quickly, not take on an enemy fleet. Also, this one and the Westpac Express (HSV 1) are, from what I understand, mostly experimental proof of concept ships. So don't expect to see them heading off into harm's way anytime soon.
Nope, if he's driving a ship, he's not an IT. Probably a boatswain's mate or quartermaster. The article refers to him a "Senior Chief Lineman", but that's no rating I've ever heard of. The interviewer probably got confused about something. Not surprsing, I've yet to meet a civilian who understands how Navy enlisted rates work.
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Man, that's awesome! ~2.3million more jobs since Bush took office. I'm soooo glad Kerry has made jobs a core focus of his campaign.:D
Thanks for the links, I'll be sharing those with all my friends.
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You liberals are all about compassion, as long as it's for the classes and races of people you approve of.
Damn skippy. And don't forget about the Rwandan genocide, which Clinton tacitly supported. But I guess that one was ok, because they were just poor blacks.
Liberals are such hypocrites. They want the world to be a nice, safe place, but aren't willing to risk their necks to make it happen.
This is what I am worried about. Surely it is a good way of controlling armies in a war-situation (hence my comment on the mode of war), but in a democratic country the focus could have been on a more broader control of the troops.
Well, it's not like the President can do a whole lot with the military whenever he wants. The War Powers Act gives the President power to respond to crises, but, as others have pointed out, Congress has to agree to using force in any major circumstance. Hence, the declaration of war against Iraq (technically, it didn't say "we declare war", it said "we authorized the President to take whatever steps needed"...but it amounts to the same thing).
So don't worry, the President doesn't have nearly the kind of control over the military that other commanders-in-chief have (had), if that's your concern. And since Congress controls the purse strings, if they wanted to force the President's hand, they could cut spending in the Department of Defense drastically.
Another thing keeping him in check is that our officers don't swear an allegiance to the President, they swear one to Congress and the Constitution. Enlisted members swear an oath to obey the orders of the President, but they also swear one to the Constitution.
I am getting annoyed about people who (still) believe in the "clash of civilisations" where the poor (undemocratic) countries are going to fight the "civilised" world.
Poor deluded European. So longing for the time when your country's opinion(s) mattered.
I find this currious, and as an example of an use of this, can be seen in an incident, where a couple of Danish soldiers killed two civilians in Iraq. They payed compensation to the families and started a trial, but I haven't heard such trials from the socalled civilised US Army (maybe they are hiding it, but why would they do that?).
Try using Google once in a while. We regularly pay out money to Iraqis who have had property damaged or destroyed, or loved ones hurt or killed, when it's determined to be an accident and a US soldier is at fault.
What I am really asking is, is there no direct democratic control of the armies in the US?
You're joking, right? Civilian control of the military is one of the cornerstones of our armed forces. It's a tradition we inherited from the British. The commander-in-chief of the military is the President, and all of the highest ranking people are civilians, various cabinet secretaries and such. As another posted pointed out, those secretaries are approved by the Senate, so the President can't just appoint anyone whom he wants. Compare this with a country like Denmark (since you mentioned it), where you have an actual King ruling over the people and controlling the military. Yeah, that's progressive!
Probably I am too stupid to understand the USA.
No, just ignorant. If you really want to know what the US is about, ignore all the Eurotrash on Slashdot and other places badmouthing us, and try asking Joe Sixpack American what he thinks of the rest of the world. We've got a very different outlook on things than Europeans do, except for the radical left, which noone over here pays much attention to, except during election years.
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Funny about that whole "NO international support" thing. I participated in the war (I wasn't in danger of getting shot, so I can't really say I "fought" in it, especially since I have friends who did), and where I sat at the Northern Command Center, there was a British officer on the other side of the common desk, and usually two or three Turkish officers just to my left. I would also regularly talk with Italian, Bulgarian, and Greek allies over telephone, coordinating missions. Guess those are just provinces of the US in your worldview, huh?
As for the economic things you list:
1) The recession started on Clinton's watch, and is the fault of the dot-com implosion. An implosion which wouldn't've happened if Clinton hadn't encourage a short sighted bubble economy to develop. 2) That projected surplus went away once all the income from dot-bombs went away. 3) Same with the jobs. 4) Clinton (thank God, 'cause he would've screwed it up) didn't have to deal with 9/11. Bush did, and did so as a leader, not a poll reader.
