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Re:The US military could begin drafting 40-year-old hackers by cafard on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:17AM (#16575840)
Drafting or enlisting? I don't think that anyone born after 1953 ever was drafted.
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Re:The US military could begin drafting 40-year-old hackers by jsjohnst on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:47AM (#16576023)
I agree, the last year someone could’ve been born and drafted was 1952, but how does that change anything? I thought the article was talking about reinstating the SSS.
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Re:The US military could begin drafting 40-year-old hackers by cafard on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:53AM (#16576062)
It does--I hadn't bothered to read it, sorry.

Still, I think it the plan impractical. Trying to draft those with the most resources to fight the draft is just not going to work well.

The article is incorrect about radios and TVs. It was the very end of the draft era that the birthday lottery was introduced, and young men listened with great attention to see whether they came in under 100 (likely to be drafted) or over 300 (most unlikely).

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Re:The US military could begin drafting 40-year-old hackers by jsjohnst on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @07:51PM (#16580991)
> Trying to draft those with the most resources to fight the draft is just not going to work well.

Agree completely.

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