Personally, I think I'd make a damn good layer. So why am I not one? Because I have morals and ethics. As such, every day would shred my soul away. For those that don't have a soul, they remain true to their career.
I rememeber reading on Slashdot about the ratio of phycopaths to CEO in that it takes someone of a heartless mind to politically work their way to the top at the expense of your fellow co-workers. I'm willing to bet the ratio of phycopaths to lawers is so close that should true scientific data be released, it shake this country to its very foundation...and even crack it.
You don't need an offical declaration of war by congress in order to try someone of treason. In fact John Walker Lindh (American Taliban) would have been tried for treason had he not pleaded guilty.
Second: Congress DID grant approval to the president for going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq even though it's not an offical declaration of war.
Note: The last offical declaration of war was with Romaina June 5, 1942 (WW-II)
What about Windows Media Encoder 11. I would love to use 10, but it blows at trying to encode VOB files. Using a popular format with surround sound support would be awsome.
I know it's blasphemy to hype up Microsoft, but their WMV format is really good. In fact, right up there with DivX. Just wish their next Encoder appliaction didn't suck so much ass:(
Durring a time of war, releasing classified information is an act of treason last I heard. So ya, it's serious shit that DOES rank up there with terrorism.
There is always conflict. Some place, at some time...there is conflict. This will never change I think. Also, justice has nothing to do with peace. Tell me, when a child molester has been brought to justice, is there peace there after for the victim? In most if not all cases, the answer is "no".
"Peace" comes about when no-one threatens your life and the way you wish to live it.
Our assets and interests in Bali, the U.K., Spain, Saudi Arabia, and obviously Iraq have been weekly reminders that Bush's policies inflame Islamic people and incite them to further violence preached by what were once fringe elements of comparatively few Muslim sects.
The cancer that is Islamic fundamentalism has been there forever. We're just exposing them, isolating them, and wiping them out. Sure, there's short term pain when undergoing cancer treatment, but it's for the greater good of the patient. And if this treatment doesn't work, the patent was going to die a slow death anyways. We (the US), however aren't going down without a fight at least. Can't say much for those pussies in Spain.
"During Clinton's tenure, Al-Qaeda began to emerge as a major terrorist threat. In 1993, Al Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center. In 1998, the group bombed the American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. In retaliation, Clinton ordered Operation Infinite Reach, which involved cruise missile strikes on terrorist camps in Kandahar, Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons facility in Khartoum, Sudan that was believed to be tied to bin Laden.[13] Clinton also gave orders authorizing the arrest or, if need be, assassination of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. At the end of his term, in late 2000, the terrorists struck again with the USS Cole bombing. In 2004, Clinton said he regarded Al-Qaeda as the foremost threat to national security."
That's not one, not two, but THREE terrorist attacks by islamo fascists under Clintons watch!!!
A third world war is going to bring peace for sure!!!
We already had WW3, it's known as "the Cold War". You must mean WWIV, which by the way we already are in. Politicians will call it "the war on terror". That's a load of BS shrouded in political correctness. It should be call "the Islamic holy war", because that's EXACTLY what it is.
Sorry, but sometimes I just can't believe it how many people there are who still think that war is the answer!
When dealing with irreconcilable differences that involve your enemy taking lives, war is the ONLY answer. It has always been the case throughout human history, and will continue to be so long after we colonize other planets thousands of years from now (if possible).
Do they really think that people will calm down when you start to go kill them? Well, maybe yes, but not until they're all dead!
Please reread your history on WW2 in regards to defeating the Nazis and Japan. We didn't kill them all, and they did calm down after they were faced with defeat. These are just two modern examples, and certainly not the exception.
Hate is not produced 'out of the blue'. There are underlying reasons. C'mon, we're on/., a place where engineers and tech savvy people gather. Ask yourself, what would an engineer do? Would an engineer rather fight the symptoms than the cause? And hey, everyone who just said 'symptoms', turn in your geek card at the counter.
Therefore, let's fight the cause. Analyse what made those terrorists so angry. Analyse why they thought that a terror attack would be the best and most direct means to solve their problems. Why did they not take the political route? Maybe because they can't raise their voice because they are overpowered by some major political forces?
