Well, you had the misfortune of living in Great Britain during a famously depressed time. The early 80's were a very difficult time for Britain, as Thatcher rose to power.
You took your experiences from a country that was going through a recession as an example of the failure of socialism. You can also say that the American system has failed many times as well ( late 80's? Reaganomics backfiring?) You fail to mention any of the countries where certain degrees of socialism exist and enjoy popularity with their citizens. They're not just in Europe, either. Costa Rica, for example, has a very spirited form of socialism.
Contrary to popular belief (which is due to horribly misinformed opinions like yours), socialism and private enterprise are not mutually exclusive, and when done right becomes a more equitable system.
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Dincha see that episode of Star Trek where they find the planet engulfed in global war, moderated by a computer? The computers simulated the attacks, and randomly selected members of the population for vaporisation. This was, in the episode, that planet's way of conducting 'clean' warfare, all the losses without all the destruction. Imagine that, sort of like the Neutron bomb, which vaporises living things, but leaves buildings standing. What does this say about us? That we'd rather preserve physical objects than lives... ---------------------------------------- ----------------- Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
The statement does not require 'rationalization', as you put it. What is helpful in understanding this quote is context. When Gore said this, he was in fact referring to his role in sponsoring legislation that opened the net up to the general public, in this sense, his statement ( which you are actually misquoting ), was in fact accurate. He did sponsor and push very hard for all the necessary legislation that opened the net. -------------------------------------------- ------------- Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
You have no idea what socialism is at all, do you? The Democrats are about as socialist as Bill Gates. Socialism takes many forms, not all of them have much to do with Marx at all. The Scandinavian countries, France, Ireland, and others have socialist systems, and they are not even remotely Marxist.
What are these so-called 'socialist' programs that you speak of? You mean something that's run by the government? Like the DMV? The Army? The SEC?
What on earth are you talking about?
I find that some conservatives, mainly the uneducated saps who fall prey to very right-wing propaganda that calls anything run by a state or federal government 'socialist'. By that token, George W. Bush is a hardcore socialist, with the Texas CHIPS program, which attempts to provide uninsured people with health care. I guess that must be a socialist program. The Internet itself was born out of one of these 'socialist' schemes.
I am convinced that you must be very ignorant indeed to suggest that any one of the two major parties support anything even approaching socialism, dumbass.
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, affiliated with Illinois Institute of Technology, is probably very well qualified for this task, as this particular law school specializes in Science and Technology law, IP and other legal ramifications of technological development.
The vouchers will never cover the cost of an entire year at a private school. Vouchers are a smokescreen for dismantling the public school system, the list goes on. If you think for one second that I as a taxpayer am going to pay for your kids private school education because you don't believe in evolution, you've got another thing coming. If you think that the entire population of public school students can be absorbed by private schools, you're a lunatic. Vouchers cannot work.
The usefulness of higher education nowadays seems less to be strict preparation for a career than learning certain skills. These skills are: critical thinking, analysis, and writing proficiency, as well as to gain a broad knowledge of subjects that one chooses.
Even engineers need to learn to write, and critical thinking is invaluable.
That having been said, many entrepreneurs that we're all familiar with never finished college, but not all of us are entrepreneurs, some of us need critical thinking skills as part of our everyday jobs.
My case may be unusual, since I studied sociology in college, but it has proven to be invaluable in my work as a developer
That's more like a "free sample", to show you that they've got the kind, or the kinda as the case may be.
I don't know anyone who sells the hard stuff going out and giving it away. Usually, you get into that stuff with a friend or someone who already has it, you try it, you like it, you'll be in touch. The whole thing about the drug dealers going down to the schoolyard to push Heroin on 12 year olds playing basketball by giving it away for free is a "keep drugs criminal" ploy. Only a fool would swallow that.
After hearing his predictions, I'm convinced that while you can come up with some great things in the '70s, it doesn't mean you're going to grok a lot of what's happening now...
Maybe Metcalf should spend less time on that sailboat of his and more time on line.
Uh-huh. Yeah. When China decides to invade the US? What are you on? Can I have some? China is in no position to invade anyone, other than perhaps Taiwan. They got Tibet because the Tibetans had a tiny, ill-equipped army, and are a nation of pacifists to boot.
The Chinese do not have the ability to mount an invasion that would require them to cross the Pacific. Their entire fleet would be wiped out by the US and British before they got anywhere near Hawaii.
I think I can safely say that a Chinese invasion is *very* unlikely.
And just for the record, the nation that's told the UN to stick it more than anyone else is -guess who?- the United States! The UN routinely passes motions to condemn the US for one action or another, and we tell them to shove it.
Bands don't make big cash money off of record sales. They make the big bucks off of concert ticket prices. I still fail to see what the difference is between taping a CD on to a cassette or DAT, and trading those between friends, and making mp3s and trading them with your new friends on the net.
If the RIAA were smart, they'd make a deal with Napster et al. NOW rather than wait for a true p2p app that eliminates any need for a Napster-like server...
Did you ever see the 7-up ad, where the guy says he's gonna project a 7-up logo on the moon? Laser fires, moon blows up, guy runs off screaming "OK!! Who's been messing with my laser?!?!?"
I don't know, either. I guess it's because many adults are not comfortable with their own sexuality, so they feel that it's their duty to make sure that their kids won't be, either. I myself have no concerns about kids seeing naked people or sex. I mean, that's nature. Most everybody does it.
There is also a field known as "History of Ideas". I took a class in that field in college, called "The Emotions". The final exam was an essay on the topic: "Do rabbits feel jealousy?"
It's very important that *someone* keep up with the history of not just computers, but also software. So we don't end up with things like this:
Fortune magazine, November 22, 1999: "Before Gates and Allen
started Microsoft, pure software companies didn't exist."
