I was looking at this issue before thinking something similar to the ways that ships have bars of iron fixed to them so that the bars decay before the hull. Its not an apple or apples comparison but the end goal is the same, save the ship/crew by sacrificing a small part
So you're saying we should wrap the spaceship in a layer of crew members to save the remaining crew from radiation? Maybe that explains the Reavers' actual reasons for their ship accoutrements.
I was not commenting on your particular conflict; merely on a glaring example of poor planning and support by superior officers (including Rumsfeld).
If you reread my rant, you'll see I accused the people issuing orders of being blind.
May I respectfully disagree, on behalf of all the dead GIs who "went with what they had," in their case being non-armored HUMMVs and worthless body armor.
Read "Paths of Glory" for an earlier instance of the same Charlie Foxtrot.
With rare exception, it's far better to postpone action until properly prepared than to follow blind orders. I suspect Sun Tzu would agree.
Meritorius medal for streamlining things w/ perl, and a dishonorable discharge for doing *anything* with Excel.
And before the accusations fly, my statement stands no matter what spreadsheet program you replace "Excel" with. They aren't database tools and shouldn't be used as such.
Just add "Some people believe" or "Some scientist's doubt" to the beginning of the sentence, and you are home free.
I always preferred the political speech (aka prosecutor's question) version: "I challenge Mr. [name] to deny that he kills kittens while setting baby seals on fire."
Can someone familiar with the NYC concept of "key money," a wad of cash handed over for the right to assume a lease on an apartment (that's what I've read, not necessarily the whole story) comment on the similarity or difference between that cash transaction and this one?
Dunno about the system designers, but this Joe Dignan guy is either woefully ignorant or a total asshole. Nothing is worse-looking and intrusive to the urban (and suburban) environment than elevated highways, elevated "subway" lines, and the like. Just because there's free airspace doesn't mean it should be filled in.
Nice, but no thanks: I'll wait for iScam-II, with a built-in Sarcasm Detector.
Oblig:
No, you just need to stop making such shitty cars.
Seems a lot of people got whooshed by the original post, so:
I have changed your automobile safety design. Pray I do not change it further -- T. Durden
Which, if you've never heard of it, is a place in the Atlantic where a bunch of ocean currents sort of cancel each other out...
I've not heard of one there but I understand that there is a huge one in the Pacific.
The Atlantic one is known as "New Jersey."
All us
I just hope it doesn't discover the Goatse Nebula, or the Goatse Galaxy.
You can see it in the image collected. Just bend over a bit more to get closer to the monitor...
This is global capitalism at its best
(you can assign your own level of humor, sarcasm, and paranoia to this post.)
Without life, Biology itself would be impossible.
