You don't understand the issue. There will be new conflicts arise continuously, It's just what people in that part of the world do. You are thinking of the Isreal -Palestinian conflict. Don't forget Isreal-Egypt, Isreal-Lebanon, Iraq-Iran, Iraq versus the Kurds Arab-Isreal, Lebanese CIvil war, and many many more
They all like to fight and kill each other, different actors, same results. Neverending war.
There are things the rest of the world can do something about, and things they can't, Sadly, the rest of the world has not known how to tell the difference.
It's a shame and a travesty. But it's just how things are. There will not be peace in that part of the world, and there never will be.
You may as well say that Hamas shouldn't set up missiles anywhere, because invariably any blow back will guarantee human fatalities. Just submit nicely and live in your holes while your friendly neighbourhood rulers do the same.
Hell no, they should shoot them into Egypt also, and demand a portion of the Sinai Peninsula as an extension to their homeland.
I foresee some young enterprising student to institute a "Beer for BitCoin" service.... and since the BitCoins are being given free, I guess it falls under "Free as in Beer".
Real respect is dragging grandpa's corpse to several pubs for a last night of drinking with family and friends.
I know you're joking, but there's nothing I would want more.
You're not the only one.
My wife and I have already told each other a "proper" funeral is fine if it brings comfort to the family, but then we want a good old fashioned party w/proper drinking.
Clearly while these troops probably were or are active Russian units, I expect they were either AWOL and/or certainly acting without orders....... or at least thats what I expect we'll hear pretty soon.
honestly, the biggest advantage Steam offers me are:
1) Making my library available on whatever computer I am using (provided the games support it), without me having to drag around an external drive of some sort.
2) Keeping my downloaded games up to date, and the saved games synchronized between computers.
Granted I'm probably an abnormal user in that I have a desktop at home and a laptop I use for travel/work, but it makes it easy to keep things in sync and start a game on one, then continue on the other, with very little effort on my part.
Didn't sign up to Steam for the longest time, but recently did to try a game a friend sent me. Its much less intrusive and user friendly than I had expected.
If you've gotten the games through the Humble Bundle, then you might be even more interested in Steam. All (most?) of the Humble Bundle games come with Steam keys so you can immediately add them to your Steam library. Makes it much easier to keep track of your library and manage downloads between computers... the downside is only 1 computer can be connected to steam at a time (although off-line mode is lovely for things like that).
If this is a serious question, then the answer is pretty straight forward and already one we are working on.
The rise of the Carrier, wasn't so much about the Carrier per se, but about the ability for a Carrier+Planes to project firepower in ways Battleships couldn't (and couldn't protect against).
Carriers themselves though, exist only as bases for planes. Planes are expensive, trained pilots are even more expensive. Pilots are also "fleshy meat bags" that limit performance on planes.
Flash forward to now. Drones are the wave of the future. Long range high-speed drones is the next step (or drones mid-flight refueling/rearming from a drone tanker if they haven't already).
All backed up by Mach 5 Cruise missiles that you can launch from your mainland and special forces you can use when you need a small specialized manned response, sounds like the future of war...
(... short of massive invasion that could trigger a nuclear response)
But be careful shifting things "out the door", especially if they are business critical.
We recently moved our offices and looked into replacing our aged PBX. One choice everyone mentioned was hosted VOIP PBX services.
Great if you have high-speed, reliable, internet, great if you don't mind paying again and again. For us, even though we have outsourced our Email, phone services are mission critical. If our internet connection goes down, no biggie, business goes on (albeit slightly inconvenienced), if our PHONES go down, it'll be hell and high-water combined and everything grinds to a stop.
Likewise, any business suite or accounting package better darn well be able to run in stand-a-lone mode and resync when the internet connection comes back, or it isn't coming into any mission critical situation if I have any say (which I do).
The alternative is backup redundant service, and the equipment to handle that, which, for a small office is overblown.
Actually, you were tagged "Generation Y" ("What comes after X"?, "Y bother"?, "Y me"?) in the media quite extensively, especially after all the hubub about GenX.
Its mostly a matter of you having done so little to differentiate yourselves as something that matters that has led to your disappearance in the wake of the rise of the Millenials.
Then again, it could also be that with the short news cycle, which seems to be connecting to people's short attention spans, it seems like anything not "current" is quickly forgotten. Heck, you barely even hear of the "Baby Boomers" in the news, and there are probably (still) more of them out there in the US than anyone else.
Considering they've managed to take down Serenity (the China specific EVE on-line server) also... I'd say the usual haunts of DDoS operators might not be as safe as they think they are.
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I would hope its mostly disparity of education and experience.
Yeah, its a pity there can never be peace in the region:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt-Israel_Peace_Treaty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-Jordan_peace_treaty
Hell no, they should shoot them into Egypt also, and demand a portion of the Sinai Peninsula as an extension to their homeland.
Shhhh ... they might not know we're playing the Long Game.
I foresee some young enterprising student to institute a "Beer for BitCoin" service. ... and since the BitCoins are being given free, I guess it falls under "Free as in Beer".
flash is equally bad on all platforms web guys please stop using it.
