There are near zero theism-free Americans. There are hundreds of millions of bible thumping white trash horny for blood.
Superior (and yes, all things being equal the theism-free human IS superior) people should seek separate education so they can rise in power above the mob. Americans wonder why their betters exploit them.
I finally realized the answer: Our public hate to think, so they _deserve_ to be exploited, used, and ripped off. The intelligent are left to self-rescue from the Hellmouth of society. Fine, do that, and to do nothing for the little people who made things that way.
RELIGION is and always will remain the enemy of science.
The majority of Americans have always been religious, as befits backward white trash, and they hate questions. They crave the simple certainty of faith.
Science and other education that is hated by the religious should be fostered as part of a "counterculture". People who want superior education should isolate themselves and work to make it happen in where they will not be interfered with. Private schooling could be supported with school vouchers, since they are a way to ESCAPE the general public who are backward, nasty, and worth avoiding.
"This technology always seems to be less than 10 years away."
Eventually, (less than ten years away) technology to produce technology predicted to be less than ten years away in less than ten years will be fielded.
I work at a typical institution that shall not be named. It's a fucking diploma mill and the grads can't do much of what high school grads back in The Day took for granted.
Two-year degrees mean so little that I would ignore them and test the applicant thoroughly.
The decline of the trades has had an interesting effect. It's now difficult to get skilled weldors, so the pay for good ones (plus tasty per diem) can be quite nice.
... is encourage them, OFF ALL FORMS OF RECORD, to destroy the homelands of their enemies so thoroughly that terrorism no longer looks like a good idea.
The reason that the US cannot win in Iraq and Afghanistan is we can't use much force due to having to maintain Coalition support. Russia and China, OTOH, needn't bootlick the rest of the world to maintain the fading illusion of Empire.
Russia recently developed the largest fuel-air explosive yet deployed. They should erase an enemy city in reprisal for every attack. The way to beat an opponent is to win an existential struggle against him, not a mere scuffle.
If Stalin were in power, the reprisals would have deterred terrorist attacks. A face for an eye and a jaw for a tooth, so to speak. They would have made Israels Operation Cast Lead look like an episode of Romper Room by comparison.
"Sacrificing civil liberties does not prevent terrorism."
The only level of violence and reprisal sufficient to deter terrorism is at the level of what are called "war crimes", so only societies who are both powerful and ruthless can defeat (serious) terrorists.
The only counter to people who embrace being destroyed for their cause is to destroy an overwhelming number those they are fighting for. To the extent that societies embrace the "rights" of their mortal enemies, they are unable to fight.
Limiting the rights of their FRIENDS in order to get to their enemies doesn't work very well for obvious reasons.
We should know this in case one day we decide that suicide in order to maintain the facade of righteousness is stupid
I use Yahoo Zimbra to view my Yahoo accounts on my Ubuntu box.
Clean interface (nothing like their online webmail), and even though I have an old version I can copy/paste migrate the program (as I did when I just upgraded my hard disk).
Works fine, no reason to fuck with it, good spam filtering.
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They serve a PUBLIC who are superstitious!
There are near zero theism-free Americans. There are hundreds of millions of bible thumping white trash horny for blood.
Superior (and yes, all things being equal the theism-free human IS superior) people should seek separate education so they can rise in power above the mob. Americans wonder why their betters exploit them.
I finally realized the answer:
Our public hate to think, so they _deserve_ to be exploited, used, and ripped off. The intelligent are left to self-rescue from the Hellmouth of society. Fine, do that, and to do nothing for the little people who made things that way.
RELIGION is and always will remain the enemy of science.
The majority of Americans have always been religious, as befits backward white trash, and they hate questions. They crave the simple certainty of faith.
Science and other education that is hated by the religious should be fostered as part of a "counterculture". People who want superior education should isolate themselves and work to make it happen in where they will not be interfered with. Private schooling could be supported with school vouchers, since they are a way to ESCAPE the general public who are backward, nasty, and worth avoiding.
