Why should they have to "move over to something a little more modern"? Is broadband over power lines so critical a need that the Hammers have to lose their hobbies and see their thousands of dollars of radio equipment turned into doorstops and paperweights?
There are existing ways of getting broadband to almost anyone, from cable to DSL to satellite access. The few places that are too remote for any of this may benefit from broadband over power lines, since population density would be low enough that the transmissions probably wouldn't interfere with Ham radio. But the other 94% of the broadband-equipped world can suck it up.
Well, yeah, we have already figured that out. But the article isn't for us, it's for the 85% or so of users who don't even know how to block spam or why they get any. I think Slashdotters take their computer literacy for granted sometimes.:)
You actually think that they're being held in Guantanmo "in case they escape"? No. It's so that the rules can be made up as they go along.
The Bush administration has deftly proven it will make up rules as it goes along regardless. Take Jose Padilla, for example: an American citizen, a civilian, held in a military prison as a "material witness." Therefore the only reasons for Guantanamo that make any sense are security considerations and the political fallout that would result here in the States if the prisoners were somehow to escape onto the American mainland.
No problem. Actually, I can offer a bit more clarification, this time for the US Armed Forces' General Officer ranks. Each "flag" rank does have its own name: O-7 (1 star) is Brigadier General; O-8 (2 stars) is Major General; O-9 (3 stars) is Lieutenant General; and O-10 (4 stars) is simply General. The US Navy differs (of course), in that it has Rear Admiral Lower Half, Rear Admiral Upper Half, Vice Admiral, and Admiral ranks.
The difference in the "sergeant" or NCO ranks can be kinda confusing.:) For instance, an Army Staff Sergeant is an E-6, while an Air Force Staff Sergeant is only an E-5. Go figure!
When was the last time you verified that information? According to my promotion study guide (AFP 36-2241), Sergeant Major is in fact the highest Army enlisted rank, with a corresponding pay grade of E-9. In the Marine Corps, Sergeant Major is more of a position, equivalent to the Air Force's Command Chief Master Sergeant; but it still carries the E-9 pay grade, regardless.
In any event, I definitely would not try to tell a Sergeant Major that he doesn't exist, no matter which branch of service he might be in!:)
Australia's David Hicks has been held by the US without charges and without access to a lawyer and without any contact with his family for a couple of years now. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been tortured daily - that would be why they're holding 'terrorists' in Cuba... Cuba doesn't have such strict laws re: people's rights, and it's even more corrupt than the US.
. ..and up goes the bullshit flag.
First, and foremost, "terrorists" are being held at Guantanamo because it's close to the United States without being in the United States. Can you imagine what the political fallout would be if they were to be kept in the United States, and one or more of them actually escaped?
Second, Guantanamo is property of the United States, not Cuba. American Marines and Soldiers patrol the installation and oversee the prisoners. By all accounts, the prisoners are living in far better conditions than they had in Afghanistan--regular meals and better hygiene at the very least.
Third, the International Red Cross has been to Guantanamo, as have camera crews. The worst accusation even the most liberal bleeding-heart has been able to level against the Guantanamo facility is that it isn't air-conditioned!
I think, rather than being so ticked off with the American government for holding an Australian national, you should ask yourself what in hell an Australian national was doing in Afghanistan fighting alongside the Taliban in the first place.
Yeah, but all they've ended up with is "-1 Pathetic." Which is pretty impressive, since there isn't even a "pathetic" mod here.:)
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I guess improving the airplane purely to break the sound barrier was a waste, too? Come on, engineers (even software engineers) thrive on challenges like this.
If you don't think it's worth your time, don't waste your time--or anyone else's--by bitching about it. Just get out of the way of the people who are willing to invest the time to make it happen.
How about a recommendation to get rid of popups/unders?
I haven't had a problem with them since I stopped using IE.:) Maybe we should put forward a recommendation that everyone who uses it switch to Mozilla, Opera, etc.?
"Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindboggingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.
"The argument goes something like this: `I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, `for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'
"`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
"`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
"`Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing."
Did the US people want the Patriot Act? A war against Iraq?
So far as I remember: Yes, and yes. Of course, people only wanted the Patriot Act until they began to realize how brutally they'd been fisted. I think the same will happen with Iraq--but at the time we launched the attack, around 65% of the US population wanted to do it.
