"Were these tactics employed? Yes, but usually not by the regular army, and not with much success."
These tactics suppressed Loyalists in the south for most of the war, preventing penetration and resupply by British forces.
Sure, we hear about the battles, but it was the little skirmishes and terror/propaganda campaigns that kept the British army from really establishing a foothold.
These tactics are what enabled the Continental Regulars to move effectively overland, to enlist militia units (since no threat of Loyalist actions at home freed up men to enlist en masse in the Continental Army), and to put together the army that took advatange of multiple British errors at Yorktown.
The Battle at Yorktown was won not by Washington & his von Steuben-trained regulars, but by the French fleet and British leadership. The British did not fortify well in Yorktown, and did not defend their outer fortifications. They also did not evacuate Yorktown when they could have. The Continentals would have won anyway in the long run, due to the "insurgency tactics" that suppressed Loyalist support in North America.
Were the "classic" battlefield tactics useful to the Continentals? Sure -- they ennabled honorable surrender by the British. But the war was not won via those tactics.
"One I can think of off the top of my head is that if a large proportion of the population does not want you ruling them, you will eventually fail. You can try to suppress them with guns and bombs but that only makes more of them oppose you, and harder."
Not always true. This tactic worked for the Americans in the WoI, it is how the Americans neutralized the support of Tories in the south, especially in the second half of the war.
Most North Americans, outside of Massachusetts and neighboring areas, actually did not support a war for independence during the first half of the war. Propaganda and terrorism helped ensure that by the end of the war, independence had majority support.
So why was the result different for that war, than for other conflicts like the ones you mention?
Mostly it's because of two reasons:
1. Other demands on British resources (such as the threat of invasion from France, and the value of the Caribbean trade that was being threatened).
2. Home opposition to the war. Many British citizens were opposed to the war in North America for the same reasons that many people are opposed to the war in Iraq today.
Seems to me like the parallels are very strong between Iraq now and North America c. 1778.
The British could have won in North America, but many MPs decided that it was too costly, politically, to do so.
"Lets see, we have had two world wars both started by the germans. "
Well, WWII was caused as much by the terms forced upon Germany at the end of WWI as anything else. Maybe the WWI allies should be held responsible for the mess they left in Germany that led to the power-grab of the Nazi party in the 30s? Or perhaps the US was responsible, since the collapse the the US economy contributed as well to the rise of the 3rd Reich?
I get your point... all states will do evil if not prevented. But to say that the German people of today are not qualified to make any moral judgements... well, that's silly.
Also, it's interesting that you address England and Germany in your post, and say that you've disqualified the Axis nations. I'm a little curious about why England has now replaced Japan and Italy in your vision of what the Axis was.
At any rate, that's one great thing about democratically elected governments. Out with the bad, in with the new / less bad / differently bad.
A shyster is someone who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods -- regardless of career/profession. Yes, it's mostly used to describe lawyers and politicians, but it can be used for any profession.
I, and my company, buy plenty from B&H and Adorama. Also had good experiences with K&M.
It's like any other major purchase... do your homework. Look for stores with established brick & mortar business and reputation. Don't be lured by too-good-to-be-true deals (they really are). Ask around with people who are in the know (there are plenty of photography enthusiast websites out there).
Yes, there are a lot of shady people running shady ops in shady neighborhoods in the NY area. But that doesn't mean there aren't reputable shops as well.
"Of course, concerns about the coercivity of this approach are justified, but the security benefit outweighs."
I disagree 100%. The free speech concerns alone (fear of retribution, etc) should be enough to dissuade anyone who thinks it's necessary for government to do this.
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Yes, you haven't heard of this new spec for hard drives?
It means that at 10 Gs of force, it's still full height... that is, it's got stable sidewalls that don't compress -- I know I'm not full height at 10 Gs, are you?
And don't ask about the MFM, though I think Googling it would be useful, though perhaps not as useful as "MMF."*
Yeah, just devalue the game currency so fast you'll lose all your subscribers.
