The same in the US, and everywhere else I've driven. If they tried to enforce the letter of the law (+1mph over the posted limit), that's *all* they'd have time to do. Because everyone speeds at some point. Every time they drive.
Greater cooperation and information sharing between the CIA and FBI. Greater screening of people coming into the country. Better enforcement of then-current immigration laws and violations.
Given the fact that there are people who wish to (and will) commit terrorist acts, in the US and abroad, are you suggesting that there should be no change in enforcement and investigation? That we should merely accept the fact that there is nothing possible to be done? I'm NOT saying the Patriot Act, in its current incarnation, is the be-all and end all. But should there be an effort to stop these fools? Yes or no?
The analogy to that would be seeing a burglar in your house, and sitting there as he took almost everything (and he knows that you're there watching and not saying anything about it). When he goes to take the last valuable item in your house, THEN you pull out your gun and shoot him in the face.
I think a closer analogy would be a bank robber, caught after a long string of robberies. "They knew I was doing it before, but they purposely waited until now to bust me, so they could give me a harsher sentence!" (and offering no proof that they did know he was doing it before)
Security in the form of extensive background checks, rotating crew assignments, and physical separation of the two keys, so that one person cannot reach both at the same time.
I saw it earlier this afternoon, before the server melted down, and they listed the wingspan as 23'. Here's a static pic with people. Wingspan is quite a bit longer than 2x human height (6').
Wingspan is 23 feet, which brings it to 1/8th scale.
And nukes don't scale the same way. There is a minimum amount of fissile material needed.
With some tweaking, and maybe the next size up in engine, you could probably squeeze a 50-100lb payload in this. Which convientely encompasses the old W54 warhead.
Given that the G8 summit will be a huge target, what do you think they should do? Throw Twinkies and ask the nice man to please put the bomb down?
Balancing the right to protest with the prevention of a potential suicide bomber is tough. Where is your personal line? What would you have the security forces do?
Let all those guys out of prison and tell me nothing has changed. Contrary to PC belief, most of them are in jail for criminal activities they actually did.
Assuming you are the parent AC, your statement is irrelevant.
Note I said all drug offenses. Note also that I did not say whether 1/2 the prison population in jail for all drug offenses is good or bad. I was merely refuting your(?) knee jerk statemnt of "vast majority in jail for pot".
If I want to buy music digitally, why the crap would I want to put pants on and go to the mall?
Impulse buy. You're already out, and this gies them another way to separate you from your money. Without you having to carry around cash, or even a credit card.
Nobody will lug around such a device, certainly not for tapping posters with.
Sure they will. "The iPod 3+. Now with RFID authentication and WiFi transfer! Beam a playlist to your friend, synch tracks between devices, buy music from the ITMP( iTunesMusicPoster)!"
Kids are more and more eschewing a traditional computer in favor of more portable devices. The cellphone carries their address book, lets them talk and IM, play games, take pictures, the iPod is their stereo, the PSP or GameBoy for better games, the PDA their computing device for heavy lifting.
Why dick around with a big, bulky, tied to the desk PC. These little things do everything they need. What's currently missing is the ability to easily spend money with them. Buy things. Transfer funds. The corps are drooling to get some form of funds transfer (from your wallet to theirs) built into these little things.
"Wanna go see a movie?" "Sure, we can buy the tickets right here."
I was thinking of something along the lines of the SR-71. Publish all the performance specs upfront. Speed, range, max altitude, radar x-section... Right. Or even the Patriot. What it looks for, range, speed, aquisition parameters, etc, etc. Telling a potentiala dversary exactly how to defeat it. We were speaking of defensive systems.
Right. Since I couldn't find a map of the sensor locations on his website, one thought might be that the sensors are on the roads leading up to the base. Which, out in the Nevada desert, could easily be "miles away". With a secure location, you'd want to know beforehand if someone was trying to enter. Not wait until they cut the fence.
Tell me that NORAD, Raven Rock, or Weather Mountain doesn't have motion sensors on the roads leading up to them...
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If you consider $109 a humongous sum ($59 academic), then maybe you have a point.
I think something more than just a BASIC compiler is needed here.
3) Made the gestapo work for its donuts. The more time they spend on me, the less time they have to cause problems for others.
And less time to solve/prevent other, actual crimes. Or are you of the belief that crime does not happen unless fabricated by the police?
2a) Devise new battery technology
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Choose any two.
The same in the US, and everywhere else I've driven. If they tried to enforce the letter of the law (+1mph over the posted limit), that's *all* they'd have time to do. Because everyone speeds at some point. Every time they drive.
Greater cooperation and information sharing between the CIA and FBI.
Greater screening of people coming into the country.
Better enforcement of then-current immigration laws and violations.
Given the fact that there are people who wish to (and will) commit terrorist acts, in the US and abroad, are you suggesting that there should be no change in enforcement and investigation? That we should merely accept the fact that there is nothing possible to be done?