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Well, if anything that just proves the validity of any judgement. Back when the domain was first hijacked, there weren't a bazillion different porn sites. Imagine how much more money the guy could've earned being one of the first out the gate, if Verisign/Network Solutions hadn't screwed the pooch?
As might be expected, mail sent from employee to employee tends to include fewer mentions of Viagra.
Not at Pfizer, it doesn't.
plus bonus-never-before-seen-scenes
You mean like changing the scene in the hospital room on Hoth so that now Han kisses Luke? Or maybe Chewie, I'm not sure which is worse.
DVD -- one hand to hold my coffee, one hand to gratify self while watching DVD porn, one hand to hold cell phone, one hand to gesture rudely at other drivers.
Wow, that's a lot of hands. Zaphod, is that you?
Why would he call himself that?
I dunno, he must be some kind of geek.
Actually, I think that's the point. So called warrior-kings get along famously with "their own", just as all men do. The problem arises when a group not of "your own" wants something you have, or has something you want. That's when wars start.
I started in 1992, with my dad, when I was 7
Hmm, 1992-7=1985. Holy shit, kid, I've been playing RPGs since before you were born!
I thought those were there so you could "drive by Braille" in think fog?
Ah, everyone knows playing sounds backwards has no effect.
Just outsource the work to Indian programmers. I mean, if politicians think it's such a boon for the economy, then what's the problem? What could possibly go wrong?
Not entirely accurate. A lot of professions, consultants among them, get bonuses based on their performance. Employers commonly do this to increase the motivation of the employee to work hard at his job. By having historical bonuses of ~50%, and then waiting until year end to tell the employees, "Sorry, no money for you," you've just screwed their budget all to hell. In fact, I'd be surprised if the employees didn't band together and get a lawyer to try to get their money anyway.
In the USA,
Ah, you're going to relate an anecdote about an American manager who screwed you over. We've all been there, brother. Word.
where the managerial class
Where the what what? What's a managerial class? Last time I checked, in this country few people get jobs in management at companies because of who their parents are. In fact, the vast majority of people I've known in management (including myself) worked their way there.
This happened to me when I the small company that I was working for got taken over by its German parent company. The new six-foot eight-inch 30-year-old 'manager' came in and reassigned everyone to really stupid and degrading restructured positions. Then as they complained, each employee was fired.
Wait, a German comes in, screws a bunch of people over, and quite possibly breaks half a dozen labor laws in the process, and you blame America for this? I think you need to step back and rethink the moral of your story, there, Sparky. All you've shown is that assholes abound, regardless of country of origin.
I'm going to make the leap that most small ships are on diesel fuel
Actually, most smallboys these days have gas turbine engines. No electricity, no motor. Relatively few ships have diesel engines anymore.
How 'bout blog comments?
Bad choice. I mean, was there ever a time when they were considered "useful"?
"THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN: When a upscale banker suffers a traumatic head injury, part of his brain is replaced with that of a street hustler. The movie will be written, directed and stars EVIL DEAD's Bruce Campbell. Shooting begins this spring. "
Come on, it's got Bruce Campbell. It must be good!
There was a time when knowing how to read charts, use a sextant, and basicly know where the hell you are at in the world with the use of some very low tech tools was required serve onboard a ship but it seems even in the 1990s this true and proven system started to phase out in the civilian circut. I'm not familiar with the current military stance on the subject.
Well, you used to have to be able to shoot the sun to determine your latitude, too. That went the way of the dodo a long time ago.
As for whether today's QMs and OODs need to keep up with paper charts or not, suffice to say that, with all of the redundancy built into most ships' systems, if you lose power to your navigation system, you've lost power in a lot of other places, too. So you're pretty much toast, even with your sextant.
Oh, and charts are only as good as the QM responsible for them. The QMC on my first ship (incidentally, he was a QM1 on my dad's last ship, and neither one of us could stand him) was notorious for not keeping his charts up to date. He always had to "borrow" the charts from CIC just to have a clue what was around the next sandbar. A computerized system would've ameliorated that problem.
Nope, that was the USS Yorktown (CG 48), a Ticonderoga class missile cruiser. Completely different breed of ship than this one.
