I'm guessing you don't have kids, or been responsible for them. Preteens will generally play with the package as much as the toy inside. The bigger the box, the better, especially if they can fit inside of it. you don't need something fancy or expensive to entertain them.
Heard your kid say "I'm bored"? Send them outside, or give them a chore. Both work wonders. Too many helicopter parents feel the need to fill every waking moment of their child's life with planned activities.
We ran into this about fifteen years ago when my company first started to let people telecommute. I was part of our pilot program. Some of the managers didn't mind, but a few complained that they didn't have a way to know when their people were working. Those managers should have been fired. If they don't collect production metrics, and can't tell if their employees are delivering products on schedule, then they have no business being in charge. Anyway, we still get to telecommute with our direct manager's approval. That said, it's not for everyone. Some people need structure, and work better when being told what to do constantly. One size doesn't fit all.
The city government was corrupt long before it was run down and desperate. I didn't insinuate what you asked, but how would you approach cleaning up and making them less desperate, prior to cleaning house in the local government? How would you attract businesses (and jobs) prior to doing that?
Maybe if the city hadn't taxed the shit out of those with income, they wouldn't have left. Then again, maybe they would with the terrible schools, and high crime rate. Detroit isn't like "Every city", it's worse, and won't get better until the corruption in local government is cleaned up.
Lakes Michigan and Superior have seen a small drop over the last 20 years, which likely depends on overall precipitation. Others have not. From Wikipedia: The source of water levels in the lakes is tied to what was left by melting glaciers when the lakes took their present form. Annually, only about 1% is "new" water originating from rivers, precipitation, and groundwater springs that drain into the lakes. This is balanced by evaporation and drainage, making the level of the lakes historically constant.[10]
As for pollution, do you have any references? I'd argue that the lakes have gotten cleaner since the 70s, but I don't have evidence other than my own visuals.
republican stripping away representation for all but about 50,000 people, no industry...
I'll agree with you on all but the above. I grew up in the city, and still visit occasionally. You'll need a lot of bulldozers, some new industries, and government to lower the outrageous taxes the city has.
Bieber is famous for singing. Ok, so I don't particularly enjoy his music, but his fame is at least based on a talent - as opposed to people like Paris Hilton, or Kim Kardashion, who never really showed any particular talent, except for self-promotion.
Yes, never underestimate the ability of 12 yr. old girls in their ability to identify singing talent.
But seriously, I'd argue that it's all about good marketing, and good hair/looks, and an very minute amount of talent.
Hmmm...care to point to any? I've found articles discussing giving the Global Hawk (which has zero attack capabilities, and would be an easy target to shoot down), but nothing else large that could carry anything remotely close to being able to take out an aircraft carrier.
My point is that there are really only a couple of nations with any kind of sufficient ability to even make the attempt. And thus, it's hardly a "soft target". For all other conflicts, nothing is going to get close, and now you're able to project air power over the enemy for hundreds of miles.
Sounds like you've never dealt with government contracts. I have, and been in the industry for nearly 32 years. Requirements creep is common in DoD, especially in long, multi-year contracts. You're frequently dealing with young officers who're still wet behind the ears, and wouldn't recognize a Shall statement if you hit them with it. Not to say that there's never blame on the contractors side, but I see posts here way too often about the evils of contractors, by people speaking out of their anus.
Easy target? Tell us when one gets hit. In the mean time, where would you like to launch your drones from if there's not base nearby? Some drones are rather large.
Just to be fair, can anyone name a U.S. aircraft that was delivered ontime and at or below budget since the U2 or SR71? This is SOP, not that it's right.
If you know the material is classified, even if it's unmarked, you're still in a world of hurt. Now clearly, that's not the same as what you said, but it's not the same as ex post facto.
Guess I'm just a jaded rich (depending upon your definition, definitely not 1% though) white guy. I haven't done a MiG yet, but might. Some things I have ridden just for the experience: Submarine Bullet train to Kyoto Helicopter(s) over Alcatraz, and up to an Alaskan glacier Hot air balloon Glider Olympic Bobsled (Park City, Utah) NASCAR (Richard Petty Experience, Las Vegas Motor Speedway) Private planes to Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Never mind that none of these programs have stopped any attack or plot.
That you know of. And, for the record, I'm not a fan of collecting against citizens w/o a warrant.
I am certain that should one of those programs (NSA or TSA) ever stop a terrorist plot, even by accident, such success would be trumpeted for years to come. The vague and general references to hundreds of terrorist plots is an indication that there is nothing real to talk about.
Not if it's going to reveal something about their methods. When you know the methods, it becomes much less of a problem to avoid being collected.
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What were the shoes for? Don't tell me you had feet too!?!
You had shoes???
Your idea conflicts with others, so let's just call yours wrong.
Wikipedia "A toy is any item that can be used for play."
I'm guessing you don't have kids, or been responsible for them. Preteens will generally play with the package as much as the toy inside. The bigger the box, the better, especially if they can fit inside of it. you don't need something fancy or expensive to entertain them.
Heard your kid say "I'm bored"? Send them outside, or give them a chore. Both work wonders. Too many helicopter parents feel the need to fill every waking moment of their child's life with planned activities.
