The US Army makes heavy use of Metric over Imperial. Especially when it comes to measuring distance. There are zero Maps that are measured in miles. Shooting is done at 50m to 300m targets or 400m to 1km with larger weapons. Flash to bang is metric.. you see a flash and start counting seconds.. multiply that by 340m (or 333m) and you get distance to the target. Round sizes are in millimeter, m16/m4 rifle is 5.56mm, m9 pistol is 9mm, m242 auto-cannon is 25mm, mk19 automatic grenade launcher is 40mm, Abrams tank is 120mm.. the exception is of course the M2.50cal machine gun because it was made in 1920's and still heavily used today.
Height and Weight are still Imperial. The 2-mile run PT event is still imperial... land-navigation and ruck marches are metric though.
You get a really good feel for kilometers when you walk them over and over and keep tabs on distances to everything. You also get a good feel for 50meters, 100meters and so on by shooting at man-sized targets for those distances. Though i don't recommend these methods of learning metric to the general us public.. it does work.
What really drives me nuts is when people talk in football fields... gah! the horror!
The trailer park breeding grounds around here indicate that the Mullet might be a slashdotters best chance. Have a car? Have money for pizza and beer? You're set!
My guess is that weight isn't the issue, it's volume size and overflow into adjacent seats. Could a fat man fly if he didn't have any checked bags? Could a high density, heavily muscled, guy get kicked off because he weighs too much but is compact enough to not overflow the seat? If it is weight dependent, couldn't a fat man pay the extra $10 in fuel?.. or reduce his baggage weight? I think it has to do with seat overflow.. which is related to weight but more about volume.
All true. But a contractor knows that from the day he/she signs up.. his paycheck could end the next week.
I've been seeing something similar happen to the US Army. They have converted many jobs from military to civilian in the belief that they don't have to increase the size of the army, just get more people out from behind desks and into the field. More trigger pullers and less support folks. So now they have to drag overpaid contractors along to established FOBs to handle the higher level support functions.
The only solution i can think of is hiring these engineers and so on into permanent positions on the condition that they will have to move as the work moves.
I don't know much about it but i thought Linux typically supported the Chipsets and not the Vendor who ships it. There shouldn't be a 64-bit sound driver for linux though? If you can tell me the make/model of your card i can help you get your kernel setup. I'm a Gentoo guy.. compiling stuff is inescapable for me.
Check out Wine if you haven't tried it lately.. it's becoming very mature. There's a good posibility your games will work out of the box.
Security guards get paid 30K$ a year to haul around truckloads of cash. If one of these guys left the doors unlocked, guess who would be at fault? So YES, your guy can shoulder the responsibility. Why would you turn down extra help?
I personally like it when someone points out a problem in my work.. they go "This is wrong, this will cause all kinds of problems" and i go "ah, good catch *type typy* ok, product is fixed." And when they go "It would be better like this.." i say "that's in your opinion, but why do you think so?" What's the big deal?
But that would be a teleport.. two devices right.. one transmits info to the other describing how to receive the energy.. the 2nd unit receives energy transmitted from the 1st unit. It doesn't have to be FTL to teleport.
I understand what you are saying but you are forgetting that with no copyrights, there is nothing wrong with copying someone elses work and no shame. Your examples only work because people did something they were not allowed to do. They were exposed and shamed.
You're crazy.. copyright is very important. As an intesting example you could say that microsoft could take any gpl/open source code and use it (then sell it) without penalty. Nobody could stop them. But nobody could get any of MS's source unless it was stolen.
Another example. You form a band and make a fantastic song. At one of your little bar shows a guy records the song. He is a music scout.. he has the cash to really get your song out there... but he doesn't need you. So he takes your lyrics, your song, and gets it out on the radio and selling it on CDs in walmart. You get nothing and can't stop him. If that doesn't make sense i'll try another.. and on topic this time.
You write a book (you're a full time writer) about some random sci-fi scenerio you've been thinking about since a kid. You want to sell it and make money. So you print like 1,000 and bind them with your own equipment. One of the people who bought it really loved it.. but they have the connections and money to really push the book so they take it (not illegal) and republish it minus your name (not illegal anymore). They stole your book and there is nothing you can do about it.. they did not commit any crime.
