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Author: John FieldsJohn Fields Date: Jul 31, 2006 15:09
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:44:54 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie"
doubleclick.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:30:42 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:31:37 GMT, Phat Bytestard
>>
>>> Wrong. You're an idiot. I am currently working on the world's next
>>>protector, the...
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Author: John LarkinJohn Larkin Date: Jul 31, 2006 15:15
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:28:49 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's just so tragic that all of that knowledge and technology is applied
>>> to killing people. )-;
>>>
>>
>> Or deterring same.
>
>And just who is being deterred by that?
Well, like keeping the Soviets out of western Europe, the North
Koreans out of South Korea, things like that. The average US weapon
gets developed, deployed, retired, and scrapped without ever being
fired in anger.
>Suicide bombers?
Only if we seriously intimidate their sponsors (as opposed to killing
them outright.)
>Or is the US hoping that China will piss away its incredible economic
>advances in a futile arms race?
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Author: Richard The Dreaded LibertarianRichard The Dreaded Libertarian Date: Jul 31, 2006 16:08
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:09:52 -0500, John Fields wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:44:54 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie"
>>On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:30:42 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
>>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:31:37 GMT, Phat Bytestard
>>>
>>>> Wrong. You're an idiot. I am currently working on the world's next
>>>>protector, the Joint Strike Fighter Program.
>>>
>>> Hey, so am I. They're using my arbs to simulate all sorts of stuff to
>>> the engine control computers, so they can test the software before
>>> they actually fly it. The driveshaft to the lift fan is interesting...
>>> 32,000 hp excites all sorts of twists and vibration modes. We make
>>> some tach/overspeed modules too, and we're working on a realtime
>>> torque sensor thing. We're doing thermocouple and RTD simulators too,
>>> for pretty much the same reasons.
>>>
>>> Nowadays planes are just sensors, computers, and actuators, with lots
>>> of software connecting them. So a major development item is coding and
>>> testing the software. "A bug every 10 lines" just won't do here.
>>> ...
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Author: Jim ThompsonJim Thompson Date: Jul 31, 2006 16:10
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:28:49 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
gmail.com> wrote:
>John Larkin wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:44:54 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie"
>> doubleclick.net> wrote:
>> >>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:30:42 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
>>>> On...
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Author: John LarkinJohn Larkin Date: Jul 31, 2006 16:34
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:10:49 -0700, Jim Thompson
My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>> Or deterring same.
>>
>>And just who is being deterred by that?
>>Suicide bombers?
>>Or is the US hoping that China will piss away its incredible economic
>>advances in a futile arms race?
>>
>>Dirk
Taking out Hamas leadership with smart bombs is just another example
of Differential Niceness.
John
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Author: John PerryJohn Perry Date: Jul 31, 2006 16:35
Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
...> If it wasn't for all that knowledge and technology you might very
>> well be speaking German or Japanese right now, if at all.
>
> Yeah, great, it won us a two-front war fifty years ago.
>
> We Won!
>
> We're the Champs!
>
> So now, why do we have to KEEP ON KILLING people? How long do you have to
> keep proving you're king of the hill, before you become a grown-up and
> start to lead by example?
>
> Is it just a mental disease?
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Author: EeyoreEeyore Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:06
Jim Thompson wrote:
> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition,
> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva
> Convention ;-)
It would be nice if the USA which likes to tout itself as a civilised example to
the rest of the world could obey the Geneva Convention wouldn't it ?
Graham
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Author: Jim ThompsonJim Thompson Date: Jul 31, 2006 17:17
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore
REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition,
>> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva
>> Convention ;-)
>
>It would be nice if the USA which likes to tout itself as a civilised example to
>the rest of the world could obey the Geneva Convention wouldn't it ?
>
>Graham
Hey! Dumb-shit! Please cite where we aren't!
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