Or am i to belive movies that anything bigger than you average bird would bring down the plane in a huge-spectacular-surround-sound-slow-motion-moving -fireball?
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Wow.
I really wish I had some Mod points today. - That was a Great comment! -
I doubt the Kevlar blade containment shields would stand up to a 50 cal round.
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Actually, the failure they are designed to protect against is much more energetic than a 50 cal bullet. Sure, I will agree with your general sentiment that a 50 is quite a destructive force. But it isn't actually even in the same league this particular equipment. So, without even addressing the rest of your comment, I can tell you that you're already off course right here.
I would also argue that with tank design and modern fuel additives even serveral dozen holes in the gas tanks of 0.2 inches would not present a critical hazzard to a modern liner, but I would have to admit that I have no scientific data on that particular topic.
However, the corporate attitude that creates them is not merely stupid, inferior and inefficient, but as close to evil as a secular environment can get.
I once heard someplace ( I think it was in some movie, but I remember it anyway ) that the Devil's greatest accomplishment was to convince the world that he doesn't exist. And after spending a few years as a defence contractor, I can tell you that Evil most definately still exists.
The choice to sell your soul for fun and profit has been around since the beginning, in one form or another. And I'm sure that it will continue to be a choice/temptation for centuries to come. All you can really do is chose whatever form of redemption your particular belief perscribes. And keep choosing it, over and over. - Now, don't get me wrong... I'm not of the thumper variety. I just thought I'd mention that just because we live in a secular environment doesn't mean that we are out of the woods yet. We still must be responsible. Now, if these guys get seriously hurt to where they can't perform their role in society, that's different. Then they need to be stopped. I think RESPIONSIBILITY is at the heart of the matter here. Not video game rage, or even the constant struggle between good and evil.
You don't have to start your own company in order to find a workplace that isn't evil. All you really need to do is be willing to chose it over the lure of it's compeditors. Personally I went from a company that was deploying weapons of war to a non-profit healthcare system. The money isn't as good, but I don't wake up ever morning trying to come up with an excuse as to why I shouldn't go to work that morning. That is, as MasterCard tells us, PRICELESS.
So if these guys are covering their responsibilities, AND choosing to be total idiots once every two weeks... OK. I personally go into MY garage about that often and do things that I don't want people judging me about either(in my case it's building a HotRod. That doesn't make me a schit-head street racer, but some poeple seem to think so)
This leaves most of the real work to private organizations, the ones who have been doing the bulk of the charitable work in Africa and similar areas. Since most of them do not get government money they need solutions that work and work in conditions less than ideal. This is where enigneered food stuffs come into play.
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Whats next? Claiming that irradiated food is bad? How about the scare tactics that surrounded homoginizing? (sp?)
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Well said. And while I agree whole heartedly with almost all of what you said, I would like to make a point that you only referenced.
I think it is important to remember that it is not the job of the Government of the United States of America to feed Africans, Europeans, Australians or anybody from outer arm-pitia. The private organizations aught to be the ones going into undeveloped countries and helping them build a safe and clean infrastructure.
And I am not being isolationist. As I also support the use of US troups to aid people in need. If some supposed leader gets the idea that Ethnic-Clensing sounds cool, or some power crazed nut-job starts using gangs of thugs to steal food from relief workers and kidnapping people to extort their families... I say send in the Marines and blast the the snot out of his whole gang.... But I mention that only as a frame of reference and I'm hoping not to open that can of worms too widely.
Back on topic; I think much of the situational crap the Governments of the world are dealing with can be traced back to a failure in other social institutions. The churches and relief agencies of the world who draw funding with the promise of bettering the world ofen fail. Many fail in thier mission despite the genuine best intentions of their staff. But fail they do.
My point?
People should not be supprised when use of more and more government does not solve an issue that isn't a governmental problem. We, as Scientists and Engineers are the ones who SHOULD be looked to for those solutions. Bio-Rice is as good a method as any for a person to use their own resources to engage the problem. And I certainly would not begrudge the people who did spend their resources on this from trying to feed their own families.
