So why are guerilla tactics used by an opposing force often decried as unfair or underhanded?
Are they? I've never heard that. I have heard illegal tactics like firing from amongst a group of civilians while wearing no fixed insignia called unfair or underhanded, simply because it endangers civilians and forces soldiers to either take it or risk killing innocents. Not all guerilla tactics are illegal like that.
We're good at lots of things (Americans that is). Inventing things like integrated circuits, space shuttles, telephones, and light bulbs. We lead the world in medical and pharmaceutical technology. As far as new things and cutting edge research we're number one. Many (but not even half) of the researchers and engineers come from other countries. That's because we appreciate hard work and our government lets us keep most of our money instead of playing Robin Hood.
We're also good at smashing our enemies into the ground, I admit. You seem to think this is a bad thing. What, exactly, did Saddam Hussein and the Taliban ever do that was worth defending them despite the brutality of their regimes?
The truth can hurt, but lies are really irritating.
Facts? I don't see any facts to disprove. I see some statements that, in my opinion, cannot be proven because they are false. Give me some hard data and I'll either refute it with more hard data or concede the point.
1. We don't support fascists, we kill them. The lies you spew stem from jealousy, insecurity and ignorance. So where do you live?
2. I happen to support my government. Since you're not an American there's nothing you can do about it. You want to vote? Immigrate. Consumerican, nice label. How fucking... Commie of you to say so.
What a couple of chuckleheads you are. Nice "Chomsky-facts", you fucking robot. I've got a great idea, why don't you two go to "Palestine" and volunteer for the suicide squad? No wait, Israel has enough problems. Why don't you start here in America? Just think how many evil capitalist tools you could destroy with a dynamite vest. No?
Better ideas: take your seditious libel and choke on it, move out of this country, accidentally have an "allergic" reaction to roach poison.
Oh, right. It's not because they're trying to kill us or anything. If certain terrorists had the opportunity to saw off your head with a rusty knife right now, they would take it (if a video camera was handy).
Educated masses (with what passes for "education" in today's liberal arts programs) seem easier to control to me. All you have to do is confuse the gullible with a little Chomsky, win them over with heat-warming slogans and some utopian rambling over a bong session, and you have a whole crowd of useful idiots who will gladly give the benefit of the doubt to Jew-hating, woman-stoning, child-molesting, Koran-thumping fascists and mass-murdering communist dictators over their own countrymen... and them whine like spoiled children when you suggest that maybe they aren't all that patriotic.
According to the same Geneva convention, enemy combatants who refuse to display a fixed insignia and carry their arms openly are not protected. People in civilian dress with hidden weapons who mingle with civilians and hide behind them are not "soldiers", they pose a deadly hazard to innocent civilians and are not protected by the Geneva convention. Thus, the term "enemy combatant" rather than "prisoner of war" or "enemy soldier".
Perhaps we'll realize that since you can fabricate anything you want, there is no longer any reason to extort money from people... since you don't need money to get the things you want (assuming these fabricators can be solar powered or something). There is, of course, the question of raw materials; who controls them and how to avoid depleting them with with runaway self-replicators.
The prestige of designing new products may be the only "currency" worth having. Successful designers are perhaps more likely to have access to scarce raw materials (not to mention hot chicks;-)).
The combination of nanotech [food, clothing, shelter, weapons, and counter-weapons] with worldwide competition for raw materials promises to keep overpopulation from ever becoming a problem.
Too true. You need to learn plain ol' vanilla vi to be truly effective on any Unix machine. Learning to do without the delete and arrow keys (and the backspace key, except for immediate corrections) will actually make your use of vi more efficient as you learn to take advantage of d, D, dd, c, C, s, r, R, etc. in combination with sentence-structured and numbered movement commands in command mode (and of course the most important command key for editing code, ".").
There is a simple solution to spawn camping. Spawn at a random point on (your team's half of) the map. Developers really have no valid reason to code in "spawn points", except for tradition, do they?
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He's almost as evil as George Bush!
Please stop, you're making me ill.
So why are guerilla tactics used by an opposing force often decried as unfair or underhanded?
Are they? I've never heard that. I have heard illegal tactics like firing from amongst a group of civilians while wearing no fixed insignia called unfair or underhanded, simply because it endangers civilians and forces soldiers to either take it or risk killing innocents. Not all guerilla tactics are illegal like that.
I'm only 14, so I don't remember the Soviets...
Man, you sure know how to make a thirty-something feel old.
