So, what else to expect from the new Messiah? Tilapia to Maguro = PROFIT!
Funny thing - Maguro and Tilapia have very different textures, flavors and colors. I could (remotely) buy a novice eating Tilapia instead of Albacore - but, once again the textures and taste are vastly different.
I've put a hard cast.44 wadcutter through three creosote-treated telephone poles shooting my Ruger at all three we stuck in post holes in a line. The density of human flesh is far, far less.
You, sir, need a business entity of your own, such as a LLC - to do this deal. You need to rent space (hotel ballrooms at older hotels are great venues - rooms to rent, bathrooms aplenty, their own security and restaurant or something like room/ballroom service available) and delegate security.
Depending upon what state you are located in, you might want to impose a "no concealed carry" on the participants and their guests. Unless you like the idea of some fool with a pocket rocket deciding to trade the virtual for the real. Ever see what a.357 can do to a telephone pole? A.44? Both rounds will shoot right through an engine block. Imagine a row of gamers at a long table - how many can YOU take out with one round?
You also need liability insurance. You will be asked for a waiver when booking the site.
Oh yeah, medical emergency numbers and hospital locations are absolutely necessary.
As the personal cost of war for a country decreases the willingness to go to war goes up.
From what I've read elsewhere the other day it seems though that drones have a 'hidden cost' attached to them, the people that control the drones get to see the result of their actions and they are having serious psychological issues as a result of that.
I agree.
The US SF author Keith Laumer wrote a series about "self aware" weapons systems - the BOLO series of stories back in the 1960's: http://www.iislands.com/hermit/bolo.html
Still, the price of killing is vast - and grossly underrated by Americans. Most Americans are now tolerating (if not actively supporting) the carrying of concealed weapons.
In reality, most normal humans will have a very serious delay in the process of deciding to take another's life (*this does not count Texas lunatics with shotguns who consider the neighbor's burglars to be "skeet"*).
Funny thing - the first city in the US to enact gun control laws was: Dodge City, KS - where in 1877 the city passed an ordinance that guns could not be worn or carried north of the "deadline" which was the railroad tracks. The south side where "anything went" was wide open.
Why the US wants to turn back the clock and let anybody and their dog carry a gun - is pretty clear: the act of dying is wholly hidden from US Citizens. We don't slaughter our own food (or, hunt and fish as we once did), our citizens die in sterile settings - be they the local hospital/nursing home or the Texas Prison System - death is not a daily reality to the majority of US citizens.
Every post I argue the subject - but you talk about being patted on the head by your pastor or prattle on in strings of nonsense words...
Read a little about the pain of killing at a distance and the toll it takes on the UAV pilots... and then make the effort to write a cogent sentence about the subject. This topic is about life and death and the effect that distance killing has upon our fellow humans.
You may find yourself seated next to one of these people when the PTSD kicks in and you, or your mate, gets blown away. This is a deadly serious topic.
lol, only the truly insecure go after things like apostrophes on/. then again given how many here seem to see you for the PITA troll you are I guess I can understand your need to tear down grammar rather than arguments...
Still having trouble focusing on the subject, aren't you?
I still don't see an argument regarding the Military assigning Physicians and Chaplains to treat/ provide "pastoral care" to the UAV pilots. Evidently, your mind is elsewhere.
Take those little pills that the good doctor gave you for the ADD and stay away from the Internet - you need some focus in your life.
BTW your 1.3 meg membership here at/. makes you a newbie
Why does the Military commission Chaplains? To provide "pastoral care" to GIs. The job of killing is the job of these UAV pilots. The Chaplains work to keep them killing. At some point in that "pastoral" discussion the approval / forgiveness / indifference of the deity will become manifest- usually accompanied by prayer.
You state that "I betray my bias." I do not. I simply don't believe. That is not bias on my part: it is a statement of fact. It is not something that I said in the preceding post, I made a reference to the invisible God-being. You concluded that it is "bias." Even if my statement were biased, it would not effect the core argument - that religions accepted by the US Military invariably recognize the existence of invisible beings.
As a fundamental aspect of their job description Chaplains do believe in invisible God-beings. Chaplains invoke the deity as a part of their job function as a Commissioned Officer, e.g. a Chaplain.
I previously commented on the twin facts that the Military has brought commissioned religious officers "Chaplains" as well as Physicians into the mission to deal with the "more demanding" aspects of killing fellow human beings with UAV systems.
