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Originally posted by Psyshell I'm worried that the US arms manufacturing industry might become a bit too profitable!

It was really profitable about 10 years ago, but not anymore. After all the contracts were canceled early and 4 years later reopened for everyone to rebid on, profit decreased substantially. Businesses had been out of work for too long and were quick to take the first thing they could, to insure they got it they quoted well under what should have been. i know of many parts that have contracts that barely cover cost. It also decreased profit because the DoD did not buy remaining inventory when canceling contracts and if that company did not win the contract when bidding was reopened they have to physically destroy every item. Thats a lot of money lost.

I know with some contracts if you make 1 reject in manufacturing to cover the cost you must make 10 good parts... i would say thats far from profitable.

There was quite the battle between FN and Colt when FN won a contract colt had held for 15 years.

The DoD is getting smart also, they keep extending these low price contracts and demanding more inventory so they wont have to open it back up for bidding which would result in a higher price paid.

Essentially the US arms industry is a poorly implemented government jobs program with no sustainable or most of the time even tangible return on the investment. The reason the Navy is getting new LCSs which are giant pieces of shit that no one really wants and doesn't really fit our current threat analysis (and certainly not our future one either) is because it creates jobs in the deep south. The same goes for the new version of the Abrams, the US Army already has a shit ton of M1A2s that were upgraded with TUSK and CROWS during Iraq but now congress has implemented plan to build a bunch of even more improved Abrams, which the Army doesn't even want or need.

There are some programs that are legitimate boons to both defense and jobs (like keeping the Air Force tanker replacement program, which is needed and serves a wide array of our allies, in the US and awarding it to Boeing not Airbus), but a lot of them are just a way to basically provide welfare through jobs with out looking like a lefty to your constituents (god forbid that money be spent employing people to engineer new bridges, build them, and fix the rest of our crumbling infrastructure).

Wait for it...

Holy shit that guy was lucky

Fucking hell... Four years later and the second iteration of my software is going out the door to the wide public in ~24 hours.

I can't believe it.

So much to do in the next few hours.

I'm mobilizing like Hitler.

Norway, Poland, what, what?!

http://youtu.be/D5uDWvEzZYk?t=29s

Operation: Washington on The Columbia

Invasion of Canada IMMINENT

Earthquake!

That is one thing ill never become accustomed to. Havimg lived through Loma Prieta in 1989 and many others, they are surreal.

I'm going through old unlabeled CD-Rs and just found one full of Vengaboys and other shitty eurodance. I have no idea when I even listened to this stuff, let alone burned a disc full of it

Eurodance is awesome

Has anyone else been nominated for this ice bucket bullshit?

Patrick Stewart wins.



PS. People are stupid.

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Originally posted by chris1011 Yeah if I get nominated I'm just going to donate a dollar to ALS charity instead of dumping a bucket full of fucking ice water over my head

Ugh, good friend of mine just got nominated, praying she doesn't nominate me.

I got nominated a few times. I tried to get out of it, made a
Video mocking it and upset the girl who nominated me. So today i did it for real and had fun with it with a few friends and it wasn't too bad. I overcompensated by using a water cooler and melting the ice for an hour beforehand.

Whatever its kind of gay but it was brilliant marketing. Its for a good cause and its raised a ton of money. I've donated as well. Im usually against the grain but for this i thought why not.

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Originally posted by Silky Johnson Ugh, good friend of mine just got nominated, praying she doesn't nominate me.

why? just tell her to get fucked.

I don't get the ice bucket shit. Donate a buck or two instead.

PS. Do they still have that store in Canadia?

I used to buy my sugar high in elementary school from there.

I have no issue donating, but I sure as hell am not dumping ice water on myself, or filming myself doing it.

+1 to the last two comments.

Why is pouring ice over your head raising awareness? Don't we already have it? Lol.

I thought the point of this whole thing was to donate some mula.

Seems like social media took it over and people are participating in this stupid act to look like they give two shits.

Meh, same shit different day.

Yeah I figure the ice bucket challenge so retarded.

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Originally posted by chris1011 I actually don't understand how I haven't been nominated yet either. Guess I really don't have any close friends on Facebook, which isn't surprising because Facebook should just be known as spookbook.

FIZZAXED

I was going to join a charity run with my little brother until I found out it costed $50 to join it. I wouldn't mind if that went to charity but it seems to be some meaningless "fee" to participate. I told him I would give him $50 over whatever I was going to donate rather than give that to the organisers. So now I'm not participating.

I thought dumping ice water on the head was the cure?
Oh o

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Originally posted by OrangestO I don't get the ice bucket shit. Donate a buck or two instead.

Last year's fundraising without the awareness of the campaign: $2.1 million

This year, with challenge: $41.8 million

Get it now?

Of course, our self-serving, opportunistic, and hopefully-on-his-way-out mayor slapped campaign stickers and posters all over the place for his challenge. Stay classy, Ford.

If you're gonna prove a point and use numbers to do it, at least do it correctly.

http://time.com/3173833/als-ice-buc...draising-total/

Still annoying..

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy I thought dumping ice water on the head was the cure? Oh o

I thought a bucket of baseballs would be more appropriate. Chill them if you want...

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