can ebola, by it's very nature even *get* that far? It's significantly more lethal more quickly than the flu; and it's vector for spread isn't a flea on the back of rat.
(not to say there's no cause for alarm, this strain of ebola in a large, densely packed city is obviously a disaster.. but playing the pandemic card is a bit more far fetched)
We also have a level of wealth disparity far greater than those listed countries.
Remove the inner city murders, and you'll get a much more fair comparison.
None of those countries have a detroit, newark, south central LA, gary, or camden to skew statistics. What's the US murder rate in middle class suburbia? What's the murder rate in rural areas (where lo' and behold, the gun ownership rate is likely north of 90%).
Really comparing the US to western nations in general becomes more of a social commentary about the two different nations we've become. It's such a huge difference that it overshadows whatever you're trying to demonstrate.
The problem is still the 'force projection' is so laughably asymmetrical, and those carriers are all things considered relatively easy targets. are they still a necessity?
Column A: at war with literally any other nation state in the world. they'd just need to load up a few hundred missiles. When a few million dollars worth of ordinance can bring down a ship with a price tag of over $4B you have to question the actual value of said ship.
Column B: dealing with something like ISIS or a less powerful military. Is even a single carrier group overkill?
But maybe the real root of the problem is, why does the US truly need to 'project force' in a unilateral sense?
Against who exactly? We have air bases just about everywhere, ICBM's , long range bombers etc.
They're huge slow(ish) moving, crazy expensive floating cities that could be made irrelevant with a salvo of cheap, dumb missles. (aegis be damned) They're dreadnoughts waiting for their Taranto.
Mr. Cook disregarding ~10% of the population who have opposite.. requirements as the rest of the population is kind of funny actually. (Yes, that was a gay joke. No, it wasn't intended to be malicoius. mod away as troll anyways.)
From a workout perspective, this is intriguing -- i haven't looked into this in a while, I"m not aware of any 'watches' that monitor your pulse without a chest strap.
Granted, 300+ for a phone, and then another 300+ for a watch for said functionality.. no. just no.
Seriously, you can side load APK's very easily, provided you know how to use a USB cable... and for the e-ink kindles (and tablets) simply emailing a mobi/pdf/whatever (although the lack of support for epub is annoying.) to your send to kindle email is 'awkward' ?
has the civil forfeiture issue even made it to the supreme court? I'd be amazed if the lower courts would allow that to happen. (lots of police departments might miss out on easy cash, if a precedent was set.)
Even worse it's using things like RICO; which are intended for ongoing criminal enterprises (like a cartel or organized crime) as a tool to steal money from individuals.
Civil forfeiture consists of your property being the defendant, and you have no standing in the case.
Nothing better than seizing an asset, denying the owner standing in the case, and then keeping whatever was seized regardless of criminal charges filed against the owner.
Carrying cash is now essentially illegal. Ideally the police would need to prove illegal actions to keep it, or worse, you'd have to prove it was legit. But no; now they just assume it's dirty, and keep it -- with or without a charge (let alone a conviction).
I'd rather be a big fish in a medium pond, than a big fish surrounded by an ocean filled with even bigger fish.
Consider the effect on someones ego by being able to completely stand out. Take a highly intelligent person, they go to MIT/Harvard/Yale/Wherever -- they're suddenly average. That same person at a 2nd tier school is suddenly a rock-star.
That person might get the confidence and notoriety to go on to do bigger and better things, than the average Harvard alum.
I would think this would be just an extension of the idea of self incrimination. Yes it's a 'cyborg' and not a robot. So conceivably the 'human' part of the combination was in charge of the volition that led to whatever thing is being investigated.
However: If I commit a crime with a tape recorder in my pocket, should the state be able to subpoena me for the tape? They would. Similarly, cyborgs could expect the same treatment. (forcible extraction of whatever data was requested.)
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Yeah, having access to AJAX and cloud computing will make the difference here.. something something.. synergy.
even a pharmacy tech makes at least 15-20 an hour.
one of those is not like the others, one of those just doesn't belong..
It's worse than that. it's like Helen Keller teaching driver's ed.
can ebola, by it's very nature even *get* that far? It's significantly more lethal more quickly than the flu; and it's vector for spread isn't a flea on the back of rat.
(not to say there's no cause for alarm, this strain of ebola in a large, densely packed city is obviously a disaster.. but playing the pandemic card is a bit more far fetched)
"left in the lurch" exactly -- i had recommended the obitalk line of VOIP devices to friends and family since they worked with google voice. =/
the law of astronomically (no pun in tended) large numbers.
