"and if the orders are illegal, to not follow them"
I'm not sure whether to make a poignant remark about the impossibility of jarheads weighing up the legality of complex scenarios in realtime, or to make a joke about sending all our lawyers to the front line.
Google gets sued by $foo_small_co: Random Slashdotter: Damn legal system makes everyone thing they can ge rich by suing.
Microsoft gets sued by $bar_small_co: Random Slashdotter: See?! I told you M$ was teh evil look how they tried to step on the small guy and squash them like a BUG under their giant boot of Orwellian global dominance!!!!
Slashdot gets sued by Random Slashdotter: *World implodes*
You need a citation to tell you that sex is not something that has intrinsically private and special social meaning? You'll get your citation the day you get home only to see your teenage daughter doing it doggy style on your front lawn.
I think what I'm trying to say is that while I don't know where exactly the line between decency and indecency lies, I do know that it exists, and that pop culture crossed it a long, long time ago. In fact, it seems to me that pop culture stopped believing there even was such a line.
You know you're living in the 21st century when "seal abuse" does not involve clubbing large numbers of adorable baby amphibious mammals in the Arctic.
He did say "much harder", not "impossible". What can be done on a submarine cannot necessarily be done by Aunt Gertrude on her farm house. Converting 12v DC to 240v AC at small currents for small devices is *not* easy if you need any reasonable level of efficiency.
Those $20 inverters you can get at Walmart waste over half of the power that goes into them through heat and low quality narrow gauge internal wires.
Also, setting up a DC powered alternator (which is what it's called, not "reverse AC motor") is not really the most sensible way to charge your cell phone.
Finding them when searched != those issues being published to a wide audience. When people's awareness is directed towards Britney Spears' daily adventures and away from real issues, then regardless what information is available to those who look, the political result is an apathetic public.
There are two widely used geolocation services which should be your starting point: MaxMinds and IP2Location.
I would contact them and get them to update their records, especially MaxMind, as they are probably the most widely used geolocation service on the Internet.
Staff Member: Boss, sorry I had an accident. Boss: Really? What happened? Staff Member: Well, I was playing around with a large toroid and I accidentally dropped the laptop into the center of the flux field at the same time as my hand slipped on the high current switch. Boss: Never mind, that could have happened to anybody.
Please refer me to major news publications of the following incidents: * Pfizer conducting illegal trials with untested drugs on unsuspecting locals in Nigeria. * UNOCAL lobbying the US government (pre S11) that Afghan government was a threat to "National Energy Security" * Monsanto extorting poor farmers in Africa by selling them "self-terminating" seed that cannot be replanted and then lobbying the technically inept (or corrupt) governments of those nations to mandate the use of that seed.
Dear Microsoft. I have recently moved to Linux, and have noticed that I am now having to run MS Word and MS Excel under Wine. Please can you add native Linux support to your office suite. Kthnx.
Cancer is (at least according to current theory) the result of cellular mutation at the individual cell level, not even at the anatomical level of the organism. It is completely unrelated to natural selection at the species level.
Read up on topics if you plan on talking down at people about them.
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"and if the orders are illegal, to not follow them"
I'm not sure whether to make a poignant remark about the impossibility of jarheads weighing up the legality of complex scenarios in realtime, or to make a joke about sending all our lawyers to the front line.
Google gets sued by $foo_small_co:
Random Slashdotter: Damn legal system makes everyone thing they can ge rich by suing.
Microsoft gets sued by $bar_small_co:
Random Slashdotter: See?! I told you M$ was teh evil look how they tried to step on the small guy and squash them like a BUG under their giant boot of Orwellian global dominance!!!!
Slashdot gets sued by Random Slashdotter:
*World implodes*
"cost us dearly in terms of tourism and business."
To say nothing of freedom and justice.
Hey, whatever turns you on.
Just to clarify that conjugation there:
Noun: Terrorist.
Adjective: Terroristish.
