as good as the marines may be, they've had wonderful recruitment rates since their inception, what the main forces (army, navy, air force) have seen their ranks dwindle because so few are joining. the Marines may be good (both my two brothers are Marines) but they won't be able to do everything, always. besides, everyone here is thinking only in terms of fighting. the services do a lot more than just fight, they maintain certain civilian technologies and have contributed greatly to research in civlian and scientific research areas. sure, they're going to put you through boot camp...but even the best army has its support and R&D divisions.
oy...overcoming an enemy by using technology is a perfectly viable way of winning a war. just because doing so doesnt require thousands of soldiers to valiantly throw their lives away doesn't make the army any worse or any dumber.
Only reason you Yanks have a "better" military is because you throw lots of technology at many people who are basically stupid in the first place!
It doesn't matter if the guy hitting the button or pulling the trigger is a high school drop-out, he can still hit that button or pull that trigger. our average soldier MAY not be as educated as those in other armies, but what they do needs to get done, and I'm not seeing any of the supposedly better educated armies doing it.
considering half of the western states' land is under federal control as wildlife reserves and teh like, i would assume there would be a large amount of uncovered area. you just live in a shitty location. move to a major city.
agreed. I believe when the PS2 first came out they were losing something around 120 a system sold. it's dwindled since then. and dude, abandoned teh PC market as a gaming platform? i like my PS2, too, but you need to get off yours every so often.
playing an FPS with a trackball makes no sense. It'd be a hard habit to break yourself of the normal mouse usage and there's really no reason to have five buttons. seriously. In my favorite FPS all i have is shoot, jump and the scroll wheel changes my weapon. And if im feeling superior i have taunt on the third button below my wheel. Besides, track wheels suck for just about everything.
Sony's no where near as rich as Microsoft. If they wanted to, Gates'n'Company coudl probably outright buy the biggest developers for Sony. Sony, however, probably couldn't do the same considering it doesnt have 40 billion in the bank. btw, wish I was a mac user.
Our esteemed comrade here also over simplifies the situation. If Squaresoft left I'm sure Sony would still win. Fella seems to forget that there are other big time third-parties out there. Konami, anyone?
I haven't seen the price for a PS2 budge since it came out, and they're still selling at a brisk pace at my local EB and Babbages. I think a price drop to 150 ain't gonna happen until you're waiting in line for your new PS3. Hell, I'd be willing to wager they dont drop below 250 before they hit teh "redesign" stage that every console goes through when it's replacement comes out.
Carbon Dating tracks how much decay any Carbon-14 molecules have undergone. You can't carbon date Gold (Carbon and Gold are two entirely different elements on the table), but assuming, against all scientific knowledge, that you COULD, they could've found out that the gold was 100 years younger (or whatever the hell it's age was) because gold isn't made. It's mined and purified.
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as good as the marines may be, they've had wonderful recruitment rates since their inception, what the main forces (army, navy, air force) have seen their ranks dwindle because so few are joining. the Marines may be good (both my two brothers are Marines) but they won't be able to do everything, always. besides, everyone here is thinking only in terms of fighting. the services do a lot more than just fight, they maintain certain civilian technologies and have contributed greatly to research in civlian and scientific research areas. sure, they're going to put you through boot camp...but even the best army has its support and R&D divisions.
wonderful mastery of the art of flamebaiting. absolutely wonderful.
oy...overcoming an enemy by using technology is a perfectly viable way of winning a war. just because doing so doesnt require thousands of soldiers to valiantly throw their lives away doesn't make the army any worse or any dumber.
that last post was meant for someone else.
Only reason you Yanks have a "better" military is because you throw lots of technology at many people who are basically stupid in the first place!
It doesn't matter if the guy hitting the button or pulling the trigger is a high school drop-out, he can still hit that button or pull that trigger. our average soldier MAY not be as educated as those in other armies, but what they do needs to get done, and I'm not seeing any of the supposedly better educated armies doing it.
technically that was the british army regulars, which normally came from england instead of being recruited from the local population.
i believe his stressing of realistic (like so *realistic* )was meant to convey sarcasm. if you dont see that it was, YOU need to get out more.
for the love of (insert whatever you my hold dear), explain that one.
considering half of the western states' land is under federal control as wildlife reserves and teh like, i would assume there would be a large amount of uncovered area. you just live in a shitty location. move to a major city.
agreed. I believe when the PS2 first came out they were losing something around 120 a system sold. it's dwindled since then. and dude, abandoned teh PC market as a gaming platform? i like my PS2, too, but you need to get off yours every so often.
if it means anything, im getting a mac and im republican driving a chevy lumina.
not really. it DOES contain some latin, although its intermingled in who knows what else.
wtf, im out of it, just scratch that entire last post.
playing an FPS with a trackball makes no sense. It'd be a hard habit to break yourself of the normal mouse usage and there's really no reason to have five buttons. seriously. In my favorite FPS all i have is shoot, jump and the scroll wheel changes my weapon. And if im feeling superior i have taunt on the third button below my wheel. Besides, track wheels suck for just about everything.
at least not the type of streaming this guy is talking about.
Sony's no where near as rich as Microsoft. If they wanted to, Gates'n'Company coudl probably outright buy the biggest developers for Sony. Sony, however, probably couldn't do the same considering it doesnt have 40 billion in the bank. btw, wish I was a mac user.
Our esteemed comrade here also over simplifies the situation. If Squaresoft left I'm sure Sony would still win. Fella seems to forget that there are other big time third-parties out there. Konami, anyone?
I haven't seen the price for a PS2 budge since it came out, and they're still selling at a brisk pace at my local EB and Babbages. I think a price drop to 150 ain't gonna happen until you're waiting in line for your new PS3. Hell, I'd be willing to wager they dont drop below 250 before they hit teh "redesign" stage that every console goes through when it's replacement comes out.
Not true! I saw them together in The World's Greatest, a spiffy Superman/Batman cross-over mini-series/movie.
Carbon Dating tracks how much decay any Carbon-14 molecules have undergone. You can't carbon date Gold (Carbon and Gold are two entirely different elements on the table), but assuming, against all scientific knowledge, that you COULD, they could've found out that the gold was 100 years younger (or whatever the hell it's age was) because gold isn't made. It's mined and purified.
BRAVO!!!!!!! Someone mod this up.
Neither Astrophysics nor Theoretical Physics are profitable fields, so would that make students getting degrees in them stupid?
that is about the most idiotic justification for the adoption of an economic system I have ever read/heard.
technically...we're only a year and a half into the millenium...although i agree with jpeg2. its is, after-all, merely the second iteration of jpeg.
Damn good solution...damn good.