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From: Eeyore on 5 Aug 2006 15:39 Phat Bytestard wrote: > Yet another utterly retarded behavior on your part. Have you *nothing* to offer other than abuse ? It does mark you out as being of no consequence and something of a waste ot time and space. I doubt you're even capable of thinking for yourself from what I see here. Trotting out the nonsense you've been fed, parrot fashion, doesn't 'make it' in a debate. Graham
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 15:39 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:42:18 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >krw wrote: > >> In article <44D4B29E.69AD8623(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, >> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com says... >> > >> > >> > krw wrote: >> > >> > > In article <44D4218B.62737104(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, >> > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com says... >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > krw wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > In article <44D3C6A1.50663F3D(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, >> > > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com says... >> > > > > >> > > > > > A cease fire is a necessary first step though. >> > > > > >> > > > > No it is not. Crushing Hesbollah (and Hamas) is the necessary >> > > > > first step. Of course that's not going to happen without taking >> > > > > Syria and Iran down too. >> > > > >> > > > You are utterly mad. >> > > >> > > Nope, it's quite simple. It's called war (declared by Iran, BTW). >> > >> > You're pathetic. >> >> You must be French. > >You're even more pathetic. > Looks like the Lostist is at a loss for words. At least for any of any substance.
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 15:41 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:23:11 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: >On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:11:01 +0100, Eeyore ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>Frank Bemelman wrote: >> >>> "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> schreef in bericht >>> news:44d34be9$0$2814$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> > >>> > "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> schreef in >>> > bericht news:dp85d21r71jr2495asoedog49cp1kskcnk(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> >> In 1950, at the end of 1000 years of European domination of the world, >>> >> there were 22 democracies. By 2000, after a mere 50 years of evil >>> >> American hegemony, there were 120, by far the greatest number in >>> >> history. >>> >> >>> >> 120/22 = 5.4, a pretty serious factor. >>> > >>> > And you are counting Zimbabwe, Chile, Indonesia and Pakistan as >>> > democracies? >>> > >>> > How many of the new democracies are new nation states? Papua-New Guinea >>> > probably rates as a democracy in your book, but it does not score too well >>> > on any index of democratic function. >>> > >>> > In short, point us to your list of democracies - both the one for 1950 and >>> > the one for 2000. >>> >>> Does the actual number matter here? This is just one of JL's famous smoke >>> curtains, pretending as if the increase in democracies is an all American >>> achievement, for which the world - again - has to be thankful or something. >> >>Indeed. The USA probably contributed fairly insignificantly to that number. >> > >Well, then, what has happened in the last 50 years to produce such an >unprecedented change? Oh... wait a minute! He'll give credit to the terrorists for that one!
From: John Larkin on 5 Aug 2006 15:43 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:24:12 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Larkin wrote: > >> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:12:59 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >More for you.... >> > >> >BAE Systems - A Key Partner on the F-35 JSF Program............................ >> > >> >BAE Systems is a major UK industrial participant, investing $72M upfront in the >> >Concept Development Phase (CDP) and $65M in UK JSF facilities during SDD [ System >> >Development and Demonstration Phase ] >> > >> >http://www.baesystems.com/facts/programmes/airsystems/jsf.htm >> > >> >Graham >> >> BAE has fairly extensive operations in the US, too. We work with one >> group that's doing B-52 radar upgrades; they were Sanders Associates >> before being acquired by BAE. They tell me that, because of security >> rules, they can tell me stuff they aren't allowed to communicate to >> the home office in Europe. > >How widely known is it that the largest overseas investor in the USA is Britain btw ? > > >> The B-52's are scheduled to be retired in 2040, at which time they'll >> be 80 years old. > >Astonishing longevity. It's actually the design that's that old - nothing made back then >is still in line service though. Mainly the H and maybe some G models flying now IIRC. >C130s been around a while too and not much has come along to challenge it although >Airbus do have an A400M they'd like to develop. > We're working on C130 upgrades too, another interesting British connection. We're upgrading a system that was built by GEC in the late 80's, full of discrete logic and of byzantine complexity, down to 22 hours MTBF and unmaintainable. It has so much BIST that it barely works at all. A couple of VME modules loaded with a few FPGAs should fix things up nicely. John
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 15:50
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 17:02:00 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) Gave us: >Since this is their own site. I find it odd that this says "will be" not >was. > You ain't real bright, boy. |