I thought this to be the stupidest thing I had ever seen. Just whom is going to type in every Url ?? I bet my mother will... err.. No, maybe my da... How about nobody. Heck, maybe we should all go back to tellnet, maybe lets do away with name servers all together. YUP, that'll will work. LOL
I have given allot of thought to this. I have been tempted to "go over the hill" so many times. Hell, I've been thinking about it since I was there back in 1989-93. A gravy job, tax free money, (AFTER 3 YEARS !!!) a fat wallet. What more could you ask for? A nice villa some where, a boat, a car ? Sure, they'll give it to you. A nice big old life insurance policy, sure they'll give that to you too. As for the other things like: female companionship, i.e. YOUR wife, or your girlfriend, or some nice local girl...NO WAY....Heck when I was there they executed two Egyptian woman for "talking" to some marines. The GI's were deported overnight . We (the entire unit) were INVITED to attend the BEHEADING down at the soccer...errr...football???? field on Friday night and our Commander denied us permission to go, not that any of us wanted to attend anyway...
The dangers facing "contract workers" today are many times more dangerous than even 10 years ago, it's hard to describe the climate as anything other than "extremely hazardous". It's NEVER been rosy for Americans in the middle east nor Africa and it never will be. Having said that, I would still go to one of these Third World Countries and continue mission given a realistic chance of surviving AND coming home with the loot.
Now a true story of a "contract veteran" I last saw "somewhere" in the middle east:
I had a Warrant officer who retired right after Operation Desert Storm and went and worked for the Saudi National Guard as a supply tech. While he was over there I "stopped in" to see him and to find out how he liked his new employers. His response (which was very negative and remain the main reasons I haven't yet went for any of these jobs) was that: A) He was treated very badly. Worse than the Third Country Nationals. B) They wouldn't let him bring over any dependences even after being there a year (that was the deal, after 1 year he got his wife and kids) C) The supply system was broke worse than ours (meaning the US Army's) and no one would allow him to fix it. (Sound familiar??)
After all was said and done he fulfilled his contract and returned in one piece to the states. The same cannot be said of a lot of workers there today.
And FWIW IMNSHO Bush is the ONLY reason why we are not all bowing 5 times a day to a rock and all trying to figure out what happened to church bells on Sunday. I Know/. People all like to fantasize that this is "Bush's war" (your ALL wrong by the way) but we nor did he ask for 9/11, the Cole , Beirut , the Kobar Tower bombings (I was there, and saw 2 diff barracks building get it, two diff years, one right next to me!!! And still to this day NO Justice!!), Lockerbie, Mogadishu, US. Embassies, how many suicide bombers? and on and on until the two recent beheadings (at least this time it was carried out by terrorists.)
Yet, I'm still tempted... money, adrenaline, the challenge of staying alive when you know they are out to get you, all the dime store novel intrigue and suspense........Yup, still tempted !! No sarcasm intended. BUT I am still firmly on home town soil USA......
I used to tell them that it everything to do with the "Inverse polarity theory." The Operator was inversely polarized to the computer causing the failures. Some people just should not get close to computers.
Another was the "dirty power theory" and would ask the operator to go and scrub the power lines or grease them in case it wasn't getting the power fast enough (we where on tactical power generators, big 60k gen's and sometimes on 120k's)...I had to stop one operator from actually greasing the cables . LOL
When they called in the wee hours of the morn I would always give the standard "ready, set, execute" routine... the button sequence to re-boot the machine, which was a Honeywell dps6 for the curios.
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In about 11 years we'll have tons of channels, and televisions that can show us six at one time
Just how many info-commercials can you watch at ounce?
Just what I want: Hezbollah approved content.
I thought this to be the stupidest thing I had ever seen. Just whom is going to type in every Url ?? I bet my mother will ... err .. No, maybe my da ... How about nobody. Heck, maybe we should all go back to tellnet, maybe lets do away with name servers all together. YUP, that'll will work. LOL
It's anyone's war who decides that embracing freedom is better than embracing cowardice or kowtowing to murderers.
As for the inocent civilians...what about all the innocent civilians whom the terrorist are trying / have killed?
Rod
Because they are getting PAID to be there and do a job and they like.
RodSure. Syria on the west and Iran on the East. Rod Don't just stand there and shout it -- do something about it. - Depeche Mode
I have given allot of thought to this. I have been tempted to "go over the hill" so many times. Hell, I've been thinking about it since I was there back in 1989-93. A gravy job, tax free money, (AFTER 3 YEARS !!!) a fat wallet. What more could you ask for? A nice villa some where, a boat, a car ? Sure, they'll give it to you. A nice big old life insurance policy, sure they'll give that to you too. As for the other things like: female companionship, i.e. YOUR wife, or your girlfriend, or some nice local girl...NO WAY....Heck when I was there they executed two Egyptian woman for "talking" to some marines. The GI's were deported overnight . We (the entire unit) were INVITED to attend the BEHEADING down at the soccer...errr...football???? field on Friday night and our Commander denied us permission to go, not that any of us wanted to attend anyway...
/. People all like to fantasize that this is "Bush's war" (your ALL wrong by the way) but we nor did he ask for 9/11, the Cole , Beirut , the Kobar Tower bombings (I was there, and saw 2 diff barracks building get it, two diff years, one right next to me!!! And still to this day NO Justice!!), Lockerbie, Mogadishu, US. Embassies, how many suicide bombers? and on and on until the two recent beheadings (at least this time it was carried out by terrorists.)
... money, adrenaline, the challenge of staying alive when you know they are out to get you, all the dime store novel intrigue and suspense........Yup, still tempted !! No sarcasm intended. BUT I am still firmly on home town soil USA ......
The dangers facing "contract workers" today are many times more dangerous than even 10 years ago, it's hard to describe the climate as anything other than "extremely hazardous". It's NEVER been rosy for Americans in the middle east nor Africa and it never will be. Having said that, I would still go to one of these Third World Countries and continue mission given a realistic chance of surviving AND coming home with the loot.
Now a true story of a "contract veteran" I last saw "somewhere" in the middle east:
I had a Warrant officer who retired right after Operation Desert Storm and went and worked for the Saudi National Guard as a supply tech. While he was over there I "stopped in" to see him and to find out how he liked his new employers. His response (which was very negative and remain the main reasons I haven't yet went for any of these jobs) was that:
A) He was treated very badly. Worse than the Third Country Nationals.
B) They wouldn't let him bring over any dependences even after being there a year (that was the deal, after 1 year he got his wife and kids)
C) The supply system was broke worse than ours (meaning the US Army's) and no one would allow him to fix it. (Sound familiar??)
After all was said and done he fulfilled his contract and returned in one piece to the states. The same cannot be said of a lot of workers there today.
And FWIW IMNSHO Bush is the ONLY reason why we are not all bowing 5 times a day to a rock and all trying to figure out what happened to church bells on Sunday. I Know
Yet, I'm still tempted
Rod F.
PFC
Dawn, n.: The time when men of reason go to bed.
I used to tell them that it everything to do with the "Inverse polarity theory." The Operator was inversely polarized to the computer causing the failures. Some people just should not get close to computers.
Another was the "dirty power theory" and would ask the operator to go and scrub the power lines or grease them in case it wasn't getting the power fast enough (we where on tactical power generators, big 60k gen's and sometimes on 120k's)...I had to stop one operator from actually greasing the cables . LOL
When they called in the wee hours of the morn I would always give the standard "ready, set, execute" routine... the button sequence to re-boot the machine, which was a Honeywell dps6 for the curios.