The UK riots were ONLY looting. Do you think more than about 10 people cared about the police shooting some armed dealer? really?
No they weren't. In some places if was just trashing stuff, with no looting. In others, one gang would come along and smash all of the windows, and a while later others would come along and loot. In some places and in some groups there was clear protest going on, in others the riots seem to have been just for the hell of it. Even those who were not bothered by the police killing of a suspected criminal were bothered that they misled the public about what had happened (forensics showed that the shot the police said he fired at them actually came from a police gun), and a lot more are bothered by increasingly heavy-handed policing. But yes, plenty were bothered by the fact that others were getting free stuff and they weren't, and set out to change that.
Any social problems in that area - like high unemployment, low standard of living, educational/career dead-end. other types of violence/repression, possibly from government agencies?
In some of the areas where there were riots and looting. Not in others. And the rioters seem to come from across the social spectrum (the teenage daughter of a millionaire has been arrested, although she has pleaded not guilty). The rioters, and their reasons for rioting, were so diverse that every pundit can find cases to support their political or social agenda, and the opponents of every pundit can find cases that disprove it. If anybody (eg, David Cameron) says that the causes were simple then they are cherry-picking cases to fit their agenda.
Alexander Fraser Tytler, although the quote is also attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville who wasn't very Scottish. "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy."
I have some knowledge of Chinese workers, because my brother-in-law used to be the quality manager at a factory in China. And what I know about them is that some are good, some are rubbish, and there are all points in between. Just like the USA, Europe, Japan and everywhere else. I'm not sure China could "pull off a Japan" in the short to medium term, but I reckon some regions of China could. And in the long term everything is up for grabs, of course.
My point is that you seem to be assuming that the USA is the only market. If the fabrication plant is in the USA then they will be shipping internally andinternationally. If the fabrication plant is in the China then they will be shipping internally andinternationally. There's nothing magical about the USA, that putting the plant there would reduce shipping costs. Yes, they could have multiple fabrication plants around the world but then they lose economies of scale.
I have seen a lot of China "copy" products, and one universal fact with them is they all are half assed and really bad copies. Software is a mess, Intentional Design flaws to cut manufacturing cost. and rejected stock components used to cut costs as well.
China airplanes.... The sky really is falling.
That used to be true of Japan, too. It isn't any more.
The problem isn't that companies like Apple can't manufacture in the US; the problem is that it costs more even when factoring shipping costs.
Apple products are sold worldwide. If they made them in the USA instead of the Far East then they'd still have shipping costs to the Far East (and shipping costs to Europe, the Middle East. Australia etc. either way). Unless they have multiple fabrication plants around the world, shipping costs would probably work out much the same wherever the fabrication plant is (as long as there's a reasonable infrastructure -- I concede that putting it somewhere that's a three-day hike to the nearest road probably would have an effect). The USA is not the only market they consider.
Aside from that, I can't help but wonder who in the hell wants to friend their teachers on a social network.
People who are genuinely part of the same social circle as their teachers. That's particularly likely in small communities but can happen in larger ones.
If you were a British science fiction fan you would certainly have heard of Steven Moffat, who has written some of the best episodes in the Dr. Who reboot, and has been the lead writer and executive producer of the show since Russel T Davis left in 2009.
If you don't want to move your hand from the mouse, use the menu. Personally, when I'm using a word processor or code editor I don't want to have to move my hand to the mouse, so that's irrelevant. And why do you need both hands for ctrl+ins and shift+ins?
It certainly looks like it from the picture, but he says in the article "The second model was a flat-panel array that was mounted at 45 degrees. It had the same type and number of PV solar panels as the tree design, and the same peak voltage."
The whole thing is irrelevant anyway. It assumes that everybody in the world has a Yahoo or Facebook account. The challenges for the degrees of separation theory are people in remote areas who have never seen a mobile phone, never mind a computer. So at best it's just a Yahoo/Facebook marketing trick. Everybody who matters is within n degrees of separation, where "matters" is defined as "has a Yahoo and/or a Facebook account."
A "newspaper" owned by the (then) owner of Myspace blames a civil disturbance on Facebook? Have a look at this if you think The Sun is a reliable news source.
"Whatever equates to the Constitution in England" would be our constitution. And in the case of the Human Rights Act 1998 most politicians will be well aware of it, and aware that it contains enough exemptions that they can still do pretty much what they like.
Now look at the exceptions: "No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights other than such as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others." Can you think of a large public assembly that doesn't fall within of those exception?
Here in the UK I would reckon that most bicycles are or occasional leisure use. I agree that bicycle commuters and cycle couriers will easily do 400 miles a year, but I reckon most bicycles hardly ever come out of the shed between Sundays, and then only in the summer.
"So far I haven't heard anyone blame the Rock 'n Roll music, but if social networks aren't a good enough culprit, you could also try blaming video games."
Love the snide tag there, Taco.
Up to fifty years ago lawlessness like London is experiencing would have been met with deadly force a few hours into the first night of violence. And it would have stopped.
Yes, it stopped it in a blink in Belfast in the 70s and 80s. Oh, wait...
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The UK riots were ONLY looting. Do you think more than about 10 people cared about the police shooting some armed dealer? really?
No they weren't. In some places if was just trashing stuff, with no looting. In others, one gang would come along and smash all of the windows, and a while later others would come along and loot. In some places and in some groups there was clear protest going on, in others the riots seem to have been just for the hell of it. Even those who were not bothered by the police killing of a suspected criminal were bothered that they misled the public about what had happened (forensics showed that the shot the police said he fired at them actually came from a police gun), and a lot more are bothered by increasingly heavy-handed policing. But yes, plenty were bothered by the fact that others were getting free stuff and they weren't, and set out to change that.