Hey ... look at the upside, feature parity across Windows, OSX and Linux ... even for bugs and exploits.
Reminds me of the secret to living to be 120:
First, live to be 119, then be R-E-A-L-L-Y careful. :)
Real respect is dragging grandpa's corpse to several pubs for a last night of drinking with family and friends.
I know you're joking, but there's nothing I would want more.
You're not the only one.
My wife and I have already told each other a "proper" funeral is fine if it brings comfort to the family, but then we want a good old fashioned party w/proper drinking.
Okay ... I'll bite. How DID the Narn (an agrarian society at that time) manage to drive the Shadows from their home world?
Clearly while these troops probably were or are active Russian units, I expect they were either AWOL and/or certainly acting without orders. ... ... or at least thats what I expect we'll hear pretty soon.
So according to The Fine Article ...
Those who want to kiss the stone should basically go "Kiss Our Shiny Fossilized Asses"?
honestly, the biggest advantage Steam offers me are:
1) Making my library available on whatever computer I am using (provided the games support it), without me having to drag around an external drive of some sort.
2) Keeping my downloaded games up to date, and the saved games synchronized between computers.
Granted I'm probably an abnormal user in that I have a desktop at home and a laptop I use for travel/work, but it makes it easy to keep things in sync and start a game on one, then continue on the other, with very little effort on my part.
Didn't sign up to Steam for the longest time, but recently did to try a game a friend sent me. Its much less intrusive and user friendly than I had expected.
If you've gotten the games through the Humble Bundle, then you might be even more interested in Steam. All (most?) of the Humble Bundle games come with Steam keys so you can immediately add them to your Steam library. Makes it much easier to keep track of your library and manage downloads between computers ... the downside is only 1 computer can be connected to steam at a time (although off-line mode is lovely for things like that).
Considering the Princeton grad was working for the A&M grad, I'm not sure the contacts and networking were working out as he expected.
If this is a serious question, then the answer is pretty straight forward and already one we are working on.
The rise of the Carrier, wasn't so much about the Carrier per se, but about the ability for a Carrier+Planes to project firepower in ways Battleships couldn't (and couldn't protect against).
Carriers themselves though, exist only as bases for planes.
Planes are expensive, trained pilots are even more expensive. Pilots are also "fleshy meat bags" that limit performance on planes.
Flash forward to now. Drones are the wave of the future. Long range high-speed drones is the next step (or drones mid-flight refueling/rearming from a drone tanker if they haven't already).
All backed up by Mach 5 Cruise missiles that you can launch from your mainland and special forces you can use when you need a small specialized manned response, sounds like the future of war ...
( ... short of massive invasion that could trigger a nuclear response)
Wake me up, when September ends.
But be careful shifting things "out the door", especially if they are business critical.
We recently moved our offices and looked into replacing our aged PBX. One choice everyone mentioned was hosted VOIP PBX services.
Great if you have high-speed, reliable, internet, great if you don't mind paying again and again. For us, even though we have outsourced our Email, phone services are mission critical. If our internet connection goes down, no biggie, business goes on (albeit slightly inconvenienced), if our PHONES go down, it'll be hell and high-water combined and everything grinds to a stop.
Likewise, any business suite or accounting package better darn well be able to run in stand-a-lone mode and resync when the internet connection comes back, or it isn't coming into any mission critical situation if I have any say (which I do).
The alternative is backup redundant service, and the equipment to handle that, which, for a small office is overblown.
Actually, you were tagged "Generation Y" ("What comes after X"?, "Y bother"?, "Y me"?) in the media quite extensively, especially after all the hubub about GenX.
Its mostly a matter of you having done so little to differentiate yourselves as something that matters that has led to your disappearance in the wake of the rise of the Millenials.
Then again, it could also be that with the short news cycle, which seems to be connecting to people's short attention spans, it seems like anything not "current" is quickly forgotten. Heck, you barely even hear of the "Baby Boomers" in the news, and there are probably (still) more of them out there in the US than anyone else.
Editors? Slashdot has editors?
They are more elusive than the fabled Lochness Monster, but they've been known to poke their heads up on occasion.
Granted, its been quite a while, but a Friend of a Friend once saw ...
Considering they've managed to take down Serenity (the China specific EVE on-line server) also ... I'd say the usual haunts of DDoS operators might not be as safe as they think they are.
Oh, for anyone who wishes to track it:
http://eve-offline.net/ and
http://eve-offline.net/?server=tranquility
Will rejoice
All the countless Wives, Girlfriends, significant others, etc. ... wait ... I think I know who might be behind this. ...
and what do they do with the Bitcoins? Trade them for PLEX obviously.
Three Gorges Dam in ... One Dam Out!
Three Gorges Dam in ... One Dam Out!
Three Gorges Dam in ... One Dam Out!
So go use robots and other more automated vehicles to create the means necessary for human survival.
For instance, send a robot to Mars ahead of future human exploration and set up a habitat, start making oxygen, water, and foodstuffs.
No need to wait till we get there to start terraforming/colonizing a small piece.
Not half as dirty as we felt reading it.