Supposing their kids (if any) were born -2 to +2 years of their marriage, I don't think option B would apply. 'Kids' that age should be able to handle that. But I don't know OP either, or his kids for that matter:)
Saying that the sky is celebrating sounds kinda religious though;)
You can't prove if someone is a believer. But I think if you would call up everyone that's filled in Jediism and asked them, seriously, if they really believed it, most of them would say no. Again, that doesn't prove anything, but I'm sure that wouldn't happen when you'd do the same with any other religion. My suggestion for the census form:
1. Please fill in the name of your religion?.................. 2. No, really, seriously..................
Ehrm, no. Believers. It lacks actual believers. That's the point. It doesn't matter whether the religion is real or not, that's not what the census is about. Lying about believing in Jediism doesn't make it a religion.
This.
There are 'only' 158.674 articles on the Danish Wikipedia, most of which are very short and of poor quality. My guess is that they contribute to the English Wikipedia rather than the Danish one.
Disclaimer: my Danish isn't very good (yet), so comments about the quality of their articles should be taken with a grain of salt.
Actually Saba is formally a 'special municipality/public body' of the Netherlands, as are St Eustasius and Bonaire. So Snowgirl was right.
Until 1975 Suriname (which NL 'traded' for New Amsterdam / New York in 1667) would also have counted.
I don't think it's impossible to get your candidate of choice elected. I just think it's neigh impossible for any electorate to bring about the changes 'Occupy' wants. The political systems that are quite apt at changing stuff are not what we really want (despotism and the likes).
I do agree, though, that in the UK and many European countries, the system is much better. When every political party at least stands a change of getting some seats in the government, that makes the bigger parties work harder on actual issues instead of just trying to raise more money.
I wrote a really good reply and then accidentally closed my browser. grr..
Anyway, I think you're right. And I wasn't really trying to say *we* should try to change society, just that trying to change it by using politics may be less useful than we think. Society just isn't very malleable in my opinion.
But then, if I would be trying to change society:
If society doesn't want to change who are you to tell it it should?
well... part of society, so that's my prerogative, don't you think?
The true currency of politics are votes not money, money is only useful when the voters are indifferent.
But isn't that just the problem? Voters *are* indifferent, because the choices they have are _all_ bad. Or they are naive and ignorant and hoping the republican they vote for will make them less poor. Or democrat for that matter.
You see, the problem is bigger than just politics. It's society itself that needs to change. Voting for 'the right' president or governor or what have you might help a bit, but it's not enough.
I switched to Mint (LMDE) as well, but did not see any value over Debian proper. Now I run Debian unstable with Gnome-shell (*ducks*) and I'm very happy with it. But I hear Linux Mint LXDE is good as well.
If it's just the Desktop you want to change, but stick to Ubuntu for the rest, you should try Xubuntu or Lubuntu as well. Or Kubuntu, of course.
I couldn't agree with you more! So much shouting around here lately...
Still, it's good that other promising DEs might get some more attention now. LXDE and XFCE still have some rough edges (IMHO). We'll see after the dust has settled.
BTW, I don't know about the quality of GNOME 3's code. It's plenty fast on my 5yo PC (Debian unstable). I actually switched from Ubuntu because of Unity, and I really like Gnome-shell.
I use/opt/ to install software in (that isn't available through the package manager) and then link its binaries in/usr/local/bin, which is on the PATH. This gives me a clear view of what I've installed myself, and still be able to execute it easily.
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Supposing their kids (if any) were born -2 to +2 years of their marriage, I don't think option B would apply. 'Kids' that age should be able to handle that. But I don't know OP either, or his kids for that matter :)
;)
Saying that the sky is celebrating sounds kinda religious though
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I bit like the fact that you *know* you are wrong, but stick to it just to make a point?
Ehrm, no. Believers. It lacks actual believers. That's the point. It doesn't matter whether the religion is real or not, that's not what the census is about. Lying about believing in Jediism doesn't make it a religion.
