It makes sense to me. I hate advertising, but that's mainly because it gets in my way, slows me down, or distracts me, among other things. Google's ads don't do that to me, that I have noticed, and I've never had a personal problem with Google's advertising.
So I will say with certainty that I hate advertising and love Google (and don't hate their advertising. It's a matter of degree.
Yeah all that stuff I do during the day so I can afford to eat, sleep under a roof, and piss people off on Digg is a complete waste of time.
Now, if I were to borrow that money instead...
Yes there are also many Chinese students studying Science, which is a much better endeavour (IMHO). They are outnumbered however. China certainly needs more Science graduates. Also, it does heavily depend on the University. Victoria (Wellington, NZ) is not a science University, it is more renown for politics, literature and arts.
And - seeing as you have the opportunity, why not go say "hi" to some of the Chinese/black students - you'll learn a lot from them. You certainly won't agree on a lot of issues though.
How long did you go for? 2 weeks? A month? You can't see a country in just that time.
You will have to support your claims for it being communist... Because I've never seen anything to support that. Corruption in China, though not good, is much better than a lot of other countries, including India, and great pains are being made to reduce it.
I never said that corruption was a capitalist thing - it's not a communist thing either. In fact, I don't know of any political ideology that supports corruption.
The capitalist sentiment in China is very strong, especially in places like Shanghai. In Beijing, although the Mao Zedong 'religion' is thriving, things are not much different. The rich drive around in their BMW's while the poor try to carve out their lives in the slums, which were conveniently fenced off for the Olympics.
I haven't met many people in China who were dumb enough to believe that it is anything other than Capitalist, not in the cities anyway. It is usually just uninformed foreigners who would deign to believe anything other than the blatantly obvious truth - which China goes through no lengths to hide.
A lot of people in China still believe it is Communist, but that is mainly because they don't know what Communism is. They haven't read Karl Marx, or any other important Communist literature, and I wouldn't believe you have either.
Communism requires Socialism. Almost none of that is present in China. Free education? Ha! For a poor person, they can never expect to get into a good school, unless they are absolutely BRILLIANT at their studies, while the rich mofos just pay a bit of cash, and so the best schools are filled with stupid, ignorant, rich kids. University is no better, except, the truly rich parents usually send their kids to study overseas, where results vary.
No - China is a place for the rich, even more so than the US of A. True Communism has no place for the rich, but China does.
One major tell-tale sign of the inherent capitalism is the fact that most Chinese students studying overseas are studying business. If you have access to a nearby University, a quick survey will show you what the majority of them study. At my University (Victoria University), there were hundreds of Chinese studying Bachelors of Commerce, while there were barely any studying anything else, a few, but not many. Why? Because their parents know, that to succeed in China, one has to do business.
Thank for helping us destroy those commie institutions.
You are on your way to a Capitalist Democracy, take your time.
You have no choice, but to join us, hahahahahahah!
Thanks for all the money which we used to buy all your plastic crap to make all our children happy. We have no intention of ever giving it back. Your financial institutions, China Contruction Bank, and Hangseng then mega-government institutions like the People's Liberation Army and the PRC itself are next, muahahahahahahh!
Your Shaolin Monks are no match for our Alabama rednecks!
China is communist in nothing but name. You really need to go there and check it out. China is a place for the rich, and the business men. The peasants have barely any rights at all, although this is changing, albiet, slowly.
You can see, from one of China's own newspapers, that social welfare only meets 5% of demand. And even that is probably pushing it.
I've got a different opinion from you. I'm not rubbishing your opinion, I'm simply expressing my own.
Also, style sheets allow one to specify different measurements for different devices using the media attribute. So it could actually be quite convenient. I'm also not saying that it should be changed, merely that it should have been that way from the start. Changing it now (to make a point a point) would be a mistake because it would ruin the layout of a few million websites. But that doesn't make the idea any less logical.
Well of course, sizes should be set to their purpose. If it needs to match an image size, they should use points or pixel measurements. If it's normal text, they should use ems or percentages.
A 12pt font should not be a different size on two different devices. A point is a true measure of size, i.e. 1 point is exactly 1/72 of an inch. An inch should be the same size on all devices, as should a point, a cm, a mm, etc. If you want sizes that ARE different on different devices, you should use a non-real-life dependent sizing, like em, or even pixels.
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It makes sense to me. I hate advertising, but that's mainly because it gets in my way, slows me down, or distracts me, among other things. Google's ads don't do that to me, that I have noticed, and I've never had a personal problem with Google's advertising.
So I will say with certainty that I hate advertising and love Google (and don't hate their advertising. It's a matter of degree.
I agree, and s/he's obviously guilt tripping about it. GP: please find a new way of making money, at least don't mislead young parents...
Yeah all that stuff I do during the day so I can afford to eat, sleep under a roof, and piss people off on Digg is a complete waste of time. Now, if I were to borrow that money instead...
