well then, that would show that you don't do much thinking on the nature of reality.
the idea is expressed through metaphore, served up in a beautifully fitting modern technological package - such that its appeal will resonate with modern society.
but the message about control, and how subtle a form it can assume (i.e. self-inflicted mind control) is very real.
well the rumors are that even though the bullets are "depleted" that they still carry some residual radioactive effects.
there was a special about a doctor in iraq who is treating people with cases of lukemia and other illnesses that can be linked to radioactivity and it said that the number of cases of these illnesses is some orders of magnitude higher after the gulf war - and depleted uranium is said to be the culprit.
with regard to how these shells work when they penetrate armor, they hit the armor at very high speed and as they penetrate the armor the become so hot that they liquify and when entering the crew cavity basically spray the crew with molten depleted uranium metal.
When I lived in Seattle in teh mid '90s we used to do this.
The transportation department setup monitors that showed the rate of movement of traffic, and displayed the route across the bridge from Bellvue to Seattle (520 IRRC) - it would show green dots or red dots depending on the speed of traffic, and you could use a couple of cameras along the route as well to see how traffic was.
With all that radiation to "overcome" - all they need to do is start practicing building stufff around Chernobyl.
I watched a documentary on the cleanup crews that "volunteered" to clean the place up - and how they were wearing thin light white bunny suits and those typical hospital sanitary face masks (thinks the anti-SARS masks). These guys were losing hair and lives left and right...
Apparently they dont mind losing a few Volunteers due to pesky radiation levels killing em off.
At least on Mars they can just blame it on the Environment.
I used to work for a co named Decide.com - we were an online retailer of cell packages and phones. We gave you the ability to rate cell phone features side-by-side and determine which carrier had the best package for your needs.
In order to give you the full gammut of info - we had vans that were equipped with cell phones from almost every carrier, and it would drive around and the banks of phones would make automated calls from the van, play a pre-recorded message and then rate the quality of service.
You could then put in a commute path - or an address and see which carriers had the best service for that area - based on actual call data. all nicely overlayed over a neat little map.
The company obviously went under - but since I left before the final sinking - I am not sure what happened to the technology for doing these ratings...
"how exactly do you know it was a new CO, did you go over and ask the construction workers what they were building? I'm not 100% sure I believe your claim here"
Yes, that is exaclty what happened. They installed a new wire terminal box, and as I was walking by there was a guy working on it. I asked him what he was doing and he told me about the new CO. There was a room about 30 feet in the ground across the street and he told me that they just made it the local CO for the area.
He gave me the circuit numbers for the actual lines that my house was conencted to and a number to call regarding DSL. He stated that they were not yet advertising the DSL and that they would deny it - so he said to tell them the circuit numbers my house was on to get them to admit to the DSL availability.
I did just that, and they did try to deny it, but in a short time I had a new DSL provider and full T1 speeds to my home. and obviously i am talking about my downstream on ADSL - hence the name A-syncronous-dsl.
which was far faster and greater than speakeasy, but I do understand what your poitn was regarding the Ilecs shunning other provideres from their facilities.
but I assure you that when speakeasy tried to bill me for the "early termination" I was right pissed - and the whole experience with them just plain sucked.
"Speakeasy is a good provider because they offer a reasonable terms of service without charging "Business Class" prices"
Bullshit. I had SpeakEasy DSL at my house for a time. Actually Speakeasy bought my account as Northpoint went out of business.
I switched to SBC because Speakeasy refused to give me ADSL and was telling me that I was too far from the CO to get anything but slow ass SDSL. They had just installed a new CO across the street from my house.
THen after I verified with three different employees at Speakeasy that I had not actually signed up for any contract - and that I had already been with them for over a year, my account was a month to month agreement - they tried to charge me $400.00 cancellation fee.
They actaully billed me for it and I responded by showing them the emails that stated I was on a month to month.
In addition - they were charging more for the shitty SDSL that I had than SBC was offering me for full T1 speed ADSL.
The problem with that is alll the navigational and control systems are on a separate companion ship with huge loudspeakers that bark all the commands at the U.S.S. Bill Clinton - and its call the U.S.S. Hillary Rodham.
