It's what you say when you're calling someone a potato-head. You Tuber! That said, I'd lie and say I'm sorry but I'm not. If I were sorry then I'd not do what I'm about to do. In fact, I am so not sorry that I'm typing this out in advance. So, it's more a warning...
Have some "Maine humor." (Maine grows a lot of potatoes. You've eaten some if you live in the US, probably. See McDonald's fries for one example.)
So, Mommy, Daddy, and Baby Potato were walking downtown one day. And Baby Potato is walking along with them and saying things like, "That guy over there is a painter. I can tell, he has painter's pants and he's carrying a paint can with some brushes." He kept this up for a while. "That store is a hardware store and that's Old Mr. Henry going in there. He's probably going to get nails."
Daddy Potato grunted angrily but Baby Potato kept on going. He said, "See that! That's a stop sign. That's got eight sides, is red, and it says STOP on it! And that's a car. That, over there, that's Mrs. Duncan. She's a teacher at my school but I don't have her yet. I won't be in her class until next year."
Finally, Daddy Potato turns around, knocks Baby Potato to the ground, and jumps up and down on him until he's a pile of mushed, dead, potato on the sidewalk.
Mommy Potato looks on, absolutely horrified, and she's in shock so much that she's unable to speak.
Daddy Potato looks at her and he sees that she is in shock and is really angry with him. He says, "What! He was just a commentator."
Quite frequently, yes. In this case, however, Israel has tried but the Palestinians keep killing them, or trying. And I said I didn't have a debate for your emotions and irrational beliefs. What I can debate is (and you seem inclined to) what the data means and what the best course of action is likely to be.
Let's say you're bigger and stronger than I (to make an analogy). Now, I keep running up and punching you in the nuts. Yet, you'd think you're a bully for hitting me back. You'd even think you're a bully for hitting me back until I stopped punching you in the nuts. I can't argue with your feelings. I can point out that they're irrational and that if you don't protect yourself then I'd just keep running up and punching you in the nuts every day. You're not the bully for defending yourself or even for forcing the other party to stop. It's ludicrous not to but, more importantly, mounds of data tell us that that's how you generally get them to stop. Are there exceptions? Of course. But that's the *most likely* way to get me to stop punching you in the nuts - especially when you're bigger and stronger than I.
Yes, history has shown (to bring this back into perspective) that when Germany, Japan, the United States, etc. stop the real bullying things calm down and they stop trying to kill you. We left Vietnam, for example, and not a whole lot of Vietnamese came looking to exact revenge on more Americans. Germany capitulated and we stopped killing them (though the Russians went on raping for a while longer). Japan? Same thing. The US leaving Iraq? Same thing. 100 Year War, same thing.
It's illogical to call defending yourself "bullying" when history shows us that defending yourself is the *most likely* way to get the offending party to stop. That, if you want, is subject to debate for which you need to bring some facts, some history, and make a reasonable argument. I'll even listen and I might be proven wrong and change my view on the subject. So far, you've posted nothing other than your feelings which, I've concluded, are irrational.
You made the statement that they're bullies and have not provided any evidence to support it. Defending yourself is not bullying. If I'm punching you in the nuts every day then you *should* defend yourself. In that case, I'm the bully - just a stupid one for trying to bully someone tougher than I am. However, we're in full agreement that China is a bully. Dropping the bomb on Japan was not bullying, for a good example. Russia, immediately following WWII, was raping the women folk - that was bullying. People got pissed and threatened to retaliate and, sure enough, the Russians stopped. Well, Soviets...
Yup. The T-34 might not have been the best but it was damned good and cheap as well as, after some work, fairly easy to maintain. For a while they were leaving them on the side of the road but then the tankers went into the factories (many of them) and learned to maintain the tanks while they were being built. They often drove from the factory to the front.
I think (I'm not entirely sure) they count Normandy as the largest amphibious landing because more went in at one time. I do think that more went in, in total, at Okinawa but I'd not swear to it.
