South Korea has remained free. Our objective there was to stop the spread, not conquor the North.
Santa Ana won the battle, but lost the war. The backlash caused by some good spin and his brutality to the people of the Alamo ended up costing him everything. The movie != the whole story.
WWI was not pretty, but it was won. The harsh restrictions placed upon Germany after the war was over is what let to the environment where Hitler could seize power.
And who delivered those bombs? Who conquered the islands that the planes flew from to drop the bombs? Who crewed the ship that transported the bomb to said island?
Communism collapsed because their economy could not keep up with us. It was a cold war, but it was won.
Saddam's army no longer exists as a fighting force. It was obliterated. The guerilla forces in Iraq have no hope of militarily driving the U.S. out of the country. The fighters are not an army. They have no uniforms, command structure or national flag to fight under. They do not fight under the auspices of the Geneva Convention.
Hmmm, Never heard of him. What I have heard of are atrocities committed in islamic countries and the stone-age laws that they have.
Like the girl and their mother who were tied to their bed and burned alive in Pakistan last week because the girl was caught having sex with a neighbor boy.
In Iran, you can still be stoned to death for certain family transgressions. Buried up to your neck, they chuck stones at you until you're dead. If you claw your way out of the hole and run away, they just shoot you (this happened about a month ago I believe).
In Saudi Arabia, you can be imprisoned for daring to expouse the virtues of being a Christian.
You asked for it, you got it. While I don't have time to research each country you inquired about, I'll just do a few that I'm aware of right off the top of my head.
In most of the european countries and Australia, the average citizen is not allowed to own firearms. If they are, they are severely restricted and hanguns are right out.
In Germany, you are not allowed to deny the holocaust. In America, even if you are a complete nutjob, you have the freedom of speech to say anything you like politically, regardless of how wacky it is.
In The Netherlands, you can be picked up for any reason and be held up to 14 days even if you are not an actual suspect in a crime, and the police do not have to show just cause to do so.
In Canada, it is illegal to say all kinds of things, including disparaging certain groups of people and talking bad about the government in some ways.
I could probably go on, given enough time to do some research, but you get the idea.
Get this straight, I'm not a cool-aid drinking republican. Pres. Bush has done plenty that I disagree with, but Gitmo is not one of them. I've been to Gitmo, albeit before the prison was there. What I do disagree with is the treatment of Jose Padilla, he was a CITIZEN picked up INSIDE the country. He deserves due process and he should either be charged and tried, or released.
What I was alluding to was that a person should not have a problem serving his COUNTRY (not to be confused with a particular administration). I swore to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not the Bush or Clinton administrations that I served under. There is a very distinct difference. In fact, in my original post, I never said I supported the war, only pointed out that there is an aversion to serving one's country. That was an assumption that a lot of people made, but it was partially incorrect.
Freedom and liberty are NOT "gifts" from the government, but inalienable rights bestowed by the creator!
True that, but the point that I was making was that in order to preserve those freedoms, every American should do their part. It is one thing to find fault and point fingers, it's another thing entirely to DO SOMETHING about it. Never point out a problem without providing a solution.
If you don't like the way the Government is operating, run for office and change it.
...paid for with the blood of patriots and tyrants!
What you were alluding to was this:
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the Blood of Patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
This is a quote from Thomas Jefferson, one of the greatest political thinkers the world has ever know. (I know... slave owner, blah blah.) One could argue that this is what the Bush Administration is doing...
And before I'm modded flaimbait again. At least I'm posting as myself, and not an AC...
It never ceases to amaze that a large majority of the people on this board have an innate aversion to serve the country that has provided them with the most freedom and liberty of ANY government in the history of man. EVERY amercian owes a debt of gratitude to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine, and coast guardsman who serves or has served this country. Without them, you wouldn't be sitting here on slashdot spouting your displaced self-loathing.
