This system was never intended for large-scale attack. MAD suffices for that. This is for the state with only a few nuclear missiles.
Diplomacy? You can't talk a rogue regime into doing anything. Otherwise, they wouldn't be a rogue regime, eh? Diplomacy is great as part of an overall strategy, but it has rather severe limits.
Hey, fuck the Koreans, right? Those Japanese are all funny-looking fellows, fuck them too. Thai? Singapore? Fuck 'em all. The USA should only defend itself. If they're scary-looking foreigners, they deserve whatever horrible deaths await at the hands of an insane leader with nuclear missiles.
The Reagan-era tests were for the consumption of the Soviets. The Soviets, facing the realization that their entire ballistic missile service (Soviets had an entire service devoted to nuclear missiles, with the same status as Army, Navy, Air Force, etc) on which they had spent HUGE sums of money was about to be obsoleted, started scrambling for more sources of cash to fund their military. Gorbachev thought that a little freedom might jumpstart things, and since there's no such thing as a little bit of freedom, the rest is history.
Er, the whole idea of the airborne laser is to destroy the missiles in boost phase, way before they ever MIRV. Building MIRVs isn't exactly easy, either.
In my opinion, the U.S. should be safe from a 60-year-old technology such as nuclear missiles.
Both sides had cavalry divisions. There was no nonsense such as 'charging tanks'. Several German divisions received particularly rough handling from Polish cavalry units. It was Stalin's backstab in the East that finished Poland.
I wouldn't think that emulating India is really the way to go. The entire economic output of India is less than the state of Illinois. In addition, India's call center business is almost 100% U.S. customers. Ukraine has some, ahem, moral issues that make it politically difficult for American companies to outsource there.
Not many people. Certainly not enough to make a passing statement about it with the assumption that everyone does it. Only in a few cities do subway systems exist. And having lived in Tokyo for a year, with its vaunted public transportation, I can say that having a car is much better.
Linux doesn't have binaries? AHHHHH***Kernel Panic trap 0x000
Pretty much everyone who runs linux runs 'canned' binaries. Maybe you like to compile sed and fsck but I'll take the ones that come with the system. The availibility of the source code doesn't solve all problems. Sorry, you come off as not knowing what you're talking about.
Yup, I've known a lot of English teachers in Asia (I'm a businessman myself) and most of them are failures like you. Don't lose heart...try to save some money and go back home. I know one guy who taught in Japan for 2 years and went back with enough to finance his own film like he always wanted.
How'd you wangle the work visa to Korea though? You need a 4-year degree for one of those...get one online or something? (unless you're a lucky country that gets working holiday visas of course)
"the" Japan? Have you ever actually been to Japan? Go 15 minutes outside the city limits and there are no trains, no subways, it's car country. Of course, that's not what they display on those cartoons, so I'm sure it's your impression.
You miss the point that, people who buy this don't buy it themselves, a company or whatnot buys it for them. It's the same as business class airline seats...nobody but the rich actually buy them, everyone else has their company do it or upgrades with mileage.
On the subway ride home? That doesn't exactly relate to pretty much everyone. Are you one of those out-of-touch Northeasterners who thinks the whole country is just like where they live?
The internet gives an equal voice to everyone, and that means a weighted voice for extremists, who care more about their positions than anyone else does. The mainstream process mutes these loonies and produces something that all Americans can support (in theory). I mean, if Howard Dean's campaign is the example, it's not exactly a shining theory.
On EFnet #solaris, we would always tell clueless newbies who were having problems that could clearly be solved by the FAQs, to rm/dev/null as a troubleshooting step.
To anyone who doesn't understand, try running 'truss ' and see what the operating system does.
Operations get named by pointy-headed bosses. I'm sure the Secret Service, being a governmental organization, has twice the number of PHBs as any corporation.
Let me guess, you threatened the president's life. The Secret Service takes all threats seriously. It's their job. Actually, they'd get fired if they didn't investigate every possible threat.
I noticed the feds investigated, found nothing, and moved on. Where's the prosecution? Ah, America of today, where simply being talked to by a policeman is grounds for shouting "OPPRESSION, 1984, RAPE!!!"
Hm, the exact sort of myopic, parochial world-view, formed entirely from the media, that Europeans frequently accuse Americans of holding. If you actually came to America, you'd see that your preformed opinion was totally wrong, but hey, it's more fun to allow your tiny brain to hold preconceptions!
Of course, as a Dane, I defer to your superior knowledge of police states. After all, I'm not a citizen of a country that raised volunteer divisions for the SS.
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Nope. Been overseas for most of 2 years now, and I can't say that I miss TV back home one bit. I had no idea who that lip-synching chick was, and I'm only vaguely aware of the presence of the Hilton sisters. I always liked Craig Kilborn's Daily Show, before the new guy made it all political and started slanting the coverage.
