\Neither fire, the wheel, the printing press or the spork came from the "greatest generation". I don't know what they achieved to deserve that moniker.
The defeat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy don't ring a bell? Ending the death camps and the Holocaust? Helping to rebuild Europe? Nothing?
What they achieved was naming themselves "The Greatest Generation".
The defeat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy don't ring a bell? Ending the death camps and the Holocaust? Helping to rebuild Europe? Nothing?
Now I'm wondering about something, and trying to remember something. How old are you, and which genereation was it that was referred to as "the "Me" generation"?
Globally speaking, a good portion of "The Greatest Generation" were fucking Nazis.
There is no "globally speaking" about the greatest generation. The term refers to Americans of that era that assumed the burdens that they did. And in ordinary discussion I don't think that refernces to a particular generation in a culture are inclusive of all people across the globe that fall into a similar age bracket otherwise most of those discussion which are framed in terms of particular cultures and values would be meaningless. You've made a poor argument.
And funny thing... "your friend" wouldn't be in debt at all if it weren't for that military spending (yeah, mixing metahphor...), and you'd find the could spend even more money on science. In fact, doubling his science budget would be no problem.
The "funny thing" is you don't know what you're talking about. Military spending in the US is dwarfed by social welfare spending, and that was before Obamacare.
Wrong timing for it, though. While our nation is under attack by Isis and Syria, this increase would be better spent on improving our dwindling military capabilities..
Nothing better captures the decay of the Clinton presidency from the change-friendly, innovative liberalism promised in 1992 to the reactionary liberalism of today, determined to defend the welfare state at all cost, than Clinton's newest "reinventing government" initiative. Unveiled late last month, it promises to "reinvent" NASA with huge budget cuts.
In 1992, Clinton-Gore campaigned as the Atari Democrats. Unlike the hidebound Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis locked in to the Democratic past, they posed as futurists dedicated to global competition, high-tech/high-wage jobs, and cutting edge science. So where do these two change-is-our-friend Democrats go for budget cutting? Farm subsidies? Welfare? Inflated government construction costs, a legacy of the egregious 1931 Davis-Bacon Act (that the administration has just promised to retain)?
They go to space, the one area where the United States has the greatest technological advantage-an advantage that can be quickly lost without serious sustained effort. Under the euphemism of "reinvention," the administration is cutting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to pieces.
Isn't Hillary planning to run in 2016? What an indictment of the US political system, that she could possibly be competitive.
Or just drop the F-35 program entirely, use drones and cruise missiles for most of what the F-35 would do, and keep the A-10's for close in air support.
You can do that as long as you're willing to start replacing all of your C++ compilers for application development with NTFS filesystems and X-Windows.
Those weapons platforms don't really overlap that much in their capabilities. Maybe by 2115 instead of 2015.....
If you like your insurance you can keep your insurance. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. If you like your privacy you can keep your privacy. If you like your freedom...
Fleecing conservatives of their money is in fact a market. Those guys will open up their wallets if you say all the right sweet things. Even better they'll go around repeating it. There is an entire eco-system in right wing political systems doing this. Since a lot of these people trend to being older, they are both susceptible to fear and they have money. The young, can also be susceptible, but they don't have money so there is no market.
They need to create an index for conservatives.
Fleecing liberals and progressives of their money is in fact a market. Those guys will open up their wallets if you say all the right sweet or scary things. Even better, they'll go around repeating and reposting it. There is an entire eco-system in left wing political systems doing this. Since of a lot of these people tend to be older, they are both susceptible to fear and they have money. Some will even direct corporate donations to help the cause. The young can also be susceptible, but the poor results of their own policies has left many of them without jobs and dependent on the government and their parents. They believe the cure for bad outcomes form government programs is even more government programs. The noose grows ever tighter.
They need to create an index for progressives and liberals.
I'm pretty sure the bank can identify "valuable customers" based on their existing accounts, don't you think? Why would that worry you, and how do you think an IP address would play into it? I'm pretty sure there is more value to the bank in preventing an incidence of fraud than the incredibly minute value of an IP address on the market, and who would legitimately buy it? For what purpose? That seems like nonense. Why does the NSL bother you? Up to no good?
Not at all. He had an obligation to report that contact to his security office to report that and turn down the offer. He didn't do that. He was offered an opportunity, and he took it. The crime was what he did in taking the opportunity. He actively stole plans, freely volunteered the suggestions on the best way to attack the carrier, and made suggestions on now he could avoid being caught and on stealing even more information. It's all on him.
