Right. Disastrous as well. But not the entire country. The 'destruction' part of MAD.
And again, accuracy is iffy. Hell...WE don't know if it would actually work. We 'think' it will, but for obvious reasons, the missiles have never actually flown a full flight path. Say Kansas to Moscow.
NK has no delivery system capable of hitting the US outside of 'probably' Hawaii, and maybe, by a looong stretch, in a few years, Washington or Oregon. And accuracy is a whole nother topic. Iran has zero launch capability outside of the Middle East.
In any case, Iran or NK can't 'pre-empt' anything. If it actually came down to it....the US might lose Seattle (disastrous and horrific), while NK in its entirety would be a parking lot (even more horrific).
There is no 'mutual' in NK vs US. 1 Trident sub vs the whole NK nuclear program.
North Korea dicked up their part of the NPT far more than this possible plan would. They are the only nation on earth to withdraw from the treaty once becoming a signatory.
I'm pretty sure LockheedMartin IS a private company.
Oh, did you mean you want them to front the cost, too? And then who pays them for their services of preserving the National Archives. I expect that would be the government.
It scans directly to printer (with the PC in the middle), effectively making it a single sheet copier. Supposedly does the same to fax, although I have not tried it this.
I recently got one of these for about $35 at OfficeMax.
See thru top, small, light, cheap, reasonable quality. One of the cool things is you can scan 'anything'. If needed, you can flip it over or lift it up and scan the side of your face. Or any other 3D object. Labels for the front edge buttons are printed on both faces of the lid.
Thus teaching the other two the most invaluable lesson anybody can possibly learn- to listen to experts.
Or.."You're too dumb to ever actually know anything. Just ask the other guy."
And how much of that have you used in your career?
'Career' isn't everything. Imagine sitting around with some friends, discussing events in the Middle East, or WWII. Without having a picture in your mind of where countries sit in relation to others...you miss a lot of the implications of why, who, and where.
- You never really 'know' anything, beyond how to ask the omnipotent Google.
If so, they'll have to take it 3 times, and with the randomization factor thrown in, they aren't likely to get the same questions twice. Three times as much work.
With the one smarter kid supplying the answer to the other two all 3 times.
All modern testing should be open book and timed. After all, in reality, that's the new mode of skills people need to survive- the ability to research solutions and discern among several potential solutions, while applying event-specific variables correctly.
No. Some stuff you just need to 'know'. Especially at the high school level. If you merely look up the answer each time, you never internalize it. It never becomes a part of you. "Quick...where's France?" "I dunno...let me look it up."
You never really 'know' anything, beyond how to ask the omnipotent Google.
what happened to NASA's hardcore pilots? The kind in the movie "The Right Stuff" and "From the Earth to the Moon?" The people they trot out now to fly the shuttle all look like Volvo drivers.
And the original astronauts didn't all look like cookie-cutter poster boys for Volvo? High n tight military haircuts, mid to late 30's whiteboys. The epitome of safe n sane. The actual hardcore fighter pilots, like Yeager, didn't make the cut.
The MSOfice-users with whom they exchange data just have to download and install OpenOffice.org.
And that requires an operating shift on that end. Oft times, your clients/collaborators are far larger than you. Forcing a change in their business practices isn't possible. You conform to your market.
I'm not saying its OpenOffice's 'fault'. Just that its a fact of life (currently) that the conversion back and forth is less than perfect.
Companies that need to exchange documents with a lot of other organizations (that are already using MSOffice) would probably have a harder time switching to OOo, than a company who doesn't really do a lot of outside contact.
Interoperability with other business units/companies/organizations. OOo is good, but still falls down sometimes when conversing with outide units using MSOffice.
I certainly didn't hear about people stranded for 5 days without any sort of help.
Thats because there weren't so many news crews. Just because you didn't hear about them, doesn't mean they're not out there.
Wiki link "In Sri Lanka, only 30% of those elgible impacted by the tsunami as of 10 February had received any aid, and there are allegations of local officials giving aid only to their supporters, some of whom were not victims of the tsunami."
What happened in the microcosm of New Orleans is quite different than what happened in other affected areas.
You can send an army to 'liberate' another country, but you can't even help your own citizens when they need it.
I defy any other country on the planet to go in and 'help' a devastated area the size of the entire UK in less than a week. 90,000 square miles are trashed. It may take a couple of days to get cranked up (especially when major parts are still under water). But when it does, things happen very, very quickly.
These guys and girls were based at Keesler AFB, MS. Which is a mile or so from the beach. Pretty much wiped flat by the hurricane. It only makes sense to bring these few home, and not deploy the other guys, so they can find what's left of their homes.
These are not 'troops withdrawn to beef up the security forces', as you seem to imply. They are people who lived in what is now a pile of sticks.
They're coming home to try to rebuild their homes. Yeah, they'll probably be working some at the same time. But the PRIMARY reason these particular people are coming home, is because they have no home left.
Past hurricanes in the area 1794
1812 1831 1860(3 major storms) 1915 1947 1956 - Flossy 1964 - Hilda 1965 - Betsy 1969 - Camille 1992 - Tornado spawned from remnants of Andrew 2005 - Katrina
Note that probably only Camille was a Cat5. If you DON'T try to upgrade the levee's, you stand zero chance. Whatever...the build can't be done in a week.
Big flood along the Mississippi? OK...we'll just abandon it, and not bother to use the river. Fire in San Fran? Screw it...It'll just burn again eventually. Hurricanes? Ok...Abandon every city within 50 miles of the coast from Galveston to Baltimore, and the entire state of F1orida.
Oft times, the really useful places are where they might be destroyed by some natural disaster.
