Since he's very right. I'm tired of morons twisting well-known historical facts just to fit into whatever flawed ideology they support.
The Japanese (be they military or civilians) were ashamed and forbidden to surrender yet had no way of avoiding defeat. The only possible outcome from an American invasion of the mainland Japan would have been millions of killed and suicided Japanese (both military and civilians) and hundreds of thousand of US forces being killed in the process. The only way out was the word of the Emperor himself - considered God-like. And the only way to force the Emperor to make his voice heard in public for the very first time was to raise the stakes with the 2 atomic bombings.
Ugly? Yes. Necessary under that particular situation? Absolutely.
Simple rebuke of the silly claims in NYT here http://atomicinsights.blogspot.com/2010/07/gullible-reporting-by-new-york-times-on.html
If solar would really be cheaper than nuclear, why would the governments (in the EU) or the federal government / states (in the USA) need to subsidize solar deployments and consumption?
Slashdot editors failed once again to keep their brains on. Or maybe they knew the post is ridiculous, but they just succumbed to tabloidization: say something ridiculous in the first place then wait for the masses to take the bait and grow the advertising income.
In that case, Slashdot, please take into consideration the following possible posts:
Windows is safer than Unix.
Solar is cheaper than oil.
All Jews are actually Germans.
All Germans are actually French.
All Arabs use Unix.
Some French sell oil to the Arabs (especially at night, when solar is not working).
The rich have been taking from the poor for decades now, real income for the bottom 80% of America has been stagnant since the sixties. In the same period, the top 1% has gone from earning 8-9% of the GDP to earning 20% or more. I am advocating that the poor look after their own interests and stop letting the rich take from them.
Assuming your data is correct (which I'm sure it actually isn’t), maybe "the rich" worked harder since the sixties. Maybe the general increase in productivity was more pronounced in the top 1% of the society.
Who are you to call for class struggle based on incorrect data being incorrectly interpreted? The second coming of Lenin?
I can't help but wonder whether graphic designers who had spent their entire lives in India or China would struggle with designing for American markets in the same way.
Short answer: nope.
Long answer: the American culture is well known throughout the world. Most IT guys / designers from the 3rd world have early-childhood exposure to American movies, American TV shows, American sitcoms, American fast-food, American cars, and American consumer goods. While of course the exposure rate may vary wildly, given the sheer amount of Indians (or Chinese, or Russians, or Brazilians, or Eastern Europeans, or Arabs - pick your favorite) you can bet there will be enough available 3rd world talent having a deep understanding of the American culture.
On a personal note, the first time I've arrived to the USA (in 2000, NYC) I was quite surprised how familiar everything looked to me. I'm from Romania and I had no problems at all in NYC while I did have some cultural shock in Hanover, Germany (I kept visiting CeBIT, the world largest IT exhibition). As a post-communist Eastern European, integrating in the American fabric was an instant feat, but the German fabric needed some serious readjusting.
What you have to understand about China is that their government is an expression of their religious philosophies
I'm afraid you're putting the ox behind the cart: the Chinese government is actually using the religious philosophy (in this case Confucianism) but only *after* over-controlling the Chinese society. The Chinese government always kept a tight grip on the society while switching the reasoning (and the methods of keeping their Chinese citizens into defense) but jumped through several (and ultimately mutually exclusive) ideologies, philosophies and goals.
To say the Chinese government is an expression of their religious philosophies is completely baseless. The Chinese government is an expression of the Chinese Communist party, and it was like that for the last 60 years. And throughout their governing, the Chinese Communist leaders (just like the leaders of the Communist (Bolshevik) party of the Soviet Union) went through different phases, projected different goals and used different ways of rationalizing their undemocratic grip to power.
Nowadays yes, the unofficial (but prevalent) *rationalizing* has many things in common with Confucianism. Tomorrow? Nobody knows.
dealt with them with the brutality characteristic of right wing extremists
I hate to bring you back to reality, but Pinochet was dealing with the *extreme* left of Salvador Allende, a guy that was more or less a mix between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, with a bit of Soviet seasoning, too.
The alternative to the very brutal Pinochet early ears was a very murderous Allende dictatorship.
Most merchants and payment gateway providers automatically block all credit cards from Africa
This is a silly phrase.
Africa is a continent, not a country. Nobody can block cards "from Africa", since cards are issued "per country".
Now, let me tell you something: cards from South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco are not blocked. Cards from Nigeria, Uganda are blocked. It's about the fraud rate originating from a specific country, not about some continent-wide blockade.
Frankly, I will laugh and hoot the first time someone is awarded a huge sum because of the trauma they experienced when their panic disorder brings on the start of an attack and trips off the sensor.
