Skynet HAS to run on something. It may have infiltrated everyone's computers, but after the nuclear holocaust, I can't imagine many computers surviving. Those that did would be stranded, no communications networks would be working.
On the ground.
It's possible that Skynet involves satellites.
So, first, skynet DID have a central core, then when they plugged it into the internet it changed to a more distributed model.:-)
I want to know what it does now. It has no arms man! It has control over robots...with no arms! How the hell is it going to do anything?
Let us compare this to one of China's other big projects...The Three Gorges Dam.
"The president imposed a moratorium on reporting four aspects of the project: alluvial sediment buildup, the more than 100 cracks that have already appeared in the dam, pollution/environmental damage and the return of those who were displaced from the area by the project. The first three issues are not allowed because with the passage of time, China's science and technology will improve, so they can be solved. The last taboo is forbidden because of the threat that it poses to social unity and stability."
Ah yes, the damn is starting to have problems. Solution? The media is not allowed to mention these problems, and is 'encouraged' to only mention the good stuff.
This attitude worked somewhat for the Soviets, I'm not sure if it will work for China.
Why would two adversaries who are roughly equal slug it out? That just doesn't happen anymore because it's a very dumb thing to do. And in this day and age, it's never going to happen.
You seem to be very impressed with their tech. Fair enough. Too bad it doesn't mean squat. If I gave you the most advanced rifle in the world, does that mean you can now compete in the Olympics?
"The US hasn't had to face ANY top shelf technology from any quarter for a long time.."
Ah yes, and China HAS? I must be missing all those wars China gets involved in, battle hardening their troops. On the other hand, the US military has been out there, in the line of fire, on average of every 4 years. There's a reason the US is doing so well now. And even though you say the US hasn't had to fight anyone with tech, I'm sure that they do train in mock battles against opponents with it.
How does Chinese military training work? Do they really train, or do they run their shiny new tanks in mock battles, with perfect victories every time? I'm sure they replaced their aging commanders, with young vital ones, ready to take advange of their new equipment. Another thing...are they still using formations where they have extra formations behind them pointing guns at the forward formations to make sure they follow orders?
What I'm trying to say is that the tech is only one part of the equation.
Yes, I'm sure some countries have managed to plant sleeper agents in the US. So?
"Nope, we've had an overly easy time of it so far, with no guarantee it will always be that way."
Well, yeah. But the reason things have been easy is because we've been investing billions of dollars into R&D, equipment, and training in the military. It's a combination of that and our western culture that makes the US a military superpower.
"Look at Africa, with the exception of SA, not much of squat comes from there..."
I blame France for that one. But seriously, are you comparing China to 3rd world countries? China is better? No kidding! That came as a surprise.
They need energy? Ok, they should have no problems laying down a couple hundred nuke plants. After all, it shouldn't be hard for them to steal the technology. You are giving them way too much credit, even that "Three Gorges Damn" project is starting to crack to pieces already.
They are not a danger to the US. They need the energy to advance, but if they are having problems they'll just stagnate, not collapse.
But you seem to think very highly of them, very well. Currently their biggest problem in taking back Taiwan is that they can't even get their troops to the island. With this massive tech infusion that you say they're getting, when in the next 10 years do you think they'll retake Taiwan?
"The reason why they (US 'space command') are doing this is because we are rapidly losing any sort of conventional superiority. In particular china will overtake the US within one decade."
It seems that you're mixing up predictions. That China's economy is predicted to be greater than the US's in 10 years is true. However, the claim that their conventional forces will eclipse the US is only correct if you're looking at the number of soldiers. On EVERY OTHER level the US, UK or Austrailian forces beat them easily.
A "real war" eh? Good thing you're not in charge of a miltary. That kind of rigid thinking will have you loose, every time.
Yes, keeping the high ground is vital, but your original post wasn't about ANY of this. You were freaking out about the US's plans to miliarize space. Hm, I re-read your post, you weren't freaking out about it. But you chose an article that posted the whole thing in the WORST possible light.
That site is pathetic. They count "At risk of Hunger"?!
Yeah, around lunch time today I was "At risk of hunger." Good thing I pulled into a McDonalds before I got hungry.
What hunger means outside of the US. Famine, Malnutrition, Death. Saying there's a hunger problem in the US demeans the reality of famine.
What the original poster was trying to say is that famine doesn't happen in Democratic societies. Or, if you perfer the short version, Socialism Kills.
It's amazing how the replies are missing what I said.
I never said anything about loss of life. They WILL get to the moon. No matter what. After that, the next disaster involving anything will shut everything down. A space program is a huge money sink and the only reason they're going to the moon is because the "Big kids" have done it. They want to be taken seriously and they see this a way to do it.
And the only reason India is focusing on their space program is because China is doing it.
China is too risk adverse to become a major player. They'll probably get to the moon. Then the first major accident after that (loosing face) will have them scale back to the "Floating in endless circles" model the US uses.
