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Comment: Re:This is a BAD idea (Score 1) 57

by Anonymice (#46305681) Attached to: S. Korea's Cyberwar Against N. Korea's Nukes

Oh, no doubt the casualties would be catastrophic, but don't underestimate the power of sheer numbers. The Arab uprisings are a good example of its efficacy.

NK wants the nukes to fend off the US, not South Korea.

Their only influence on the US is through their threat to the South, as they lack any long range capability. The best they've managed to do was fire a chunk of metal into the lower atmosphere - that's a long way from an ICBM.

Comment: Re:This is a BAD idea (Score 2) 57

by Anonymice (#46304037) Attached to: S. Korea's Cyberwar Against N. Korea's Nukes

Whilst horribly under-equipped & outdated, North Korea has the largest army of foot-soldiers/infantry in the world. Adding that Seoul is also only 35km from the NK border, I wouldn't want to place any bets. If the North goes down, it'll take the South with it & flood China's already delicate border regions with a huge number of refugees.

Unless it gets taken down from the inside, I don't expect to see any changes in NK during my lifetime.

Comment: Re:well i'm reassured! (Score 4, Insightful) 393

by Anonymice (#46127591) Attached to: Confessions Of an Ex-TSA Agent: Secrets Of the I.O. Room

How is this modded 4+ Insightful?! It's ignorant, hypocritical bollocks!

"Women, gays, Muslims & atheists" are no more special interest groups than bible-bashing white males. And how the fuck do you make "accommodations" for atheists? Not force them to sing words of praise to your special interest deity?
On an organisational level, religion should have no place in military procedures. If you're having to make "accommodations" for people absent of any religion, then there's something horribly wrong with the procedures of your military.
And how the hell can you complain that atheists DON'T have to follow your religious doctrine, AND at the same time complain that other religious groups get to follow theirs?

A recent article shows that the Pentagon is reconsidering uniform requirements to permit beards and turbans for Muslims.

Suddenly - we are courting Muslims...

Under pressure from Sikhs, the Pentagon has publicly clarified its existing procedures to permit certain practices "as long as the practices do not interfere with military discipline, order or readiness."
And not just that, they have to go the through the procedures to request permission for every individual deployment.

A number of highly decorated professionals have been drummed out of service for the crime of failing to wholeheartedly support the gay agenda.

So it's OK for people to break with agreed military procedures & speak out against a minority, but it's not for a minority to request to do the same? Go fuck yourself.

...often enough, accusations of sexual harassment and/or assault are political tools used against good soldiers. It is impossible to even guess at the numbers of such instances, but I know for a fact that it happens. Other times, a female soldier who is busted for drugs or other infractions tries to turn the tables by accusing supervisors and investigators of sexual harassment. Again - it's impossible to even guess at the numbers, but it happens.

Given the accuracy of your comments so far, I'll choose to take these self-professed baseless assumptions with a pinch of salt. You don't have enough information to even make a guess, but you "know" it happens? Do you have *anything* to back this up?

...the fact is, our military is being improperly used to advance a number of political agendas.

Something the whole world would probably agree with you on.


Comment: Re:Right On (Score 1) 312

by Anonymice (#45777271) Attached to: Snowden Says His Mission Is Accomplished

Whilst I understand the dilemma, this is a defeatist attitude & not in the heart of democracy.

We had a similar problem in the UK with Labour & the Conservatives. The Conservatives lost many voters due to the huge controversies created during their reign in the 80's & 90's (symbolised by Thatcher), and the following Labour government took us into an illegal war & steered us into the financial crisis (it was the collapse of Lehman's in London that sent the dominoes falling).
The disillusion gave way to the Liberal Democrats getting their highest share of the vote in a *century*, forcing a coalition government. They didn't get a majority, however it gave the two leading parties a massive reality check & kick in the backside.

Prior to the election, we were all warned to vote tactically & that a vote for one of the minor parties would be a vote wasted.

If enough people act, change CAN happen.

Comment: Re:Not that hard to believe, actually (Score 1) 90

Whilst I would expect someone involved enough to start hacking their servers would be better informed, the general population are *very* uninformed about foreign politics. Forgiveable given the local politics mirrors a soap opera.

I made reference to the NSA & recent events during a meeting at a state department here & only one person in the room had any clue what I was talking about.

Comment: Re:Oooh Goodie! (Score 1) 119

Unless they've changed in the last 10 years, they *are* taught & examined as different subjects. The difference is that unless you specifically take science as a subject, study of the 3 sciences rotates in 2 slots & the final qualification is only worth 2 GCSEs instead of 3.

This promise means one of either 3 things:
a) A subject will be dropped from the curriculum to make way for the extra science classes;
b) More will be put on the already overloaded curriculum (especially an issue when all finals are sat over the same period, with no gaps);
c) Empty words, Bollocks & Bullshit.

Comment: Re:Targeted ads are better than untargeted ads (Score 1) 177

by Anonymice (#44196847) Attached to: Student Project Could Kill Digital Ad Targeting

Trying to cover operating costs whilst providing users a free service != hate.
If you don't want to pay for the content you consume, to complain when they try to make up costs some other way.

Bar pop-ups & intrusive flash ads, I see ad-blocking as unethical. Don't like the ads? Don't consume their content.

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