Will such a missile shield protect Israel from the extremely unlikely event of a missile attack from Iran? Will the missile shield protect Iran from the much more likely event of an attack by Israel?
This is just another weapon whose effect will be to prolong the war. It is no different than more troops or more bombs. It certainly will not have the desired effect. The insurgents will observe the new strategy and adjust their tactics to counter it. The idea that there is some new weapon will allow us to "win" the war is an illusion. This happens on a regular basis, we should recognize the pattern by now. There is no "silver bullet" that will allow us to win. We have done enough, it is time to leave!
Publishing it on the net satisfies the "making it public" aspect of this issue. However
the fact that internet publications are ephemeral, like everything on the net, poses a problem.
How to prove publication on a certain date after it has disappeared.
I propose that some internet entity accept such publications and put them on the net. Someone like
http://w2.eff.org/patent/
could put them up so there would be central location that could be searched for
public domain prior art. This would establish the date and the content after the
original vanished into the either.
These guys have a combination generator and furnace system. The water cooled engine provides heat for the house and the engine also drives a generator. It is pretty expensive but the system is really clever.
http://www.freewatt.com/
This technique seems useful for making a message available in a robust maner so as to counter those that don't want the message to get out (CIA, FBI). The message would be sent into the OFF network first and the URL key would be made available later. It seems better for hiding a message (steganography) than for evading the law.
I want to be able to walk down the street anonymously.
I don't want adds calling out my name like in "Minority Report".
Being anonymous is not just about being on-line, it is also part of being left alone.
It seems that the right to be left alone is overlooked in these discussions.
Attacks are carefully correlated with those targets that are most easily attacked. The insurgents study all possible targets for weak points in their defense. They assess the chances of success. They consider how the attack aids their propaganda campaign. They see if they have the resources available for a successful operation. They select from a long list of possible targets and make their decision.
The attacks only seem random to the uninformed; i.e. the US Army.
If the Army manages to correlate against the above factors the insurgents simply use the above analysis to improve their chances. This is not a system of independent variables. Any success that the Army has will be countered by a change in strategy by the insurgents. The data that you analyze becomes invalid when you attempt to use it.
There is no contradiction, we are discussing on demand printed ballots vs. pre-printed ballots. Pre-printed ballots probably waste paper but are secure against this type of privacy violation.
Are they using a laser printer? Do they know about the tracking codes printed on the paper every time the printer is used? It would be possible to print identifying information on each ballot identifying the voter.
When Ms. Jones has her registration checked against the voter rolls they print the ballot. The ballot could contain encoded information identifying Ms. Jones.
Did you read the entry about Yitzhak Rabin? He was one of the terrorist founders of Israel! For him to be killed by an Israeli terrorist is exquisite justice.
Of course Israel is worse than its racist laws. It is a country that declares itself to be for one type of people. Would you object if America decleard itself to be a country only for white christians?
Are a certain "type" of people your enemy? If your army is bombing the hell out of their home country then they probably are your enemy. Most of them will probably curse your country but not act in any violent way. Are they to be arrested? A certain number of them will strike out in a violent way. How can you arrest them since they look the same as those that are not violent?
This is the lesson that the British are learning. However it seems that the British are slow learners. The Spanish learned the lesson fast. We Americans still seem utterly clueless!
For Israel, all their enemies are Arabs. They don't have to worry about profiling, discrimination, or civil rights. Israel is not a country of equal rights. Perhaps, if they were they would have peace and security.
Did I say that the Arabs are a majority in Israel? Israel has successfully cleansed most Palestinians and so that Jews are the majority. Israel is a country dedicated to maintaining the Jewish majority by any means possible however violent they may be. Are we to accept Israel's ethnic cleansing?
You write; "They are two different nations." I don't think that many people would agree that the Palestinians have a nation. Many Israelis want to take the occupied territories and cleanse them of the Palestinians in service to their ideal of "Greater Israel".
If you are a friend of Israel you do them no favors by letting them believe that they can have peace through oppression, they cannot! They should have learned that through 60 years of war. If Israel wants peace; it can had only through equal rights.
Black South Africans could vote under Apartheid. There was a parallel government for black citizens. Of course this sham government had no real power and was recognized as a sham the world over. It is the same situation in Israel. Arab Israeli's have no real power in Israel even though they can vote.
Here is a question for you to ponder; could Israeli Arabs vote themselves equal rights? Something as simple and basic as equal rights is out of the question for Israel's majority.
Don't think that Israel's "democracy" is like America or the European democracies, it is not. It is a democracy like Apartheid South Africa's, dedicated to keeping the "right" type of people on top and the "wrong" type of people on the bottom. Let us end this horror. There were few tears shed when South Africa's Apartheid democracy fell there should be few tears then Israel's Zionist democracy falls.
How is Napoleon taught in Britain, Poland, Germany or Russia? I suspect that it is a little different than it is taught in France. The same with the crusades, it is likely taught a little different in the Moslem world than the Christian world. If you are going to teach these subjects, and you should, you should teach the whole story.
The same with the holocaust, teach the reality of the horror of the holocaust. You should also teach that some use it for political purposes. Holocaust deniers generally have some other political purpose. You should always look for the story behind the story. The holocaust is also used to justify Israel and all of horrors it has caused. Teachers need to examine that story behind the story.