Only the last couple of generations of Americans are so self-involved that they cannot see the DUTY, the OBLIGATION for every American to repay the debt and serve at least a 2-year commitment their own country.
I am an 8-year (disabled, service-connected) veteran and I appreciate the experience, motivation and pride that came with my service. I am now a much more successful person because of what I learned while in the service of my country. As a result, my work shows more motivation and attention to detail than almost any of my co-workers, and employers DO take note of performance.
Yes, there were times when what I was called upon to do had a very high "pucker factor". There were times that I almost lost life and limb. I am thankful that I didn't, but that doesn't mean that I should whine, cry or run away from the responsibility to ensure that the Grand Experiment lives on.
By all means, hold hands, sing Cumbaya, but realize the necessity of the defense of our country. And if you don't think islamofacism can spread to your back yard, read this:
http://www.detnews.com/2005/oakland/0506/22/B04-22 3573.htm
peace, out.
As is noted below, I'm not a programmer, so all those things you just mentioned are still irrelevant to me. MIS degrees hadn't been invented yet, so Electrical Eng. and CS would have been what I went for. And if they weren't:
Do you think military courses don't teach that kind of thing? I have scads of theoretical training. Some is relevant to my job, some of it isn't
In addition to that, if I had to I could troubleshoot your motherboard to the component level and make your IP network connection work over a gyro-stabilized satellite link from a pitching, rolling platform.
Just because my skillset isn't the same as yours doesn't mean it's invalid, just different.
The major difference between military and civilian courses is that civilian courses focus on how things work, the military ones focus on how things can go wrong and how to cope with them once they do. Having good RTFM skills and being able to apply logical thought are what is important.
Coming from a military background (no college), it was hard at first to enter the civilian workplace in a tech field. Even with 8 years of experience working on some of the most advanced systems out there, -SOME- HR folks have a hard time looking at you without a formal education. Some of my experience can't even be put on a CV because of their classified nature. So, what do you do?
I took a crappy first-level phone support job and began taking cert exams. Lots of them. I passed all the NT4 MCSE exams in 2 months (while working, no classes) and then started on Cisco and Compaq ASE.
They served to get my foot in the door for the interviews until my resume filled out a little more. Once you're in there, they don't mean diddly. Only good communication skills and experience will get you the job offer. I think they are sometimes more important than any degree or cert you can put on your resume. After all these years I've still never been to an interview where they didn't offer me a position.
Now that I have 3 director-level posistions on my CV, and am running my own company, they're less important. I've let most of them expire simply because it's not worth the time invested to keep taking exams to prove that I haven't forgotten every thing that I know. When asked I simply say "I am or have previously been certified in "Blah Blah" and that's usually sufficient.
And for all of you who are in my position, having good skills and experience, but no sheepskin - I explain it this way:
I graduated high school in 1988. If I had gone to university and attained a bachelor's in CS, I would've graduated in 1992. State of the art technology in 1992 is largely irrelevant today, and the only thing that would have been proven by that degree is that I could finish what I started.
Most PHB's who have heard that have agreed and I have even been told that having the confidence to say that was one of the factors that lead to the offer.
Exactly as I said, just phrased differently (maybe I should have said:). If you could be sure (rely) that javascript was on on the client-side, you could build more robust forms and not have to duplicate your validation work in another language. Your web applications could then be event-driven and more closely mimic desktop apps. This would then result in less submits and quicker response in your web app environment.
Unfortunately, with all of the advertisers using pop-ups and javascript, a bunch of people have turned this stuff off. Now, when writing a web application, I can't use these features to more closely mimic a desktop application. The result is more support calls when form validation doesn't work correctly, or I end up having to add additional validation after submit. The end result is that web apps that could work really well end up being kludgy because I have to take pop-up blocking and lack of javascript into account, then apps look so '1995'.
That being said, Firefox and a good Adblock ruleset eliminates nearly 100% of these annoying things.