Trust me, I totally understand your frustration! By thinking the west (US for example) is the *cause* of the problem, empowers us to solve the issues. But this is pure fallacy. Western civilization hasn't caused any of this hate. The only thing we are doing to piss them off is not converting to Islam and replacing democrocy around the world with an Islamic theocracy.
Think of it like this. Your walking down a road in the middle of New York minding your own business... Along comes some thug that stabs you in the back and takes your wallet because your of X race.
Let's review. Did you do anything to cause the problem? Nope. Was there anything you could have done to prevent it? Yes. The solution? Don't walk on the street, and if you do, carry a weapon in hand. But that's temporary. If you want to solve the problem (prevent future attacks on citizens), you get the SWAT team out and round up every known guilty thug. If a firefight flairs up over it, so be it. Take them fuckers to the grave if you have too.
Whatever you do, rest assured that starting WWIII is NOT the correct answer to peace on earth!
You mean WWIV, the one we're already in. And yes, war is the answer to peace. You can only have peace after you've achived victory over those that do you harm.
the absence of attacks on US soil since 9/11, while clearly a good thing, does little to prove that counterterrorism measures after 9/11 are superior.
The very fact we haven't been attacked yet does prove the measures to be superior.
BTW, counter terrorism means going after the enemy and kick ass on their soil and not ours. Fuck em, fuck every one of those islamo fascists. We should stop this pussyfooting around. They need to be brought down to their knees begging for forgiveness. Because they only listen to force, it's force we shall give them. Their backs MUST be broken into submission. As I've stated before, victory is the only path to peace.
And since there has been no terrorist-attacks since that time in USA, it means that the policies of the administration are working?
Maybe. Maybe not. As I've stated in my previous post, it's still debatable. But for the record, we haven't been attacked yet.
Heh, dream on. USA supported the Shah, a brutal dictator. then his subjects had enough, and instigated an islamic revolution. And the revolutionaries naturally ahted the USA because they had been supporting the Shah. Yet you now claim that "US foreign policy has NOTHING to do with it"?????
Ok, you've got a point there. But just to be clear, Islamic fundamentalism was already entrenched in Iranian civilization long before the Shah became brutal. While the US supported the Shah to prevent instability (gotta keep those oil prices stable), we certainly didn't spark the Islamic revolution. It was bound to happen regardless.
Was Nazi-Germany justified in their invasion of Poland? I mean, they were more powerful than Poland was. How about their invasion of France, Denmark and Yugoslavia? Did they have the right to gas the jews, since they were more powerful than the jews were? Remember: Might makes it right.
They sure thought it was justified. Clearly, I don't. But looking back on Human history, action speaks louder than words. Also worth noting, he who controls the future controls the past. IE, it's the victors who get to rewrite history (revisionism).
Second. It's the Allied forces that used "might" to make right. Are you saying they should have sat on their asses and let Germany continue to invade?
Um, no it isn't and burying your head in the sand does not change that fact.
I'm very much enlightened on the truth and well grounded to reality. Thank-you-very-much.
I'd say that the amount of terror US gets is disproportionally small to the amount of terror US applies to some countries in the rest of the world.
Site please. I'd say your wrong.
But I'm a dreamer.
Yes, yes you are. An irrational one at that.
I'm sorry if you find this response to be insulting. But the truth must be brought to your attention. Why do you like embarrassing yourself? I'd like to think your smarter than that.
Yeah. They were perfect at preventing domestic terrorist attacks from 04/20/1995 through 9/10/01, too. With that kind of a record, you'd have to trust that their efforts are the reason no attack has happened.
What kind of asinine logic are you using?
He said since 9/11/01, not before. I'd say his logic is valid given the fact we've had many acts of terrorism on the WTC during the Clinton administration that still ignored the greater threat. Unfortunately, it took the fall of two buildings before our government got its ass into gear to prevent further attacks. Of course, it can be debated we've been lucky and no future attack has been obstructed.
The misery of his people (and many other groups in that region) was created by US foreign policy over many years. The fact that they hate us is simply chickens coming home to roost. Kill enough fathers and husbands and the kids are going to grow up pissed off. If you don't understand why, then you're stupider than your posting lets on.
