1) Learn to speak without swearing. 2) Learn to use punctuation. 3) Avoid direct attacks on the person you are disagreeing with, and instead refute their arguements.
"Any terrorist worth his or her salt would have plenty of fake ID's." So do we just worry about the ones who are "worth [their] salt," and let the ones who try to get on planes without ID or security checks blow us all up?
Not that I disagree/agree with your main point (I really don't know what to think), but I don't know where you live that is a Democracy. America is a Republic... However, in the spirit of what you are saying, I don't think that there will ever be a way for any government to "disrupt or destroy the full spectrum of globally emerging communications systems, sensors, and weapons systems dependent on the electromagnetic spectrum." People get around these things; look at China. Sure there is repression, but it is eroding. The internet will continue to move important (and not so important) information about for a long time. One last thing -- really, do you think that Slashdotters are "elite"?:-D.
For sharing a keyboard and mouse, it doesn't make that much difference; that's all I use it for. Certainly for transfer-heavy periphrials (media players, cameras, etc) you're right, USB 1.1 is way too slow.
Right, there are plenty available...but they are all huge, heavy, un-stylish pieces of junk. How about a tiny phone that has basic functionality, with the clean lines of the RAZR? Anyone? Anyone?
Here's an idea: "Consoles are killing the gaming pc" Or are they becoming the same thing? The upcoming consoles (xBox360 especially comes to mind) have all the media qualities of a home pc that a gamer would use when not gaming, and internet capability was included in the last generation consoles. Honestly, what's the real difference between the gaming PC and the console now? It's just a bunch of extra software and some few odd hardware pieces that make the gaming PC vastly more expensive, or with the "full" xBox360, not so much more expensive, once you include the cost of the TV. Add keyboard/mouse/USB ports to a console, and you'll have a PC!
"especially if some of the children are bombarded with hours of endless junk on TV"
Which is the direct fault of the parents. I was raised in a home which (and I'm only 19) did not have a television larger than 19" until the year 2000, and that one was seldom on (ie, only the nightly news).
Mercenaries are commanding US troops in Iraq? Check your sources. United States soldiers (including USMA cadets like me) are always controlled by United States authorities, either higher soldiers or at the highest levels, civilian authority. Also, the problems at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are not cases where the identity of the person giving the order was in question; the problem lies in the relationship between officer and enlisted in those situations.
1) Anakin's transformation is incredibly well visualized by the Jedi Temple/Younglings scene. It cements his change that he can overthrow his personal anguish towards children in the quest for power.
2) Of course Anakin cannot take a Youngling apprentice! "Always two there are," if you remember.
3) And yes, we are operating under the assumption that all people are basically good.
The dream that Anakin has is, of course, a warning of his own destiny, but he misinterprets it, just as the Jedi misinterpreted the "balance to the force" prophecy, based on his own overconfidence.
This is why people don't hang up high school diplomas -- they don't mean anything. Anyone can sit (or sleep) through regular high school classes and then be accepted to "the Uni"; I know a lot of people who slept through AP/IB classes too, and still did fine. The SAT? That's a joke. It's becoming more and more apparent that the USA doesn't need people who can speak English in their jobs. As a university freshman who fought in high school to get the best education possible (ie, I took 7, 9, 12, and 12 hours of classes each of my four years, in a 7-hour schoolday), it is very apparent to me that there is no reason for most children to continue even past 8th grade. If we really wanted to improve the quality of education in this country, the best idea would be to let kids who fail fail. Quit protecting America from its own stupidity -- that only continues the trend.
"The disrespect of education and school in general is an ingrained part of our culture." Why? Because it's not only free, it's guaranteed. There is no way not to get a diploma. That's why I didn't go to my graduation ceremony, or indeed even celebrate. The only good part of being out is that I don't have to deal with quite as many idiots anymore. Where I go to school, people get kicked out for failing more than one class. That's the way it ought to be.
"At least, the government has no budget limits when it comes to security,"
Are you serious? You must not have ever worked for the govenment. The private sector is incredibly better about paying employees and about keeping their data safe than the government. There is no contest.
Also, it would be nice if you typed comprehensible or at least sensible English in your post. Your usage and grammar is pitiful. If you want to be taken seriously about the attention to detail which is required to keep millions and millions of records safe and at the same time accessible by branches and ATMs all over the United States, you should first learn attention to detail in your own language. Not that it really matters, since this is Slashdot, but it still makes you less believable (since that is what you're going for, right? exciting the "People" to overthrow the "croporates overlords" and install "good, big, benevolent government" to protect the "Citizens"?).
I've seen and actually used this, some of the developers are profs. (I'm at USMA), and there isn't any "crashing around" while wearing the system. Running is achieved by jogging in place. Sound unrealistic? Yes, it is. But it's better than any video game I've played, and I've played most everything out there. The point is not necessarily to make training more realistic, either; it's to facilitate a training environment where soldiers can practice basic battle drills during a single day and not have to spend hours breaking down and cleaning every weapon fired and re-shining every boot. It adds valuable time to the training that soldiers recieve.
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1) Learn to speak without swearing.
2) Learn to use punctuation.
3) Avoid direct attacks on the person you are disagreeing with, and instead refute their arguements.
Ok, I admit that I completely misused the word "liberal". Still, that was the theory....
Liberal who insitutionalized oppression of women?
Stalin comes to mind.
Then there's China.
It isn't that flying without an ID isn't allowed; it's use of a service offered by a private [company, citizen, group, etc] that is not.
"Any terrorist worth his or her salt would have plenty of fake ID's."