It's okay, I seem to recall that the Me-262 should *not* have been first because some English dude, who's name I do not know, had invented it before hand - like in the mid 30s, and had been shut down and told it would not work. I've seen a video of him staging an example of an accident he had in his workshop. I should make it clear - I'm *not* a historian, by any means. I am, however, an enthusiastic watcher of documentaries and reading but (and this is important) those are done for *entertainment* and not for scholarly pursuits. I make no effort to memorize things. I make no effort to learn dates, spelling, or any of that. I'm purely a curious person who's amused by strange things. Things most others find boring. (I often prefer the drier documentaries that are saturated with details.)
There's an excellent documentary called Secrets of War - Hirohito's War. It actually gets into some of the actual uncovered records. The Russians had stomped down and were kicking the snot out of Japan (even after they surrendered) and taking anything from islands to prisoners. This meant they lost the manufacturing base in Manchuria. Japan has been bombed into rubble and losing their manufacturing, raw materials, and the likes meant that Hirohito was told (by one of the generals - Army, I think) that the war was over. They still vied for an armistice but then the news of the actual damage from the bombs reached them. So, it wasn't the bomb exclusively. I might have worded that a bit better.:/
Same series as before. The German's giant gun (I don't believe they could rifle that type of barrel) did have a name, as I recall. That series mentions it - Secrets of War. I'll get you a link when I'm done typing this.:D I suspect you'll like it but I'll give some caveats.
The 88 was quite nice, however. It was able to take out even the T-35 from something like 1500 yards as I recall. Their small arms? Oh, wow... Those are awesome. I can't spell 'em (it's entertainment and not scholarly) but they had some beautiful weapons including the first real (or at least really good) assault rifle that was easy to lug around and use to put a lot of lead down range. I'm not impressed with most of their pistols except the Walther makes. I seem to recall the AK-47 is largely based on one of the German assault rifles. Sturmgevehr (I have no idea how to spell it, I really shouldn't even try it) and Machinapistola (again, I'm butchering that) were rather nice, or so I'm told. I've never had the chance to use either.
The Mosquito was awesome. Have you looked into its history? You post indicates you know about it, at least a little. What a beautiful little critter. I have a beautiful wood shop and can really appreciate the craftsmanship that went into them. I'd almost say it was my favorite WWII plane but I'd be lying. That would be the B-17G. Why the G? Dude... 13.50 cal rifles on it. I don't even care if it flies. That's just awesome! (Actually, they flew pretty well and were really good at still being flown after suffering heavy damage. I don't care. THIRTEEN.50 CAL! That makes it awesome because I've the maturity of a five year old.) The Mosquito is on the list for a variety of reasons including it having some stealth(y-ish) capacity, speed, materials, functionality, etc...
Anyhow... The documentary! There are something like 70 episodes (maybe more) but this list has some repeats.
Err... I am not a nuclear scientist and I didn't even stay in a hotel last night but I'm pretty sure Pu-238 emits alpha particles which are not harmless but just don't eat 'em. (You put that cookie in your pocket.) So, as a weapon... What, are we going to duct tape the plutonium to a stick and hit people with it so we can... What? Burn them? We can save time, effort, and money just by hitting them with a stick.
Yup. If they had the force of law, they wouldn't be asking. Likewise, if a cop is asking to come in, tell him no. If he had a right to come in, he wouldn't be asking.
Someone has finally touched on the crux of the problem! I've been snickering while reading. You all are very smart people and I respect that. However, modeling traffic is like working with a chaotic system (climate is a good example of a similar type of system). You can throw all the algorithms you want at it but you will always find the one drunk guy who's driving backwards down a one way street.
I'll skip the novella today. I've typed it all before. Good luck with that. It's gonna be a while.
Yet, strangely enough, there's historical precedent for that. When one group of people stops killing people, the other group stops killing them. It has happened since time immemorial and it's not a universal rule but it is the most likely outcome. Look at history. It has happened time and time again. From WWI, to WWII, to Korea (mostly), to Vietnam, etc... Hell, we recently pulled most of our people out of the Middle East, lo and behold, they stopped killing them and aren't generally hunting down Americans to kill them.
