Probably not much more painful than the original NES and 2600 joysticks.
A friend had either a 5200 or a 7800. One of them had absolutely awful controllers as well. The first tolerable controller I remember was the Sega Genesis controller.
It took me two years and at least a dozen kids to find one who was reasonably priced (ie, less than a professional), reliable, and could do a better job than my blind wife.
Speaking of that, he better show up pretty damned soon, the grass is getting high again.
Yup, while you were busy getting perfect marks on your spelling tests, some of us were actually putting those words to use by reading items printed with them.
You should go live in Haiti or Liberia for a little while and ask the locals if their foes are "non-existant". Judging by your Slashdot ID number, you were literate around the time of the Bosnian genocide too. Was that not real?
Nope, it was quite real. But none of those were a threat to me or the United States. Clearly, the rest of the world doesn't want us to act as international policeman, so why gear up to do that?
It's possible, quite likely in fact, that the people making the decisions on what weapons systems to purchase are basing their decisions on a slightly less narrow and slightly more informed view of the world than you have. It's far less likely that such purchases are a result of a conspiracy and a big gun fetish by a few top military officials.
Saying it doesn't make it so. Arguments to support the claims you blow off are just as likely. The gun fetish also goes hand in hand with former DOD officials getting nice 'consulting' jobs with large military contractors. Given the choice between greed and concern for the public welfare being the prime motivator, I'll go with the 'invisible hand' any time.
BTW, if you're crazy enough to think China's the only threat to national security, you need to up your caffeine intake, cuz you're sleeping. Iran, North Korea, Syria, and possibly Saudi Arabia are all actively engaged in efforts to kill Americans, both in the Middle East, AND here at home. Oh, btw, at least three of the five above have nuclear weapons, and probably all but one have chemical & biological stores.
And a rail gun eliminates those threats how? Having a rail gun vs. more conventional ordinance delivery helps how? (Might be in the article, but I'm a/. wag, so I shant bother with it.)
The efforts of those countries you have mentioned have been and will be perpetrated by small groups or individuals. Railguns won't help. If it were to be done by the country as a whole, why should we waste time with ANY non-NBC weapons?
You can risk your neck if you want in a door to door scouring from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, in an attempt to subdue 'just the enemy'. I'd rather see the area nuked if it came to that. It's the only way to be sure.
But it's like stomping out cockroaches: the ones you don't get scurry away to hide elsewhere. Unless we decimate every square inch of land in the world, they'll be out there. Far more efficient to investigate other means of eliminating our most present threat.
For the forseeable future, small intrustions by small groups or individuals set on wreaking havoc as opposed to a complete, destructive, traditional war, are our international foes. But the existing military structure is incapable of dealing with that sort of threat, so they keep spending on what they know.
We're off to outer space We're leaving Mother Earth To save the human race Our Star Blazers
Searching for a distant star Heading off to Iscandar Leaving all we love behind Who knows what danger we'll find?
We must be strong and brave Our home we've got to save If we don't in just one year Mother Earth will disappear
Fighting with the Gamilons We won't stop until we've won Then we'll return and when we arrive The Earth will survive With our Star Blazers
Back in my day, we had Star Blazers, Astro Boy, and Kimba the White Lion. We didn't have no 'Adult Swim' or fancy cable so we had to stand next to the TV doing the UHF stance and stare through a staticy mess to see our anime, and WE LIKED IT!
That's like a car manufacturer saying, "We've installed a mechanism which will keep you from opening the hood if your intention is to upgrade the engine, because we want you leasing and buying new expensive cars very soon."
It already exists to some degree in the form of ODB II. Draconian engine management mandated by the federal government in the US (I assume the EU has something similar?) Yeah, you can open the hood and futz around a little, but anything beyond a header will likely require some computer voodoo that is a little more involved.
Monty, given the fact that any time someone mentions mp3's being available, the hordes of unwashed slashdot pyschos pimp Ogg (excuse me, Ogg Vorbis) does it ever make you wonder if these people are going to start stalking you? Or do you figure they won't get out of their parents' basement? Does the fanboyish mentality hurt or help when trying to sell various non-free Ogg things?
Apple doesn't want to do this, as they have slim to no margin on the iPod. Jobs has stated on several occasions that the point is to drive people to purchase music at iTMS.
Oops. Didn't see this list before my somewhat condescending post with links. I now see where you arrived at your assumption. The bulldozer is a finished good, so it counts. Naturally, it only counts in the year in which it was made. So if a dozer is made in 2002, and is used to make houses in 2002, 2003, and 2004, the dozer applies to GDP in 2002 only.
Your points about getting back goods and services equal to those exported is a good one. But my main point is that this doesn't always get down to the level of the citizenry.
Real GDP is defined as the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States
Not by capital owned by US companies.
Might I suggest some links suggested by this search?
These are the definitions that I've labored under since getting a degree in Economics about 10 years ago. If the definition of GDP has changed since then, I would appreciate a link to a citation. Oxford or University of Chicago preferred.
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Probably not much more painful than the original NES and 2600 joysticks.
A friend had either a 5200 or a 7800. One of them had absolutely awful controllers as well. The first tolerable controller I remember was the Sega Genesis controller.
Why do you think the RIAA wouldn't bother you? Who makes and sells the recordings of mozart and the gang?
The only purpose for that ISP is to host the best page in the universe.
It took me two years and at least a dozen kids to find one who was reasonably priced (ie, less than a professional), reliable, and could do a better job than my blind wife.
Speaking of that, he better show up pretty damned soon, the grass is getting high again.
Nah, cause then they have to purge. This just saves a couple steps.
But the easiest way to get rid of cockroaches isn't to squash them all. It's to eliminate their food source.
With the analogy brought back home meaning to cut off foreign aid?