The freq is down at 100KHz, so it follows the curvature of the earth well. The stations in the Continental US radiate at 400,000 Watts. The low freq is also the reason that the entire tower is the radiator. (calculate THAT wavelength.) and has top-loading radials at the top to effectively double the antenna length from 625 to 1250ft. The stations out in the pacific radiate much more power upwards of 1MW and have 1250ft vertical antennae.
LORAN = LOng Range Aids to Navigation. The signal is usable for a couple of thousand miles. (Pre_GPS) The stations must be separated by hundreds of miles for it to work correctly. In the west coast chain (9940 microsecond) The stations are:
Fallon, NV (master)
George, WA (yes, that's a real town)
Middletown, CA
Searchlight, NV
Ask any pilot or oceangoing navigator, it's really cool tech for its time.
When I was in the Coast Guard, stationed at a LORAN station (in Nevada), we couldn't put up a fence around the station because it would interfere with the signal. We had a gate across the road, and underground pressure sensors along with beam sensors above ground to detect intruders. Since LORAN isn't sexy, we didn't have many trespassers but I did have to go out and shoo off the free range cattle that wandered in from time to time.
I would have been pissed if some yahoo started messing with them, too. After all, they are there to ensure that no one vandalizes the equipment or gets fried by the 21,500 volts that exist across the base insulator of the antenna. We were most afraid of some BASE jumper getting killed while trying to climb the tower. In LORAN the whole tower is "hot" instead of a small radiator at the top.
I agree. Presarios are trash as are most "consumer-grade" laptops. In HP, you want to look at their Business-Grade machines. They're night-and-day different.
As a VAR, the main problem that I have with Dell is the lack of any partner programs. As an HP partner, I get good discounts, deals on refurb equipment, and onsite hardware support that is unrivaled. With Dell, I CAN'T resell their stuff because they'll always underprice you. You can buy a million bucks worth of Dell per year and only get 5 points of discount from them.
The HP/Compaq business-grade machines are light years ahead of that Dell trash. Better construction, better components, better design.
Fair use does include provisions for archiving for your_own_use. Just as you cannot tape Major League Baseball ("Free" broadcast) and rebroadcast it later without consent, the copyright holders of the websites have every right to be upset that their websites are being "retransmitted" without their knowledge or consent.
I bought an XM around Christmas time. I live in a northern lattitude (New Hampshire) and I have few problems with reception. Under bridges it will cut out for a second, and when near large buildings. When I am down near Boston near the repeater, reception is flawless even in tunnels and I can go to the second underground level of parking in the Fleet Center before I loose reception. All of the channels that I listen to are commercial free and overall I'm very pleased with the service. I use a Pioneer AM/FM/CD player with the XM add-on in the trunk and the little knobby Terk antenna on the roof.
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South Korea has remained free. Our objective there was to stop the spread, not conquor the North.
Santa Ana won the battle, but lost the war. The backlash caused by some good spin and his brutality to the people of the Alamo ended up costing him everything. The movie != the whole story.
WWI was not pretty, but it was won. The harsh restrictions placed upon Germany after the war was over is what let to the environment where Hitler could seize power.
And who delivered those bombs? Who conquered the islands that the planes flew from to drop the bombs? Who crewed the ship that transported the bomb to said island?
Communism collapsed because their economy could not keep up with us. It was a cold war, but it was won.
Saddam's army no longer exists as a fighting force. It was obliterated. The guerilla forces in Iraq have no hope of militarily driving the U.S. out of the country. The fighters are not an army. They have no uniforms, command structure or national flag to fight under. They do not fight under the auspices of the Geneva Convention.
Hmmm, Never heard of him. What I have heard of are atrocities committed in islamic countries and the stone-age laws that they have.
Like the girl and their mother who were tied to their bed and burned alive in Pakistan last week because the girl was caught having sex with a neighbor boy.
