Sorry, your argument is simply wrong, PCs were just a small step from previous giant leaps:
Correct me if I am wrong, but weren't the inventors of transistor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_history),
and also Von Neuman, Alan Turing, and the rest, all Bummers' parents.
Furthermore, ICs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit#History.2C_origins.2C_and_generations)
were all started and developed before the Bummers.
I do not want to diminish their generational achievements, and they were some significant ones,
but if you take into account that they were 3 times more numerous than their parents and did
1/3 of their parent's achievements, it becomes obvious what a slacker generation they were.
History will undoubtedly judge them very harshly.
This article is totally bogus -- I don't believe there has been a more useless generation (per capita), than the extremely egotistical
Baby Boomers. There are notable exceptions of course, but on average they were egotistical, lazy and left the world a fucked up place.
It is the GenX and later that created the hi-tech boom!! Any self-serving claims that they are responsible
for the hi-tech or any other scientific boom are ludicrous.
It was their parents that won the world war against the Nazis, split the atom,
and put the man on the Moon!!!
Baby boomers "golden years" (when they were 25-50), were mired in crisis (1960-1985).
They considered themselves as progressive, but in fact avoided fighting at any cost
no matter how worthy the cause was (either militarily or by simply by applying themselves
to achieve a seemingly unobtainable goal -- like space exploration).
If the trend they parents achieved was continued, we would be colonizing
Mars right now.
One might say that the scientific development after their parents retired in the 70s almost
totally stopped for 20 years and only started booming when GenXers and later got into the game.
Due to their egotism, social system in the West is going to collapse.
They will do anything to prolong their lives at the expense of their
(very few) children.
They were raised in multiple sibling families, and their parents worked
very very hard to provide everything for them.
As opposed to their parents, Baby boomers, on average, had very few children
and were more interested in being stoned throughout their 30s,
accumulating wealth and wasting resources only on themselves.
I do not believe there was ever a more egotistical and uninspiring generation then
the Baby Boomer generation, aka the spoiled brats.
Pissed of Gen-Xer
Not really -- a 140 billion dollar Israeli economy is not kept solvent by 2.4 billion in military aid and 50 million dollars in other aid.
BTW, 2.4 billion military aid comes with a clause that Israel has to purchase for this money weapon systems from the US alone.
This effectively removes 2.4 billion out of the military budget that might be spent on Israeli manufacturers with excellent reputation and potential competition for the US arms industry.
Also 2.4 is small change to maintain the balance of force with 2 trillion dollars the Arab world has from oil revenue.
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Sorry, your argument is simply wrong, PCs were just a small step from previous giant leaps: Correct me if I am wrong, but weren't the inventors of transistor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_history), and also Von Neuman, Alan Turing, and the rest, all Bummers' parents. Furthermore, ICs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit#History.2C_origins.2C_and_generations) were all started and developed before the Bummers. I do not want to diminish their generational achievements, and they were some significant ones, but if you take into account that they were 3 times more numerous than their parents and did 1/3 of their parent's achievements, it becomes obvious what a slacker generation they were. History will undoubtedly judge them very harshly.
This article is totally bogus -- I don't believe there has been a more useless generation (per capita), than the extremely egotistical Baby Boomers. There are notable exceptions of course, but on average they were egotistical, lazy and left the world a fucked up place. It is the GenX and later that created the hi-tech boom!! Any self-serving claims that they are responsible for the hi-tech or any other scientific boom are ludicrous. It was their parents that won the world war against the Nazis, split the atom, and put the man on the Moon!!! Baby boomers "golden years" (when they were 25-50), were mired in crisis (1960-1985). They considered themselves as progressive, but in fact avoided fighting at any cost no matter how worthy the cause was (either militarily or by simply by applying themselves to achieve a seemingly unobtainable goal -- like space exploration). If the trend they parents achieved was continued, we would be colonizing Mars right now. One might say that the scientific development after their parents retired in the 70s almost totally stopped for 20 years and only started booming when GenXers and later got into the game. Due to their egotism, social system in the West is going to collapse. They will do anything to prolong their lives at the expense of their (very few) children. They were raised in multiple sibling families, and their parents worked very very hard to provide everything for them. As opposed to their parents, Baby boomers, on average, had very few children and were more interested in being stoned throughout their 30s, accumulating wealth and wasting resources only on themselves. I do not believe there was ever a more egotistical and uninspiring generation then the Baby Boomer generation, aka the spoiled brats. Pissed of Gen-Xer
Not really -- a 140 billion dollar Israeli economy is not kept solvent by 2.4 billion in military aid and 50 million dollars in other aid.
BTW, 2.4 billion military aid comes with a clause that Israel has to purchase for this money
weapon systems from the US alone.
This effectively removes 2.4 billion out of the military budget that might be spent on
Israeli manufacturers with excellent reputation and potential competition for the
US arms industry.
Also 2.4 is small change to maintain the balance of force with 2 trillion dollars
the Arab world has from oil revenue.
The Spanish did it 500 years ago. The Islamists are doing it now!