Cooperation and competition aren't mutually exclusive, even in business relationships. See for example Microsoft and SUSE; they are direct competitors in the OS arena, yet they cooperate on certain things. Microsoft contributes Hyper-V driver code to Linux, code which improves the competitiveness of a rival platform under certain conditions, because it feels it gains more in promoting Hyper-V and getting people to use that than it loses in getting Linux to run at a comparable speed and functionality to Windows under Hyper-V.
Ah yes, the sanctions! I had forgotten about those; the actual armed conflict has (probably) not killed 1 million, but it would not surprise me if, with the first war and sanctions, more than a million have been killed.
I for one will be testing 3.0 out to see how stable it is. We run Hyper-V in house (mostly a Windows shop, actually founded by ex-MSFTies) and we had to add some Linux images. It's probably not production quality, but I'd like to get a chance to test drive it to see what improvements we can expect down the line. Now they need to update their SCOM agent for Linux....
So it finally made it out of staging? That's great. Their previous drivers have been a little lacking; I've had them lock up on me. Is the enlightened mouse driver in there as well?
It could be fear and not support; they're willing to engage in some level of harassment, perhaps probing NATO to see what their response will be, before they really drop a bomb on them.
I call killing one million people in Iraq for oil and dollar supremacy irresponsible.
I'm not sure that a million Iraqis have actually died in the conflict. Too damn many for sure, but I'm not so sure it's a million. In any case, you give the current and previous operators of this particular war far too much credit. Oil? Dollar supremacy? That would actually be some sort of goal. A terrible way to achieve that goal, but a goal nonetheless. Personally, I'm going for arrogance as the root cause of the war with a side order of finishing his father's business and the bullshit "stay the course" nonsense as to why it is still going on in another administration.
The point is that 'gay' doesn't always mean 'homosexual.' It's a generic insult. Being called a bitch doesn't mean that the person literally thinks you're a female dog. You must have missed the second half of my post.
The remote regions of the South may not be 'normal society' (to you anyways), but gay as an insult is alive and well at least nationally in the US. See the guy lamenting the Xbox generation using gay as an insult still.The remote South isn't on XBL or your CS or TF2 server.
In any case, at least in my circle, gay can mean both "homosexual" and "lame." I have gay friends who use it in the same manner. Words change meaning, and the transformation of gay to "homosexual" from "happy" is just one example. Why can't it change again?
Studebaker was an American car company that did some manufacturing in Canada. If Studebaker counts as Canadian, then Toyota is American and GM is Chinese.
The library eBook thing sort of makes sense to me: a digital copy can be reproduced almost infinitely for almost no cost. Everyone could rent a book from a digital library for free. I for one would welcome this future of free reading material.
In English, America and American almost always refer to the people of the United States of America. Sure, if you speak Spanish, call us USians (estadounidense), but only in Spanish (or any other language that uses the same convention). If you call us USians, you also run into the whole "which United States" problem. Do you refer to the USA or United States of Mexico?
No. People have always been concerned with mundane bullshit more than actual, pressing issues. The difference between then and now is that now we have the ability to feed the desire for mundane bullshit far more efficiently than we used to; those of us who actually care about real shit have always had someone catering to us because if the limited channels of yesteryear are to be used, they are best used for Really Important Shit (TM). Those of us who care for real news have always been in the minority, and now that the technology is there to cater to all needs at once, the bullshit desiring majority is making itself known.
Any car company that could produce an affordable 100 MPG sedan wouldn't need a bailout; they would just need a couple large vaults to store all the cash they'd rake in, unless the car was (aside from being affordable to buy and fuel) a piece of shit.
Through currency manipulation and buying our debt, the Chinese government is actually subsidizing the US; they are helping us buy their bullets at their own expense.
They always take that for granted and get pissed at you if you refuse to give them free service. At least, that's been my experience. So no, they don't really appreciate you.
I know, that small business / oil company known as Walmart pays ~34% in taxes (the rate, before any accountant monkeying, is 35% at the federal level). Many retailers are the same way. You're right about tech companies; many of them base themselves overseas so they don't pay the 35% in taxes.
I doubt it would be instead of gas taxes but in addition to them. Legislatures have to repeal these taxes, and I have a feeling those states hungry for revenue (e.g California) wouldn't pass up on such a wonderful opportunity for double taxation.
GPS tracking would also be an efficient source of violating our privacy. I expect also for the devices to track speed and speed limits, eventually allowing them to ticket you automatically (which would suck massively).
