No. The Iraqi regime lost half of it's territory because of the usual sectarian nonsense that plagues the entire region. They treated the factions not in power like dirt and they made no effort to resist an invading army when it came.
When you act like that you have to be a mini-Hitler in order to keep things under control. A quasi democracy made up of 3 states, 2 of which are treated like an underclass simply isn't going to be durable.
The Iraqis did this to themselves all on their own, a result of not having the same 800 years of cultural and political context that our own democracy has.
That's the problem with nation building. Ignorant gits think that 1776 just happened spontaneously in the absence of any broader historical or cultural context.
Amajana-whatever himself pointed to Bush II and the whole Blue State vs. Red State thing to bolster the legitimacy of the last election that he probably stole. So nuking any Iranian city is probably counterproductive. You would probably wipe out most of the liberal opposition for them.
Yet some Arabs stayed and they and their decendants ended up being treated like real people. Israel is the only place in the middle east where you are safe being part of any sort of ethnic or religious minority. Anywhere else you're subject to being a second class citizen or genuine ethnic cleansing.
It sounds like a scaled back version of the same idea that will likely do better because it doesn't depend on the same level of higher demand that Concorde needed to keep it afloat.
They should probably go one further and have a personal model.
The small numbers of ultrawealthy and companies that value this sort of thing could completely bypass the big airliner industry and the larger airports.
The homeopathic method is not entirely ignored. It's just that medicines for which this actually work become part of standard medical practice and they no longer sit on the fringes.
There are a number of chemical weapons agents that fit into this category.
The entire field of chemotherapy is basically a variation on it.
It's also largely irrelevant if you are capable of passing. If you can convince the world to treat you as whatever, then what's the point of taking it any further? We're too hung up on plumbing and what that implies for gender roles. That's the real problem.
> at least one distro has to offer people people the ability to do what they want without a lot of senseless bullshit, like being forced to use a command line or worry about packaging and library dependencies.
> Try finding a decent cdburner GUI frontend that doesn't pull in a bucketload of either KDE or GNOME dependencies!
So what?
The package manager handles any of that. Even on a smallish system, the overhead is nothing to be concerned about. Those dependencies are about the most stupid minutia possible to be worried about.
Exactly. They come out of the US and then Germans brag that their national healthcare system "stiff" the companies that went to the bother of developing the wonder drug.
Where are the socialist countries in all of this? Why aren't the stepping up? Why aren't they providing the free miracle cures?
The fact that there are any drugs for what I have, never mind the fact that new ones are being developed, blew my mind a bit.
Gene therapy for psoriasis? Really. While I can sympathize as someone that might get a nasty case of skin GVHD, it's just not in the same ballpark as other conditions where bleeding edge medical experimentation is actually considered acceptable.
You're just going to have to accept the fact that children with cancer are way ahead of you on that train and that's just in it's early stages yet.
The first doctor I saw for my current condition didn't even realize I was at death's door despite the fact that an MD that is a family friend saw it right away. He was content to be my suburban drug pusher and didn't do any sort of competent physical exam of me.
If I hadn't gone there specifically to get my blood checked, I would now be DEAD. That's how bad my condition was.
The blood test made it obvious even to Ferret Face.
With many diseases we are at the point where ANY progress is going to be non-trivial. Meanwhile, there are a number of recent wonder drugs that have been developed. They even get developed for obscure diseases you've never heard of.
I'm shocked that we have the drugs we do for all of the obscure shit you've never heard of. I'm amazed by it and how American capitalism already managed to find the incentives for them.
I think the whiners are ungrateful jackasses and a good example of why you should never give anyone anything for free (they won't ever appreciate it).
There's also a high failure rate in this field. A lot of promising drugs don't make it. They are either not a significant improvement over other drugs or have nasty side effects. Big Pharma is not exactly sitting on it's fingers here.
No. Instead you have to endure the same length commute but in a miserable over-packed bus or train where you are likely to get groped if you're the wrong gender.
If you want to not be trapped in a concrete jungle, you will still have to commute yourself by car.
There are no shortage of cars in Europe in general really.
In many jurisdictions they are painless and easier than getting the marriage license. Kids complicate things though. Then it's not exactly "amicable" anymore. At least some states will make it a royal pain in the ass even if the parties are otherwise agreeable.
...plus divorces are highly contentious and nasty. They are so nasty that a lot of lawyers don't want to have anything to do with them. They are fueled by intense emotion and feelings of betrayal. The parties are often vindictive and go to any means necessary to hurt the other party. They will happily drain their collective resources throwing money at both lawyers trying to achieve the most damage.
Divorce seems like the least likely thing to apply a "justice machine" to.
Insurance companies already flaunt the "algorithm" and try to weasel out of paying claims when they really should. An expert system really isn't going to change this. Nor will it alleviate the problem that you need a specialist in order to deal with these people and put the fear of god into them.
That is why you hire a lawyer. They're like a techno mage. They know what secret words to use.
It's not just for litigation issues either. Simple government paperwork often requires not just any random lawyer but one that's more competent than average AND specializes in the agency you need to deal with.
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No. The Iraqi regime lost half of it's territory because of the usual sectarian nonsense that plagues the entire region. They treated the factions not in power like dirt and they made no effort to resist an invading army when it came.
When you act like that you have to be a mini-Hitler in order to keep things under control. A quasi democracy made up of 3 states, 2 of which are treated like an underclass simply isn't going to be durable.
The Iraqis did this to themselves all on their own, a result of not having the same 800 years of cultural and political context that our own democracy has.
That's the problem with nation building. Ignorant gits think that 1776 just happened spontaneously in the absence of any broader historical or cultural context.