1) Waco Texas 1993. 2) Ruby Ridge Montana 1992. 3) BATF shoots collector on faulty tip 1971 4) BATF roughs-up pregnant lady during "questioning - she has a miscarriage - 1994 5) Numerous people on death row that were innocent or wrongly convicted...
There are many instances where the government has killed its citizens. Either deliberately or otherwise, and what happens? Is there a massive investigation where the culprits and or system that failed or enabled the occurrences are found and fixed? No.
Anyone here who blindly puts faith into anyone or anything else to keep them safe and watch out for them is an idiot. Period.
Its fine to have*hopes* that others will do the right thing with your best interest at heart - but the likelihood that this will happen is very slim.
*you* need to be responsible for *you* and all that you hold dear. You need to watch out for your rights, and ideally others as well.
As for the argument that the people in government *ARE US* - take a look more closely at who the "us" really is. Take a look at the financial requirements to get into a high level office.
Here are some questions that you might want to ask and look at the answers of, they are not rhetorical - and the truth about them will make you sick:
How many people in cabinet level position and above (including the presidential seat) previously or *currently* hold positions within oil companies?
How many people are married to oil company executives, or companies that directly benefit from government projects in the oil area (Bechtel anyone)?
How many people in congress ever worked in a normal job - like a "bakery" as opposed to how many people have never had any other job?
What about the "regular people" that are multi generational congress critters? (Gore family anyone?)
You really need to do some research on what you are talking about.
You are the EXACT little blind fool that our nifty democratic government likes to have as a constituent.
You have no idea what you're talking about - and have the mental fortitude and attention span of a flea, therefore you will conveniently forget the wrongs, and turn a blind eye to the corruption and the BS that comes out through the US propaganda machine daily.
What really needs to happen is more people need to get up off their ass, get out of the "Bakery" and run for office.
What am I doing? I am already working on my political career. I want to be elected into office not because I have millions of dollars to throw at a campaign - but because I have the interest of my country at heart. I intend to run for office - and I intend to be totally open with myself and every citizen around me. I intend to do my best to clean up the toilet of a government we currently live under.
My wife is from another country, and she is disgusted by how "not really free" the U.S. is. She was under the illusion that this was a free country - and she constantly is made aware of how limited and controlled our lives really are. "This isn't a free country - I come from a free country" is what she says.
I don't want anyone to think that this is not a free country - and I want to live in a world without fear.... but how can you control 400 million people unless you keep them fearful. Certainly you would not be able to rule over 400 million "Free" citizens.
well i have heard from friend who know some people who first hand got information from a very reliable source in the DMV whos cousin used to want to be in the CIA that your information is pure hyperbole!
all you need to do is make the flight controls on aircraft AUTO route around certain air spaces no matter what... program in pockets of restricted airspace that the plane cannot fly into.
Sure the soft wall may be "hack proof" - but then the soft wall itself becomes the target... not the impervious shield
I have been involved in drafting since I was a little little kid. I was given an engineering text book by my grandfather when I was young, that same book turned out to be my text book in High School drafting classes.
By the time I had gotten to high school I had drawn every last thing in that book many many times.
During all this time - learning drafting - I perfected manually writing at 1/8" text.
I haven't been able to write in cursive since grade or middle school. I can ONLY write in block text.
I can actually write each individual letter in cursive still - although I just am terrible at getting them to connect well.
so its not just computers and such, but more how you actually practice writing for the forative years that will have impact.
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Patent this idea! Fast!
well then, that would show that you don't do much thinking on the nature of reality.
the idea is expressed through metaphore, served up in a beautifully fitting modern technological package - such that its appeal will resonate with modern society.
but the message about control, and how subtle a form it can assume (i.e. self-inflicted mind control) is very real.
"My gf was so relieved that I'm a Spaceballs fan"
Which can only mean that you merely have a rather limited memory.
Why do they Lament for half-Life 2?
I have not the heart to tell you.
