Dude you're heavily delusional. Apple, Google et al have exactly 0 leverage vs. EU. That EU citizens would revolt against the governments if they wouldn't be able to get Apple kind of 'shiny' is ridiculous. I for one say, rip Apple and others* a new one, and if they want to walk, so be it.
* including 'European' corporations, whatever that means.
I laughed at your 'Czechoslovakia' notion, but I straight out snorted at Samsung being able to afford something one of the most powerful governments in the world cannot. And I'm not talking about the 'political' aspect of EU, which is, granted, kind of slow and impotent, but the most vigorous and agile one - the regulatory.
What is it with people on this site over and over again underestimating the power of EU? EU regulatory bodies can and actually do enforce their respective regulations all the time.
It seems it's turtles all the way down. I could follow this gravity saga up to general relativity where it becomes slightly blurred. Even though I'm excited about new developments in physics, I'm kind of sad it's getting more and more incomprehensible. I just can't grasp strings & holograms at any level. The same goes for modern developments in mathematics.
You don't 'use' OS; you use whatever software you need to do whatever you do. If a Linux distro does it for you, great - it's cheaper and often easier to keep operating acceptably than Windows. If it doesn't, well, tough luck.
My point is exactly what you wrote there. USAF hasn't been in a dogfight since Vietnam. Meanwhile CCCP (as the sponsor of Vietnamese) collapsed and all that's left is pulverizing [anti]airforceless enemy into dust. So where does that scenario of F35 vs SU35 happen without a serious risk of all out nuclear war?
Well we disagree there. There are things F35 does old planes don't and then there are things old planes do F35 doesn't. The same goes for old and new cars.
My opinion is dogfighting is not a top metric to judge a modern multifunction plane in the same way the crank is not a top metric to judge a modern car (by being obsolete). So the comparison is appropriate as it conveys my take on the matter (be it right or wrong).
BTW, you are one of those that'd say Boeing 777 is worse than Concorde because speed, right?
While I agree with most of your points I still think it's more than adequate (in terms of capability, pricewise I believe it's a disaster, but then, pork).
What you're saying is it's a bad tool for dick measuring games like Russia with its bombers or Greece and Turkey with their US provided fighters play? Well that I agree, it might hurt the exports if F16s beat it at it.
And tsotha already answered but I believe it's worth repeating: it's not a fighter. It's a design-by-committee everything plane.
I disagree that dogfighting is relevant in modern warfare, at least with USA as one side. Though F35 is predominantly a pork project, it's not such a blatant failure as described. The scenarios where USAF doesn't have a massive support network and has to depend on individual planes' capability to dogfight simply don't happen, because the planet is already nuked.
Why is dogfight a parameter in assessing 5th generation plane? It's like saying my car sucks because I can't use a crank to start the engine like the old cars could.
A fucking patent on a fucking start button. And we're supposed to admire the guy for his immeasurable contribution to the history of computing? Bitch please. Go draw a plane or something.
While technically correct, your argument misses the point. Regular user doesn't want to service the computer/OS, they just want to use it. If bloat means less hustle (and usually it does), then bloat it will be.
Looking out through airplane window and realizing a dark patch between city lights of Cairo was actually a pyramid was a mystical experience for me. Having to stand at least a kilometer away to comfortably grasp the whole too.
Size does matter, or as comrade Stalin would say, quantity in itself is a quality. And it was anything but easy, otherwise structures of such size would be built more often in 4000 years since. They truly are a marvel.
Rotoscopy was part of the appeal of the movie, not a drawback. I've seen that movie as a kid and remembered it for unique atmosphere it had. It really was magical & mythical. It really did take you to another time and place. A work of art trying to depict 'different' place/time needs to have a skewed perspective. It's not only about CGI and costumes. Think David Lynch. Or if you want to go further back / more experimental, think Maya Deren.
PJ movies did nothing like. And to make things worse, they could pass as vanilla M&M adaptation of the book, were it not for awful, awful cheapening through dwarf-tossing and campy fights. Why is it awful? Because LOTR, in its core, is about loss. Loss of innocence, youth, friends, your whole world, in the face of events bigger than life. It's a tragic story. Those battles were supposed to be desperate and grim. The victories were supposed to come at a cost, not to be taken as granted. But as filmed, you get gung-ho hack-n-slash action against non-descript enemies, which soon enough gets boring, contrasted with gay escapades of Frodo, Sam & Gollum, which are dull and instead of being poignant, are cheaply pathetic. Why all the drama when our guys are winning and laughing?
Those two storylines were supposed to strengthen each other by being equally desperate, not provide different strokes for different audiences. In the end, you get a bipolar movie, instead of a whole.
And RB movie is a whole, despite not covering all three books.
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Dude you're heavily delusional. Apple, Google et al have exactly 0 leverage vs. EU.
That EU citizens would revolt against the governments if they wouldn't be able to get Apple kind of 'shiny' is ridiculous.
I for one say, rip Apple and others* a new one, and if they want to walk, so be it.
* including 'European' corporations, whatever that means.
I laughed at your 'Czechoslovakia' notion, but I straight out snorted at Samsung being able to afford something one of the most powerful governments in the world cannot. And I'm not talking about the 'political' aspect of EU, which is, granted, kind of slow and impotent, but the most vigorous and agile one - the regulatory.
What is it with people on this site over and over again underestimating the power of EU? EU regulatory bodies can and actually do enforce their respective regulations all the time.