In that case, my only argument about the age of USAF enlistment can be: They must think that ~50 is the typical retirement age and back-dated from there. I would hope someone over 27 could still get in with a waiver.. but that would be a fight.
I do agree with you that military service doesn't blend well with free-thinking folks. I can't see why a non-conformist would join such a rules/regulations based organization. But i'd like to put forth that Clear goals and purpose are attractive to many people including free-thinkers. So many people have treasure troves of knowledge and skills that they don't have a reason to apply.. sometimes a person will accept discomfort for the opportunity to become useful to a large group of people.. at the expense of themselves. To have purpose is everything.
Women can join any US military branch but cannot (as in not allowed) perform Combat duties. You can join the US Army at 42 without a waiver.. so 30 is not too old. Gay men and women are tolerated because they are just as good as everyone else.. the problem comes in when a guy is sitting on the bench outside the shower room watching everyone go in and out (this happens!) and everyone freaks out and stereotypes all gay guys to be that way.
Finally, most services are very regimented and rigid but all branches have their "weirdo" groups/units to put the special people into. Usually you have to earn your way in and not just be non-conformist. Which means you have to be able to play ball AND bring something extra to the table. If you can't bottle up your non-compliance and bring your special skillset.. you are a loose cannon and not wanted. Which is a good thing!
Yeah but i think even if an American Civilian built his own space ship and orbited the earth several times from space.. he could not be called an 'Astronaut'. That is a titled bestowed by NASA like knighthood and the Queen or something.
I'll bet you the USAF gets into the manned spaceflight business soon. Not everything should be launched into space and forgotten. If they don't get into manned spaceflight i'd expect them to build some sort of advanced tele-robotic repair platform.
I know how you feel about older tablets and recently put mine through some upgrades. I have a Hitachi VisionPlate.. basically one giant touch screen. It came with XPe on it and now runs Puppy and Gentoo. It currently has 512MB Ram, a 660MHz Crusoe proc (weird thing) with 3x 4GB MicroDrives for space. Upgraded the wireless from b to g.
I was very happy being able to upgrade the thing from cheap junk on ebay. I doubt Apple's tablet will sport that capability.
Something similar. Best place to find a US Army Scout in the winter is standing behind an Abrams tank. The Abrams has a turbine engine with a hot jet type blast of exhaust coming out the back of the tank. I've done it a few times but always wondered how dangerous the air really was.
Same here. I have been buying only AMD since 1999 with the K6-2 processor. I realized that even if Intel had a better offering.. if i didn't help fund AMD they would slowly wither and die. Now look at AMD, they are incredible! Putting money where your mouth is can make shit happen.
PS: please don't take that last sentence literally, hah
haha, dude, i play L4D2 on my Athlon-XP. Yes, that's a single core proc at ~2.2 GHz. Only this year have i run into a game i couldn't play because i don't have the SSE2 instruction. I was looking at getting a Phenom II X4 Black edition for the next gaming box.
The point of a cert is the certify (prove) that you completely understand the identified topic. BTW you sound really angry about these cert things. If they helped you then great. But most people look at it not from the "getting a job" perspective but an educational one. Some people want something to use them as a bullet on a resume', some people want to tackle/master a given subject. If you don't care about your resume' then obviously a lot of these certs would look useless and a waste of time/money.
You could easily replace "College" with "The Army" in your description. But i don't think ex-Army guys with 4 years in are expected to be picked up as a techie making 50k US$. HR will still ask, what is your Degree in? oh, no degree, do you have x many years of experience? "Yeah, i'm a good shot"
There has to be something else employers want with college graduates than what you listed.
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It seems you've never visited 4chan then.. your wondering would cease and you'd curl up into a little ball.
