Don't beleive me? Ask survivors of the Kent State Massacre exactly what the U.S. military will do and to whom.
No, ask them what their local government ordered the military to do to them. The government uses the police/military infrastructure to distract rioters into conflicting with a force much stronger than anything the rioters can assemble. If you're pissed about something the government is doing you're not going to change anything by attacking police and military members or questioning their actions. You have to stay concentrated on rioting against the politicians - they are the ones calling the shots and making decisions - not the local beat cop or the 18 year old armed services guy.
I fear that technology like this will cheapen it in some peoples minds, and make the use of military force "easier".
Television has already done this far more than any new technology will. No matter what you use to defend/attack with someone will be de-sensitized to it and send troops everywhere.
Sending of troops somewhere to do violent things SHOULD be violent, it SHOULD be dangerous.
Oh, well, in that case, go on down to the local recruiter and sign yourself up. You go out there and use with today's crude explosives and defend yourself.... Oh, I didn't think so. Those Marines are out there IN THE LINE OF FIRE - I say give them all the weapons they need to protect themselves.
Having been in the military for 9 years I can honestly say that you are correct. The entire purpose behind having a military, besides protection, is to help out companies. Everything the military purchases is dictated by Congress. Congress writes the specifications. Specifications that get so tight and specific only one or two companies can/do produce it - which happen to be companies with friends in Congress. Do you really think those of us in the military would happily buy a $800 hammer? No - we buy it becuase Congress said that's what we can buy.
As for the sterilization comment - that's paranoia talking. The premis in the military is to do what you can to destroy the enemy's will to fight. Killing one person out of 10 results in 9 people who will now fight all that much harder. Making 10 run away leaves you with no one shooting at you.
Television ads are also more effective because they've turned up the sound (gets your attention), are constantly changing the camera angle (keeps your attention) and are bright and flashy (turns you into a zombie). Next time some car commercial comes on turn out the lights and look at the wall - you'll swear you're in a night club. The volume you can hear. Turn your head away from the TV during the commercial but keep it in your peripheral vision. You'll have to try real hard NOT TO LOOK back at the TV with all the motion on the screen.
Reminds me of sitting in a room one night with some friends. The regular show is on and we're all talking and eating. The commercials come on and we are dead quiet, watching the TV, ignoring our food. One of my friends actually had a fork full of food in front of his face, and held it there for 3-4 minutes while he was zoned into watching the commercial. Ever since that day I've learned to zone out and do something during commercials - or just not watch TV.
New York (AP) - In an unexpected move today The New York Times shut down it's online newspaper website. "No one was reading it" said Mr. Blabberworthy, a New York Times Public Affairs representative. "The only visitor we've have since the end of Feb 2001 was someone with the username 12345678." When asked if the web site would ever be opened again in the future Mr. Blabberworthy replied "Probably not. I guess the web just isn't the 'in' thing it use to be. Sorry Mr. 12345678."
No matter what the activity someone is going to take it to seriously and become obsessed with it. Cars, gambling, football, cooking, etc. Instead of banning something outright since my child *might* become obsessed with it I'll introduce them to as much as possible. Moderation is the key - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. In the end I'll teach them how to decide what they like, don't like, and how not to get carried away with it.
This issue goes beyond ownership. The main drawback to selling you account and character is the fact that anyone with enough money can pick up a high level character, join a group, then fail to play that character correctly, possibly resulting in the death of the entire group. This is turn damages the property of OTHER users. Their characters loses experience, gear, and they have to spend their time retrieving their corpse.
Getting around that annoying problem requires that users be qualified to have the character they buy, like having a drivers license. That would just plain suck and take the fun out of the game.
I don't think you should be able to sell anything you acquire in the game. The user didn't create anything - none of the graphics, none of the sounds, none of the quests, etc. Verant/989 made it all and can do with it as they please.
For those who disagree then it would be proper to say that we own all the content on Slashdot. We are the ones posting the comments and submitting the stories. You should call your lawyer and get a percentage of the advertising revenue from this site.
I can't say for sure why they would do this. I'd imagine it was some bean counter cost thing. From what I understand CD-R discs return only a 1/10th of the laser light that a regular CD does. Therefore they would need more sensitive electronics. Of course, a DVD disc might be the same way (returning a smaller portion of the laser light as compared to a CD disc) which would moot my whole theory. But I'd still consider it a cost thing. Besides, the purpose of Sony is to make money - not do the 'right' thing (support every type of disc known to man).
