Gator Navy. They've got some real problems as the F-35 and the Osprey are both pretty big. If they get rid of the well deck, like they are with some of the newer LHAs they'll still be tight on space. But on the others where the well deck is left in they will really have issues.
I was an ABE so I never had to mess around on any of those smaller carriers - but the F-35 has some real issues, the fighter gap is a real problem, and it's conceivable that it wont be all that long before the US will no longer be able to assume air superiority in a number of theaters.
Through the cold war the idea was that the Russians had more but we had better. And I think that was true. With the PAK FA, I think we find that we may find we are behind on both counts.
What's funny (in a non-humorous way) is that the US attempt to build a jump jet, that the UK plans on purchasing, is way behind schedule, over budget and having all kinds of issues. Which makes the Harrier, for all its warts, maybe not look quite as bad.
Whatever made the missile shield in Europe a good idea now? Whatever made it o.k. for Portland police to work with the FBI acceptable now? Whatever made keeping Guantanamo open acceptable?
I don't know, it's hard to figure out the trends or common thread.
The police can't protect everyone. It's impossible in a free society. Their job is to apprehend criminals - which by definition means they have nothing to do until after a crime has taken place.
The idiocy mentioned in TFA is bolstered by those who think that the state should provide their personal security in every place at every moment.
I think it's a safe bet that the discounts will be in place for some time - though the uncertainty about the future of products extends out to pretty much everything.
I think the extent MS is willing to go in this regard has been amply illustrated over the years. Most recently when they basically said NGOs outside their stuff had the right to use everything for free until they sorted out the licensing issues being used as an excuse to harass orgs with MS software.
I'm not a huge fan of their stuff myself but I don't think anyone should go into decisions like this without as much info. as possible.
You are incorrect that there are only positive reviews. I've read a few that were negative, I wrote one myself that was negative and got green lit for the front page. But most are positive and it is for the reason you mention. I don't tend to finish books that suck and I only write reviews of books I finish. So I agree with your reasoning, would just tweak the statement a bit - positive reviews outnumber negative reviews, but negative reviews do get posted.
I spent years working a job where we used Attachmate Reflection software to connect to the mainframes where we did our work. It is a terminal emulator for Windows machines. Wrote quite a few macros for it.
I work for a large non-profit, though we have offices all over the world with a pretty wide range of technology and budgets among them. One of our biggest drivers is cost and what a lot of people forget is that people are more expensive than just about anything else.
Everything you decide to do for yourselves means that you'll need more people who know what they are doing and that's expensive. If someone else can provide the level of expertise you need as part of a service, that can be huge.
Software definitely shouldn't be your highest cost. FOSS is usually free or close to it. But commercial software should also be inexpensive. Microsoft for example gives crazy discounts to non-profits.
What type of machines are best for people to work, depends a lot on what they do and how they do it. We have very few people in our offices that use desk top machines. Mostly graphic arts/video editing folks. Almost everyone else is using laptops.
Our area offices are close to what you describe in size people wise. We recommend that they have as fat a pipe as possible ( not much in some parts of the world ) and that's the most important piece. We encourage them to buy a good switch, good wireless access point and some printers that can connect to the network without requiring a print server.
Our financial/donation/HR apps are hosted remotely and accessed via Citrix. They all have batch modes for those areas with intermittent connections to the web. This alleviates the need to find people for every office that can take care of all the technical needs a local network and software generate.
This isn't exactly the same as you describe - but I'd recommend looking at the full cost of ownership of any option - not forgetting what competent people will cost.
This will be a part of the layered approach we will all come to appreciate.
Once all entryways and exits from our homes are scanners that send naked pictures of us to a central repository, and our phones can be turned off and on at will by the government we'll all be a lot safer.
As a TSA employee was molesting me and my family last week I felt an incredible amount of inner peace knowing that they were doing it for my own good.
It only makes sense that this would be extended to other parts of my life where I may be harmed.
Well - if that's a glimpse of how it will work, I guess I'll be sticking to my original plans. Which is a bummer as I'd like to be able to keep streaming via my wii but that will be out. I'll be in Europe, and 'soon' is probably not all that accurate any way.
I understand your sentiment but polling is free speech. Someone should be free to ask, and others should be free to answer, or not. If someone does ask a bunch of people a question, they should be free to share those results. If there is a chunk of the population that is too stupid to filter those results or understand what they may or may not mean - then the solution is education not the restriction of speech.
To answer your question - yes. Lots of us care about North Korea.
It does suck to feel pretty helpless for the most part though there are a number of avenues available to help in small ways. Humans are a varied bunch in a number of ways and while you have one view point, many hold others.
Swype is crazy fast. I'll show it to friends and it really messes with their heads the amount I can type with what seems to be very little movement on my part. This is especially true with words that have multiple occurrences of repeated letter. They use Missippi in the demo video for good reason.
It's like moving from hunt-and-peck to touch typing. TFA says 8pen is like writing by hand, which is why I think it would be slower than something that is very much like typing.
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Gator Navy. They've got some real problems as the F-35 and the Osprey are both pretty big. If they get rid of the well deck, like they are with some of the newer LHAs they'll still be tight on space. But on the others where the well deck is left in they will really have issues.
I was an ABE so I never had to mess around on any of those smaller carriers - but the F-35 has some real issues, the fighter gap is a real problem, and it's conceivable that it wont be all that long before the US will no longer be able to assume air superiority in a number of theaters.
Through the cold war the idea was that the Russians had more but we had better. And I think that was true. With the PAK FA, I think we find that we may find we are behind on both counts.
