As much as I agree with your point of view, there was much credible evidence at the time that the Japanese were trying to surrender prior to the bomb being dropped.
Operation Magic, in which we had cracked their communication encryption, we learned that the Japanese wanted to surrender but were worried about the fate of their emperor.
Admiral William Leahy along with the rest of the Joint Chiefs all felt that the Japanese were defeated militarily. An effective sea blockade was in place as well as the success of conventional bombing and the seizure of Okinawa.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Five Star Admiral Chester Nimitz all agreed that Japan was defeated militarily. Former Ambassador to Japan for 10 years Joseph Grew who understood the Japanese mentality at the time felt the Japanese would surrender unconditionally if allowed to keep their emperor.
When presented to Truman he thought it a "sound idea" and ran it by the Joint Chiefs who also approved the proposal. However at the Potsdam conference that followed the stipulation to allow the emperor to retain power was omitted.
Truman wanted to drop the bomb in order to make the Russians more manageable as they had violated the Yalta agreement and felt they couldn't be trusted, not allowing democratic elections to take place in the countries they had liberated in Eastern Europe.
Even Winston Churchill was quoted as saying:
"The historic fact remains and must be judged in the after-time, that the decision whether or not to use the atomic bomb to compel the surrender of Japan was never even an issue."
This kind of thing has been around long before email. Anyone remember getting chain letters in the mail, that started out in Norway 10 years ago and will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records assuming you don't mess it up?
And all you have to do is mail some postcards to five people on the top of the list, add your name, etc etc, you should receive 1,000 postcards in a few weeks time. Same basic premise just different medium.
Miles: Well Frasier, you're so corpulent that when you sit around the magnificently appointed tuscan villa, you sit around the magnificently appointed tuscan villa.
Peter: Wow! This is the smartest show on TV!
Fitting Douglas Adams quote
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
That about sums up fixing Macs for me. At least with windows and linux you're already in constant state of things going wrong.
Dutch that tried to escape their crowded and quite intolerant society
Actually at the time the Dutch were among the most tolerant of any European country. Religious or otherwise. They had great economic prosperity as a result.
Thanks, btw why the hell doesn't/. use the google link automatically like everyone else? They've already broken the/. rule of not linking to sites where you have to register. What gives?
Same premise, invaders blast us with heat rays. They're even defeated the same way. Instead of a regular human virus, they're beaten by a computer virus.
Same premise, aliens land destroy us with their death/heat rays. In the end the aliens are defeated in the same way. However instead of a regular human virus, they're killed off by a computer virus.
Slashdot Mirror
Although this was already "slashdotted" when it was first linked form aintitcool.com here is a working mirror.
No, but Mario is.
Operation Magic, in which we had cracked their communication encryption, we learned that the Japanese wanted to surrender but were worried about the fate of their emperor.
Admiral William Leahy along with the rest of the Joint Chiefs all felt that the Japanese were defeated militarily. An effective sea blockade was in place as well as the success of conventional bombing and the seizure of Okinawa.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Five Star Admiral Chester Nimitz all agreed that Japan was defeated militarily. Former Ambassador to Japan for 10 years Joseph Grew who understood the Japanese mentality at the time felt the Japanese would surrender unconditionally if allowed to keep their emperor.
When presented to Truman he thought it a "sound idea" and ran it by the Joint Chiefs who also approved the proposal. However at the Potsdam conference that followed the stipulation to allow the emperor to retain power was omitted.
Truman wanted to drop the bomb in order to make the Russians more manageable as they had violated the Yalta agreement and felt they couldn't be trusted, not allowing democratic elections to take place in the countries they had liberated in Eastern Europe.
Even Winston Churchill was quoted as saying:
"The historic fact remains and must be judged in the after-time, that the decision whether or not to use the atomic bomb to compel the surrender of Japan was never even an issue."
DonkeyPuncher? Are you by chance in a frat and does your dad also own a dealership?
Yeah, broadcast television has been replaced by cable. Who wants to watch the highest rated programs when they can watch niche progamming instead.
And all you have to do is mail some postcards to five people on the top of the list, add your name, etc etc, you should receive 1,000 postcards in a few weeks time. Same basic premise just different medium.
Wouldn't that then be fascism?
That was exactly what I was thinking when I read the article blurb. Typical, "I read slashdot and use a computer therefore I'm a unique genius."
Peter: Wow! This is the smartest show on TV!
That about sums up fixing Macs for me. At least with windows and linux you're already in constant state of things going wrong.
Well it is. Just saying is all. No need to get nasty.
Not to troll or criticize, but I've found the exact opposite to be true around here.
Hasn't this already been done?
Just make sure to stock up on green herbs and shotgun ammo. Don't forget to burn those corpses either!
Actually, Family Guy's revival was largely attributable to phenomenal DVD sales.
Famous last words...
No kidding. Crappy jokes abound here on /.
Well the auction was stopped early. Wonder why?
Actually at the time the Dutch were among the most tolerant of any European country. Religious or otherwise. They had great economic prosperity as a result.
Encore performance of the 1st season will be broadcast on Cartoon Network tonight. At 8:00 PM Pacific and 9:00 PM Pacific
Looks like they'll be on tonite. at 8:00PM and 9:00 PST.
No, that's the Dirty Bit.
Thanks, btw why the hell doesn't /. use the google link automatically like everyone else? They've already broken the /. rule of not linking to sites where you have to register. What gives?
Same premise, invaders blast us with heat rays. They're even defeated the same way. Instead of a regular human virus, they're beaten by a computer virus.
Same premise, aliens land destroy us with their death/heat rays. In the end the aliens are defeated in the same way. However instead of a regular human virus, they're killed off by a computer virus.