It's entertainment. Just like so many industries we waste countless hours on, like literature, or movies.
Why doesn't everyone spend every minute of their time producing hard goods, after all, everything else is a waste of manpower? Do you think, then, that all service industries are a waste of manpower?
If I buy farmed gold in a game, I'm just trading my capital for their time. And since my capital is (unfortunately) derived almost completely from my labor, it just means I'm trading my labor for theirs, albeit at a rate of exchange that favors me... except that the same money will go farther where they live.
I'm not, since the search took anything that looked correct as being correct. It wasn't a measure of incorrect information, it was a test of whether obviously false domain registrations were being caught.
Blech, that would suck, and would take forever... return time for a query is about 10 seconds. Throw in the number of stations, and the possible useful combinations... good thing I don't have the desire to restart the project.
"It's not a technological or cost problem. It's a political problem involving getting enough people to push for it and overcoming some narrowminded resistance from some vested interests."
Except that you're talking about potential "Terror Targets (tm)." Security is a big issue, too.
And it's a little more complicated than that, since individual buses don't run the same route every day. You've got to have someone coordinating bus information, dealing with bus changes, dealing with route changes due to congestion or weather, etc.
It would require an additional employee, if not more than one, for each company providing the info. That'd break the budget for some of the bus companies out there. Not so bad for the MTA, since their operation is so big.
Online commerce, that's all it is. People pay for labor, and they do it where the labor is cheapest. This just makes it very easy, since there is zero distribution cost for the product.
Why should the fact that the demand is driven by games make it anything different than it is in other industries?
"What they need to do next is to work with the municipalities* to integrate GPS tracking on all city buses so anyone, anywhere, can get real time info on when the next bus will arrive. No more waiting at the bustop in the rain!"
They'd also need to work with all the private mass transit companies out there -- most bus lines in the NY area are not operated by the MTA. Who is going to bear the cost of such a system? A lot of the bus companies are nowhere near where they'd need to be to provide that information.
"Moreover, it's far from implmenting very useful things such as :
- real-time delay (e.g. STIB "synchro"):
Hell, NJTransit can't even provide itself with real-time delay information, there's no way they can provide it to Google.
I get "instant email alerts" when my trains are delayed -- but those emails are usually sent after my delayed train has already arrived at my destination.
The NJ Transit system, however, doesn't include any other mass transit providers. There are several bus companies that operate in NJ, sometimes they are better for where you want to go.
Use the NJTransit system to check on routes from New Brunswick to Newark. No mention of the Suburban bus that is cheaper and faster than the train (well, faster outside of rush hour).
When in college, I tried writing an app to combine mass transit schedules from NJTransit, Suburban, Coach, TRansbridge, etc., to come up with optimal routes. A lot harder than I thought it would be, even basing the whole thing on hubs, and I abandoned it after trying to do my first schedule update. NJTransit likes to change their schedule every 6 months or so, and they didn't offer the schedule in anything other than a PDF online.
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FTS: "has created a protocol in which text messages disappear after 40 seconds."
"Nothing to see here. Please move along."
"Were these tactics employed? Yes, but usually not by the regular army, and not with much success."
These tactics suppressed Loyalists in the south for most of the war, preventing penetration and resupply by British forces.
Sure, we hear about the battles, but it was the little skirmishes and terror/propaganda campaigns that kept the British army from really establishing a foothold.
These tactics are what enabled the Continental Regulars to move effectively overland, to enlist militia units (since no threat of Loyalist actions at home freed up men to enlist en masse in the Continental Army), and to put together the army that took advatange of multiple British errors at Yorktown.
The Battle at Yorktown was won not by Washington & his von Steuben-trained regulars, but by the French fleet and British leadership. The British did not fortify well in Yorktown, and did not defend their outer fortifications. They also did not evacuate Yorktown when they could have. The Continentals would have won anyway in the long run, due to the "insurgency tactics" that suppressed Loyalist support in North America.
