Civil War weapons were not accurate or long-range by modern standards, so the way to obtain high volumes of fire was by massed formations of troops. That didn't have anything to do with ethics, but everything to do with making the best use of (usually muzzle-loading) muskets and rifles.
Well, if that was the only reason they could have at least laid down in the grass while firing, instead of standing. Oh, and also not wear bright coloured coats.
What experence teachs you is when you need to use a hash vs a btree.
Actually, school teaches you that. If it didn't, you were not paying attention in class.
The hardware is amazing, and substantially more capable the the competition.
Capable of what? Being used as a hammer? You can only buy books from Amazon, PDF support is broken, doesn't read DJVU doesn't read DOC doesn't read RTF, doesn't read EPUB, the list goes on, and on, and on.
I am using mine quite a lot. They served me admirably so far, and although that magic 40 is just a couple of years away, I am not even close to needing any replacement parts.
All the people I know who suffer from arthritis are over 70 and they are just as likely to have it in their wrists as they are to have it in the knees, so I doubt walking upright is a major cause of arthritis. I think it (arthritis) and old age just go hand in hand.
arthritis is not merely pathology of modern lifestyles.[5]
Neither is it a pathology of bipedalism. Ask anyone who has an old dog.
The federal government has no power to enact such a law
How did you figure that one out?
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State [...]"
You think those words were put in there just to avoid ugly pagination?
It's subjective.
No, it is not. Not any more than any other forms of mental disease.
More news from the Vatican, "spreading the word of Christ" now involves a sledge hammer...
Not a sledge hammer. An orbitoclast.
Overload -- core meltdown sequence initiated.