In an age when you can simply order military-grade night-vision goggles from ebay or build a working one from a cell phone and a cardboard box, "level of technical sophistication" is not a concern any more.
This might shock you, but both the USA and the UK are English-speaking countries. This makes leaking documents originating there both more worthwhile and easier to verify & publish simply because more people can read them in the original form. For all intents and purposes, the Iraq is equivalent to the USA in this statistic.
Next is Germany; probably because our local efforts at transparency are gaining more traction, lately.
Then China: Huge country, lots of people, no surprise there.
> Steady streams of flammable liquid connecting flame to a fuel bottle is a stupid idea.
Steady streams of stuff are not the problem. Lots of technical applications and my burning of liters upon liters of stuff depend on this.
Once you stop pressing a bottle and you suck air and a bit of lighter fluid back into the bottle the problems can start. If the stuff is still burning once it's back in the bottle, you have a problem.
CFLs have their problems (mercury...), but they are about to be replaced by LEDs, anyway.
But to imply that a technology that is simply too old for its time (other than in special applications like ovens) dying is somehow sad... Dunno... I has happened time and time again and it will happen again. This is a basic fact of life and we would not have our high standard of living if that were not the case. So yah, it sucks for the people working there, but that's about it. I don't see many people mourning the wood steam engine car industry, either.
All I need to do to block those devices is to use a lot of those devices. The definition of "lot" depends on frequency spread, distance, power used, algorithmic magic etc, but...
> In other words you just disagree with his politics
Obviously I disagree with his politics, otherwise I would not have made the statement above. I also disagree that American pancakes are better than European ones. Yet, I would not call anyone stupid for preferring American ones.
> and like to overstate things.
Hyperbole can be useful to make a point. In this case, I understated things.
It is extremely unlikely that we will agree on anything, that being said, I will give it a try. I might or might not answer to whatever replies I get as I don't like dragging out arguments on the Internet. The reasons should be obvious.
> It is my considered opinion that Bush, while not great, was nonetheless a significantly better President than his successor.
It is my considered opinion that Bush did more to destabilize the world at large than any other single person managed to do in the last 50 years. More, but not everything, below.
> the military undertaking in the Middle East, which was unpopular and arguably unnecessary
The war in Afghanistan has had quite a few positive results for the people over there. A lot more worse, though. Partially, this is due to Afghanistan being insanely hard to fight in. But then, Bush knew that before. The fact that he disregarded build-up efforts and preferred more aggression is a common theme. It has failed before, failed this time, will fail again.
Of course, the decision to pull out of Afghanistan way too early was what made things go truly downhill.
Which brings us to Iraq. Obviously, Bush is not personally at fault for causing Iran's & Iraq's state, but Rumsfeld and Cheney were. Thankfully, Bush learned from that and did not heed their advice. Oh, wait...
Anyway, it has been painfully obvious that the "proof" of Iraq's WoDM has been fabricated even before they ever attacked. For some value of attack. Iraq's army was so broken down that the max speed of the slowest vehicles of the US army slowed the advance. Not, like, an army or anything.
If Bush as commander-in-chief messed up Afghanistan, he outdid himself in Iraq. No humanitarian help whatsoever, letting gangs pillage everywhere and not intervening and generally pissing in the face of a whole nation and population is the best way to make sure the insurgents and radicals get a lot of influx. I will never forget the pictures of the national museum of Iraq being raided by unarmed people while a few dozen tanks plus soldiers watch; doing nothing. The people of Iraq will not forget them, either.
> notably *didn't* try to out-stupid all the boneheaded economic moves of every other major world leader in history combined
Q: What is the difference between this crisis in a substantial sector of the world's society and the ones before? A: This time, the world did not plummet into a world-wide regression.
I am not saying the gobs of money were the only mitigating factor. China and their stable (and debt-free!) economy helped a lot. So did other factors.
I do agree that the personal liability Obama introduced does not go far enough, though. But then, Bush would never ever have done anything to hurt his friend in big money.
Gee, a lot of text.
A few more points:
* Barring legastenics, anyone who is not intelligent/educated/non-drug-destroyed enough to read, write and generally communicate on at least an average level can not ever be fit to lead anything important. * Bush has had a consistent track record of failure. Everything he ever touched went downhill. * Guantanamo Bay, deliberate and coordinated torture, other human rights violations. People knew this shit when they elected him for the second term.
As an aside, it's fascinating that Obama is a Muslim, not an American, Satan himself and all other kinds of things. Yet, no one really cared that the Bush family's single most largest source of income is the joint venture with a certain Bin Laden clan. Oups.