As is demonstrated on this page the accusations are going to come regardless of the circumstances, and I doubt the FBI cares about the whining on Slashdot.
It was a sting, not entrapment. The FBI merely provided the opportunity, he committed the crime.
It's not entrapment. Having a securtiy clearence like that his first responsibility upon being contacted by someone seeking that information and claiming to be from a foreign government would have been to report it to the proper authorities. He was a willing participant in the crime.
First, how did that guy really "know" his contact was from "Egypt" as opposed to Iran, or wasn't a bag man for China or North Korea? Even if it had been Egypt, how would he know it wouldn't be passed on to Iran (which has been cozying up to Egypt lately) or China or North Korea? In any case he volunteered information on the best way to attack the carrier. He was both willing and motivated to spy, even making suggestions on how to do it and avoid detection. Your views are nonsense.
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\Neither fire, the wheel, the printing press or the spork came from the "greatest generation". I don't know what they achieved to deserve that moniker.
The defeat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy don't ring a bell? Ending the death camps and the Holocaust? Helping to rebuild Europe? Nothing?
What they achieved was naming themselves "The Greatest Generation".
The defeat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy don't ring a bell? Ending the death camps and the Holocaust? Helping to rebuild Europe? Nothing?
Now I'm wondering about something, and trying to remember something. How old are you, and which genereation was it that was referred to as "the "Me" generation"?
Globally speaking, a good portion of "The Greatest Generation" were fucking Nazis.
There is no "globally speaking" about the greatest generation. The term refers to Americans of that era that assumed the burdens that they did. And in ordinary discussion I don't think that refernces to a particular generation in a culture are inclusive of all people across the globe that fall into a similar age bracket otherwise most of those discussion which are framed in terms of particular cultures and values would be meaningless. You've made a poor argument.
Although your answer is flippant it is wrong. The US will be fighting al Qaida and friends for decades.
Obviously this is his method of escape. He will conceal himself inside the statue, and then it will be shipped to Russia, among other places.
First statue on Mars?
And funny thing... "your friend" wouldn't be in debt at all if it weren't for that military spending (yeah, mixing metahphor...), and you'd find the could spend even more money on science. In fact, doubling his science budget would be no problem.
The "funny thing" is you don't know what you're talking about. Military spending in the US is dwarfed by social welfare spending, and that was before Obamacare.
Let us know when you are willing to be paid at Chinese rates. Most people in the West aren't. The same thing does for costs of finished goods.
Now now. Don't you know that failure to give planned increases in military budget = defense cutbacks?
And how do you refer to the actual reductions in head count and budget cutting that has been going on?
Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two
Wrong timing for it, though. While our nation is under attack by Isis and Syria, this increase would be better spent on improving our dwindling military capabilities..
Dwindling? CITATION NEEDED.
CITATION PROVIDED
Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two
A New Army Drawdown: This Time Is Far Worse
General: With cuts, Marine Corps will 'cut into bone'
AIR FORCE PREPARES TO SEPARATE 25,000 IN SERVICE'S LARGEST DRAWDOWN
"Over the next five years, about 550 aircraft and about 25,000 Airmen will be gone from the Air Force.
Mind the elephant, sir, it has been known to bite people in the ass.
Clinton Makes Mistake In Cutting Nasa's Budget
Nothing better captures the decay of the Clinton presidency from the change-friendly, innovative liberalism promised in 1992 to the reactionary liberalism of today, determined to defend the welfare state at all cost, than Clinton's newest "reinventing government" initiative. Unveiled late last month, it promises to "reinvent" NASA with huge budget cuts.
In 1992, Clinton-Gore campaigned as the Atari Democrats. Unlike the hidebound Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis locked in to the Democratic past, they posed as futurists dedicated to global competition, high-tech/high-wage jobs, and cutting edge science. So where do these two change-is-our-friend Democrats go for budget cutting? Farm subsidies? Welfare? Inflated government construction costs, a legacy of the egregious 1931 Davis-Bacon Act (that the administration has just promised to retain)?
They go to space, the one area where the United States has the greatest technological advantage-an advantage that can be quickly lost without serious sustained effort. Under the euphemism of "reinvention," the administration is cutting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to pieces.
Isn't Hillary planning to run in 2016? What an indictment of the US political system, that she could possibly be competitive.
