What about France, Portugal, Belgium, UK, and on and on that just decided to carve up land and people and force them to like it??
This part of history is ok with you??
What about when the Soviets went into Afghanistan and set up a puppet regime, was that ok too with you??
What people are trying to point out is that , yes America was in the wrong, but we were far from being the only party to this.
Oh, by the way who was it that freed Europe, then forgave the debt owed, and rebuilt the shattered economies??
Anyone??
See how short memories can be, even with the internet at your finger tips.
Hey I thought of the future generations.
Yesterday I had a Bovine slaughtered and turned into wonderful steaks which I ate 1 last night.
So what have you done lately?
I took out a belching farting bovine that was killing us all.
You probably drove your Prius around town thinking your better than the rest.
The only reason why we don't have Hummers and Semi's getting 150mpg is because we don't have the courage to pass a law demanding it.
I take it your not a driver of a semi nor the O/O of one.
They are already turbo charged, they already have to meet air quality standards that make the exhaust cleaner than the air the engine takes in.
All of that pollution control makes for a 8 MPG vehicle when it is pulling 48,000 pounds of goods.
Demand that semi's get better mileage is admirable but really short sighted. Force the trucking companies and O/O to meet unrealistic goals just means they WILL pass that cost onto each and every bit of freight they haul
care for $10 pound ground beef? Milk costing $7 or $8 a gallon? That is what will happen if laws like that are passed.
And yes I am a truck driver hauling Cattle for your dinner
It is a surveillance plane, not a bomber and not a fighter.
It takes pictures and goes fast and there is no room for carrying ordnance. It can't even take off with it's fuel tanks full.
http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/yf12~1.htm
Care to guess again??
There was the original A11, A12, YF-12A, M21, and the SR-71A,B and C. There was also a proposal to build a Blackbird Bomber (designated B12). Out of all of these aircraft the one that stands out is the Interceptor version of the Blackbirds called the YF12A.
Now in simple terms A means attack. SR means Strategic Recon. B means bomber.YF means experimental Fighter.
...however, modifications were made to the photo bays to accept the AIM-47 missiles; a cockpit was added to accommodate the Fire Control Officer; two ventral fins were added under each nacelle and a folding stabilizer fin was added under the centerline of the aircraft. The YF12A carried three GAR9/AIM-47 missiles which could carry a 250 kT nuclear warhead. The YF-12A nose is rounded to accommodate the Hughes ASG-18 Radar and Fire Control System. The ASG-18 was a combination of long range radar and infrared search sensors along with a precision radar coupled to the infrared tracking system. Range of the trackers was estimated at 200 to 300 miles giving the YF-12A unprecedented ability to track and destroy enemy aircraft.
Sounds like a fighter prototype to me.
On 22 March 1966 #936 flying at Mach 3.15 and altitude of 74,500 feet launched an AIM-47 missile successfully intercepting and destroying a Q-2C Drone flying at 1,500 feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12
During testing of the YF-12A, seven known missile firings occurred. These were conducted with the YF12A flying at Mach 2.0 or faster and the target drone aircraft flying at 40,000 feet or lower altitude.
27% of pickup owners have *never* hauled anything in the bed. 78% do so once a month or less. [1] Face it, the average pickup truck driver is some suburban cowboy poser who is commuting to his office park. If we're serious about oil consumption, we're going have to move about 50% of pickup buyers back to cars.
You left out that Alaska is a very large ans easy place to "disappear" in.
Having lived there for 37 years I kind of know where to go to blend in.
I also know enough people that have a dislike for the "government" as to help in any way they can.
Come to think of it, it is hunting season and I could easy load up on moose and caribou and not have to surface for quite a while.
oh come on AC. Show us your true feelings.
Even M$ shows everyone that yes you cant boot to a legacy desktop but using KB shortcuts you can remove the new desk for the legacy one.
My guess is that your to afraid to let people really know who you are so you hide and pick away.
Personally I hate/. decision to allow AC postings.
Go look at the M$ link in Cowboy Neal's post on this same subject strangely on slashdot.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/09/1417210/cowboyneal-weighs-in-on-the-windows-8-metro-gui
You blowing smoke like a good liberal should.
Pre-1986, fully-automatic weapons can be purchased WITHOUT the $200 Class III tax stamp and they are very expensive because of this.
