Yeah, but at least Cloud had an excuse for being a dick. You'd be a dick too if you had been used in secret government experiments and seen most of your friends die or betray you. Squall, not so much.
*thinks about the lingering racism still present in the Southern US which, while much, much, much, much reduced is still present in places, then thinks about how the indoctrination done there over the years is so very much milder than that taking place in the Palestinian territories* Yeah, I'm thinking you've got a few screws loose.
Um, not crushed, pretty much jumped. Especially given the very poor line of sight an armored bulldozer has, what with the peephole basically being a tank slit. Not to mention remotely non-lobotomized peace protesters don't protest while guarding weapons tunnels.
Um, If the US got out of the way, Israel would STEAMROLL the palestinians, and Syria while they were at it. Egypt and Jordan if they attempted to interfere.
1. Um, yes actually. Without the non-violent groundwork pushed through by people like Frederik Douglass and other slavery abolitionists the whole idea of no slavery in the new territories never would have made it off the ground, thereby never igniting the Civil war, thereby never leading to their release.
2. Um, entirely different situation since we were attempting to secede from the Kingdom while they had a bugfuck nuts king. With a competent king either they would have kicked the shit out of us or would have given up much earlier if they attacked at all since the people of Britain really didn't want to deal with us while dealing with the French.
3. Again, entirely different situation, especially as Hitler carried out an extermination campaign against the jews, as evidenced by the fact that he killed as many women and children as possible while forcing the healthy men to work to death. The death statistics of the palestinians are in fact a mirror image of that particular statistical curve.
As for Rwanda, that's different in so many ways it's not funny.
A survey taken in March 2008 by Palestinian pollster Dr. Khalil Shikaki, since cited by The New York Times, has revealed that 84 percent of Palestinians supported the brutal massacre of eight unarmed Israeli students while they were studying at their yeshiva in Jerusalem. When looking at the opinions of Palestinians in just the Gaza Strip, support for that terrorist attack increased to 91 percent.
The survey reports "increased popularity of Hamas and its leadership, increased support for its positions and legitimacy, and greater satisfaction with its performance," with 64 percent of Palestinians supporting rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel and three-quarters of Palestinians wishing to see peace talks between Israeli PM Olmert and PA President Abbas cease.
Um, they took the name from the area, the area didn't get it's name from them. People needed something to call them and calling them bunch of psychopathic subsistence level shits that NOBODY in the area wants is a bit crass
CATIA debacle
On 3 October 2006, Christian Streiff announced that the reason for delay of the Airbus A380 was the use of incompatible software used to design the aircraft. Primarily, the Toulouse assembly plant used the latest version 5 of CATIA (made by Dassault), while the design centre at the Hamburg factory used an older incompatible version 4. Parts of the plane were also designed using Parametric Technology Corporation software. The responsibility for the problem was put on the top management for not placing a high enough priority on forcing the compatible software through all parts of the organization.[25] The result was that the 530km of cables wiring throughout the aircraft had to be completely redesigned.[26]
The cost of this debacle is expected to reach $6.1 billion over the next four years. Although none of the orders have been canceled, Airbus will have to pay millions in late-delivery penalties.[25]
Most of the computer components aren't single source applications. They can be programmed to do different things, not just be used in guidance systems for nukes. Not to mention that while they may be produced elsewhere, you can bet your ass that the military has a bunch of CS engineering geeks randomly go over a chip or two to ensure a lack of hardwired rogue instruction sets in the batch.
Chief William J. Bratton
Los Angeles Police Department
150 North Los Angeles Street
Re: LAPD 82A Rifle, Serial No. 11**
Dear Chief Bratton,
I, a U.S. citizen, own Barrett Firearms Mfg. Inc., and for 20 years I have built.50 caliber rifles for my fellow citizens, for their Law Enforcement departments and for their nation's armed forces.
You may be aware of the latest negative misinformation campaign from a Washington based anti-gun group, the Violence Policy Center. The VPC has, for three or so years, been unsuccessful in Washington, D.C. trying to demonize and ban a new subclass of firearms, the.50 caliber and other "too powerful" rifles. This type of nibbling process has been historically successful in civilian disarmament of other nations governed by totalitarian and other regimes less tolerant of individual rights than the United States .
The VPC's most recent efforts directs this misinformation campaign at your state, attempting to get any California body to pass any law against.50 caliber firearms. In March 2002 the VPC caused the California State Assembly, Public Safety Committee to consider and reject the issue by a 5 to 0 with 1 abstaining vote.
Regrettably, the same material has been presented to your city council. I personally attended the council meeting in Los Angeles regarding attempts to bar ownership of the.50 caliber rifle in your city. I was allowed to briefly address the council. The tone of the discussion was mostly emotionally based, so the facts that I attempted to provide were ineffective to the extent they were heard at all. The council voted to have the city attorney draft an ordinance to ban the.50, and further, to instruct the city's representatives in Sacramento and in Washington D.C. to push for bans at their respective levels.