Most likely the sensor-handling authority and it's employees / contractors will be exempted from prosecution as long as they will follow the book.
I am an Australian, and as such Kindles are not viable for me, as they are not sold to Australian residents, and even if you get your hands on one, buying books is hard.
I am a Romanian citizen, resident of France and right now living in Egypt. To make things worse, i am using a card issued by a Romanian card (for those who don't know, roughly 30-50% of card frauds originate from Romania).
I have two Kindle devices (#2 and DX, who just arrived last week) and about 100 books on them. It takes me 2-3 minutes to buy a book and be able to read it.
How to buy a Kindle device: any card will do (assuming you are not from places like Syria or North Korea). It has to be pre-approved by Amazon (1-time process, can takes a few days to verify it). Obviously there are many other similar services available, just google for them.
Amazon will need a US-based delivery address. I am using a service called US Global Mail that basically routes mailing and packages from the USA to some other non-USA address.
It's not possible to buy directly e-books from Amazon with a non-USA card, therefore I made a second account which let's call it "Kindle-myself". Then I'm regularly buying an Amazon Gift card which I am then sending to "Kindle-myself".
Therefore I am able to buy e-books using an Amazon gift card that I'm paying myself from a different account. Downloading the e-books to my computer then copying them to my Kindle takes literally 1-2 minutes, depending on how fast my net connection is.
if I can do that, anyone on Slashdot can do it, too. It's now as easy as being an American buying it in America, but it's definitely not hard to accomplish.
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And the stupid neo-Marxist commentators will become stupider
Nice to meet you online, Karl Marx!
I mean, *real* history books. Not the kind Noam Chomsky & his fans keep manufacturing.
Don't take it personal, but nothing that you said is supported by historical evidence: contemporary papers, contemporary witnesses, and facts.
Since he's very right. I'm tired of morons twisting well-known historical facts just to fit into whatever flawed ideology they support.
The Japanese (be they military or civilians) were ashamed and forbidden to surrender yet had no way of avoiding defeat. The only possible outcome from an American invasion of the mainland Japan would have been millions of killed and suicided Japanese (both military and civilians) and hundreds of thousand of US forces being killed in the process. The only way out was the word of the Emperor himself - considered God-like. And the only way to force the Emperor to make his voice heard in public for the very first time was to raise the stakes with the 2 atomic bombings.
Ugly? Yes. Necessary under that particular situation? Absolutely.
Is that you, Noam?
You do realize, Oracle bought Sun right?
You do realize he was being ironic, right?
Simple rebuke of the silly claims in NYT here http://atomicinsights.blogspot.com/2010/07/gullible-reporting-by-new-york-times-on.html
If solar would really be cheaper than nuclear, why would the governments (in the EU) or the federal government / states (in the USA) need to subsidize solar deployments and consumption?
Slashdot editors failed once again to keep their brains on. Or maybe they knew the post is ridiculous, but they just succumbed to tabloidization: say something ridiculous in the first place then wait for the masses to take the bait and grow the advertising income.
In that case, Slashdot, please take into consideration the following possible posts:
Windows is safer than Unix.
Solar is cheaper than oil.
All Jews are actually Germans.
All Germans are actually French.
All Arabs use Unix.
Some French sell oil to the Arabs (especially at night, when solar is not working).
Vi is better than Emacs
Hopefully most of you who intend to see Inception have already seen it by now
Cmdr Taco, do you realize maybe half of Slashdot audience is *NOT* from the USA?
The rich have been taking from the poor for decades now, real income for the bottom 80% of America has been stagnant since the sixties. In the same period, the top 1% has gone from earning 8-9% of the GDP to earning 20% or more. I am advocating that the poor look after their own interests and stop letting the rich take from them.
Assuming your data is correct (which I'm sure it actually isn’t), maybe "the rich" worked harder since the sixties. Maybe the general increase in productivity was more pronounced in the top 1% of the society.
Who are you to call for class struggle based on incorrect data being incorrectly interpreted? The second coming of Lenin?
I can't help but wonder whether graphic designers who had spent their entire lives in India or China would struggle with designing for American markets in the same way.
Short answer: nope.
Long answer: the American culture is well known throughout the world. Most IT guys / designers from the 3rd world have early-childhood exposure to American movies, American TV shows, American sitcoms, American fast-food, American cars, and American consumer goods. While of course the exposure rate may vary wildly, given the sheer amount of Indians (or Chinese, or Russians, or Brazilians, or Eastern Europeans, or Arabs - pick your favorite) you can bet there will be enough available 3rd world talent having a deep understanding of the American culture.