Adverb: Terroristically.
Other: Terroristificationism.
Spoken like someone who doesn't have children.
Given Microsoft's history on security, if they *did* have a vault, I'd guess it would be made from Lego.
"Plants are sexual too"
Yea, I've been noticing my petunias giving me the eye lately. Must be that time of year...
You need a citation to tell you that sex is not something that has intrinsically private and special social meaning? You'll get your citation the day you get home only to see your teenage daughter doing it doggy style on your front lawn.
I think what I'm trying to say is that while I don't know where exactly the line between decency and indecency lies, I do know that it exists, and that pop culture crossed it a long, long time ago. In fact, it seems to me that pop culture stopped believing there even was such a line.
At least, that's what the poacher claimed.
"If China and Russia won't stop their criminals..."
You're aware that the US is still, by a factor of almost 4, the number one spamming nation on Earth? But don't take my word for it:
http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/countries.lasso
Now, you were saying? Sorry, it's hard to hear you when you're speaking from atop such a high horse.
You know you're living in the 21st century when "seal abuse" does not involve clubbing large numbers of adorable baby amphibious mammals in the Arctic.
"fixed fixture"?
What about those fixtures that are not fixed? I've got plenty of those in my house.
"irreguardless" ?!
Seriously.
What.
The.
Fuck.
He did say "much harder", not "impossible". What can be done on a submarine cannot necessarily be done by Aunt Gertrude on her farm house. Converting 12v DC to 240v AC at small currents for small devices is *not* easy if you need any reasonable level of efficiency.
Those $20 inverters you can get at Walmart waste over half of the power that goes into them through heat and low quality narrow gauge internal wires.
Also, setting up a DC powered alternator (which is what it's called, not "reverse AC motor") is not really the most sensible way to charge your cell phone.
I am shocked, shocked at the shocking state of affairs when so many are shocked at the shockingly common shocking contents of this shocking article.
Yes, but of those 7, there's a 3/7 chance that they will be correct by chance. Thus, there is a 6/10 chance that the statistic in question is valid.
Based upon this statistical analysis it can be seen that blindly accepting any statistic you see is a statistically sound policy.
Finding them when searched != those issues being published to a wide audience. When people's awareness is directed towards Britney Spears' daily adventures and away from real issues, then regardless what information is available to those who look, the political result is an apathetic public.
There are two widely used geolocation services which should be your starting point:
MaxMinds and IP2Location.
I would contact them and get them to update their records, especially MaxMind, as they are probably the most widely used geolocation service on the Internet.
You mean like this:
Staff Member: Boss, sorry I had an accident.
Boss: Really? What happened?
Staff Member: Well, I was playing around with a large toroid and I accidentally dropped the laptop into the center of the flux field at the same time as my hand slipped on the high current switch.
Boss: Never mind, that could have happened to anybody.
Please refer me to major news publications of the following incidents:
* Pfizer conducting illegal trials with untested drugs on unsuspecting locals in Nigeria.
* UNOCAL lobbying the US government (pre S11) that Afghan government was a threat to "National Energy Security"
* Monsanto extorting poor farmers in Africa by selling them "self-terminating" seed that cannot be replanted and then lobbying the technically inept (or corrupt) governments of those nations to mandate the use of that seed.
Kthnx.
Dear Microsoft. I have recently moved to Linux, and have noticed that I am now having to run MS Word and MS Excel under Wine. Please can you add native Linux support to your office suite. Kthnx.
Cisco: IP traffic volumes are measured in "dollars spent on Cisco gear".
So, to paraphrase the article title: Amount of money spent on Cisco products to 'Double' every two years.
I salute your use of alliteration in illustrating your point, my liege.
Cancer is (at least according to current theory) the result of cellular mutation at the individual cell level, not even at the anatomical level of the organism. It is completely unrelated to natural selection at the species level.
Read up on topics if you plan on talking down at people about them.