It might be important to note that many Americans are also critical of those who go to McD's in their SUV's, shop at malls, drink StarBucks and watch "Must See" TV.
We don't like those people either, but the're here and (GHASP!!) in Europe too!
The problem in Saudi Arabia is that the oil industry, the biggest money-maker in the country, employs (almost) only foreign workers. They are french, german, english, american, dutch, etc. These 1st world countries are the only ones with people skilled enough.
Maybe if SA could teach their people HOW TO READ they might get a job somewhere!!
> it is certainly not the reason why Israel and the Jews, and therefore the USA, are hated by many Muslims (and others). My feeling is that it goes a bit deeper than that...
This isn't a challenge, but a real question. What do you mean it goes deeper than that? What do you think is in the back of many Muslims minds when they hate the US?
I know what we've done in the middle east, what our policies were and what they are now--and none of it is really all that bad. Not perfect, but not that bad... I wouldn't hate the US if I were living there.
The most interesting thing isn't what these people could hate us for, but what they do hate us for. It seems the list goes like this: 1) Supporting Israel 2) Troops in Saudi Arabia 3) Free women (not as in beer), but as a symbol of non-religious lifestyles. These aren't good reasons to be mildly perturbed, let alone take down two of our towers.
The biggest mistake in relations I know of is this war right now. We're being panzies, attacking from very high, which causes more misses. We're also "devistating" them with about one bomb an hour. Please.... Throwing a bomb at someone who has one government run newspaper isn't going to change minds for the better.
We need to either really fight these people or find a peacefull solution--none of this half-assed war.
Something that may have worked in the past is some peacefull evolution. Put a quality American hospital in Afganistan and put an American face on all the aid we give them and watch the opinions slowly change.
English is one of the hardest languages to learn CORRECTLY, but no one learns to use it correctly, so it doesn't matter.
English is really easy because you don't have to obey _any_ of the rules to be understood. It's just getting everything correct to impress someone that's hard.
>Why? It gets in your way less. On a PC I always have to pay attention, it's very hard to achieve 'flow'. On a Mac most things mostly work just like you expect and this makes it a joy to use.
I've had the opposite experience with Macs and PCs.
The Macs don't just get in my way and interrupt my "flow"--they sometimes bring me to a mental brick wall. I'm often asking myself, "So, how do I get around this computer 'helping' me?" Sometimes I have to look things up for simple actions and download tools for things I would consider basic. Sometimes in the name of consistancy and intuitiveness, things actually become completely unintuitive. Later on when someone explains why it's obvious I can only think "That's idiodic." They simply do not behave in any way I'd expect.
The non-Mac machines give me twenty different ways to do everyting and I achieve "flow." If I can't do X, I do Y. If I can't do Y, I do Z; but most importantly, I can predict the actions of any part of the OS I have never seen. I don't have to worry about anything suddenly doing work for me without my permission and making me think about my process and how to incorporate this help into it.
This filetype problem is a very good example. If I make two text files in two text editors, they open in the text editors that created them. This is an interruption of "flow." There is nothing more unintuitive, more obstructing, and more frustrating than when "help" forces inself upon you and gets in the way.
I don't love Windows but I have fond memories of the simple DOS days and _thankfully_ Linux gave us all Bash.
>I wonder how many times he gets called a communist/socialist/radical/luddite for advocating for the public domain..
Now days, I think we just call these people fascists. It doesn't have to make sense; it's just what you call people with opposing views you don't want to face.
Name calling has recently gotten strage. For example, someone who is against affirmative action can be called a racist, but so can someone for it. Someone against gun control could be said to promote murders, but so can someone for gun control. It sometimes depends on who's right; sometimes it doesn't have to even apply.
Doesn't it appear that some (very long) public debates are just this name calling with no real inquiry into the facts? Too bad.
>From within application, File menu, Open, open the desired file. Now without making any changes to the file, re-save it in the same place with same filename.
That only associates individual files. What if I create all my html files in a text editor, save, then want to open them in say, IE.
If IE can even save files to do this, it will associate individual files and not all the files of a type. It's a terrible way to do things.
Perhaps they teach these kids to work alone so when they're in a group--and the only one doing anything--they can keep things moving. Don't teach them to play nice with the idiots; teach them to not be the idiots.
I've found that working in groups too early on promotes the "someone else will do it" mentality. I like what they're doing with this kids school and I wish mine was like that back when.
