"How could this all be due to US mid-east policy?"
Because _everything_ was and is and will be due to US mideast policy.
Example: The Mughal conquest of India in the 1500s was anticipating future US involvement in Afghanistan so they invaded India anticipating eventually being beaten back into modern Pakistan from which they could still support Taliban forces. Before US policy there was the celestial promise of US policy, and after US policy there will be permanent blowback.
Modern man should reject religion and should be comfortable despising all of it and those who promote its lies.
No Religionists have any evidence for their Deities, which makes the contention that such exist insane. Superstition exists to enslave man to other men, therefore all Superstitionists are evil. It's a framework for enslaving youth to their elders, forever. No, I don't give a fuck about the "nice social club" aspects used to affirm and seduce fresh victims.
I gently suggest that when someone tries to sell you a God, you require PROOF (and not using the constructs of their Superstition). Mystery isn't proof. Spiritual experience can be duplicated using drugs and therefore can be written of as anything but stimulation of pleasure centers.
The people in a position to work best against religion are its victims, the youth of the world. All you need to is stop supporting it, or if you face punishment, support it badly and in a manner to deter others from joining.
To those who disagree, I demand you prove your Imaginary Friend is real. Do it now or fuck off. There is no reason to respect your contention that X exists when you cannot support that with proof.
Goose died because the canopy jettison and ejection seat failed miserably, although in just the right way not to splatter him inside the canopy and turn him into a red mist.
When they get closer to my ugly steel liftgate and tri-ball Reese hitch (always leave the hitch installed as a standoff) it reminds them of their mortality and they back off.
Laptops don't use standard form-factors, which deliberate choice ensures planned obsolescence and renders them easily "beyond economical repair" if they break.
They are carefully designed to suck as much as practical while being fast and shiny.
I'm fine with fixing laptops, but it requires Ebay organ donors to be worth doing. I buy Thinkpads for their longevity and ease of repair.
"Why? We didn't wait for perfect machines before we built an industrial civilization. Tourists who visit dangerous places, like Mt. Everest, don't wait for perfect machines either."
In the old days, exploration was dirt cheap and so were people. Losing a bunch of sailors was no big deal nor was losing a ship or several. It would be like losing a UAV today.
Building an industrial civilization provided immediate and ongoing benefit well worth the millions of lives it cost. (China "gets" this, by the way!)
Tourists fund their own adventures, and if they want to jerk off climbing Everest then that's their right. Let them pay other countries to send them while those other countries are funding space adventures for penis-waving reasons. There is no reason the Rest Of The World can't cough up some loot and go play.
"Do you expect to be alive when either humans land on Mars or machines are perfected? If not, then you don't have the time."
No, but my desire for entertainment shouldn't be the driver of waste. Send robots to take good pictures, because even a tourist cannot doff his/her helmet and breathe the atmosphere. There must always be a barrier. Given sufficient technology, the visual experience can be replicated remotely.
We dare not question the old paradigm of "wooden ships and iron men" because, well, drama.
We need robots on Earth, and since every task in space is dangerous and since humans are a burden to support, there is no functional reason for the desperate rush to send people.
We should perfect machines before sending tourists. We have time.
There is every need to throw out religions, for they are all enemies of the search for truth, for which they substitute dogma. There is no need to "reconcile" Superstition with science.
Because Americans are deeply religious and he reflects genuine religious faith. Religion is the pursuit of primitive tribal society at all costs.
That's how Superstitionists think, and he's honest about his views.
"We must respect the other fellowâ(TM)s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." â" H L Mencken, Minority Report (1956),
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The solution is simple.
USE YOUR INFLUENCE to deter the companies you work for from purchasing any computer which requires secure boot.
"How could this all be due to US mid-east policy?"
Because _everything_ was and is and will be due to US mideast policy.
Example:
The Mughal conquest of India in the 1500s was anticipating future US involvement in Afghanistan so they invaded India anticipating eventually being beaten back into modern Pakistan from which they could still support Taliban forces. Before US policy there was the celestial promise of US policy, and after US policy there will be permanent blowback.
Modern man should reject religion and should be comfortable despising all of it and those who promote its lies.
No Religionists have any evidence for their Deities, which makes the contention that such exist insane. Superstition exists to enslave man to other men, therefore all Superstitionists are evil. It's a framework for enslaving youth to their elders, forever. No, I don't give a fuck about the "nice social club" aspects used to affirm and seduce fresh victims.
I gently suggest that when someone tries to sell you a God, you require PROOF (and not using the constructs of their Superstition). Mystery isn't proof. Spiritual experience can be duplicated using drugs and therefore can be written of as anything but stimulation of pleasure centers.
