Its interesting that all this blame is being put on the US, our culture, warmongering, Passport control, Obama, Bush, whatever, but the more I read about it, the more it sounds like the US bid failed because the USOC just failed and the tone of the Administration's pitch was wrong.
In the lead up to the vote, there were killings in Chicago, fights over the Olympics, corruption over the Olympic bid, and just flat out Chicago style politics. Besides, Chicago in August, not where I want to be. New York and Chicago are poor choices for US Olympic pitches. LA, the Bay Area, Seattle or Denver would be better choices for Olympics in the US. LA showed how to make a profit from the Olympics, Seattle would show that mix of new and old industry and in a great place to live, Denver would show the frontier spirit that made the US and the glory of a modern sprawl;).
Well it fingerprinting is "annoying shit" don't try to cash a check cause those are automatic thumb prints now.
Lets see, I was thumb or fingerprinted going into Egypt (1994), leaving Israel (1994), Austria (1994), but not going into the US (2009) nor Canada (2009).
"Other than a narrow strip of green along the ocean, the west coast is mostly barren. Go see the east coast instead. Maybe a nice scenic drive along I-95 from D.C. to Atlanta would be better."
Seattle, Las Vegas, Portland, Pacific Coast Highway, Yosemite, Crater Lake, the Cascades parks, Columbia Gorge, Lassen, Tahoe. Yep, "barren".
You can't recommend the Alaska Highway and dig the west coast as "barren". The Alcan is magnificent desolation.
I just travelled in and out of the US in September with a trailer full of household items. I read up on what to expect and prepared myself for the horror to come.
Getting into Canada was far more harrowing than entering the United States. It might have been because I entered at the high traffic port at Milepost 1221.8, but still coming into the US with a 12 foot trailer was easy as all heck.
Entering Egypt and Pakistan in my youth were much more difficult.
Ah, but Drudge is not "political bullshit". Drudge is just a really old news aggregator. Who broke the Lady Di death, Monica Lewinski first? Drudge did, 99% of the time all Drudge does is post links to breaking news, without editorialization.
Yea, fark is "jokey" most of the time but they also green light alot of the "important" stories and its a one stop place for the stupid, funny and serious.
"If you can't ride a bicycle to work or walk, move somewhere where you can." So how are goods suposed to get into the super dense urban areas where you can bike or walk to work? Or is the state going to own all the transport systems to get those goods into the cities?
How about the farmers with the miles of fields? They going to have to bike to work? Private ownership of tractors and harvesters allowed?
We've been hearing that scarcity bit since the late 60s, and its never come true, and in our lifetimes, in the Industrialized and Industrializing world, its not going to happen.
First, terrorism is not defined by killing people. Terrorism is about creating fear, insecurity and doubt in people. Hezbollah doesn't fire rockets into Israel to kill, if they do kill people its a bonus, Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel to put fear in the hearts of the Israelis living there, which weakens the State of Israel. ELF burning homes, car dealerships and knocking down radio masts is terrorizing people by making them fear.
What ELF did here in Washington was a violent crime, your definition of "crimes of violence" don't cover what many states consider to be a violent crime.
There was no specification of "all out war" or "real war" or "total war."
"Uh, no, only Americans have convinced themselves that due to not having a war on their own soil in 150 years. Europeans (both West and East) are damn fucking well aware of how nasty and horrible war is."
The fact of the matter is, there was "real, all out and total war" on the Great Plains and Southwestern United States from 1865-1890.
I didn't call two buildings being knocked over "all out war", I called it war. War isn't binary, there are stages and levels of war other than "total" and peace.
As for this ideal that the Europeans are less likely to start wars because they have a more recent experience with it, I don't see that in recent history. Since WW2, the UK, French, Russians, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians and others, who paid a high price in WW1 and WW2 have had their share of small wars and backed others in bigger wars.
"Uh, no, only Americans have convinced themselves that due to not having a war on their own soil in 150 years. Europeans (both West and East) are damn fucking well aware of how nasty and horrible war is."
The United States had war on its soil until 1890 (119 years ago), mass terrorism in 1993, 1995 and all out war in 2001. Or don't you remember the 3000 people dying back then?
No, not as many Soviets/Russian space program Cosmonauts died in announced flights four Cosmonauts died in Soyuz 1 and 11. 100 or so died at the R-16 fire in 1960.
The US lost 3 in Apollo One fire and 14 in the two shuttles.
Well, I've been out of the US, all over the Middle East, Western Europe, and all I've seen out there are Airbus, Boeing, Brazilian, Canadian, BAE and from afar, Israeli (biz jets).
I wasn't running down Il and Tu jets, just questioning how many are out there running passenger lines.
"The Jefferson area drug enforcement task force"...with the increasing militarism of drug gangs, especially MS-13, the activities of police officers doing that role, can be pretty sensitive. Besides, folks in those sorts of units aren't always uniformed.