Any social problems in that area - like high unemployment, low standard of living, educational/career dead-end. other types of violence/repression, possibly from government agencies?
In some of the areas where there were riots and looting. Not in others. And the rioters seem to come from across the social spectrum (the teenage daughter of a millionaire has been arrested, although she has pleaded not guilty). The rioters, and their reasons for rioting, were so diverse that every pundit can find cases to support their political or social agenda, and the opponents of every pundit can find cases that disprove it. If anybody (eg, David Cameron) says that the causes were simple then they are cherry-picking cases to fit their agenda.
As some Scottish guy whose name I forget
Alexander Fraser Tytler, although the quote is also attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville who wasn't very Scottish. "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy."
I have some knowledge of Chinese workers, because my brother-in-law used to be the quality manager at a factory in China. And what I know about them is that some are good, some are rubbish, and there are all points in between. Just like the USA, Europe, Japan and everywhere else. I'm not sure China could "pull off a Japan" in the short to medium term, but I reckon some regions of China could. And in the long term everything is up for grabs, of course.
My point is that you seem to be assuming that the USA is the only market. If the fabrication plant is in the USA then they will be shipping internally andinternationally. If the fabrication plant is in the China then they will be shipping internally andinternationally. There's nothing magical about the USA, that putting the plant there would reduce shipping costs. Yes, they could have multiple fabrication plants around the world but then they lose economies of scale.
But you're still thinking in terms of "manufacturing overseas". Where I am sitting, manufacturing in the USA is "manufacturing overseas".
You frighten me.
I have seen a lot of China "copy" products, and one universal fact with them is they all are half assed and really bad copies. Software is a mess, Intentional Design flaws to cut manufacturing cost. and rejected stock components used to cut costs as well.
China airplanes.... The sky really is falling.
That used to be true of Japan, too. It isn't any more.
The problem isn't that companies like Apple can't manufacture in the US; the problem is that it costs more even when factoring shipping costs.
Apple products are sold worldwide. If they made them in the USA instead of the Far East then they'd still have shipping costs to the Far East (and shipping costs to Europe, the Middle East. Australia etc. either way). Unless they have multiple fabrication plants around the world, shipping costs would probably work out much the same wherever the fabrication plant is (as long as there's a reasonable infrastructure -- I concede that putting it somewhere that's a three-day hike to the nearest road probably would have an effect). The USA is not the only market they consider.
I didn't see anything that said this only related to teachers of core classes.
Aside from that, I can't help but wonder who in the hell wants to friend their teachers on a social network.
People who are genuinely part of the same social circle as their teachers. That's particularly likely in small communities but can happen in larger ones.
If you were a British science fiction fan you would certainly have heard of Steven Moffat, who has written some of the best episodes in the Dr. Who reboot, and has been the lead writer and executive producer of the show since Russel T Davis left in 2009.
If you don't want to move your hand from the mouse, use the menu. Personally, when I'm using a word processor or code editor I don't want to have to move my hand to the mouse, so that's irrelevant. And why do you need both hands for ctrl+ins and shift+ins?
It certainly looks like it from the picture, but he says in the article "The second model was a flat-panel array that was mounted at 45 degrees. It had the same type and number of PV solar panels as the tree design, and the same peak voltage."
The whole thing is irrelevant anyway. It assumes that everybody in the world has a Yahoo or Facebook account. The challenges for the degrees of separation theory are people in remote areas who have never seen a mobile phone, never mind a computer. So at best it's just a Yahoo/Facebook marketing trick. Everybody who matters is within n degrees of separation, where "matters" is defined as "has a Yahoo and/or a Facebook account."
A "newspaper" owned by the (then) owner of Myspace blames a civil disturbance on Facebook? Have a look at this if you think The Sun is a reliable news source.
"Whatever equates to the Constitution in England" would be our constitution. And in the case of the Human Rights Act 1998 most politicians will be well aware of it, and aware that it contains enough exemptions that they can still do pretty much what they like.
Now look at the exceptions: "No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights other than such as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others." Can you think of a large public assembly that doesn't fall within of those exception?
I'm not saying that there are not a lot of cycles out there, I'm saying that there are probably far more in sheds and garages.
Here in the UK I would reckon that most bicycles are or occasional leisure use. I agree that bicycle commuters and cycle couriers will easily do 400 miles a year, but I reckon most bicycles hardly ever come out of the shed between Sundays, and then only in the summer.
I was just thinking that. To be honest, my BBC-B took about two seconds, not one, to give time for the beep-beep.
Look at his user name. He's the eternal hero. (You'd have thought he'd be too busy for /. but there you go.)
Your history is a bit lacking too, because it actually dragged on for over 400 years, from before the age of empire to after it.
Well, clothing of the age of enlightenment wouldn't be so prone to getting waterlogged as renaissance clothing.
"So far I haven't heard anyone blame the Rock 'n Roll music, but if social networks aren't a good enough culprit, you could also try blaming video games." Love the snide tag there, Taco.
It's not entirely a snide tag: it's already happened.
Up to fifty years ago lawlessness like London is experiencing would have been met with deadly force a few hours into the first night of violence. And it would have stopped.
Yes, it stopped it in a blink in Belfast in the 70s and 80s. Oh, wait...