If the rice gets to the kids... The Scientists are heros. If the rice goes to Kroger and gets makred up 800%, then the money grubbers are vilians. Lets not judge them before the results are in.
I have had both major prviders and the only interruptions I have had over that last 4 years are a total of 5 times. 3 were due to very major thunder storms (including 1 hurricane) and 2 were from snow totally covering the dish (90 seconds with a broom and all was good)
In case you are wondering, I started out with DISH (because it was slightly cheaper), but after a year my wife made me switch to DirecTV so that she could get NFL Sunday Ticket.
Now, with a disk on each corner where the roof slope meets the outside wall, my garage looks like Mickey-Mouse.
I work (in the IT department) for a healthcare org and Radiology (the real brain work) is being outsourced at an astounding rate; much faster than IT. The only outsourcing-protected jobs in that field are the (realitively) low paying technician jobs.
Nursing, however is where the demand is. I have repeatedly told students that have asekd, "How would you suggest I get into IT?" to forget IT and be a nurse. I have personally seen higher recruitment bonuses for nurses than have ever been offeres for IT positions.
And this is the situation many places..... That's why none of my nursing friends down south want to move back:(
Governments need to sit up and take notice, this is serious stuff.
For years there have been dozens of advisors shouting that there are threats in cyberspace. Then, on 9-11, when the big attack came via airliners filled with fuel, a lot of those advisors were fired. Now there is a large group of people saying that TOO MUCH attention was paid to cyber-attacks.
Knee-jerk law making will get you every time. Why is it that you think that the government is the place that this issue ought to be addressed?
14 a day? Jeez! I got 14 spams in the time it took to read your post! (OK, OK, actually I only got 8, but still, only 14 a day would be GREAT) But thanks for the info. I have not used Netscape for e-mail since version 2. I'll give the new Bayesian system a try.
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We are obviously in agreement here, so I don't want to come off as picking a fight, but to defend myself...
You tacked on the last part after saying "One more thing--" as if you were trying to convince me of something that I had been resisting. Just as an FYI; in the original post I didn't use the phrase "preaching from the mountaintop" as a form of flattery.
Now I don't want the CIA (or anybody else for that matter) to come to MY office and tell me how to do MY job, so I'll try not to do the same to them. My point was, that there was a chance for cooler heads to prevail, but that chance was missed. It's just a shame that it may have contributed to such a large loss of life.
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One of the things I remember most clearly from the morning of 9-11 is the face of a former head of the CIA. He was going from one media outlet to another preaching from the mountaintop that this attack came because of a policy change preventing the CIA from paying known criminals. I don't remember his name off the top of my head, however I do remember he was on every channel saying the exact same thing over and over.
So there were at least SOME people who recognized the need for Human Intelligence, but it unfortunately seems that they were run out of the organization rather than listened to.
As a geek in the telecom world I have seen the large difference in regulations when it comes to intercepting data vs. voice communications. Here in the USA, judges have known since the creation of our country that speach needs to be protected. However since the dawn of the digital age, the extent to which that protection extends to data has been passionately debated.
I would be very pleased to see legislation that clearly identifies data communication as identical to verbal communication. After reading the document, I think that this (or something close to it) may be exactly what is needed to put a legitimate legal framework around this topic. The more we can make the technical process of LI (lawfull intercept... you did RTA right?) more like the technical process of wire tapping, the easier it will be to approximate the two in the minds of the people who make, judge and execute the law.
A small steel ball 4.5mm in diameter. They are use in air guns ( toys that use either compressed air from a manualy opperated piston, or from a canister of compressed carbon dioxide to propell the ball) You can set up a target on a piece of paper and use a cardboard box filled with news papers or a phone book as a backstop, that way it can be used safely indoors.