See, those are facts. "Bully?" Yeah, I have no debate for that. I'm not going to be able to sway your opinion, regardless of facts, and you don't want it to be swayed. You're free to do that. I call it irrational but you seem to think it's not.
That sounds well and good but it doesn't actually appear to be entirely correct. I went to a private school that had a ski slope, observatory, ice arena, etc... I now pay for three to five students to attend that same school. They live on campus. The price-per-student is not too dissimilar from what I pay in taxes for other kids to go to public school - as in about 10% lower than I pay for the kids to go to the private school.
We natives are doing fine, most of us. It's handy to be able to sell you tobacco and take your money by was of the mighty casino. Well, my people use High Stake Bingo to take your money. Would you like to buy a dream catcher? Oh yes, we made it ourselves out of hemp grown along the Trail of Tears. (We ordered it from China.) (Also, I'm Micmac, we don't do dream catchers but we'll still sell you one. Don't blame us, you kept asking to buy the damned things.)
So you're admitting you don't actually understand and will just call the more powerful a bully because they don't stand there and just take it? You could call China to Tibet a bully. The rest is just you insisting on your notion being correct. I don't have a debate for emotions and irrational conclusions. Sorry.
Those sound reasonable but I'm not really sure that #4 is required for success. It'd be nice though. As I recall, aren't there only a few actually certified OSes out there? I think AIX might have been/is. I haven't looked in years.
And, again, how very odd. I fully understand your love for Solaris. I was the proud owner of a Sun shop, including workstations, for quite some time. Heck, they've probably got some Sun blade servers sitting in the server room to this day. (I sold and retired about eight years ago.)
The US spent more money rebuilding their infrastructure than our own, maybe? A good infrastructure and a health economy and populace go a long ways. They've also been able to spend trivial amounts on defense so they can afford to keep things like a good maintenance schedule and spend tax dollars elsewhere.
Those might be contributing factors, if we're wanting to actually look at some potential reasons. You get good products from happy, cared for, intelligent people. They're in a position to be all three of those things. I doubt it's a very big mystery, really. What did you think the difference was? 'Cause that's the first thing that pops into my head.
The Navy is not bad with money (really, look what they do with it and not at the hard numbers). The Air Force does that so often that you'd just admit it - and who respects them anyhow? The Marines don't actually have any money - they can't be trusted with it because they'd spend it on beer and fireworks.
Think of it this way... Now, you're getting a "free" rub-down every time you fly. The best part is it's not even truly free but someone else is paying for it!
Here's what you do... The next time they pat you down, close your eyes half way, let your jaw drop open, and moan a loud moan of delight.
Oddly, that ties in with a post earlier today. Yes, yes I have patted down detainees and yes, yes they were Marines. I can tell you, without a doubt, you'll leave a lasting impression on the person who did your pat search. They don't even have the power to write you up and send you to solitary for a few days.
Well, I don't think they do? You might miss your flight but you'll have a memorable story for the grandchildren. And that's why my kids don't/won't have any...
(That's a present for my stalker. I *am* the master of digression and off-topic.)
No, I have no idea how I have maxed out my karma. I just assume you're all drunk. Oh, today they told me that I'm a conservative. (I mean, if I'm gonna be this far off-topic then I'm gonna earn that negative karma.) Heh, what good is karma if you don't spend it?
I'm clearly not a Republican or a Democrat and I'm not white. Sadly, I had to add that. Why? To answer your question in your last sentence. This is just an observation, but...
I vote. I have for 40 years. I vote third party - even if I don't want 'em to win. Why? I know that they're not going to win. However, if I do it long enough and enough people do it with me then the number crunchers are eventually going to notice. Then, and only then, will we have a chance at a third party candidate and *maybe* break this two-party system a little bit.
I might be a Libertarian but my party hasn't fielded an electable presidential candidate, well, ever... I'll vote Green/Independent, Socialist, Communist, Satanist, or even for a friggen dog. I'm not scared. It's not like they're going to win. But, eventually, there will be enough of us who are sick of the shit and stop voting for the two major parties and we can actually consider getting some true representative democracy going.
