Thing is, Yugoslavia was one of the "victorious" countries, so they were never subjected to strict laws about ethnic cleansing, despite history Serbia has of doing it to neighboring nations, e.g. Bulgaria.
So, you could argue that the seeds for later problems were planted by the policy that excused any and all war crimes, perpetrated by the winning parties.
Yes, it is too heavy and too uncomfortable to hold to read a book on it for any extended period without stress. It is even worse for holding in one hand and annotating. And I have yet to see a good stylus for it.
Since the killer application of a tablet device for me would be serious reading, sketching and annotating, the iPad is very from even passable.
Different people have different usage styles and expectations. I expect it to be comfortable, not cool.
I have a smartphone, and I think they're way too small to read. I've tried the iPad, and it is way too big and too heavy to lug around. I lug a sub-notebook, but I don't really need that keyboard.
I really want something about this big, less than 350g, with at least XGA video and ability to actually use a pen to write stuff, so that it can work as a reader and let me annotate.
Good to see some products that start to feel the market in my direction.
Says I. Care to explain how, step by step, are nukes going to work against the terroristas? Maybe I can use that against that Anonymous bastard from/b/ who tried to DDoS my wall wart server.
Major portion of the reason why SU collapsed was the collapse of oil prices in the 80s, which made it impossible for them to defend geopolitical commitments they have made in earlier decade.
Well, I was responding to a rather hysterical comment, which implied that a relatively small glitch was somehow a big deal.
In effect, just the ability to nuke the top 5 cities of any country even after the US has suffered a nuclear attack is a deterrent that is already good enough for anybody who matters, at least until we're all Earth-based.
And I don't think US will ever lose that capability.
You didn't need the build up even before the Soviet Empire collapsed.
The buildup was mostly a result of the Russians responding to US weapons program at first, and then of propaganda of small, well-connected and, self-interested circles on both sides of the Iron curtain, not military reality.
If you knew your history, you'd know the US reduced its nuclear posture long before the end of Cold war -- have you heard of the Detente -- and for the same reasons the Soviets did - nukes, past the first few hundred, are mostly expensive toys.
Is it deterring a massive strike from a bitter enemy with thousands of such weapons at his disposal? No, not so much.
Yes, my point exactly, and an answer to your original question.
Is anyone else bothering to build even a fraction of our stock of the things? Nope: because [nukes are] far too costly.
Precisely. The nukes have cost many times over their value as a deterrent. So many were made not because they were an effective deterrent, but because some got very, very rich on them.
The global situation is changing and the current status quo will not be maintained forever. We may need them some day.
Or you may end up like Putin, sitting on a large pile of nuclear rust some day.
Deterrent against who? Against the terrarists? No, not really, you cannot really strike back at them with a nuke.
Against Putin? No, because Putin is not really interested in having a shooting war with the West right now, at least until his family lives there.
Against the Chinese? No, because international trade seems to be the better way to have each other by the balls.
Against the Japanese? Nah, not really, US has bases over there, and their prime minister resigns as soon as he hints about something Americans don't like.
Against Iran or North Korea then? How are they even a threat that would merit deterrent?
So nope, it looks like US nuclear arsenal is definitely not serving as an effective deterrent.
It claims that the thing is 14 grams, that it supports 260,000 colors, at brightness of 300 cd/m^2 it uses 10 mA per hour @ 3V and that it can operate from -20 to +70C, and RoHC compliant.
Why cruel? The dog tires easily and is only awake for a few hours every day now, but when she is, she behaves like she did when she was a puppy -- playing with us, enjoying being pet, scratched and fed stuff she likes, she still greets the family, likes her walks and the other dogs, she's not in pain or discomfort for now.
Nothing fancy, unfortunately, it is a basic bot -- a frame with wheels, some motors attached and a few microcontrollers and sensors and an RC which I use to walk it. Not even sure there is enough value to post it separately.
If you are locked up in a room, detached from communication with the outside world and people look at you as a piece of furniture, you expire faster.
Besides, same is true of all animals, not only 70 year old homo sapiens. Me and my neighbour got our dogs from the same litter almost 19 years ago.
He left his dog more or less on its own. It was a happy and long living pup, but died demented at an age of 15 and a half.
My dog (blame the SO as much as me) has had extensive health care -- supplements, regular checkups, and uses a DIY robo-wheel-chair for walks now, because the hind legs cannot support the weight anymore. It is still alive (almost 19 years old) and alert, although completely deaf and almost blind from the cataract.
So, yeah, medical care, attention and stimulation work.
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Is this the same European Commission that decided some time ago to force data and voice service providers to keep phone and email records for years?
Will these data be subject to the "right to be forgotten", or government-retained stuff will be magically excepted?
Consistency, thy name is Europe.
As long as it looks I'm paying the half without ever areeing to it, I'd say it is a swindle.
And what, pray tell, has this got to do with the topic on hand, which is, preference for the form factor of electronic devices?
I have a book stand for the really heavy books. Do you have a point beside the lame trolling?
War crimes are violations of the laws of war, regardless of the side, which commits them.
Actually, I should correct my post above -- as ethnic cleansing is a crime against humanity, not a war crime.
The iPad is 200 grams heavier than my subnotebook, and has about the same battery life.
Thing is, Yugoslavia was one of the "victorious" countries, so they were never subjected to strict laws about ethnic cleansing, despite history Serbia has of doing it to neighboring nations, e.g. Bulgaria.