Although I normally get pissed off by crude jokes, that was extraordinarily funny. Thanks.
It's also too fast to humanly play in Firefox.
Oh, ok then.
Five words in correct English you insenstive clod! The only time I hear those numbers without "and" in them is when I hear American being spoken.
What on Earth are you talking about? I just checked, and yes, it is possible to deactivate one's account.
Why is this marked troll? Has humour no longer a place in our society?
Yes there are also many Chinese students studying Science, which is a much better endeavour (IMHO). They are outnumbered however. China certainly needs more Science graduates. Also, it does heavily depend on the University. Victoria (Wellington, NZ) is not a science University, it is more renown for politics, literature and arts.
And - seeing as you have the opportunity, why not go say "hi" to some of the Chinese/black students - you'll learn a lot from them. You certainly won't agree on a lot of issues though.
How long did you go for? 2 weeks? A month? You can't see a country in just that time.
You will have to support your claims for it being communist... Because I've never seen anything to support that. Corruption in China, though not good, is much better than a lot of other countries, including India, and great pains are being made to reduce it.
I never said that corruption was a capitalist thing - it's not a communist thing either. In fact, I don't know of any political ideology that supports corruption.
The capitalist sentiment in China is very strong, especially in places like Shanghai. In Beijing, although the Mao Zedong 'religion' is thriving, things are not much different. The rich drive around in their BMW's while the poor try to carve out their lives in the slums, which were conveniently fenced off for the Olympics.
I haven't met many people in China who were dumb enough to believe that it is anything other than Capitalist, not in the cities anyway. It is usually just uninformed foreigners who would deign to believe anything other than the blatantly obvious truth - which China goes through no lengths to hide.
A lot of people in China still believe it is Communist, but that is mainly because they don't know what Communism is. They haven't read Karl Marx, or any other important Communist literature, and I wouldn't believe you have either.
Communism requires Socialism. Almost none of that is present in China. Free education? Ha! For a poor person, they can never expect to get into a good school, unless they are absolutely BRILLIANT at their studies, while the rich mofos just pay a bit of cash, and so the best schools are filled with stupid, ignorant, rich kids. University is no better, except, the truly rich parents usually send their kids to study overseas, where results vary.
No - China is a place for the rich, even more so than the US of A. True Communism has no place for the rich, but China does.
One major tell-tale sign of the inherent capitalism is the fact that most Chinese students studying overseas are studying business. If you have access to a nearby University, a quick survey will show you what the majority of them study. At my University (Victoria University), there were hundreds of Chinese studying Bachelors of Commerce, while there were barely any studying anything else, a few, but not many. Why? Because their parents know, that to succeed in China, one has to do business.
Thank for helping us destroy those commie institutions.
You are on your way to a Capitalist Democracy, take your time.
You have no choice, but to join us, hahahahahahah!
Thanks for all the money which we used to buy all your plastic crap to make all our children happy. We have no intention of ever giving it back. Your financial institutions, China Contruction Bank, and Hangseng then mega-government institutions like the People's Liberation Army and the PRC itself are next, muahahahahahahh!
Your Shaolin Monks are no match for our Alabama rednecks!
Hahahahahahaha
China is communist in nothing but name. You really need to go there and check it out. China is a place for the rich, and the business men. The peasants have barely any rights at all, although this is changing, albiet, slowly.
You can see, from one of China's own newspapers, that social welfare only meets 5% of demand. And even that is probably pushing it.
Teal`C is not what I'd call a token black guy. He ensured SG1's survival in the first episode. A little bit more than token.
You mean to say gay people don't have relationship problems?? That's it, I'm getting a sex change. No more arguing.
Except XP didn't reimplement the basic function. It was an extension on Win2K and NT.
The current Universe may be an example of that. Pending proof.
I thought it was at 0 K... Ah... damn luddies!
Hey hey, calm down.
I've got a different opinion from you. I'm not rubbishing your opinion, I'm simply expressing my own.
Also, style sheets allow one to specify different measurements for different devices using the media attribute. So it could actually be quite convenient. I'm also not saying that it should be changed, merely that it should have been that way from the start. Changing it now (to make a point a point) would be a mistake because it would ruin the layout of a few million websites. But that doesn't make the idea any less logical.
Well then it shouldn't use the same print measurements as print media.
Well of course, sizes should be set to their purpose. If it needs to match an image size, they should use points or pixel measurements. If it's normal text, they should use ems or percentages.
Something that stayed the same? What kind of world do you live in? Can I live there too? I want that to happen! It would be news!
A 12pt font should not be a different size on two different devices. A point is a true measure of size, i.e. 1 point is exactly 1/72 of an inch. An inch should be the same size on all devices, as should a point, a cm, a mm, etc. If you want sizes that ARE different on different devices, you should use a non-real-life dependent sizing, like em, or even pixels.
Damn you to hell.. my first Rickroll
nuclear accidents -> less people -> flourishing flora and fauna in area (check Chernobyl)