Why is it that streaming and TV are two mutually exclusive things? Why isn't streaming just the next evolution of TV? Is it not TV if you record a program to watch it later? Is it not TV if it's broadcast on a time-shifted channel? Is it not TV if it's a PPV showing with multiple start times?
That's a fucking joke. Only pedants with an axe to grind would claim that a military action against a declared enemy is not a war, whether Congress has officially declared it or not. Or was the American Revolution not a war because there wasn't a Congress around to declare it? Were all the wars not involving the US not wars because the US Congress didn't say so? Stop being a fucking retard and maybe you'll actually make a difference.
I am intrigued by your imaginary Constitution and would like to purchase a copy.
> "it is only dictators who kill their own citizens under the pretense of "war""
Somehow, I don't believe that. It's obvious that he was a soldier in a war against the United States. I'd bet money that Americans were also killed by Americans in World War 2 - after all, there were some German-Americans who went and fought on the side of the Nazis to "defend the homeland".
World War 2 was a War, declared by Congress as mandated in the Constitution. None of our military excursions since 1945 have been Wars.
On the contrary. The Navy has 5 carriers which were built before 1990. I am sure that they would be not displeased in private to lose one of those to enemy action. The public backlash would include funding for a dozen or so new carriers to replace it.
The US has eleven carriers.........China only needs eleven hyper velocity anti-ship missiles.....but lets triple that, to be on the safe side shall we ?
In a "proper" shooting match most of the US Navy will end up on the bottom of the ocean, maybe even radioactive. Of course, it will be joining the Russian and Chinese fleets too...but the damage will have been done.
It's a whole different ballgame when the enemy starts shooting back, ain't it boy ?
You vastly overestimate the capability of potential enemies and vastly underestimate the capabilities of the US Navy.
I can't argue the point about stupidity as I don't know what your point was, posting as you are as an AC.
in a serious shooting match between First World (and here we include the Ruskkies and the Chinese) powers the US would have its ass handed to it on a platter.
Seriously? You need to go and review the US naval force relative to China or Russia. It's not even close. In a nonnuclear fight the US loses battles but will inevitably win the war. If it then goes nuclear, well, we can bounce more rubble than anyone.
Try coming up with an original idea that doesn't SUCK.
We tend to forget that movies are not art - they are investments. You have a script; you need to raise money to turn it into a movie. The people with the money do not want to hear about long shots involving new talent or original ideas. Those might make a lot of money, or they might lose a lot of money. What the people with the money want to hear is you pitch a familiar idea which is not risky and is guaranteed to give a return better than the stock market - which these days is not all that much. They will fund Ace Ventura 3 but not Juno.
If you want an example of what happens when we DO NOT take action, look at Pres Clinton and Africa (Mogadisu to be specific). We bailed because he couldn't accept the political fallout of a few Americans dying, and now millions still die there.
So why didn't Bush invade Somalia instead of Iraq?
They won't find the Higgs Boson, because it doesn't exist.
Oh no! You mean to say that the teams at the LHC have wasted hundreds of millions of moneys searching for something that doesn't exist, when all they had to do was ask you, the Anonymous Coward on Slashdot? Because, you know, obviously you must know better than them, otherwise you'd have to be a massively conceited douche to think you knew better when you did, in fact, not.
I believe you have found the next generation name for what we used to call Anonymous Coward: Massively Conceited Douche.
It's going to be hard to convince any nation to sacrifice for air quality when China has smog as thick as peas soup over major cities and pretends it is not a problem (link goes to http://observers.france24.com/ article):
A significant portion of the world goes hungry each day. These people would see even the most emaciated bikini model H&M might pull off the streets in Sweden as looking relatively unstarved.
Seriously? 25 bucks for a pattern to make a tiny geodesic dome? I expect one of the next ten posts to contain a link to the equivalent free version whipped up in two minutes or I don't know this site anymore.
And you know what, this shit would have been handled EXACTLY the same then as it is now.
Agreed, but you have lost the thread of disagreement. In any age, your little printing press might get you into civil trouble with your targets. The unease arises from a government entity trying to define who is press and who is not when the original intent was pretty clearly to protect all individual political opinion from government wrath.
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Why is it that streaming and TV are two mutually exclusive things? Why isn't streaming just the next evolution of TV? Is it not TV if you record a program to watch it later? Is it not TV if it's broadcast on a time-shifted channel? Is it not TV if it's a PPV showing with multiple start times?
Why? Money, that's why.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
1% uses 50%. Does the top 20% use 80%?
That's a fucking joke. Only pedants with an axe to grind would claim that a military action against a declared enemy is not a war, whether Congress has officially declared it or not. Or was the American Revolution not a war because there wasn't a Congress around to declare it? Were all the wars not involving the US not wars because the US Congress didn't say so? Stop being a fucking retard and maybe you'll actually make a difference.
I am intrigued by your imaginary Constitution and would like to purchase a copy.
The Hawkman popped a cap in that disease's ass.
