Part of me wonders if: (num_of_display_related_injuries/yr) > (num_of_injuries_related_to_not_having_a_backup_cam/yr)
Because if the above statement is true, here's another instance of our Gov't doing what it does best!
Contrary to movies, spy satellites do not watch every inch of the planet. Nor can you easily steer them into another orbit for live James Bond style feeds.
ZERO spy satellites point at the open ocean, nothing interesting going on out there.
Meet SBIRS - From the page "SBIRS, considered one of the nation’s highest priority space programs, is designed to provide global, persistent, infrared surveillance capabilities to meet 21st century demands..."
I would find it illogical for the United States to only be monitoring continental lands, it would be akin to taking a picture and cropping out everything but the subject.
My bet is no government wants to out their level of sophistication in the surveillance world... It's a massive tactical advantage.
Apart from the parts which were not designed in the US, sure... Your definition of "American" seems to be based on feeling, not some sort of solid definition...
I'll walk you through my thought process...
Per Wikipedia: "It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin." Now correct me if I'm wrong, but Lockheed Martin is an American company. Therefore it must be American.
I'll use another industry as an example. If Samsung produces 75% of the technology inside a television, and then sources the plastics from say China, it's still a South Korean product, not a South Korean & Chinese product. Or a car manufacturer, say Lotus, that sources an engine from Toyota, don't start saying their vehicle is British & Japanese. It's just British.
I'm not saying that the JSF project is only American, but in design and manufacturing and the majority of the funding was in fact, American.
How is what I'm saying based on feeling? It seems to me, you're trying to argue a point you can't substantiate either...
Just because a part or funding is sourced from another country, doesn't make it from that country. It's American in design and manufacturing, with parts and funding sourced from partners from around the world.
This seriously had to be clarified twice?
I'd mod you up but ran out of points yesterday. I second everything you say in here. It just seems like the Square Enix merger was the beginning of the end for the Final Fantasy franchise. Like they decided that had so much incredible JRPG assets to pull from that they just couldn't fail... That mixed with the MMO revolution, and their mainstay brand completely lost its identify...
Truly sad days
... because then I wouldn't have to worry about you plowing into me during rush hour as you inexplicably look down and raise one arm from your handlebars to poke at your fucking wrist with it.
F*ck no... Why would I want to live there? See my above comment about mileage and accidents in my life. You, however are probably one of the hypocritical pricks that check their phone while they're stationary at a red light... Meanwhile I'm waiting for your ass to leave the line because you haven't noticed the change.
I couldn't see riding without it...
... ah yes, but can you see the road, riding with it??
He's on a murdercycle making it a self correcting problem. If he's too busy paying attention to his phone to watch the road, someone will be getting a new heart, lung and kidney kidney in short order.
I'm ten times the motorist you are sir. Zero accidents @ 57k miles driven on a motorcycle, one accident in a cage when I was 17 which was 16 years ago. Do you chastise all motorists that check their watch while they drive? Or just the ones that prove a good point...
I've had a wearable for 4mo now and because I ride a motorcycle, it has become priceless during my commutes. I can flip tracks; I can see who's calling or messaging me and then I can answer to listen to what that person has to say.
I couldn't see riding without it...
Subscribers get to see an article in red before it posts. Sometimes regular users do too, right before it posts.
Go figure,
Also, I work in the medical field. You know what Insurance companies are doing?
CLOSING THE FUCKING LOOPHOLES!
For example, physician owned labs are being phased out due to abuse. Doctors would urine screen every patient monthly, rather than random or via risk stratification. For this reason, the practices like ours who do have a random policy will be killed in the process. But they are STILL CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES.
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.