We ran into this about fifteen years ago when my company first started to let people telecommute. I was part of our pilot program. Some of the managers didn't mind, but a few complained that they didn't have a way to know when their people were working. Those managers should have been fired. If they don't collect production metrics, and can't tell if their employees are delivering products on schedule, then they have no business being in charge. Anyway, we still get to telecommute with our direct manager's approval. That said, it's not for everyone. Some people need structure, and work better when being told what to do constantly. One size doesn't fit all.
The city government was corrupt long before it was run down and desperate. I didn't insinuate what you asked, but how would you approach cleaning up and making them less desperate, prior to cleaning house in the local government? How would you attract businesses (and jobs) prior to doing that?
Maybe if the city hadn't taxed the shit out of those with income, they wouldn't have left. Then again, maybe they would with the terrible schools, and high crime rate. Detroit isn't like "Every city", it's worse, and won't get better until the corruption in local government is cleaned up.
Lakes Michigan and Superior have seen a small drop over the last 20 years, which likely depends on overall precipitation. Others have not. From Wikipedia: The source of water levels in the lakes is tied to what was left by melting glaciers when the lakes took their present form. Annually, only about 1% is "new" water originating from rivers, precipitation, and groundwater springs that drain into the lakes. This is balanced by evaporation and drainage, making the level of the lakes historically constant.[10]
As for pollution, do you have any references? I'd argue that the lakes have gotten cleaner since the 70s, but I don't have evidence other than my own visuals.
Useful water level link below shows history back to the 1800s.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data...
republican stripping away representation for all but about 50,000 people, no industry...
I'll agree with you on all but the above. I grew up in the city, and still visit occasionally. You'll need a lot of bulldozers, some new industries, and government to lower the outrageous taxes the city has.
Detroit doesn't have nearly the bad winter conditions that Buffalo has. That said, Buffalo doesn't have near the crime that Detroit does.
Bieber is famous for singing. Ok, so I don't particularly enjoy his music, but his fame is at least based on a talent - as opposed to people like Paris Hilton, or Kim Kardashion, who never really showed any particular talent, except for self-promotion.
Yes, never underestimate the ability of 12 yr. old girls in their ability to identify singing talent.
But seriously, I'd argue that it's all about good marketing, and good hair/looks, and an very minute amount of talent.
On the other hand small but well trained and moderately well equipped enemies have been able to shoot down stealth bombers with impunity in the past.
Huh? When? Where?
Hmmm...care to point to any? I've found articles discussing giving the Global Hawk (which has zero attack capabilities, and would be an easy target to shoot down), but nothing else large that could carry anything remotely close to being able to take out an aircraft carrier.
My point is that there are really only a couple of nations with any kind of sufficient ability to even make the attempt. And thus, it's hardly a "soft target". For all other conflicts, nothing is going to get close, and now you're able to project air power over the enemy for hundreds of miles.
Sounds like you've never dealt with government contracts. I have, and been in the industry for nearly 32 years. Requirements creep is common in DoD, especially in long, multi-year contracts. You're frequently dealing with young officers who're still wet behind the ears, and wouldn't recognize a Shall statement if you hit them with it. Not to say that there's never blame on the contractors side, but I see posts here way too often about the evils of contractors, by people speaking out of their anus.
Easy target? Tell us when one gets hit. In the mean time, where would you like to launch your drones from if there's not base nearby? Some drones are rather large.
Just to be fair, can anyone name a U.S. aircraft that was delivered ontime and at or below budget since the U2 or SR71? This is SOP, not that it's right.
If you know the material is classified, even if it's unmarked, you're still in a world of hurt. Now clearly, that's not the same as what you said, but it's not the same as ex post facto.
"The Mayans were wrong about 2012"
There's a surprise. Standard issue end-of-the-world religious prediction turns out to be incorrect. Who'd have thought eh?
Except that they weren't wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...
Guess I'm just a jaded rich (depending upon your definition, definitely not 1% though) white guy. I haven't done a MiG yet, but might. Some things I have ridden just for the experience:
Submarine
Bullet train to Kyoto
Helicopter(s) over Alcatraz, and up to an Alaskan glacier
Hot air balloon
Glider
Olympic Bobsled (Park City, Utah)
NASCAR (Richard Petty Experience, Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
Private planes to Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Senator's don't count as civilians.
DSM has been highly criticized to the point where it's hardly credible reference material.
At the speed of light, that academic journey would had taken 170 years. But I suppose you have a good enough excuse for not knowing it :^).
It was worse when we had to do it uphill both ways!
Never mind that none of these programs have stopped any attack or plot.
That you know of. And, for the record, I'm not a fan of collecting against citizens w/o a warrant.
I am certain that should one of those programs (NSA or TSA) ever stop a terrorist plot, even by accident, such success would be trumpeted for years to come. The vague and general references to hundreds of terrorist plots is an indication that there is nothing real to talk about.
Not if it's going to reveal something about their methods. When you know the methods, it becomes much less of a problem to avoid being collected.
Why put trust into peer review when we're doing such a poor job of it now?
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588069-scientific-research-has-changed-world-now-it-needs-change-itself-how-science-goes-wrong