The only thing not voting really accomplishes, in the end, is to give more power to the people who do vote. Whether or not that's a good thing, you can decide for yourself. I'd rather not, to be honest, because I trust my vote more than I trust anyone else's. I know my vote is an educated decision, and I know that I can vote for the candidate best-qualified to represent my views.
What does someone who chooses not to vote get? Maybe you can walk away with an overinflated opinion of your own superiority for "not contributing to a corrupt system." But you can't fix it if you don't contribute, either; and in the meantime you become responsible for the actions of whomever is elected, whether you would have voted for him or not.
Winston Churchill once said, Democracy is the worst system of government, except for everything else. You're choosing to throw away a right that people in Liberia, Iraq, Iran, China, and a lot of other countries would kill and die for. What does that say about your willingness to make a system that you think will work? Would you walk out on that, too, once it started behaving in a way with which you disagreed?
Yeah. It's the Ninth Amendment, which basically grants to the people any rights not specifically enumerated to the federal government. In other words, just because the Constitution doesn't say you have a right to privacy, doesn't mean you don't.
Maybe your comment was intended as sarcasm, but there're a lot of folks in Iraq and Afghanistan right now--and a lot of widows back here in the States--who would probably not see the humor of it.
Now, if only some kind researchers could get us all out of wearing pants at the office, we'd be set!
I don't think I'd mind wearing a kilt to work, though the wool would be kinda scratchy. And a bit warm, too, in Alabama's summer weather. Still, the US military services do have their own tartans, so it could even be considered "in uniform.":)
Well, being a republican at least means that you folks in the US are less likely to have to foot the bill for his jackboots.
Maybe, but that wouldn't make me feel any better if I were a third-world Arab nation. Maybe it will at least offer a neat excuse for the next time we invade, though.:)
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Why should they have to "move over to something a little more modern"? Is broadband over power lines so critical a need that the Hammers have to lose their hobbies and see their thousands of dollars of radio equipment turned into doorstops and paperweights?
There are existing ways of getting broadband to almost anyone, from cable to DSL to satellite access. The few places that are too remote for any of this may benefit from broadband over power lines, since population density would be low enough that the transmissions probably wouldn't interfere with Ham radio. But the other 94% of the broadband-equipped world can suck it up.
. . .all that, and a chemical weapon disposal facility, too. That's the part that really makes me piss my grits.
Well, yeah, we have already figured that out. But the article isn't for us, it's for the 85% or so of users who don't even know how to block spam or why they get any. I think Slashdotters take their computer literacy for granted sometimes. :)
You actually think that they're being held in Guantanmo "in case they escape"? No. It's so that the rules can be made up as they go along.
The Bush administration has deftly proven it will make up rules as it goes along regardless. Take Jose Padilla, for example: an American citizen, a civilian, held in a military prison as a "material witness." Therefore the only reasons for Guantanamo that make any sense are security considerations and the political fallout that would result here in the States if the prisoners were somehow to escape onto the American mainland.
No problem. Actually, I can offer a bit more clarification, this time for the US Armed Forces' General Officer ranks. Each "flag" rank does have its own name: O-7 (1 star) is Brigadier General; O-8 (2 stars) is Major General; O-9 (3 stars) is Lieutenant General; and O-10 (4 stars) is simply General. The US Navy differs (of course), in that it has Rear Admiral Lower Half, Rear Admiral Upper Half, Vice Admiral, and Admiral ranks.
The difference in the "sergeant" or NCO ranks can be kinda confusing. :) For instance, an Army Staff Sergeant is an E-6, while an Air Force Staff Sergeant is only an E-5. Go figure!
When was the last time you verified that information? According to my promotion study guide (AFP 36-2241), Sergeant Major is in fact the highest Army enlisted rank, with a corresponding pay grade of E-9. In the Marine Corps, Sergeant Major is more of a position, equivalent to the Air Force's Command Chief Master Sergeant; but it still carries the E-9 pay grade, regardless.
In any event, I definitely would not try to tell a Sergeant Major that he doesn't exist, no matter which branch of service he might be in! :)
Australia's David Hicks has been held by the US without charges and without access to a lawyer and without any contact with his family for a couple of years now. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been tortured daily - that would be why they're holding 'terrorists' in Cuba ... Cuba doesn't have such strict laws re: people's rights, and it's even more corrupt than the US.
. . .and up goes the bullshit flag.