She sounds like a stalker at the least, a forward observer at worst.
So there we have Apple being annoying for 1. Not doing it from the start, 2. Not partnering with a "good" telecom, 3. Not pressuring AT&T to have it work at OS 3.0 launch.
Apple fan since '91 here, and yea, I have some complaints.
No MMS on the iPhone. Video I don't give a rip about, but the lack of MMS is annoying. The USB keyboards have always been too damned small. The USB mice have always sucked from Apple, the ADB mice rocked though. Moving power to the side of the MacBooks/Powerbooks also sucked.
US Marshal Service would be tasked with removing the President, Vice president an all civil Officers of the United States in the case of an impeachment.
"Apple is first and foremost a marketing company, they spend more time and energy on creating images around their products then actually creating them."
"Appleâ(TM)s filings for the quarter that ended on March 28, 2009 indicate that for the three month period, SG&A increased by 11 percent, or $99 million,"
So the marketing company spends about $400 million a year on marketing and $1,100 million a year on R&D. Yea, they are a tech company still.
As for not buying HP, not my choice, its the fiancee's and she loves them.
As for Apple not having a business range, those would be the MacBook Pro and Air lines.
I supported alot of Dell/Lenovo and IBM laptops in enterprise and education, from a support standpoint, the Dells were the worst, then MacBooks, Lenovo/IBM and finally MacBook Pros. So yea, from that standpoint the MacBook Pros were the "business" stable computers.
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Its interesting that all this blame is being put on the US, our culture, warmongering, Passport control, Obama, Bush, whatever, but the more I read about it, the more it sounds like the US bid failed because the USOC just failed and the tone of the Administration's pitch was wrong.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/sports/04usoc.html
In the lead up to the vote, there were killings in Chicago, fights over the Olympics, corruption over the Olympic bid, and just flat out Chicago style politics. Besides, Chicago in August, not where I want to be. New York and Chicago are poor choices for US Olympic pitches. LA, the Bay Area, Seattle or Denver would be better choices for Olympics in the US. LA showed how to make a profit from the Olympics, Seattle would show that mix of new and old industry and in a great place to live, Denver would show the frontier spirit that made the US and the glory of a modern sprawl ;).
Well it fingerprinting is "annoying shit" don't try to cash a check cause those are automatic thumb prints now.
Lets see, I was thumb or fingerprinted going into Egypt (1994), leaving Israel (1994), Austria (1994), but not going into the US (2009) nor Canada (2009).
"Other than a narrow strip of green along the ocean, the west coast is mostly barren. Go see the east coast instead. Maybe a nice scenic drive along I-95 from D.C. to Atlanta would be better."
Seattle, Las Vegas, Portland, Pacific Coast Highway, Yosemite, Crater Lake, the Cascades parks, Columbia Gorge, Lassen, Tahoe. Yep, "barren".
You can't recommend the Alaska Highway and dig the west coast as "barren". The Alcan is magnificent desolation.
1998 Winter Games were in Japan.
I just travelled in and out of the US in September with a trailer full of household items. I read up on what to expect and prepared myself for the horror to come.
Getting into Canada was far more harrowing than entering the United States. It might have been because I entered at the high traffic port at Milepost 1221.8, but still coming into the US with a 12 foot trailer was easy as all heck.
Entering Egypt and Pakistan in my youth were much more difficult.
You mean things that the Republican Party backed and the Democratic Party fought against.
Ah, but Drudge is not "political bullshit". Drudge is just a really old news aggregator. Who broke the Lady Di death, Monica Lewinski first? Drudge did, 99% of the time all Drudge does is post links to breaking news, without editorialization.
Yea, fark is "jokey" most of the time but they also green light alot of the "important" stories and its a one stop place for the stupid, funny and serious.
Which of the laws are ridiculous? I kind of like the laws against theft, murder, rape and other things.
"If you can't ride a bicycle to work or walk, move somewhere where you can." So how are goods suposed to get into the super dense urban areas where you can bike or walk to work? Or is the state going to own all the transport systems to get those goods into the cities?
How about the farmers with the miles of fields? They going to have to bike to work? Private ownership of tractors and harvesters allowed?
We've been hearing that scarcity bit since the late 60s, and its never come true, and in our lifetimes, in the Industrialized and Industrializing world, its not going to happen.
First, terrorism is not defined by killing people. Terrorism is about creating fear, insecurity and doubt in people. Hezbollah doesn't fire rockets into Israel to kill, if they do kill people its a bonus, Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel to put fear in the hearts of the Israelis living there, which weakens the State of Israel. ELF burning homes, car dealerships and knocking down radio masts is terrorizing people by making them fear.