Finally a strategy to deal with untruth news.
Doubleplusgood comrades!
It seems it's turtles all the way down. I could follow this gravity saga up to general relativity where it becomes slightly blurred.
Even though I'm excited about new developments in physics, I'm kind of sad it's getting more and more incomprehensible. I just can't grasp strings & holograms at any level. The same goes for modern developments in mathematics.
You don't 'use' OS; you use whatever software you need to do whatever you do.
If a Linux distro does it for you, great - it's cheaper and often easier to keep operating acceptably than Windows.
If it doesn't, well, tough luck.
To this day, it mostly doesn't.
Might be but that's a non sequitur, you know that?
Aw man apk will jizzgazm all over this thread. The time has finally come!
I don't know who's the moron downmoderating my posts days after being posted but I want to acknowledge their work. Keep it up!
This guy is stuck in black hole related stuff and just can't move out of it.
My point is exactly what you wrote there. USAF hasn't been in a dogfight since Vietnam. Meanwhile CCCP (as the sponsor of Vietnamese) collapsed and all that's left is pulverizing [anti]airforceless enemy into dust.
So where does that scenario of F35 vs SU35 happen without a serious risk of all out nuclear war?
Thanks for the history lesson. While we're at it, tell me how USAF fared in WWI? There must be some relevant experience there too.
'Rock star' is a very useful term.
Jobseeking side, it's useful to filter out hipster, clueless, experimental and flatout scammer (as in all work and no pay) workplaces.
Recruiter side, it's useful to filter out narcissistic, deluded and gullible (again clueless) candidates.
Well we disagree there. There are things F35 does old planes don't and then there are things old planes do F35 doesn't. The same goes for old and new cars.
My opinion is dogfighting is not a top metric to judge a modern multifunction plane in the same way the crank is not a top metric to judge a modern car (by being obsolete). So the comparison is appropriate as it conveys my take on the matter (be it right or wrong).
BTW, you are one of those that'd say Boeing 777 is worse than Concorde because speed, right?
While I agree with most of your points I still think it's more than adequate (in terms of capability, pricewise I believe it's a disaster, but then, pork).
What you're saying is it's a bad tool for dick measuring games like Russia with its bombers or Greece and Turkey with their US provided fighters play? Well that I agree, it might hurt the exports if F16s beat it at it.
And tsotha already answered but I believe it's worth repeating: it's not a fighter. It's a design-by-committee everything plane.
Thanks.
I disagree that dogfighting is relevant in modern warfare, at least with USA as one side.
Though F35 is predominantly a pork project, it's not such a blatant failure as described.
The scenarios where USAF doesn't have a massive support network and has to depend on individual planes' capability to dogfight simply don't happen, because the planet is already nuked.
Why is dogfight a parameter in assessing 5th generation plane?
It's like saying my car sucks because I can't use a crank to start the engine like the old cars could.
A fucking patent on a fucking start button.
And we're supposed to admire the guy for his immeasurable contribution to the history of computing?
Bitch please. Go draw a plane or something.
This is, like, ultimate appeal to authority argument; reasons are a, b, c and d, and if you don't accept them, it's because you're inherently flawed.
Try again.
Yeah, hassle. I don't think choice of computer/OS has impact on hustle level.
While technically correct, your argument misses the point. Regular user doesn't want to service the computer/OS, they just want to use it. If bloat means less hustle (and usually it does), then bloat it will be.
Any sufficiently complex system contains a bunch of dead man switches by nature. No need to be malicious, just walk away.
If that's not the case, you might need to acknowledge your job wasn't all that complicated.
This is non-news. Now half a mile above the ice, that would be something!
Tell me more about those Muslims from 4000+ years ago.
Btw, citation needed. For example, beat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe/.
Looking out through airplane window and realizing a dark patch between city lights of Cairo was actually a pyramid was a mystical experience for me. Having to stand at least a kilometer away to comfortably grasp the whole too.
Size does matter, or as comrade Stalin would say, quantity in itself is a quality. And it was anything but easy, otherwise structures of such size would be built more often in 4000 years since. They truly are a marvel.
Sphinx, though, is overrated.
Rotoscopy was part of the appeal of the movie, not a drawback. I've seen that movie as a kid and remembered it for unique atmosphere it had. It really was magical & mythical. It really did take you to another time and place.
A work of art trying to depict 'different' place/time needs to have a skewed perspective. It's not only about CGI and costumes. Think David Lynch. Or if you want to go further back / more experimental, think Maya Deren.
PJ movies did nothing like. And to make things worse, they could pass as vanilla M&M adaptation of the book, were it not for awful, awful cheapening through dwarf-tossing and campy fights.
Why is it awful? Because LOTR, in its core, is about loss. Loss of innocence, youth, friends, your whole world, in the face of events bigger than life. It's a tragic story.
Those battles were supposed to be desperate and grim. The victories were supposed to come at a cost, not to be taken as granted.
But as filmed, you get gung-ho hack-n-slash action against non-descript enemies, which soon enough gets boring, contrasted with gay escapades of Frodo, Sam & Gollum, which are dull and instead of being poignant, are cheaply pathetic. Why all the drama when our guys are winning and laughing?
Those two storylines were supposed to strengthen each other by being equally desperate, not provide different strokes for different audiences. In the end, you get a bipolar movie, instead of a whole.
And RB movie is a whole, despite not covering all three books.