But no... Nobody listens to a David. I don't have pithy sayings suited best for bumper stickers. I'll probably be dead before this happens but I'm patient.
You missed out. The timing was fortunate and I was able to buy a bunch of hard assets in 2007-2009. You're not the only one who's thinking along the lines of what you're thinking (a few friends are actually getting *more* into franchise ownerships, for example) so if you're serious about it then you might want to get in on it soon. Or take a giant leap and play in the market...
I have no idea what their gender is. They do indicate doing some masculine type work around their property but that doesn't mean they're a male. I don't, to be honest, actually think it matters much? At this point, they're pixels on my screen and smart pixels to boot. I'm rather impressed with their brains and not really concerned with the rest because that's something I am qualified to opine on.
They've not disclosed their gender to me? Maybe it *is* a secret after all? Now you've gone and spoiled it.
What, precisely, DO they have to do before you're satisfied?
Well, they can start with that tongue thing between my nutsack and inner thigh and we'll figure it out from there.
Err... I have some bad memories associated with Cisco. Then I found Juniper. Now, I don't do jack shit any more but Juniper was pretty good for my company. Cisco kit was like twice as expensive - or more. I was able to sell the used kit and make back much of what I'd spent on the *upgrade* to Juniper.
So yeah, Cisco and lick my taint too, seeing as they're down there.
Hmm... I need to see a therapist or something. I seriously hate them. I hate them almost as much as I hate Oracle.
I think this thread might actually be the worst analogy thread ever. The sad truth of this is, the "researcher" didn't even *do* the "research* but found their database on a torrent site and informed them because he feared it might belong to them.
So it's like you're trying to make an analogy about a guy who isn't actually the guy who did it and cars, doors, shop keepers, candy stores, and condoms!
They can always use a lower-footprint browser like Midori or others. I forget the name but there's a lightweight browser in some DSL versions. Those will run just fine but they'll want to install them (which you can do with DSL even though I've seen suggestions that you run it only from the live USB/CD) so as to have marginally better memory management options. It's certainly do-able and probably won't be all that slow so long as they're not trying to run a lot of applications on them. There are a pile of distros optimized for older hardware that will suit just fine - like you said.
When I met my g/f she was angry and beating up her poor laptop in a hotel lobby. The laptop had Vista on it and only 1 GB of RAM. It has, obviously, been replaced now but I cleaned it up and it still runs fine. We were able to recover and move her data just fine. It now has Lubuntu on it and is in her luggage somewhere or she may have unpacked it and put it somewhere around the house. I doubt it will make the trip back home with us but it might, she seems marginally attached to it still so I have no idea what she'll do with it. It's not like she needs to keep it or anything but maybe we can find someone to donate it to after the drive's completely wiped. Or, I guess, she can keep it. (She seems to have a strange notion that I'm going to kick her out and take all the stuff back. Gifts are gifts, you don't take those back no matter what happens. Ah well...)
Anyhow, point being, you can manage with older hardware. Sometimes I get bored and will see just how usable older systems are today. I usually opt for something with LXDE and even a 10 year old system with only 4 GB of RAM will run Lubuntu just fine. I seem to recall having installed it on systems with just 2 GB of RAM (aside from her laptop) and speaking only of modern, up to date, versions. Her old laptop, for example, has 15.10 on it because she just updated it the other day. It browses with Thunderbird open (she's using Opera and a few extensions I think) and has some sync apps and even has a VNC viewer installed so she can log in to a system back home if she wants. (She's never actually been to Maine with me - she's only seen the house through the security cameras. We just kinda bumped into each other and she stuck.)
I suspect that if I really dug (or anyone else did) you could find even smaller and lighter distros. There's that Puppy Linux - I think I played with that one in a VM once. DistroWatch surely has others that I've forgotten about. They can even refine their search to search for specific distros that are aimed at older hardware. If their hardware is that old then there's bound to be a distro that will run on it with little to no tweaking.
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It's what you say when you're calling someone a potato-head. You Tuber! That said, I'd lie and say I'm sorry but I'm not. If I were sorry then I'd not do what I'm about to do. In fact, I am so not sorry that I'm typing this out in advance. So, it's more a warning...
