Ok, this has no direct connection with Iraq, but I think the comparison is between Pearl Harbor and the WTC. The problem being is that their is no single country we can go after for WTC, where as Pearl Harbor we knew who to go after.
I don't know the real answer (who can, really- it's so complex), but I always think "What if we do nothing and we get nuked?"
Now to counter that, I want to say that I don't want to go to war, just maybe use a more forceful inspection process, say the military. They go in, and if anyone says "no, you can't go here" we say "yeah, we are" and shoot if they get in the way. No bombings or missiles or tanks, just a presence that won't take "no".
Just FYI- I'm a DoD contractor, and there is a good chance I may have to inhabit the Persian Gulf area to support some of the systems we are developing (talk about a real-life test!), so believe me, I'm REALLY not wanting a war situation!
Interesting- most bombs are 500 to 2000 lbs, usually. Around the same as a crushed car, right? Use crushed cars, and use a C-130 (that's the big transport plane, right?) and you could drop around 70k lbs of (non-explosive) materials. I think B-52s are limited to around 50k lbs (probably wrong, don't crawl up my ass about the number). So if you only drop kinetic bombs, you got nearly a 50% increase! Incorporate some kind of high explosive, and viola! bombs froms wrecks!
Of course, you lose the "dropping Buicks!" angle, but you do get (without the high explosive additives) "HOLY SHIT- They're dropping blocks of... what the fuck is that!"
This may be true in general, but we had a support contract where everything was covered for 3 years. (We are big enough that we negotiate contracts independent of the standard warrantees). I think I ended up getting screwed because I was one of the last people with a 600, and just happened to be one of the last people to have one, I actually got hit with this.
We had a bunch of 600 and 600e's at work, and one by one the batteries died. We had a 3 year warrantee deal, and it was ok for about 2-2.5 years. Then, they stop honoring dead batteries! I don't know if our tech help didn't protest or tell the right people in our company, but I was told "IBM won't honor the warrantee, your group or you personally will have to buy a new battery". Just out and out said, too bad. WTF! Since I was the last one to have such an old laptop, no one really cared to raise a stink about it.
We generally get good service from IBM, but the techs said that IBM was blowing off these batteries because they all started dying after 1.5-2.5 years, and they figured they ALL were going to go bad.
This sounds like the car manufacturer beancounter stories- how much to fix all the problems vs. how much in potential lawsuits. And how many people are going to press a lawsuit for a $100-$200 battery?
The worst part is the battery is dead, the hard drive is physically failing, it's slow as molasses, but since it still works I can't get an upgrade! How many seconds in a microwave....?
Please go back and read what you wrote. It made less than zero sense. Faith, debunkers, monkeys. F'n Santa Clause!
"Granted none of these may be the ones" you even thought of before typing a lot of crap that makes absolutely (sp?) no sense, but you don't even touch upon anything in the parent post.
Unless the posting order got screwed again, in whcih case I'm wrong and I'm sorry.
So you want a touchy-feely humorous account of how life will be in 250 million years? Take the Cosby Show, add Good Dog University, and sprinkle in some Jerry Springer Show.
Now you have a suburban family of 6 legged dogs cheating on their wives with she-wolves. Unless all the spiders failed the "Survivor" tryouts, though.
Nice sig- if I were you I'd start far away from you, though. There is no strain of virus that is 100% fatal.
"No connection between fast and lethal" Besides the HIV virus, can you point out one other example?
*cough*"Also, as humanity gets better at bioengineering, we could presumably create viruses far more deadly than the current level 4 viruses" We are constantly in danger of producing more people that are as stupid as you. I'd give you a level 5.
Didn't really read this post, but I will use all kinds of move inspired acronyms. Like "I Don't Ignore Other Truths", or "Maybe Onions Ran Off Nerds". Or maybe it's just the virii!
I did not read the parent post, but I'll make some shit up. I don't like what they said, and I'll refute it with some crap I've made up, and make it sound scientifically(tm) good. Then I'll spout about how the general pubic is so much dummer then I am, and how intellectually I am.
(Goes back and reads...) Damn, pretty close, but substitute "schools" for "public". Oh, and throw in some "anti-wankers" for good show. Oh, and the toilet is my favorite place to read.
Do you have any idea how evolution works? Random mutations which gives cows 4 heads and 26 legs isn't real great. Kinda like flying fish. "Hey, there have been flying reptiles, so flying fish JUST GOTTA BE GOOD!"
And how does citing one animal (blue whale) disregard a known trend? Dinosaurs big, mammoths big, gorillas big... wait! here's a huge honkin' whale! Umm kay. Let me know when I must serve my master elephant.....