On a personal note, the first time I've arrived to the USA (in 2000, NYC) I was quite surprised how familiar everything looked to me. I'm from Romania and I had no problems at all in NYC while I did have some cultural shock in Hanover, Germany (I kept visiting CeBIT, the world largest IT exhibition). As a post-communist Eastern European, integrating in the American fabric was an instant feat, but the German fabric needed some serious readjusting.
Food for thought...
What you have to understand about China is that their government is an expression of their religious philosophies
I'm afraid you're putting the ox behind the cart: the Chinese government is actually using the religious philosophy (in this case Confucianism) but only *after* over-controlling the Chinese society. The Chinese government always kept a tight grip on the society while switching the reasoning (and the methods of keeping their Chinese citizens into defense) but jumped through several (and ultimately mutually exclusive) ideologies, philosophies and goals.
To say the Chinese government is an expression of their religious philosophies is completely baseless. The Chinese government is an expression of the Chinese Communist party, and it was like that for the last 60 years. And throughout their governing, the Chinese Communist leaders (just like the leaders of the Communist (Bolshevik) party of the Soviet Union) went through different phases, projected different goals and used different ways of rationalizing their undemocratic grip to power.
Nowadays yes, the unofficial (but prevalent) *rationalizing* has many things in common with Confucianism. Tomorrow? Nobody knows.
Usually far-left believes mainstream or right are far-right.
And before the lefties here accuse me of being biased, I add that usually far-right believes mainstream and left are far-left.
What about Computer Associates, you insensitive clod? Their track record dwarfs AOL's
dealt with them with the brutality characteristic of right wing extremists
I hate to bring you back to reality, but Pinochet was dealing with the *extreme* left of Salvador Allende, a guy that was more or less a mix between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, with a bit of Soviet seasoning, too.
The alternative to the very brutal Pinochet early ears was a very murderous Allende dictatorship.
Most merchants and payment gateway providers automatically block all credit cards from Africa
This is a silly phrase.
Africa is a continent, not a country. Nobody can block cards "from Africa", since cards are issued "per country".
Now, let me tell you something: cards from South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco are not blocked. Cards from Nigeria, Uganda are blocked. It's about the fraud rate originating from a specific country, not about some continent-wide blockade.
I hope to crash the party, but do you realize that on Facebook you won zilch? Not even your account?
I'm still waiting to run Duke Nukem Forever in my browser, you insensitive clod!
Is that you, Kevin Mitnick?
For me it is very clear the clapping are ironical.
Frankly, I will laugh and hoot the first time someone is awarded a huge sum because of the trauma they experienced when their panic disorder brings on the start of an attack and trips off the sensor.
Most likely the sensor-handling authority and it's employees / contractors will be exempted from prosecution as long as they will follow the book.
but uTorrent blindly connects to peers in places like Hungary which is almost precisely the furthest possible distance from me
What about Albania, you insensitive clod...
I am an Australian, and as such Kindles are not viable for me, as they are not sold to Australian residents, and even if you get your hands on one, buying books is hard.
I am a Romanian citizen, resident of France and right now living in Egypt. To make things worse, i am using a card issued by a Romanian card (for those who don't know, roughly 30-50% of card frauds originate from Romania).
I have two Kindle devices (#2 and DX, who just arrived last week) and about 100 books on them. It takes me 2-3 minutes to buy a book and be able to read it.
How to buy a Kindle device: any card will do (assuming you are not from places like Syria or North Korea). It has to be pre-approved by Amazon (1-time process, can takes a few days to verify it). Obviously there are many other similar services available, just google for them.
Amazon will need a US-based delivery address. I am using a service called US Global Mail that basically routes mailing and packages from the USA to some other non-USA address.
It's not possible to buy directly e-books from Amazon with a non-USA card, therefore I made a second account which let's call it "Kindle-myself". Then I'm regularly buying an Amazon Gift card which I am then sending to "Kindle-myself".
Therefore I am able to buy e-books using an Amazon gift card that I'm paying myself from a different account. Downloading the e-books to my computer then copying them to my Kindle takes literally 1-2 minutes, depending on how fast my net connection is.
if I can do that, anyone on Slashdot can do it, too. It's now as easy as being an American buying it in America, but it's definitely not hard to accomplish.
Red China had the Red Russia to suspect each other, thus leaving US with one less nuclear country to worry about.
Now it's official: kdawson is the new jonkatz - only more annoying and more to the extreme left!
You got it all wrong. He meant to say they will all "borrow" the code for their own use (since any BSD operating system is using the BSD license).