The Soviet Union made it quite clear that were NATO to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield it would retaliate with a strategic nuclear launch against the West.
And it's that attitude that, in a perverse sense*, helped hold the enormous game of chicken in a steady state until the collapse of the USSR. Adopting the doctrine that any tactical deployment of nukes would be functionally equivalent to a strategic first strike, in essence, stabilized the European theater against border brinksmanship.
*(though no more perverse than any other aspect of post-Kissinger nuclear diplomacy)
"...is only asking for objective criteria, such as plot, setting, and character info."
Information which is completely useless in determining whether I would actually enjoy reading the book.
Roger Ebert always says: "What's important is not what the movie is about; it's how it manages to be about it." I submit that this is even more true with fiction.
Which raises an interesting question: What's the least dense coin on earth ("density" being used loosely to mean "monetary value per unit of thickness")? Anyone? Bueller?
Agreed. But my sympathy for those affected by the exploit is limited as well. It's not like users, enterprises, and resellers haven't had viable alternatives to closed-source OSes (in the form of Linux and BSD) for years.
That's precisely what I had--a good old IBM Personal Computer, none of this XT crap. No hard drive, either. I ran Minix with / mounted on floppy drive A and/usr on B. It worked great.
And I probably wouldn't have gotten into Linux (my expertise with which is now paying the rent) without the experience I gained from that.
I was just over at Netflix last month, to see whether they had Koyaanisqatsi for rent. Their little recommendation thing said:
"If you like Koyaanisqatsi, we think you may also enjoy: LA Lakers: NBA Finals 2000."
(When I told my girlfriend this story, expecting a perfunctory chuckle, she said "Wow, they have the 2000 Lakers DVD? Dude! I'm totally renting that!")
Can any Reggio/Shaq fans enlighten me as to a possible connection?
Actually actually, the "laws of the land" (in this case the 12th Amendment to the Constitution) state that if no candidate has a majority in the electoral college, the presidency is to be determined by a vote of the House of Representatives. Look it up
Right. Those "free" public schools were paid for by tax money. The strict libertarian viewpoint you appear to espouse, when applied to education, tends to advocate the elimination of the public school system entirely. Therefore, those whose parents can't afford to send them to private school don't go to school at all.
I don't see this as being any different from the system we have whereby housing and food for the poor and unfortunate (aka "welfare") are subsidized by taxes. Would you eliminate these programs, and say "If you can't afford to feed your children they can starve, and decrease the surplus population"? What if your parents had been in that situation?
Oh, I went to public school too, and I think you meant "presumptuous."
(as if it's through your own assiduousness that you were born into a family that could afford to provide you with ample food and adequate education...)
I'm going to call my consulting company "Hey Everybody I'm A Stupid Moron With An Ugly Face And A Big Butt And My Butt Smells And I Like To Kiss My Own Butt."
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*(though no more perverse than any other aspect of post-Kissinger nuclear diplomacy)
"...is only asking for objective criteria, such as plot, setting, and character info."
Information which is completely useless in determining whether I would actually enjoy reading the book.
Roger Ebert always says: "What's important is not what the movie is about; it's how it manages to be about it." I submit that this is even more true with fiction.
The story is absolutely true, and the perpetrator was Ken Thompson, co-creator of Unix. You can read all about it here.
Which raises an interesting question: What's the least dense coin on earth ("density" being used loosely to mean "monetary value per unit of thickness")? Anyone? Bueller?
I want "Mos Eisley: Vice City".
Yes, they're writing it on purpose. It was funny, a long time ago, when the WELL and FidoNet and IBMTEXT were places where witty people congregated.
Agreed. But my sympathy for those affected by the exploit is limited as well. It's not like users, enterprises, and resellers haven't had viable alternatives to closed-source OSes (in the form of Linux and BSD) for years.
I know, dude! I submitted this story, like, 50 years ago.
Rent the movie SLC Punk! . All will be explained, and rather divertingly at that.
What I want to know is, who's bringing the volatile fruit flavor concentrates?
Wow, "Minix on 5150." That takes me back.
/usr on B. It worked great.
That's precisely what I had--a good old IBM Personal Computer, none of this XT crap. No hard drive, either. I ran Minix with / mounted on floppy drive A and
And I probably wouldn't have gotten into Linux (my expertise with which is now paying the rent) without the experience I gained from that.
Yeah! I use the People's Glorious Revolutionary LOMO!
Is "Minimilism" whin yii inli ickniwlidgi thi ixistinci if ini viwil? Hilp mi iit hiri.
Ih, ind I liki Philip Gliss *ind* Frink Zippi, ind I think Kiyiinisqitsi wis ciil.
I was just over at Netflix last month, to see whether they had Koyaanisqatsi for rent. Their little recommendation thing said:
"If you like Koyaanisqatsi, we think you may also enjoy: LA Lakers: NBA Finals 2000."
(When I told my girlfriend this story, expecting a perfunctory chuckle, she said "Wow, they have the 2000 Lakers DVD? Dude! I'm totally renting that!")
Can any Reggio/Shaq fans enlighten me as to a possible connection?
Actually actually, the "laws of the land" (in this case the 12th Amendment to the Constitution) state that if no candidate has a majority in the electoral college, the presidency is to be determined by a vote of the House of Representatives. Look it up
I'm very sorry to hear that you were drafted.
You did say you'd been drafted, right?
Right. Those "free" public schools were paid for by tax money. The strict libertarian viewpoint you appear to espouse, when applied to education, tends to advocate the elimination of the public school system entirely. Therefore, those whose parents can't afford to send them to private school don't go to school at all.
I don't see this as being any different from the system we have whereby housing and food for the poor and unfortunate (aka "welfare") are subsidized by taxes. Would you eliminate these programs, and say "If you can't afford to feed your children they can starve, and decrease the surplus population"? What if your parents had been in that situation?
Oh, I went to public school too, and I think you meant "presumptuous."
(as if it's through your own assiduousness that you were born into a family that could afford to provide you with ample food and adequate education...)
"We're only going to rape you a little bit."
I'm going to call my consulting company "Hey Everybody I'm A Stupid Moron With An Ugly Face And A Big Butt And My Butt Smells And I Like To Kiss My Own Butt."
10" chefs, fillet, and paring. What's the fourth?
Curiously,
Wow, that reminds me of my old Commodore "Thunk" drive.
Sure I do. I can see it out my window right now, with the big CHA carved into its surface and everything.
Yep. Groucho Marx said: "I wouldn't join any club that would have me." How true.