I wonder if Europe has malcontent little punklets demanding everything be priced in Eurofighters.
A fair number of people that post on Slashdot fit that description already, but they are generally willing to accept F35 units and do the conversion.
There are bonus participants for many other parts of the world as well.
Or just drop the F-35 program entirely, use drones and cruise missiles for most of what the F-35 would do, and keep the A-10's for close in air support.
You can do that as long as you're willing to start replacing all of your C++ compilers for application development with NTFS filesystems and X-Windows.
Those weapons platforms don't really overlap that much in their capabilities. Maybe by 2115 instead of 2015 .....
If you like your insurance you can keep your insurance. ...
If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.
If you like your privacy you can keep your privacy.
If you like your freedom
Thank You, Jonathan Gruber
Obamistas believe they had to lie to pass Obamacare because Americans are stupid.
Fleecing conservatives of their money is in fact a market. Those guys will open up their wallets if you say all the right sweet things. Even better they'll go around repeating it. There is an entire eco-system in right wing political systems doing this. Since a lot of these people trend to being older, they are both susceptible to fear and they have money. The young, can also be susceptible, but they don't have money so there is no market.
They need to create an index for conservatives.
Fleecing liberals and progressives of their money is in fact a market. Those guys will open up their wallets if you say all the right sweet or scary things. Even better, they'll go around repeating and reposting it. There is an entire eco-system in left wing political systems doing this. Since of a lot of these people tend to be older, they are both susceptible to fear and they have money. Some will even direct corporate donations to help the cause. The young can also be susceptible, but the poor results of their own policies has left many of them without jobs and dependent on the government and their parents. They believe the cure for bad outcomes form government programs is even more government programs. The noose grows ever tighter.
They need to create an index for progressives and liberals.
Blaming the attack on a nation state is way better than admitting its poor security practices.
Those aren't contradictory, both can be true.
I'm pretty sure the bank can identify "valuable customers" based on their existing accounts, don't you think? Why would that worry you, and how do you think an IP address would play into it? I'm pretty sure there is more value to the bank in preventing an incidence of fraud than the incredibly minute value of an IP address on the market, and who would legitimately buy it? For what purpose? That seems like nonense. Why does the NSL bother you? Up to no good?
The issue here is shady dealings, not sheep.
Not at all. He had an obligation to report that contact to his security office to report that and turn down the offer. He didn't do that. He was offered an opportunity, and he took it. The crime was what he did in taking the opportunity. He actively stole plans, freely volunteered the suggestions on the best way to attack the carrier, and made suggestions on now he could avoid being caught and on stealing even more information. It's all on him.
As is demonstrated on this page the accusations are going to come regardless of the circumstances, and I doubt the FBI cares about the whining on Slashdot.
It was a sting, not entrapment. The FBI merely provided the opportunity, he committed the crime.
No, the FBI didn't "create the crime," the suspect did. The FBI simply accepted what he stole.
Oddly enough I'm not surprised you see nothing wrong with that guy stealing plans for a US warship and offering advice on how to sink it.
The "New Patriotism" we so often see on Slashdot looks to Bennedict Arnold for inspiration rather than George Washington.
So this is basically and artificially generated crime, made by the FBI. They must be running out of real spies.
It was a real crime, and he willingly and enthusiastically particpated in it. He is a real spy, but he got caught.
It's not entrapment. Having a securtiy clearence like that his first responsibility upon being contacted by someone seeking that information and claiming to be from a foreign government would have been to report it to the proper authorities. He was a willing participant in the crime.
You might be just one "event" away from going all s.petry on us. (And you know what I mean.)
Since the guy doesn't have a history of such a thing it very firmly ticks box number two for entrapment.
That you know of. What do you think they might have found out from surveillance prior to the sting? Or didn't the thought cross your mind?
Otherwise we could end up seeing some really silly shit going down to fight a (mostly) fictional enemy.
The truly stupid shit is people claiming that al Qaida and friends doesn't exist, and ignore the fact that they control ground.
First, how did that guy really "know" his contact was from "Egypt" as opposed to Iran, or wasn't a bag man for China or North Korea?
Even if it had been Egypt, how would he know it wouldn't be passed on to Iran (which has been cozying up to Egypt lately) or China or North Korea?
In any case he volunteered information on the best way to attack the carrier.
He was both willing and motivated to spy, even making suggestions on how to do it and avoid detection.
Your views are nonsense.