I am not saying there is any perfect country. But voting him into power repeatedly shows a stunning lack of intelligence and insight. Similar to, if not quite as stupid, as voting for Bush.
As I said above, I do not know anyone who does not have a driver's licence. Maybe it's a demographic or regional thing, I don't know. Thanks for the information, but please indicate you are not just making shit up. Too many people on/. do.
We also flash the headlights to signal "hey, wake up, I am going about 100 km/h faster than you". It works and helps to educate drivers who do not believe in mirrors.
That being said, bumper-surfing is uncool and Should Not Be Done for obvious reasons.
Until I read the above just now, I never thought it odd that anyone would do that. FWIW, I am German. Also, they are not merely levelling, they are triangulating for mapping purposes.
As an aside, they regularly re-triangulate the various anchor points you can find everywhere if you know what to look for. Roads do move, if ever so slightly.
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Why does OP talk of offsets? Because he wants to hide more than one partition! Give up two to police in a pinch. Is there a third? They can't know...
More than longer time down there, I would hope for no touchdown, no silt, some sciency science, short touchdown just because, save ascent.
Both the Trieste and the Apollos were high-risk operations with insane costs to prove something could be done.
Today, it is proven. This radically changes the cost/benefit calculations. Should we go back there? Yes. Should we push as hard as back then? No.
And it was still way too short to truly capture the book.
Similar as I knew it was crap before I had to watch it:
People with similar taste that I trust told me.
I know dog shit tastes like crap (literally) even though I do not plan to actually verify the knowledge.
I agree, Aliens is a lot better than Alien.
Alien 3 was OKish for some value of. After that... GAH!
In an age when you can simply order military-grade night-vision goggles from ebay or build a working one from a cell phone and a cardboard box, "level of technical sophistication" is not a concern any more.
1) Who tells you the enemy, whoever that might be, isn't well-funded?
2) IR night-vision goggles are cheap.
3) Take the filter out of any webcam, any point-and-shoot or just use a stock phone cam and you can see IR.
This might shock you, but both the USA and the UK are English-speaking countries. This makes leaking documents originating there both more worthwhile and easier to verify & publish simply because more people can read them in the original form. For all intents and purposes, the Iraq is equivalent to the USA in this statistic.
Next is Germany; probably because our local efforts at transparency are gaining more traction, lately.
Then China: Huge country, lots of people, no surprise there.
Next Canada & Australia: Again English speaking.
I think I see an easily-explained trend here.
> Steady streams of flammable liquid connecting flame to a fuel bottle is a stupid idea.
Steady streams of stuff are not the problem. Lots of technical applications and my burning of liters upon liters of stuff depend on this.
Once you stop pressing a bottle and you suck air and a bit of lighter fluid back into the bottle the problems can start. If the stuff is still burning once it's back in the bottle, you have a problem.
> In rural areas, a number of arson cases end up being traced back to volunteer firefighters. Most commonly involving abandoned structures or barns.
Clearly, this can not happen in areas that are not rural.
CFLs have their problems (mercury...), but they are about to be replaced by LEDs, anyway.
But to imply that a technology that is simply too old for its time (other than in special applications like ovens) dying is somehow sad... Dunno... I has happened time and time again and it will happen again. This is a basic fact of life and we would not have our high standard of living if that were not the case. So yah, it sucks for the people working there, but that's about it. I don't see many people mourning the wood steam engine car industry, either.
Unless the enemy cheats and uses the US-exclusive infra-red spectrum.
I know the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully.
All I need to do to block those devices is to use a lot of those devices. The definition of "lot" depends on frequency spread, distance, power used, algorithmic magic etc, but...
> In other words you just disagree with his politics
Obviously I disagree with his politics, otherwise I would not have made the statement above.
I also disagree that American pancakes are better than European ones. Yet, I would not call anyone stupid for preferring American ones.
> and like to overstate things.
Hyperbole can be useful to make a point. In this case, I understated things.
It is extremely unlikely that we will agree on anything, that being said, I will give it a try. I might or might not answer to whatever replies I get as I don't like dragging out arguments on the Internet. The reasons should be obvious.
> It is my considered opinion that Bush, while not great, was nonetheless a significantly better President than his successor.
It is my considered opinion that Bush did more to destabilize the world at large than any other single person managed to do in the last 50 years. More, but not everything, below.
> the military undertaking in the Middle East, which was unpopular and arguably unnecessary
The war in Afghanistan has had quite a few positive results for the people over there. A lot more worse, though.