Seems that NASA is investigating the possibilities of methane as a rocket fuel: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/04may_methaneblast/
And it's a very clean fuel too, so, yeah, I was thinking along the same lines.
True, but they are often quite short, as compared to English or Dutch articles, for example.
This.
There are 'only' 158.674 articles on the Danish Wikipedia, most of which are very short and of poor quality. My guess is that they contribute to the English Wikipedia rather than the Danish one.
Disclaimer: my Danish isn't very good (yet), so comments about the quality of their articles should be taken with a grain of salt.
Actually Saba is formally a 'special municipality/public body' of the Netherlands, as are St Eustasius and Bonaire. So Snowgirl was right.
Until 1975 Suriname (which NL 'traded' for New Amsterdam / New York in 1667) would also have counted.
60 Minutes: Jack Abramoff on Lobbying and Gov Corruption http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMMppBhOLXA
Despite the title, it's only 15 minutes long. And certainly worth watching!
I don't think it's impossible to get your candidate of choice elected. I just think it's neigh impossible for any electorate to bring about the changes 'Occupy' wants. The political systems that are quite apt at changing stuff are not what we really want (despotism and the likes).
I do agree, though, that in the UK and many European countries, the system is much better. When every political party at least stands a change of getting some seats in the government, that makes the bigger parties work harder on actual issues instead of just trying to raise more money.
Anyway, I think you're right. And I wasn't really trying to say *we* should try to change society, just that trying to change it by using politics may be less useful than we think. Society just isn't very malleable in my opinion.
But then, if I would be trying to change society:
If society doesn't want to change who are you to tell it it should?
well... part of society, so that's my prerogative, don't you think?
The true currency of politics are votes not money, money is only useful when the voters are indifferent.
But isn't that just the problem? Voters *are* indifferent, because the choices they have are _all_ bad. Or they are naive and ignorant and hoping the republican they vote for will make them less poor. Or democrat for that matter.
You see, the problem is bigger than just politics. It's society itself that needs to change. Voting for 'the right' president or governor or what have you might help a bit, but it's not enough.
No, not just cuz he saiz it, but that doesn't make it less true. It's either a double woosh, or no woosh at all (and GGGP was just only insightful).
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I write Perl programs to kill funeral parlors on clean toilets. It's kind of a niche market...
I switched to Mint (LMDE) as well, but did not see any value over Debian proper. Now I run Debian unstable with Gnome-shell (*ducks*) and I'm very happy with it. But I hear Linux Mint LXDE is good as well.
If it's just the Desktop you want to change, but stick to Ubuntu for the rest, you should try Xubuntu or Lubuntu as well. Or Kubuntu, of course.
So these cavemen were horse-spotters! Bwahahaha.
Yeah, it *is* really silly. We all know that Steve Jobs will get rest nor peace in the Underground Freezer of Doom!
Ramen.
No, the hologram immerses you! Must be a Sovjet Russian invention...
Impressive, using a rotating mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKCUGQ-uo8c
I couldn't agree with you more! So much shouting around here lately...
Still, it's good that other promising DEs might get some more attention now. LXDE and XFCE still have some rough edges (IMHO). We'll see after the dust has settled.
BTW, I don't know about the quality of GNOME 3's code. It's plenty fast on my 5yo PC (Debian unstable). I actually switched from Ubuntu because of Unity, and I really like Gnome-shell.
Interesting times...
Yeah, I thought about that too (from Wikipedia):
Texas: 25,145,561
London (metro): 13,945,000
Paris: (metro): 12,089,098
Moscow: 11,514,330
Moscow is probably your best bet, since the surrounding area isn't heavily populated, especially to the north.
Ah, I guess those places must be waaaay larger on the inside than on the outside...
I use /opt/ to install software in (that isn't available through the package manager) and then link its binaries in /usr/local/bin, which is on the PATH. This gives me a clear view of what I've installed myself, and still be able to execute it easily.