Serbs use the cyrillic character set because of the prominence of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kosovar Albanians are mainly Serbs who were converted to Islam when the Ottoman Turks invaded that area in 1400. The common religion is one of the main factors for Russia's opposition to NATO.
This is a long-standing conflict that is over 500 years old. Sad that people can't forgive and forget after that long of a time. I wonder how long it will take for the world to forgive the US for all that is has done in this century?
Notice that I said Russia's opposition to NATO, not their support for milosevich. Russia knows that he's a maniac, but they also understand the political power play that NATO is perpetrating right now. NATO control of eastern europe is a vast shift in the balance of power, and is not something that Russia likes. What happens if inter-cultural fighting happens within one of Russia's provinces? Will NATO go in there also?
Ironic, isn't it, that the breakup of the Soviet Bloc destabilized these countries that have many cultures and nationalities in them.
This is basically a Pro Bono case for Boies. After the trial is over he'll have his pick of kickass high-paying jobs because of the publicity he's generating for himself. You have to admit that he is kicking the shit out of Microsoft. I hope that he's on the Good Guys' side again next time.
It's been like this for weeks. Slashdot is broken if you want to read posted comments. Then again, considering the maturity level of discussion on/. nowadays, this might be a feature, not a bug;)
As painful as the truth is, there may be no way to travel faster than the speed of light, and traveling colonies like this may not be socially feasible. The harsh reality is, we may very well be stuck here on planet earth. After we get done shedding tears over that revelation, let's consider something else: what would we do with other planets if we were able to colonize them?
For goodness' sake, we can't even take care of the one planet we have, and people want to go out and colonize more! I think that the energy put into fantasies of escaping our planet would be better harnessed by actually trying to make the one we have livable. If we succeeded in this, perhaps we would find that there is no reason for wanting to leave, and that the planet we have here is plenty enough.
Lao Tzu though so, and wrote about just this in the Tao te Ching:
If a country is governed wisely, its inhabitants will be content. They enjoy the labor of their hands and don't waste time inventing labor-saving machines. Since they dearly love their homes, they aren't interested in travel. There may be a few wagons and boats, but these don't go anywhere. They may be an arsenal of weapons, but nobody ever uses them. People enjoy their food, take pleasure in being with their families, spend weekends working in their gardens, delight in the doings of the neighborhood. And even though the next country is so close that people can hear its roosters crowning and its dogs barking, they are content to die of old age without ever having gone to see it.
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Serbs use the cyrillic character set because of the prominence of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kosovar Albanians are mainly Serbs who were converted to Islam when the Ottoman Turks invaded that area in 1400. The common religion is one of the main factors for Russia's opposition to NATO.
This is a long-standing conflict that is over 500 years old. Sad that people can't forgive and forget after that long of a time. I wonder how long it will take for the world to forgive the US for all that is has done in this century?
Notice that I said Russia's opposition to NATO, not their support for milosevich. Russia knows that he's a maniac, but they also understand the political power play that NATO is perpetrating right now. NATO control of eastern europe is a vast shift in the balance of power, and is not something that Russia likes. What happens if inter-cultural fighting happens within one of Russia's provinces? Will NATO go in there also?
Ironic, isn't it, that the breakup of the Soviet Bloc destabilized these countries that have many cultures and nationalities in them.
This is basically a Pro Bono case for Boies. After the trial is over he'll have his pick of kickass high-paying jobs because of the publicity he's generating for himself. You have to admit that he is kicking the shit out of Microsoft. I hope that he's on the Good Guys' side again next time.
It's been like this for weeks. Slashdot is broken if you want to read posted comments. Then again, considering the maturity level of discussion on /. nowadays, this might be a feature, not a bug ;)
As painful as the truth is, there may be no way to travel faster than the speed of light, and traveling colonies like this may not be socially feasible. The harsh reality is, we may very well be stuck here on planet earth. After we get done shedding tears over that revelation, let's consider something else: what would we do with other planets if we were able to colonize them?
For goodness' sake, we can't even take care of the one planet we have, and people want to go out and colonize more! I think that the energy put into fantasies of escaping our planet would be better harnessed by actually trying to make the one we have livable. If we succeeded in this, perhaps we would find that there is no reason for wanting to leave, and that the planet we have here is plenty enough.
Lao Tzu though so, and wrote about just this in the Tao te Ching:
If a country is governed wisely,
its inhabitants will be content.
They enjoy the labor of their hands
and don't waste time inventing
labor-saving machines.
Since they dearly love their homes,
they aren't interested in travel.
There may be a few wagons and boats,
but these don't go anywhere.
They may be an arsenal of weapons,
but nobody ever uses them.
People enjoy their food,
take pleasure in being with their families,
spend weekends working in their gardens,
delight in the doings of the neighborhood.
And even though the next country is so close
that people can hear its roosters crowning and its
dogs barking,
they are content to die of old age
without ever having gone to see it.
I'm referring of course, to the transmeta apocalypse. =)