Well it's not like government funded research has ever brought us anything useful -- think DARPA.
We also have a level of wealth disparity far greater than those listed countries.
Remove the inner city murders, and you'll get a much more fair comparison.
None of those countries have a detroit, newark, south central LA, gary, or camden to skew statistics. What's the US murder rate in middle class suburbia? What's the murder rate in rural areas (where lo' and behold, the gun ownership rate is likely north of 90%).
Really comparing the US to western nations in general becomes more of a social commentary about the two different nations we've become. It's such a huge difference that it overshadows whatever you're trying to demonstrate.
2 minute hate mode engaged!
should ban cupholders, radios, and passengers while your at it.
bad drivers will be bad drivers.
The problem is still the 'force projection' is so laughably asymmetrical, and those carriers are all things considered relatively easy targets. are they still a necessity?
Column A: at war with literally any other nation state in the world. they'd just need to load up a few hundred missiles. When a few million dollars worth of ordinance can bring down a ship with a price tag of over $4B you have to question the actual value of said ship.
Column B: dealing with something like ISIS or a less powerful military. Is even a single carrier group overkill?
But maybe the real root of the problem is, why does the US truly need to 'project force' in a unilateral sense?
Against who exactly? We have air bases just about everywhere, ICBM's , long range bombers etc.
They're huge slow(ish) moving, crazy expensive floating cities that could be made irrelevant with a salvo of cheap, dumb missles. (aegis be damned) They're dreadnoughts waiting for their Taranto.
how many carriers in the modern US fleet were made after 1945? Why maintain them during the cold war? Why maintain them now?
Mr. Cook disregarding ~10% of the population who have opposite .. requirements as the rest of the population is kind of funny actually.
(Yes, that was a gay joke. No, it wasn't intended to be malicoius. mod away as troll anyways.)
disregard, 3 seconds of googling after posting this shows the error or my ways. =/
From a workout perspective, this is intriguing -- i haven't looked into this in a while, I"m not aware of any 'watches' that monitor your pulse without a chest strap.
Granted, 300+ for a phone, and then another 300+ for a watch for said functionality.. no. just no.
yar, i just went the calibre route and converted to mobi. My point was more along the lines of "why doesn't amazon support this by default?"
Yet you can get a nokia 510 (win8 phone) at target for 60 bucks, and pay 60 a month for 2GB of data (pre paid, no contract)
As much as the app selection on windows phone sucks, i'd take that over this 'deal' any day of the week.
Seriously, you can side load APK's very easily, provided you know how to use a USB cable... and for the e-ink kindles (and tablets) simply emailing a mobi/pdf/whatever (although the lack of support for epub is annoying.) to your send to kindle email is 'awkward' ?
has the civil forfeiture issue even made it to the supreme court? I'd be amazed if the lower courts would allow that to happen. (lots of police departments might miss out on easy cash, if a precedent was set.)
Even worse it's using things like RICO; which are intended for ongoing criminal enterprises (like a cartel or organized crime) as a tool to steal money from individuals.
Civil forfeiture consists of your property being the defendant, and you have no standing in the case.
Nothing better than seizing an asset, denying the owner standing in the case, and then keeping whatever was seized regardless of criminal charges filed against the owner.
Carrying cash is now essentially illegal. Ideally the police would need to prove illegal actions to keep it, or worse, you'd have to prove it was legit. But no; now they just assume it's dirty, and keep it -- with or without a charge (let alone a conviction).
I'd rather be a big fish in a medium pond, than a big fish surrounded by an ocean filled with even bigger fish.
Consider the effect on someones ego by being able to completely stand out. Take a highly intelligent person, they go to MIT/Harvard/Yale/Wherever -- they're suddenly average. That same person at a 2nd tier school is suddenly a rock-star.
That person might get the confidence and notoriety to go on to do bigger and better things, than the average Harvard alum.
The Moto Equinoxer 360: Revolutionary new ability to accurately time hours of daylight, OR night -- on BOTH equinoxes.
I would think this would be just an extension of the idea of self incrimination. Yes it's a 'cyborg' and not a robot. So conceivably the 'human' part of the combination was in charge of the volition that led to whatever thing is being investigated.
However: If I commit a crime with a tape recorder in my pocket, should the state be able to subpoena me for the tape? They would. Similarly, cyborgs could expect the same treatment. (forcible extraction of whatever data was requested.)
So what you're saying is, if a knock arrives at my door -- under no circumstances should I answer it?