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The other day, I found out that NS is banned in Kuwait by the military. So is Jolt. So you have to go to a civilian place to download the sites.

Did you find out why?

The other day, I found out that NS is banned in Kuwait by the military. So is Jolt. So you have to go to a civilian place to download the sites.
Is this the truth?

The other day, I found out that NS is banned in Kuwait by the military. So is Jolt. So you have to go to a civilian place to download the sites.Interesting...

If I understand its banned on-Base...

I wonder if it is banned on other ME US bases Like in Iraq, Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia...

Oh, so that's why we have no NSers from Kuwait. :rolleyes:

Or do we?

Did you find out why?
Because they're both considered game sites, even the forums.

To OceanDrive2:
Yes, it would seem to me that they would be banned from military computers at all US bases in Iraq, Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, and Afghanistan too.
You would have to use a nonmilitary computer to access them. But then again, you also need a nonmilitary network too. Cause they are not letting people with laptops access those sites from the military internet centers either.

Because they're both considered game sites, even the forums.

To OceanDrive2:
Yes, it would seem to me that they would be banned from military computers at all US bases in Iraq, Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, and Afghanistan too.
You would have to use a nonmilitary computer to access them. But then again, you also need a nonmilitary network too. Cause they are not letting people with laptops access those sites from the military internet centers either.
They have limited resources … I understand why they would ban gaming sites … it happens on a lot of school grounds too

To OceanDrive2:
Yes, it would seem to me that they would be banned from military computers at all US bases in Iraq, Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, and Afghanistan too.
You would have to use a nonmilitary computer to access them. But then again, you also need a nonmilitary network too. Cause they are not letting people with laptops access those sites from the military internet centers either.Thx for the Info...

Another question...A friend of my friend is serving in Iraq...

He says that following the Pyramid pictures...They have banned Cells or any other device that can take pictures...

he says some soldiers still keep camera devices...but they don't show it as much... ;)

NS is banned on any government computer system


I'm stationed stateside in Virginia and I can't get on the forums or NS from a work computer.

NS is banned on any government computer system


I'm stationed stateside in Virginia and I can't get on the forums or NS from a work computer.
I bet I can find ways around that :)

I bet I can find ways around that :)

probably can, I know my LT has found ways around it too


We're not even allowed on CBS Sportsline to do stuff with our fantasy football league on those computers.

Thx for the Info...

Another question...A friend of my friend is serving in Iraq...

He says that following the Pyramid pictures...They have banned Cells or any other device that can take pictures...

he says some soldiers still keep camera devices...but they don't show it as much... ;)
They're only banned in certain areas. But overall, you are allowed to have them. Everyone in my unit bought digital video cameras the other day from a bizaar that was sponsored by the military where they sold the stuff. If they didn't want you to have it, they would not sell it to you. You just have to follow certain regulations for certain purposes.

Thx for the Info...

Another question...A friend of my friend is serving in Iraq...

He says that following the Pyramid pictures...They have banned Cells or any other device that can take pictures...

he says some soldiers still keep camera devices...but they don't show it as much... ;)
Generally speaking, if there's something that the military has banned, you can count on a fair sized group of soldiers having some of them. :)

Oh, so that's why we have no NSers from Kuwait. :rolleyes:

Or do we?
*slinks back into the shadows*

You know, the soda cans here are wierd. Instead of a normal can of soda, they give you a can with a peel back lid, kind of like those cans of V8 tomato juice. Guess they're afraid of the germs of the evil westerners.
But then again, it seems like everyday is steak, shrimp, lobster, and crab legs day. ;)

You know, the soda cans here are wierd. Instead of a normal can of soda, they give you a can with a peel back lid, kind of like those cans of V8 tomato juice. Guess they're afraid of the germs of the evil westerners. ;)
Do you have any pictures? I want to stare at the glory that is the can.

probably can, I know my LT has found ways around it too


We're not even allowed on CBS Sportsline to do stuff with our fantasy football league on those computers.

All sites relating to fantasy football are banned where I work, and even trying to access them gets you immediately fired. My company has a very strict policy about gambling while at work.

All sites relating to fantasy football are banned where I work, and even trying to access them gets you immediately fired. My company has a very strict policy about gambling while at work.
You can't gamble at work?! What happened to the American Way?! :mad:

You can't gamble at work?! What happened to the American Way?! :mad:

Well I have access to a lot of people's money. It doesn't exactly engender trust in the company if I'm seen perusing gambling.com while at work.

Well I have access to a lot of people's money. It doesn't exactly engender trust in the company if I'm seen perusing gambling.com while at work.
Those uberfascist commies!

They have limited resources … I understand why they would ban gaming sites … it happens on a lot of school grounds too

And businesses.

Those uberfascist commies!

Mega capitalists. They only don't let us use gambling sites at work because they're worried it'll hurt their bottom line.

You know, I've never bothered to check out whether NS was banned at work. Something to do on Monday....

