...to which people would respond by letting the tap run a little longer. If I want to take a bath, I don't have a set time I let the water run and get in. I have an amount of water I'd like to have in the tub, and if it takes another 45 seconds to get there, I just might not notice.
You don't say. The people you met weren't killed before?
China is not as bad as North Korea, no shit. But they're guilty of human rights abuses aplenty and already get bad press for it aplenty. Shaming them publicly moreso than they already are will likely not work well for making them shift their strategic position on North Korea.
China is doing much the same, and doesn't seem to care about their image. I would propose working out a solution with China for alternate shipping lanes and access to the sea; this is the only reason that China needs North Korea, and China needs it badly enough to endure a little bad publicity.
China needs a friendly nation in charge of the Korean Peninsulsa in order to miantain access to the sea. Take a look at a map of China's coast. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, and numerous small U.S. controlled islands dominate their border and shipping lanes. They have a large coast, but most of it is not in their control. If North Korea became hostile to China, they would lose a lof of naval power. They are going to do everything possible to hold onto this strip of land.
2007 4-door JK. I was plowed in and had to dig to get to the Jeep, then dig the snow out from under it that the plow pushed, then dig enough of the snow drift out so I could pull out of my space, as well as clear 12" of snow off the hood and roof (illegal to drive with snow on your car here). The roads were similarly plowed such that I had to drive over a snow drift to get out of my development. Roads are slick with packed snow. The Jeep does just fine (this is my fourth Wrangler in 20 years), but it's the other idiots I'd worry about. As for "playing in 3 feet of snow", this is why SUVs has higher insurance rates: stupid driving in them.
I'm in Northern Virginia. Similar weather here. Probably about 10-12" so far, all light. No rain yet though, thank FSM. I dug my Jeep out and drove around the block, but barely. Roads are plowed but the snow is coming down hard still and covering the roads.
Look, if Congress didn't spend time writing laws about courtesy, they might have to acknowledge things like warrantless mass surveillance and be forced to pass meaningful legislation!
Really, you think Google could have just slapped their name on it and all the reason Linux hasn't taken off on the desktop would go away?
Not quite what I said. But if Google put their weight behind marketing a Linux OS at a time when people were unhappy with Microsoft's Vista and/or recently with Windows 8, yes I think Linux on the desktop could have taken off more so than it is now.
The other part is that Google isn't very interested in giving you a local solution, that doesn't give them any data nor a hook to google services.
You mean like ChromeOS, with Google search built in with Google apps throughout? Why not do the same with a full desktop OS?
And the third reason is that it would be too easy for third parties to strip off the Google bits
Android is open source, but not all of it. Google could easily market a Linux distro with some proprietary software integrated in, that most users would be able to/want to remove. You can get a Google-free version of Android, but you have to unlock the bootloader, load recovery, root, and install a new ROM; not something most users are going to do. Why not do something similiar with a full desktop Linux-based OS?
I've wondered why Google hasn't put out their own Linux distro for the mainstream audience. They could have eaten Microsoft's lunch if they put that out when they went to Vista. It would have cost Google next to nothing to fork a common distro like Ubuntu and slap their name on it, and by incorporating Google search and Chrome (or Chromium) into it, they could have increased their ad revenue. I guess ChromeOS is sort of like that, but I was imagining a full desktop OS.
I registered there yesterday. I do hope that Soylent doesn't sue. I realize they're both named after the movie, but it will likely lead to confusion when people google the words soylent and news.
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What year will be known as The Year of Linux on the Desktop?
...to which people would respond by letting the tap run a little longer. If I want to take a bath, I don't have a set time I let the water run and get in. I have an amount of water I'd like to have in the tub, and if it takes another 45 seconds to get there, I just might not notice.
and got inside his posting decision cycle
You mean his OODALOOP?????
Ha Ha Ha Ha!!
Glad to see you're keeping up with the times, being that this article is about healthcare and not the Navy.
That's sort of my point. China needs a friendly North Korea one way or another.
None of them were shot when they emigrated.
You don't say. The people you met weren't killed before?
China is not as bad as North Korea, no shit. But they're guilty of human rights abuses aplenty and already get bad press for it aplenty. Shaming them publicly moreso than they already are will likely not work well for making them shift their strategic position on North Korea.
