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  1. Re:WILL attack un-authorised sat links: See this l on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    Good point, I'm pretty sure the "plot all trajectories on the last known course" action should be the default setup on this type of weapon, against stationary sam sites or C3I targets, but how would that work against self-propeled AA batteries (the AA tank at the end of "Flight of the Intruder") or mobile comms units. I also bet there are some operational thresholds on the guidance systems of an AARAM/HARM/Shrike, a radio transmiter at 1KW is a much different signal than a 10-50W sat linkup.

  2. Re:Think for yourself... on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 3, Informative


    Liberal bias is calling 80000 protestors 250000 like in San Fansisco on 2/15.
    Liberal bias is not showing video of protestors spitting on cops and hitting horses trying to provoke a "nazi crackdown on their freedom".
    Liberal bias is calling Bush a cowboy with no world support (35+ nations disagree)
    Liberal bias is thinking that the US should surrender its soverignty to the UN.

  3. Re:Think for yourself... on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    It's called the bait and switch. People laughed at Ted turner when he started CNN (Rightly so, who would want to watch the news 24/7/365, :-)), and it struggled up until the Gulf war. CNN brought in new ways to report on war and America was hooked, they started looking to CNN instead of the big 3 tv networks for their primary evening news. Turner then knew he had the American peoples attention he started injecting his liberal biases into the organization. People have finaly turned to its counter-balance in Fox News, because they were tried of that bias, but Murdoch (and Roger Ailes) were laughed at in just about every other endeavor in the media they have taken. Now they are reaping the rewards of CNN's moving away from the mainstream of American thought.

  4. Re:Try Australia on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    You have your chance in Nov 2004, just as you had the chance to derail this war by installling a congress that refused to fund agression in Iraq last Nov. Fortunately, the Usian population liked the pro-war, pro-America, anti-UN, anti-terror message that one party was giving them straight up, and continues to support the positions on which they were elected. Now you have Hillary and Daschle backtracking on why they supported war in Oct. and 9/2001 and Res. 1441.

  5. Re:WILL attack un-authorised sat links: See this l on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    New? the HARM is a derivative of the Shirke missle that has been deployed by the USAF since the mid-60's, though you have the rest down pat.

    The AR in HARM (Anti-Radiation) means that it finds the strongest source of EMF around, locks onto it and explodes, taking out the transmission equipment. Typical uses are radar installations, but if a sat uplink or radio tower was pumping out more wattage than the radar facility next door, I guess you are SOL. Problem is, Saddam would be kind of pissed about an reporters ungodly radio transmitter that was interfering with his AAA defenses, so the transmitter was going ofline anyways.

  6. Re:I would suggest cbc.ca on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    Umm, the Beltway was/is a warzone, one plane hit the Pentagon and I'm betting Flight 93's planned target wasn't a field in Shanksvill PA.

  7. Re:I would suggest cbc.ca on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 1

    When was the last time Ted Koppel or Ollie North were soldiers of the US military. North is retired USMC and I'm pretty sure mini-Ted would not meet combat height restrictions. Ted sloged through the jungles of SE Asia many moons ago, but he was carrying a camera and a tape recorder, not a m-16.

  8. Re:I have to go hear him lecture next week on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    Vandy's athletics squads go by the nickname "Commodores", wasn't sure what the "sloat" was for.

  9. Re:I hate to point fingers but... on U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship · · Score: 1

    Education budgets are at all time highs both as %GDP and per-pupil spending. I don't doubt your sister is a good teacher but there are some serious shitheads out there that simply have no other job skills so they decided to try and warp the minds of the next generation. My first act as Sec of Education would be to force a mandatory SAT I on all high school teachers every year. If thier score could not get them admission into their state public universities and community colleges, they lose their job, plain and simple. Schools should be benchmarked SAT score to SAT and ASVAB to ASVAB (seeing as those two tests have signifigant impact on the placement of students coming out of high school, college or military entrance is dependent on those two)

  10. Re:I hate to point fingers but... on U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship · · Score: 1

    How 'bout I drop this one on you:
    Some workers at plant try to get a vote to bring in a union, the measure is defeated soundly (4-1 margin). In retaliation, the Teamsters quit driving trucks to or from the plant. Plant closes and moves to Mexico.
    It happened to my grandmother and that day I lost all respect for labor unions.