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Based on the pictures linked to, I don't see any weapons of note. There are a handful of .50 cal mounts, but that's about it. But then, this is an MSC ship, not a cruiser or destroyer. Its mission is to carry troops and gear into littoral regions quickly, not take on an enemy fleet. Also, this one and the Westpac Express (HSV 1) are, from what I understand, mostly experimental proof of concept ships. So don't expect to see them heading off into harm's way anytime soon.
Nope, if he's driving a ship, he's not an IT. Probably a boatswain's mate or quartermaster. The article refers to him a "Senior Chief Lineman", but that's no rating I've ever heard of. The interviewer probably got confused about something. Not surprsing, I've yet to meet a civilian who understands how Navy enlisted rates work.
Man, that's awesome! ~2.3million more jobs since Bush took office. I'm soooo glad Kerry has made jobs a core focus of his campaign. :D
Thanks for the links, I'll be sharing those with all my friends.
You liberals are all about compassion, as long as it's for the classes and races of people you approve of.
Damn skippy. And don't forget about the Rwandan genocide, which Clinton tacitly supported. But I guess that one was ok, because they were just poor blacks.
Liberals are such hypocrites. They want the world to be a nice, safe place, but aren't willing to risk their necks to make it happen.
This is what I am worried about. Surely it is a good way of controlling armies in a war-situation (hence my comment on the mode of war), but in a democratic country the focus could have been on a more broader control of the troops.
Well, it's not like the President can do a whole lot with the military whenever he wants. The War Powers Act gives the President power to respond to crises, but, as others have pointed out, Congress has to agree to using force in any major circumstance. Hence, the declaration of war against Iraq (technically, it didn't say "we declare war", it said "we authorized the President to take whatever steps needed"...but it amounts to the same thing).
So don't worry, the President doesn't have nearly the kind of control over the military that other commanders-in-chief have (had), if that's your concern. And since Congress controls the purse strings, if they wanted to force the President's hand, they could cut spending in the Department of Defense drastically.
Another thing keeping him in check is that our officers don't swear an allegiance to the President, they swear one to Congress and the Constitution. Enlisted members swear an oath to obey the orders of the President, but they also swear one to the Constitution.
I am getting annoyed about people who (still) believe in the "clash of civilisations" where the poor (undemocratic) countries are going to fight the "civilised" world.
Poor deluded European. So longing for the time when your country's opinion(s) mattered.
I find this currious, and as an example of an use of this, can be seen in an incident, where a couple of Danish soldiers killed two civilians in Iraq. They payed compensation to the families and started a trial, but I haven't heard such trials from the socalled civilised US Army (maybe they are hiding it, but why would they do that?).
Try using Google once in a while. We regularly pay out money to Iraqis who have had property damaged or destroyed, or loved ones hurt or killed, when it's determined to be an accident and a US soldier is at fault.
What I am really asking is, is there no direct democratic control of the armies in the US?
You're joking, right? Civilian control of the military is one of the cornerstones of our armed forces. It's a tradition we inherited from the British. The commander-in-chief of the military is the President, and all of the highest ranking people are civilians, various cabinet secretaries and such. As another posted pointed out, those secretaries are approved by the Senate, so the President can't just appoint anyone whom he wants. Compare this with a country like Denmark (since you mentioned it), where you have an actual King ruling over the people and controlling the military. Yeah, that's progressive!
Probably I am too stupid to understand the USA.
No, just ignorant. If you really want to know what the US is about, ignore all the Eurotrash on Slashdot and other places badmouthing us, and try asking Joe Sixpack American what he thinks of the rest of the world. We've got a very different outlook on things than Europeans do, except for the radical left, which noone over here pays much attention to, except during election years.
Funny about that whole "NO international support" thing. I participated in the war (I wasn't in danger of getting shot, so I can't really say I "fought" in it, especially since I have friends who did), and where I sat at the Northern Command Center, there was a British officer on the other side of the common desk, and usually two or three Turkish officers just to my left. I would also regularly talk with Italian, Bulgarian, and Greek allies over telephone, coordinating missions. Guess those are just provinces of the US in your worldview, huh?
As for the economic things you list:
1) The recession started on Clinton's watch, and is the fault of the dot-com implosion. An implosion which wouldn't've happened if Clinton hadn't encourage a short sighted bubble economy to develop.
2) That projected surplus went away once all the income from dot-bombs went away.
3) Same with the jobs.
4) Clinton (thank God, 'cause he would've screwed it up) didn't have to deal with 9/11. Bush did, and did so as a leader, not a poll reader.
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