Have some "Maine humor." (Maine grows a lot of potatoes. You've eaten some if you live in the US, probably. See McDonald's fries for one example.)
So, Mommy, Daddy, and Baby Potato were walking downtown one day. And Baby Potato is walking along with them and saying things like, "That guy over there is a painter. I can tell, he has painter's pants and he's carrying a paint can with some brushes." He kept this up for a while. "That store is a hardware store and that's Old Mr. Henry going in there. He's probably going to get nails."
Daddy Potato grunted angrily but Baby Potato kept on going. He said, "See that! That's a stop sign. That's got eight sides, is red, and it says STOP on it! And that's a car. That, over there, that's Mrs. Duncan. She's a teacher at my school but I don't have her yet. I won't be in her class until next year."
Finally, Daddy Potato turns around, knocks Baby Potato to the ground, and jumps up and down on him until he's a pile of mushed, dead, potato on the sidewalk.
Mommy Potato looks on, absolutely horrified, and she's in shock so much that she's unable to speak.
Daddy Potato looks at her and he sees that she is in shock and is really angry with him. He says, "What! He was just a commentator."
I, err... I'll see myself out. ;-)
Quite frequently, yes. In this case, however, Israel has tried but the Palestinians keep killing them, or trying. And I said I didn't have a debate for your emotions and irrational beliefs. What I can debate is (and you seem inclined to) what the data means and what the best course of action is likely to be.
Let's say you're bigger and stronger than I (to make an analogy). Now, I keep running up and punching you in the nuts. Yet, you'd think you're a bully for hitting me back. You'd even think you're a bully for hitting me back until I stopped punching you in the nuts. I can't argue with your feelings. I can point out that they're irrational and that if you don't protect yourself then I'd just keep running up and punching you in the nuts every day. You're not the bully for defending yourself or even for forcing the other party to stop. It's ludicrous not to but, more importantly, mounds of data tell us that that's how you generally get them to stop. Are there exceptions? Of course. But that's the *most likely* way to get me to stop punching you in the nuts - especially when you're bigger and stronger than I.
Yes, history has shown (to bring this back into perspective) that when Germany, Japan, the United States, etc. stop the real bullying things calm down and they stop trying to kill you. We left Vietnam, for example, and not a whole lot of Vietnamese came looking to exact revenge on more Americans. Germany capitulated and we stopped killing them (though the Russians went on raping for a while longer). Japan? Same thing. The US leaving Iraq? Same thing. 100 Year War, same thing.
It's illogical to call defending yourself "bullying" when history shows us that defending yourself is the *most likely* way to get the offending party to stop. That, if you want, is subject to debate for which you need to bring some facts, some history, and make a reasonable argument. I'll even listen and I might be proven wrong and change my view on the subject. So far, you've posted nothing other than your feelings which, I've concluded, are irrational.
You made the statement that they're bullies and have not provided any evidence to support it. Defending yourself is not bullying. If I'm punching you in the nuts every day then you *should* defend yourself. In that case, I'm the bully - just a stupid one for trying to bully someone tougher than I am. However, we're in full agreement that China is a bully. Dropping the bomb on Japan was not bullying, for a good example. Russia, immediately following WWII, was raping the women folk - that was bullying. People got pissed and threatened to retaliate and, sure enough, the Russians stopped. Well, Soviets...
Yup. The T-34 might not have been the best but it was damned good and cheap as well as, after some work, fairly easy to maintain. For a while they were leaving them on the side of the road but then the tankers went into the factories (many of them) and learned to maintain the tanks while they were being built. They often drove from the factory to the front.
I think (I'm not entirely sure) they count Normandy as the largest amphibious landing because more went in at one time. I do think that more went in, in total, at Okinawa but I'd not swear to it.
