I'm not a conspiracy wing nut but I'm also not one to take anything the US government says at face value. You can't assume that because a plane obviously hit the WTC that a plane is what hit the Pentagon, because as the old saying goes assuming something makes an ass out of me and (yo)u!
I have looked over and over again, I can not find the plane in that video. I do see a light streak for a moment that looks to me to be too small to be a commercial jet liner, but I'm not an expert.
What I don't understand is why that's the only video we are seeing? It's the Pentagon for Fox Creek! How many camera's do they have? What about radar? Sattelite pictures? It is ridiculous that these are the only images from the Pentagon. I thought that place was supposed to be secure!?!
Maybe it wasn't a missile that hit the Pentagon, maybe the government didn't plan 9/11 but what are they hiding?
>I find it absolutely absurd that anyone would claim the US is as bad, or worse even, than China as >far as human rights is concerned. American citizens have a right, in fact a responsibility to >always be aware and in fact question what the US government is doing. Blindly following the >government, like so many in China do, is dangerous.
A right and a responsibility? Of course Americans have that. However most are too busy watching NASCAR or the OC to care. What is the voter turn out at American elections?
>It's ridiculous that people would compare the US to China. I feel like people here like to dream >up these crazy threats from the government. When was the last time you or any of your friends have >been questioned or imprisoned for voicing your opinions. When was the last time the FBI showed up >at someone's house simply for running a blog criticizing the US government?
The US Patriot Act makes it legal for the government to do precisely that.
>Those people jailed at Guantanamo Bay are also there for their ties to terrorism, not because they >were simply anti-American. You may not agree with what the government is doing, but there are >specific reasons why they're doing this. Rest assured that China would be far, far more aggressive >in this regard. These guys are our prisoners and soldiers are going out of their way to make them >feel comfortable.
Ties to terrorism? They have not been charged with a crime, so how do you know?
Comfortable? If you call being tortured and force fed comfortable.
>I'm not even going to bother getting into this China appeasement crap. What Google and Microsoft >are doing is irrelevant in the greater scheme of things. It's even more absurd that the US and >worse, the United Nations refuse to recognize a soverign nation like Taiwan because China demands >it.
I agree with you here! Many countries including the US and Canada tippy-toe around human rights issues when setting up trade deals with China. No government that does this stands on morally superior ground to Microsoft or Google. It doesn't mean that we, the people, shouldn't be complaining about what our governments and corporations are doing.
>The Chinese do have one thing that many Americans today lack. That's nationalistic pride. The >Chinese are willing to do what it takes to get ahead in the World; the average Chinese citizen is >far more likely to defend China's actions than any American would be. Many Americans are far more >critical of the US government, and in fact, are quickly to defend foreign nations than they are >their own.
More national pride is NOT what Americans need. That kind of pride can pride can lead you blindly into an unjust occupation of another country or into letting your government representives vote-in legislation (Patriot Act) that allows draconian "1984" style domestic surveilance.
>I wouldn't be surprised if over the next hundred years China grows to be a real superpower and the >US is relegated to the second-class status that Europe currently enjoys. Let's see if the Chinese >government turns out anything like the US. People criticize the US and what it does around the >world, but rest assured that many other nations, and I expect China as well, would be far, far >worse.
How is Europe second class? The better education? social programs? their rich culture? their enviromental awareness?
I agree China is likely to be the next super power, maybe if the rest of the world pressured them into fixing their human rights problems now, having them be the next super power won't be so scary.
having a wank, or rather too many wanks might actually be the problem... at least that's what my father used to tell me (don't do that so much or you'll go blind!)... and he wears pretty thick glasses so I think he knows what he is talking about:)
It sounds like your requirements are good (scalable) , fast (or large in this case) and cheap. I'm pretty sure that only 2 out of 3 are possible.
How important is the data? More importantly how much will it cost if you lose the data? Without redundancy if you lose one disk you are likely to lose the whole volume... and cheap disks WILL die. If your budget won't allow you to purchase a real enterprise storage system will it allow you to buy an adequate backup solution?
I just sat through a demo of one of these units. I was impressed with their goodness, storage capabilities and the ability to use SATA drives brings the cost for large amounts storage cheaper than your typical SCSI enterprise storage solution. These boxes are also fully RAID capable... but you still need a backup... but everyone who reads/. knows that:)
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I'm not a conspiracy wing nut but I'm also not one to take anything the US government says at face value. You can't assume that because a plane obviously hit the WTC that a plane is what hit the Pentagon, because as the old saying goes assuming something makes an ass out of me and (yo)u!