All I know is that, if meeting an assgoblin, I will run back into my cave. I don't care if it is just a grasshopper with an attitude, it's name is enough. (Like you would run away from a "humminbird pecker", even if it breathed fire)
Slaves, as they are humans, have conciousness (sp?), are self aware, and can demonstrably communicate with other beings.
(For you non-interacting geeks out there, go watch the Star Trek episode where Data has to prove he's human)
You are trying to place an artificial constraint on natural behavior. Lions eat lesser animals. Spiders eat insects. Humans eat whatever they want. Food chain, eh? Nice point about the "brain damaged" human- though very few animals are cannibals. Many species will protect "damaged" members, though some will sell them to the highest bidder for obscure dark magic rituals. By the way, I love animals, so you should now go bother dark mages!
GO! NOW! Rid us of all dark mages! Your calling is awaiting you!
Either you have: A) The wrong degrees B) Bad reviews from previous employers c) A place in a cheaper area (not New York City) D) A janitor degree, and a master of janitor e) Something else
20k a year is below poverty level- where the heck do you live that this would be acceptable?! Just my rent would take 1/2 of that (2 hrs from NYC)
Well, I have no idea what your "college professors" link has anything to do with you, since it links to someone else, nothing to do with you- well at least obviously (and if it doesn't, that's your fault).
So what is your point? You can quote other people that know more than you? Your only skill is reading the Internet? You have no credentials, but like to bitch about other people who have no other credtials?
If you have any credentials, then you better practrice linking, referencing other articles, and pretty much everything you write (you don't want to know how many people "couldn't fathom" anything you said with a bit of seriousness.
Slashdot Mirror
Ctrl Daily and The Alt Reporter?
"-- yes, i know it hurz... "
In this case, wouldn't it be
--yes, I know it hertz...?
You're just jealous.
Fucknut.
Squirrel fucker.
Monkey Shit.
Ass abomination.
Freudian Slip Wanker.
Piece of Ill-Concieved Pie.
Lack of Genitalia Land.
Whack Job of the Gene Pool.
Darwin Winner of "Fuck My Mother, It ain't That Hard"
"I Normally Lick My Own Balls"
"Spank Me With a Hot Iron"
I'm so fucking stupid I don't even know what the word "racist" means. But I'm so "cool" that I can post shit anonomolously to feel better.
*I'm sorry for the spelling mistakes, I wanted to put this out there more than I wanted to correct my spelling.
Ok, this has no direct connection with Iraq, but I think the comparison is between Pearl Harbor and the WTC. The problem being is that their is no single country we can go after for WTC, where as Pearl Harbor we knew who to go after.
I don't know the real answer (who can, really- it's so complex), but I always think "What if we do nothing and we get nuked?"
Now to counter that, I want to say that I don't want to go to war, just maybe use a more forceful inspection process, say the military. They go in, and if anyone says "no, you can't go here" we say "yeah, we are" and shoot if they get in the way. No bombings or missiles or tanks, just a presence that won't take "no".
Just FYI- I'm a DoD contractor, and there is a good chance I may have to inhabit the Persian Gulf area to support some of the systems we are developing (talk about a real-life test!), so believe me, I'm REALLY not wanting a war situation!
Interesting- most bombs are 500 to 2000 lbs, usually. Around the same as a crushed car, right? Use crushed cars, and use a C-130 (that's the big transport plane, right?) and you could drop around 70k lbs of (non-explosive) materials. I think B-52s are limited to around 50k lbs (probably wrong, don't crawl up my ass about the number). So if you only drop kinetic bombs, you got nearly a 50% increase! Incorporate some kind of high explosive, and viola! bombs froms wrecks!
Of course, you lose the "dropping Buicks!" angle, but you do get (without the high explosive additives) "HOLY SHIT- They're dropping blocks of... what the fuck is that!"
This may be true in general, but we had a support contract where everything was covered for 3 years. (We are big enough that we negotiate contracts independent of the standard warrantees). I think I ended up getting screwed because I was one of the last people with a 600, and just happened to be one of the last people to have one, I actually got hit with this.
I tried this. More than once. Why do you think I was talking about a microwave?
We had a bunch of 600 and 600e's at work, and one by one the batteries died. We had a 3 year warrantee deal, and it was ok for about 2-2.5 years. Then, they stop honoring dead batteries! I don't know if our tech help didn't protest or tell the right people in our company, but I was told "IBM won't honor the warrantee, your group or you personally will have to buy a new battery". Just out and out said, too bad. WTF! Since I was the last one to have such an old laptop, no one really cared to raise a stink about it.
We generally get good service from IBM, but the techs said that IBM was blowing off these batteries because they all started dying after 1.5-2.5 years, and they figured they ALL were going to go bad.
This sounds like the car manufacturer beancounter stories- how much to fix all the problems vs. how much in potential lawsuits. And how many people are going to press a lawsuit for a $100-$200 battery?
