Republicans are even more adamant about this than Democrats. They just know that in California, if they want a bill to actually pass, a Democrat must put it up for vote as almost anything they put up is shot down on principal.
To not actually have to do police work. They want the equivalent of automatic license plate scanners that identify you instantly and record a crime, real or imagined and issue an arrest warrant or fine and have a local agency serve you without anyone having to lift a finger, much less get off their ass.
Thank you. I agree that science for science sake is actually a good thing. The problem I was having as not being a physics type of geek was that the information wasn't reaching my level.
I read TFA and I'm still not sure what the importance or application of this is. Is this just to make therotical physicists sqee or are there anticipated important properties or applications?
If you want to go full on libertarian dystopia, then fine. You can use whatever noisy, polluting piece of garbage you want because your too lazy to use a rake... and I can shoot you for it. Problem solved. Yes, the battery versions are not perfect but, if your too damn lazy to use a rake, than it is the solution you will have to deal with. The reason that laws like this have to be created is because people are too self-centered and lazy to do what is best for everyone; they only care about themselves, without a single thought as to how it effects their neighbours.
The reality is that half of our military spending, none of which currently goes to fund or support troops, would pay for universal healthcare, fund social security and a whole bunch of other programs. Hell, the failed F35 project the congress refuses to let die would pay for health care by itself!
They knew the bomb wouldn't burn off the atmosphere or anything like that. Some of the scientists had the blast calculations correct but, weren't believed as nobody thought the explosion could possibly be that big.
Oh, you're a member of the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority Program (EGBT, NNSP) too? Cool! We'll have to nuke it out some time. I'll have my drones do a fly by on your drones.
I hate replying to myself but, I had an extra item to add and we can't edit here.
The problem that the US has had in the middle east is that we have tried all three general policies: diplomacy only, limited engagement and full regime change. The end result has been similar in all three, all the countries involved and their neighbors hate us, people have vowed to get revenge on us for our actions (or inactions) and it has been a large to huge drain on the national treasury. Limited engagement seems to have had the fewest US lives lost and tend to be the cheapest, even above diplomacy. The problem with this option is that you have to support one the the existing factions and when it comes to the middle-east, factions that we find acceptable to our policy goals is next to impossible (see Libya and our current problems with [IS/ISIS/ISIL/Daesh]). It's literally a damned if you do and damned if you don't scenario.
Well, though we've butted our noses in a few wars, some we probably shouldn't have, we have not started a new once since Shrub (the lesser Bush) left office. So, at least, it's an improvement. The problem is the mess we left from the last two we did start has gotten so big, no one really knows how to deal with it.
Yea, I learned a little bit about it when a few of us got together on a brain exercise about if we could build a nuke out of materials we could actually obtain. (And, if any law enforcement is listening; no, we did not acquire any materials, build anything and the plans were erased right after we were done.) The yield was going to be low and the fallout was disgusting but, it would have worked. Strangely enough, one of the friends that got a masters in nuclear physics for fun checked our math for us and calculated the fallout. When he gave us the calculation, he said basically the same thing, the more powerful the blast per amount of material, the less fallout you get. So, if you want a small, clean explosion, you use the least amount of material possible to produce the explosion. Any remaining material just floods the area with radiation that lingers for a very, very long time.
That's probably why the idea of the M.A.D. scenario, true or false, has been so effective: You only get to try once; and if you bet against it and are wrong, there goes the human race forever.
I'm not sure that having nuclear weapons that do less damage will deter China or Russia. Right now, if they develop and then consider using precision nuclear weapons against us, the fact that we have old-fashioned, city leveling bombs only would give them more of a reason to decide not to use their future precision-guided weapons. That's the reasoning I see working.
I mod, therefore I am part of the collective. I don't care about SJW issues and I don't care for censorship in most forms. That being said, if your being an ignorant troll, I will mod you as such without hesitation and if you want to create a flamewar, your post will be modded into -1 purgatory. If someone does abuse their mod points to silence criticism and legitimate debate, I both use my points to counter them and report them to the admins. If you're a moderator and you don't do these things, you're not doing your job.
OK, over half of the topics you suggest are your personal pet peeves, rather than current news stories. The others have already had their run here. What do you suggest, that they keep rerunning your issues with software development until your satisfied with the end result? Now, that being said, some of the articles here have been pretty bad.
Well, they can only destroy one city per bomb instead of one country (or US western state) per bomb. Sound like a small difference except that they have so few of them to work with.
Microsoft's licensing server software is dodgy as hell, but you're legally required to use it unless you use the one-shot activation licenses that you go through like toilet paper if you routinely reimage your workstations like we do. The problem is that Microsoft never wants to take into account that you might want a firewall between your servers and your workstations. Except for Windows built-in firewall, they expect a two-way open communication and stuff wants to break at semi-regular intervals when you don't. I don't know the exact reasons as that was our network team's problem.
Sounds like he's been out of the project for a while and no one, including the registar, has his current contact information. It's probably why they're publishing the story. They're hoping he'll see the story and contact them.
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Republicans are even more adamant about this than Democrats. They just know that in California, if they want a bill to actually pass, a Democrat must put it up for vote as almost anything they put up is shot down on principal.
Cathulhu for the win!
