So how did a nation with such cultural depth, such delightful people, so much going for them go so far off the track.
The U.S. helped a bit. All through the 50s, 60s, and 70s, the U,.S. worked with military dictators and religious extremists, seeing them as a way to counter Soviet influence. Democratic movements that probably would have made better long-term friends were usually seen as too socialistic, and thus pawns of the Soviets.
In most places, the American-sponsored dictatorships were eventually overthrown by more democratic groups. But in the middle east, the religious extremists had strong cultural roots, and have been gradually replacing the military dictatorships. Iran was just the first to go that way,
The most ironic case is Iraq, were the U.S. actually decided that overthrowing the dictator was a necessary part of the "War on Terror", which is essentially a war against the same Islamic extremists we used to support against the Soviets. The stupidity of this was that the Iraqi dictatorship was a secular entity that was the only thing keeping the Islamic extremists out of power. Thus a war that was justified by the danger of Islamic extremists will probably have the effect of creating another theocracy for them to dominate.
We're just too clever for our own good, sometimes.
What, you call yourself a conservative, and you don't hate everything about Barack Obama? Clearly a CINO!
Seriously, please start a blog or something. We liberals so need rational conservatives to make noise so we can argue about stuff that really matters, instead of obsessing about each other's supposed personality flaws.
For whatever reasons, they failed to develop customers. If you think that's the fault of bad management, I'm not going to argue. The fact remains that the platform ain't commercially viable, and making it open source isn't going to change that.
Yeah, he played a role in creating the problem — as he himself pointed out.'
I think it's very funny that you keep responding to my posts with posts that try to paint De Icaza as The Bad Guy. In doing so, you only reinforce the point I'm trying to make: that the hacker community sees every issue as a bad guy versus a good guy, even when it makes no sense.
Going back to De Icaza's original blog post, I don't see him playing a blame game. He's trying to understand why he can't seem to find a audio driver for his Linux box that doesn't break every time he does a major update. He thinks it's because of certain attitudes in the core Linux community that are driven by Thorvalds personality. I find his argument pretty dubious, but is he saying it's all Thorvalds's fault? I don't see it.
The blame game started when the story spread beyond De Icaza's post. You can see it in the headline for this story. The problem is, the hacker community is very big on finding a Good Guy and a Bad Guy, I see this over and over again on Slashdot. Really, we all need to forget all those stupid TV shows we spent too much time watching as we were growing up.
Huh? You're saying that the Mitt Romney who was governor of MA is the same guy the GOP just nominated as their Presidential candidate? That makes no sense. The Tea Party would never stand for it.
If you have 4.2 million files, duplication would seem to be the least of your problems. How do you find the specific one of the 4.2 million you need? Are there sets of files you know you'll never need to access.
And forgive me for playing the shrink, but how much of your problem is just compulsive hoarding?
You're thinking of Clinton. Obama's version was "of course I inhaled."
There's actually some evidence that Obama exaggerated his own use of illegal drugs during his college years. In any case, he's now known as the kind of guy who leaves the bachelor party when the strippers arrive — something he actually did once.
You should make your response to the post I linked. It was written by one of your colleagues. He's the one who thinks that ad hoc networks are important.
Not to defend either of those idiots, but they're not propped up by anybody. They have a real ability to rouse the rabble. It's a morally repugnant way to make a living, but there's no doubt that they're good at it — and that a good chunk of America hangs on their every word.
I like to think that most conservatives despise this bullshit, and eventually common sense will return, and we liberals can go back to having honest arguments with them based on intelligent differences of opinion. God help us if I'm wrong about that.
Yeah, the Demos have a lot to answer for. But I would submit that they can't begin to compete with the GOP for simple "my way or the highway" assholedness.
For one thing, there's no left-wing equivalent of the Tea Party. Yeah, the Occupy Movement can match them in terms of extreme ideology and political temper tantrums. But Occupy refuses to have anything to do with formal politics, and thus has no influence over the Democratic party. As opposed to the Tea Party, which pretty much set the agenda for the GOP nomination process.