At that council meeting, I was very surprised to see an LAPD officer seated front and center with a Barrett 82A1.50 cal rifle. It was the centerpiece of the discussion. As you know, there have been no crimes committed with these rifles, and most importantly, current California law does not allow the sale of the M82AI in the state because of its detachable magazine and features that make it an "assault weapon." This rifle was being deceptively used by your department. The officer portrayed it as a sample of a currently available.50 cal rifle, available for sale to the civilians of Los Angeles. One councilman even questioned how this rifle was available under current laws, but as I stated, facts were ineffective that day.
Your officer, speaking for the LAPD, endorsed the banning of this rifle and its ammunition. Then he used the rifle for photo ops with the Councilmen each of whom, in handling the firearm, may have been committing a felony. I was amazed.
Since 1968, with the closing of the U.S. Springfield Amory, all of the small arms produced for the various government agencies are from the private sector. Every handgun, rifle or shotgun that law enforcement needs comes from this firearms industry. Unless the City of Los Angeles has plans of setting up its own firearms manufacturing, it may need to guard the manufacturing sources it has now.
When I returned to my office from Los Angeles, I found an example of our need for mutual cooperation. Your department had sent one of your 82A1 rifles in to us for service. All of my knowledge in the use of my rifle in the field of law enforcement had been turned upside down by witnessing how your department used yours. Not to protect and serve, but for deception, photo opportunities, and to further an ill-conceived effort that may result in the use of LA taxpayer monies to wage losing political battles in Washington against civil liberties regarding gun ownership.
Only if people magically replace all their tv's the instant the law go into place. Not gonna happen anytime soon. It'll take 15-30 years, at which point new technology not covered by the legislation will have come out and will be the new sellers.
Um, what? There hasn't been a free market in the US in a stable society at any point in time in it's history. Hell, the reason almost every fucking mass produced sweet product in the US has HFC in it is precisely because of US trade regulation.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but at least Cloud had an excuse for being a dick. You'd be a dick too if you had been used in secret government experiments and seen most of your friends die or betray you. Squall, not so much.
In all fairness, clinical help in Sigil might end up being a bit too permanent and not enough help.
*thinks about the lingering racism still present in the Southern US which, while much, much, much, much reduced is still present in places, then thinks about how the indoctrination done there over the years is so very much milder than that taking place in the Palestinian territories* Yeah, I'm thinking you've got a few screws loose.
A reduction by 2/3 is not all but completely stopped.
Only against an opponent easily subject to public opinion.
That's only true if you have the reading comprehension of the guy from post #26400069.
Um, not crushed, pretty much jumped. Especially given the very poor line of sight an armored bulldozer has, what with the peephole basically being a tank slit. Not to mention remotely non-lobotomized peace protesters don't protest while guarding weapons tunnels.
Um, If the US got out of the way, Israel would STEAMROLL the palestinians, and Syria while they were at it. Egypt and Jordan if they attempted to interfere.
1. Um, yes actually. Without the non-violent groundwork pushed through by people like Frederik Douglass and other slavery abolitionists the whole idea of no slavery in the new territories never would have made it off the ground, thereby never igniting the Civil war, thereby never leading to their release.
2. Um, entirely different situation since we were attempting to secede from the Kingdom while they had a bugfuck nuts king. With a competent king either they would have kicked the shit out of us or would have given up much earlier if they attacked at all since the people of Britain really didn't want to deal with us while dealing with the French.
3. Again, entirely different situation, especially as Hitler carried out an extermination campaign against the jews, as evidenced by the fact that he killed as many women and children as possible while forcing the healthy men to work to death. The death statistics of the palestinians are in fact a mirror image of that particular statistical curve.
As for Rwanda, that's different in so many ways it's not funny.
The moment they chose to be human shields they ceased being CIVILIANS.
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/01/letter_who_do_protesters_suppo.html
A survey taken in March 2008 by Palestinian pollster Dr. Khalil Shikaki, since cited by The New York Times, has revealed that 84 percent of Palestinians supported the brutal massacre of eight unarmed Israeli students while they were studying at their yeshiva in Jerusalem. When looking at the opinions of Palestinians in just the Gaza Strip, support for that terrorist attack increased to 91 percent.
The survey reports "increased popularity of Hamas and its leadership, increased support for its positions and legitimacy, and greater satisfaction with its performance," with 64 percent of Palestinians supporting rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel and three-quarters of Palestinians wishing to see peace talks between Israeli PM Olmert and PA President Abbas cease.
you're full of it.
If they don't want their kids getting killed they shouldn't be firing rockets and mortars from schoolyards. The calculus is pretty simple on this one.
Um, they took the name from the area, the area didn't get it's name from them. People needed something to call them and calling them bunch of psychopathic subsistence level shits that NOBODY in the area wants is a bit crass
Make that Egypt border
Um, unless you go through the Israel border. Pretty sure Israel wouldn't start a war with Egypt over their open border.
Um, the airframes and engines are Euro. All the little fiddly bits inside the plane and would be much more subject to sabotage are done in the US.