The US Army makes heavy use of Metric over Imperial. Especially when it comes to measuring distance. There are zero Maps that are measured in miles. Shooting is done at 50m to 300m targets or 400m to 1km with larger weapons. Flash to bang is metric.. you see a flash and start counting seconds.. multiply that by 340m (or 333m) and you get distance to the target. Round sizes are in millimeter, m16/m4 rifle is 5.56mm, m9 pistol is 9mm, m242 auto-cannon is 25mm, mk19 automatic grenade launcher is 40mm, Abrams tank is 120mm.. the exception is of course the M2 .50cal machine gun because it was made in 1920's and still heavily used today.
Height and Weight are still Imperial. The 2-mile run PT event is still imperial... land-navigation and ruck marches are metric though.
You get a really good feel for kilometers when you walk them over and over and keep tabs on distances to everything. You also get a good feel for 50meters, 100meters and so on by shooting at man-sized targets for those distances. Though i don't recommend these methods of learning metric to the general us public.. it does work.
What really drives me nuts is when people talk in football fields... gah! the horror!
The trailer park breeding grounds around here indicate that the Mullet might be a slashdotters best chance. Have a car? Have money for pizza and beer? You're set!
My guess is that weight isn't the issue, it's volume size and overflow into adjacent seats. Could a fat man fly if he didn't have any checked bags? Could a high density, heavily muscled, guy get kicked off because he weighs too much but is compact enough to not overflow the seat? If it is weight dependent, couldn't a fat man pay the extra $10 in fuel?.. or reduce his baggage weight? I think it has to do with seat overflow.. which is related to weight but more about volume.
All true. But a contractor knows that from the day he/she signs up.. his paycheck could end the next week.
I've been seeing something similar happen to the US Army. They have converted many jobs from military to civilian in the belief that they don't have to increase the size of the army, just get more people out from behind desks and into the field. More trigger pullers and less support folks. So now they have to drag overpaid contractors along to established FOBs to handle the higher level support functions.
The only solution i can think of is hiring these engineers and so on into permanent positions on the condition that they will have to move as the work moves.
You are all fired. Go home and start looking for a new job.
I don't know much about it but i thought Linux typically supported the Chipsets and not the Vendor who ships it. There shouldn't be a 64-bit sound driver for linux though? If you can tell me the make/model of your card i can help you get your kernel setup. I'm a Gentoo guy.. compiling stuff is inescapable for me.
Check out Wine if you haven't tried it lately.. it's becoming very mature. There's a good posibility your games will work out of the box.
Security guards get paid 30K$ a year to haul around truckloads of cash. If one of these guys left the doors unlocked, guess who would be at fault? So YES, your guy can shoulder the responsibility. Why would you turn down extra help?
I personally like it when someone points out a problem in my work.. they go "This is wrong, this will cause all kinds of problems" and i go "ah, good catch *type typy* ok, product is fixed." And when they go "It would be better like this.." i say "that's in your opinion, but why do you think so?" What's the big deal?
I have a nice little Tablet from Hitachi but no plans to trade in my underpowered aging tablet for a shiny new one that has 1/4 of the features.
http://tibman.livejournal.com/59574.html
Pictures of it and a few upgrades (wifi, ram, drive).
But that would be a teleport.. two devices right.. one transmits info to the other describing how to receive the energy.. the 2nd unit receives energy transmitted from the 1st unit. It doesn't have to be FTL to teleport.
Congratulations on winning 10k$ !! Please come down to our office and collect it anytime.. day or night.. we'll wait.
I understand what you are saying but you are forgetting that with no copyrights, there is nothing wrong with copying someone elses work and no shame. Your examples only work because people did something they were not allowed to do. They were exposed and shamed.
You're crazy.. copyright is very important. As an intesting example you could say that microsoft could take any gpl/open source code and use it (then sell it) without penalty. Nobody could stop them. But nobody could get any of MS's source unless it was stolen.
Another example. You form a band and make a fantastic song. At one of your little bar shows a guy records the song. He is a music scout.. he has the cash to really get your song out there... but he doesn't need you. So he takes your lyrics, your song, and gets it out on the radio and selling it on CDs in walmart. You get nothing and can't stop him. If that doesn't make sense i'll try another.. and on topic this time.