POLO!
well the rumors are that even though the bullets are "depleted" that they still carry some residual radioactive effects.
there was a special about a doctor in iraq who is treating people with cases of lukemia and other illnesses that can be linked to radioactivity and it said that the number of cases of these illnesses is some orders of magnitude higher after the gulf war - and depleted uranium is said to be the culprit.
with regard to how these shells work when they penetrate armor, they hit the armor at very high speed and as they penetrate the armor the become so hot that they liquify and when entering the crew cavity basically spray the crew with molten depleted uranium metal.
When I lived in Seattle in teh mid '90s we used to do this.
The transportation department setup monitors that showed the rate of movement of traffic, and displayed the route across the bridge from Bellvue to Seattle (520 IRRC) - it would show green dots or red dots depending on the speed of traffic, and you could use a couple of cameras along the route as well to see how traffic was.
Are you saying that we can dodge asteroids?
No, NEO - I am saying that when we're ready - we wont have to.
Bah! who cares - I am still waiting for a dual AGP slot mobo.
Wouldnt it be the "infrared telescope extends into space"
Talk about saturating the network!
"So how did I get 5000 new messages... and my last name is very common"
As you can see, Mr. Anderson - we've had our eye on you for.. some time now.
With all that radiation to "overcome" - all they need to do is start practicing building stufff around Chernobyl.
I watched a documentary on the cleanup crews that "volunteered" to clean the place up - and how they were wearing thin light white bunny suits and those typical hospital sanitary face masks (thinks the anti-SARS masks). These guys were losing hair and lives left and right...
Apparently they dont mind losing a few Volunteers due to pesky radiation levels killing em off.
At least on Mars they can just blame it on the Environment.
I used to work for a co named Decide.com - we were an online retailer of cell packages and phones. We gave you the ability to rate cell phone features side-by-side and determine which carrier had the best package for your needs.
In order to give you the full gammut of info - we had vans that were equipped with cell phones from almost every carrier, and it would drive around and the banks of phones would make automated calls from the van, play a pre-recorded message and then rate the quality of service.
You could then put in a commute path - or an address and see which carriers had the best service for that area - based on actual call data. all nicely overlayed over a neat little map.
The company obviously went under - but since I left before the final sinking - I am not sure what happened to the technology for doing these ratings...
it was cool though.
"how exactly do you know it was a new CO, did you go over and ask the construction workers what they were building? I'm not 100% sure I believe your claim here"
Yes, that is exaclty what happened. They installed a new wire terminal box, and as I was walking by there was a guy working on it. I asked him what he was doing and he told me about the new CO. There was a room about 30 feet in the ground across the street and he told me that they just made it the local CO for the area.
He gave me the circuit numbers for the actual lines that my house was conencted to and a number to call regarding DSL. He stated that they were not yet advertising the DSL and that they would deny it - so he said to tell them the circuit numbers my house was on to get them to admit to the DSL availability.
I did just that, and they did try to deny it, but in a short time I had a new DSL provider and full T1 speeds to my home. and obviously i am talking about my downstream on ADSL - hence the name A-syncronous-dsl.
which was far faster and greater than speakeasy, but I do understand what your poitn was regarding the Ilecs shunning other provideres from their facilities.
but I assure you that when speakeasy tried to bill me for the "early termination" I was right pissed - and the whole experience with them just plain sucked.
"Speakeasy is a good provider because they offer a reasonable terms of service without charging "Business Class" prices"
Bullshit. I had SpeakEasy DSL at my house for a time. Actually Speakeasy bought my account as Northpoint went out of business.
I switched to SBC because Speakeasy refused to give me ADSL and was telling me that I was too far from the CO to get anything but slow ass SDSL. They had just installed a new CO across the street from my house.
THen after I verified with three different employees at Speakeasy that I had not actually signed up for any contract - and that I had already been with them for over a year, my account was a month to month agreement - they tried to charge me $400.00 cancellation fee.
They actaully billed me for it and I responded by showing them the emails that stated I was on a month to month.
In addition - they were charging more for the shitty SDSL that I had than SBC was offering me for full T1 speed ADSL.