TO THE POINT: A well rounded education is a great thing. Nothing seems to help people out more than forcing them into a good logic or philosophy class; the earlier the better.
Right now my education is everything plus computer science. I can't complain.
I never meant to imply any travel was involved--just that many people have stated (and now on slashdot) that while properties and changes can be shared by two seperated particles instantaniously, any _information_ passed by such means could not "reach" the destination before a signal moving at the speed of light would.
Also, I don't understand how such a thing makes any sense. It seems contradictory to me.
>it is a violation of first ammendment rights in nearly all forms that i've seen proposed...
I can see how books, protests, and porn are free speech; but paying senators? I think that's a stretch... If anything, paying our government officials to express or enforce your point of view is a perversion of our governmental system.
1) Don't let the president micro-manage a war.
2) Ignore non-stratigic politics during a war. (Go over parallels, for example.)
3) Don't let the media REALLY know what war is like.
4) Artition doesn't work.
5) Test weapons BEFORE battle.
6) Have a good reason for war.
...and finally:
7) Fight to win.
>On a recent trip there I was quite shocked/amused to see almost no reporting of foreign news.
Yeah, I live in the US and our news is not something I'm proud of. It's usually distorted politics, touching stories, updates on if it's ok to eat eggs, and the latest car crash test results.
We get the BBC news on our public TV station. It's really something to be proud of (if you're a brit). It even reports American news better.
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>Soviets had little info before they went into the country...
Another major difference is that the Soviets tried to take land in a mountain country. That had a lot to do with their defeat.
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It might be important to note that many Americans are also critical of those who go to McD's in their SUV's, shop at malls, drink StarBucks and watch "Must See" TV.
We don't like those people either, but the're here and (GHASP!!) in Europe too!
The problem in Saudi Arabia is that the oil industry, the biggest money-maker in the country, employs (almost) only foreign workers. They are french, german, english, american, dutch, etc. These 1st world countries are the only ones with people skilled enough.
Maybe if SA could teach their people HOW TO READ they might get a job somewhere!!
Yes, there was support of oppressive regimes and the destruction of governments. Actually, I was referring to these very things in my post.
I also said I find it interesting that militants attack us in the name of other, less severe, atrocities.
And, no, I wouldn't hate the US if I lived there.
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You're a big meanie.
NO) It was right for the US to nuke Japan. It saved lives.
YES) The US media is US-centric--and it sucks.
YES) The war on drugs is wrong.
NO) The blockade was a UN program. (Notice that 'N' there isn't an 'S'.)
> it is certainly not the reason why Israel and the Jews, and therefore the USA, are hated by many Muslims (and others). My feeling is that it goes a bit deeper than that...
This isn't a challenge, but a real question. What do you mean it goes deeper than that? What do you think is in the back of many Muslims minds when they hate the US?
I don't think that's Katz's point. I think it's better.
I know what we've done in the middle east, what our policies were and what they are now--and none of it is really all that bad. Not perfect, but not that bad... I wouldn't hate the US if I were living there.
The most interesting thing isn't what these people could hate us for, but what they do hate us for. It seems the list goes like this: 1) Supporting Israel 2) Troops in Saudi Arabia 3) Free women (not as in beer), but as a symbol of non-religious lifestyles. These aren't good reasons to be mildly perturbed, let alone take down two of our towers.
The biggest mistake in relations I know of is this war right now. We're being panzies, attacking from very high, which causes more misses. We're also "devistating" them with about one bomb an hour. Please.... Throwing a bomb at someone who has one government run newspaper isn't going to change minds for the better.
We need to either really fight these people or find a peacefull solution--none of this half-assed war.
Something that may have worked in the past is some peacefull evolution. Put a quality American hospital in Afganistan and put an American face on all the aid we give them and watch the opinions slowly change.
While aluminium is a metal with a silvery colour, aluminum is one with a silvery COLOR.
They did discover how to put a blank check into a license agreement....
English is one of the hardest languages to learn CORRECTLY, but no one learns to use it correctly, so it doesn't matter.
English is really easy because you don't have to obey _any_ of the rules to be understood. It's just getting everything correct to impress someone that's hard.
>Why? It gets in your way less. On a PC I always have to pay attention, it's very hard to achieve 'flow'. On a Mac most things mostly work just like you expect and this makes it a joy to use.
I've had the opposite experience with Macs and PCs.