What ELF did here in Washington was a violent crime, your definition of "crimes of violence" don't cover what many states consider to be a violent crime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_crime
There was no specification of "all out war" or "real war" or "total war."
"Uh, no, only Americans have convinced themselves that due to not having a war on their own soil in 150 years. Europeans (both West and East) are damn fucking well aware of how nasty and horrible war is."
The fact of the matter is, there was "real, all out and total war" on the Great Plains and Southwestern United States from 1865-1890.
I didn't call two buildings being knocked over "all out war", I called it war. War isn't binary, there are stages and levels of war other than "total" and peace.
As for this ideal that the Europeans are less likely to start wars because they have a more recent experience with it, I don't see that in recent history. Since WW2, the UK, French, Russians, Serbs, Croats, Ukrainians and others, who paid a high price in WW1 and WW2 have had their share of small wars and backed others in bigger wars.
"Uh, no, only Americans have convinced themselves that due to not having a war on their own soil in 150 years. Europeans (both West and East) are damn fucking well aware of how nasty and horrible war is."
The United States had war on its soil until 1890 (119 years ago), mass terrorism in 1993, 1995 and all out war in 2001. Or don't you remember the 3000 people dying back then?
No, permanent blinding weapons are illegal
Blinding weapons are banned by 1995 United Nations Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzler_(weapon)
http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/0/49de65e1b0a201a7c125641f002d57af?OpenDocument
I mean, they ban video games that are violent and that just honks off the Pirates, Universal Petroleum and PLAV.
No, not as many Soviets/Russian space program Cosmonauts died in announced flights four Cosmonauts died in Soyuz 1 and 11. 100 or so died at the R-16 fire in 1960.
The US lost 3 in Apollo One fire and 14 in the two shuttles.
The US has had 321 Astronauts, Russia/USSR 103
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_travelers_by_nationality#endnote_USSRUS1
The USSR/Russia also has the record for most days in space over the US.
Well, I've been out of the US, all over the Middle East, Western Europe, and all I've seen out there are Airbus, Boeing, Brazilian, Canadian, BAE and from afar, Israeli (biz jets).
I wasn't running down Il and Tu jets, just questioning how many are out there running passenger lines.
When was the last time anyone flew on a Russian built commercial airline?
As for "simplicity" the Su-27 series are just as complex as the F-16s, F-15s, F-18s and Eurofighters they compete against.
"The Jefferson area drug enforcement task force"...with the increasing militarism of drug gangs, especially MS-13, the activities of police officers doing that role, can be pretty sensitive. Besides, folks in those sorts of units aren't always uniformed.
She sounds like a stalker at the least, a forward observer at worst.
Personally, I think it should be at 15, where I grew up, on the Reservation the age of consent is 18
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#United_States
They got better when the Mighty Mouse came out, the other Apple USB mice were awful and have mightly short cables.
Not on AT&T.
So there we have Apple being annoying for 1. Not doing it from the start, 2. Not partnering with a "good" telecom, 3. Not pressuring AT&T to have it work at OS 3.0 launch.
Apple fan since '91 here, and yea, I have some complaints.
No MMS on the iPhone. Video I don't give a rip about, but the lack of MMS is annoying.
The USB keyboards have always been too damned small.
The USB mice have always sucked from Apple, the ADB mice rocked though.
Moving power to the side of the MacBooks/Powerbooks also sucked.
Documentation has lacked for a decade or so too.
US Marshal Service would be tasked with removing the President, Vice president an all civil Officers of the United States in the case of an impeachment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service
Ha, no, it just runs. I use it every day 4-8 hours, mainly for web, Office, videos through VLC and some iTunes.
Before 10.5.7 came out, the uptime on it was 27 days 10 something hours before I patched it.
I've used old crt iMacs, G4 towers, G5, G4 and G5 Xserves and have had them all go over 270 days uptime with no sleep.
"Apple is first and foremost a marketing company, they spend more time and energy on creating images around their products then actually creating them."
Really?
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/07/apple-adds-staff-boosts-randd-spending-in-fy2008/
"The filing also said that Apple spent 40 percent more on research and development this year, compared to 2007: $1.1 billion."
http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001556/examining-microsofts-and-apples-marketing-spend/
"Appleâ(TM)s filings for the quarter that ended on March 28, 2009 indicate that for the three month period, SG&A increased by 11 percent, or $99 million,"
So the marketing company spends about $400 million a year on marketing and $1,100 million a year on R&D. Yea, they are a tech company still.
As for not buying HP, not my choice, its the fiancee's and she loves them.
As for Apple not having a business range, those would be the MacBook Pro and Air lines.
I supported alot of Dell/Lenovo and IBM laptops in enterprise and education, from a support standpoint, the Dells were the worst, then MacBooks, Lenovo/IBM and finally MacBook Pros. So yea, from that standpoint the MacBook Pros were the "business" stable computers.