But it's a chicken vs. egg problem. The death penalty wasn't relegalized in the US until the mid-1970's. And it was a gradual thing. Was the DP enacted because of crime or did crime occur because of the death penalty?
Wouldn't it be funny if Steve Jobs painted a Groucho Marx face on Pascal and Von Neumann's cardboard cutout likenesses? Oh wait, no it wouldn't. Sun just shows how utterly childish they are with this stunt.
For those who say "have a sense of humor" I will say "it's not even funny, really".
I gotta admit, even I have been a GW "skeptic" in the past, I'm more of an agnostic now (I have no idea if it's occuring, that's for the climate scientists to determine and if they say so I agree)... but this argument is lame as hell. Just because we thought something was happening and it was wrong, doesn't have any bearing on whether or not GW is happening right now (and if it's manmade).
Wow. I figured there'd be a load of "blame the fundies, the US is losing it's technology edge" posts but I never expected to come across one so quickly! Bravo my good man!
Personally, I wouldn't think that population density is the main reason the US might lag in broadband. I think it's similiar to the reason we lagged in adopting the cellphone: we already had a large penetration of people using existing technology which was made to be replaced. In other words, we already had a large percentage of users who were on the internet using dialup and those users didn't feel the need to switch when broadband came to market.
I mean this is just my own personal anecdotes based on people I know who didn't adopt to broadband. People didn't even realize what broadband was or why it was better. In countries where internet connectivity wasn't so high, people are skipping dialup and going right to broadband.
Anecdotally, I can't say that anyone I know complains about their broadband. I mean would your average user really be able to tell the difference between 3mps and 10 mps? 56K to broadband is definately noticeable to a layperson. Most people I know wouldn't really care, they use their internet for email mainly and that's it.
If there was a huge demand for faster broadband, companies would be attempting to deliver such services. If there's one thing companies like, it's more money.
The US has the best public transport in the world. You can go anywhere you want, day or night, on a whim, complete with air conditioning, music of your choice, and cupholders.
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Typical Slashdot... trading security for liberty. Typical for this place.
Uh, I don't know, because we'd actually prefer to educate kids, and giving them laptops doesn't really do a damn thing, education-wise?
Why can't people stop electing representatives who tack on legislation?
Nothing to do with our democracy, a major portion of the electorate is against online gambling, unfortunately.
That's a failing? Right to self defense is an imporant human right and one of our best features.
well the ones we have left, anyway.
I have never understood why the USA government is so against online gambling.
Because they need to appeal to their brainless goober Christian fundamentalist redneck trailer trash constituency.
1) Complain about US falling behind
2) blame Christian Fundamentalists and Bush
3) ????
4) Profit!!!
Fine but the people who suffer deserve the monetary compensation, no?
If a company screws up with your data, you should be able to sue them. Period. Once you do that, companies will start being more careful.
That's always worked.
Like cancer or AIDS? Just a thought.
But it's a chicken vs. egg problem. The death penalty wasn't relegalized in the US until the mid-1970's. And it was a gradual thing. Was the DP enacted because of crime or did crime occur because of the death penalty?
What you do is replace the hard to reach bulbs (like in fixtures) with CFLs and use incandescents in "reading lights" (lamps).
I use the swirly bulbs for hard to reach bulbs (like fixtures) while I still like incandescents for reading.
Bush reported has been eating eggs for breakfast, which are essentially baby chickens. More news at 11.
Errr, perhaps the answer to this cliched, posted-ad-nauseum, groupthink question is that there's no market for it in the US?
Wouldn't it be funny if Steve Jobs painted a Groucho Marx face on Pascal and Von Neumann's cardboard cutout likenesses? Oh wait, no it wouldn't. Sun just shows how utterly childish they are with this stunt.
For those who say "have a sense of humor" I will say "it's not even funny, really".
If you're not, why do you think you're qualified to engage in this debate? This is directed to both sides, btw.
I gotta admit, even I have been a GW "skeptic" in the past, I'm more of an agnostic now (I have no idea if it's occuring, that's for the climate scientists to determine and if they say so I agree)... but this argument is lame as hell. Just because we thought something was happening and it was wrong, doesn't have any bearing on whether or not GW is happening right now (and if it's manmade).
Eh? Can you prove this? Was productivity lower in the 80's than in other eras?
1) Right, so when did President Gore's term start?
2) Bah... the brouhaha was over ballots which apparently simple minded Democratic voters were unable to decifer.
3) He sounds like a genius.
Wow. I figured there'd be a load of "blame the fundies, the US is losing it's technology edge" posts but I never expected to come across one so quickly! Bravo my good man!
Personally, I wouldn't think that population density is the main reason the US might lag in broadband. I think it's similiar to the reason we lagged in adopting the cellphone: we already had a large penetration of people using existing technology which was made to be replaced. In other words, we already had a large percentage of users who were on the internet using dialup and those users didn't feel the need to switch when broadband came to market.
I mean this is just my own personal anecdotes based on people I know who didn't adopt to broadband. People didn't even realize what broadband was or why it was better. In countries where internet connectivity wasn't so high, people are skipping dialup and going right to broadband.
Anecdotally, I can't say that anyone I know complains about their broadband. I mean would your average user really be able to tell the difference between 3mps and 10 mps? 56K to broadband is definately noticeable to a layperson. Most people I know wouldn't really care, they use their internet for email mainly and that's it.
If there was a huge demand for faster broadband, companies would be attempting to deliver such services. If there's one thing companies like, it's more money.
The US has the best public transport in the world. You can go anywhere you want, day or night, on a whim, complete with air conditioning, music of your choice, and cupholders.