You're correct about the illegality in the UK of copying an album for personal use. However it's pretty much a technicality as I don't think anyone has ever been prosecuted for it.
And any time a two-bit tin-plated US president with delusions of godhood decides to push someone else around they've got to remember that the US has nuclear weapons and has used them before. Must be nice for you:>)
It was after all a major rail junction and in modern warfare logistics is everything. Your statement that
Dresden was a city of no military or strategic importance
Just doesn't add up. Would it have been possible to destroy the Dresden marshalling yards without area bombing the entire city? Maybe, but at that time area bombing was what the RAFs bomber command and the US 8th airforce were trained and equipped to do, precision bombing was in its infancy. Hindsight may tell us the Germans were defeated by then but they were still fighting, ask anyone with military experience, you don't give your opponent a break because he looks weak, you keep hitting him until he gives up. Brutal? Yes, but war was never a gentlemanly affair.
I'm english actually, sorry for not being clear about that. The point about a national UID is that initially it may well only reference your name and address, I don't believe it will stay that way, whether in the cause of 'the fight against terrorism' or to 'protect the children' the information recorded against it will expand and it's at that point that political affiliation, medical history, banking history etc become identifiable.
Only information to tie name/surname/birth date and place to the physical person.
Really? The card might not hold much but the database does, there are 51 categories of information set out in the bill, including a history of previous addresses, current residential status, previous residential statuses, NI number, passport number, the number of any ID card issued by another country, the list goes on. My personal favourite is
The number of any designated document which is held by the applicant that is a document the number of which does not fall within any of the preceding sub-paragraphs
Any designated document? Who designates them? IANAL but how about if the government 'designates' insurance policies?
Go read the FAQ linked in TFA and then tell me again that
only information to tie name/address/birth date and place to the physical person
is recorded. It may also have escaped you attention but once we all have a government issued UID, which the government has said from the start it will encourage everyone to use, your political affiliation, medical history, bank account details etc become very accessible. If you don't understand that you don't understand the issue here.
And last but not least, how can be that people are worried about ID cards when living in countries where the government has been given insane powers to detain people without trial and rights, like in Guantanamo?
Umm, that's precisely why we're worried about ID cards.
Your original post re the comparative size of the Me323 and the B29 gave the figures of 15400 and 11610 cubic metres, not the 30800 you mentioned later, consistency does help clarity.
I'm not interested in your explanations aimed at 6 year olds I've already read them and pointed out a host of innacuracies, I would however be interested in an argument aimed at adults. I understand the point you're trying to make, that Germany was closer to a delivery system than a nuclear weapon, I'm criticising the strength of the evidence you're using to support it, an Me323 was capable of carrying the weight, yes, but not of penetrating defended air space, so no, not a viable delivery system. The V2 was indeed the most advanced rocket available, however
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/V2-rocket
Gives us a 200 mile range with a circular error probability of 11 miles. Not precise.
Any large plane is vulnerable if the opposition is decoding your radio messages faster than you are. Its not hard to shoot something down with it's complete flight itinerary in hand. (Even a V-2 could be intercepted with that intel)
Show me the evidence? I'm not aware of the destruction of any V2 being credited to the British air defense system in WWII, once again you're talking bollocks.
Regarding the Me 323 as a bomber, decoding radio messages would be too slow and anyway unnecessary, fighter command would have killed it, probably before it cleared the French coast, look at the number of kills scored against V1 buzzbombs which flew a damn sight faster than the Me 323's top speed of 155mph.
The sneaky part is, you can disconnect the Ju88 with one button, and then are left with a powerful fighter capable of defeating any bomber and most other fighters too.
At which point the Mistel has failed in its primary bombing mission, tactically an Allied win. I'd also argue that one on one, a FW190 v a B29 would be a pretty even contest.
From a place where everyone knows 30800 > 11610.
Obviously not as I've no clue what you're on about.
I'm glad you clarified your point as it wasn't clear from your original posts, but the V2 was a short range tactical weapon, nowhere near an ICBM and Germany had nothing even approaching an operational heavy (strategic) bomber at the wars end, your statement that
There is no way to argue otherwise
Ah yes, the Me 323 Gigant, a powered version of the Me 321 glider. A slow unwieldy transport aircraft that the RAF shot out of the sky everytime they encountered it, 14 out of 16 being lost on one mission over the Mediterranean. Can't see you having much success using one of them as a bomber, especially over Southern England, covered by THE state of the art air defence system at the time.
It is certainly true that the Me-262 was the best jet fighter of WW2.'
"Best"? Try ONLY. It was the only jet fighter to be marginally successful, and the runners up were also German planes. The only Allied entry that might compare is the YP-80, but it was virtually too late to count as being part of the war- it certainly never saw combat.
ONLY? I give you the Gloster Meteor, both the Mk I and III saw operational service with the RAF from 1944 onwards. Inferior to the Me 262 yes, but a fully operational jet fighter nonetheless. So you're factually incorrect there.
As to the Mistel, apart from the remote control system it certainly was not advanced, it was a surplus Ju88 strapped to the underside of a Fw 190. Also where do you come up with the wonderful idea that a Mistel could defeat a B29 in combat? I'm certain they never met in the air as they were used on opposite sides of the world to each other and attacking a B29 (defensive armament of 12.50 calibres in four remote controlled barbettes and a 20 mm cannon in the tail)in a single engine fighter was dangerous enough without strapping a Ju88 to your underside.
I could go on but its late here, I don't know where you get your information but you may want to try sources with fewer pretty pictures and more words.
The Messerschmitt 262. Frank Whittle was the first to patent a turbojet, and the first to successfully benchtest one, unfortunately he couldn't get official interest and funding initially which allowed Germany to take the lead and fly the first jet engined aircraft in 1939.