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Dennis Miller's the only one I know who ever mentions Stalin as part of his comedy routine.
Well, the whole point of buying a Japanese car is that it's made by Japanese labor. If I was going to buy today, there's no point in a "Japanese car", because it's made by the same sloppy American labor as a cheaper domestic car.
Resourceful? All it takes is an unencrypted proxy that's not in a Chinese IP range. No shortage of those around.
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Reporters cover for their own. Ever see a reporter do an investigative report on a fellow reporter? It doesn't happen. They also don't like it one bit that people are doing their own reporting. If you're not an insider, you're unworthy of consideration, a lower human.
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Diplomacy? You can't talk a rogue regime into doing anything. Otherwise, they wouldn't be a rogue regime, eh? Diplomacy is great as part of an overall strategy, but it has rather severe limits.
Well, like the fact that the Prime Minister of Ukraine was caught red-handed on a tape selling huge radar systems to Iraq in 2002?
Hey, fuck the Koreans, right? Those Japanese are all funny-looking fellows, fuck them too. Thai? Singapore? Fuck 'em all. The USA should only defend itself. If they're scary-looking foreigners, they deserve whatever horrible deaths await at the hands of an insane leader with nuclear missiles.
Seriously, SDI was a ruse that worked.
In my opinion, the U.S. should be safe from a 60-year-old technology such as nuclear missiles.
Both sides had cavalry divisions. There was no nonsense such as 'charging tanks'. Several German divisions received particularly rough handling from Polish cavalry units. It was Stalin's backstab in the East that finished Poland.
I wouldn't think that emulating India is really the way to go. The entire economic output of India is less than the state of Illinois. In addition, India's call center business is almost 100% U.S. customers. Ukraine has some, ahem, moral issues that make it politically difficult for American companies to outsource there.
Not many people. Certainly not enough to make a passing statement about it with the assumption that everyone does it. Only in a few cities do subway systems exist. And having lived in Tokyo for a year, with its vaunted public transportation, I can say that having a car is much better.
Pretty much everyone who runs linux runs 'canned' binaries. Maybe you like to compile sed and fsck but I'll take the ones that come with the system. The availibility of the source code doesn't solve all problems. Sorry, you come off as not knowing what you're talking about.
How'd you wangle the work visa to Korea though? You need a 4-year degree for one of those...get one online or something? (unless you're a lucky country that gets working holiday visas of course)
So, you actually think that everyone takes the subway, and can relate to your experience?
"the" Japan? Have you ever actually been to Japan? Go 15 minutes outside the city limits and there are no trains, no subways, it's car country. Of course, that's not what they display on those cartoons, so I'm sure it's your impression.
You miss the point that, people who buy this don't buy it themselves, a company or whatnot buys it for them. It's the same as business class airline seats...nobody but the rich actually buy them, everyone else has their company do it or upgrades with mileage.
On the subway ride home? That doesn't exactly relate to pretty much everyone. Are you one of those out-of-touch Northeasterners who thinks the whole country is just like where they live?
The internet gives an equal voice to everyone, and that means a weighted voice for extremists, who care more about their positions than anyone else does. The mainstream process mutes these loonies and produces something that all Americans can support (in theory). I mean, if Howard Dean's campaign is the example, it's not exactly a shining theory.
To anyone who doesn't understand, try running 'truss ' and see what the operating system does.
Operations get named by pointy-headed bosses. I'm sure the Secret Service, being a governmental organization, has twice the number of PHBs as any corporation.
I noticed the feds investigated, found nothing, and moved on. Where's the prosecution? Ah, America of today, where simply being talked to by a policeman is grounds for shouting "OPPRESSION, 1984, RAPE!!!"
Of course, as a Dane, I defer to your superior knowledge of police states. After all, I'm not a citizen of a country that raised volunteer divisions for the SS.
Nope. Been overseas for most of 2 years now, and I can't say that I miss TV back home one bit. I had no idea who that lip-synching chick was, and I'm only vaguely aware of the presence of the Hilton sisters. I always liked Craig Kilborn's Daily Show, before the new guy made it all political and started slanting the coverage.
Dennis Miller's the only one I know who ever mentions Stalin as part of his comedy routine.
Well, the whole point of buying a Japanese car is that it's made by Japanese labor. If I was going to buy today, there's no point in a "Japanese car", because it's made by the same sloppy American labor as a cheaper domestic car.
Resourceful? All it takes is an unencrypted proxy that's not in a Chinese IP range. No shortage of those around.
Pretty obscure quote. Dennis Miller Show instead, maybe?
Reporters cover for their own. Ever see a reporter do an investigative report on a fellow reporter? It doesn't happen. They also don't like it one bit that people are doing their own reporting. If you're not an insider, you're unworthy of consideration, a lower human.