CATIA debacle On 3 October 2006, Christian Streiff announced that the reason for delay of the Airbus A380 was the use of incompatible software used to design the aircraft. Primarily, the Toulouse assembly plant used the latest version 5 of CATIA (made by Dassault), while the design centre at the Hamburg factory used an older incompatible version 4. Parts of the plane were also designed using Parametric Technology Corporation software. The responsibility for the problem was put on the top management for not placing a high enough priority on forcing the compatible software through all parts of the organization.[25] The result was that the 530km of cables wiring throughout the aircraft had to be completely redesigned.[26] The cost of this debacle is expected to reach $6.1 billion over the next four years. Although none of the orders have been canceled, Airbus will have to pay millions in late-delivery penalties.[25]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus#BAE_sale_and_A380_controversy
Most of the computer components aren't single source applications. They can be programmed to do different things, not just be used in guidance systems for nukes. Not to mention that while they may be produced elsewhere, you can bet your ass that the military has a bunch of CS engineering geeks randomly go over a chip or two to ensure a lack of hardwired rogue instruction sets in the batch.
Yes, piloted by AF jocks. They DON'T carry the POTUS.
Not that big a chance. There is no flipping way the engineers would have allowed a fully FBW system to be used in Air Force One.
Letter from Barrett firearms to LAPD
.50 caliber rifles for my fellow citizens, for their Law Enforcement departments and for their nation's armed forces.
.50 caliber and other "too powerful" rifles. This type of nibbling process has been historically successful in civilian disarmament of other nations governed by totalitarian and other regimes less tolerant of individual rights than the United States .
.50 caliber firearms. In March 2002 the VPC caused the California State Assembly, Public Safety Committee to consider and reject the issue by a 5 to 0 with 1 abstaining vote.
.50 caliber rifle in your city. I was allowed to briefly address the council. The tone of the discussion was mostly emotionally based, so the facts that I attempted to provide were ineffective to the extent they were heard at all. The council voted to have the city attorney draft an ordinance to ban the .50, and further, to instruct the city's representatives in Sacramento and in Washington D.C. to push for bans at their respective levels.
.50 cal rifle. It was the centerpiece of the discussion. As you know, there have been no crimes committed with these rifles, and most importantly, current California law does not allow the sale of the M82AI in the state because of its detachable magazine and features that make it an "assault weapon." This rifle was being deceptively used by your department. The officer portrayed it as a sample of a currently available .50 cal rifle, available for sale to the civilians of Los Angeles. One councilman even questioned how this rifle was available under current laws, but as I stated, facts were ineffective that day.
Chief William J. Bratton Los Angeles Police Department 150 North Los Angeles Street
Re: LAPD 82A Rifle, Serial No. 11**
Dear Chief Bratton,
I, a U.S. citizen, own Barrett Firearms Mfg. Inc., and for 20 years I have built
You may be aware of the latest negative misinformation campaign from a Washington based anti-gun group, the Violence Policy Center. The VPC has, for three or so years, been unsuccessful in Washington, D.C. trying to demonize and ban a new subclass of firearms, the
The VPC's most recent efforts directs this misinformation campaign at your state, attempting to get any California body to pass any law against
Regrettably, the same material has been presented to your city council. I personally attended the council meeting in Los Angeles regarding attempts to bar ownership of the
At that council meeting, I was very surprised to see an LAPD officer seated front and center with a Barrett 82A1
Your officer, speaking for the LAPD, endorsed the banning of this rifle and its ammunition. Then he used the rifle for photo ops with the Councilmen each of whom, in handling the firearm, may have been committing a felony. I was amazed.
Since 1968, with the closing of the U.S. Springfield Amory, all of the small arms produced for the various government agencies are from the private sector. Every handgun, rifle or shotgun that law enforcement needs comes from this firearms industry. Unless the City of Los Angeles has plans of setting up its own firearms manufacturing, it may need to guard the manufacturing sources it has now.
When I returned to my office from Los Angeles, I found an example of our need for mutual cooperation. Your department had sent one of your 82A1 rifles in to us for service. All of my knowledge in the use of my rifle in the field of law enforcement had been turned upside down by witnessing how your department used yours. Not to protect and serve, but for deception, photo opportunities, and to further an ill-conceived effort that may result in the use of LA taxpayer monies to wage losing political battles in Washington against civil liberties regarding gun ownership.
Please excuse my slow response on the repair se
If you're playing the DVDs in the Blu-Ray player it may be upscaling the DVD. Go buy a cheapo DVD player and then compare.
Only if people magically replace all their tv's the instant the law go into place. Not gonna happen anytime soon. It'll take 15-30 years, at which point new technology not covered by the legislation will have come out and will be the new sellers.
Government created free market monopolist.
Um, what? There hasn't been a free market in the US in a stable society at any point in time in it's history. Hell, the reason almost every fucking mass produced sweet product in the US has HFC in it is precisely because of US trade regulation.