We used to do a lot of crazy things to make the Russians think our military was bigger and more mobile than it really was. As a result they had to keep spending enormous amounts of money to try to "keep up". They eventually drove their economy into the ground.
not according to the CIA, at least not during the reagan years. the russian economy went down from other things, but their defense spending as a percent of the overall budget didn't change much over that time.
Look at the problems with SACD and DVD-A. Nobody is buying them
nobody's buying SACD's and DVD-A's because its a thin niche market. super-high resolution audio only really appeals to audiophiles, 99 percent of the population probably couldn't tell the difference between tracks mastered at 16 bits vs 24 anyways.
You see, we actually paid attention when news of one UN resolution after another came on TV over the years, to Saddam's expelling inspectors,
UN resolutions mean nothing. hell, conservatives say that all the time, so why are they suddenly a big deal? sh1t, israel has violated way more UN resolutions than iraq, but i don't see conservatives itching to invade tel aviv.
as to the inspectors, you need to check your facts. hussein never kicked out inspectors, clinton pulled them out before bombing the crap out of iraq in 1998.
so you see, the problem is, while you are ignoring the WMD and terrorist ties arguments, the things you are actually relying on are either incorrect or worthless.
If you e.g. have a hologram showing a gallon-sized bottle and you break it into two equally sized pieces, then you have two pictures, each showing a half-gallon-sized bottle.
yeah, and if you broke those in half again, it would change into a quart bottle, and if you did it again, you would end up with 8 pictures of a pint glass.
it gets really wacky if you keep going, you end up with a whole collection of little pictures of tablespoons.
so the fsck what? the parent didn't say "Uh, can you point to a book that rewards the reader for killing a hooker, that Jesus would have followed and doesn't contradict itself in places", retard.
Otherwise, why would the range of an EV1 have been only ~40 miles? If aerodynamic resistance were the principal factor, then then EV1 should have had a greater range than conventional cars, since its drag coefficient was much smaller.
actually, that's a bit off. the big reason why the EV1 has such a short range is because of the use of lead-acid batteries, but not because of their weight, but because of their size.
lead-acid batteries are monstrous, and you can only fit so many of them in an automobile volume.
because of that, the EV1 was inherently limited in teh amount of power it could carry. for example, if someone invented a new type of battery that was the same size as a lead-acid and half the weight with the same power characteristics, an EV1 full of the new battery would still have a pretty low range.
William Cohen: "I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons. . . . I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out."
uh, you have to remember that saddam most definitely did have WMDs back in 1998, which is why clinton bombed the ever-lovin crap outta iraq. the question isn't did saddam have WMDs in 1998, its did he have them in 2003.
I have no doubt that these things are largely caused by crooked individuals and not some vast conspiracy on the part of the political parties involved
seeing as how the guy who runs the company behind these shenanigans is funded by the RNC (and is the ex-head of a state republican committee), i'd look at the situation a little deeper.
fourth sentence of the article: In apparent defiance of color theory -- that dark surfaces absorb light and white surfaces reflect it -- Sony Corp. has unveiled a black screen that allows a regular digital projector to vividly display TV images and business presentations in a brightly lit room
jesus christ, is it too much to ask to have someone read the fscking thing first??
Not if you take into account all the check-in and check-out time and the time it takes you to get to the airport. High velocity trains can go with more than 300km/h and take you right into the heart of the city. I can hop on the train just a minute before it 'takes off' and buy a ticket inside.
yeah, but that's only because air travel is so much more popular than rail. if high-speed rail becomes big, and people start taking it as much as they do airplanes, expect the same amount of security and check-in time as we have at airports. it'll still take you 2 hours to get through the lines and on board.
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why is it nobody ever seems to notice the incredible similarities between episodes 4-6 and the 3 musketeers?
its a wholesale ripoff.
We used to do a lot of crazy things to make the Russians think our military was bigger and more mobile than it really was. As a result they had to keep spending enormous amounts of money to try to "keep up". They eventually drove their economy into the ground.
not according to the CIA, at least not during the reagan years. the russian economy went down from other things, but their defense spending as a percent of the overall budget didn't change much over that time.
Look at the problems with SACD and DVD-A. Nobody is buying them
nobody's buying SACD's and DVD-A's because its a thin niche market. super-high resolution audio only really appeals to audiophiles, 99 percent of the population probably couldn't tell the difference between tracks mastered at 16 bits vs 24 anyways.