The people in a position to work best against religion are its victims, the youth of the world. All you need to is stop supporting it, or if you face punishment, support it badly and in a manner to deter others from joining.
To those who disagree, I demand you prove your Imaginary Friend is real. Do it now or fuck off. There is no reason to respect your contention that X exists when you cannot support that with proof.
Goose died because the canopy jettison and ejection seat failed miserably, although in just the right way not to splatter him inside the canopy and turn him into a red mist.
Linux doesn't need to cater to those who do not care about Free or Open software. It will exist longer than Nvidia.
If you want to game, run Windows. No problem.
I automatically nuke/pave/clean install every machine I buy or work on for relatives.
It's fast, it's easy, and I don't have to care about what was on it out of the box.
Very close formation flying has been standard training and practice since aerial refuelling was adopted.
Maintain your altitude and distance or you force disconnect, or even get a boom through your canopy and die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling
He was not more than an amusing eccentric.
Agree on slowing down for the scumbags.
When they get closer to my ugly steel liftgate and tri-ball Reese hitch (always leave the hitch installed as a standoff) it reminds them of their mortality and they back off.
...find another metric than a thesis to award doctorates, but give "extra credit" for OC.
"Somehow, I dont' think that this fairy-story will much resemble the drone-infested, FEMA camp that most USians will inhabit, 15 years from now..."
Fapping to the Apocalypse, such fun.
Just install in a VM first. Virtualbox works nicely.
The usual way dealers etc repair salvage cars is by buying another car with the parts they need, then parting/scrapping the leftovers.
Laptops don't use standard form-factors, which deliberate choice ensures planned obsolescence and renders them easily "beyond economical repair" if they break.
They are carefully designed to suck as much as practical while being fast and shiny.
I'm fine with fixing laptops, but it requires Ebay organ donors to be worth doing. I buy Thinkpads for their longevity and ease of repair.
"Why? We didn't wait for perfect machines before we built an industrial civilization. Tourists who visit dangerous places, like Mt. Everest, don't wait for perfect machines either."
In the old days, exploration was dirt cheap and so were people. Losing a bunch of sailors was no big deal nor was losing a ship or several. It would be like losing a UAV today.
Building an industrial civilization provided immediate and ongoing benefit well worth the millions of lives it cost. (China "gets" this, by the way!)
Tourists fund their own adventures, and if they want to jerk off climbing Everest then that's their right. Let them pay other countries to send them while those other countries are funding space adventures for penis-waving reasons. There is no reason the Rest Of The World can't cough up some loot and go play.
"Do you expect to be alive when either humans land on Mars or machines are perfected? If not, then you don't have the time."
No, but my desire for entertainment shouldn't be the driver of waste. Send robots to take good pictures, because even a tourist cannot doff his/her helmet and breathe the atmosphere. There must always be a barrier. Given sufficient technology, the visual experience can be replicated remotely.
.....Selectric typewriters. (Class of 1978 represent!)
I'd tell you to get off my lawn, but it went underwater when Pangea split up.
The proles are proles because they are not and have never been smart enough to run things.
If your precious "DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT!" comes to pass, it requires enforcers to wipe out private property and opposing views.
Since the only SOCIAL MOBILITY in DOTP is advancement via the State, you get Stalin and Mao.
Prove your God is real and I'll be interested. Otherwise, you are just propagating what you cannot support.
Faith and mystery aren't Proof or Evidence.
We dare not question the old paradigm of "wooden ships and iron men" because, well, drama.
We need robots on Earth, and since every task in space is dangerous and since humans are a burden to support, there is no functional reason for the desperate rush to send people.
We should perfect machines before sending tourists. We have time.
Tobacco has been much loved by combat troops for its relaxing effect. Come up with a better drug for the purpose before banning tobacco.
Randomly shooting at airplanes is punishable. Lasing is also an attack.
Stupidity or ignorance is no excuse.
Any attempt to interfere with an aircraft is an attempt to shoot it down by disabling the crew.
That's terrorism and merits execution.
The victims of Enron were subjected to considerable pain, suffering, and destitution.
There is every need to throw out religions, for they are all enemies of the search for truth, for which they substitute dogma. There is no need to "reconcile" Superstition with science.
Supply EVIDENCE and prove the Superstition!
Because Americans are deeply religious and he reflects genuine religious faith. Religion is the pursuit of primitive tribal society at all costs.
That's how Superstitionists think, and he's honest about his views.
"We must respect the other fellowâ(TM)s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
â" H L Mencken, Minority Report (1956),