"Afghanistan is not 'unconquerable.' That is propaganda." LOL No it is not holdable, as is obvious by the fact none of the empires you mention held it, and none are still around.
"Here in Australia, our prime minister Kevin Rudd just got ousted by, and I quote from most of the major news outlets, "power brokers behind the scenes"
Almost certainly that major news outlet belongs to the Murdoch press who, along with the mining industry have run a virrulent campaign against the Rudd govenment for the last 9 months. They were almost certainly parroting the Liberal oppositions line of attack.
If you are looking for lobbists THAT is who to look at-dont just repeat the propaganda of a desperate opposition.
You would have been better off to have replaced the caps yourself. I bought a nifty vaccuum desoldering tool and after replacing the caps never had an issue again.
I ended up with 2 full plastic shopping bags full of faulty caps.
It is easily possible CTS. We have the same system in au and it is excellent.
It costs less than a president, and does not add another politician to the mix.
The head of government makes all recommendations to the crown, and they are always accepted.
This ensures that the head of the government is an elected person who has a majority in the lower house and can pass its legislation. I would prefer our system by far to the messy joke that is US politics.
Personally I think patriotism is the silliest human emotion going around. The only thing it creates is war and jingoism.
Thats why we comprehesively rejected becoming a republic like the US some years ago.
What a pity the US does not have the benefits that flow from such a system.
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Personally I think "the only thing you learn from history is no one learns antyhing from history" is more relevant.
"Afghanistan is not 'unconquerable.' That is propaganda."
LOL
No it is not holdable, as is obvious by the fact none of the empires you mention held it, and none are still around.
Unemployment benefits are a simple equation,
More starving poor on benefits = less crime.
Dont expect right wing nut job sto understand this though.
I get the respect I earn Basil, as is appropriate.
I dont have a prblem with gaining others respect.
I like the way you try to make a subtle insult though asshat.
"But people aren't random number generators."
Nope, but accounting trolls are, according to dilbert!
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/lnmaurer/web/rng_stuff/Dilbert0001.jpg
"Here in Australia, our prime minister Kevin Rudd just got ousted by, and I quote from most of the major news outlets, "power brokers behind the scenes"
Almost certainly that major news outlet belongs to the Murdoch press who, along with the mining industry have run a virrulent campaign against the Rudd govenment for the last 9 months. They were almost certainly parroting the Liberal oppositions line of attack.
If you are looking for lobbists THAT is who to look at-dont just repeat the propaganda of a desperate opposition.
My respect I EARNED not given just ecause someone wears a unifrom.
Calling you an asshat seems about right to me Basil.
You would have been better off to have replaced the caps yourself. I bought a nifty vaccuum desoldering tool and after replacing the caps never had an issue again.
I ended up with 2 full plastic shopping bags full of faulty caps.
Nice little earner that issue, good times!
I have nowhere near 12K machines but I do have 250
Dell desktops and 30 laptops.
Only one laptop has failed in the last 5 years, and a couple of desktops.
When I had the cap problem soem years ago I simply bought a vaccum desoldering tool and replaced the caps. None ever faulted again.
This was a cap maufaturer issue and cannot really be blamed on Dell.
I replaced caps in motherboards from lots of different brands, of which Dell was only one,
which had no more or less problems than the others.
I am happy to continue buying Dells myself.
And I always thought an apostrophe meant
"Lookout, there is an S coming" (:
A good example
Residents refuse to be placed in bin.
Resident's refuse to be placed in bin.
Changes the meaning a bit eh?
I wouldnt marry again, it is easier to buy a house and give it to a woman you dont like.
"How, exactly, would you run a power grid if not using networked computers?'
The same way it was done in the years before the 60's? We had power grids long before networked computers.
The experience in Australia with privitisation of public utilities has been in EVERY case lower quality of sevice and higher costs.
It has got to the point where only the most rabid believe having such services run by the govt is a disadvantage.
As a casual user of USPS and Fedex overseas, I find USPS the best fro delvery time by far.
Isn't it great when people use anecdotal evidence?
Slashdot should have a -1 deluded libertarian mod.
Several of the posts above claim that the Prius battery can be had for $2000-3000.
I usually buy high quality batteries, and live in Australia where the climate is very warm.
I have never had a car lead acid battery last longer than 3 years.
It is easily possible CTS. We have the same system in au and it is excellent.
It costs less than a president, and does not add another politician to the mix.
The head of government makes all recommendations to the crown, and they are always accepted.
This ensures that the head of the government is an elected person who has a majority
in the lower house and can pass its legislation. I would prefer our system by far to the
messy joke that is US politics.
Personally I think patriotism is the silliest human emotion going around. The only thing it creates is war and jingoism.
Thats why we comprehesively rejected becoming a republic like the US some years ago.
What a pity the US does not have the benefits that flow from such a system.
Now so broken mods dont work at all.
Will they ever get it right?
A couple of vids showing wing vortex well;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ESmvyAmOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0hgG2pkUs&feature=related
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4905F106-063A-401C-8631-392E2E49652A/
A good photo of what an aircraft does do to the air see;
http://www.skysoaring.com/albums/gliderhumor/Box_This_Wake.jpg
"The more I think about it old Bill was right, lets kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight."
The Eagles from "Get over it"
So did Hotblack Desiato. He spent a year dead for tax reasons.
Mistermeaner than you?
Is it Slashdot bad spelling day today?
I didnt know there was a band called youtube, what sort of music do they play?