  11. Might I suggest on Looking for Unbiased War News? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fox News, people bitch about it, but there are actual facts presented on there, as opposed to Indymedia or the Nation

  12. Re:I have to go hear him lecture next week on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    Of course he didn't appear to lean left, the bulk American people do not socialists in power (thank goodness), yes nader probably grabed enough votes to have swayed the election, considering Perot pulled that stunt on Bush 41 in 92, I call it retalliation. By your username, I'm assuming you are a Vandy grad/student, any signifigant leftists mobilized on campus? UK's lefties have been scattered and shock shock, most of them are working for Dem's trying to put another damned socialist gov. in KY.

  13. Re:Doublespeak on Strike on Iraq · · Score: 1

    Why not ask a Korean or Chinese person who was alive during the Japanese occupation of their countries about how benevolent the Japanese were from 31-45. Modern estimates put total deaths (both sides) of an invasion of the 4 home islands at well over 1 million. I hate to say it but 120000 dead is better that ten times that number.

  14. Re: Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 1

    Sen. Frist (R-TN) is a kick-ass heart surgeon and Sen Edwards (D-NC) is a pretty good ambulance chaser, notice that they are both from the south, I'm trying hard to think of other non-career politicans (or military transfers), please submit below.

  15. Re:I have to go hear him lecture next week on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ummm, Al Gore is a known entity to most of the US, pro-greenpeace, pro-UN, pro-censorship, pro-abortion, pro-socialism, pro-taxes, and anti-military, I don't call those "appealing to republicans" Are you stating that the democratic canidate in 2000 attempted to pull a snow job on American voters? Say it isn't so!

  16. Re:I have to go hear him lecture next week on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Would you mind asking him how many time his father has threatened to kill him for forgeting about the people of TN while pandering to the hippies and socialists in this country.

  17. Re: Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors on Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When has Algore ever run a sucessful business, sure he's been a semi-sucessful politican (Can't win the big one), but that just means you have the ability to pander to 50.001% of the population (or 270 electoral college members) voting for you.

  18. Re:We are, you know. on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy · · Score: 1

    To quote Reuters Asia
    Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Britain, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and Uzbekistan
    With an additional 15-20 nations that have pledged conditional support (France will assist if Iraq uses WMD) or who wish to remain silent for fear of reprisal from Hussein (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Iran, Syria, Bahrain, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Greece, and Yemen are potential members of this list.

  19. Re:it *is* our stuff on U.S. May Reduce Non-Military GPS Accuracy · · Score: 1

    Thanks for pointing that out, here is the link HTMLized for the lazy Tax Revenues

  20. Re:Solaris 2.5.1 on MySQL 4 Declared Production-Ready · · Score: 1

    Egads, what's keeping you on that old a version of solaris, I know there are legacy apps out there but the only thing that's holding us back from all modern (2.8) versions is stupid Ciscoworks 2000 and it gets a fat ultra 80 that would make a fine workstation for me, stupid ciscoworks

  21. Re:Absolutely not on Making a House That Will Last for Centuries? · · Score: 1

    I thought no one died in construction at Golden Gate because of the safety net the architect insisted on being installed, can someone confirm/deny

  22. Re:No big deal... on Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector · · Score: 1

    I thought he was that guy the NYPD roughed up with a toilet plunger, amazing how UL works isn't it.

  23. Re:No big deal... on Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector · · Score: 1

    My bad I wasn't paying attention, mod my ass into oblivion.

  24. Re:No big deal... on Web Server Packed into RJ45 Connector · · Score: -1, Redundant

    30-50 bucks?
    $33 for 10K of these birds, hell we could give every man woman and child on the planet one of these for under 20 million.

  25. Re:Surveys... on U.S. National Do-Not-Call Registry is Law · · Score: 1

    9R to 7D counting the NV's, which doesn't look as bad.