It's okay, I seem to recall that the Me-262 should *not* have been first because some English dude, who's name I do not know, had invented it before hand - like in the mid 30s, and had been shut down and told it would not work. I've seen a video of him staging an example of an accident he had in his workshop. I should make it clear - I'm *not* a historian, by any means. I am, however, an enthusiastic watcher of documentaries and reading but (and this is important) those are done for *entertainment* and not for scholarly pursuits. I make no effort to memorize things. I make no effort to learn dates, spelling, or any of that. I'm purely a curious person who's amused by strange things. Things most others find boring. (I often prefer the drier documentaries that are saturated with details.)
There's an excellent documentary called Secrets of War - Hirohito's War. It actually gets into some of the actual uncovered records. The Russians had stomped down and were kicking the snot out of Japan (even after they surrendered) and taking anything from islands to prisoners. This meant they lost the manufacturing base in Manchuria. Japan has been bombed into rubble and losing their manufacturing, raw materials, and the likes meant that Hirohito was told (by one of the generals - Army, I think) that the war was over. They still vied for an armistice but then the news of the actual damage from the bombs reached them. So, it wasn't the bomb exclusively. I might have worded that a bit better. :/
Same series as before. The German's giant gun (I don't believe they could rifle that type of barrel) did have a name, as I recall. That series mentions it - Secrets of War. I'll get you a link when I'm done typing this. :D I suspect you'll like it but I'll give some caveats.
The 88 was quite nice, however. It was able to take out even the T-35 from something like 1500 yards as I recall. Their small arms? Oh, wow... Those are awesome. I can't spell 'em (it's entertainment and not scholarly) but they had some beautiful weapons including the first real (or at least really good) assault rifle that was easy to lug around and use to put a lot of lead down range. I'm not impressed with most of their pistols except the Walther makes. I seem to recall the AK-47 is largely based on one of the German assault rifles. Sturmgevehr (I have no idea how to spell it, I really shouldn't even try it) and Machinapistola (again, I'm butchering that) were rather nice, or so I'm told. I've never had the chance to use either.
The Mosquito was awesome. Have you looked into its history? You post indicates you know about it, at least a little. What a beautiful little critter. I have a beautiful wood shop and can really appreciate the craftsmanship that went into them. I'd almost say it was my favorite WWII plane but I'd be lying. That would be the B-17G. Why the G? Dude... 13 .50 cal rifles on it. I don't even care if it flies. That's just awesome! (Actually, they flew pretty well and were really good at still being flown after suffering heavy damage. I don't care. THIRTEEN .50 CAL! That makes it awesome because I've the maturity of a five year old.) The Mosquito is on the list for a variety of reasons including it having some stealth(y-ish) capacity, speed, materials, functionality, etc...
Anyhow... The documentary! There are something like 70 episodes (maybe more) but this list has some repeats.
Err... I am not a nuclear scientist and I didn't even stay in a hotel last night but I'm pretty sure Pu-238 emits alpha particles which are not harmless but just don't eat 'em. (You put that cookie in your pocket.) So, as a weapon... What, are we going to duct tape the plutonium to a stick and hit people with it so we can... What? Burn them? We can save time, effort, and money just by hitting them with a stick.
60+ years in prison, probably.
Yup. If they had the force of law, they wouldn't be asking. Likewise, if a cop is asking to come in, tell him no. If he had a right to come in, he wouldn't be asking.
Someone has finally touched on the crux of the problem! I've been snickering while reading. You all are very smart people and I respect that. However, modeling traffic is like working with a chaotic system (climate is a good example of a similar type of system). You can throw all the algorithms you want at it but you will always find the one drunk guy who's driving backwards down a one way street.
I'll skip the novella today. I've typed it all before. Good luck with that. It's gonna be a while.
Yet, strangely enough, there's historical precedent for that. When one group of people stops killing people, the other group stops killing them. It has happened since time immemorial and it's not a universal rule but it is the most likely outcome. Look at history. It has happened time and time again. From WWI, to WWII, to Korea (mostly), to Vietnam, etc... Hell, we recently pulled most of our people out of the Middle East, lo and behold, they stopped killing them and aren't generally hunting down Americans to kill them.
See, those are facts. "Bully?" Yeah, I have no debate for that. I'm not going to be able to sway your opinion, regardless of facts, and you don't want it to be swayed. You're free to do that. I call it irrational but you seem to think it's not.