Considering the reputation of the USA, I would have thought that it would have been assumed that it was a weapon of some sort.
but we're doing good stuff.....Patient data terminals on our new network are located in physically secured rooms (locked) in buildings with human security
$$$$$
...require a SecureID to log into...
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...all data traffic is VPNed
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The physical machine cases are locked and alarmed and the BIOS will commit hari kari if they're improperly opened
$$$$$
...a week of training...
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Wow. What healthcare system do you work for? Are they hireing???
Slashdot Mirror
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Wow.
I really wish I had some Mod points today. - That was a Great comment! -
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Actually, the failure they are designed to protect against is much more energetic than a 50 cal bullet. Sure, I will agree with your general sentiment that a 50 is quite a destructive force. But it isn't actually even in the same league this particular equipment. So, without even addressing the rest of your comment, I can tell you that you're already off course right here.
I would also argue that with tank design and modern fuel additives even serveral dozen holes in the gas tanks of 0.2 inches would not present a critical hazzard to a modern liner, but I would have to admit that I have no scientific data on that particular topic.
In THAT application, the small size of the point is of great advantace without ever physically touching anything.
I once heard someplace ( I think it was in some movie, but I remember it anyway ) that the Devil's greatest accomplishment was to convince the world that he doesn't exist. And after spending a few years as a defence contractor, I can tell you that Evil most definately still exists.
The choice to sell your soul for fun and profit has been around since the beginning, in one form or another. And I'm sure that it will continue to be a choice/temptation for centuries to come. All you can really do is chose whatever form of redemption your particular belief perscribes. And keep choosing it, over and over. - Now, don't get me wrong... I'm not of the thumper variety. I just thought I'd mention that just because we live in a secular environment doesn't mean that we are out of the woods yet. We still must be responsible. Now, if these guys get seriously hurt to where they can't perform their role in society, that's different. Then they need to be stopped. I think RESPIONSIBILITY is at the heart of the matter here. Not video game rage, or even the constant struggle between good and evil.
You don't have to start your own company in order to find a workplace that isn't evil. All you really need to do is be willing to chose it over the lure of it's compeditors. Personally I went from a company that was deploying weapons of war to a non-profit healthcare system. The money isn't as good, but I don't wake up ever morning trying to come up with an excuse as to why I shouldn't go to work that morning. That is, as MasterCard tells us, PRICELESS.
So if these guys are covering their responsibilities, AND choosing to be total idiots once every two weeks... OK. I personally go into MY garage about that often and do things that I don't want people judging me about either(in my case it's building a HotRod. That doesn't make me a schit-head street racer, but some poeple seem to think so)
- Robert
Whats next? Claiming that irradiated food is bad? How about the scare tactics that surrounded homoginizing? (sp?)
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Well said. And while I agree whole heartedly with almost all of what you said, I would like to make a point that you only referenced.
I think it is important to remember that it is not the job of the Government of the United States of America to feed Africans, Europeans, Australians or anybody from outer arm-pitia. The private organizations aught to be the ones going into undeveloped countries and helping them build a safe and clean infrastructure.
And I am not being isolationist. As I also support the use of US troups to aid people in need. If some supposed leader gets the idea that Ethnic-Clensing sounds cool, or some power crazed nut-job starts using gangs of thugs to steal food from relief workers and kidnapping people to extort their families... I say send in the Marines and blast the the snot out of his whole gang. ... But I mention that only as a frame of reference and I'm hoping not to open that can of worms too widely.
Back on topic; I think much of the situational crap the Governments of the world are dealing with can be traced back to a failure in other social institutions. The churches and relief agencies of the world who draw funding with the promise of bettering the world ofen fail. Many fail in thier mission despite the genuine best intentions of their staff. But fail they do.
My point?