We're good at lots of things (Americans that is). Inventing things like integrated circuits, space shuttles, telephones, and light bulbs. We lead the world in medical and pharmaceutical technology. As far as new things and cutting edge research we're number one. Many (but not even half) of the researchers and engineers come from other countries. That's because we appreciate hard work and our government lets us keep most of our money instead of playing Robin Hood.
We're also good at smashing our enemies into the ground, I admit. You seem to think this is a bad thing. What, exactly, did Saddam Hussein and the Taliban ever do that was worth defending them despite the brutality of their regimes?
1. Sorry, I meant Islamists. Is there a difference? Oh yeah, the fascists weren't religious zealots. Point.
2. I disagree entirely. You have no actual logical arguments to support that contention. It's just parroted Comintern propaganda.
3. What a sublime honor. :-P
Heh. That is a gun in my pocket and no, I'm not glad to see you.
The truth can hurt, but lies are really irritating.
Facts? I don't see any facts to disprove. I see some statements that, in my opinion, cannot be proven because they are false. Give me some hard data and I'll either refute it with more hard data or concede the point.
I sense projection here...
1. We don't support fascists, we kill them. The lies you spew stem from jealousy, insecurity and ignorance. So where do you live? 2. I happen to support my government. Since you're not an American there's nothing you can do about it. You want to vote? Immigrate. Consumerican, nice label. How fucking... Commie of you to say so.
Oh I support your right to make an ass of yourself. I was just giving you ideas for your next step.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
You are real piece of work.
Why don't you go play with your rinky-dink synthesizer "music" and let the grown-ups talk, mmmm-kay?
What a couple of chuckleheads you are. Nice "Chomsky-facts", you fucking robot. I've got a great idea, why don't you two go to "Palestine" and volunteer for the suicide squad? No wait, Israel has enough problems. Why don't you start here in America? Just think how many evil capitalist tools you could destroy with a dynamite vest. No?
Better ideas: take your seditious libel and choke on it, move out of this country, accidentally have an "allergic" reaction to roach poison.
Oh, right. It's not because they're trying to kill us or anything. If certain terrorists had the opportunity to saw off your head with a rusty knife right now, they would take it (if a video camera was handy).
Educated masses (with what passes for "education" in today's liberal arts programs) seem easier to control to me. All you have to do is confuse the gullible with a little Chomsky, win them over with heat-warming slogans and some utopian rambling over a bong session, and you have a whole crowd of useful idiots who will gladly give the benefit of the doubt to Jew-hating, woman-stoning, child-molesting, Koran-thumping fascists and mass-murdering communist dictators over their own countrymen... and them whine like spoiled children when you suggest that maybe they aren't all that patriotic.
How is that pronounced in 1337-speak? Gay-Tech?
Something for you to do that won't piss everyone off...
According to the same Geneva convention, enemy combatants who refuse to display a fixed insignia and carry their arms openly are not protected. People in civilian dress with hidden weapons who mingle with civilians and hide behind them are not "soldiers", they pose a deadly hazard to innocent civilians and are not protected by the Geneva convention. Thus, the term "enemy combatant" rather than "prisoner of war" or "enemy soldier".
You're a spoiled brat and a mean-hearted person.
I hope that someday you will have the sense to be ashamed of this post.
Oh yeah... and why do your users have the security privileges to install software?
Yet you still use Windows...
You probably don't have much of a choice, but I would encourage you to look into a Linux migration.
Perhaps we'll realize that since you can fabricate anything you want, there is no longer any reason to extort money from people... since you don't need money to get the things you want (assuming these fabricators can be solar powered or something). There is, of course, the question of raw materials; who controls them and how to avoid depleting them with with runaway self-replicators.
The prestige of designing new products may be the only "currency" worth having. Successful designers are perhaps more likely to have access to scarce raw materials (not to mention hot chicks ;-)).
The combination of nanotech [food, clothing, shelter, weapons, and counter-weapons] with worldwide competition for raw materials promises to keep overpopulation from ever becoming a problem.
The question is, will we survive at all?
... installs some cameras and suddenly it's the Feds giving you a "rat hat".
Put down the bongs, people.
Too true. You need to learn plain ol' vanilla vi to be truly effective on any Unix machine. Learning to do without the delete and arrow keys (and the backspace key, except for immediate corrections) will actually make your use of vi more efficient as you learn to take advantage of d, D, dd, c, C, s, r, R, etc. in combination with sentence-structured and numbered movement commands in command mode (and of course the most important command key for editing code, ".").
There is a simple solution to spawn camping. Spawn at a random point on (your team's half of) the map. Developers really have no valid reason to code in "spawn points", except for tradition, do they?
Heh. That's an unlikely scenario. Where exactly do you live that you have this impression of the average American?