OK, I have a little more respect for them now. They have either a dark sense of humor, big brass balls or both.
To not actually have to do police work. They want the equivalent of automatic license plate scanners that identify you instantly and record a crime, real or imagined and issue an arrest warrant or fine and have a local agency serve you without anyone having to lift a finger, much less get off their ass.
Thank you. I agree that science for science sake is actually a good thing. The problem I was having as not being a physics type of geek was that the information wasn't reaching my level.
I read TFA and I'm still not sure what the importance or application of this is. Is this just to make therotical physicists sqee or are there anticipated important properties or applications?
If you want to go full on libertarian dystopia, then fine. You can use whatever noisy, polluting piece of garbage you want because your too lazy to use a rake... and I can shoot you for it. Problem solved. Yes, the battery versions are not perfect but, if your too damn lazy to use a rake, than it is the solution you will have to deal with. The reason that laws like this have to be created is because people are too self-centered and lazy to do what is best for everyone; they only care about themselves, without a single thought as to how it effects their neighbours.
What are you a commie?
The reality is that half of our military spending, none of which currently goes to fund or support troops, would pay for universal healthcare, fund social security and a whole bunch of other programs. Hell, the failed F35 project the congress refuses to let die would pay for health care by itself!
They knew the bomb wouldn't burn off the atmosphere or anything like that. Some of the scientists had the blast calculations correct but, weren't believed as nobody thought the explosion could possibly be that big.
Oh, you're a member of the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority Program (EGBT, NNSP) too? Cool! We'll have to nuke it out some time. I'll have my drones do a fly by on your drones.
I hate replying to myself but, I had an extra item to add and we can't edit here.
The problem that the US has had in the middle east is that we have tried all three general policies: diplomacy only, limited engagement and full regime change. The end result has been similar in all three, all the countries involved and their neighbors hate us, people have vowed to get revenge on us for our actions (or inactions) and it has been a large to huge drain on the national treasury. Limited engagement seems to have had the fewest US lives lost and tend to be the cheapest, even above diplomacy. The problem with this option is that you have to support one the the existing factions and when it comes to the middle-east, factions that we find acceptable to our policy goals is next to impossible (see Libya and our current problems with [IS/ISIS/ISIL/Daesh]). It's literally a damned if you do and damned if you don't scenario.
Well, though we've butted our noses in a few wars, some we probably shouldn't have, we have not started a new once since Shrub (the lesser Bush) left office. So, at least, it's an improvement. The problem is the mess we left from the last two we did start has gotten so big, no one really knows how to deal with it.
Yea, I learned a little bit about it when a few of us got together on a brain exercise about if we could build a nuke out of materials we could actually obtain. (And, if any law enforcement is listening; no, we did not acquire any materials, build anything and the plans were erased right after we were done.) The yield was going to be low and the fallout was disgusting but, it would have worked. Strangely enough, one of the friends that got a masters in nuclear physics for fun checked our math for us and calculated the fallout. When he gave us the calculation, he said basically the same thing, the more powerful the blast per amount of material, the less fallout you get. So, if you want a small, clean explosion, you use the least amount of material possible to produce the explosion. Any remaining material just floods the area with radiation that lingers for a very, very long time.
That's probably why the idea of the M.A.D. scenario, true or false, has been so effective: You only get to try once; and if you bet against it and are wrong, there goes the human race forever.
Trump, is that you?
I'm not sure that having nuclear weapons that do less damage will deter China or Russia. Right now, if they develop and then consider using precision nuclear weapons against us, the fact that we have old-fashioned, city leveling bombs only would give them more of a reason to decide not to use their future precision-guided weapons. That's the reasoning I see working.
I mod, therefore I am part of the collective. I don't care about SJW issues and I don't care for censorship in most forms. That being said, if your being an ignorant troll, I will mod you as such without hesitation and if you want to create a flamewar, your post will be modded into -1 purgatory. If someone does abuse their mod points to silence criticism and legitimate debate, I both use my points to counter them and report them to the admins. If you're a moderator and you don't do these things, you're not doing your job.
I was thinking of the super powerful ones we tested in the pacific. Now that you mention it, they can come in smaller sizes though.
OK, over half of the topics you suggest are your personal pet peeves, rather than current news stories. The others have already had their run here. What do you suggest, that they keep rerunning your issues with software development until your satisfied with the end result? Now, that being said, some of the articles here have been pretty bad.
*rolls eyes*
There's no doubt that this is all about propaganda, it's just a question of who the story is aimed at.
Well, they can only destroy one city per bomb instead of one country (or US western state) per bomb. Sound like a small difference except that they have so few of them to work with.
Microsoft's licensing server software is dodgy as hell, but you're legally required to use it unless you use the one-shot activation licenses that you go through like toilet paper if you routinely reimage your workstations like we do. The problem is that Microsoft never wants to take into account that you might want a firewall between your servers and your workstations. Except for Windows built-in firewall, they expect a two-way open communication and stuff wants to break at semi-regular intervals when you don't. I don't know the exact reasons as that was our network team's problem.
Sounds like he's been out of the project for a while and no one, including the registar, has his current contact information. It's probably why they're publishing the story. They're hoping he'll see the story and contact them.
Fair enough. I'll grant that it's the middlemen and the PHBs that won't get a clue.