""With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea...."
LOL- ROFLMAO!
But it would create jobs cleaning up after them!
"Its people like you who make me hate what I do,....."
Dude- don't go there on account of some uninformed, unexperienced, self-deluding ignorant SOB.
Don't forget what started you on this path....it IS worthy and noble in spite of what secluded (living in mom and dad's basement, secure job, etc.) and uninformed reactionists have to say. Sorry to say this, but what we did (and you're doing now) is designed so that even these a**holes can have their say democratically. We that know the score, realize and appreciate your serving in our defense. You have my support for a tough job well done- keep it up!
BTW, I heard some of the same s**t when I served in Berlin for USArmy bringing defectors across the border for 3rdArmy 75th Rangers 10th Spl Frcs grp, team 8 back in the early 90's- I came to the conclusion that my concience needed satisfied before I could worry about the rest of the sheeple's view- they weren't there, but I was. I saw the look in some of my "victim's" eyes when they crossed into "Free Territory" (into W.Berlin) and finally realized that they were free from oppression- Would not trade the feeling the look in their eyes gave me for all of the US public opinion in the world- they KNEW they were actually FREE finally! That poster cannot even BEGIN to understand something like this, so- move on- don't get demoralized or bogged down in this senseless diatribe!
Again- Thanks from me to you and your "band of brothers" doing a thankless (from the general public) and necessary job- you're heroes in my book!
Well said- wish I had mod points to back that congrat's up with instead of hollow words!
Having relatives/friends in Iraq talk about how rewarding the experience has been for them helping the people- not former admin or seemingly VERY minority oppostion factions- all they talk about is the welcoming/appreciation they recieve for toppling the Saddam regime. And no, they are not happy about the current unrest, but overall seem to be hopeful of the future- that they did not have with Saddam in power.
I wish we were out of there, but from what I've heard, some are grateful we went there, maybe that makes it worthwhile in the long run.
(since this is/. I'll now adjust tinfoil hat and hitch up my asbestos underwear!)
"Flack != Bullet-proof;"
Not going to waste much time here- shoud be: Flack does NOT equal bullet. Look both up in wiki or google. 'nuff said there.
"A flack jacket will indeed stop a 7.62 NATO (AK-47) round, as well as a.223 caliber (M16)"
Umm, no it will not. Again, check your sources.
"As for the.223 caliber rounds, they are not steel cored, although the soviet 7.62 NATO rounds were... the reason they penetrate armor so well is their profile, a 53 grain.223 caliber bullet (about the weight of a hollow point 9mm)"
a. Wrong- current m885 round (5.56 NATO) IS stell cored to penetrate light body armor and flack vests. The original 5.56 ball round was copper-tin alloy jacketed boat-tail spire-pointed projectile, then next MAJOR improvement was SS-109 round which was not steel-cored. It started as 69gr. bullet instead of original 55gr. bullet, and had "quicker" rifling twist inside of barrel to increase rate of spin for more stability at longer ranges, with added benefit of better stability (for long range accuracy). This (SS-109) was then reduced to 62gr. (bullet's wt.) due to the lower density of the steel core that was added to help defeat light armor.
I did not include links as all of this info is too abundantly available to anyone who cares to check- I don't expect anyone to take an armorer's word for it, check yourself-that's part of the big problem I see here- too many want to read a thread and take that info as true without checking for themselves. If your going to debat/argue a subject, then check for yourself the validity of any "facts" you read!
"Something like 80-90% of the population of the United States (and probably similarly around the world) believe in a creator or a higher power."
I am curious about the source for your numbers cited here- did you fabricate these numbers to falsely bolster your inadequate argument, or are these numbers documented by several different reliable sources? I live in the "Bible Belt" of the USA (central Oklahoma), and frankly these numbers you cited do not even come close to what I observe here. Your numbers (80-90%) seem way to high to explain my observations. As a side note: my father-in-law is a Babtist minister (Free will, southern variety), and he also thinks these numbers are way to high to be even close to representative.
"I've shown that evolution can only be "believed" since it can't be proved."
No, you have not shown this- I don't "believe" in evolution, I accept that as the best current explaination possible at this time due to our limits in gaining full knowledge of what occured! I reserve beliefs for religion/philosophy, and leave it out of science- it does not belong.
"In undeveloped countries, the consumer controls the market. In capitalist America, the market controls you."
LOL...I wanted to ROFLMAO until it struck me -How True!
"Learn to hate Microsoft in advance. It saves time. You will wish you could travel back in time to kill Internet Explorer's dev team before they release it. It's that bad."
Well said! After having to learn some basic HTML to help my wife straighten out her web pages for her local NA group she was tasked to build (and only knowing FrontPage, that's what she used), I learned to resent some of the things IE has imposed on websites....Thanks Microsoft, you scumbags!