You write a book (you're a full time writer) about some random sci-fi scenerio you've been thinking about since a kid. You want to sell it and make money. So you print like 1,000 and bind them with your own equipment. One of the people who bought it really loved it.. but they have the connections and money to really push the book so they take it (not illegal) and republish it minus your name (not illegal anymore). They stole your book and there is nothing you can do about it.. they did not commit any crime.
A world without copyright? You're crazy.
In that case, my only argument about the age of USAF enlistment can be: They must think that ~50 is the typical retirement age and back-dated from there. I would hope someone over 27 could still get in with a waiver.. but that would be a fight.
I do agree with you that military service doesn't blend well with free-thinking folks. I can't see why a non-conformist would join such a rules/regulations based organization. But i'd like to put forth that Clear goals and purpose are attractive to many people including free-thinkers. So many people have treasure troves of knowledge and skills that they don't have a reason to apply.. sometimes a person will accept discomfort for the opportunity to become useful to a large group of people.. at the expense of themselves. To have purpose is everything.
Yikes, you threw a lot of stereotypes out there.
Women can join any US military branch but cannot (as in not allowed) perform Combat duties. You can join the US Army at 42 without a waiver.. so 30 is not too old. Gay men and women are tolerated because they are just as good as everyone else.. the problem comes in when a guy is sitting on the bench outside the shower room watching everyone go in and out (this happens!) and everyone freaks out and stereotypes all gay guys to be that way.
Finally, most services are very regimented and rigid but all branches have their "weirdo" groups/units to put the special people into. Usually you have to earn your way in and not just be non-conformist. Which means you have to be able to play ball AND bring something extra to the table. If you can't bottle up your non-compliance and bring your special skillset.. you are a loose cannon and not wanted. Which is a good thing!
Yeah but i think even if an American Civilian built his own space ship and orbited the earth several times from space.. he could not be called an 'Astronaut'. That is a titled bestowed by NASA like knighthood and the Queen or something.
I'll bet you the USAF gets into the manned spaceflight business soon. Not everything should be launched into space and forgotten. If they don't get into manned spaceflight i'd expect them to build some sort of advanced tele-robotic repair platform.
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Since you mentioned it, Tankers have nicknamed Scouts... "speed bumps".
I know how you feel about older tablets and recently put mine through some upgrades. I have a Hitachi VisionPlate.. basically one giant touch screen. It came with XPe on it and now runs Puppy and Gentoo. It currently has 512MB Ram, a 660MHz Crusoe proc (weird thing) with 3x 4GB MicroDrives for space. Upgraded the wireless from b to g.
I was very happy being able to upgrade the thing from cheap junk on ebay. I doubt Apple's tablet will sport that capability.
Pictures here: http://tibman.livejournal.com/59574.html
Something similar. Best place to find a US Army Scout in the winter is standing behind an Abrams tank. The Abrams has a turbine engine with a hot jet type blast of exhaust coming out the back of the tank. I've done it a few times but always wondered how dangerous the air really was.
Same here. I have been buying only AMD since 1999 with the K6-2 processor. I realized that even if Intel had a better offering.. if i didn't help fund AMD they would slowly wither and die. Now look at AMD, they are incredible! Putting money where your mouth is can make shit happen.
PS: please don't take that last sentence literally, hah
haha, dude, i play L4D2 on my Athlon-XP. Yes, that's a single core proc at ~2.2 GHz. Only this year have i run into a game i couldn't play because i don't have the SSE2 instruction. I was looking at getting a Phenom II X4 Black edition for the next gaming box.
The point of a cert is the certify (prove) that you completely understand the identified topic. BTW you sound really angry about these cert things. If they helped you then great. But most people look at it not from the "getting a job" perspective but an educational one. Some people want something to use them as a bullet on a resume', some people want to tackle/master a given subject. If you don't care about your resume' then obviously a lot of these certs would look useless and a waste of time/money.
You could easily replace "College" with "The Army" in your description. But i don't think ex-Army guys with 4 years in are expected to be picked up as a techie making 50k US$. HR will still ask, what is your Degree in? oh, no degree, do you have x many years of experience? "Yeah, i'm a good shot"
There has to be something else employers want with college graduates than what you listed.