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Cooperation and competition aren't mutually exclusive, even in business relationships. See for example Microsoft and SUSE; they are direct competitors in the OS arena, yet they cooperate on certain things. Microsoft contributes Hyper-V driver code to Linux, code which improves the competitiveness of a rival platform under certain conditions, because it feels it gains more in promoting Hyper-V and getting people to use that than it loses in getting Linux to run at a comparable speed and functionality to Windows under Hyper-V.
But can it track IP addresses with that GUI interface in Visual Basic? That's the real question.
Ah yes, the sanctions! I had forgotten about those; the actual armed conflict has (probably) not killed 1 million, but it would not surprise me if, with the first war and sanctions, more than a million have been killed.
I for one will be testing 3.0 out to see how stable it is. We run Hyper-V in house (mostly a Windows shop, actually founded by ex-MSFTies) and we had to add some Linux images. It's probably not production quality, but I'd like to get a chance to test drive it to see what improvements we can expect down the line. Now they need to update their SCOM agent for Linux....
So it finally made it out of staging? That's great. Their previous drivers have been a little lacking; I've had them lock up on me. Is the enlightened mouse driver in there as well?
It could be fear and not support; they're willing to engage in some level of harassment, perhaps probing NATO to see what their response will be, before they really drop a bomb on them.
I call killing one million people in Iraq for oil and dollar supremacy irresponsible.
I'm not sure that a million Iraqis have actually died in the conflict. Too damn many for sure, but I'm not so sure it's a million. In any case, you give the current and previous operators of this particular war far too much credit. Oil? Dollar supremacy? That would actually be some sort of goal. A terrible way to achieve that goal, but a goal nonetheless. Personally, I'm going for arrogance as the root cause of the war with a side order of finishing his father's business and the bullshit "stay the course" nonsense as to why it is still going on in another administration.
The point is that 'gay' doesn't always mean 'homosexual.' It's a generic insult. Being called a bitch doesn't mean that the person literally thinks you're a female dog. You must have missed the second half of my post.
The remote regions of the South may not be 'normal society' (to you anyways), but gay as an insult is alive and well at least nationally in the US. See the guy lamenting the Xbox generation using gay as an insult still.The remote South isn't on XBL or your CS or TF2 server.
In any case, at least in my circle, gay can mean both "homosexual" and "lame." I have gay friends who use it in the same manner. Words change meaning, and the transformation of gay to "homosexual" from "happy" is just one example. Why can't it change again?
Depending on which inflation numbers you use, $2600 in 1980 would be ~$7100 now (according to the BLS).
No love for Xinjiang? Darn Tibetans get all the attention...
I think I deserve a cut of that.
As a lizard, I can confirm this.
Well fuck, and here I thought I would finally get the recognition I deserve. Damn birds....
Studebaker was an American car company that did some manufacturing in Canada. If Studebaker counts as Canadian, then Toyota is American and GM is Chinese.
The library eBook thing sort of makes sense to me: a digital copy can be reproduced almost infinitely for almost no cost. Everyone could rent a book from a digital library for free. I for one would welcome this future of free reading material.
In English, America and American almost always refer to the people of the United States of America. Sure, if you speak Spanish, call us USians (estadounidense), but only in Spanish (or any other language that uses the same convention). If you call us USians, you also run into the whole "which United States" problem. Do you refer to the USA or United States of Mexico?
No. People have always been concerned with mundane bullshit more than actual, pressing issues. The difference between then and now is that now we have the ability to feed the desire for mundane bullshit far more efficiently than we used to; those of us who actually care about real shit have always had someone catering to us because if the limited channels of yesteryear are to be used, they are best used for Really Important Shit (TM). Those of us who care for real news have always been in the minority, and now that the technology is there to cater to all needs at once, the bullshit desiring majority is making itself known.
Obelisk of Light, anyone?
Any car company that could produce an affordable 100 MPG sedan wouldn't need a bailout; they would just need a couple large vaults to store all the cash they'd rake in, unless the car was (aside from being affordable to buy and fuel) a piece of shit.
Through currency manipulation and buying our debt, the Chinese government is actually subsidizing the US; they are helping us buy their bullets at their own expense.
They always take that for granted and get pissed at you if you refuse to give them free service. At least, that's been my experience. So no, they don't really appreciate you.
I know, that small business / oil company known as Walmart pays ~34% in taxes (the rate, before any accountant monkeying, is 35% at the federal level). Many retailers are the same way. You're right about tech companies; many of them base themselves overseas so they don't pay the 35% in taxes.
I doubt it would be instead of gas taxes but in addition to them. Legislatures have to repeal these taxes, and I have a feeling those states hungry for revenue (e.g California) wouldn't pass up on such a wonderful opportunity for double taxation.
GPS tracking would also be an efficient source of violating our privacy. I expect also for the devices to track speed and speed limits, eventually allowing them to ticket you automatically (which would suck massively).