So, you could argue that the seeds for later problems were planted by the policy that excused any and all war crimes, perpetrated by the winning parties.
I'll have to look at it, thanks for the tip. For this price I can get one or two to use as wall warts in the garage, if nothing else :)
I've heard of it, but I have not yet seen it in a shop, and I want to take a look at the real thing before I can say anything.
I had some expectations for the iPad, but actually using it for a week made it plain obvious it isn't remotely good for me.
Yes, it is too heavy and too uncomfortable to hold to read a book on it for any extended period without stress. It is even worse for holding in one hand and annotating. And I have yet to see a good stylus for it.
Since the killer application of a tablet device for me would be serious reading, sketching and annotating, the iPad is very from even passable.
Different people have different usage styles and expectations. I expect it to be comfortable, not cool.
I have a smartphone, and I think they're way too small to read. I've tried the iPad, and it is way too big and too heavy to lug around. I lug a sub-notebook, but I don't really need that keyboard.
I really want something about this big, less than 350g, with at least XGA video and ability to actually use a pen to write stuff, so that it can work as a reader and let me annotate.
Good to see some products that start to feel the market in my direction.
You should also be very worried about fluoride in your water supply. Have you ever seen a Communist drink a glass of water?
Well, strictly speaking
Yep, a very good summary, but I am too lazy to type it all out.
Why your post was modded Troll, anyway?
If I had to guess, I'd say I've angered someone from the "Ronald ruined the evil empire single handed" crowd.
It feels good to be on the good side, even if it is only a myth.
Says I. Care to explain how, step by step, are nukes going to work against the terroristas? Maybe I can use that against that Anonymous bastard from /b/ who tried to DDoS my wall wart server.
Major portion of the reason why SU collapsed was the collapse of oil prices in the 80s, which made it impossible for them to defend geopolitical commitments they have made in earlier decade.
Arms race had relatively little to do with that.
Well, I was responding to a rather hysterical comment, which implied that a relatively small glitch was somehow a big deal.
In effect, just the ability to nuke the top 5 cities of any country even after the US has suffered a nuclear attack is a deterrent that is already good enough for anybody who matters, at least until we're all Earth-based.
And I don't think US will ever lose that capability.
You didn't need the build up even before the Soviet Empire collapsed.
The buildup was mostly a result of the Russians responding to US weapons program at first, and then of propaganda of small, well-connected and, self-interested circles on both sides of the Iron curtain, not military reality.
If you knew your history, you'd know the US reduced its nuclear posture long before the end of Cold war -- have you heard of the Detente -- and for the same reasons the Soviets did - nukes, past the first few hundred, are mostly expensive toys.
Peace by elimination of the problem.
It will work for the US just as well as it worked for Hitler.
Is it deterring a massive strike from a bitter enemy with thousands of such weapons at his disposal? No, not so much.
Yes, my point exactly, and an answer to your original question.
Is anyone else bothering to build even a fraction of our stock of the things? Nope: because [nukes are] far too costly.
Precisely. The nukes have cost many times over their value as a deterrent. So many were made not because they were an effective deterrent, but because some got very, very rich on them.
The global situation is changing and the current status quo will not be maintained forever. We may need them some day.
Or you may end up like Putin, sitting on a large pile of nuclear rust some day.
Deterrent against who? Against the terrarists? No, not really, you cannot really strike back at them with a nuke.
Against Putin? No, because Putin is not really interested in having a shooting war with the West right now, at least until his family lives there.
Against the Chinese? No, because international trade seems to be the better way to have each other by the balls.
Against the Japanese? Nah, not really, US has bases over there, and their prime minister resigns as soon as he hints about something Americans don't like.
Against Iran or North Korea then? How are they even a threat that would merit deterrent?
So nope, it looks like US nuclear arsenal is definitely not serving as an effective deterrent.
The spec sheet is in Japanese, not Chinese.
It claims that the thing is 14 grams, that it supports 260,000 colors, at brightness of 300 cd/m^2 it uses 10 mA per hour @ 3V and that it can operate from -20 to +70C, and RoHC compliant.
Need any other info?
The planet has heavy traces of Unobtainium in its Spectre, of course.
American Cocker Spaniel.
Why cruel? The dog tires easily and is only awake for a few hours every day now, but when she is, she behaves like she did when she was a puppy -- playing with us, enjoying being pet, scratched and fed stuff she likes, she still greets the family, likes her walks and the other dogs, she's not in pain or discomfort for now.
Nothing fancy, unfortunately, it is a basic bot -- a frame with wheels, some motors attached and a few microcontrollers and sensors and an RC which I use to walk it. Not even sure there is enough value to post it separately.
I am not that original, or skillful, sadly.
If you are locked up in a room, detached from communication with the outside world and people look at you as a piece of furniture, you expire faster.
Besides, same is true of all animals, not only 70 year old homo sapiens. Me and my neighbour got our dogs from the same litter almost 19 years ago.
He left his dog more or less on its own. It was a happy and long living pup, but died demented at an age of 15 and a half.
My dog (blame the SO as much as me) has had extensive health care -- supplements, regular checkups, and uses a DIY robo-wheel-chair for walks now, because the hind legs cannot support the weight anymore. It is still alive (almost 19 years old) and alert, although completely deaf and almost blind from the cataract.
So, yeah, medical care, attention and stimulation work.
What else is new?