And somehow, just somehow, they're making one hell of lot more money that all the ACs multiplied together. Something like half of Apple's profits but about the same as Boeing's - so they have a goal to reach (can't let anyone get bigger than you are, it's just not right). But that ship ain't sinking for a bit yet.
Hold on to your Personal Floatation Device and maybe buy some stock.
No, you didn't get to take your gun INTO the school. You left it in the truck or it was locked up. Even in Texas, we weren't allowed to bring guns inside the building without supervision (bringing them into metal shop for example). Besides, what you are talking about is teenagers with pistols of various flavors wandering around a building full of teenaged angst and hormones. It might work in place like Israel where kids aged 14 start getting military training (firearm control, discipline, discipline, discipline) but in LA? Not so much.
And, as you point out, the real issue isn't guns. It's better mental health. The problem is something of this magnitude is going to cost much more than the four billion dollars estimated by pollarda. And even access to mental health isn't going to solve the issue of teenage nervous breakdown.
You're still better off fixing school and church buses so they don't kill the dozen or so people every year.
The nice thing about professional paranoia is that you can worry about everything. Global warming (err, climate change), Ebola, vaccines, Republicans and Zombies. Even UFOs. There are one hell of a lot of three ringed binders in the Pentagon.
There is a tad bit of difference between mass executions and accelerated retirements. The US officer core is very top heavy. How many generals do you need, anyway? There is a clear plan to thin those ranks over the next decade or so. It's slow enough that the largest military in the world (TM) can handle it. Not to worry. Colonels and majors can push paper quite well, thankyouverymuch.
Just try to be part of the Coast Guard in any state on the northern border of the Mediterranean. It's not going to get better.
Fortunately (?) these changes happen fairly slowly. A few more refugee boat sinkings get wrapped up in Kim Kardishain's latest divorce or another Ebola scare. The US is largely immune from this - I'd worry if I were Canadian, however.
I suppose we could give the refugees an old aircraft carrier....
Even an amateur radio operator mesh network (which exists in places at the moment) would be subject to interference at practical levels. Just because a packet can go somewhere doesn't mean it's a useful communication system. You want it to go where you want it to go. If Nasty Government blocks a mesh network via jamming in a few key cities, then it makes little difference to those in the cities if those packets are visible in Peoria.
The exception, I suppose, would be Netflix. However, if and when the shit hits the fan, reruns of World War Z won't have the same cachet.
Iridium had the foresight or luck to get the US Military addicted to it. They have essentially floated it along until it has (sort of) become a viable proposition. Furthermore, the original debt incurred by Iridium has been retired in at least two bankruptcies. The new Iridium managed to get a nice bargain.
Next time try a front wheel drive with decent tires. Safer and better than a 4wd in anything other than steep / deep (ie, on roads).
4WD vehicles have this funny habit of breaking all four tires loose at the same time. Front wheel drive vehicles tend to break the rear tires first, allowing you to control the vehicle with the fronts. Anyhow, it's mostly tires and driver.
4WD SUVs are fun to watch flip over. The combination of an icy road, a 4WD, a bad driver, some speed and the laws of physics can be pretty entertaining.
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Rough crowd tonight.
A coal plane? Now that would interesting. How do you shovel the stuff into the engines?
I’m on the surface but my harpoons did not fire. My team is hard at work now trying to determine why. #CometLanding
I knew they should have sent a real harpooner along on this trip. You can't just automate everything.
Reliable information about anchor temperature shall come frum MUPUS ONLY. 3rd parties please stop speculating and tweeting
Hang on (both literally and figuratively). Wait for the computer. The computer is your friend.
In space, no one can hear you Whoosh!
Didn't realize that J.J. Abrams was involved in this project.
Hell, my iPhone can take a better picture than that.
And somehow, just somehow, they're making one hell of lot more money that all the ACs multiplied together. Something like half of Apple's profits but about the same as Boeing's - so they have a goal to reach (can't let anyone get bigger than you are, it's just not right). But that ship ain't sinking for a bit yet.
Hold on to your Personal Floatation Device and maybe buy some stock.
No, you didn't get to take your gun INTO the school. You left it in the truck or it was locked up. Even in Texas, we weren't allowed to bring guns inside the building without supervision (bringing them into metal shop for example). Besides, what you are talking about is teenagers with pistols of various flavors wandering around a building full of teenaged angst and hormones. It might work in place like Israel where kids aged 14 start getting military training (firearm control, discipline, discipline, discipline) but in LA? Not so much.
And, as you point out, the real issue isn't guns. It's better mental health. The problem is something of this magnitude is going to cost much more than the four billion dollars estimated by pollarda. And even access to mental health isn't going to solve the issue of teenage nervous breakdown.
You're still better off fixing school and church buses so they don't kill the dozen or so people every year.
You could even buy them new books, computers, teacher's salaries, decent heating systems, lunch.
Why the number of things a student could more likely benefit from is just amazing!
Or you could take anything off the market that happened to show up in the past 20 years or so. Your logic works the same way.
Kim Kardashian, Twitter, Facebook....
On second thought, perhaps I should sign up for your newsletter.
I think you can do that with Photoshop.
And space is too big... aint no one got time to wait 30minutes just for 1 leg of the transmission
Go invent something faster, Einstein.
The nice thing about professional paranoia is that you can worry about everything. Global warming (err, climate change), Ebola, vaccines, Republicans and Zombies. Even UFOs. There are one hell of a lot of three ringed binders in the Pentagon.
Core / corps - although either one sort of works. Grrr.
There is a tad bit of difference between mass executions and accelerated retirements. The US officer core is very top heavy. How many generals do you need, anyway? There is a clear plan to thin those ranks over the next decade or so. It's slow enough that the largest military in the world (TM) can handle it. Not to worry. Colonels and majors can push paper quite well, thankyouverymuch.
So we need a few more aircraft carriers. Never let a crisis go to waste.
Just try to be part of the Coast Guard in any state on the northern border of the Mediterranean. It's not going to get better.
Fortunately (?) these changes happen fairly slowly. A few more refugee boat sinkings get wrapped up in Kim Kardishain's latest divorce or another Ebola scare. The US is largely immune from this - I'd worry if I were Canadian, however.
I suppose we could give the refugees an old aircraft carrier ....
We have met the enemy and he is us?
Been there. Done that.
Photoshop.
Even an amateur radio operator mesh network (which exists in places at the moment) would be subject to interference at practical levels. Just because a packet can go somewhere doesn't mean it's a useful communication system. You want it to go where you want it to go. If Nasty Government blocks a mesh network via jamming in a few key cities, then it makes little difference to those in the cities if those packets are visible in Peoria.
The exception, I suppose, would be Netflix. However, if and when the shit hits the fan, reruns of World War Z won't have the same cachet.
Iridium had the foresight or luck to get the US Military addicted to it. They have essentially floated it along until it has (sort of) become a viable proposition. Furthermore, the original debt incurred by Iridium has been retired in at least two bankruptcies. The new Iridium managed to get a nice bargain.
Not a very straightforward business model....
Cool story, bro.
Now, repeat this with your 14 year old sister as the person buying the phone.
Next time try a front wheel drive with decent tires. Safer and better than a 4wd in anything other than steep / deep (ie, on roads).
4WD vehicles have this funny habit of breaking all four tires loose at the same time. Front wheel drive vehicles tend to break the rear tires first, allowing you to control the vehicle with the fronts. Anyhow, it's mostly tires and driver.
4WD SUVs are fun to watch flip over. The combination of an icy road, a 4WD, a bad driver, some speed and the laws of physics can be pretty entertaining.