Were the "classic" battlefield tactics useful to the Continentals? Sure -- they ennabled honorable surrender by the British. But the war was not won via those tactics.
"One I can think of off the top of my head is that if a large proportion of the population does not want you ruling them, you will eventually fail. You can try to suppress them with guns and bombs but that only makes more of them oppose you, and harder."
Not always true. This tactic worked for the Americans in the WoI, it is how the Americans neutralized the support of Tories in the south, especially in the second half of the war.
Most North Americans, outside of Massachusetts and neighboring areas, actually did not support a war for independence during the first half of the war. Propaganda and terrorism helped ensure that by the end of the war, independence had majority support.
So why was the result different for that war, than for other conflicts like the ones you mention?
Mostly it's because of two reasons:
1. Other demands on British resources (such as the threat of invasion from France, and the value of the Caribbean trade that was being threatened).
2. Home opposition to the war. Many British citizens were opposed to the war in North America for the same reasons that many people are opposed to the war in Iraq today.
Seems to me like the parallels are very strong between Iraq now and North America c. 1778.
The British could have won in North America, but many MPs decided that it was too costly, politically, to do so.
It's not so simple as you make it out to be.
"Lets see, we have had two world wars both started by the germans. "
Well, WWII was caused as much by the terms forced upon Germany at the end of WWI as anything else. Maybe the WWI allies should be held responsible for the mess they left in Germany that led to the power-grab of the Nazi party in the 30s? Or perhaps the US was responsible, since the collapse the the US economy contributed as well to the rise of the 3rd Reich?
I get your point... all states will do evil if not prevented. But to say that the German people of today are not qualified to make any moral judgements... well, that's silly.
Also, it's interesting that you address England and Germany in your post, and say that you've disqualified the Axis nations. I'm a little curious about why England has now replaced Japan and Italy in your vision of what the Axis was.
At any rate, that's one great thing about democratically elected governments. Out with the bad, in with the new / less bad / differently bad.
A shyster is someone who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods -- regardless of career/profession. Yes, it's mostly used to describe lawyers and politicians, but it can be used for any profession.
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" I'd never trust a store who couldn't spell "right" correctly anyway. All you Grammar Nazis were right. "
/Vocabulary Nazi at work
In this case, that would be the Spelling Nazis, not the Grammar Nazis.
I, and my company, buy plenty from B&H and Adorama. Also had good experiences with K&M.
It's like any other major purchase... do your homework. Look for stores with established brick & mortar business and reputation. Don't be lured by too-good-to-be-true deals (they really are). Ask around with people who are in the know (there are plenty of photography enthusiast websites out there).
Yes, there are a lot of shady people running shady ops in shady neighborhoods in the NY area. But that doesn't mean there aren't reputable shops as well.
Caveat emptor.
"Of course, concerns about the coercivity of this approach are justified, but the security benefit outweighs."
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I disagree 100%. The free speech concerns alone (fear of retribution, etc) should be enough to dissuade anyone who thinks it's necessary for government to do this.
I suggest you read In Perilous Times by Geoffrey Stone, maybe get some more perspective on why this kind of security, enacted by governments at protests (for "processing groups" as you say) is bad for a country. ahref=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articl
"This is ridiculous. You don't see car manufacturers trying to stop people selling second hand cars."
You're right, but that's because cars deteriorate pretty quickly. Games do not; a used copy provides the same game experience as a new copy.
"make your own clean room with some clear plastic, DuctTape, Rubber Gloves, and coat hangers, Some felt and a vacuum cleaner"
Clear plastic, duct tape, rubber gloves, coat hangers?
What kind of clinic are you running? And what do you use the felt and vacuum cleaner for?
" '10g full-height MFM hard disk.'
10g?"
Yes, you haven't heard of this new spec for hard drives?
It means that at 10 Gs of force, it's still full height... that is, it's got stable sidewalls that don't compress -- I know I'm not full height at 10 Gs, are you?