Post-1986, fully-automatic weapons requires a $200 Class III tax stamp before you can take possession.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act#The_market_for_NFA_items
Also, the definition of an "assault weapon" IS NOT the same as a "fully-automatic weapon".
Many assault weapons are simply semi-automatic.
And yes, a semi-automatic weapon CAN be an assault rifle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon
You do not need a "class III" tax stamp as there is no such thing.
There is a "Title II" tax stamp.
An FFL is required as a prerequisite to become a Special Occupation Taxpayer (SOT): Class 1 importer, Class 2 manufacturer-dealer or Class 3 dealer in NFA firearms
The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the Federal firearms laws. The Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") is Title I.
All new fully automatic weapons after 1986 can only be transferred to the military or LEO.
The domestic manufacture of new machine guns that civilians could purchase was effectively banned by language in the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.
I got this from the same link you gave us. Completely different from what you spouted as the "truth"
The US didn't even manage to do that, though.
Back then the government of the UK had the sense not to get involved in whatever half-assed brawl the US decided to start. I wish they still did.
And maybe we shouldnt have gotten involved in that half ass brawl you started back in WW II.
I kind of remember that we (USA) helped everyone involved with that skirmish with rebuilding their economies and only asking in return a place to bury our dead.
Yet we still got into Vietnam because the French needed to be bailout yet again.
I guess if the USA had stayed neutral during the wars you might be speaking a whole other language.
He was arrested as he made a threat to kill the athlete, this doesn't mean any charges will be brought against him. I find it more likely that the Police will give him a severe talking to telling him to stop being a troll or face charges being brought in the future.
Gun Control is, quite simply, the ability to hit your target.
Politicians always do the "law and order" bills after tragedies like Colorado.
Today it is much tougher for them since they can't outright ban possession anymore. (thank you SCOTUS)
Notice they want to bring back the "assault weapons" ban.
At least it will drive the price of those weapons up so I can make a killing. (pun intended)
Look at NYC, DC or Chicago.
Did they do away will gun related crime?
Criminals will get a gun one way or another or they will use a knife or a club, bike chain, baseball bat, etc.
We have laws againt crimes yet those crimes still happen.
Why didnt the law stop them
Gee the chairman of the committee is a Democrat (Carl Levin) out of Michigan.
So yep it is those big, bad, mean, grumpy 'ol conservatives that are doing this.
Unless you mean those Nazis in the TEA Party then they are big, bad, mean, grumpy, nazis, baby killer, warmongers.
Sheesh cant even google it just has to slam people.
It wouldn't help you. Windmills still have to be maintained. And, you still need reserve power when the wind dies down. If the reserve comes from batteries, the batteries will need periodic replacement, which is expensive. And if the reserve comes from offsite -- forget about the windmill and just bury your power lines.
For those of you where wind is inconsistent try something else.
Here on the Texas Panhandle wind NEVER dies down.
With a vertical axis wind turbine the sound level remains fairly low.
With cut ins from 2 m/s and most without a cut out speed all you need are sustained winds of around 8-10 mph.
I have trains running about 3 acres away so any noises would not be a problem even right in the back yard.
Major difference in noise levels between horizontal and vertical axis designs. Also in the size. Do you really need a free standing 200 foot tower or would a small VAWT that pumps out 2,3,4, or more KWh be better?
"War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will."- Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz
Launching air strikes, drone attacks, stuxnet are all of these not an act of war?
If say North Korea launched air strikes on US soil wouldnt we be upset just a little?
How about if they only used drones to hit their enemies on our land?
How about if they unleashed stuxnet towards our nuclear plants?
But it is ok for us to do it?
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What about France, Portugal, Belgium, UK, and on and on that just decided to carve up land and people and force them to like it?? This part of history is ok with you?? What about when the Soviets went into Afghanistan and set up a puppet regime, was that ok too with you?? What people are trying to point out is that , yes America was in the wrong, but we were far from being the only party to this. Oh, by the way who was it that freed Europe, then forgave the debt owed, and rebuilt the shattered economies?? Anyone?? See how short memories can be, even with the internet at your finger tips.
Hey I thought of the future generations. Yesterday I had a Bovine slaughtered and turned into wonderful steaks which I ate 1 last night. So what have you done lately? I took out a belching farting bovine that was killing us all. You probably drove your Prius around town thinking your better than the rest.
mod this one up.