This obvious false statement is the kind of stuff we have to live with if we don't bother to learn the history of our industry...
No kidding. After I read the article, I was like "Oh.... Yeah. I knew that." It's not only in MS SQL 7.0, but it's also in 6.5. You're supposed to change it when you set the thing up. If you don't, well then, you suck.
Yep, it happens!
There was a Silicon Valley company looking to hire people ( I forget the name ) in mid-1999. If you signed (for certain positions), you got a BMW Z3.
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You took your experiences from a country that was going through a recession as an example of the failure of socialism. You can also say that the American system has failed many times as well ( late 80's? Reaganomics backfiring?) You fail to mention any of the countries where certain degrees of socialism exist and enjoy popularity with their citizens. They're not just in Europe, either. Costa Rica, for example, has a very spirited form of socialism.
Contrary to popular belief (which is due to horribly misinformed opinions like yours), socialism and private enterprise are not mutually exclusive, and when done right becomes a more equitable system.
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Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
Dincha see that episode of Star Trek where they find the planet engulfed in global war, moderated by a computer? The computers simulated the attacks, and randomly selected members of the population for vaporisation. This was, in the episode, that planet's way of conducting 'clean' warfare, all the losses without all the destruction. Imagine that, sort of like the Neutron bomb, which vaporises living things, but leaves buildings standing. What does this say about us? That we'd rather preserve physical objects than lives...- -----------------
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Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
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Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
The statement does not require 'rationalization', as you put it. What is helpful in understanding this quote is context. When Gore said this, he was in fact referring to his role in sponsoring legislation that opened the net up to the general public, in this sense, his statement ( which you are actually misquoting ), was in fact accurate. He did sponsor and push very hard for all the necessary legislation that opened the net.- -------------
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Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
What are these so-called 'socialist' programs that you speak of? You mean something that's run by the government? Like the DMV? The Army? The SEC? What on earth are you talking about?
I find that some conservatives, mainly the uneducated saps who fall prey to very right-wing propaganda that calls anything run by a state or federal government 'socialist'. By that token, George W. Bush is a hardcore socialist, with the Texas CHIPS program, which attempts to provide uninsured people with health care. I guess that must be a socialist program. The Internet itself was born out of one of these 'socialist' schemes.
I am convinced that you must be very ignorant indeed to suggest that any one of the two major parties support anything even approaching socialism, dumbass.
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Surface dwellers can be so stupid.
The company 'NeuStar' requested the .dot TLD. Check it out, Taco...
The vouchers will never cover the cost of an entire year at a private school. Vouchers are a smokescreen for dismantling the public school system, the list goes on. If you think for one second that I as a taxpayer am going to pay for your kids private school education because you don't believe in evolution, you've got another thing coming. If you think that the entire population of public school students can be absorbed by private schools, you're a lunatic. Vouchers cannot work.
Spinoza, I believe, came up with "The Wager"
Gee, you're dumb.
I believe in the Frisbee religion, wherein when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it back down again.
Even engineers need to learn to write, and critical thinking is invaluable.
That having been said, many entrepreneurs that we're all familiar with never finished college, but not all of us are entrepreneurs, some of us need critical thinking skills as part of our everyday jobs.
My case may be unusual, since I studied sociology in college, but it has proven to be invaluable in my work as a developer
I don't know anyone who sells the hard stuff going out and giving it away. Usually, you get into that stuff with a friend or someone who already has it, you try it, you like it, you'll be in touch. The whole thing about the drug dealers going down to the schoolyard to push Heroin on 12 year olds playing basketball by giving it away for free is a "keep drugs criminal" ploy. Only a fool would swallow that.
After hearing his predictions, I'm convinced that while you can come up with some great things in the '70s, it doesn't mean you're going to grok a lot of what's happening now...
Maybe Metcalf should spend less time on that sailboat of his and more time on line.
The Chinese do not have the ability to mount an invasion that would require them to cross the Pacific. Their entire fleet would be wiped out by the US and British before they got anywhere near Hawaii.
I think I can safely say that a Chinese invasion is *very* unlikely.
And just for the record, the nation that's told the UN to stick it more than anyone else is -guess who?- the United States! The UN routinely passes motions to condemn the US for one action or another, and we tell them to shove it.
If the RIAA were smart, they'd make a deal with Napster et al. NOW rather than wait for a true p2p app that eliminates any need for a Napster-like server...
Ummm... Copyright violation is a tort, not a crime. There's a big difference.
Yeah, well, it's not gonna be fast with all those dialogues popping up.
Did you ever see the 7-up ad, where the guy says he's gonna project a 7-up logo on the moon? Laser fires, moon blows up, guy runs off screaming "OK!! Who's been messing with my laser?!?!?"
I don't know, either. I guess it's because many adults are not comfortable with their own sexuality, so they feel that it's their duty to make sure that their kids won't be, either. I myself have no concerns about kids seeing naked people or sex. I mean, that's nature. Most everybody does it.
I took a class in that field in college, called "The Emotions". The final exam was an essay on the topic: "Do rabbits feel jealousy?"
Fortune magazine, November 22, 1999: "Before Gates and Allen started Microsoft, pure software companies didn't exist."
This obvious false statement is the kind of stuff we have to live with if we don't bother to learn the history of our industry...
No kidding. After I read the article, I was like "Oh.... Yeah. I knew that." It's not only in MS SQL 7.0, but it's also in 6.5. You're supposed to change it when you set the thing up. If you don't, well then, you suck.
Hey! My dad's in there!!
Yep, it happens!
There was a Silicon Valley company looking to hire people ( I forget the name ) in mid-1999. If you signed (for certain positions), you got a BMW Z3.