The question is stated as delivery of a "S-300 or S-400 missile system." A "system" requires all the major operational components to be delivered (search radar, targeting radar, missile launcher, command post, etc.). Regarding hiding the system, while I agree that generally you don't want to give away the exact location of your military assets, it is important to credibly signal your enemies if you expect to deter them. Most of the Iranian comments to this point are probably inward directed, to create a sense of strength in the aftermath of the nuclear deal with the West. Outward directed statements (to Israel) will come when the system is actually functioning.
@000, my MOOC completion rate is 18/24 = 75% though a lot of those were "soft" subjects. If learning Python feels too much like "work" I'll drop out. Alternatively, I'll have to cut down on GJOpen (I'll probably do so anyway once a bunch of questions close over the New Year).
@Khalid, I'm in same state. I have MOOCs on numerical methods, terrorisme (in French) , bioinformatics and game theory coming up. Keeping busy on these will distract me from my lousy Brier score. Of course if the 4 questions getting scored on Monday tick my score back down below 1, I will probably remain addicted.
Actually I thought terrorismes was on-demand but it looks like I've missed the entire session! Will have to re-enroll
There's a START terrorism course on Coursera I think I'm enrolled in which is upcoming. It's not a subject that hooks me that much, being rather ill-defined. I started another Dutch terrorism course on Coursera a while ago which was on-demand but I didn't like the format. If you know French, the lecturer in the above course was more engaging.
@Khalid, I'm looking at the course archive for Terrorismes, luckily I should be able to watch the videos. The annoying ambiguity of the topic is illustrated by the following exchange between a student and the professor for the course:
Q : Guerre d'Algérie : vous parlez du terrorisme des algériens mais vous oubliez les massacres commis par les français !
R : CE SUJET RESTE SENSIBLE ET DOULOUREUX ET DANS UNE GUERRE (ON DIT ENCORE LES "EVENEMENTS" OFFICIELLEMENT), IL Y A HELAS BEAUCOUP D'EXACTIONS DE TOUTES PARTS.
@Anneinak, thank you. I very much doubt I'll really cut back! However, in the last four months I've probably spent more time on this project than any equivalent period in the GJP and that's hard to sustain.
@000 @khalid: Lars was in the market format, last year, but Khalid, I don't remember bumping into you. I agree, Lars, the market format is more compelling. The only thing that is keeping me interested, this year, is messing with the scraping and the game-within-a-game. I am definitely not doing hard research like I did or reading nonstop to keep up on topics.
@Heffalump, yeah I'm super bored with this. It's filling out the same 88-question survey over and over every day for no reason. No gift card, no spooks, no drama because the interaction format doesn't support flame wars.
Reaffirming my forecast.
The question is stated as delivery of a "S-300 or S-400 missile system." A "system" requires all the major operational components to be delivered (search radar, targeting radar, missile launcher, command post, etc.). Regarding hiding the system, while I agree that generally you don't want to give away the exact location of your military assets, it is important to credibly signal your enemies if you expect to deter them. Most of the Iranian comments to this point are probably inward directed, to create a sense of strength in the aftermath of the nuclear deal with the West. Outward directed statements (to Israel) will come when the system is actually functioning.
@000, my MOOC completion rate is 18/24 = 75% though a lot of those were "soft" subjects. If learning Python feels too much like "work" I'll drop out. Alternatively, I'll have to cut down on GJOpen (I'll probably do so anyway once a bunch of questions close over the New Year).
@Khalid, I'm in same state. I have MOOCs on numerical methods, terrorisme (in French) , bioinformatics and game theory coming up. Keeping busy on these will distract me from my lousy Brier score. Of course if the 4 questions getting scored on Monday tick my score back down below 1, I will probably remain addicted.
Actually I thought terrorismes was on-demand but it looks like I've missed the entire session! Will have to re-enroll
https://www.france-universite-numerique-mooc.fr/courses/CNAM/01019/session01/about
There's a START terrorism course on Coursera I think I'm enrolled in which is upcoming. It's not a subject that hooks me that much, being rather ill-defined. I started another Dutch terrorism course on Coursera a while ago which was on-demand but I didn't like the format. If you know French, the lecturer in the above course was more engaging.
@Khalid, I'm looking at the course archive for Terrorismes, luckily I should be able to watch the videos. The annoying ambiguity of the topic is illustrated by the following exchange between a student and the professor for the course:
Q : Guerre d'Algérie : vous parlez du terrorisme des algériens mais vous oubliez les massacres commis par les français !
R : CE SUJET RESTE SENSIBLE ET DOULOUREUX ET DANS UNE GUERRE (ON DIT ENCORE LES "EVENEMENTS" OFFICIELLEMENT), IL Y A HELAS BEAUCOUP D'EXACTIONS DE TOUTES PARTS.
Awesome discussion, very interesting links.
For the record, I believe the question should be voided, but if not, well, the game's the game.
Happy New Year, everyone!
@Khalid, I'm so disappointed to hear that you intend to cut back your participation in GJI. I will miss your contributions!
@Anneinak, thank you. I very much doubt I'll really cut back! However, in the last four months I've probably spent more time on this project than any equivalent period in the GJP and that's hard to sustain.
@Khalid, interesting you're more hooked on this year because I found last year more intense.
@000 @khalid: Lars was in the market format, last year, but Khalid, I don't remember bumping into you. I agree, Lars, the market format is more compelling. The only thing that is keeping me interested, this year, is messing with the scraping and the game-within-a-game. I am definitely not doing hard research like I did or reading nonstop to keep up on topics.
Remember a couple of months ago when I threw down "I'm bored"? I'm still bored.
@Heffalump, yeah I'm super bored with this. It's filling out the same 88-question survey over and over every day for no reason. No gift card, no spooks, no drama because the interaction format doesn't support flame wars.