Hey if it will help I will vote by email in NJ all the way from Texas. Yeah this was a well thought out idea.
I take it your not a driver of a semi nor the O/O of one. They are already turbo charged, they already have to meet air quality standards that make the exhaust cleaner than the air the engine takes in. All of that pollution control makes for a 8 MPG vehicle when it is pulling 48,000 pounds of goods.
Demand that semi's get better mileage is admirable but really short sighted. Force the trucking companies and O/O to meet unrealistic goals just means they WILL pass that cost onto each and every bit of freight they haul
care for $10 pound ground beef? Milk costing $7 or $8 a gallon? That is what will happen if laws like that are passed.
And yes I am a truck driver hauling Cattle for your dinner
Yes, imprisoning your own citizens prevents foreign powers from attacking. Riiiiight.
Can you believe some of these people don't drown when it rains??
Mod this one up.
Except for being the wrong plane for the job.
It is a surveillance plane, not a bomber and not a fighter.
It takes pictures and goes fast and there is no room for carrying ordnance. It can't even take off with it's fuel tanks full.
http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/yf12~1.htm
Care to guess again??
There was the original A11, A12, YF-12A, M21, and the SR-71A,B and C. There was also a proposal to build a Blackbird Bomber (designated B12). Out of all of these aircraft the one that stands out is the Interceptor version of the Blackbirds called the YF12A.
Now in simple terms A means attack. SR means Strategic Recon. B means bomber.YF means experimental Fighter.
...however, modifications were made to the photo bays to accept the AIM-47 missiles; a cockpit was added to accommodate the Fire Control Officer; two ventral fins were added under each nacelle and a folding stabilizer fin was added under the centerline of the aircraft. The YF12A carried three GAR9/AIM-47 missiles which could carry a 250 kT nuclear warhead. The YF-12A nose is rounded to accommodate the Hughes ASG-18 Radar and Fire Control System. The ASG-18 was a combination of long range radar and infrared search sensors along with a precision radar coupled to the infrared tracking system. Range of the trackers was estimated at 200 to 300 miles giving the YF-12A unprecedented ability to track and destroy enemy aircraft.
Sounds like a fighter prototype to me.
On 22 March 1966 #936 flying at Mach 3.15 and altitude of 74,500 feet launched an AIM-47 missile successfully intercepting and destroying a Q-2C Drone flying at 1,500 feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12 During testing of the YF-12A, seven known missile firings occurred. These were conducted with the YF12A flying at Mach 2.0 or faster and the target drone aircraft flying at 40,000 feet or lower altitude.
mod this up because my pick up is all beat up from hauling on a daily basis.
27% of pickup owners have *never* hauled anything in the bed. 78% do so once a month or less. [1] Face it, the average pickup truck driver is some suburban cowboy poser who is commuting to his office park. If we're serious about oil consumption, we're going have to move about 50% of pickup buyers back to cars.
[1]Polk Pickup Truck Usage Study (sorry no url)
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2005/fcvt_fotw404.html Notice who paid for this study. Pickup Truck Usage Study, prepared for Environmental Defense, September 2005
You left out that Alaska is a very large ans easy place to "disappear" in. Having lived there for 37 years I kind of know where to go to blend in. I also know enough people that have a dislike for the "government" as to help in any way they can. Come to think of it, it is hunting season and I could easy load up on moose and caribou and not have to surface for quite a while.
oh come on AC. Show us your true feelings. Even M$ shows everyone that yes you cant boot to a legacy desktop but using KB shortcuts you can remove the new desk for the legacy one. My guess is that your to afraid to let people really know who you are so you hide and pick away. Personally I hate /. decision to allow AC postings.
Go look at the M$ link in Cowboy Neal's post on this same subject strangely on slashdot.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/08/09/1417210/cowboyneal-weighs-in-on-the-windows-8-metro-gui
You blowing smoke like a good liberal should.
You are way off.
Pre-1986, fully-automatic weapons can be purchased WITHOUT the $200 Class III tax stamp and they are very expensive because of this. Post-1986, fully-automatic weapons requires a $200 Class III tax stamp before you can take possession. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act#The_market_for_NFA_items
Also, the definition of an "assault weapon" IS NOT the same as a "fully-automatic weapon". Many assault weapons are simply semi-automatic. And yes, a semi-automatic weapon CAN be an assault rifle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon
You do not need a "class III" tax stamp as there is no such thing. There is a "Title II" tax stamp.
