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Comment Re:Goodbye free speech (Score 1) 210

True but both are VERY hard to prove. For Libel the accuser has to prove what was said was not true. For slander the defendant has to prove what they said was true (or vice verse). In any case it just makes lawyers money. It does make review site look kinda dangerous and in the end does stifle speech. Yelp and other review sites may go away due to the number of these cases popping up. Why risk getting a civil suite filed against you just for a review you didn't get payed for (assuming)?

Comment Rename it! (Score 1) 843

Strike the JSF and call it the JSB, "Joint Strike Bomber" that kind kinda sorta maneuvers. Weight: 20,000 lbs for the F-16 and ~23,000 lbs for the F-35 Engine thrust (dry): F-16 29,500 lbs F-35 25,000 lbs So, the F-35 weighs more and has less thrust than a F-16. My math said whatdaya expect.

Comment Re:Dogfights?! What year is it?! (Score 1) 843

Exactly . Assuming we won't need ACM (dogfights) is the same exact mistake we made with the F-4 Phantom. From the simple fact that you might need to pop flares and get away from a missile to the fact that ACM will be needed if a enemy sneaks up on you. And turn rate is a chief parameter of winning a turning battle. The only way this pilot found to defeat the F-16 was a high yaw rate maneuver that dumped the planes energy (VERY risky idea). This JSF is what happens when all the cooks in the city try to make soup: it tastes horrid.

Comment Re:Allow me to respond from the perspective of an (Score 2) 614

I hope your bottom line does not depend on American sales of your product. Your line of reasoning is that Americans are too expensive to employ and thus do not deserve a job. Once you left with only foreign workers who will buy your product? American's wont be able to afford it.

Maybe you should look at WHY your employment costs are going up. Hint: look at the rent for a 2BR apartment around where your company is. If it's anywhere near SJ CA, I bet you'll be shocked at what you see: $2100 to $3000.00. There's the real reason: the cost of living keeps gong up. Another word for it is greed.

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