29 Nov
2001
29 Nov
'01
10:28 p.m.
No, but it smacks of that unique term
"demilitarize"
Airman knocking holes in the bottom of 5 gal gas cans prior to stacking
them for auction ... very effective demilitarizion.
I understand the need to "de-mil" gear like radios on reserved
frequencies, crypto gear, weapons, etc. but you're saying they
had to de-mil a "jerry can"? You sure it wasn't just a desire to
justify scrapping it so they could get some new ones, or find a
way to burn some budget money so next year's budget wouldn't be
reduced. Both go on, but aren't the same thing as "de-milling"
Craig Smith wrote:
No, but it smacks of that unique term "demilitarize" that the US
military is so fond of! I've seen them removing electronics with a
cutting torch!! and just to make sure it's totaly unusable, dropping the
radios out of the planes cockpit onto the runway.
Or, my other favorite example .. at McDill AFB in Tampa, I watched an
Airman knocking holes in the bottom of 5 gal gas cans prior to stacking
them for auction ... very effective demilitarizion.
Craig
Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Chris wrote:
>
> > So by destroying them beyond hope... they remove them from the market
> > 100%.
> >
> > I personally think this is stupid, but hey, I don't run apple, and
> > they seem to have their own form of logic.
>
> This is not a practice unique to Apple. This is not even a practice
> unique to the computer industry.
>
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