That sounds well and good but it doesn't actually appear to be entirely correct. I went to a private school that had a ski slope, observatory, ice arena, etc... I now pay for three to five students to attend that same school. They live on campus. The price-per-student is not too dissimilar from what I pay in taxes for other kids to go to public school - as in about 10% lower than I pay for the kids to go to the private school.
I have no other data beyond that.
We natives are doing fine, most of us. It's handy to be able to sell you tobacco and take your money by was of the mighty casino. Well, my people use High Stake Bingo to take your money. Would you like to buy a dream catcher? Oh yes, we made it ourselves out of hemp grown along the Trail of Tears. (We ordered it from China.) (Also, I'm Micmac, we don't do dream catchers but we'll still sell you one. Don't blame us, you kept asking to buy the damned things.)
So you're admitting you don't actually understand and will just call the more powerful a bully because they don't stand there and just take it? You could call China to Tibet a bully. The rest is just you insisting on your notion being correct. I don't have a debate for emotions and irrational conclusions. Sorry.
Those sound reasonable but I'm not really sure that #4 is required for success. It'd be nice though. As I recall, aren't there only a few actually certified OSes out there? I think AIX might have been/is. I haven't looked in years.
And, again, how very odd. I fully understand your love for Solaris. I was the proud owner of a Sun shop, including workstations, for quite some time. Heck, they've probably got some Sun blade servers sitting in the server room to this day. (I sold and retired about eight years ago.)
It appears to be a fairly universal truth. Hell, look at both World Wars for good examples. Or Israel and Palestine if you want.
The US spent more money rebuilding their infrastructure than our own, maybe? A good infrastructure and a health economy and populace go a long ways. They've also been able to spend trivial amounts on defense so they can afford to keep things like a good maintenance schedule and spend tax dollars elsewhere.
Those might be contributing factors, if we're wanting to actually look at some potential reasons. You get good products from happy, cared for, intelligent people. They're in a position to be all three of those things. I doubt it's a very big mystery, really. What did you think the difference was? 'Cause that's the first thing that pops into my head.
It's okay, you can just say the US Army.
The Navy is not bad with money (really, look what they do with it and not at the hard numbers).
The Air Force does that so often that you'd just admit it - and who respects them anyhow?
The Marines don't actually have any money - they can't be trusted with it because they'd spend it on beer and fireworks.
Think of it this way... Now, you're getting a "free" rub-down every time you fly. The best part is it's not even truly free but someone else is paying for it!
Here's what you do... The next time they pat you down, close your eyes half way, let your jaw drop open, and moan a loud moan of delight.
Oddly, that ties in with a post earlier today. Yes, yes I have patted down detainees and yes, yes they were Marines. I can tell you, without a doubt, you'll leave a lasting impression on the person who did your pat search. They don't even have the power to write you up and send you to solitary for a few days.
Well, I don't think they do? You might miss your flight but you'll have a memorable story for the grandchildren. And that's why my kids don't/won't have any...
No! My comment should be modded off-topic!
(That's a present for my stalker. I *am* the master of digression and off-topic.)
No, I have no idea how I have maxed out my karma. I just assume you're all drunk. Oh, today they told me that I'm a conservative. (I mean, if I'm gonna be this far off-topic then I'm gonna earn that negative karma.) Heh, what good is karma if you don't spend it?
I'm clearly not a Republican or a Democrat and I'm not white. Sadly, I had to add that. Why? To answer your question in your last sentence. This is just an observation, but...
They tried. They got called racists.
I vote. I have for 40 years. I vote third party - even if I don't want 'em to win. Why? I know that they're not going to win. However, if I do it long enough and enough people do it with me then the number crunchers are eventually going to notice. Then, and only then, will we have a chance at a third party candidate and *maybe* break this two-party system a little bit.
I might be a Libertarian but my party hasn't fielded an electable presidential candidate, well, ever... I'll vote Green/Independent, Socialist, Communist, Satanist, or even for a friggen dog. I'm not scared. It's not like they're going to win. But, eventually, there will be enough of us who are sick of the shit and stop voting for the two major parties and we can actually consider getting some true representative democracy going.