Yeah, let's go back to the Good Old Days of mimeographed Samizdat communication that required face-to-face handoffs.
In MY day we fomented revolutions by passing wax tablets, uphill, during snowstorms, and we were grateful to have that luxury.
Agree on the new whitespacey layout. At least have layout options to avoid inflicting this shit on the unwilling.
"This technology always seems to be less than 10 years away."
Eventually, (less than ten years away) technology to produce technology predicted to be less than ten years away in less than ten years will be fielded.
"I certainly wouldn't give to shits of credit to someone who can't even oblige the REAL WORLD etiquette of not covering up the rape of children."
Saint Pedobear disapproves of your comment.
"Yeah, death threats. Sure, buddy *snicker* "
Too bad none were carried out.
I work at a typical institution that shall not be named. It's a fucking diploma mill and the grads can't do much of what high school grads back in The Day took for granted.
Two-year degrees mean so little that I would ignore them and test the applicant thoroughly.
The decline of the trades has had an interesting effect. It's now difficult to get skilled weldors, so the pay for good ones (plus tasty per diem) can be quite nice.
The solution to Market restrictions is to work around needing the Market.
I'm sure Slashvertising was at least partially effective. :)
"Coincidence?"
Nah. I blame rhetoric.
... is encourage them, OFF ALL FORMS OF RECORD, to destroy the homelands of their enemies so thoroughly that terrorism no longer looks like a good idea.
The reason that the US cannot win in Iraq and Afghanistan is we can't use much force due to having to maintain Coalition support. Russia and China, OTOH, needn't bootlick the rest of the world to maintain the fading illusion of Empire.
Russia recently developed the largest fuel-air explosive yet deployed. They should erase an enemy city in reprisal for every attack. The way to beat an opponent is to win an existential struggle against him, not a mere scuffle.
If Stalin were in power, the reprisals would have deterred terrorist attacks. A face for an eye and a jaw for a tooth, so to speak.
They would have made Israels Operation Cast Lead look like an episode of Romper Room by comparison.
One method bypasses cover, but anyone on a hill or building above your house is free to take pics in much greater detail than current drones provide.
Islam is wonderful, any criticism of any religion is flamebait because superstition cannot be attacked like other ideologies.
"Sacrificing civil liberties does not prevent terrorism."
The only level of violence and reprisal sufficient to deter terrorism is at the level of what are called "war crimes", so only societies who are both powerful and ruthless can defeat (serious) terrorists.
The only counter to people who embrace being destroyed for their cause is to destroy an overwhelming number those they are fighting for. To the extent that societies embrace the "rights" of their mortal enemies, they are unable to fight.
Limiting the rights of their FRIENDS in order to get to their enemies doesn't work very well for obvious reasons.
We should know this in case one day we decide that suicide in order to maintain the facade of righteousness is stupid
"You need to pick them both up take the toy away knock their heads together and say 'play nice and dont make me come back in here'."
Fallacy. The idea that a local problem requires global involvement is absurd. Worst case, one side loses.
There is a way to resolve such disputes. It is called War.
The modern idea that most of those should be put off at any cost merely prolongs the squabbles.
"How long before the world's secret services adapt to the "megaleak" phenomenon, and start using it as a tool to spread propaganda?"
Possibly the phenomenon BEGAN that way.
I just poast mine to 4chan.
They never die, and often return shooped in amusing ways.
5. If the choice is between services not essential to physical survival of the public, and raising taxes, shitcan the services.
"Speaking from an audio quality and archival standpoint, now that CDs are supposedly obsolete, what has replaced them?"
Mp3s! (runs)
I use Yahoo Zimbra to view my Yahoo accounts on my Ubuntu box.
Clean interface (nothing like their online webmail), and even though I have an old version I can copy/paste migrate the program (as I did when I just upgraded my hard disk).
Works fine, no reason to fuck with it, good spam filtering.
Papal TCO _is_ much higher than supporting Bill Gates.