US foreign policy has NOTHING to do with it. Those that hate us are due in part to religious conviction. Islamic fanatics HATE the west and anyone who is pro-democracy. According to the Ayatollahs, democracy is the embodiment of hubris. As such, it's the ultimate sin.
Whatever liberal professor is feeding you this anti-USA bullshit, I suggest you ask for a refund on your tuition.
Right and wrong don't arise from "majority rules" or "might makes right". Even if I was the only person saying that what our government is doing is flat out wrong while everyone else disagreed, I'd still be right and every single other person would be wrong. Including you.
In fact, it is YOU who is wrong. Might DOES make right. That's aways been the creed throughout human history...and it always will be. A tiger is a tiger, a snake a snake, and a human is a human.
Do you really think great countries around the world would continue to exist without a military? It doesn't take an intellectual to figure this one out. The answer is so pickin obvious!
Sometimes being defensive requires offensive measures.
So, based on the fact that if someone really wants to detonate a nuclear weapon on US soil they will, you're also willing to give up all of your freedoms to slow them down a bit?
The goal isn't to slow them down. The goal is utter defeat of your enemies. Anyone who settles for less is a FOOL! It's a fact, an undeniable fact that you can never...ever...have peace without victory when your confronted with a foe of irreconcilable differences.
Who knows, maybe if we didn't go around killing off democratically elected leaders and replacing them with US-owned despots who destroy the lives of their people, those people wouldn't hate us so much... Nah.
That's a load of BS. It doesn't need futher comment.
Bush made the underlying problems worse and our country less safe (more terrorists)
No. It's people like you and your ilk (liberals) who make this country less safe. It's people like you who would rather take down the US a notch just to prove to the rest of the world we "care" and "understand". It's your suffering of irrational guilt that is aiding the enemy by not siding on the principal of VICTORY! You want peace, right? Read my previous comments.
I often think a better credit card system would be to have a credit card number and require the use of a temporary code for a transaction to take place (similar to my online banking) where we have an electronic device [hsbc.com.au] which has a changing code...
Something similar has already been done to achieve the very goal you're after. It's called the American Express Blue card. The idea was that when you want to shop online, you ran your card through a card reader (some USB device that reads a microchip on the card) and it would give you a temporary credit card number. But this was back in 1999 and 2000. The Blue card is still offered, but the card reader is no longer sold. As such, temp credit card numbers are no longer used either. I guess they found it was much easier for a card holder to dispute unauthorized transactions with a representative after something fraudulent happens. Funny how preventing fraud is not as cost effective as it is dealing with the clean up.
Oh, SWEET JESUS! Now that's what I'm talking about. Funny how bikers get their 1,000cc crotch rockets (Yamaha YZF-R1 for example), but I'm limited to what I can drive on four wheels. Seriously, this sucks so much ass!
Sorry folks, but when it comes to super roadsters, I will never stop ranting how fucked up the regulations are here in the US. Arrrgggh!!
If motorcycles are still legal, then why not? I for one would love to have a simple sport roadster with none of that high-tech safty shit that adds 2/3rds the total cost. Just give me a Miata with 400+ HP under the hood for 12 grand. It CAN be done, far cheaper even. But it will NEVER happen do to all the beurocratic overhead in legal costs.
I know. Let's just import a bunch of androids from Korea and Japan to wipe their ass. It's great health care, and they can talk to them as much as they like.
Trust me. When they get really old, they can't tell what's real and what isn't anyways.:P
That's an interesting point, which brings me to this next question.
Why...for the love of God has Intel not switched over to using a memory controller right on the CPU die (like AMD)? Accessing your memory through another controller (North Bridge) is becoming a major bottleneck. Either Intel is being stubborn to admit AMD got it correct this time, or it's some sort of patent issue preventing Intel from going this route.
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You what's really sad? If Condoleeza was a Democrat, your comment would have been modded "-5 Troll"
Instead of giving at the office to some anonymous organization...
Uh...the Democratic Party isn't THAT anonymous.
My fear is that the State will barge in and regulate this to its death
That's no fear. It's a FACT! Through the IRS, they will get their cut at gunpoint.
Personally, I think I'd make a damn good layer. So why am I not one? Because I have morals and ethics. As such, every day would shred my soul away. For those that don't have a soul, they remain true to their career.
