At least Russia had the good sense to stop building new nukes when there was no money left. The USA just keeps on borrowing more.
That said, the premise of TFA is correct - we don't need to spend ALL the money we're currently spending on nuclear weapons, but the hard question is what is a reasonable level and spread.
In the next ten years? Zero would be a good amount. Economic collapse is a much bigger threat than Korea/China.
Except that there is no constitutional right to fly in an airplane. If you don't like their rules, don't fly.
Argument over.
So...anything not in the constution is fair game for Goverment to trample all over?
You know why "amendments" were added to the constution? Because the government tried stuff like this before. The difference is that the people back then had balls and stood up to the government. Today the country is full of sheeple like you.
Audio programs like FL studio run out of CPU *very* quickly - you can have hundreds of sounds playing, all with effects processing, etc. I tried running it on a netbook once but it had no chance of keeping up...
Google for "mars rover", "cassini mission", etc. Which part of that isn't space exploration.
The big albatross around NASA's neck is the shuttle and ISS. They cost a fortune and don't achieve much. Dump *those* and there'll be plenty of money left over.
NASA's budget should still be a national shame though. It's a drop in the ocean compared to the wars and bank hand^wbailouts.
Space is a big part of their budget because it's so expensive,.
True, but mostly it's expensive because they send people up there. If they dumped the ISS and shuttle (which they should have done a long time ago IMHO) there'd be plenty of money for the really useful stuff, eg. Webb Telescope, DSCOVR, etc.
Fact: A terrorist could hide stuff up his butt. Drug dealers do it all the time, that's how cell phones get into prisons, etc.
Think about that the next time you're being groped. The guy behind you could have a huge sausage of C4 in his butt and the clown who's currently massaging your packet wouldn't have a hope of finding it.
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How does Google know who the members of "Anonymous" are? Aren't they, ummm, anonymous?
...except that the entire amount that NASA has ever spent since it was formed is less than the current wars or bailouts.
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Don't forget Fisher Space pens...
You can if you aren't constantly going to war and handing over trillions of dollars to any overstuffed suit who puts on a sad face.
At least Russia had the good sense to stop building new nukes when there was no money left. The USA just keeps on borrowing more.
That said, the premise of TFA is correct - we don't need to spend ALL the money we're currently spending on nuclear weapons, but the hard question is what is a reasonable level and spread.
In the next ten years? Zero would be a good amount. Economic collapse is a much bigger threat than Korea/China.
Nope. The governement has no rights. None. Zero.
The government has temporary powers, granted to them by the people. The sooner you get that straight in your head, the better.
I'm guessing the only reason they don't is....there aren't any terrorists.
(Also the reason they aren't blowing up airport scanner queues, shopping malls, trains, buses, sports stadiums, museums, Hooters bars, etc., etc., etc)
There is no constitutional right to fly on an airplane, true.
Duh! That's beacause there were no airplanes when it was written. If there had been they would have been mentioned along with "highways".
There is a legal right to fly though.
Are you saying that all Al-Qaeda has to do is buy a 'plane and they can load it up with C4, no questions asked...?
Gee, that makes me feel much safer.
Except that there is no constitutional right to fly in an airplane. If you don't like their rules, don't fly.
Argument over.
So...anything not in the constution is fair game for Goverment to trample all over?
You know why "amendments" were added to the constution? Because the government tried stuff like this before. The difference is that the people back then had balls and stood up to the government. Today the country is full of sheeple like you.
The kind of users who use this will be the kind of users who use hotmail/gmail/yahoo/etc.
If you've got malware then you're screwed anyway....
This does nothing to protect my anonymity.
I didn't know Facebook allowed anonymous logins.
And reviews for books about obscure scripting languages.
...and 1970's green-screen, 2400 baud text editors.
Nope, YOU'RE the one who needs a clue.
Go ask a few musicians if they have enough CPU power for their sequencers (eg. FL studio, Reason, etc).
Why would mixing audio be CPU bound?
Audio programs like FL studio run out of CPU *very* quickly - you can have hundreds of sounds playing, all with effects processing, etc. I tried running it on a netbook once but it had no chance of keeping up...
Umm, aren't you agreeing with him?
Google for "mars rover", "cassini mission", etc. Which part of that isn't space exploration.
The big albatross around NASA's neck is the shuttle and ISS. They cost a fortune and don't achieve much. Dump *those* and there'll be plenty of money left over.
NASA's budget should still be a national shame though. It's a drop in the ocean compared to the wars and bank hand^wbailouts.
Space is a big part of their budget because it's so expensive, .
True, but mostly it's expensive because they send people up there. If they dumped the ISS and shuttle (which they should have done a long time ago IMHO) there'd be plenty of money for the really useful stuff, eg. Webb Telescope, DSCOVR, etc.
In short, the answer is yes, management is that bad at NASA.
...yet we can still afford two billion a year to air-condition the tents in Afghanistan/Iraq.
Fact: A terrorist could hide stuff up his butt. Drug dealers do it all the time, that's how cell phones get into prisons, etc.
Think about that the next time you're being groped. The guy behind you could have a huge sausage of C4 in his butt and the clown who's currently massaging your packet wouldn't have a hope of finding it.
Feel safer yet?
I don't think TSA agents are pedophiles, though it would certainly be an appealing job for someone who was.
A lot of them are (statistics say so and some have been convicted...)
Either you screen everyone, or screening is pointless.
Did you mean: "screening is pointless"
How would you/the USA react if a terrorist walked into a scanner tomorrow and blew himself up?
Think about that.
I mean really think...
You think the TSA prevents terrorism?
Clue: Terrorism doesn't have to be done on 'planes.
I've been 'patted down'. It was hardly traumatizing
Yeah, but that's YOU. Just because YOU don't mind doesn't mean that nobody else should.