Yes, because blaming an entire nation for the actions of a small group is so advanced. I guess with an attitude like that things like racism and sexism are valid too?
I don't agree with your cause and effect model. In a way I don't disagree with it either. I think the lower and middle class are greedy in their own ways too. This helped lead to a great amount of opportunity for the power elite to hoodwink them. These elements feed off each other. Being a member of the middle class I feel that focusing on what I'm most familiar with and most able to effect is the best course. People who make a living wage should know better than to put themselves so far in debt that they have no option to get out of it. Sure, sometimes something may come out of left field and beat a few of us down but this normally isn't the case. Learning to live within our means will help put the power elite in their spot once they realize that hollow promises are nearly worthless.
And it's not that high prices will cause corporations to produce a more environmentally friendly product, you've missed the point. If we, as the end consumer, make it our business to try as best possible to buy goods from manufacturers who are conscious of the workers well being we can swing the market to better practices. Of course, to do this it will cost the producers more money so the product will cost more. But if we do this in the spirit of better practices and better worker treatment won't it be worth it in the end?
Try a 7 year old ThinkPad. I have older machines too but none newer. Is that good enough for you?
My bigger point, which you gladly skirted, is that China gets away with this because of the volume of product that they produce. If people would reign their consumption habit in a bit we may not have this issues.
In the pursuit of cheaper and cheaper goods you're going to have this kind of thing. Sadly, China lowered the price-point so much that it's hard to find many products made in an environment with a reasonable amount of safety and a livable wage for the workers.
That's what happens when you have a population feeling that they need 54 inch TVs, enough food to kill themselves with, clothes they wear twice before they pitch them in the trash or out grow them, every Pixar film in their home library and two of the biggest three video game consoles for each child.
People have made a choice between quantity and quality and China is taking the brunt of this along with the spoils.
The base system can be good and I'm sure it is in a lot of cases but it does stop otherwise talented students from reaching their potential due to lack of cash flow.
It seems to be that it's likely that China can produce CFLs cheaper because of more lax environmental regulations. These regulations do cost money to comply to.
Be thankful you don't live in Pennsylvania where people jam on their breaks when they see a cop... with someone pulled over... on the other side of the expressway... with a jersey barrier between them that stretches for miles. A real blast.
We asked but they said for us to go away or they would taunt us for a second time. The oddest thing was they didn't even seem like a bunch of Ruskies... they had french accents and heavy tin foil hats to keep out the dangerous radio waves.
Sometimes it's just better not to know. The truth is too weird.
Afraid to admit that you like science because of the chance you may be labeled uncool? Not to be a troll or anything but... how does it feel to live in fear?
Let them take down my IP. I didn't wish for anything. I was pointing to, as other have remarked, the concept that Kennedy's death got NASA a ton of public support since one of his dreams was to get a man on the moon by the end of 69. This also can be seen in MLK's legacy. The assassination of MLK made a lot of fence sitters sympathetic to his cause.
Hell, we even had people push the health care bill on the public sympathies of Ted Kennedy's death. Political causes will find their own martyrs where they can.
In April President Barack Obama set a 2025 goal for a manned mission to an asteroid.
Seeings how much NASA gets pushed and pulled by every administration and every budget I wouldn't count on anything NASA has as far as long term goals being so concrete as to put a date to them. Politicians really need to stop using NASA as a token in a pissing match. It's petty and counterproductive.
Hell, if it weren't for JFK taking a bullet to the head we may have never even gotten to the moon.
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The hospital was sad to announce that the patient is expected to live, letting yet another idiotic gimp to roam the streets.
You can do it with software. Look over this for starters.
You're not using your soul anyway. You'd never even miss it.
Yes, because blaming an entire nation for the actions of a small group is so advanced. I guess with an attitude like that things like racism and sexism are valid too?