Partially, this is due to Afghanistan being insanely hard to fight in. But then, Bush knew that before.
The fact that he disregarded build-up efforts and preferred more aggression is a common theme. It has failed before, failed this time, will fail again.
Of course, the decision to pull out of Afghanistan way too early was what made things go truly downhill.
Which brings us to Iraq. Obviously, Bush is not personally at fault for causing Iran's & Iraq's state, but Rumsfeld and Cheney were. Thankfully, Bush learned from that and did not heed their advice. Oh, wait...
Anyway, it has been painfully obvious that the "proof" of Iraq's WoDM has been fabricated even before they ever attacked. For some value of attack. Iraq's army was so broken down that the max speed of the slowest vehicles of the US army slowed the advance. Not, like, an army or anything.
If Bush as commander-in-chief messed up Afghanistan, he outdid himself in Iraq. No humanitarian help whatsoever, letting gangs pillage everywhere and not intervening and generally pissing in the face of a whole nation and population is the best way to make sure the insurgents and radicals get a lot of influx. I will never forget the pictures of the national museum of Iraq being raided by unarmed people while a few dozen tanks plus soldiers watch; doing nothing. The people of Iraq will not forget them, either.
> notably *didn't* try to out-stupid all the boneheaded economic moves of every other major world leader in history combined
Q: What is the difference between this crisis in a substantial sector of the world's society and the ones before?
A: This time, the world did not plummet into a world-wide regression.
I am not saying the gobs of money were the only mitigating factor. China and their stable (and debt-free!) economy helped a lot. So did other factors.
I do agree that the personal liability Obama introduced does not go far enough, though. But then, Bush would never ever have done anything to hurt his friend in big money.
Gee, a lot of text.
A few more points:
* Barring legastenics, anyone who is not intelligent/educated/non-drug-destroyed enough to read, write and generally communicate on at least an average level can not ever be fit to lead anything important.
* Bush has had a consistent track record of failure. Everything he ever touched went downhill.
* Guantanamo Bay, deliberate and coordinated torture, other human rights violations. People knew this shit when they elected him for the second term.
As an aside, it's fascinating that Obama is a Muslim, not an American, Satan himself and all other kinds of things. Yet, no one really cared that the Bush family's single most largest source of income is the joint venture with a certain Bin Laden clan. Oups.
So, to summarize: I, literally, ca
> Name a country that doesn't.
I am not saying there is any perfect country. But voting him into power repeatedly shows a stunning lack of intelligence and insight. Similar to, if not quite as stupid, as voting for Bush.
You seem to misunderstand what I said. Let me rephrase:
In http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1777842&cid=33496864 I was referring to the fact that you did not cite your sources in http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1777842&cid=33486272 . You cited them in http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1777842&cid=33491924 and I acknowledged the fact; accepting your figures.
Pro-tip: cite your sources.
As I said above, I do not know anyone who does not have a driver's licence. Maybe it's a demographic or regional thing, I don't know. Thanks for the information, but please indicate you are not just making shit up. Too many people on /. do.
> While there may be some for the PS3, it's definitely not a multi-purpose device.
Chicken, meet egg.
> If they don't get off their ass and release it I'm going to have to go buy a Sony 3D Blu-Ray player...
Punish them by giving them money! Also, please punish me. I can send you my banking information.
Upload them to GMail. Or get Google Apps for your own domain (it's free) and use their GMail variant.
imapsync will take care of your other IMAP accounts, mutt/pine for uploading from Maildir/mailfile and three dead chicken on a moonless night for PST.
We also flash the headlights to signal "hey, wake up, I am going about 100 km/h faster than you". It works and helps to educate drivers who do not believe in mirrors.
That being said, bumper-surfing is uncool and Should Not Be Done for obvious reasons.
> They were laser-leveling poured concrete.
Until I read the above just now, I never thought it odd that anyone would do that. FWIW, I am German. Also, they are not merely levelling, they are triangulating for mapping purposes.
As an aside, they regularly re-triangulate the various anchor points you can find everywhere if you know what to look for. Roads do move, if ever so slightly.
> It's quite stressful to drive on these roads for a couple of hours.
I call bullshit. I drive about 40,000 km per year. 99% of this in Germany. It's not stressful at all. You _do_ have to be attentive, though.
> Still, my guess is that the high demands on the drivers keep all of them so much more focused that the end result is a bearable rate of accidents.
Both our accident & fatality rates are amongst the lowest on Earth.