I rememeber reading on Slashdot about the ratio of phycopaths to CEO in that it takes someone of a heartless mind to politically work their way to the top at the expense of your fellow co-workers. I'm willing to bet the ratio of phycopaths to lawers is so close that should true scientific data be released, it shake this country to its very foundation...and even crack it.
My international calls are free....when using skype to skype (PC to PC). Top that sucka!
You don't need an offical declaration of war by congress in order to try someone of treason. In fact John Walker Lindh (American Taliban) would have been tried for treason had he not pleaded guilty.
Second: Congress DID grant approval to the president for going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq even though it's not an offical declaration of war.
Note: The last offical declaration of war was with Romaina June 5, 1942 (WW-II)
What about Windows Media Encoder 11. I would love to use 10, but it blows at trying to encode VOB files. Using a popular format with surround sound support would be awsome.
:(
I know it's blasphemy to hype up Microsoft, but their WMV format is really good. In fact, right up there with DivX. Just wish their next Encoder appliaction didn't suck so much ass
Durring a time of war, releasing classified information is an act of treason last I heard. So ya, it's serious shit that DOES rank up there with terrorism.
Hey, don't look at me, I didn't write the rules.
Fiber is cheap comparied to the equipment needed to tap into it. As such, expect it to remain dark for years to come.
There is always conflict. Some place, at some time...there is conflict. This will never change I think. Also, justice has nothing to do with peace. Tell me, when a child molester has been brought to justice, is there peace there after for the victim? In most if not all cases, the answer is "no".
"Peace" comes about when no-one threatens your life and the way you wish to live it.
How can you conclude that Bush's method is superior when no evidence of this assertion exists?
Implicitly, that's how.
Our assets and interests in Bali, the U.K., Spain, Saudi Arabia, and obviously Iraq have been weekly reminders that Bush's policies inflame Islamic people and incite them to further violence preached by what were once fringe elements of comparatively few Muslim sects.
The cancer that is Islamic fundamentalism has been there forever. We're just exposing them, isolating them, and wiping them out. Sure, there's short term pain when undergoing cancer treatment, but it's for the greater good of the patient. And if this treatment doesn't work, the patent was going to die a slow death anyways. We (the US), however aren't going down without a fight at least. Can't say much for those pussies in Spain.
Listen young Padawan, you still have much to learn from history before you can make an informitive post on Slashdot. Here, let me help.
Taken from Wikipedia. Emphasis in bold, mine.
"During Clinton's tenure, Al-Qaeda began to emerge as a major terrorist threat. In 1993, Al Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center. In 1998, the group bombed the American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. In retaliation, Clinton ordered Operation Infinite Reach, which involved cruise missile strikes on terrorist camps in Kandahar, Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons facility in Khartoum, Sudan that was believed to be tied to bin Laden.[13] Clinton also gave orders authorizing the arrest or, if need be, assassination of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. At the end of his term, in late 2000, the terrorists struck again with the USS Cole bombing. In 2004, Clinton said he regarded Al-Qaeda as the foremost threat to national security."
That's not one, not two, but THREE terrorist attacks by islamo fascists under Clintons watch!!!
A third world war is going to bring peace for sure!!!
/., a place where engineers and tech savvy people gather. Ask yourself, what would an engineer do? Would an engineer rather fight the symptoms than the cause? And hey, everyone who just said 'symptoms', turn in your geek card at the counter.
We already had WW3, it's known as "the Cold War". You must mean WWIV, which by the way we already are in. Politicians will call it "the war on terror". That's a load of BS shrouded in political correctness. It should be call "the Islamic holy war", because that's EXACTLY what it is.
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Sorry, but sometimes I just can't believe it how many people there are who still think that war is the answer!
When dealing with irreconcilable differences that involve your enemy taking lives, war is the ONLY answer. It has always been the case throughout human history, and will continue to be so long after we colonize other planets thousands of years from now (if possible).
Do they really think that people will calm down when you start to go kill them? Well, maybe yes, but not until they're all dead!
Please reread your history on WW2 in regards to defeating the Nazis and Japan. We didn't kill them all, and they did calm down after they were faced with defeat. These are just two modern examples, and certainly not the exception.