But no... Nobody listens to a David. I don't have pithy sayings suited best for bumper stickers. I'll probably be dead before this happens but I'm patient.
You missed out. The timing was fortunate and I was able to buy a bunch of hard assets in 2007-2009. You're not the only one who's thinking along the lines of what you're thinking (a few friends are actually getting *more* into franchise ownerships, for example) so if you're serious about it then you might want to get in on it soon. Or take a giant leap and play in the market...
*unqualified
I have no idea what their gender is. They do indicate doing some masculine type work around their property but that doesn't mean they're a male. I don't, to be honest, actually think it matters much? At this point, they're pixels on my screen and smart pixels to boot. I'm rather impressed with their brains and not really concerned with the rest because that's something I am qualified to opine on.
They've not disclosed their gender to me? Maybe it *is* a secret after all? Now you've gone and spoiled it.
What, precisely, DO they have to do before you're satisfied?
Well, they can start with that tongue thing between my nutsack and inner thigh and we'll figure it out from there.
Err... I have some bad memories associated with Cisco. Then I found Juniper. Now, I don't do jack shit any more but Juniper was pretty good for my company. Cisco kit was like twice as expensive - or more. I was able to sell the used kit and make back much of what I'd spent on the *upgrade* to Juniper.
So yeah, Cisco and lick my taint too, seeing as they're down there.
Hmm... I need to see a therapist or something. I seriously hate them. I hate them almost as much as I hate Oracle.
I think this thread might actually be the worst analogy thread ever. The sad truth of this is, the "researcher" didn't even *do* the "research* but found their database on a torrent site and informed them because he feared it might belong to them.
So it's like you're trying to make an analogy about a guy who isn't actually the guy who did it and cars, doors, shop keepers, candy stores, and condoms!
Worst Analogy Thread Ever!
They can always use a lower-footprint browser like Midori or others. I forget the name but there's a lightweight browser in some DSL versions. Those will run just fine but they'll want to install them (which you can do with DSL even though I've seen suggestions that you run it only from the live USB/CD) so as to have marginally better memory management options. It's certainly do-able and probably won't be all that slow so long as they're not trying to run a lot of applications on them. There are a pile of distros optimized for older hardware that will suit just fine - like you said.
When I met my g/f she was angry and beating up her poor laptop in a hotel lobby. The laptop had Vista on it and only 1 GB of RAM. It has, obviously, been replaced now but I cleaned it up and it still runs fine. We were able to recover and move her data just fine. It now has Lubuntu on it and is in her luggage somewhere or she may have unpacked it and put it somewhere around the house. I doubt it will make the trip back home with us but it might, she seems marginally attached to it still so I have no idea what she'll do with it. It's not like she needs to keep it or anything but maybe we can find someone to donate it to after the drive's completely wiped. Or, I guess, she can keep it. (She seems to have a strange notion that I'm going to kick her out and take all the stuff back. Gifts are gifts, you don't take those back no matter what happens. Ah well...)
Anyhow, point being, you can manage with older hardware. Sometimes I get bored and will see just how usable older systems are today. I usually opt for something with LXDE and even a 10 year old system with only 4 GB of RAM will run Lubuntu just fine. I seem to recall having installed it on systems with just 2 GB of RAM (aside from her laptop) and speaking only of modern, up to date, versions. Her old laptop, for example, has 15.10 on it because she just updated it the other day. It browses with Thunderbird open (she's using Opera and a few extensions I think) and has some sync apps and even has a VNC viewer installed so she can log in to a system back home if she wants. (She's never actually been to Maine with me - she's only seen the house through the security cameras. We just kinda bumped into each other and she stuck.)
I suspect that if I really dug (or anyone else did) you could find even smaller and lighter distros. There's that Puppy Linux - I think I played with that one in a VM once. DistroWatch surely has others that I've forgotten about. They can even refine their search to search for specific distros that are aimed at older hardware. If their hardware is that old then there's bound to be a distro that will run on it with little to no tweaking.