The worst part is the battery is dead, the hard drive is physically failing, it's slow as molasses, but since it still works I can't get an upgrade! How many seconds in a microwave....?
Well, it is.
(Just an experiment to see how far I can get down modded.)
I'm hoping that doesn't apply to the 4 foot diameter part....
Please go back and read what you wrote. It made less than zero sense. Faith, debunkers, monkeys. F'n Santa Clause!
"Granted none of these may be the ones" you even thought of before typing a lot of crap that makes absolutely (sp?) no sense, but you don't even touch upon anything in the parent post.
Unless the posting order got screwed again, in whcih case I'm wrong and I'm sorry.
Depends on what the meaning of "is" is, of course.
And 10,000 years ago half of North America was covered in glaciers.
So you want a touchy-feely humorous account of how life will be in 250 million years? Take the Cosby Show, add Good Dog University, and sprinkle in some Jerry Springer Show.
Now you have a suburban family of 6 legged dogs cheating on their wives with she-wolves. Unless all the spiders failed the "Survivor" tryouts, though.
I just wonder if your life has a laugh track....
Nice sig- if I were you I'd start far away from you, though. There is no strain of virus that is 100% fatal.
"No connection between fast and lethal" Besides the HIV virus, can you point out one other example?
*cough*"Also, as humanity gets better at bioengineering, we could presumably create viruses far more deadly than the current level 4 viruses" We are constantly in danger of producing more people that are as stupid as you. I'd give you a level 5.
Didn't really read this post, but I will use all kinds of move inspired acronyms. Like "I Don't Ignore Other Truths", or "Maybe Onions Ran Off Nerds". Or maybe it's just the virii!
I did not read the parent post, but I'll make some shit up. I don't like what they said, and I'll refute it with some crap I've made up, and make it sound scientifically(tm) good. Then I'll spout about how the general pubic is so much dummer then I am, and how intellectually I am.
(Goes back and reads...) Damn, pretty close, but substitute "schools" for "public". Oh, and throw in some "anti-wankers" for good show. Oh, and the toilet is my favorite place to read.
Do you have any idea how evolution works? Random mutations which gives cows 4 heads and 26 legs isn't real great. Kinda like flying fish. "Hey, there have been flying reptiles, so flying fish JUST GOTTA BE GOOD!"
And how does citing one animal (blue whale) disregard a known trend? Dinosaurs big, mammoths big, gorillas big... wait! here's a huge honkin' whale! Umm kay. Let me know when I must serve my master elephant.....
Egods, the school system IS failing....
All I know is that, if meeting an assgoblin, I will run back into my cave.
I don't care if it is just a grasshopper with an attitude, it's name is enough. (Like you would run away from a "humminbird pecker", even if it breathed fire)
Nice tirade. PETA representative?
Slaves, as they are humans, have conciousness (sp?), are self aware, and can demonstrably communicate with other beings.
(For you non-interacting geeks out there, go watch the Star Trek episode where Data has to prove he's human)
You are trying to place an artificial constraint on natural behavior. Lions eat lesser animals. Spiders eat insects. Humans eat whatever they want. Food chain, eh? Nice point about the "brain damaged" human- though very few animals are cannibals. Many species will protect "damaged" members, though some will sell them to the highest bidder for obscure dark magic rituals. By the way, I love animals, so you should now go bother dark mages!
GO! NOW! Rid us of all dark mages! Your calling is awaiting you!
(F'n crackpot)
Sadly, some people believe this is true.
Of course, they are probably the same people who think NASA faked the moon landings.
Either you have:
A) The wrong degrees
B) Bad reviews from previous employers
c) A place in a cheaper area (not New York City)
D) A janitor degree, and a master of janitor
e) Something else
20k a year is below poverty level- where the heck do you live that this would be acceptable?! Just my rent would take 1/2 of that (2 hrs from NYC)
"On a free market there are no surpluses or shortages, there are only price changes."
Either you realize that the US market is not a true free market, or you failed economics 1 in high school. I'm hoping for the former.
...but since this is China, well hell, we gotta get pissed that they may might make something better then the standard Linux crap.
Just like Apple kinda flew by all the "I like to shit in this kinda color scheme"
Shit... I have to go... she's sucking my dick... oh shit!!!!!! Tak lter...
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Well, I have no idea what your "college professors" link has anything to do with you, since it links to someone else, nothing to do with you- well at least obviously (and if it doesn't, that's your fault).
So what is your point? You can quote other people that know more than you? Your only skill is reading the Internet? You have no credentials, but like to bitch about other people who have no other credtials?
If you have any credentials, then you better practrice linking, referencing other articles, and pretty much everything you write (you don't want to know how many people "couldn't fathom" anything you said with a bit of seriousness.