And don't ask about the MFM, though I think Googling it would be useful, though perhaps not as useful as "MMF."*
* Don't try either of these at work.
Yeah, just devalue the game currency so fast you'll lose all your subscribers.
It's entertainment. Just like so many industries we waste countless hours on, like literature, or movies.
Why doesn't everyone spend every minute of their time producing hard goods, after all, everything else is a waste of manpower? Do you think, then, that all service industries are a waste of manpower?
If I buy farmed gold in a game, I'm just trading my capital for their time. And since my capital is (unfortunately) derived almost completely from my labor, it just means I'm trading my labor for theirs, albeit at a rate of exchange that favors me... except that the same money will go farther where they live.
Also, wouldn't there be the same issues in management causing those problems?
"I think the fascination is that this is a virtual economy with objects that have no real value outside of that which we assign to them."
Just like shares of stock. Or currency, for that matter.
I'm not, since the search took anything that looked correct as being correct. It wasn't a measure of incorrect information, it was a test of whether obviously false domain registrations were being caught.
You're right of course -- and as WhiplashII pointed out, a lot of these issues are a result of the same motivational problems that plague engineers.
But, part of it is just the nature of the beast -- coordinating a couple thousand people is a wee bit harder than coordinating 10.
Blech, that would suck, and would take forever... return time for a query is about 10 seconds. Throw in the number of stations, and the possible useful combinations... good thing I don't have the desire to restart the project.
"It's not a technological or cost problem. It's a political problem involving getting enough people to push for it and overcoming some narrowminded resistance from some vested interests."
Except that you're talking about potential "Terror Targets (tm)." Security is a big issue, too.
And it's a little more complicated than that, since individual buses don't run the same route every day. You've got to have someone coordinating bus information, dealing with bus changes, dealing with route changes due to congestion or weather, etc.
It would require an additional employee, if not more than one, for each company providing the info. That'd break the budget for some of the bus companies out there. Not so bad for the MTA, since their operation is so big.
Yeah, I know you can now -- it wasn't the same a decade ago.
But the point-to-point schedules aren't going to help me much if I want to update a database automatically to reflect schedule changes.
Online commerce, that's all it is. People pay for labor, and they do it where the labor is cheapest. This just makes it very easy, since there is zero distribution cost for the product.
Why should the fact that the demand is driven by games make it anything different than it is in other industries?
Sure, but some of it is unavoidable given the different nature of the beast, regardless of whose fault it is for not compensating.
"What they need to do next is to work with the municipalities* to integrate GPS tracking on all city buses so anyone, anywhere, can get real time info on when the next bus will arrive. No more waiting at the bustop in the rain!"
They'd also need to work with all the private mass transit companies out there -- most bus lines in the NY area are not operated by the MTA. Who is going to bear the cost of such a system? A lot of the bus companies are nowhere near where they'd need to be to provide that information.
"Moreover, it's far from implmenting very useful things such as : - real-time delay (e.g. STIB "synchro") :
Hell, NJTransit can't even provide itself with real-time delay information, there's no way they can provide it to Google.
I get "instant email alerts" when my trains are delayed -- but those emails are usually sent after my delayed train has already arrived at my destination.
Well, you can't vote out Big Brother either. You can choose not to use Google services, but you can't choose your (ostensibly) elected government.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
The NJ Transit system, however, doesn't include any other mass transit providers. There are several bus companies that operate in NJ, sometimes they are better for where you want to go.
Use the NJTransit system to check on routes from New Brunswick to Newark. No mention of the Suburban bus that is cheaper and faster than the train (well, faster outside of rush hour).
When in college, I tried writing an app to combine mass transit schedules from NJTransit, Suburban, Coach, TRansbridge, etc., to come up with optimal routes. A lot harder than I thought it would be, even basing the whole thing on hubs, and I abandoned it after trying to do my first schedule update. NJTransit likes to change their schedule every 6 months or so, and they didn't offer the schedule in anything other than a PDF online.