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Comment: Re:60 years of raining death and destruction (Score 1) 403

by BForrester (#39703333) Attached to: Sixty Years On, B-52s Are Still Going Strong

Neither extreme is particularly useful. The function of a technological tool doesn't discount the "coolness" of its longevity, at least for an audience of a site that promises "news for nerds."

On the other hand, perpetuating the myth that the actions of the American military have always been conducted to ensure Western freedom insinuates that, if it were not for the B-52s dumping more bombs on Asia during one Cold War operation than were dropped in all of WWII, then Americans would now be speaking Vietnamese.

Comment: Re:more and more (Score 1) 133

Cut the bullshit or back that up with a citation. The issues related to annexing new territories are more complex than your simplistic and baseless statement would claim, particularly for a country that is not in the habit of colonizing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands#Proposed_union_with_Canada

If you want to talk baseless rumour, the dirt (from a politician-friend) is that the acquisition is still on the table. If T&C can show that they can keep their crime and local political issues in check, this could still be a mutually-beneficial union. At present, it's hard to tell.

Comment: Re:they can continue for now... (Score 1) 95

by BForrester (#39488025) Attached to: Blackboard Buys Moodlerooms and Netspot

The only teachers who enjoy Blackboard are those who have never used any of the vastly superior alternative learning management systems.

This is analogous to the masses who "love" Internet Explorer.

  - It's functional, if awkward.
  - It gets you from A to B, slowly.
  - It's buggy, but not to the extent that you'll lose hair over it.

Disclaimer: college sysadmin for D2L.

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