First, and foremost, "terrorists" are being held at Guantanamo because it's close to the United States without being in the United States. Can you imagine what the political fallout would be if they were to be kept in the United States, and one or more of them actually escaped?
Second, Guantanamo is property of the United States, not Cuba. American Marines and Soldiers patrol the installation and oversee the prisoners. By all accounts, the prisoners are living in far better conditions than they had in Afghanistan--regular meals and better hygiene at the very least.
Third, the International Red Cross has been to Guantanamo, as have camera crews. The worst accusation even the most liberal bleeding-heart has been able to level against the Guantanamo facility is that it isn't air-conditioned!
I think, rather than being so ticked off with the American government for holding an Australian national, you should ask yourself what in hell an Australian national was doing in Afghanistan fighting alongside the Taliban in the first place.
Only God can judge Darl McBride. It's our job to arrange the meeting.
Somehow I think that no matter who is 'right' here, 50 states and the entire Federal government are going to win.
Really, I hope it doesn't come to that. Look how well the government handled the Microsoft antitrust case, and that was just as cut-and-dry.
Yeah, but all they've ended up with is "-1 Pathetic." Which is pretty impressive, since there isn't even a "pathetic" mod here. :)
I guess improving the airplane purely to break the sound barrier was a waste, too? Come on, engineers (even software engineers) thrive on challenges like this.
If you don't think it's worth your time, don't waste your time--or anyone else's--by bitching about it. Just get out of the way of the people who are willing to invest the time to make it happen.
How about a recommendation to get rid of popups/unders?
I haven't had a problem with them since I stopped using IE. :) Maybe we should put forward a recommendation that everyone who uses it switch to Mozilla, Opera, etc.?
Government is just like any other service: you get what you pay for. Or, in Geek terms - garbage in, garbage out.
I don't get the "recently" bit, though. That was almost two years ago. . ?
"Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindboggingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.
"The argument goes something like this: `I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, `for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'
"`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
"`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
"`Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing."
So if I forgot my password, google can just tell me what it is? Can it tell me my credit card number too?
Good question! Give me your credit card number, and I'll give it a try.
Did the US people want the Patriot Act? A war against Iraq?
So far as I remember: Yes, and yes. Of course, people only wanted the Patriot Act until they began to realize how brutally they'd been fisted. I think the same will happen with Iraq--but at the time we launched the attack, around 65% of the US population wanted to do it.
The only thing not voting really accomplishes, in the end, is to give more power to the people who do vote. Whether or not that's a good thing, you can decide for yourself. I'd rather not, to be honest, because I trust my vote more than I trust anyone else's. I know my vote is an educated decision, and I know that I can vote for the candidate best-qualified to represent my views.
What does someone who chooses not to vote get? Maybe you can walk away with an overinflated opinion of your own superiority for "not contributing to a corrupt system." But you can't fix it if you don't contribute, either; and in the meantime you become responsible for the actions of whomever is elected, whether you would have voted for him or not.
Winston Churchill once said, Democracy is the worst system of government, except for everything else. You're choosing to throw away a right that people in Liberia, Iraq, Iran, China, and a lot of other countries would kill and die for. What does that say about your willingness to make a system that you think will work? Would you walk out on that, too, once it started behaving in a way with which you disagreed?
. . .be called DashDot? Rimshot!
This isn't a poll, you insensitive clod! :)
Next time Sara calls you, ask her if she has a twin named Eliza. :)
Yeah. It's the Ninth Amendment, which basically grants to the people any rights not specifically enumerated to the federal government. In other words, just because the Constitution doesn't say you have a right to privacy, doesn't mean you don't.
Maybe your comment was intended as sarcasm, but there're a lot of folks in Iraq and Afghanistan right now--and a lot of widows back here in the States--who would probably not see the humor of it.
Now, if only some kind researchers could get us all out of wearing pants at the office, we'd be set!
I don't think I'd mind wearing a kilt to work, though the wool would be kinda scratchy. And a bit warm, too, in Alabama's summer weather. Still, the US military services do have their own tartans, so it could even be considered "in uniform." :)
No, I'm not. But maybe I'll send him a complimentary magazine subscription. Think he likes 2600?
Well, being a republican at least means that you folks in the US are less likely to have to foot the bill for his jackboots.
Maybe, but that wouldn't make me feel any better if I were a third-world Arab nation. Maybe it will at least offer a neat excuse for the next time we invade, though. :)