And when China gives up, India will bow out soon after.
Space will be conqured by people, THEN the governments will follow.
"Key3Media Group, the trade show company that manages the annual Las Vegas IT show, emerged from its recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on Thursday..."
The people that manage COMDEX went bankrupt?! What the hell? Were they handing out lumps of gold at the doors or something?!
"The hospital staff also said that on the night of March 27, military officials prepared to kill Ms. Lynch by putting her in an ambulance and blowing it up with its occupants â" blaming the atrocity on the Americans. The ambulance drivers balked at that idea. Eventually, the plan was changed so that a military officer would shoot Ms. Lynch and burn the ambulance. So Sabah Khazal, an ambulance driver, loaded her in the vehicle and drove off with a military officer assigned to execute her."
I suppose the New York times doesn't count as the US media.
I hated the "Fighting to the death" sory that came out too. Frankly, the US media is in sorry shape. Willing to say anything as long as it will sell papers.
Holy cow, aren't you off the mark. Oh, I see, you started your own company and don't have to apply for a job.
Then let me tell you how it is, the problem isn't people that are unwilling to work out of their niche, the problem is employeers unwilling to hire people out of their niche.
I would be more than happy to do, well, anything in the IT field. But unless you have years of experence doing EXACTLY what the employer wants, you get weeded out of the pile. They do this because they are getting hundreds of resumes for a job post and they need to trim down the pile.
BTW, I managed to grab a temp job, due to the part time job I had in college as an AS400 operator.
If I were to try something everyone else isn't, I'd have to buy a gun. And an alibi.
What I REALLY want is AIM to automatically log all conversations. Like ICQ and IRC. Having to save to a chat file and come up with a name for the file every time is a step backwards.
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So, since you're not a betting man, you're telling us that you are just going to sit there and do nothing?
Thanks for the heads up.
Or 50k Indian programmers 20k a year.
Give it up man, the golden age is over.
These are Macs we're talking about. If your're looking for a budget PC, you're not getting a freakin Mac.
Go figure? Women are encouraged in their sexuality, men are repressed.
Well, She arrived in a CLOTHING STORE with the ability to morph into any set of clothes she wished.
Face it, terminators just like walking around butt naked.
Skynet HAS to run on something. It may have infiltrated everyone's computers, but after the nuclear holocaust, I can't imagine many computers surviving. Those that did would be stranded, no communications networks would be working.
On the ground.
It's possible that Skynet involves satellites.
So, first, skynet DID have a central core, then when they plugged it into the internet it changed to a more distributed model.
I want to know what it does now. It has no arms man! It has control over robots...with no arms! How the hell is it going to do anything?
eh? This isn't a bias. This is a blackout of information that could mean life or death to anyone living down river from the dam.
In fact, what does America have to do with what we're talking about at all?
Oops, sorry. Forgot to post the link:
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EF20Ad05.htm
Let us compare this to one of China's other big projects...The Three Gorges Dam.
"The president imposed a moratorium on reporting four aspects of the project: alluvial sediment buildup, the more than 100 cracks that have already appeared in the dam, pollution/environmental damage and the return of those who were displaced from the area by the project. The first three issues are not allowed because with the passage of time, China's science and technology will improve, so they can be solved. The last taboo is forbidden because of the threat that it poses to social unity and stability."
Ah yes, the damn is starting to have problems. Solution? The media is not allowed to mention these problems, and is 'encouraged' to only mention the good stuff.
This attitude worked somewhat for the Soviets, I'm not sure if it will work for China.
I'm surprised PHP isn't in there. I guess you can just use perl compatible regular expression functions.
Isn't selling someone your product and then suing them for using it incredibly stupid?
Why would two adversaries who are roughly equal slug it out? That just doesn't happen anymore because it's a very dumb thing to do. And in this day and age, it's never going to happen.
You seem to be very impressed with their tech. Fair enough. Too bad it doesn't mean squat. If I gave you the most advanced rifle in the world, does that mean you can now compete in the Olympics?
"The US hasn't had to face ANY top shelf technology from any quarter for a long time.."
Ah yes, and China HAS? I must be missing all those wars China gets involved in, battle hardening their troops. On the other hand, the US military has been out there, in the line of fire, on average of every 4 years. There's a reason the US is doing so well now. And even though you say the US hasn't had to fight anyone with tech, I'm sure that they do train in mock battles against opponents with it.
How does Chinese military training work? Do they really train, or do they run their shiny new tanks in mock battles, with perfect victories every time? I'm sure they replaced their aging commanders, with young vital ones, ready to take advange of their new equipment. Another thing...are they still using formations where they have extra formations behind them pointing guns at the forward formations to make sure they follow orders?
What I'm trying to say is that the tech is only one part of the equation.
Yes, I'm sure some countries have managed to plant sleeper agents in the US. So?