And there's no GOP equivalent of Barack Obama, a guy who has honestly tried to reach out to the GOP, and taken a lot of flack from his own side for doing so. You might recall him addressing that GOP congressional retreat early on in his term; in that speech he actually praised Paul Ryan for his anti-deficit initiatives. Which initiatives failed, incidentally, because of Ryan's total inability to compromise,.
There was more to Poupongate than a couple of whackjobs. Lots of pundits were making noise. Among the leaders were Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, both people GOP politicians are loath to offend.
No doubt many Mormons are stricter than the official rules. I've known Mormons who avoided caffeine in any form. It makes sense that if coffee and tea are unMormon, other caffeinated beverages are too. But here's the official LDS word: caffeinated soda is kosher.
OK, I'm backing away from the "what's it for" aspect of this discussion. I'm forced to admit that I don't know jack about that.
So far I've heard from first responders like you who are making do with simple radios, and from first responders like this guy who desperately want ad-hoc data networks.Neither side has really explained why they want what they want.
So, please argue with each other, while the rest of us shut up and listen. Please. I for one am sincerely interested.
Well yeah. This dude is pretty much the most nerdy POTUS ever. When he was a kid, he collected Spider-Man comic books. When he first met Leonard Nimoy, he gave him a Vulcan salute. Nerd, nerd, nerd.
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So how did a nation with such cultural depth, such delightful people, so much going for them go so far off the track.
The U.S. helped a bit. All through the 50s, 60s, and 70s, the U,.S. worked with military dictators and religious extremists, seeing them as a way to counter Soviet influence. Democratic movements that probably would have made better long-term friends were usually seen as too socialistic, and thus pawns of the Soviets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/01/cold-war-holy-warrior
In most places, the American-sponsored dictatorships were eventually overthrown by more democratic groups. But in the middle east, the religious extremists had strong cultural roots, and have been gradually replacing the military dictatorships. Iran was just the first to go that way,
The most ironic case is Iraq, were the U.S. actually decided that overthrowing the dictator was a necessary part of the "War on Terror", which is essentially a war against the same Islamic extremists we used to support against the Soviets. The stupidity of this was that the Iraqi dictatorship was a secular entity that was the only thing keeping the Islamic extremists out of power. Thus a war that was justified by the danger of Islamic extremists will probably have the effect of creating another theocracy for them to dominate.
We're just too clever for our own good, sometimes.
What, you call yourself a conservative, and you don't hate everything about Barack Obama? Clearly a CINO!
Seriously, please start a blog or something. We liberals so need rational conservatives to make noise so we can argue about stuff that really matters, instead of obsessing about each other's supposed personality flaws.
Did you code the filter yourself? If not, some links would be helpful.
For whatever reasons, they failed to develop customers. If you think that's the fault of bad management, I'm not going to argue. The fact remains that the platform ain't commercially viable, and making it open source isn't going to change that.
Because you didn't take your Ritalin.
Yeah, he played a role in creating the problem — as he himself pointed out.'
I think it's very funny that you keep responding to my posts with posts that try to paint De Icaza as The Bad Guy. In doing so, you only reinforce the point I'm trying to make: that the hacker community sees every issue as a bad guy versus a good guy, even when it makes no sense.
As I said, I find his arguments pretty dubious. I'm just saying he's not pointing fingers. His responses to Thorvalds comments make this clear.
Going back to De Icaza's original blog post, I don't see him playing a blame game. He's trying to understand why he can't seem to find a audio driver for his Linux box that doesn't break every time he does a major update. He thinks it's because of certain attitudes in the core Linux community that are driven by Thorvalds personality. I find his argument pretty dubious, but is he saying it's all Thorvalds's fault? I don't see it.