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You're correct about the illegality in the UK of copying an album for personal use. However it's pretty much a technicality as I don't think anyone has ever been prosecuted for it.
kudos, when America comes up with a twat they come up with a genuine card carrying grade A one.
And any time a two-bit tin-plated US president with delusions of godhood decides to push someone else around they've got to remember that the US has nuclear weapons and has used them before. Must be nice for you:>)
To quote from the article you linked to,
Attacking Dresden could be justified
It was after all a major rail junction and in modern warfare logistics is everything. Your statement that
Dresden was a city of no military or strategic importance
Just doesn't add up. Would it have been possible to destroy the Dresden marshalling yards without area bombing the entire city? Maybe, but at that time area bombing was what the RAFs bomber command and the US 8th airforce were trained and equipped to do, precision bombing was in its infancy. Hindsight may tell us the Germans were defeated by then but they were still fighting, ask anyone with military experience, you don't give your opponent a break because he looks weak, you keep hitting him until he gives up. Brutal? Yes, but war was never a gentlemanly affair.
Yes but we were lucky, nobody died in the Manchester bombing so less media coverage.
I think.
What constitution?
I'm english actually, sorry for not being clear about that. The point about a national UID is that initially it may well only reference your name and address, I don't believe it will stay that way, whether in the cause of 'the fight against terrorism' or to 'protect the children' the information recorded against it will expand and it's at that point that political affiliation, medical history, banking history etc become identifiable.
Strange, I wouldn't have associated big tits with kiddie porn.....
Really? The card might not hold much but the database does, there are 51 categories of information set out in the bill, including a history of previous addresses, current residential status, previous residential statuses, NI number, passport number, the number of any ID card issued by another country, the list goes on. My personal favourite is
The number of any designated document which is held by the applicant that is a document the number of which does not fall within any of the preceding sub-paragraphs
Any designated document? Who designates them? IANAL but how about if the government 'designates' insurance policies?
Go read the FAQ linked in TFA and then tell me again that
only information to tie name/address/birth date and place to the physical person
is recorded. It may also have escaped you attention but once we all have a government issued UID, which the government has said from the start it will encourage everyone to use, your political affiliation, medical history, bank account details etc become very accessible. If you don't understand that you don't understand the issue here.
Umm, that's precisely why we're worried about ID cards.
Haven't you heard? They come with 9 lives.
yeah, but if they can't secure the networks properly in the first place what's the chance they'll do the incident response properly afterwards?
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/nsn/nsn-050411.h tm
Search the site for 'ricin', it's interesting.....
A command line doesn't actually require that much bandwidth, mmkay?
I'm not interested in your explanations aimed at 6 year olds I've already read them and pointed out a host of innacuracies, I would however be interested in an argument aimed at adults. I understand the point you're trying to make, that Germany was closer to a delivery system than a nuclear weapon, I'm criticising the strength of the evidence you're using to support it, an Me323 was capable of carrying the weight, yes, but not of penetrating defended air space, so no, not a viable delivery system. The V2 was indeed the most advanced rocket available, however
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/V2-rocket
Gives us a 200 mile range with a circular error probability of 11 miles. Not precise.
Show me the evidence? I'm not aware of the destruction of any V2 being credited to the British air defense system in WWII, once again you're talking bollocks.
Regarding the Me 323 as a bomber, decoding radio messages would be too slow and anyway unnecessary, fighter command would have killed it, probably before it cleared the French coast, look at the number of kills scored against V1 buzzbombs which flew a damn sight faster than the Me 323's top speed of 155mph.
The sneaky part is, you can disconnect the Ju88 with one button, and then are left with a powerful fighter capable of defeating any bomber and most other fighters too.
At which point the Mistel has failed in its primary bombing mission, tactically an Allied win. I'd also argue that one on one, a FW190 v a B29 would be a pretty even contest. From a place where everyone knows 30800 > 11610. Obviously not as I've no clue what you're on about.
I'm glad you clarified your point as it wasn't clear from your original posts, but the V2 was a short range tactical weapon, nowhere near an ICBM and Germany had nothing even approaching an operational heavy (strategic) bomber at the wars end, your statement that There is no way to argue otherwise
is bollocks, show me the evidence.
It is certainly true that the Me-262 was the best jet fighter of WW2.'
"Best"? Try ONLY. It was the only jet fighter to be marginally successful, and the runners up were also German planes. The only Allied entry that might compare is the YP-80, but it was virtually too late to count as being part of the war- it certainly never saw combat.
ONLY? I give you the Gloster Meteor, both the Mk I and III saw operational service with the RAF from 1944 onwards. Inferior to the Me 262 yes, but a fully operational jet fighter nonetheless. So you're factually incorrect there.
As to the Mistel, apart from the remote control system it certainly was not advanced, it was a surplus Ju88 strapped to the underside of a Fw 190. Also where do you come up with the wonderful idea that a Mistel could defeat a B29 in combat? I'm certain they never met in the air as they were used on opposite sides of the world to each other and attacking a B29 (defensive armament of 12 .50 calibres in four remote controlled barbettes and a 20 mm cannon in the tail)in a single engine fighter was dangerous enough without strapping a Ju88 to your underside.
I could go on but its late here, I don't know where you get your information but you may want to try sources with fewer pretty pictures and more words.
Monty Python's Holy Grail....
Oy! You! Stay well away from my Mother with that knife!
A woman's temperatures rises when she ovulates, it's part of the joke.
Not a problem here, big girlfriend = big knickers.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljet engine.htm
If you're going to correct my spelling you might want to check your own, neumerous?
IIRC in Asterix in Britain we stopped for a spot of hot water, not tea.