I'm still processing this but I think Rubin makes some good points here.
Pretty much - especially one this small.
And aircraft on ships are insanely expensive to maintain due to the additional corrosion issues on top of what you mention.
What's funny (in a non-humorous way) is that the US attempt to build a jump jet, that the UK plans on purchasing, is way behind schedule, over budget and having all kinds of issues. Which makes the Harrier, for all its warts, maybe not look quite as bad.
Because they don't need it. All USN aircraft either go off via catapult or vertically.
Whatever made the missile shield in Europe a good idea now?
Whatever made it o.k. for Portland police to work with the FBI acceptable now?
Whatever made keeping Guantanamo open acceptable?
I don't know, it's hard to figure out the trends or common thread.
The police can't protect everyone. It's impossible in a free society. Their job is to apprehend criminals - which by definition means they have nothing to do until after a crime has taken place.
The idiocy mentioned in TFA is bolstered by those who think that the state should provide their personal security in every place at every moment.
I think it's a safe bet that the discounts will be in place for some time - though the uncertainty about the future of products extends out to pretty much everything.
I think the extent MS is willing to go in this regard has been amply illustrated over the years. Most recently when they basically said NGOs outside their stuff had the right to use everything for free until they sorted out the licensing issues being used as an excuse to harass orgs with MS software.
I'm not a huge fan of their stuff myself but I don't think anyone should go into decisions like this without as much info. as possible.
You are incorrect that there are only positive reviews. I've read a few that were negative, I wrote one myself that was negative and got green lit for the front page. But most are positive and it is for the reason you mention. I don't tend to finish books that suck and I only write reviews of books I finish. So I agree with your reasoning, would just tweak the statement a bit - positive reviews outnumber negative reviews, but negative reviews do get posted.
I spent years working a job where we used Attachmate Reflection software to connect to the mainframes where we did our work. It is a terminal emulator for Windows machines. Wrote quite a few macros for it.
Remember - they wont be paying corporate rates for MS products. The difference is huge.
I work for a large non-profit, though we have offices all over the world with a pretty wide range of technology and budgets among them. One of our biggest drivers is cost and what a lot of people forget is that people are more expensive than just about anything else.
Everything you decide to do for yourselves means that you'll need more people who know what they are doing and that's expensive. If someone else can provide the level of expertise you need as part of a service, that can be huge.
Software definitely shouldn't be your highest cost. FOSS is usually free or close to it. But commercial software should also be inexpensive. Microsoft for example gives crazy discounts to non-profits.
What type of machines are best for people to work, depends a lot on what they do and how they do it. We have very few people in our offices that use desk top machines. Mostly graphic arts/video editing folks. Almost everyone else is using laptops.
Our area offices are close to what you describe in size people wise. We recommend that they have as fat a pipe as possible ( not much in some parts of the world ) and that's the most important piece. We encourage them to buy a good switch, good wireless access point and some printers that can connect to the network without requiring a print server.
Our financial/donation/HR apps are hosted remotely and accessed via Citrix. They all have batch modes for those areas with intermittent connections to the web. This alleviates the need to find people for every office that can take care of all the technical needs a local network and software generate.
This isn't exactly the same as you describe - but I'd recommend looking at the full cost of ownership of any option - not forgetting what competent people will cost.
The way most people work today, that's the case whether the server is in your building or not.
This will be a part of the layered approach we will all come to appreciate.
Once all entryways and exits from our homes are scanners that send naked pictures of us to a central repository, and our phones can be turned off and on at will by the government we'll all be a lot safer.
As a TSA employee was molesting me and my family last week I felt an incredible amount of inner peace knowing that they were doing it for my own good.
It only makes sense that this would be extended to other parts of my life where I may be harmed.
Neither company you mention is American owned. The largest American brewer is Sam Adams.
If you are on the Galaxy S like I am, Froyo started rolling out today in the UK - hoping the US is not far behind.
Well - if that's a glimpse of how it will work, I guess I'll be sticking to my original plans. Which is a bummer as I'd like to be able to keep streaming via my wii but that will be out. I'll be in Europe, and 'soon' is probably not all that accurate any way.
"won't be long before it comes for the rest of the world"
I'm moving outside the US next year and I really would love not to have to jump through hoops to keep using Netflix.
It's solid. They've been releasing remixes and stuff done by others - so it's also worth checking out their site or facebook page.
I've always used KDE with RedHat/Fedora. He needs more friends that run Fedora.
I understand your sentiment but polling is free speech. Someone should be free to ask, and others should be free to answer, or not. If someone does ask a bunch of people a question, they should be free to share those results. If there is a chunk of the population that is too stupid to filter those results or understand what they may or may not mean - then the solution is education not the restriction of speech.
Starving to death is so under-rated.
And everything you list as being a cause of the problems of North Korea, other than geographic location are due to the dictatorship.
To answer your question - yes. Lots of us care about North Korea.
It does suck to feel pretty helpless for the most part though there are a number of avenues available to help in small ways. Humans are a varied bunch in a number of ways and while you have one view point, many hold others.
They probably aren't. My guess would be it's black market.
Swype is crazy fast. I'll show it to friends and it really messes with their heads the amount I can type with what seems to be very little movement on my part. This is especially true with words that have multiple occurrences of repeated letter. They use Missippi in the demo video for good reason.
It's like moving from hunt-and-peck to touch typing. TFA says 8pen is like writing by hand, which is why I think it would be slower than something that is very much like typing.