I will enjoy my bed, and it's not shit. Things are better for me now than they ever have been! I'm enjoying it, too!So go whine to someone who gives a fuck about you and your kind...I don't.
Hey, your sig seems suspiciously like a line from George Carlin's Hippy Dippy Weatherman's airport forecast monologue! Oops, I guess I'm dating myself...nevermind
"When you buy a newspaper, for example, part of what you pay for is the assumption that the stories are timely, accurate, unbiased, and fact-checked."
Your comment above is exactly the reason I haven' bought a newspaper in years, and why circulation/ subscription numbers have been dropping.
It's only your opinion (and according to the vote, a MINORITY opinion at that) that Bush and those that voted for him are "fucking morons". Soory asshole, but your opinion is just that, a sad uninformed malcontent whining to the world. Fuck off- you don't matter.
"I'm sure I'm missing something, of course." Not really missing something, but not taking it far enough: turn the process into a video "racing" game (or demolition derby?) so the troops can have a little fun over there! Just my thoughts, anyway.
Yes, you are correct. And the breakdown of time is as follows: programs/shows=2.1 seconds; commercials=100 seconds ; Weekly emergency broadcast test=28.9 seconds.
Wow! First time I've seen cultural center and New Jersey in the same sentence, and not joking! I guess some people really are that easy to please! Go figure.
Why look for WMD's in Iraq when one of the most powerful resides in/.? Any mirrors for us caught napping, Oh Great and Mighty Masters of Destruction? LOL! (again)
How soon and easy they forget! Have they forgotten about Noriega and Panama? Interdiction actions in Columbia? I was team leader for a 10th Spl. Forces team that participated in Panama and some of the others then. I understand where you are coming from. Unlike some of these knee-jerk kids still living in Mom's basement with internet access, I got out of the house and saw the world FOR MYSELF. It makes a big diff on a person's viewpoint after having actually experiencing the real world instead of being TOLD about it.
I as well. Well said, and it matches everything I've heard from returning troops, and a few Iraqis that hve visited here recently. I therefore no longer even pay attention to our media on that subject. I use to at least listrn/read with a grain of salt, but they won't even get that from me now.
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Without mod points to give, I can only say: WELL SAID!- P was correct, you expounded on this most elegantly!
""With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea...." LOL- ROFLMAO! But it would create jobs cleaning up after them!
LOL- had to go change pants from expressing my humor on this subject as excessive "micturation spontaneous"!
"Its people like you who make me hate what I do, ....."
Dude- don't go there on account of some uninformed, unexperienced, self-deluding ignorant SOB.
Don't forget what started you on this path....it IS worthy and noble in spite of what secluded (living in mom and dad's basement, secure job, etc.) and uninformed reactionists have to say. Sorry to say this, but what we did (and you're doing now) is designed so that even these a**holes can have their say democratically. We that know the score, realize and appreciate your serving in our defense. You have my support for a tough job well done- keep it up!
BTW, I heard some of the same s**t when I served in Berlin for USArmy bringing defectors across the border for 3rdArmy 75th Rangers 10th Spl Frcs grp, team 8 back in the early 90's- I came to the conclusion that my concience needed satisfied before I could worry about the rest of the sheeple's view- they weren't there, but I was. I saw the look in some of my "victim's" eyes when they crossed into "Free Territory" (into W.Berlin) and finally realized that they were free from oppression- Would not trade the feeling the look in their eyes gave me for all of the US public opinion in the world- they KNEW they were actually FREE finally! That poster cannot even BEGIN to understand something like this, so- move on- don't get demoralized or bogged down in this senseless diatribe!
Again- Thanks from me to you and your "band of brothers" doing a thankless (from the general public) and necessary job- you're heroes in my book!
Well said- wish I had mod points to back that congrat's up with instead of hollow words! Having relatives/friends in Iraq talk about how rewarding the experience has been for them helping the people- not former admin or seemingly VERY minority oppostion factions- all they talk about is the welcoming/appreciation they recieve for toppling the Saddam regime. And no, they are not happy about the current unrest, but overall seem to be hopeful of the future- that they did not have with Saddam in power. I wish we were out of there, but from what I've heard, some are grateful we went there, maybe that makes it worthwhile in the long run. (since this is /. I'll now adjust tinfoil hat and hitch up my asbestos underwear!)
"Flack != Bullet-proof;" Not going to waste much time here- shoud be: Flack does NOT equal bullet. Look both up in wiki or google. 'nuff said there. "A flack jacket will indeed stop a 7.62 NATO (AK-47) round, as well as a .223 caliber (M16)"
Umm, no it will not. Again, check your sources.