> "it is only dictators who kill their own citizens under the pretense of "war"" Somehow, I don't believe that. It's obvious that he was a soldier in a war against the United States. I'd bet money that Americans were also killed by Americans in World War 2 - after all, there were some German-Americans who went and fought on the side of the Nazis to "defend the homeland".
World War 2 was a War, declared by Congress as mandated in the Constitution. None of our military excursions since 1945 have been Wars.
US carriers are not expendable.
On the contrary. The Navy has 5 carriers which were built before 1990. I am sure that they would be not displeased in private to lose one of those to enemy action. The public backlash would include funding for a dozen or so new carriers to replace it.
And you prove my point about stupidity.
The US has eleven carriers.........China only needs eleven hyper velocity anti-ship missiles.....but lets triple that, to be on the safe side shall we ?
In a "proper" shooting match most of the US Navy will end up on the bottom of the ocean, maybe even radioactive. Of course, it will be joining the Russian and Chinese fleets too...but the damage will have been done.
It's a whole different ballgame when the enemy starts shooting back, ain't it boy ?
You vastly overestimate the capability of potential enemies and vastly underestimate the capabilities of the US Navy. I can't argue the point about stupidity as I don't know what your point was, posting as you are as an AC.
in a serious shooting match between First World (and here we include the Ruskkies and the Chinese) powers the US would have its ass handed to it on a platter.
Seriously? You need to go and review the US naval force relative to China or Russia. It's not even close. In a nonnuclear fight the US loses battles but will inevitably win the war. If it then goes nuclear, well, we can bounce more rubble than anyone.
Bull. Nothing will ever be allowed to enter the public domain again.
"Centrist"? Don't make me laugh! The "left" in today's Amercian establishment politics is to the right of RIchard Milhouse Nixon.
Please elaborate. I would honestly like to hear your reasoning.
Nixon had a universal health care plan the likes of which any of the current GOP candidates would denounce.
http://news.change.org/stories/the-presidents-who-took-us-the-closest-to-universal-health-care-part-2
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/September/03/nixon-proposal.aspx
Try coming up with an original idea that doesn't SUCK .
We tend to forget that movies are not art - they are investments. You have a script; you need to raise money to turn it into a movie. The people with the money do not want to hear about long shots involving new talent or original ideas. Those might make a lot of money, or they might lose a lot of money. What the people with the money want to hear is you pitch a familiar idea which is not risky and is guaranteed to give a return better than the stock market - which these days is not all that much. They will fund Ace Ventura 3 but not Juno.
In Communist China, battery is fully charged. Please ignore actual reading on dial.
It's the Christian message: be nice to people, because the father of the person you just crucified might turn out to be God...
Much better than "My dad owns a dealership".
If you want an example of what happens when we DO NOT take action, look at Pres Clinton and Africa (Mogadisu to be specific). We bailed because he couldn't accept the political fallout of a few Americans dying, and now millions still die there.
So why didn't Bush invade Somalia instead of Iraq?
the USA could figure out how to scale it to all of our large airports.
Simple. We outsource airport security to Israel.
They won't find the Higgs Boson, because it doesn't exist.
Oh no! You mean to say that the teams at the LHC have wasted hundreds of millions of moneys searching for something that doesn't exist, when all they had to do was ask you, the Anonymous Coward on Slashdot? Because, you know, obviously you must know better than them, otherwise you'd have to be a massively conceited douche to think you knew better when you did, in fact, not.
I believe you have found the next generation name for what we used to call Anonymous Coward: Massively Conceited Douche.
What has anyone ever owned? Did those 200 years ago have more property rights than we currently have?
Check with the Massachusett. See how that worked out for them.
Well, when we do find it, and it leads to the TOE, God will be close behind: http://www.scribd.com/doc/19550880/GUT-The-Grand-Unified-Theory-A-oneact-play-with-seven-blackouts
Ballot box stuffs you!
It's going to be hard to convince any nation to sacrifice for air quality when China has smog as thick as peas soup over major cities and pretends it is not a problem (link goes to http://observers.france24.com/ article):
http://tinyurl.com/85xkhka
I don't exactly see where the problem might be ? Did they kill somebody to get the fund ?
It isn't a problem. I salute the KFC marketing department. They figured out how to get maximum publicity and goodwill with a minimum investment.
20 grand outlay - at most - in return for many times that in free publicity. KFC wins this round.
A significant portion of the world goes hungry each day. These people would see even the most emaciated bikini model H&M might pull off the streets in Sweden as looking relatively unstarved.
Seriously? 25 bucks for a pattern to make a tiny geodesic dome? I expect one of the next ten posts to contain a link to the equivalent free version whipped up in two minutes or I don't know this site anymore.
And you know what, this shit would have been handled EXACTLY the same then as it is now.
Agreed, but you have lost the thread of disagreement. In any age, your little printing press might get you into civil trouble with your targets. The unease arises from a government entity trying to define who is press and who is not when the original intent was pretty clearly to protect all individual political opinion from government wrath.