The other day, I found out that NS is banned in Kuwait by the military.

Something is seriously wrong with the world when the US military considers the use of clusterbombs and FASCAM munitions to be perfectly acceptable, but NS to be beyond the pale.

Something is seriously wrong with the world when the US military considers the use of clusterbombs and FASCAM munitions to be perfectly acceptable, but NS to be beyond the pale.
The U.S. military is in the business of war, not letting people suck network resources on pointless forums. It's not the "U.S. happy funtime service"

The U.S. military is in the business of war, not letting people suck network resources on pointless forums. It's not the "U.S. happy funtime service"

Civilian casualties are not justifiable purely on the basis of being in the business of war.

pointless forums
If you think the NS forums are pointless, why do you seem to spend so much time racking up a higher postcount?

Iraq sucks. They stuck me at a site with zero females. This is the worse hell that could ever exist. A place with no women at all.
And next to a bloody mosque where they rant day in and day out going "blah blah, blah blah, blah".
And nothing even happens here.

Something is seriously wrong with the world when the US military considers the use of clusterbombs and FASCAM munitions to be perfectly acceptable, but NS to be beyond the pale.
:rolleyes:

Iraq sucks. They stuck me at a site with zero females. This is the worse hell that could ever exist. A place with no women at all.
And next to a bloody mosque where they rant day in and day out going "blah blah, blah blah, blah".
And nothing even happens here.


What e-grade are you and are you Army, navy, marine or airforce?


I'm an E-4 in the Army

Civilian casualties are not justifiable purely on the basis of being in the business of war.

Success!

You managed to completely change the topic!

Is this because you lost?

www.proxify.net

beats a few of the Authority networks in Britain

What e-grade are you and are you Army, navy, marine or airforce?


I'm an E-4 in the Army
E-4 Army

Who are you?

Iraq sucks. They stuck me at a site with zero females. This is the worse hell that could ever exist. A place with no women at all.
Well, some might say you wouldn't have needed to be there in the first place...:D

And next to a bloody mosque where they rant day in and day out going "blah blah, blah blah, blah".
As opposed to a Church, where they don't rant on and on?

And nothing even happens here.
Maybe you should consider yourself lucky?
I hear nasty stuff about these things called "shape charges". Maybe you can answer the question - can they really go straight through HUMVEE Armour?

I recently convinced our company Adminsitrator to unban jolt, their mistake...

However, at my highschool NS was fine. Infact a couple of SOSE classes used it for educating kids on government workings.

Oh, so that's why we have no NSers from Kuwait. :rolleyes:

Or do we?
*sneaks out*

Success!

You managed to completely change the topic!

Is this because you lost?

No: no change of topic - if you look back to my first post I specifically and intentionally mentioned those types of weaponry which cause high amounts of civilian collateral casualites (FASCAM & Cluster bombs), but made no mention of those weapons which can be more accurately targetted upon actual enemy forces.

War is a hideous thing, but may be a necessity. War using weapons which cause large amounts of civilian casualties is also a hideous thing, and I have yet to be convinced that such weapons are in fact necessary.

I recently convinced our company Adminsitrator to unban jolt, their mistake...

However, at my highschool NS was fine. Infact a couple of SOSE classes used it for educating kids on government workings.yes....but they are talking about military property networks...

US bases and stuff

E-4 Army

Who are you?



Ever heard of Fort Story, Virginia?

Maybe you should consider yourself lucky?
I hear nasty stuff about these things called "shape charges". Maybe you can answer the question - can they really go straight through HUMVEE Armour?


A shaped charge is designed to penetrate heavily armored things like tanks.

Humvee Armor is designed to protect from small arms fire (7.62mm and below) and shrapnel.

World of difference there.

World of difference there.
Thank you.

Anyways, it may be boring not to have anything to do - but it's probably better than having to shoot people or being shot at yourself.

I recently convinced our company Adminsitrator to unban jolt, their mistake...

However, at my highschool NS was fine. Infact a couple of SOSE classes used it for educating kids on government workings.

Proof that the Austrailian school system is fucked up.

Proof that the Austrailian school system is fucked up.

Possibly the school system knows what it is doing, and its the Australian government that resembles NationStates.*




* perish the thought.

All sites relating to fantasy football are banned where I work, and even trying to access them gets you immediately fired. My company has a very strict policy about gambling while at work.
I have plenty of Booty too but i gained mine thorugh other means...


What do you do?

my school network has Jolt banned under- Porn.

Well, some might say you wouldn't have needed to be there in the first place...:D


As opposed to a Church, where they don't rant on and on?


Maybe you should consider yourself lucky?
I hear nasty stuff about these things called "shape charges". Maybe you can answer the question - can they really go straight through HUMVEE Armour?
yes they do. They rely on the momentum of the projectile. The charge is designed to eject the object with enough momentum, that the armor can't stop it. The people who make them, are likely to have been chemistry majors. Or they might have researched chemistry and physics on the internet. Your typical insurgents around the world would not be able to make the kind of stuff that they are finding here.