Hate is not produced 'out of the blue'. There are underlying reasons. C'mon, we're on
Therefore, let's fight the cause. Analyse what made those terrorists so angry. Analyse why they thought that a terror attack would be the best and most direct means to solve their problems. Why did they not take the political route? Maybe because they can't raise their voice because they are overpowered by some major political forces?
Trust me, I totally understand your frustration! By thinking the west (US for example) is the *cause* of the problem, empowers us to solve the issues. But this is pure fallacy. Western civilization hasn't caused any of this hate. The only thing we are doing to piss them off is not converting to Islam and replacing democrocy around the world with an Islamic theocracy.
Think of it like this. Your walking down a road in the middle of New York minding your own business... Along comes some thug that stabs you in the back and takes your wallet because your of X race.
Let's review. Did you do anything to cause the problem? Nope. Was there anything you could have done to prevent it? Yes. The solution? Don't walk on the street, and if you do, carry a weapon in hand. But that's temporary. If you want to solve the problem (prevent future attacks on citizens), you get the SWAT team out and round up every known guilty thug. If a firefight flairs up over it, so be it. Take them fuckers to the grave if you have too.
Whatever you do, rest assured that starting WWIII is NOT the correct answer to peace on earth!
You mean WWIV, the one we're already in. And yes, war is the answer to peace. You can only have peace after you've achived victory over those that do you harm.
the absence of attacks on US soil since 9/11, while clearly a good thing, does little to prove that counterterrorism measures after 9/11 are superior.
The very fact we haven't been attacked yet does prove the measures to be superior.
BTW, counter terrorism means going after the enemy and kick ass on their soil and not ours. Fuck em, fuck every one of those islamo fascists. We should stop this pussyfooting around. They need to be brought down to their knees begging for forgiveness. Because they only listen to force, it's force we shall give them. Their backs MUST be broken into submission. As I've stated before, victory is the only path to peace.
And since there has been no terrorist-attacks since that time in USA, it means that the policies of the administration are working?
Maybe. Maybe not. As I've stated in my previous post, it's still debatable. But for the record, we haven't been attacked yet.
Heh, dream on. USA supported the Shah, a brutal dictator. then his subjects had enough, and instigated an islamic revolution. And the revolutionaries naturally ahted the USA because they had been supporting the Shah. Yet you now claim that "US foreign policy has NOTHING to do with it"?????
Ok, you've got a point there. But just to be clear, Islamic fundamentalism was already entrenched in Iranian civilization long before the Shah became brutal. While the US supported the Shah to prevent instability (gotta keep those oil prices stable), we certainly didn't spark the Islamic revolution. It was bound to happen regardless.
Was Nazi-Germany justified in their invasion of Poland? I mean, they were more powerful than Poland was. How about their invasion of France, Denmark and Yugoslavia? Did they have the right to gas the jews, since they were more powerful than the jews were? Remember: Might makes it right.
They sure thought it was justified. Clearly, I don't. But looking back on Human history, action speaks louder than words. Also worth noting, he who controls the future controls the past. IE, it's the victors who get to rewrite history (revisionism).
Second. It's the Allied forces that used "might" to make right. Are you saying they should have sat on their asses and let Germany continue to invade?
Um, no it isn't and burying your head in the sand does not change that fact.
I'm very much enlightened on the truth and well grounded to reality. Thank-you-very-much.
I'd say that the amount of terror US gets is disproportionally small to the amount of terror US applies to some countries in the rest of the world.
Site please. I'd say your wrong.
But I'm a dreamer.
Yes, yes you are. An irrational one at that.
I'm sorry if you find this response to be insulting. But the truth must be brought to your attention. Why do you like embarrassing yourself? I'd like to think your smarter than that.
I'd rather have Google store all my personal data than any Government have access to it
;)
I'd go further. "Trust no one"
I love that quote
Yeah. They were perfect at preventing domestic terrorist attacks from 04/20/1995 through 9/10/01, too. With that kind of a record, you'd have to trust that their efforts are the reason no attack has happened.
What kind of asinine logic are you using?
He said since 9/11/01, not before. I'd say his logic is valid given the fact we've had many acts of terrorism on the WTC during the Clinton administration that still ignored the greater threat. Unfortunately, it took the fall of two buildings before our government got its ass into gear to prevent further attacks. Of course, it can be debated we've been lucky and no future attack has been obstructed.