You see, we actually paid attention when news of one UN resolution after another came on TV over the years, to Saddam's expelling inspectors,
UN resolutions mean nothing. hell, conservatives say that all the time, so why are they suddenly a big deal? sh1t, israel has violated way more UN resolutions than iraq, but i don't see conservatives itching to invade tel aviv.
as to the inspectors, you need to check your facts. hussein never kicked out inspectors, clinton pulled them out before bombing the crap out of iraq in 1998.
so you see, the problem is, while you are ignoring the WMD and terrorist ties arguments, the things you are actually relying on are either incorrect or worthless.
If you e.g. have a hologram showing a gallon-sized bottle and you break it into two equally sized pieces, then you have two pictures, each showing a half-gallon-sized bottle.
yeah, and if you broke those in half again, it would change into a quart bottle, and if you did it again, you would end up with 8 pictures of a pint glass.
it gets really wacky if you keep going, you end up with a whole collection of little pictures of tablespoons.
i'll bet they could cook popcorn on their server right now...
throw in some 'extreme tentacles' and you've got a sale!
just hit 'stop' and 'restore'.
Not even Jesus was under Levitical law
so the fsck what? the parent didn't say "Uh, can you point to a book that rewards the reader for killing a hooker, that Jesus would have followed and doesn't contradict itself in places", retard.
Otherwise, why would the range of an EV1 have been only ~40 miles? If aerodynamic resistance were the principal factor, then then EV1 should have had a greater range than conventional cars, since its drag coefficient was much smaller.
actually, that's a bit off. the big reason why the EV1 has such a short range is because of the use of lead-acid batteries, but not because of their weight, but because of their size.
lead-acid batteries are monstrous, and you can only fit so many of them in an automobile volume.
because of that, the EV1 was inherently limited in teh amount of power it could carry. for example, if someone invented a new type of battery that was the same size as a lead-acid and half the weight with the same power characteristics, an EV1 full of the new battery would still have a pretty low range.
read leviticus sometime. really.
Most readers here have probaly eaten titanium dioxide taken from sand, it is frequently used as a white food colouring and paint pigment.
i wouldn't be surprised at all if most slashdotters like to eat paint. (or as i call it "wall candy")
How about reform in which USPTO case workers (or whatever they may be called) are educated as to how to go about searching for prior art
how are they educated currently as to searching for prior art?
hey, give him a break, he's doing asbestos he can.
thank you, i'm here all week. try the veal.
William Cohen: "I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons. . . . I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out."
uh, you have to remember that saddam most definitely did have WMDs back in 1998, which is why clinton bombed the ever-lovin crap outta iraq. the question isn't did saddam have WMDs in 1998, its did he have them in 2003.
apparently, Amazon got their hands on the autobot matrix of leadership.
trouble's a-brewin'..
I thought that as we matured as a society that this type of conservative bullshit would cease. Perhaps we are regressing?
First, Blagojavic is a democrat. You should have some facts before posting.
first, democrats have been known to push conservative-type bills before, when it works in their favor. Blagojavic's party has nothing to do with it.
Yep, you can die from video games. Games influance people just like anything else.
by that logic, you can die from reading the newspaper.
We never had people bringing guns to school before video games became popular.
care to prove that?
you're wrong.
seeing as how the guy who runs the company behind these shenanigans is funded by the RNC (and is the ex-head of a state republican committee), i'd look at the situation a little deeper.
you've obviously never been an Altar Boy.
in the army, maybe, but not the air force. the outstanding unit award is not an award which is allowed for temporary wear.
..but by cutting it off, it becomes loose, no?
fourth sentence of the article:
In apparent defiance of color theory -- that dark surfaces absorb light and white surfaces reflect it -- Sony Corp. has unveiled a black screen that allows a regular digital projector to vividly display TV images and business presentations in a brightly lit room
jesus christ, is it too much to ask to have someone read the fscking thing first??
pssh. everything went downhill after "The Big U".
yeah, but that's only because air travel is so much more popular than rail.
if high-speed rail becomes big, and people start taking it as much as they do airplanes, expect the same amount of security and check-in time as we have at airports. it'll still take you 2 hours to get through the lines and on board.