They service was pitiful as well.
Screw them.
no kidding. When I worked at intel - I asked and asked internally if/when/please could we put out a system with mutiple AGP busses...
Fell on deaf ears though - and this was back in 99 and 00...
Imagine what gaming systems would be like now if we started with mutiple AGP busses in 99 or 2000..
The problem with that is alll the navigational and control systems are on a separate companion ship with huge loudspeakers that bark all the commands at the U.S.S. Bill Clinton - and its call the U.S.S. Hillary Rodham.
1) Waco Texas 1993.
2) Ruby Ridge Montana 1992.
3) BATF shoots collector on faulty tip 1971
4) BATF roughs-up pregnant lady during "questioning - she has a miscarriage - 1994
5) Numerous people on death row that were innocent or wrongly convicted...
There are many instances where the government has killed its citizens. Either deliberately or otherwise, and what happens? Is there a massive investigation where the culprits and or system that failed or enabled the occurrences are found and fixed? No.
Anyone here who blindly puts faith into anyone or anything else to keep them safe and watch out for them is an idiot. Period.
Its fine to have*hopes* that others will do the right thing with your best interest at heart - but the likelihood that this will happen is very slim.
*you* need to be responsible for *you* and all that you hold dear. You need to watch out for your rights, and ideally others as well.
As for the argument that the people in government *ARE US* - take a look more closely at who the "us" really is. Take a look at the financial requirements to get into a high level office.
Here are some questions that you might want to ask and look at the answers of, they are not rhetorical - and the truth about them will make you sick:
How many people in cabinet level position and above (including the presidential seat) previously or *currently* hold positions within oil companies?
How many people are married to oil company executives, or companies that directly benefit from government projects in the oil area (Bechtel anyone)?
How many people in congress ever worked in a normal job - like a "bakery" as opposed to how many people have never had any other job?
What about the "regular people" that are multi generational congress critters? (Gore family anyone?)
You really need to do some research on what you are talking about.
You are the EXACT little blind fool that our nifty democratic government likes to have as a constituent.
You have no idea what you're talking about - and have the mental fortitude and attention span of a flea, therefore you will conveniently forget the wrongs, and turn a blind eye to the corruption and the BS that comes out through the US propaganda machine daily.
What really needs to happen is more people need to get up off their ass, get out of the "Bakery" and run for office.
What am I doing? I am already working on my political career. I want to be elected into office not because I have millions of dollars to throw at a campaign - but because I have the interest of my country at heart. I intend to run for office - and I intend to be totally open with myself and every citizen around me. I intend to do my best to clean up the toilet of a government we currently live under.
My wife is from another country, and she is disgusted by how "not really free" the U.S. is. She was under the illusion that this was a free country - and she constantly is made aware of how limited and controlled our lives really are. "This isn't a free country - I come from a free country" is what she says.
I don't want anyone to think that this is not a free country - and I want to live in a world without fear.... but how can you control 400 million people unless you keep them fearful. Certainly you would not be able to rule over 400 million "Free" citizens.
well i have heard from friend who know some people who first hand got information from a very reliable source in the DMV whos cousin used to want to be in the CIA that your information is pure hyperbole!
You have got to be joking.
all you need to do is make the flight controls on aircraft AUTO route around certain air spaces no matter what... program in pockets of restricted airspace that the plane cannot fly into.
Sure the soft wall may be "hack proof" - but then the soft wall itself becomes the target... not the impervious shield
F350 - v10 triton.
8) ??????
9) Profit!
4) Profit!
er, sorry....
I have been involved in drafting since I was a little little kid. I was given an engineering text book by my grandfather when I was young, that same book turned out to be my text book in High School drafting classes.
By the time I had gotten to high school I had drawn every last thing in that book many many times.
During all this time - learning drafting - I perfected manually writing at 1/8" text.
I haven't been able to write in cursive since grade or middle school. I can ONLY write in block text.
I can actually write each individual letter in cursive still - although I just am terrible at getting them to connect well.
so its not just computers and such, but more how you actually practice writing for the forative years that will have impact.