The blame game started when the story spread beyond De Icaza's post. You can see it in the headline for this story. The problem is, the hacker community is very big on finding a Good Guy and a Bad Guy, I see this over and over again on Slashdot. Really, we all need to forget all those stupid TV shows we spent too much time watching as we were growing up.
Palm just ran out of money.
At which time they were taken over by HP, which tried to keep WebOS devices alive, but couldn't get people to buy them.
Huh? You're saying that the Mitt Romney who was governor of MA is the same guy the GOP just nominated as their Presidential candidate? That makes no sense. The Tea Party would never stand for it.
Small problem: sorting a flat file with 4.2 million records takes a lot of time and space,
If you have 4.2 million files, duplication would seem to be the least of your problems. How do you find the specific one of the 4.2 million you need? Are there sets of files you know you'll never need to access.
And forgive me for playing the shrink, but how much of your problem is just compulsive hoarding?
What, you're admitting you're wrong? Begone! There's no place for you on Slashdot!
You're thinking of Clinton. Obama's version was "of course I inhaled."
There's actually some evidence that Obama exaggerated his own use of illegal drugs during his college years. In any case, he's now known as the kind of guy who leaves the bachelor party when the strippers arrive — something he actually did once.
You wish! Sometimes the only way to expunge malware is to wipe the disk and start over. I've had to do it myself a couple times.
You should make your response to the post I linked. It was written by one of your colleagues. He's the one who thinks that ad hoc networks are important.
Not to defend either of those idiots, but they're not propped up by anybody. They have a real ability to rouse the rabble. It's a morally repugnant way to make a living, but there's no doubt that they're good at it — and that a good chunk of America hangs on their every word.
I like to think that most conservatives despise this bullshit, and eventually common sense will return, and we liberals can go back to having honest arguments with them based on intelligent differences of opinion. God help us if I'm wrong about that.
OK, Mister Holistic Mashup, you go build a moon rocket. I suspect it requires more bureaucratic expertise than you have.
Creative improvisation makes sense when your carefully laid plans turn to shit. But they're no substitution for carefully laid plans.
Yeah, the Demos have a lot to answer for. But I would submit that they can't begin to compete with the GOP for simple "my way or the highway" assholedness.
For one thing, there's no left-wing equivalent of the Tea Party. Yeah, the Occupy Movement can match them in terms of extreme ideology and political temper tantrums. But Occupy refuses to have anything to do with formal politics, and thus has no influence over the Democratic party. As opposed to the Tea Party, which pretty much set the agenda for the GOP nomination process.
And there's no GOP equivalent of Barack Obama, a guy who has honestly tried to reach out to the GOP, and taken a lot of flack from his own side for doing so. You might recall him addressing that GOP congressional retreat early on in his term; in that speech he actually praised Paul Ryan for his anti-deficit initiatives. Which initiatives failed, incidentally, because of Ryan's total inability to compromise,.
There was more to Poupongate than a couple of whackjobs. Lots of pundits were making noise. Among the leaders were Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, both people GOP politicians are loath to offend.
No doubt many Mormons are stricter than the official rules. I've known Mormons who avoided caffeine in any form. It makes sense that if coffee and tea are unMormon, other caffeinated beverages are too. But here's the official LDS word: caffeinated soda is kosher.
OK, I'm backing away from the "what's it for" aspect of this discussion. I'm forced to admit that I don't know jack about that.
So far I've heard from first responders like you who are making do with simple radios, and from first responders like this guy who desperately want ad-hoc data networks.Neither side has really explained why they want what they want.
So, please argue with each other, while the rest of us shut up and listen. Please. I for one am sincerely interested.
Somehow I don't think you're ever going to be President.
Well yeah. This dude is pretty much the most nerdy POTUS ever. When he was a kid, he collected Spider-Man comic books. When he first met Leonard Nimoy, he gave him a Vulcan salute. Nerd, nerd, nerd.
... if the president spent his money collecting stamps or collecting guitars I doubt you would you beat him up over it.
Are you kidding? This President has been condemned as "elitist" for his choice of condiments.