You, on the other hand, lack the ability to stay on point. Your pastor is irrelevant to this discussion. Your beliefs (and, mine) are irrelevant to this discussion. The Chaplains deployed by the military and the beliefs of the GIs who are dealing (or, not - as the subject leads one to conclude) with killing by UAV are relevant facts.
It is relevant that Psychiatrists - physicians with the training and skill to diagnose mental illness - have been deployed by the military to address the effects of this Mission: long distance killing upon the GIs participating in the Mission. Physicians diagnose illness, form treatment plans and implement them for the GIs who have need of a physician's care. Evidently, this Mission makes some sub-set of the GIs need a physician's care or the Military would not deploy those scarce resources.
The upshot of the matter is that these young men and women are suffering ill effects to the extent that the Military is employing at least two mind-control systems (in addition to the underlying military training) to keep the Missions flying and killing. It appears from the reports that the business of remote killing requires more than the usual military training to accomplish with sufficient efficiency. The Mission requires committing more resources than planned to complete, i.e. Chaplains and Psychiatrists.
Turning to your IQ, again:
"If thats the best you got son Im not too worried about how things look. I may through out a typo here or there but at least I'm capable of original through regarding difficult issues."
Your statement would be correctly written, thusly:
"If thats (* "that's" A contraction - for "that is"*) the best you got (* incorrect verb tense & end of a subordinate clause, calling for the use of a ";" *) Im (* "I'm" Another contraction missing the apostrophe: "I'm" in place of "I am" *) not too worried about how things look. "(The meaning of your proto-sentence eludes me.)
"I may through (*throw*) out a typo here or there (*comma fault*) but at least I'm (*YAY - a contraction properly used!*) capable of original through (*thought?*) regarding difficult issues."
No. No, you're not.
You have not conveyed a single cogent argument either for or against the issue of: "UAV missions [being] more demanding than you might expect."
I'm certain that your IQ is a lower number than your belt size.
You would avoid future foolish errors if you printout this series of posts and take them to your English teacher. I'm certain that s/he can find some time to help you after school.
Destruction of the entire nation and all of the non-combatants is within the Bushido Code. The Siege of Nanking and the domination of Korea make the continued existence of the Nation of Japan a fine example of OUR willingness to end a war without extracting the same that the enemy would have made us pay.
Given the warrior culture (*that Gene Roddenberry used as a model for Klingons) - the just response would have been genocide.
Genocide without a tear. First Into Nagasaki Written by George Weller.
The nation could have been eliminated along with Germany & italy.
If you destroy a planet - you cease to have a right to exist.
If Hitler had Nukes first, we wouldn't exist.
Our restraint - and lack of extra nukes - ended the war.
Still, I'd have shed not tear one for the elimination of three nations and their entire populations.
Stalin and Russia could have been next by denonnating the first non-US nuke.
The cost of WWII was very, very high (*and "the cold war" could have been eliminated INSTANTLY* if we nuked all of the major cities in the Soviet Bloc, too). The price should have been eternal extermination for the progenitors of WWII and we might never see another war like it.
Nuking the Saudis would be a GREAT idea.
Bleeding to death the survivors - on TV - would be a damn good way to deal with extortionists.
Come to think of it - we just ought to nuke all of the religious sites in the middle east and be done with those jerks. We need to rid ourselves of morons who follow invisible deities - and nuking their holy sites is a fine way to help them forget.
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So you lack of participation is a given and wrench-turners are going to head up the union and the CBA(s) it negotiates?
Well, there aren't many positions open for US "self taught" IT people in India.....
Supporters to the john....
I mean, not only he shortened his potential jail time by producing his dead wife, he also lengthened his life expectancy by producing a dead wife.
Depends on his cellmates....
Controls most Sushi-grade fish distribution in the US.
See: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0604sushi-1-story,0,3736876.story
So, what else to expect from the new Messiah? Tilapia to Maguro = PROFIT!
Funny thing - Maguro and Tilapia have very different textures, flavors and colors. I could (remotely) buy a novice eating Tilapia instead of Albacore - but, once again the textures and taste are vastly different.
Public health - how to deal with the excess bodily fluids is a prime issue....
Keep up the good work.
One thing that /. participants know is GIGO
A certain 12-year-old rated my Wednesday August 20, @04:49PM (#24680921) post a Troll. That weasel would be:
FireStormZ (1315639)
Or, somebody he paid to mod me down.
Toast FireStormZ (1315639) and Santa will be nice to you.