The Macs don't just get in my way and interrupt my "flow"--they sometimes bring me to a mental brick wall. I'm often asking myself, "So, how do I get around this computer 'helping' me?" Sometimes I have to look things up for simple actions and download tools for things I would consider basic. Sometimes in the name of consistancy and intuitiveness, things actually become completely unintuitive. Later on when someone explains why it's obvious I can only think "That's idiodic." They simply do not behave in any way I'd expect.
The non-Mac machines give me twenty different ways to do everyting and I achieve "flow." If I can't do X, I do Y. If I can't do Y, I do Z; but most importantly, I can predict the actions of any part of the OS I have never seen. I don't have to worry about anything suddenly doing work for me without my permission and making me think about my process and how to incorporate this help into it.
This filetype problem is a very good example. If I make two text files in two text editors, they open in the text editors that created them. This is an interruption of "flow." There is nothing more unintuitive, more obstructing, and more frustrating than when "help" forces inself upon you and gets in the way.
I don't love Windows but I have fond memories of the simple DOS days and _thankfully_ Linux gave us all Bash.
>I wonder how many times he gets called a communist/socialist/radical/luddite for advocating for the public domain..
Now days, I think we just call these people fascists. It doesn't have to make sense; it's just what you call people with opposing views you don't want to face.
Name calling has recently gotten strage. For example, someone who is against affirmative action can be called a racist, but so can someone for it. Someone against gun control could be said to promote murders, but so can someone for gun control. It sometimes depends on who's right; sometimes it doesn't have to even apply.
Doesn't it appear that some (very long) public debates are just this name calling with no real inquiry into the facts? Too bad.
>From within application, File menu, Open, open the desired file. Now without making any changes to the file, re-save it in the same place with same filename.
That only associates individual files. What if I create all my html files in a text editor, save, then want to open them in say, IE.
If IE can even save files to do this, it will associate individual files and not all the files of a type. It's a terrible way to do things.
I have a 25GB 45gxp and a 15GB 75GXP--both have worked fine for over a year; and I abuse them.
I've only good things to say about these drives.
3 basics and 4 "things"? If I had to toss one it would be that #0. Don't need that.
The rest should be THE basic requirement of every HS graduate.
Perhaps they teach these kids to work alone so when they're in a group--and the only one doing anything--they can keep things moving. Don't teach them to play nice with the idiots; teach them to not be the idiots.
I've found that working in groups too early on promotes the "someone else will do it" mentality. I like what they're doing with this kids school and I wish mine was like that back when.
TO THE POINT: A well rounded education is a great thing. Nothing seems to help people out more than forcing them into a good logic or philosophy class; the earlier the better.
Right now my education is everything plus computer science. I can't complain.
I never meant to imply any travel was involved--just that many people have stated (and now on slashdot) that while properties and changes can be shared by two seperated particles instantaniously, any _information_ passed by such means could not "reach" the destination before a signal moving at the speed of light would.
Also, I don't understand how such a thing makes any sense. It seems contradictory to me.
I've read that while the entanglement works without delay, information isn't transmitted at more than the speed of light.
But I have now idea why.
>it is a violation of first ammendment rights in nearly all forms that i've seen proposed...
I can see how books, protests, and porn are free speech; but paying senators? I think that's a stretch... If anything, paying our government officials to express or enforce your point of view is a perversion of our governmental system.
It's just public bribery.
Here are the REAL lessons of Vietnam:
1) Don't let the president micro-manage a war.
2) Ignore non-stratigic politics during a war. (Go over parallels, for example.)
3) Don't let the media REALLY know what war is like.
4) Artition doesn't work.
5) Test weapons BEFORE battle.
6) Have a good reason for war.
...and finally:
7) Fight to win.
I'm not complaining about bias--every country, reporter, paper, and media station has bias. I'm complaining about complete lack of coverage.
>On a recent trip there I was quite shocked/amused to see almost no reporting of foreign news.
Yeah, I live in the US and our news is not something I'm proud of. It's usually distorted politics, touching stories, updates on if it's ok to eat eggs, and the latest car crash test results.
We get the BBC news on our public TV station. It's really something to be proud of (if you're a brit). It even reports American news better.
>Soviets had little info before they went into the country...
Another major difference is that the Soviets tried to take land in a mountain country. That had a lot to do with their defeat.
We have info and don't want land. Not bad.
If only your nick weren't alen. Alice might be nice...