I'm not exactly sure how you can judge the mentality of military members by the current regime. I would think experiencing the hardships of a meaningless war would actually give someone a better viewpoint when it comes to voting. It would seem to be a system that would regulate itself. Veterans would be more likely to vote for someone who only gets into conflict for a solely defensive reason rather than one for monetary gain.
This reminds me of Robert Heinlein's book, "Starship Troopers", not the horrendous movie of the same name. In their society, to gain the right to vote, one had to voluntarily serve in the armed services. The idea is that, those who choose to defend their nation/planet and put themselves in harms way, would use that vote in a much more reponsible way.
As my old man (US Army retired) would say about any new military infantry technology more complex than a rock, "Give it to the average grunt and he'll find some way to break it."
I had a problem like that after a kernel upgrade. I hade used automatix to install nvidia drivers for my video card. It installs a different version of the kernel with support for the drivers. After the kernel upgrade, I had to boot off the old kernel to get X to work. I'm sure someone with more technical knowledge could explain this better. The xorg.conf was no longer compatible with the new generic kernel since it called for the nvidia driver and not the X default nv driver.
The thing is, the US Military is made up of, get this, Americans. Hopefully, a large portion of them would either refuse or even defend the civilian population. I remember something about Katrina and the national guard refusing to help enforce the gun confiscation ordered by the local police.
Here's the thing though. The American military force is made up of... Americans. A lot of them feel the same way as the average citizen towards their government. Time will tell though. We can have something like another American revolution or a fascist dictatorship like Nazi Germany.
I alternate between a motorcycle and a bike to commute to work. A solid steady single red light is almost invisible to the average driver who is always looking for two red or white lights. People just completely zone out. When I brake on the motorcycle I flash my tail light 3-4 times before actually braking. That little blinking red LED tailight on my bike is the only thing that will get through the mindless zombie driver's thick skull and let him know I exist from a distance. They're meant to be annoying. I think a constant pattern or color changing jacket would work great. People would figure out which pattern and color combos work the best.
Goldfish can be trained through repetition of light or sound to know when it's feeding time. They'll swim to the surface at the familiar sound of a bell. Mine do it the traditional way when I open the tank lid.
A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking being done by cowards and its fighting by fools. --Thucydides--
One of the biggest problems we have in the United States is that our constitution is set up to help out big business and not the little guy. A really good book on the subject is "Hologram of Liberty" by Kenneth Royce(aka Boston T. Party.)
Well it could mean that there is a need for DRM technology in today's culture no matter how much I and alot of other people hate it.
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
~ William Pitt (1708-1778)
English statesman
from speech on the India Bill 18 November 1783
I installed in a couple months back for nostalgic reasons. It just doesn't do it for me any more. I still use lynx though, especially while installing. It's an easy way to read help documentation without having to run X.
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I'm not exactly sure how you can judge the mentality of military members by the current regime. I would think experiencing the hardships of a meaningless war would actually give someone a better viewpoint when it comes to voting. It would seem to be a system that would regulate itself. Veterans would be more likely to vote for someone who only gets into conflict for a solely defensive reason rather than one for monetary gain.
This reminds me of Robert Heinlein's book, "Starship Troopers", not the horrendous movie of the same name. In their society, to gain the right to vote, one had to voluntarily serve in the armed services. The idea is that, those who choose to defend their nation/planet and put themselves in harms way, would use that vote in a much more reponsible way.
As my old man (US Army retired) would say about any new military infantry technology more complex than a rock, "Give it to the average grunt and he'll find some way to break it."
I had a problem like that after a kernel upgrade. I hade used automatix to install nvidia drivers for my video card. It installs a different version of the kernel with support for the drivers. After the kernel upgrade, I had to boot off the old kernel to get X to work. I'm sure someone with more technical knowledge could explain this better. The xorg.conf was no longer compatible with the new generic kernel since it called for the nvidia driver and not the X default nv driver.
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I'd say it's the IED's that are actually doing all the damage. Americans have access to all sorts of things that go boom.
The thing is, the US Military is made up of, get this, Americans. Hopefully, a large portion of them would either refuse or even defend the civilian population. I remember something about Katrina and the national guard refusing to help enforce the gun confiscation ordered by the local police.
Here's the thing though. The American military force is made up of... Americans. A lot of them feel the same way as the average citizen towards their government. Time will tell though. We can have something like another American revolution or a fascist dictatorship like Nazi Germany.
Just don't eat the H3(Tritium). Generally, radioactive materials aren't that good for you.
I alternate between a motorcycle and a bike to commute to work. A solid steady single red light is almost invisible to the average driver who is always looking for two red or white lights. People just completely zone out. When I brake on the motorcycle I flash my tail light 3-4 times before actually braking. That little blinking red LED tailight on my bike is the only thing that will get through the mindless zombie driver's thick skull and let him know I exist from a distance. They're meant to be annoying. I think a constant pattern or color changing jacket would work great. People would figure out which pattern and color combos work the best.
Goldfish can be trained through repetition of light or sound to know when it's feeding time. They'll swim to the surface at the familiar sound of a bell. Mine do it the traditional way when I open the tank lid.
A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking being done by cowards and its fighting by fools. --Thucydides--
One of the biggest problems we have in the United States is that our constitution is set up to help out big business and not the little guy. A really good book on the subject is "Hologram of Liberty" by Kenneth Royce(aka Boston T. Party.)
Zeiss just announced its' new line of ZF lenses for the nikon F mount. http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B58B9/?Open
Well it could mean that there is a need for DRM technology in today's culture no matter how much I and alot of other people hate it. "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ~ William Pitt (1708-1778) English statesman from speech on the India Bill 18 November 1783
I installed in a couple months back for nostalgic reasons. It just doesn't do it for me any more. I still use lynx though, especially while installing. It's an easy way to read help documentation without having to run X.