People should not be supprised when use of more and more government does not solve an issue that isn't a governmental problem. We, as Scientists and Engineers are the ones who SHOULD be looked to for those solutions. Bio-Rice is as good a method as any for a person to use their own resources to engage the problem. And I certainly would not begrudge the people who did spend their resources on this from trying to feed their own families.
If the rice gets to the kids... The Scientists are heros. If the rice goes to Kroger and gets makred up 800%, then the money grubbers are vilians. Lets not judge them before the results are in.
I can't think of anybody better to direct one big flashback than the director of LOST.
At least there's that.
"Since when is samurai an English word?"
Am I wrong here, or is that a mistake?
Sounds like the cold-war era stereotype of Japan.... They turned out OK, but I'd hate to temp fate twice
In case you are wondering, I started out with DISH (because it was slightly cheaper), but after a year my wife made me switch to DirecTV so that she could get NFL Sunday Ticket.
Now, with a disk on each corner where the roof slope meets the outside wall, my garage looks like Mickey-Mouse.
I work (in the IT department) for a healthcare org and Radiology (the real brain work) is being outsourced at an astounding rate; much faster than IT. The only outsourcing-protected jobs in that field are the (realitively) low paying technician jobs.
Nursing, however is where the demand is. I have repeatedly told students that have asekd, "How would you suggest I get into IT?" to forget IT and be a nurse. I have personally seen higher recruitment bonuses for nurses than have ever been offeres for IT positions.
And this is the situation many places..... That's why none of my nursing friends down south want to move back :(
I, for one, welcome our new Novell overlords!
For years there have been dozens of advisors shouting that there are threats in cyberspace. Then, on 9-11, when the big attack came via airliners filled with fuel, a lot of those advisors were fired. Now there is a large group of people saying that TOO MUCH attention was paid to cyber-attacks.
Knee-jerk law making will get you every time. Why is it that you think that the government is the place that this issue ought to be addressed?
Dude, please don't feed the Trolls.
Just charge 110% of retail price. Then anybody who doesn't cancel gets a disk shipped to them, and the system still makes the 10%.
Of course I am seriously doubting that the Net will be any fun this weekend.
14 a day? Jeez! I got 14 spams in the time it took to read your post! (OK, OK, actually I only got 8, but still, only 14 a day would be GREAT) But thanks for the info. I have not used Netscape for e-mail since version 2. I'll give the new Bayesian system a try.
You tacked on the last part after saying "One more thing--" as if you were trying to convince me of something that I had been resisting. Just as an FYI; in the original post I didn't use the phrase "preaching from the mountaintop" as a form of flattery.
Now I don't want the CIA (or anybody else for that matter) to come to MY office and tell me how to do MY job, so I'll try not to do the same to them. My point was, that there was a chance for cooler heads to prevail, but that chance was missed. It's just a shame that it may have contributed to such a large loss of life.
So there were at least SOME people who recognized the need for Human Intelligence, but it unfortunately seems that they were run out of the organization rather than listened to.
www4.justnet.ne.jp/~kat/ pc/pccase.htm (notice the use of english)
is written in Japanese?
Why would somebody name a page in Language-A and then write it in Language-B?
I would be very pleased to see legislation that clearly identifies data communication as identical to verbal communication. After reading the document, I think that this (or something close to it) may be exactly what is needed to put a legitimate legal framework around this topic. The more we can make the technical process of LI (lawfull intercept... you did RTA right?) more like the technical process of wire tapping, the easier it will be to approximate the two in the minds of the people who make, judge and execute the law.
Considering the reputation of the USA, I would have thought that it would have been assumed that it was a weapon of some sort.
Not from Ca. to Amsterdam. Now if the transfer was FROM Amsterdam TO California..... THEN, I would believe it was video ;)
What would Sunnyvale have that people in Holland would want to see?
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The physical machine cases are locked and alarmed and the BIOS will commit hari kari if they're improperly opened
$$$$$
$$$$$
Wow. What healthcare system do you work for? Are they hireing???
Too Much Time On Your Hands.