Meanwhile, FireStormZ (1315639) - i'll get you, and your little dog, Toto, too,,,,
I've put a hard cast .44 wadcutter through three creosote-treated telephone poles shooting my Ruger at all three we stuck in post holes in a line. The density of human flesh is far, far less.
A WWII Vintage MBR like the Springfield or the M1 will do the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1903_Springfield_rifle
Liar.
Cite the bill numbers.
There aren't any - you are blathering about what Rush told you again, aren't you?
Didn't work out too well for the 'Stones.
You, sir, need a business entity of your own, such as a LLC - to do this deal. You need to rent space (hotel ballrooms at older hotels are great venues - rooms to rent, bathrooms aplenty, their own security and restaurant or something like room/ballroom service available) and delegate security.
Depending upon what state you are located in, you might want to impose a "no concealed carry" on the participants and their guests. Unless you like the idea of some fool with a pocket rocket deciding to trade the virtual for the real. Ever see what a .357 can do to a telephone pole? A .44? Both rounds will shoot right through an engine block. Imagine a row of gamers at a long table - how many can YOU take out with one round?
You also need liability insurance. You will be asked for a waiver when booking the site.
Oh yeah, medical emergency numbers and hospital locations are absolutely necessary.
Arrogance and stupidity in the same package
You are your sig...
Is 1 song OK?
Is 2?
3?
But 3k isn't...
As the personal cost of war for a country decreases the willingness to go to war goes up.
From what I've read elsewhere the other day it seems though that drones have a 'hidden cost' attached to them, the people that control the drones get to see the result of their actions and they are having serious psychological issues as a result of that.
I agree.
The US SF author Keith Laumer wrote a series about "self aware" weapons systems - the BOLO series of stories back in the 1960's: http://www.iislands.com/hermit/bolo.html
Still, the price of killing is vast - and grossly underrated by Americans. Most Americans are now tolerating (if not actively supporting) the carrying of concealed weapons.
In reality, most normal humans will have a very serious delay in the process of deciding to take another's life (*this does not count Texas lunatics with shotguns who consider the neighbor's burglars to be "skeet"*).
Funny thing - the first city in the US to enact gun control laws was: Dodge City, KS - where in 1877 the city passed an ordinance that guns could not be worn or carried north of the "deadline" which was the railroad tracks. The south side where "anything went" was wide open.
Why the US wants to turn back the clock and let anybody and their dog carry a gun - is pretty clear: the act of dying is wholly hidden from US Citizens. We don't slaughter our own food (or, hunt and fish as we once did), our citizens die in sterile settings - be they the local hospital/nursing home or the Texas Prison System - death is not a daily reality to the majority of US citizens.
RTF TOPIC you moron.
Every post I argue the subject - but you talk about being patted on the head by your pastor or prattle on in strings of nonsense words...
Read a little about the pain of killing at a distance and the toll it takes on the UAV pilots... and then make the effort to write a cogent sentence about the subject. This topic is about life and death and the effect that distance killing has upon our fellow humans.
You may find yourself seated next to one of these people when the PTSD kicks in and you, or your mate, gets blown away. This is a deadly serious topic.
Score 4 Insightful?
A silent film star as the subject of an illiterate string of words is Insightful?
Well, it appears that Ms. FireStormZ has some friends with Moderator Points.
Meta-moderation will cure this - but nothing can help the poor, weak-minded little twit, Ms. FireStormZ.
lol, only the truly insecure go after things like apostrophes on /. then again given how many here seem to see you for the PITA troll you are I guess I can understand your need to tear down grammar rather than arguments...
Still having trouble focusing on the subject, aren't you?
I still don't see an argument regarding the Military assigning Physicians and Chaplains to treat/ provide "pastoral care" to the UAV pilots. Evidently, your mind is elsewhere.
Take those little pills that the good doctor gave you for the ADD and stay away from the Internet - you need some focus in your life.
BTW your 1.3 meg membership here at /. makes you a newbie
Why does the Military commission Chaplains? To provide "pastoral care" to GIs. The job of killing is the job of these UAV pilots. The Chaplains work to keep them killing. At some point in that "pastoral" discussion the approval / forgiveness / indifference of the deity will become manifest- usually accompanied by prayer.
You state that "I betray my bias." I do not. I simply don't believe. That is not bias on my part: it is a statement of fact. It is not something that I said in the preceding post, I made a reference to the invisible God-being. You concluded that it is "bias." Even if my statement were biased, it would not effect the core argument - that religions accepted by the US Military invariably recognize the existence of invisible beings.