I have looked over and over again, I can not find the plane in that video. I do see a light streak for a moment that looks to me to be too small to be a commercial jet liner, but I'm not an expert.
What I don't understand is why that's the only video we are seeing? It's the Pentagon for Fox Creek! How many camera's do they have? What about radar? Sattelite pictures? It is ridiculous that these are the only images from the Pentagon. I thought that place was supposed to be secure!?!
Maybe it wasn't a missile that hit the Pentagon, maybe the government didn't plan 9/11 but what are they hiding?
I agree, although I am not an American I do believe that giving up freedom for security is a very slippery slope.
Everyone should go read 1984. The NSA is turning into the Ministry of Privacy.
>I find it absolutely absurd that anyone would claim the US is as bad, or worse even, than China as >far as human rights is concerned. American citizens have a right, in fact a responsibility to >always be aware and in fact question what the US government is doing. Blindly following the >government, like so many in China do, is dangerous. A right and a responsibility? Of course Americans have that. However most are too busy watching NASCAR or the OC to care. What is the voter turn out at American elections? >It's ridiculous that people would compare the US to China. I feel like people here like to dream >up these crazy threats from the government. When was the last time you or any of your friends have >been questioned or imprisoned for voicing your opinions. When was the last time the FBI showed up >at someone's house simply for running a blog criticizing the US government? The US Patriot Act makes it legal for the government to do precisely that. >Those people jailed at Guantanamo Bay are also there for their ties to terrorism, not because they >were simply anti-American. You may not agree with what the government is doing, but there are >specific reasons why they're doing this. Rest assured that China would be far, far more aggressive >in this regard. These guys are our prisoners and soldiers are going out of their way to make them >feel comfortable. Ties to terrorism? They have not been charged with a crime, so how do you know? Comfortable? If you call being tortured and force fed comfortable. >I'm not even going to bother getting into this China appeasement crap. What Google and Microsoft >are doing is irrelevant in the greater scheme of things. It's even more absurd that the US and >worse, the United Nations refuse to recognize a soverign nation like Taiwan because China demands >it. I agree with you here! Many countries including the US and Canada tippy-toe around human rights issues when setting up trade deals with China. No government that does this stands on morally superior ground to Microsoft or Google. It doesn't mean that we, the people, shouldn't be complaining about what our governments and corporations are doing. >The Chinese do have one thing that many Americans today lack. That's nationalistic pride. The >Chinese are willing to do what it takes to get ahead in the World; the average Chinese citizen is >far more likely to defend China's actions than any American would be. Many Americans are far more >critical of the US government, and in fact, are quickly to defend foreign nations than they are >their own. More national pride is NOT what Americans need. That kind of pride can pride can lead you blindly into an unjust occupation of another country or into letting your government representives vote-in legislation (Patriot Act) that allows draconian "1984" style domestic surveilance. >I wouldn't be surprised if over the next hundred years China grows to be a real superpower and the >US is relegated to the second-class status that Europe currently enjoys. Let's see if the Chinese >government turns out anything like the US. People criticize the US and what it does around the >world, but rest assured that many other nations, and I expect China as well, would be far, far >worse. How is Europe second class? The better education? social programs? their rich culture? their enviromental awareness? I agree China is likely to be the next super power, maybe if the rest of the world pressured them into fixing their human rights problems now, having them be the next super power won't be so scary.
having a wank, or rather too many wanks might actually be the problem... at least that's what my father used to tell me (don't do that so much or you'll go blind!)... and he wears pretty thick glasses so I think he knows what he is talking about :)
It sounds like your requirements are good (scalable) , fast (or large in this case) and cheap. I'm pretty sure that only 2 out of 3 are possible.
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How important is the data? More importantly how much will it cost if you lose the data? Without redundancy if you lose one disk you are likely to lose the whole volume... and cheap disks WILL die. If your budget won't allow you to purchase a real enterprise storage system will it allow you to buy an adequate backup solution?
Check this out it might be your best bet http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds4000
I just sat through a demo of one of these units. I was impressed with their goodness, storage capabilities and the ability to use SATA drives brings the cost for large amounts storage cheaper than your typical SCSI enterprise storage solution. These boxes are also fully RAID capable... but you still need a backup... but everyone who reads