I'm NOT saying the Patriot Act, in its current incarnation, is the be-all and end all. But should there be an effort to stop these fools? Yes or no?
The analogy to that would be seeing a burglar in your house, and sitting there as he took almost everything (and he knows that you're there watching and not saying anything about it). When he goes to take the last valuable item in your house, THEN you pull out your gun and shoot him in the face.
I think a closer analogy would be a bank robber, caught after a long string of robberies. "They knew I was doing it before, but they purposely waited until now to bust me, so they could give me a harsher sentence!" (and offering no proof that they did know he was doing it before)
The 1st time or the 20th time...it's still wrong.
Having been in the Air Force for 20 years, I can categorically state all of those. And more. Common PAL code notwithstanding.
Security in the form of extensive background checks, rotating crew assignments, and physical separation of the two keys, so that one person cannot reach both at the same time.
That's why there is a strict, physical two-man policy. One person cannot physically turn both keys at the same time, no matter what the password.
I saw it earlier this afternoon, before the server melted down, and they listed the wingspan as 23'.
Here's a static pic with people. Wingspan is quite a bit longer than 2x human height (6').
Wingspan is 23 feet, which brings it to 1/8th scale.
And nukes don't scale the same way. There is a minimum amount of fissile material needed.
With some tweaking, and maybe the next size up in engine, you could probably squeeze a 50-100lb payload in this. Which convientely encompasses the old W54 warhead.
Free trumps any price
A few mouse clicks trumps trooping down to the store
Individual tracks you actually want trumps a CD with 80% filler.
Your price point happens to be $11.95. Other people are different.
Given that the G8 summit will be a huge target, what do you think they should do? Throw Twinkies and ask the nice man to please put the bomb down?
Balancing the right to protest with the prevention of a potential suicide bomber is tough. Where is your personal line? What would you have the security forces do?
AOlers don't switch browsers, they switch versions of AOL. Whatever rendering engine is used is behind the scenes. You never see "IE" or "Netscape".
Let all those guys out of prison and tell me nothing has changed. Contrary to PC belief, most of them are in jail for criminal activities they actually did.
Assuming you are the parent AC, your statement is irrelevant.
Note I said all drug offenses.
Note also that I did not say whether 1/2 the prison population in jail for all drug offenses is good or bad. I was merely refuting your(?) knee jerk statemnt of "vast majority in jail for pot".
Not when the vast majority of them are for pot,
Currently, just over 1/2 (54.7%-2002) in prison for all drug offenses, and declining from a high of 61.3% in 1994.
The BOP has lots of stats on this.
If I want to buy music digitally, why the crap would I want to put pants on and go to the mall?
Impulse buy. You're already out, and this gies them another way to separate you from your money. Without you having to carry around cash, or even a credit card.
Nobody will lug around such a device, certainly not for tapping posters with.
Sure they will. "The iPod 3+. Now with RFID authentication and WiFi transfer! Beam a playlist to your friend, synch tracks between devices, buy music from the ITMP( iTunesMusicPoster)!"
Kids are more and more eschewing a traditional computer in favor of more portable devices.
The cellphone carries their address book, lets them talk and IM, play games, take pictures, the iPod is their stereo, the PSP or GameBoy for better games, the PDA their computing device for heavy lifting.
Why dick around with a big, bulky, tied to the desk PC. These little things do everything they need. What's currently missing is the ability to easily spend money with them. Buy things. Transfer funds. The corps are drooling to get some form of funds transfer (from your wallet to theirs) built into these little things.
"Wanna go see a movie?"
"Sure, we can buy the tickets right here."
No, then they're illegal aliens.
and health care is essentially free
no need for expensive medical insurance as that is what we pay tax for.
These two statements are mutually exclusive.
You only consider it 'free' because there isn't a seperate line item on your paystub that says "Medical".
F-117
Production decision - 1978
First flight - 1981
Operational - 1983
First combat use - Operation Just Cause (Panama) 1989
You want real 'old time' stealth/speed? Look at the A-11/SR-71/YF-12. First flight in 1962.
I was thinking of something along the lines of the SR-71.
Publish all the performance specs upfront. Speed, range, max altitude, radar x-section... Right.
Or even the Patriot. What it looks for, range, speed, aquisition parameters, etc, etc. Telling a potentiala dversary exactly how to defeat it.
We were speaking of defensive systems.
Right. Since I couldn't find a map of the sensor locations on his website, one thought might be that the sensors are on the roads leading up to the base. Which, out in the Nevada desert, could easily be "miles away".
With a secure location, you'd want to know beforehand if someone was trying to enter. Not wait until they cut the fence.
Tell me that NORAD, Raven Rock, or Weather Mountain doesn't have motion sensors on the roads leading up to them...