rebuilding

I have a RAID 0 (mirroring) array in my computer, which is fortunate because one of the drives failed last week. Since the brand of HD I had (Maxtor) seems to have a propensity for failure, I decided to replace them (both were 120 GB) w/ new 250 GB Seagate drives instead. So today I installed...

"No plan..." ...? What? So far, the Army Corp of Engineers have 'rebuilt' the levies to the pre-Katrina state. And...? The dominoes are back in place and ready for the finger of god to start the tumble, all over again. WHY!?!? Why are We funding the rebuilding of a failed city, IN THE...

According to this story http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20031023/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_conference the U.S. is seeking nearly $36B to 're-build' Iraq. What did we do to the infrastructure of Iraq during the war that requires that amount of money? I'm skeptical about...

Why should it cost so much to rebuild a couple of brideges and buildings. Its not like the place was carpet bombed. Who is doing the job anyway. I mean Iraq has construction workers too. Im sure theyd work for peanuts. I've heard stories that the reason they need 78 billion is cause US...