Just confiscate cameras before they get on the Girls Gone Wild bus. Rich People/First World Problems.
China is doing much the same, and doesn't seem to care about their image. I would propose working out a solution with China for alternate shipping lanes and access to the sea; this is the only reason that China needs North Korea, and China needs it badly enough to endure a little bad publicity.
China needs a friendly nation in charge of the Korean Peninsulsa in order to miantain access to the sea. Take a look at a map of China's coast. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, and numerous small U.S. controlled islands dominate their border and shipping lanes. They have a large coast, but most of it is not in their control. If North Korea became hostile to China, they would lose a lof of naval power. They are going to do everything possible to hold onto this strip of land.
Someone doesn't like BETA??!?1? Why haven't I heard of this before?
Roll a dice
Die. Dice is plural. Dice.com sucks. Die, Dice, Die! Wait, what were we talking about?
2007 4-door JK. I was plowed in and had to dig to get to the Jeep, then dig the snow out from under it that the plow pushed, then dig enough of the snow drift out so I could pull out of my space, as well as clear 12" of snow off the hood and roof (illegal to drive with snow on your car here). The roads were similarly plowed such that I had to drive over a snow drift to get out of my development. Roads are slick with packed snow. The Jeep does just fine (this is my fourth Wrangler in 20 years), but it's the other idiots I'd worry about. As for "playing in 3 feet of snow", this is why SUVs has higher insurance rates: stupid driving in them.
I'm in Northern Virginia. Similar weather here. Probably about 10-12" so far, all light. No rain yet though, thank FSM. I dug my Jeep out and drove around the block, but barely. Roads are plowed but the snow is coming down hard still and covering the roads.
It was made with cheap American parts!
Remember, back in the day, when the last of the dinosaurs were being hunted to extinction by Cro-magnon man
Your timeline is so incredibly off, it's not even funny. It was Australopithicus Afarensis that killed off the last dinosurs, not Cro-magnon!
Statistically speaking, Android has more than 1.1M apps to Windows Phone's 200,000+
Thanks for clarifying how you were speaking, or I would have no idea how to compare those two numbers!
The North Korean military hacking unit is in China. They're quite sophisticated, actually, but use Chinese internet infrastructure, not North Korea's.
Best Korea!
Look, if Congress didn't spend time writing laws about courtesy, they might have to acknowledge things like warrantless mass surveillance and be forced to pass meaningful legislation!
I call bullshit.
It's called Windows XP.
Support ends in 2 months, so good luck using after that. And it doesn't and hasn't helped when people are shopping for a new machine.
Really, you think Google could have just slapped their name on it and all the reason Linux hasn't taken off on the desktop would go away?
Not quite what I said. But if Google put their weight behind marketing a Linux OS at a time when people were unhappy with Microsoft's Vista and/or recently with Windows 8, yes I think Linux on the desktop could have taken off more so than it is now.
The other part is that Google isn't very interested in giving you a local solution, that doesn't give them any data nor a hook to google services.
You mean like ChromeOS, with Google search built in with Google apps throughout? Why not do the same with a full desktop OS?
And the third reason is that it would be too easy for third parties to strip off the Google bits
Android is open source, but not all of it. Google could easily market a Linux distro with some proprietary software integrated in, that most users would be able to/want to remove. You can get a Google-free version of Android, but you have to unlock the bootloader, load recovery, root, and install a new ROM; not something most users are going to do. Why not do something similiar with a full desktop Linux-based OS?
I've heard that and hoped they would release it for a general audience and/or make a desktop version of Android somehow.
I've wondered why Google hasn't put out their own Linux distro for the mainstream audience. They could have eaten Microsoft's lunch if they put that out when they went to Vista. It would have cost Google next to nothing to fork a common distro like Ubuntu and slap their name on it, and by incorporating Google search and Chrome (or Chromium) into it, they could have increased their ad revenue. I guess ChromeOS is sort of like that, but I was imagining a full desktop OS.
I registered there yesterday. I do hope that Soylent doesn't sue. I realize they're both named after the movie, but it will likely lead to confusion when people google the words soylent and news.