In Iran, you can still be stoned to death for certain family transgressions. Buried up to your neck, they chuck stones at you until you're dead. If you claw your way out of the hole and run away, they just shoot you (this happened about a month ago I believe).
In Saudi Arabia, you can be imprisoned for daring to expouse the virtues of being a Christian.
If that's not facism, I don't know what is.
You asked for it, you got it. While I don't have time to research each country you inquired about, I'll just do a few that I'm aware of right off the top of my head.
In most of the european countries and Australia, the average citizen is not allowed to own firearms. If they are, they are severely restricted and hanguns are right out.
In Germany, you are not allowed to deny the holocaust. In America, even if you are a complete nutjob, you have the freedom of speech to say anything you like politically, regardless of how wacky it is.
In The Netherlands, you can be picked up for any reason and be held up to 14 days even if you are not an actual suspect in a crime, and the police do not have to show just cause to do so.
In Canada, it is illegal to say all kinds of things, including disparaging certain groups of people and talking bad about the government in some ways.
I could probably go on, given enough time to do some research, but you get the idea.
Get this straight, I'm not a cool-aid drinking republican. Pres. Bush has done plenty that I disagree with, but Gitmo is not one of them. I've been to Gitmo, albeit before the prison was there. What I do disagree with is the treatment of Jose Padilla, he was a CITIZEN picked up INSIDE the country. He deserves due process and he should either be charged and tried, or released.
What I was alluding to was that a person should not have a problem serving his COUNTRY (not to be confused with a particular administration). I swore to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not the Bush or Clinton administrations that I served under. There is a very distinct difference. In fact, in my original post, I never said I supported the war, only pointed out that there is an aversion to serving one's country. That was an assumption that a lot of people made, but it was partially incorrect.
You obviously underestimate the intelligence, skill, and ability of the American Military Men and Women.
So did King Charles, Santa Ana, The Kaiser, Hitler, Hirohito, Gorbachov, Moammar Khadafi, The Entire Taliban, and Saddam Hussein.
Freedom and liberty are NOT "gifts" from the government, but inalienable rights bestowed by the creator!
...paid for with the blood of patriots and tyrants!
True that, but the point that I was making was that in order to preserve those freedoms, every American should do their part. It is one thing to find fault and point fingers, it's another thing entirely to DO SOMETHING about it. Never point out a problem without providing a solution.
If you don't like the way the Government is operating, run for office and change it.
What you were alluding to was this:
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the Blood of Patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
This is a quote from Thomas Jefferson, one of the greatest political thinkers the world has ever know. (I know... slave owner, blah blah.) One could argue that this is what the Bush Administration is doing...
And before I'm modded flaimbait again. At least I'm posting as myself, and not an AC...
It never ceases to amaze that a large majority of the people on this board have an innate aversion to serve the country that has provided them with the most freedom and liberty of ANY government in the history of man. EVERY amercian owes a debt of gratitude to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine, and coast guardsman who serves or has served this country. Without them, you wouldn't be sitting here on slashdot spouting your displaced self-loathing. Only the last couple of generations of Americans are so self-involved that they cannot see the DUTY, the OBLIGATION for every American to repay the debt and serve at least a 2-year commitment their own country. I am an 8-year (disabled, service-connected) veteran and I appreciate the experience, motivation and pride that came with my service. I am now a much more successful person because of what I learned while in the service of my country. As a result, my work shows more motivation and attention to detail than almost any of my co-workers, and employers DO take note of performance. Yes, there were times when what I was called upon to do had a very high "pucker factor". There were times that I almost lost life and limb. I am thankful that I didn't, but that doesn't mean that I should whine, cry or run away from the responsibility to ensure that the Grand Experiment lives on. By all means, hold hands, sing Cumbaya, but realize the necessity of the defense of our country. And if you don't think islamofacism can spread to your back yard, read this: http://www.detnews.com/2005/oakland/0506/22/B04-22 3573.htm
peace, out.