So do we just worry about the ones who are "worth [their] salt," and let the ones who try to get on planes without ID or security checks blow us all up?
Not that I disagree/agree with your main point (I really don't know what to think), but I don't know where you live that is a Democracy. America is a Republic... :-D.
However, in the spirit of what you are saying, I don't think that there will ever be a way for any government to "disrupt or destroy the full spectrum of globally emerging communications systems, sensors, and weapons systems dependent on the electromagnetic spectrum." People get around these things; look at China. Sure there is repression, but it is eroding. The internet will continue to move important (and not so important) information about for a long time.
One last thing -- really, do you think that Slashdotters are "elite"?
For sharing a keyboard and mouse, it doesn't make that much difference; that's all I use it for. Certainly for transfer-heavy periphrials (media players, cameras, etc) you're right, USB 1.1 is way too slow.
I have one of a belikin usb periphrial switch: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process ?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=&pcount=&Product_Id=1332 78 that I use for sharing my printer, digital camera, keyboard, and mouse among my 3 computers (linux/linux/windows) and it works great; no software is required.
Right, there are plenty available...but they are all huge, heavy, un-stylish pieces of junk. How about a tiny phone that has basic functionality, with the clean lines of the RAZR? Anyone? Anyone?
Here's an idea:
"Consoles are killing the gaming pc"
Or are they becoming the same thing? The upcoming consoles (xBox360 especially comes to mind) have all the media qualities of a home pc that a gamer would use when not gaming, and internet capability was included in the last generation consoles. Honestly, what's the real difference between the gaming PC and the console now? It's just a bunch of extra software and some few odd hardware pieces that make the gaming PC vastly more expensive, or with the "full" xBox360, not so much more expensive, once you include the cost of the TV. Add keyboard/mouse/USB ports to a console, and you'll have a PC!
What about a Beowulf cluster?
"especially if some of the children are bombarded with hours of endless junk on TV"
Which is the direct fault of the parents. I was raised in a home which (and I'm only 19) did not have a television larger than 19" until the year 2000, and that one was seldom on (ie, only the nightly news).
Mercenaries are commanding US troops in Iraq? Check your sources. United States soldiers (including USMA cadets like me) are always controlled by United States authorities, either higher soldiers or at the highest levels, civilian authority. Also, the problems at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are not cases where the identity of the person giving the order was in question; the problem lies in the relationship between officer and enlisted in those situations.
Does it run Linux?
1) Anakin's transformation is incredibly well visualized by the Jedi Temple/Younglings scene. It cements his change that he can overthrow his personal anguish towards children in the quest for power.
2) Of course Anakin cannot take a Youngling apprentice! "Always two there are," if you remember.
3) And yes, we are operating under the assumption that all people are basically good.
The dream that Anakin has is, of course, a warning of his own destiny, but he misinterprets it, just as the Jedi misinterpreted the "balance to the force" prophecy, based on his own overconfidence.
Isn't it 97% of all statistics on Slashdot are made up on the spot?
Anyone remember seeing this headline a hundred times since the 70's in magazines like PopMech and PopSci?
I won't believe it until the parking garages start popping up and in-flight refueling becomes self-service.
Do they run Linux?
I love you.
Wait....you guys don't still carry your guns to work?
This is why people don't hang up high school diplomas -- they don't mean anything. Anyone can sit (or sleep) through regular high school classes and then be accepted to "the Uni"; I know a lot of people who slept through AP/IB classes too, and still did fine. The SAT? That's a joke. It's becoming more and more apparent that the USA doesn't need people who can speak English in their jobs.
As a university freshman who fought in high school to get the best education possible (ie, I took 7, 9, 12, and 12 hours of classes each of my four years, in a 7-hour schoolday), it is very apparent to me that there is no reason for most children to continue even past 8th grade. If we really wanted to improve the quality of education in this country, the best idea would be to let kids who fail fail. Quit protecting America from its own stupidity -- that only continues the trend.
"The disrespect of education and school in general is an ingrained part of our culture."
Why? Because it's not only free, it's guaranteed. There is no way not to get a diploma. That's why I didn't go to my graduation ceremony, or indeed even celebrate. The only good part of being out is that I don't have to deal with quite as many idiots anymore. Where I go to school, people get kicked out for failing more than one class. That's the way it ought to be.
"whose first language is not english..."
Does that matter?
"At least, the government has no budget limits when it comes to security,"
Are you serious? You must not have ever worked for the govenment. The private sector is incredibly better about paying employees and about keeping their data safe than the government. There is no contest.
Also, it would be nice if you typed comprehensible or at least sensible English in your post. Your usage and grammar is pitiful. If you want to be taken seriously about the attention to detail which is required to keep millions and millions of records safe and at the same time accessible by branches and ATMs all over the United States, you should first learn attention to detail in your own language. Not that it really matters, since this is Slashdot, but it still makes you less believable (since that is what you're going for, right? exciting the "People" to overthrow the "croporates overlords" and install "good, big, benevolent government" to protect the "Citizens"?).
I've seen and actually used this, some of the developers are profs. (I'm at USMA), and there isn't any "crashing around" while wearing the system. Running is achieved by jogging in place. Sound unrealistic? Yes, it is. But it's better than any video game I've played, and I've played most everything out there. The point is not necessarily to make training more realistic, either; it's to facilitate a training environment where soldiers can practice basic battle drills during a single day and not have to spend hours breaking down and cleaning every weapon fired and re-shining every boot. It adds valuable time to the training that soldiers recieve.