"As for the .223 caliber rounds, they are not steel cored, although the soviet 7.62 NATO rounds were... the reason they penetrate armor so well is their profile, a 53 grain .223 caliber bullet (about the weight of a hollow point 9mm)"
a. Wrong- current m885 round (5.56 NATO) IS stell cored to penetrate light body armor and flack vests. The original 5.56 ball round was copper-tin alloy jacketed boat-tail spire-pointed projectile, then next MAJOR improvement was SS-109 round which was not steel-cored. It started as 69gr. bullet instead of original 55gr. bullet, and had "quicker" rifling twist inside of barrel to increase rate of spin for more stability at longer ranges, with added benefit of better stability (for long range accuracy). This (SS-109) was then reduced to 62gr. (bullet's wt.) due to the lower density of the steel core that was added to help defeat light armor.
I did not include links as all of this info is too abundantly available to anyone who cares to check- I don't expect anyone to take an armorer's word for it, check yourself-that's part of the big problem I see here- too many want to read a thread and take that info as true without checking for themselves. If your going to debat/argue a subject, then check for yourself the validity of any "facts" you read!
LOL! Haven't heard about BOFH in a while- imagining BOFH with cooled vest is SCARY! (increased stamina,indurance, etc...!)MuhahaHaHa!
"Something like 80-90% of the population of the United States (and probably similarly around the world) believe in a creator or a higher power." I am curious about the source for your numbers cited here- did you fabricate these numbers to falsely bolster your inadequate argument, or are these numbers documented by several different reliable sources? I live in the "Bible Belt" of the USA (central Oklahoma), and frankly these numbers you cited do not even come close to what I observe here. Your numbers (80-90%) seem way to high to explain my observations. As a side note: my father-in-law is a Babtist minister (Free will, southern variety), and he also thinks these numbers are way to high to be even close to representative.
"I've shown that evolution can only be "believed" since it can't be proved." No, you have not shown this- I don't "believe" in evolution, I accept that as the best current explaination possible at this time due to our limits in gaining full knowledge of what occured! I reserve beliefs for religion/philosophy, and leave it out of science- it does not belong.
"In undeveloped countries, the consumer controls the market. In capitalist America, the market controls you." LOL...I wanted to ROFLMAO until it struck me -How True!
"Learn to hate Microsoft in advance. It saves time. You will wish you could travel back in time to kill Internet Explorer's dev team before they release it. It's that bad." Well said! After having to learn some basic HTML to help my wife straighten out her web pages for her local NA group she was tasked to build (and only knowing FrontPage, that's what she used), I learned to resent some of the things IE has imposed on websites....Thanks Microsoft, you scumbags!
I will enjoy my bed, and it's not shit. Things are better for me now than they ever have been! I'm enjoying it, too!So go whine to someone who gives a fuck about you and your kind...I don't.
Hey, your sig seems suspiciously like a line from George Carlin's Hippy Dippy Weatherman's airport forecast monologue! Oops, I guess I'm dating myself...nevermind
"Oops." not req'd, imho, that was Funny whether intentional or not. LOL!
"When you buy a newspaper, for example, part of what you pay for is the assumption that the stories are timely, accurate, unbiased, and fact-checked." Your comment above is exactly the reason I haven' bought a newspaper in years, and why circulation/ subscription numbers have been dropping.
You insensitive clod! That might hurt the one's feelings not picked. Why not BOTH!
It's only your opinion (and according to the vote, a MINORITY opinion at that) that Bush and those that voted for him are "fucking morons". Soory asshole, but your opinion is just that, a sad uninformed malcontent whining to the world. Fuck off- you don't matter.
"I'm sure I'm missing something, of course." Not really missing something, but not taking it far enough: turn the process into a video "racing" game (or demolition derby?) so the troops can have a little fun over there! Just my thoughts, anyway.
Yes, you are correct. And the breakdown of time is as follows: programs/shows=2.1 seconds; commercials=100 seconds ; Weekly emergency broadcast test=28.9 seconds.
At least it didn't "de-orbit"...wait...*looks out window*...
"steering whore" Sounds like what I need for my bassboat! Oh yeah, and a "cooler Ho" to fetch me berrs! Hmmmm...*wakes up from daydream*
Wow! First time I've seen cultural center and New Jersey in the same sentence, and not joking! I guess some people really are that easy to please! Go figure.
Why look for WMD's in Iraq when one of the most powerful resides in /.? Any mirrors for us caught napping, Oh Great and Mighty Masters of Destruction? LOL! (again)
How soon and easy they forget! Have they forgotten about Noriega and Panama? Interdiction actions in Columbia? I was team leader for a 10th Spl. Forces team that participated in Panama and some of the others then. I understand where you are coming from. Unlike some of these knee-jerk kids still living in Mom's basement with internet access, I got out of the house and saw the world FOR MYSELF. It makes a big diff on a person's viewpoint after having actually experiencing the real world instead of being TOLD about it.
I as well. Well said, and it matches everything I've heard from returning troops, and a few Iraqis that hve visited here recently. I therefore no longer even pay attention to our media on that subject. I use to at least listrn/read with a grain of salt, but they won't even get that from me now.