Having been in the Air Force I can tell you quite certainly that it's a requirement of the START treaties. We had to get rid of a B-1 bomber (an old test model). The treaty required us to chop it up into pieces the size of small cars and leave it lying on the ramp so that Soviet satellites could snap a picture of it.
Looks like the next shooting location for a Marilyn Manson video.
Seriously, these photos send chills up and down my spine. Imagine what else is sitting out there, decaying, poisoning the Earth and we don't even know about it.
These are the kind of pictures I would expect someone to use in anti-nuclear ads. I'd sure like to see some pictures detailing the pollution caused by acid rain (to both structures and wildlife).
Several years ago one of the big media giants tried to get a hefty tax passed on used CD's. They felt that since the CD was no longer owned by an individual and that it was being re-sold they needed a cut of the money. I remember signing a petiton against is. It seems that their attempt to tax used CD's died.
Moral of the story: business will try anything to make more money.
While I haven't really found a candidate that I prefer this single post has made it quite clear as to why I need to go and vote. Thanks John (Goerzen, not Katz). If I haven't found a presidential candidate that I like I'll just write in my name for the time being (is that possible?).
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The RIAA is port scanning your network and trying out random passwords???
You should call the FBI and report them, seriously.
I think the problem is that we hear about these wonderful advances (super computers with real mean stats) but that's the last of it. We never see anything that's done on these. When you finally get your program written and run it on one of these badboy computers do you plan on telling us what you found?
Case in point: Voyager I and II are still operating and NASA is still communicating with them. However, if they didn't have this site I, being John Q. Public, would be a little bored with the subject and say "What the hell is NASA doing these days?"
What I'm trying to say is that after you've run your simulations take a day a create a web page telling us common folk what you found. That way we know someone is using these powerful computers and we might just learn a little something we didn't know yesterday.
Right now nobody's escalating anything
How about exploding US embassies in foreign countries.
As demonstrated in WWII, we have ample industrial infrastructure to match and counter any buildup of any enemy globally.
This is not 1940 - this 2000. Warfare has changed.
Train them, send them to college, and then keep them on file incase some 3rd world country does something stupid and we need them.
One must train for combat situations constantly, not occasionally, if you want to reduce the number of our casualties. And besides, if you had a 4 or 5 year degree with a job bringing in $80k or more would you want to run off to some third world shithole and fight for $24k a year? I didn't think so.
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That's it! I demand that the sun be extinguished now! It's nothing but a cancer causing stain in the solar system!
Don't beleive me? Ask survivors of the Kent State Massacre exactly what the U.S. military will do and to whom.
No, ask them what their local government ordered the military to do to them. The government uses the police/military infrastructure to distract rioters into conflicting with a force much stronger than anything the rioters can assemble. If you're pissed about something the government is doing you're not going to change anything by attacking police and military members or questioning their actions. You have to stay concentrated on rioting against the politicians - they are the ones calling the shots and making decisions - not the local beat cop or the 18 year old armed services guy.
Television has already done this far more than any new technology will. No matter what you use to defend/attack with someone will be de-sensitized to it and send troops everywhere.
Sending of troops somewhere to do violent things SHOULD be violent, it SHOULD be dangerous.
Oh, well, in that case, go on down to the local recruiter and sign yourself up. You go out there and use with today's crude explosives and defend yourself.... Oh, I didn't think so. Those Marines are out there IN THE LINE OF FIRE - I say give them all the weapons they need to protect themselves.
As for the sterilization comment - that's paranoia talking. The premis in the military is to do what you can to destroy the enemy's will to fight. Killing one person out of 10 results in 9 people who will now fight all that much harder. Making 10 run away leaves you with no one shooting at you.
A 3rd degree burn is "charred black". You can live with a 3rd degreen burn (to a certain extent). This weapon is legal.
I want Bill Gates on a chip...so I can overclock the hell out of it and watch it go up in smoke.