A LOT of us have 'acquired' printers from various sources. Business and family castoffs, mostly. I, for instance, have 6 current printers, for which I have paid a total of ~$45. I have no intention of buying a new one in the next decade.
The mayor orders mandatory evacuation. For those that cannot leave, go to the Superdome For those of you who have no ride, there will be city school buses at the intersections of State and Elm, blah, blah, blah... This is a Cat4/5 hurricane. If you do not leave, you may die.
It's called knowing your city, and having a plan. And then using it.
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And again, accuracy is iffy. Hell...WE don't know if it would actually work. We 'think' it will, but for obvious reasons, the missiles have never actually flown a full flight path. Say Kansas to Moscow.
In any case, Iran or NK can't 'pre-empt' anything. If it actually came down to it....the US might lose Seattle (disastrous and horrific), while NK in its entirety would be a parking lot (even more horrific).
There is no 'mutual' in NK vs US. 1 Trident sub vs the whole NK nuclear program.
North Korea dicked up their part of the NPT far more than this possible plan would. They are the only nation on earth to withdraw from the treaty once becoming a signatory.
I'm pretty sure LockheedMartin IS a private company.
Oh, did you mean you want them to front the cost, too? And then who pays them for their services of preserving the National Archives. I expect that would be the government.
Windows is ALWAYS the problem.
It scans directly to printer (with the PC in the middle), effectively making it a single sheet copier. Supposedly does the same to fax, although I have not tried it this.
See thru top, small, light, cheap, reasonable quality. One of the cool things is you can scan 'anything'. If needed, you can flip it over or lift it up and scan the side of your face. Or any other 3D object.
Labels for the front edge buttons are printed on both faces of the lid.
Or.."You're too dumb to ever actually know anything. Just ask the other guy."
And how much of that have you used in your career?
'Career' isn't everything.
Imagine sitting around with some friends, discussing events in the Middle East, or WWII. Without having a picture in your mind of where countries sit in relation to others...you miss a lot of the implications of why, who, and where.
- You never really 'know' anything, beyond how to ask the omnipotent Google.
Which is all you ever really need anymore.
And you never really learn to think for yourself.
You and I will continue to disagree.
With the one smarter kid supplying the answer to the other two all 3 times.
All modern testing should be open book and timed. After all, in reality, that's the new mode of skills people need to survive- the ability to research solutions and discern among several potential solutions, while applying event-specific variables correctly.
No. Some stuff you just need to 'know'. Especially at the high school level. If you merely look up the answer each time, you never internalize it. It never becomes a part of you.
"Quick...where's France?"
"I dunno...let me look it up."
You never really 'know' anything, beyond how to ask the omnipotent Google.
And this will be an open book test? Or 3 people taking the test at once?
And the original astronauts didn't all look like cookie-cutter poster boys for Volvo?
High n tight military haircuts, mid to late 30's whiteboys. The epitome of safe n sane. The actual hardcore fighter pilots, like Yeager, didn't make the cut.
And that requires an operating shift on that end. Oft times, your clients/collaborators are far larger than you. Forcing a change in their business practices isn't possible. You conform to your market.
Companies that need to exchange documents with a lot of other organizations (that are already using MSOffice) would probably have a harder time switching to OOo, than a company who doesn't really do a lot of outside contact.
Interoperability with other business units/companies/organizations.
OOo is good, but still falls down sometimes when conversing with outide units using MSOffice.
Thats because there weren't so many news crews. Just because you didn't hear about them, doesn't mean they're not out there.
Wiki link
"In Sri Lanka, only 30% of those elgible impacted by the tsunami as of 10 February had received any aid, and there are allegations of local officials giving aid only to their supporters, some of whom were not victims of the tsunami."
What happened in the microcosm of New Orleans is quite different than what happened in other affected areas.
According to the /. collective, I thought that's EXACTLY how it should go.
I defy any other country on the planet to go in and 'help' a devastated area the size of the entire UK in less than a week.
90,000 square miles are trashed. It may take a couple of days to get cranked up (especially when major parts are still under water). But when it does, things happen very, very quickly.
(its a JOKE, son)
These are not 'troops withdrawn to beef up the security forces', as you seem to imply. They are people who lived in what is now a pile of sticks.
They're coming home to try to rebuild their homes. Yeah, they'll probably be working some at the same time. But the PRIMARY reason these particular people are coming home, is because they have no home left.
Ripped paper is still readable. But yeah..I expect this will be far more durable than paper.
Give it time. This is "the world's first prototype".
Past hurricanes in the area
1794
1812
1831
1860(3 major storms)
1915
1947
1956 - Flossy
1964 - Hilda
1965 - Betsy
1969 - Camille
1992 - Tornado spawned from remnants of Andrew
2005 - Katrina
Note that probably only Camille was a Cat5. If you DON'T try to upgrade the levee's, you stand zero chance. Whatever...the build can't be done in a week.
And New Orleans had plans to redo the levee's to Cat5 strength. Wouldn't have been completed until 2020 or so. Katrina got there first.
Big flood along the Mississippi? OK...we'll just abandon it, and not bother to use the river. Fire in San Fran? Screw it...It'll just burn again eventually. Hurricanes? Ok...Abandon every city within 50 miles of the coast from Galveston to Baltimore, and the entire state of F1orida.
Oft times, the really useful places are where they might be destroyed by some natural disaster.
1 laser, 4 inkjets, and an Oki LED.
The mayor orders mandatory evacuation.
For those that cannot leave, go to the Superdome
For those of you who have no ride, there will be city school buses at the intersections of State and Elm, blah, blah, blah...
This is a Cat4/5 hurricane. If you do not leave, you may die.
It's called knowing your city, and having a plan. And then using it.