These seem to be a variation on the gas powered pogo stick. Like this;
http://www.bpmlegal.com/wpogo.html
They were a commerical product. They were also pretty dangerous.
They appear on ebay on occasion.
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than the politicians controlling them. Two worthless wars and mindless death but the politicians can't figure out how to end them!
Will such a missile shield protect Israel from the extremely unlikely event of a missile attack from Iran? Will the missile shield protect Iran from the much more likely event of an attack by Israel?
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This is just another weapon whose effect will be to prolong the war. It is no different than more troops or more bombs. It certainly will not have the desired effect. The insurgents will observe the new strategy and adjust their tactics to counter it. The idea that there is some new weapon will allow us to "win" the war is an illusion. This happens on a regular basis, we should recognize the pattern by now. There is no "silver bullet" that will allow us to win. We have done enough, it is time to leave!
I propose that some internet entity accept such publications and put them on the net. Someone like http://w2.eff.org/patent/ could put them up so there would be central location that could be searched for public domain prior art. This would establish the date and the content after the original vanished into the either.
These guys have a combination generator and furnace system. The water cooled engine provides heat for the house and the engine also drives a generator. It is pretty expensive but the system is really clever. http://www.freewatt.com/
NASA is chump change. NASA is one of the few things that we can feel good about on the world stage. Let's cancel the bad and save the good.
This technique seems useful for making a message available in a robust maner so as to counter those that don't want the message to get out (CIA, FBI). The message would be sent into the OFF network first and the URL key would be made available later. It seems better for hiding a message (steganography) than for evading the law.
I want the right to be anonymous!
I want the right to be left alone!
I want to be able to walk down the street anonymously. I don't want adds calling out my name like in "Minority Report". Being anonymous is not just about being on-line, it is also part of being left alone. It seems that the right to be left alone is overlooked in these discussions.
The attacks only seem random to the uninformed; i.e. the US Army.
If the Army manages to correlate against the above factors the insurgents simply use the above analysis to improve their chances. This is not a system of independent variables. Any success that the Army has will be countered by a change in strategy by the insurgents. The data that you analyze becomes invalid when you attempt to use it.
There is no contradiction, we are discussing on demand printed ballots vs. pre-printed ballots.
Pre-printed ballots probably waste paper but are secure against this type of privacy violation.
When Ms. Jones has her registration checked against the voter rolls they print the ballot. The ballot could contain encoded information identifying Ms. Jones.
Have a look at; http://www.eff.org/issues/printers
Saving paper sounds good but not at the expense of the secret ballot.
Did you read the entry about Yitzhak Rabin? He was one of the terrorist founders of Israel! For him to be killed by an Israeli terrorist is exquisite justice.
Of course Israel is worse than its racist laws. It is a country that declares itself to be for one type of people. Would you object if America decleard itself to be a country only for white christians?
This is a good illustration of the reality of Israel; http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/nimer_sultany/ 2007/04/dont_call_it_discrimination.html.printer.f riendly
This is the lesson that the British are learning. However it seems that the British are slow learners. The Spanish learned the lesson fast. We Americans still seem utterly clueless!
We Americans aspire to be something better.
You write; "They are two different nations." I don't think that many people would agree that the Palestinians have a nation. Many Israelis want to take the occupied territories and cleanse them of the Palestinians in service to their ideal of "Greater Israel".
Israel is a country dedicated to maintaining Jewish supremacy, which is the nature of Zionism. Here is a discussion of Israel's racist laws; http://www.adalah.org/eng/backgroundlegalsystem.ph p
If you are a friend of Israel you do them no favors by letting them believe that they can have peace through oppression, they cannot! They should have learned that through 60 years of war. If Israel wants peace; it can had only through equal rights.
Would you be troubled if America treated Jews the way that Israel treats it's Arab minority? Read this; http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/nimer_sultany/ 2007/04/dont_call_it_discrimination.html.printer.f riendly
In Israel a man who murdered thousands of women and children is elected prime minister rather than tried for genocide.
Here is a question for you to ponder; could Israeli Arabs vote themselves equal rights? Something as simple and basic as equal rights is out of the question for Israel's majority.
Don't think that Israel's "democracy" is like America or the European democracies, it is not. It is a democracy like Apartheid South Africa's, dedicated to keeping the "right" type of people on top and the "wrong" type of people on the bottom. Let us end this horror. There were few tears shed when South Africa's Apartheid democracy fell there should be few tears then Israel's Zionist democracy falls.
* Supporting corrupt dictators and monarchies.
* Supporting a country, Israel, that denies people equal rights because they are Arabs and Moslems.
* Opposing any liberation movements that arise.
If we start there, we will make a lot of progress toward peace. We can worry about illegitimate grievances later.
Why are you helping the terrorists? George Bush wants to know your name.
The same with the holocaust, teach the reality of the horror of the holocaust. You should also teach that some use it for political purposes. Holocaust deniers generally have some other political purpose. You should always look for the story behind the story. The holocaust is also used to justify Israel and all of horrors it has caused. Teachers need to examine that story behind the story.
These seem to be a variation on the gas powered pogo stick. Like this; http://www.bpmlegal.com/wpogo.html They were a commerical product. They were also pretty dangerous. They appear on ebay on occasion.