Paranoia and its associated billions and billions spent because of it is how the US will be weakened.
It's been said that one of the (many) reasons the Soviet Union collapsed was because of the spending on military hardware to keep up with the US - their economy just couldn't support it.
The US has no real reason, at least at this time, to spend billions and billions of hardware BUT security is another matter.
We're so paranoid, that we're searching each other to make sure that our neighbors aren't a threat - "They could be!" is the cry from the peanut gallery and politically connected businessmen who want to bleed the American taxpayer to line their own pockets.
Now we have this virus that will attack our NUCLEAR installations. GASP! It's NUCLEAR!!! Everybody panic. We need to do something!!!
Along will come politicians and businessman with a solution. Hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent on "protecting" us from this "threat".
Another threat will come. And another. And another. And hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent on each.
In the meantime, the Fed is "Quantitatively Easing" (*snicker*) our currency. We're running huge deficits.
We're considered to be Imperialistic by most of the World - OK, all of the World except for ourselves. And one of the best ways to take out a superior force is to have them take themselves out.
it looks more and more like we're approaching a 'Star Fleet/Star Trek' type of World. More power to'em, I say. Better to build space ships than nuclear bombs.
And It sure and hell beats a 'Blade Runner' type of World.
The kid needs someone who's real. Fictional characters usually have some sort of "super human" characteristic that no real human could ever measure up to - it could be a super human mastery of many things that normal people would spend many years to get one of thing mastered, like James Bond being excellent at: skiing, marksmanship, fighting, flying, etc...
Not only that, but I wouldn't trust E. Coli bacteria for ANY solutions because they're usually full of shit..er.. I mean they're usually on shit....no! I mean....ah fuck it!
Well, I realized that I was a bigot when I was watching Battlestar Galactica. I couldn't tell the difference between the Asian actresses who played Boomer, Athena, and the various Number 8s.
The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
This is a prime example of where "if you do nothing wrong; then you have nothing to worry about" is shown to be bullshit.
These airport scanners and pat downs dishonor our troops and everyone who has ever died fighting for our country!
We are supposed to be the home of the free and the brave, let's act like it! The Europeans don't do this. They don't even allow the scanners! Are they braver and more free than we are?! It sure looks like it!
I think everyone on both sides can agree, this is just too much!
I gotta add some thing to make your idea even better!
Let's also have society not value science and let's put superstitious thought on equal ground - say "Intelligent Design" or some other such nonsense on par with Evolution. Or have folks poo-poo a rational explanation because the idea of reincarnation just fits the "facts" so much better. And when someone who tries to put the rational view forward and discount the superstition, let's call that person "intolerant" of others beliefs.
There! Now, I am going to pray to the almighty Zeus - the creator and master of ALL gods - so that HE'll forgive all this science non-sense and the worship of the mythical God of Abraham.
It's looks very promising and hopefully it'll get to the point where installing software on Linux will be as easy as on WIndows and OSX.
I wonder how far you can take this? For example, a program that requires certain versions of: Mono, glib, gphoto, and other libraries, would it be able to grab all of those?
Then, if you have something really complicated, you're going to eat up a huge amount of disk space.
Now, I'm going to ask myself, 'this is fucking awesome and wtf am I picking on it so much when I couldn't do any better?'
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It's been said that one of the (many) reasons the Soviet Union collapsed was because of the spending on military hardware to keep up with the US - their economy just couldn't support it.
The US has no real reason, at least at this time, to spend billions and billions of hardware BUT security is another matter.
We're so paranoid, that we're searching each other to make sure that our neighbors aren't a threat - "They could be!" is the cry from the peanut gallery and politically connected businessmen who want to bleed the American taxpayer to line their own pockets.
Now we have this virus that will attack our NUCLEAR installations. GASP! It's NUCLEAR!!! Everybody panic. We need to do something!!!
Along will come politicians and businessman with a solution. Hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent on "protecting" us from this "threat".
Another threat will come. And another. And another. And hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent on each.
In the meantime, the Fed is "Quantitatively Easing" (*snicker*) our currency. We're running huge deficits.
We're considered to be Imperialistic by most of the World - OK, all of the World except for ourselves. And one of the best ways to take out a superior force is to have them take themselves out.
To quote from "Blade Runner" - "We are stupid."