The misery of his people (and many other groups in that region) was created by US foreign policy over many years. The fact that they hate us is simply chickens coming home to roost. Kill enough fathers and husbands and the kids are going to grow up pissed off. If you don't understand why, then you're stupider than your posting lets on.
US foreign policy has NOTHING to do with it. Those that hate us are due in part to religious conviction. Islamic fanatics HATE the west and anyone who is pro-democracy. According to the Ayatollahs, democracy is the embodiment of hubris. As such, it's the ultimate sin.
Whatever liberal professor is feeding you this anti-USA bullshit, I suggest you ask for a refund on your tuition.
Right and wrong don't arise from "majority rules" or "might makes right". Even if I was the only person saying that what our government is doing is flat out wrong while everyone else disagreed, I'd still be right and every single other person would be wrong. Including you.
In fact, it is YOU who is wrong. Might DOES make right. That's aways been the creed throughout human history...and it always will be. A tiger is a tiger, a snake a snake, and a human is a human.
Do you really think great countries around the world would continue to exist without a military? It doesn't take an intellectual to figure this one out. The answer is so pickin obvious!
Sometimes being defensive requires offensive measures.
So, based on the fact that if someone really wants to detonate a nuclear weapon on US soil they will, you're also willing to give up all of your freedoms to slow them down a bit?
The goal isn't to slow them down. The goal is utter defeat of your enemies. Anyone who settles for less is a FOOL! It's a fact, an undeniable fact that you can never...ever...have peace without victory when your confronted with a foe of irreconcilable differences.
Who knows, maybe if we didn't go around killing off democratically elected leaders and replacing them with US-owned despots who destroy the lives of their people, those people wouldn't hate us so much... Nah.
That's a load of BS. It doesn't need futher comment.
Bush made the underlying problems worse and our country less safe (more terrorists)
No. It's people like you and your ilk (liberals) who make this country less safe. It's people like you who would rather take down the US a notch just to prove to the rest of the world we "care" and "understand". It's your suffering of irrational guilt that is aiding the enemy by not siding on the principal of VICTORY! You want peace, right? Read my previous comments.
I often think a better credit card system would be to have a credit card number and require the use of a temporary code for a transaction to take place (similar to my online banking) where we have an electronic device [hsbc.com.au] which has a changing code...
Something similar has already been done to achieve the very goal you're after. It's called the American Express Blue card. The idea was that when you want to shop online, you ran your card through a card reader (some USB device that reads a microchip on the card) and it would give you a temporary credit card number. But this was back in 1999 and 2000. The Blue card is still offered, but the card reader is no longer sold. As such, temp credit card numbers are no longer used either. I guess they found it was much easier for a card holder to dispute unauthorized transactions with a representative after something fraudulent happens. Funny how preventing fraud is not as cost effective as it is dealing with the clean up.
Oh, SWEET JESUS! Now that's what I'm talking about. Funny how bikers get their 1,000cc crotch rockets (Yamaha YZF-R1 for example), but I'm limited to what I can drive on four wheels. Seriously, this sucks so much ass!
Sorry folks, but when it comes to super roadsters, I will never stop ranting how fucked up the regulations are here in the US. Arrrgggh!!
If motorcycles are still legal, then why not? I for one would love to have a simple sport roadster with none of that high-tech safty shit that adds 2/3rds the total cost. Just give me a Miata with 400+ HP under the hood for 12 grand. It CAN be done, far cheaper even. But it will NEVER happen do to all the beurocratic overhead in legal costs.
Wang: That's it! I'm swimming to America.
I know. Let's just import a bunch of androids from Korea and Japan to wipe their ass. It's great health care, and they can talk to them as much as they like.
:P
Trust me. When they get really old, they can't tell what's real and what isn't anyways.
That's an interesting point, which brings me to this next question.
Why...for the love of God has Intel not switched over to using a memory controller right on the CPU die (like AMD)? Accessing your memory through another controller (North Bridge) is becoming a major bottleneck. Either Intel is being stubborn to admit AMD got it correct this time, or it's some sort of patent issue preventing Intel from going this route.