"Nope, we've had an overly easy time of it so far, with no guarantee it will always be that way."
Well, yeah. But the reason things have been easy is because we've been investing billions of dollars into R&D, equipment, and training in the military. It's a combination of that and our western culture that makes the US a military superpower.
"Look at Africa, with the exception of SA, not much of squat comes from there..."
I blame France for that one. But seriously, are you comparing China to 3rd world countries? China is better? No kidding! That came as a surprise.
They need energy? Ok, they should have no problems laying down a couple hundred nuke plants. After all, it shouldn't be hard for them to steal the technology. You are giving them way too much credit, even that "Three Gorges Damn" project is starting to crack to pieces already.
They are not a danger to the US. They need the energy to advance, but if they are having problems they'll just stagnate, not collapse.
But you seem to think very highly of them, very well. Currently their biggest problem in taking back Taiwan is that they can't even get their troops to the island. With this massive tech infusion that you say they're getting, when in the next 10 years do you think they'll retake Taiwan?
Curious, I looked around for such a kit and couldn't find anything. The net is awash in fuel cell articles. Link?
"The reason why they (US 'space command') are doing this is because we are rapidly losing any sort of conventional superiority. In particular china will overtake the US within one decade."
It seems that you're mixing up predictions. That China's economy is predicted to be greater than the US's in 10 years is true. However, the claim that their conventional forces will eclipse the US is only correct if you're looking at the number of soldiers. On EVERY OTHER level the US, UK or Austrailian forces beat them easily.
A "real war" eh? Good thing you're not in charge of a miltary. That kind of rigid thinking will have you loose, every time.
Yes, keeping the high ground is vital, but your original post wasn't about ANY of this. You were freaking out about the US's plans to miliarize space. Hm, I re-read your post, you weren't freaking out about it. But you chose an article that posted the whole thing in the WORST possible light.
That site is pathetic. They count "At risk of Hunger"?!
Yeah, around lunch time today I was "At risk of hunger." Good thing I pulled into a McDonalds before I got hungry.
What hunger means outside of the US. Famine, Malnutrition, Death. Saying there's a hunger problem in the US demeans the reality of famine.
What the original poster was trying to say is that famine doesn't happen in Democratic societies. Or, if you perfer the short version, Socialism Kills.
So?
What, global nuclear missiles weren't scary/effective enough for you? The US has had an incredible military dominance for DECADES.
It's amazing how the replies are missing what I said.
I never said anything about loss of life. They WILL get to the moon. No matter what. After that, the next disaster involving anything will shut everything down. A space program is a huge money sink and the only reason they're going to the moon is because the "Big kids" have done it. They want to be taken seriously and they see this a way to do it.
And the only reason India is focusing on their space program is because China is doing it.
China is too risk adverse to become a major player. They'll probably get to the moon. Then the first major accident after that (loosing face) will have them scale back to the "Floating in endless circles" model the US uses.
And when China gives up, India will bow out soon after.
Space will be conqured by people, THEN the governments will follow.
I know! Maybe this guy is used to dealing with toddlers.
"Around here, they call me 'The Barber'."
"Key3Media Group, the trade show company that manages the annual Las Vegas IT show, emerged from its recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on Thursday..."
The people that manage COMDEX went bankrupt?! What the hell? Were they handing out lumps of gold at the doors or something?!
I find it interesting. I suspect SOME of us have never had to deal with a reporter before.
"The hospital staff also said that on the night of March 27, military officials prepared to kill Ms. Lynch by putting her in an ambulance and blowing it up with its occupants â" blaming the atrocity on the Americans. The ambulance drivers balked at that idea. Eventually, the plan was changed so that a military officer would shoot Ms. Lynch and burn the ambulance. So Sabah Khazal, an ambulance driver, loaded her in the vehicle and drove off with a military officer assigned to execute her."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/opinion/20KRI
(Yeah yeah, you need to log in to see it.)
I suppose the New York times doesn't count as the US media.
I hated the "Fighting to the death" sory that came out too. Frankly, the US media is in sorry shape. Willing to say anything as long as it will sell papers.
Check what out? You didn't post a link.
Holy cow, aren't you off the mark. Oh, I see, you started your own company and don't have to apply for a job.
Then let me tell you how it is, the problem isn't people that are unwilling to work out of their niche, the problem is employeers unwilling to hire people out of their niche.
I would be more than happy to do, well, anything in the IT field. But unless you have years of experence doing EXACTLY what the employer wants, you get weeded out of the pile. They do this because they are getting hundreds of resumes for a job post and they need to trim down the pile.
BTW, I managed to grab a temp job, due to the part time job I had in college as an AS400 operator.
If I were to try something everyone else isn't, I'd have to buy a gun. And an alibi.
What I REALLY want is AIM to automatically log all conversations. Like ICQ and IRC. Having to save to a chat file and come up with a name for the file every time is a step backwards.