Amajana-whatever himself pointed to Bush II and the whole Blue State vs. Red State thing to bolster the legitimacy of the last election that he probably stole. So nuking any Iranian city is probably counterproductive. You would probably wipe out most of the liberal opposition for them.
What threats would those be exactly? Cite some actual examples instead of engaging in vague innuendo.
Yet some Arabs stayed and they and their decendants ended up being treated like real people. Israel is the only place in the middle east where you are safe being part of any sort of ethnic or religious minority. Anywhere else you're subject to being a second class citizen or genuine ethnic cleansing.
Cents/Pence, it's still 1/100th of the parent unit.
No. Explicit permission is not required.
Often it is clearly implied. This is one of those cases.
So it may not be too expensive after all...
It sounds like a scaled back version of the same idea that will likely do better because it doesn't depend on the same level of higher demand that Concorde needed to keep it afloat.
They should probably go one further and have a personal model.
The small numbers of ultrawealthy and companies that value this sort of thing could completely bypass the big airliner industry and the larger airports.
The homeopathic method is not entirely ignored. It's just that medicines for which this actually work become part of standard medical practice and they no longer sit on the fringes.
There are a number of chemical weapons agents that fit into this category.
The entire field of chemotherapy is basically a variation on it.
There are plenty of us that don't take either economics or psychology very seriously for precisely the reasons that have already been outlined.
It's also largely irrelevant if you are capable of passing. If you can convince the world to treat you as whatever, then what's the point of taking it any further? We're too hung up on plumbing and what that implies for gender roles. That's the real problem.
> at least one distro has to offer people people the ability to do what they want without a lot of senseless bullshit, like being forced to use a command line or worry about packaging and library dependencies.
That has not been the case for a long time now.
That's pretty much what you have to do to get a consistent experience between Windows releases.
I dunno. If you can't be bothered to pay enough attention to know what you are doing, "No before Yes" doesn't sound like a bad policy really.
> Try finding a decent cdburner GUI frontend that doesn't pull in a bucketload of either KDE or GNOME dependencies!
So what?
The package manager handles any of that. Even on a smallish system, the overhead is nothing to be concerned about. Those dependencies are about the most stupid minutia possible to be worried about.
They're invisible to most people (even geeks).
Plenty. They are still simpler than most other options for the common rube. They are also dirt cheap. They're much more disposable than thumb drives.
The Windows part is irrelevant. It always has been. That's why MS-DOS was king back when EVERYONE ELSE had GUIs.
WinDOS is all about the ecosystem.
Windows is just something people tolerate to get to whatever app or game they can't replicate on Linux or MacOS.
Exactly. They come out of the US and then Germans brag that their national healthcare system "stiff" the companies that went to the bother of developing the wonder drug.
Where are the socialist countries in all of this? Why aren't the stepping up? Why aren't they providing the free miracle cures?
The fact that there are any drugs for what I have, never mind the fact that new ones are being developed, blew my mind a bit.
If you don't feel at least a little guilty about meds over a million dollars and a blood debt of 20 or 30 pints then you're a bit of a sociopath.
Gene therapy for psoriasis? Really. While I can sympathize as someone that might get a nasty case of skin GVHD, it's just not in the same ballpark as other conditions where bleeding edge medical experimentation is actually considered acceptable.
You're just going to have to accept the fact that children with cancer are way ahead of you on that train and that's just in it's early stages yet.
It's Sturgeons Law. 90% of anything is crap.
The first doctor I saw for my current condition didn't even realize I was at death's door despite the fact that an MD that is a family friend saw it right away. He was content to be my suburban drug pusher and didn't do any sort of competent physical exam of me.
If I hadn't gone there specifically to get my blood checked, I would now be DEAD. That's how bad my condition was.
The blood test made it obvious even to Ferret Face.
Then I went to the family friend...
With many diseases we are at the point where ANY progress is going to be non-trivial. Meanwhile, there are a number of recent wonder drugs that have been developed. They even get developed for obscure diseases you've never heard of.
I'm shocked that we have the drugs we do for all of the obscure shit you've never heard of. I'm amazed by it and how American capitalism already managed to find the incentives for them.
I think the whiners are ungrateful jackasses and a good example of why you should never give anyone anything for free (they won't ever appreciate it).
There's also a high failure rate in this field. A lot of promising drugs don't make it. They are either not a significant improvement over other drugs or have nasty side effects. Big Pharma is not exactly sitting on it's fingers here.
No. Instead you have to endure the same length commute but in a miserable over-packed bus or train where you are likely to get groped if you're the wrong gender.
If you want to not be trapped in a concrete jungle, you will still have to commute yourself by car.
There are no shortage of cars in Europe in general really.
Amicable divorces never needed lawyers anyways...
In many jurisdictions they are painless and easier than getting the marriage license. Kids complicate things though. Then it's not exactly "amicable" anymore. At least some states will make it a royal pain in the ass even if the parties are otherwise agreeable.
...plus divorces are highly contentious and nasty. They are so nasty that a lot of lawyers don't want to have anything to do with them. They are fueled by intense emotion and feelings of betrayal. The parties are often vindictive and go to any means necessary to hurt the other party. They will happily drain their collective resources throwing money at both lawyers trying to achieve the most damage.
Divorce seems like the least likely thing to apply a "justice machine" to.
Insurance companies already flaunt the "algorithm" and try to weasel out of paying claims when they really should. An expert system really isn't going to change this. Nor will it alleviate the problem that you need a specialist in order to deal with these people and put the fear of god into them.
That is why you hire a lawyer. They're like a techno mage. They know what secret words to use.
It's not just for litigation issues either. Simple government paperwork often requires not just any random lawyer but one that's more competent than average AND specializes in the agency you need to deal with.