Reminds me of sitting in a room one night with some friends. The regular show is on and we're all talking and eating. The commercials come on and we are dead quiet, watching the TV, ignoring our food. One of my friends actually had a fork full of food in front of his face, and held it there for 3-4 minutes while he was zoned into watching the commercial. Ever since that day I've learned to zone out and do something during commercials - or just not watch TV.
You can also hit the stop button when the page is done loading. I generally do this when I am reading a page with one of those x10 ads on it.
New York (AP) - In an unexpected move today The New York Times shut down it's online newspaper website. "No one was reading it" said Mr. Blabberworthy, a New York Times Public Affairs representative. "The only visitor we've have since the end of Feb 2001 was someone with the username 12345678." When asked if the web site would ever be opened again in the future Mr. Blabberworthy replied "Probably not. I guess the web just isn't the 'in' thing it use to be. Sorry Mr. 12345678."
No matter what the activity someone is going to take it to seriously and become obsessed with it. Cars, gambling, football, cooking, etc. Instead of banning something outright since my child *might* become obsessed with it I'll introduce them to as much as possible. Moderation is the key - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. In the end I'll teach them how to decide what they like, don't like, and how not to get carried away with it.
Getting around that annoying problem requires that users be qualified to have the character they buy, like having a drivers license. That would just plain suck and take the fun out of the game.
I don't think you should be able to sell anything you acquire in the game. The user didn't create anything - none of the graphics, none of the sounds, none of the quests, etc. Verant/989 made it all and can do with it as they please.
For those who disagree then it would be proper to say that we own all the content on Slashdot. We are the ones posting the comments and submitting the stories. You should call your lawyer and get a percentage of the advertising revenue from this site.
Yes, it is a joke. Thanks for double checking.
Why am I not surprised. I think it's time to raise the bar on taking ethics classes in college: anything less than an 4.0 and you can't graduate.
I just had a disturbing thought: "We need someone to step and deal with this 'lack-of-ethics' problem." We need the Thought Police.
I can't say for sure why they would do this. I'd imagine it was some bean counter cost thing. From what I understand CD-R discs return only a 1/10th of the laser light that a regular CD does. Therefore they would need more sensitive electronics. Of course, a DVD disc might be the same way (returning a smaller portion of the laser light as compared to a CD disc) which would moot my whole theory. But I'd still consider it a cost thing. Besides, the purpose of Sony is to make money - not do the 'right' thing (support every type of disc known to man).
Having been in the Air Force I can tell you quite certainly that it's a requirement of the START treaties. We had to get rid of a B-1 bomber (an old test model). The treaty required us to chop it up into pieces the size of small cars and leave it lying on the ramp so that Soviet satellites could snap a picture of it.
Seriously, these photos send chills up and down my spine. Imagine what else is sitting out there, decaying, poisoning the Earth and we don't even know about it.
These are the kind of pictures I would expect someone to use in anti-nuclear ads. I'd sure like to see some pictures detailing the pollution caused by acid rain (to both structures and wildlife).
Scary stuff.
Moral of the story: business will try anything to make more money.
While I haven't really found a candidate that I prefer this single post has made it quite clear as to why I need to go and vote. Thanks John (Goerzen, not Katz). If I haven't found a presidential candidate that I like I'll just write in my name for the time being (is that possible?).
You should call the FBI and report them, seriously.
Case in point: Voyager I and II are still operating and NASA is still communicating with them. However, if they didn't have this site I, being John Q. Public, would be a little bored with the subject and say "What the hell is NASA doing these days?"
What I'm trying to say is that after you've run your simulations take a day a create a web page telling us common folk what you found. That way we know someone is using these powerful computers and we might just learn a little something we didn't know yesterday.
In advance, Thanks.
How about exploding US embassies in foreign countries.
As demonstrated in WWII, we have ample industrial infrastructure to match and counter any buildup of any enemy globally.
This is not 1940 - this 2000. Warfare has changed.
Train them, send them to college, and then keep them on file incase some 3rd world country does something stupid and we need them.
One must train for combat situations constantly, not occasionally, if you want to reduce the number of our casualties. And besides, if you had a 4 or 5 year degree with a job bringing in $80k or more would you want to run off to some third world shithole and fight for $24k a year? I didn't think so.
Shoot one, teach a hundred.
Eh, who cares.
And NBC is testing those idiots on an island...hmm, they just found a better idiot.
You! nharmon! Out of the gene pool! Now!