Do you think military courses don't teach that kind of thing? I have scads of theoretical training. Some is relevant to my job, some of it isn't
In addition to that, if I had to I could troubleshoot your motherboard to the component level and make your IP network connection work over a gyro-stabilized satellite link from a pitching, rolling platform.
Just because my skillset isn't the same as yours doesn't mean it's invalid, just different.
The major difference between military and civilian courses is that civilian courses focus on how things work, the military ones focus on how things can go wrong and how to cope with them once they do. Having good RTFM skills and being able to apply logical thought are what is important.
I took a crappy first-level phone support job and began taking cert exams. Lots of them. I passed all the NT4 MCSE exams in 2 months (while working, no classes) and then started on Cisco and Compaq ASE.
They served to get my foot in the door for the interviews until my resume filled out a little more. Once you're in there, they don't mean diddly. Only good communication skills and experience will get you the job offer. I think they are sometimes more important than any degree or cert you can put on your resume. After all these years I've still never been to an interview where they didn't offer me a position.
Now that I have 3 director-level posistions on my CV, and am running my own company, they're less important. I've let most of them expire simply because it's not worth the time invested to keep taking exams to prove that I haven't forgotten every thing that I know. When asked I simply say "I am or have previously been certified in "Blah Blah" and that's usually sufficient.
And for all of you who are in my position, having good skills and experience, but no sheepskin - I explain it this way:
I graduated high school in 1988. If I had gone to university and attained a bachelor's in CS, I would've graduated in 1992. State of the art technology in 1992 is largely irrelevant today, and the only thing that would have been proven by that degree is that I could finish what I started.
Most PHB's who have heard that have agreed and I have even been told that having the confidence to say that was one of the factors that lead to the offer.
Just my $0.02.
Sound better?
-jk
That being said, Firefox and a good Adblock ruleset eliminates nearly 100% of these annoying things.
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Or, in the words of Baseketball, First you get the job, then you get the khakis, then you get the chicks.
The freq is down at 100KHz, so it follows the curvature of the earth well. The stations in the Continental US radiate at 400,000 Watts. The low freq is also the reason that the entire tower is the radiator. (calculate THAT wavelength.) and has top-loading radials at the top to effectively double the antenna length from 625 to 1250ft. The stations out in the pacific radiate much more power upwards of 1MW and have 1250ft vertical antennae.
Fallon, NV (master)
George, WA (yes, that's a real town)
Middletown, CA
Searchlight, NV
Ask any pilot or oceangoing navigator, it's really cool tech for its time.
Here's some info on how it works
I would have been pissed if some yahoo started messing with them, too. After all, they are there to ensure that no one vandalizes the equipment or gets fried by the 21,500 volts that exist across the base insulator of the antenna. We were most afraid of some BASE jumper getting killed while trying to climb the tower. In LORAN the whole tower is "hot" instead of a small radiator at the top.
And if they broke one, I'd have to fix it.
I agree. Presarios are trash as are most "consumer-grade" laptops. In HP, you want to look at their Business-Grade machines. They're night-and-day different.
The HP/Compaq business-grade machines are light years ahead of that Dell trash. Better construction, better components, better design.
-Just my $.02.
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Fair use does include provisions for archiving for your_own_use. Just as you cannot tape Major League Baseball ("Free" broadcast) and rebroadcast it later without consent, the copyright holders of the websites have every right to be upset that their websites are being "retransmitted" without their knowledge or consent.
I bought an XM around Christmas time. I live in a northern lattitude (New Hampshire) and I have few problems with reception. Under bridges it will cut out for a second, and when near large buildings. When I am down near Boston near the repeater, reception is flawless even in tunnels and I can go to the second underground level of parking in the Fleet Center before I loose reception. All of the channels that I listen to are commercial free and overall I'm very pleased with the service. I use a Pioneer AM/FM/CD player with the XM add-on in the trunk and the little knobby Terk antenna on the roof.