Sounds like you agree with Machiavelli on whether it's better to be loved or feared.
Yup, while you were busy getting perfect marks on your spelling tests, some of us were actually putting those words to use by reading items printed with them.
IHBT, IHL.
You should go live in Haiti or Liberia for a little while and ask the locals if their foes are "non-existant". Judging by your Slashdot ID number, you were literate around the time of the Bosnian genocide too. Was that not real?
Nope, it was quite real. But none of those were a threat to me or the United States. Clearly, the rest of the world doesn't want us to act as international policeman, so why gear up to do that?
It's possible, quite likely in fact, that the people making the decisions on what weapons systems to purchase are basing their decisions on a slightly less narrow and slightly more informed view of the world than you have. It's far less likely that such purchases are a result of a conspiracy and a big gun fetish by a few top military officials.
Saying it doesn't make it so. Arguments to support the claims you blow off are just as likely. The gun fetish also goes hand in hand with former DOD officials getting nice 'consulting' jobs with large military contractors. Given the choice between greed and concern for the public welfare being the prime motivator, I'll go with the 'invisible hand' any time.
BTW, if you're crazy enough to think China's the only threat to national security, you need to up your caffeine intake, cuz you're sleeping. Iran, North Korea, Syria, and possibly Saudi Arabia are all actively engaged in efforts to kill Americans, both in the Middle East, AND here at home. Oh, btw, at least three of the five above have nuclear weapons, and probably all but one have chemical & biological stores.
/. wag, so I shant bother with it.)
And a rail gun eliminates those threats how? Having a rail gun vs. more conventional ordinance delivery helps how? (Might be in the article, but I'm a
The efforts of those countries you have mentioned have been and will be perpetrated by small groups or individuals. Railguns won't help. If it were to be done by the country as a whole, why should we waste time with ANY non-NBC weapons?
You can risk your neck if you want in a door to door scouring from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, in an attempt to subdue 'just the enemy'. I'd rather see the area nuked if it came to that. It's the only way to be sure.
But it's like stomping out cockroaches: the ones you don't get scurry away to hide elsewhere. Unless we decimate every square inch of land in the world, they'll be out there. Far more efficient to investigate other means of eliminating our most present threat.
For the forseeable future, small intrustions by small groups or individuals set on wreaking havoc as opposed to a complete, destructive, traditional war, are our international foes. But the existing military structure is incapable of dealing with that sort of threat, so they keep spending on what they know.
A couple of nutjobs with boxcutters seemed to have done pretty well in the past.
Glad to see we're still spending so much money on weapons to fight a non-existant foe (unless the Chinese get really pissy about Taiwan).
We're off to outer space
We're leaving Mother Earth
To save the human race
Our Star Blazers
Searching for a distant star
Heading off to Iscandar
Leaving all we love behind
Who knows what danger we'll find?
We must be strong and brave
Our home we've got to save
If we don't in just one year
Mother Earth will disappear
Fighting with the Gamilons
We won't stop until we've won
Then we'll return and when we arrive
The Earth will survive
With our Star Blazers
Back in my day, we had Star Blazers, Astro Boy, and Kimba the White Lion. We didn't have no 'Adult Swim' or fancy cable so we had to stand next to the TV doing the UHF stance and stare through a staticy mess to see our anime, and WE LIKED IT!
Particularly in areas with regular emissions testing, OBD-II has put the clamp on many modifications.
But, yeah, it turns out to have not been as bad as we feared in the early 90's. OBD-III, OTOH...
That's like a car manufacturer saying, "We've installed a mechanism which will keep you from opening the hood if your intention is to upgrade the engine, because we want you leasing and buying new expensive cars very soon."
It already exists to some degree in the form of ODB II. Draconian engine management mandated by the federal government in the US (I assume the EU has something similar?) Yeah, you can open the hood and futz around a little, but anything beyond a header will likely require some computer voodoo that is a little more involved.
I bet you skipped the big party on December 31st, 1999, as it wasn't 'really the beginning of the new millenium', too.
How much does it cost to license the team jerseys, player names, stadium names, etc. for a sports game?
Nope, not worth $50 for me, but that is bound to keep the dev costs from sinking as low as they could with a mature engine, etc.
If you don't know why a mammary gland is entertainment, are you sure she's your daughter?
Monty, given the fact that any time someone mentions mp3's being available, the hordes of unwashed slashdot pyschos pimp Ogg (excuse me, Ogg Vorbis) does it ever make you wonder if these people are going to start stalking you? Or do you figure they won't get out of their parents' basement? Does the fanboyish mentality hurt or help when trying to sell various non-free Ogg things?
Apple doesn't want to do this, as they have slim to no margin on the iPod. Jobs has stated on several occasions that the point is to drive people to purchase music at iTMS.
Seriously, who cares about Vorbis outside the faction of *nix users with +1 Amulets of OSS Awe?
Beats me. But there are tons of OSSholes on slashdot.
Oops. Didn't see this list before my somewhat condescending post with links. I now see where you arrived at your assumption. The bulldozer is a finished good, so it counts. Naturally, it only counts in the year in which it was made. So if a dozer is made in 2002, and is used to make houses in 2002, 2003, and 2004, the dozer applies to GDP in 2002 only.
Your points about getting back goods and services equal to those exported is a good one. But my main point is that this doesn't always get down to the level of the citizenry.
Yes. Yes it does.
From here:
Not by capital owned by US companies.
Might I suggest some links suggested by this search?
These are the definitions that I've labored under since getting a degree in Economics about 10 years ago. If the definition of GDP has changed since then, I would appreciate a link to a citation. Oxford or University of Chicago preferred.
Lisa and the Apple ///. The computers for those of us on the Group W bench.