Ever heard of Fort Story, Virginia?
Nope. Never seen it on any of the maps.

Nope. Never seen it on any of the maps.
Are you sure it exists?

Are you sure it exists?

yup, I"m stationed there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Story
http://www.geocities.com/hrforts/Fort_Story/
http://www.shipdriver.net/Pictures/Doghouse/FortStory.JPG

yup, I"m stationed there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Story
http://www.geocities.com/hrforts/Fort_Story/
http://www.shipdriver.net/Pictures/Doghouse/FortStory.JPG
what's your mos?

what's your mos?
31B10, Soon to be 31B20


Yours?

Humvee Armor is designed to protect from small arms fire (7.62mm and below) and shrapnel.

Your HMMWV's have armor? When I was in Iraq with the 3rd ACR in OIF 1 we were lucky to have fiberglass doors. I was a CPL(P) 19D when I got out in July 04.

31B10, Soon to be 31B20


Yours?
25Q

Your HMMWV's have armor? When I was in Iraq with the 3rd ACR in OIF 1 we were lucky to have fiberglass doors. I was a CPL(P) 19D when I got out in July 04.
That's just a little above where I am now. Spc (P). For some reason they are promoting alot of people to CPL from SPC. Used to be the two were equal with CPL carrying just a little bit more responsibility in terms of being in charge of people. Still, I am the second in command on my team.

That's just a little above where I am now. Spc (P). For some reason they are promoting alot of people to CPL from SPC. Used to be the two were equal with CPL carrying just a little bit more responsibility in terms of being in charge of people. Still, I am the second in command on my team.


Yeah i'm going to get CPL, but i won't have a team. So yeah it sucks to be an MP.

I thought MPs were 95Bs, or did they change that? I know they changed engineers from 12 to 21 series.

They're making a lot of people CPLs because it'll be a while before you get to PLDC. Especially if you're deployed.

I thought MPs were 95Bs, or did they change that? I know they changed engineers from 12 to 21 series.

They're making a lot of people CPLs because it'll be a while before you get to PLDC. Especially if you're deployed.


MP's got changed from 95B-31B in Early 2004, MP Corrections(for jails) got changed from 95C to 31E


And the reason they want to make me CPL is so that I can work the gate, because our Provost Marshall put out a policy that only NCO's can work the gate and the E5's in my squad are bitching about always working the gate instead of patrol (on an 8 hour shift they do between 2 and 4 hour shifts depending on who's working), and before this policy they were putting Junior Enlisted on the gate for the whole 8 hours. I've been happy to be an E-4 since that started happening and now i don't want to become a corporal because as soon as the deployment ends(I'm an OHARNG MP) and I go back to my home unit I won't be a CPL anymore and go back to being a Specialist. I won't get a team as a CPL(MP teams are only 3 people anyway) So i see no point in getting it. Goddamn Army.

I thought MPs were 95Bs, or did they change that? I know they changed engineers from 12 to 21 series.

They're making a lot of people CPLs because it'll be a while before you get to PLDC. Especially if you're deployed.
You don't need PLDC to make your E5 anymore. You only need it if you want to make E6. They changed the whole promotion thing. All those points that you get for weapons, PT, online classes, etc don't count army wide anymore. Now its up to the discretion of your commander how you get the points, though you get at least a minimum of 300 automatically. The rest you have to try and get. But if your cut off is low enough, you don't really need to know much. I've seen a couple of people get their E-5 cause their cut off was only 312.

MP's got changed from 95B-31B in Early 2004, MP Corrections(for jails) got changed from 95C to 31E


And the reason they want to make me CPL is so that I can work the gate, because our Provost Marshall put out a policy that only NCO's can work the gate and the E5's in my squad are bitching about always working the gate instead of patrol (on an 8 hour shift they do between 2 and 4 hour shifts depending on who's working), and before this policy they were putting Junior Enlisted on the gate for the whole 8 hours. I've been happy to be an E-4 since that started happening and now i don't want to become a corporal because as soon as the deployment ends(I'm an OHARNG MP) and I go back to my home unit I won't be a CPL anymore and go back to being a Specialist. I won't get a team as a CPL(MP teams are only 3 people anyway) So i see no point in getting it. Goddamn Army.

Signal teams are only supposed to 3 people. At least at this unit. My last unit it was 4. But when I got to my present one, it was 3. But now that we're deployed, we have 4. Including one fellow who thinks he doesn't have to do anything just cause he got his SPC this last june. I think his ego got slightly dented cause he got upset when I reminded him I was the one the P status, yet I'm the one who's always doing the work to keep the system operating when he and the E-3 on our team are supposed to be doing the stuff on their shifts. I have the early morning shift so I have to keep waking up, when I should be sleeping being off shift, to make sure it gets done. Otherwise, they already show they won't do it. So I have to do it just make sure its done.