Wouldn't it be Sozestrom or something? And he'd end all of his sentences with "bort. bort. bort. bort."?
And It sure and hell beats a 'Blade Runner' type of World.
Disregard that, this idea is public domain.
No it's not. It's actually a Disney property and Pixar is making a movie to be released 2012. The title is "PIG-E" pronounced 'piggy'.
The kid needs someone who's real. Fictional characters usually have some sort of "super human" characteristic that no real human could ever measure up to - it could be a super human mastery of many things that normal people would spend many years to get one of thing mastered, like James Bond being excellent at: skiing, marksmanship, fighting, flying, etc...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson would be my best suggestion.
Richard Stallman - he may not be cool but holds the world record for number of cocks sucked in a day. That's a hero in my book.
Damn! He sure like chicken! Why doesn't he eat hens like the rest of us?
Not only that, but I wouldn't trust E. Coli bacteria for ANY solutions because they're usually full of shit ..er.. I mean they're usually on shit....no! I mean ....ah fuck it!
If this has happened to you, file a complaint with the FTC and get legal council and sue.
They threaten to have your house/vehicles taken away and will do anything to get the money, because they get a large cut of the debt.
File a complaint with the FTC against those people.
New Jeff Foxworthy jokes are coming...
You know you're a redneck when your porch collapses and kills your dog and the terminal you use to telecommute to the data center you work at.
They say the same about us!
Well, I realized that I was a bigot when I was watching Battlestar Galactica. I couldn't tell the difference between the Asian actresses who played Boomer, Athena, and the various Number 8s.
So much for not being racist!
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That happened to me too. IT turns out that it's part of the test. Which means, you and I are tech retards.
Now, I'm off to see if I can collect disability based upon the results of this test.
Logo'd apparel worked for Harley Davidson!
Is this supposed to be a revelation that a omnipotent, profitable monopoly like Apple is too controlling?
So, that makes Microsoft the underdog now?
The first guy says, "4".
The mgr thanked him for his time and dismissed him because he was too honest. Then he called the second guy in. "What's 2+2?", he asked again.
"5" was the response.
He was thanked and rejected because he was incompetent, The manager then asked the third accountant in. "What's 2+2?"
The third accountant answered, "What do you want it to be?"
He was hired on the spot.
Oh Yeah! Japanese robot porn!
RULE 34!
Forget Android...what about Ubuntu? Just once I would like to access my Netflix accnt. without having to start my VM for XP!
or ANY Linux distro for that matter....
Have you ever heard of LaTeX and subversion? Just checking...
He probably has....but everyone else he works with probably hasn't nor are they willing to spend all the time on the learning curve to use it.
The petaflop barrier was broken in 2008 by a US office of Indian Business Machines (IBM) so it's technically NOT a US record.
GE plans to acquire 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015.
Do corporations get the same tax break as consumers do for electric vehicles?
If so, then GE could get a $187,500,000 tax credit (25,000 * $7,500) in the process.
The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
This is a prime example of where "if you do nothing wrong; then you have nothing to worry about" is shown to be bullshit.
These airport scanners and pat downs dishonor our troops and everyone who has ever died fighting for our country!
We are supposed to be the home of the free and the brave, let's act like it! The Europeans don't do this. They don't even allow the scanners! Are they braver and more free than we are?! It sure looks like it!
I think everyone on both sides can agree, this is just too much!
Let's also have society not value science and let's put superstitious thought on equal ground - say "Intelligent Design" or some other such nonsense on par with Evolution. Or have folks poo-poo a rational explanation because the idea of reincarnation just fits the "facts" so much better. And when someone who tries to put the rational view forward and discount the superstition, let's call that person "intolerant" of others beliefs.
There! Now, I am going to pray to the almighty Zeus - the creator and master of ALL gods - so that HE'll forgive all this science non-sense and the worship of the mythical God of Abraham.
But citation of English-language articles in Chinese journals by other publications remains low.
Maybe it's because Chinese science isn't trustworthy enough?
I wonder how far you can take this? For example, a program that requires certain versions of: Mono, glib, gphoto, and other libraries, would it be able to grab all of those?
Then, if you have something really complicated, you're going to eat up a huge amount of disk space.
Now, I'm going to ask myself, 'this is fucking awesome and wtf am I picking on it so much when I couldn't do any better?'
Time for my anti-dork pills....