I don't agree with your cause and effect model. In a way I don't disagree with it either. I think the lower and middle class are greedy in their own ways too. This helped lead to a great amount of opportunity for the power elite to hoodwink them. These elements feed off each other. Being a member of the middle class I feel that focusing on what I'm most familiar with and most able to effect is the best course. People who make a living wage should know better than to put themselves so far in debt that they have no option to get out of it. Sure, sometimes something may come out of left field and beat a few of us down but this normally isn't the case. Learning to live within our means will help put the power elite in their spot once they realize that hollow promises are nearly worthless.
And it's not that high prices will cause corporations to produce a more environmentally friendly product, you've missed the point. If we, as the end consumer, make it our business to try as best possible to buy goods from manufacturers who are conscious of the workers well being we can swing the market to better practices. Of course, to do this it will cost the producers more money so the product will cost more. But if we do this in the spirit of better practices and better worker treatment won't it be worth it in the end?
What we have today is far from free trade. Don't think for a second that what the NeoCons did was a tick up for free trade.
What was that about hypocrisy? Do did you use an Apple II?
Again, skirting my posts original intent. Sorry, I'm done feeding this troll.
Try a 7 year old ThinkPad. I have older machines too but none newer. Is that good enough for you?
My bigger point, which you gladly skirted, is that China gets away with this because of the volume of product that they produce. If people would reign their consumption habit in a bit we may not have this issues.
In the pursuit of cheaper and cheaper goods you're going to have this kind of thing. Sadly, China lowered the price-point so much that it's hard to find many products made in an environment with a reasonable amount of safety and a livable wage for the workers.
That's what happens when you have a population feeling that they need 54 inch TVs, enough food to kill themselves with, clothes they wear twice before they pitch them in the trash or out grow them, every Pixar film in their home library and two of the biggest three video game consoles for each child.
People have made a choice between quantity and quality and China is taking the brunt of this along with the spoils.
The base system can be good and I'm sure it is in a lot of cases but it does stop otherwise talented students from reaching their potential due to lack of cash flow.
Even a Mac site doesn't back up your number. Not even by half. Sorry.
It seems to be that it's likely that China can produce CFLs cheaper because of more lax environmental regulations. These regulations do cost money to comply to.
Be thankful you don't live in Pennsylvania where people jam on their breaks when they see a cop... with someone pulled over... on the other side of the expressway... with a jersey barrier between them that stretches for miles. A real blast.
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I send e-mail so I don't have to talk to people. It's the same reason I text.
We asked but they said for us to go away or they would taunt us for a second time. The oddest thing was they didn't even seem like a bunch of Ruskies... they had french accents and heavy tin foil hats to keep out the dangerous radio waves.
Sometimes it's just better not to know. The truth is too weird.
Afraid to admit that you like science because of the chance you may be labeled uncool? Not to be a troll or anything but... how does it feel to live in fear?
"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." -- Mark Twain
You trust the advice of a jackass who's weapon of choice in the zombie apocalypse is a double barrel shotgun? Sheesh!
Let them take down my IP. I didn't wish for anything. I was pointing to, as other have remarked, the concept that Kennedy's death got NASA a ton of public support since one of his dreams was to get a man on the moon by the end of 69. This also can be seen in MLK's legacy. The assassination of MLK made a lot of fence sitters sympathetic to his cause.
Hell, we even had people push the health care bill on the public sympathies of Ted Kennedy's death. Political causes will find their own martyrs where they can.
In April President Barack Obama set a 2025 goal for a manned mission to an asteroid.
Seeings how much NASA gets pushed and pulled by every administration and every budget I wouldn't count on anything NASA has as far as long term goals being so concrete as to put a date to them. Politicians really need to stop using NASA as a token in a pissing match. It's petty and counterproductive.
Hell, if it weren't for JFK taking a bullet to the head we may have never even gotten to the moon.
Now I can be a doctor!
The article says it was Gene's mutation. Either he has been p0wn3d by the body snatchers or it was one of his little snot faced brats.