As a fundamental aspect of their job description Chaplains do believe in invisible God-beings. Chaplains invoke the deity as a part of their job function as a Commissioned Officer, e.g. a Chaplain.
I previously commented on the twin facts that the Military has brought commissioned religious officers "Chaplains" as well as Physicians into the mission to deal with the "more demanding" aspects of killing fellow human beings with UAV systems.
You, on the other hand, lack the ability to stay on point. Your pastor is irrelevant to this discussion. Your beliefs (and, mine) are irrelevant to this discussion. The Chaplains deployed by the military and the beliefs of the GIs who are dealing (or, not - as the subject leads one to conclude) with killing by UAV are relevant facts.
It is relevant that Psychiatrists - physicians with the training and skill to diagnose mental illness - have been deployed by the military to address the effects of this Mission: long distance killing upon the GIs participating in the Mission. Physicians diagnose illness, form treatment plans and implement them for the GIs who have need of a physician's care. Evidently, this Mission makes some sub-set of the GIs need a physician's care or the Military would not deploy those scarce resources.
The upshot of the matter is that these young men and women are suffering ill effects to the extent that the Military is employing at least two mind-control systems (in addition to the underlying military training) to keep the Missions flying and killing. It appears from the reports that the business of remote killing requires more than the usual military training to accomplish with sufficient efficiency. The Mission requires committing more resources than planned to complete, i.e. Chaplains and Psychiatrists.
Turning to your IQ, again:
"If thats the best you got son Im not too worried about how things look. I may through out a typo here or there but at least I'm capable of original through regarding difficult issues."
Your statement would be correctly written, thusly:
"If thats (* "that's" A contraction - for "that is"*) the best you got (* incorrect verb tense & end of a subordinate clause, calling for the use of a ";" *) Im (* "I'm" Another contraction missing the apostrophe: "I'm" in place of "I am" *) not too worried about how things look. "(The meaning of your proto-sentence eludes me.)
"I may through (*throw*) out a typo here or there (*comma fault*) but at least I'm (*YAY - a contraction properly used!*) capable of original through (*thought?*) regarding difficult issues."
No. No, you're not.
You have not conveyed a single cogent argument either for or against the issue of: "UAV missions [being] more demanding than you might expect."
I'm certain that your IQ is a lower number than your belt size.
You would avoid future foolish errors if you printout this series of posts and take them to your English teacher. I'm certain that s/he can find some time to help you after school.
Er, I took German 30 years ago - that prof is at least 80 by now....
Poorly worded. I'll grant the common spelling is "schadenfreude".
So, blame my 30 year-old College German Prof from Northern Germany.
Never an illegal order.
OK, you have brains and know your history.
We'll have to agree to disagree.
I follow Randy Neuman's song... ;-)
Excuse me -but you could look at the /. Friend/Foe ratings. You are what you are.
The word is properly spelled in the Northern German Hochdeutsch.
You are a monster.
Look at your subscription number and compare it with mine. Just because you aren't attentive doesn't make me reactionary.
You will kill.
Destruction of the entire nation and all of the non-combatants is within the Bushido Code. The Siege of Nanking and the domination of Korea make the continued existence of the Nation of Japan a fine example of OUR willingness to end a war without extracting the same that the enemy would have made us pay.
Have you read Yukio Mishima? http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mishima.htm
Given the warrior culture (*that Gene Roddenberry used as a model for Klingons) - the just response would have been genocide.
Genocide without a tear. First Into Nagasaki Written by George Weller.
The nation could have been eliminated along with Germany & italy.
If you destroy a planet - you cease to have a right to exist.
If Hitler had Nukes first, we wouldn't exist.
Our restraint - and lack of extra nukes - ended the war.
Still, I'd have shed not tear one for the elimination of three nations and their entire populations.
Stalin and Russia could have been next by denonnating the first non-US nuke.
The cost of WWII was very, very high (*and "the cold war" could have been eliminated INSTANTLY* if we nuked all of the major cities in the Soviet Bloc, too). The price should have been eternal extermination for the progenitors of WWII and we might never see another war like it.
Nuking the Saudis would be a GREAT idea.
Bleeding to death the survivors - on TV - would be a damn good way to deal with extortionists.
Come to think of it - we just ought to nuke all of the religious sites in the middle east and be done with those jerks. We need to rid ourselves of morons who follow invisible deities - and nuking their holy sites is a fine way to help them forget.
I think Gator prefer FRESH meat,