An FFL is required as a prerequisite to become a Special Occupation Taxpayer (SOT): Class 1 importer, Class 2 manufacturer-dealer or Class 3 dealer in NFA firearms
The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the Federal firearms laws. The Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") is Title I.
All new fully automatic weapons after 1986 can only be transferred to the military or LEO.
The domestic manufacture of new machine guns that civilians could purchase was effectively banned by language in the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.
I got this from the same link you gave us. Completely different from what you spouted as the "truth"
The US didn't even manage to do that, though. Back then the government of the UK had the sense not to get involved in whatever half-assed brawl the US decided to start. I wish they still did.
And maybe we shouldnt have gotten involved in that half ass brawl you started back in WW II. I kind of remember that we (USA) helped everyone involved with that skirmish with rebuilding their economies and only asking in return a place to bury our dead. Yet we still got into Vietnam because the French needed to be bailout yet again. I guess if the USA had stayed neutral during the wars you might be speaking a whole other language.
Which is one of the reasons I registered as an independent.
He was arrested as he made a threat to kill the athlete, this doesn't mean any charges will be brought against him. I find it more likely that the Police will give him a severe talking to telling him to stop being a troll or face charges being brought in the future.
Maybe /. needs this law too
And every day it gets worse. Slashdot is largely a collection of tech-wanna-bes who are too lazy and stupid to even realize they are wanna-bes.
and yet you're still here posting away. What does this say about you?? I am breaking my self imposed rule on replying to AC's.
Use Dban and do at least a DOD grade wipe.
Gun Control is, quite simply, the ability to hit your target. Politicians always do the "law and order" bills after tragedies like Colorado. Today it is much tougher for them since they can't outright ban possession anymore. (thank you SCOTUS) Notice they want to bring back the "assault weapons" ban. At least it will drive the price of those weapons up so I can make a killing. (pun intended) Look at NYC, DC or Chicago. Did they do away will gun related crime? Criminals will get a gun one way or another or they will use a knife or a club, bike chain, baseball bat, etc. We have laws againt crimes yet those crimes still happen. Why didnt the law stop them
Shoot I am only a 32rd degree OT XV NRAman. I guess I need to work harder.
Gee the chairman of the committee is a Democrat (Carl Levin) out of Michigan. So yep it is those big, bad, mean, grumpy 'ol conservatives that are doing this. Unless you mean those Nazis in the TEA Party then they are big, bad, mean, grumpy, nazis, baby killer, warmongers. Sheesh cant even google it just has to slam people.
They DO exist : Juniper proposes Virtual Gatezay, Trend Micro has Deep Security, etc.
Do a google search sometimes ?
But that would mean they would have to do their own research, {gasp}
It wouldn't help you. Windmills still have to be maintained. And, you still need reserve power when the wind dies down. If the reserve comes from batteries, the batteries will need periodic replacement, which is expensive. And if the reserve comes from offsite -- forget about the windmill and just bury your power lines.
For those of you where wind is inconsistent try something else.
Here on the Texas Panhandle wind NEVER dies down.
With a vertical axis wind turbine the sound level remains fairly low.
With cut ins from 2 m/s and most without a cut out speed all you need are sustained winds of around 8-10 mph.
I have trains running about 3 acres away so any noises would not be a problem even right in the back yard.
Major difference in noise levels between horizontal and vertical axis designs. Also in the size. Do you really need a free standing 200 foot tower or would a small VAWT that pumps out 2,3,4, or more KWh be better?
I don't have timeline. I can change it.
oh so you removed it completely?
Or did you just hide it??
I think it was the last not the former
Just went into my profile to try to remove / disable this POS and you are not even given the option to do so...
I am so close to closing my Facebook account it is not even funny anymore.
you can if your stuck with timeline. Those of us that have been lucky to not have timeline cant change it. BTDT.
"War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will."- Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz Launching air strikes, drone attacks, stuxnet are all of these not an act of war? If say North Korea launched air strikes on US soil wouldnt we be upset just a little? How about if they only used drones to hit their enemies on our land? How about if they unleashed stuxnet towards our nuclear plants? But it is ok for us to do it?