If I were other countries, I'd ask myself why any one country should be "in charge" of things like DNS.
If I were other countries, I'd ask why anyone expected me to be in a club where I'm a second class citizen. I'd start my own UN before I bothered with my own internet.
That's what will eventually happen. The internet will be balkanized along national boundaries, every country will control their slice however they see fit, and everyone will be happy.
by UN one world government. Google Obama Agenda 21 for details.
It's hilarious to see the right wing nutters getting their panties in a bunch over the Obama / Agenda 21 conspiracy, since Agenda 21 was established in 1992.
I've never had any "live chat" calls where the agent was swift at responding, asking the right question, using the information I just typed or not helping at least 3 other people (they admitted that nonsense answers/requests from them were supposed to be typed in another customers window) or even fast at typing.
I have only tried chat-based support once, and I ended up telling whoever it was to fuck off, because they were obviously typing fluff to stall for time.
Presumably because they were trying to help 10 other people at the same time, because what I needed was trivially easy.
I have a suspicion that the company was using a bot to post generic "OK, I'm going to help you with that" statements any time there was too long a delay between actual responses.
One that their company puts all their least competent people on?
One were a few deliberate bugs would be just as bad for you business as not having a port at all - if not worse?
(And how are you going to prove in court that a bug is deliberate, unless some manager is stupid enough to send the order to the developers by e-mail.)
During WWII, they cranked planes out by the 1,000's if not 10's of 1,000's. Nowadays, the number of high performance jets is measured in the hundreds. If there were to be a conflict, due to the complexity of today's aircraft, there is no way to crank out new aircraft by the 1,000's or hundreds or even tens. There may certainly be a need for a much simpler aircraft that can be easily mass produced in significant quantities.
Same with tanks. If there's a WWIII and it doesn't go nuke, things will get interesting after a few weeks.
Does it seem to you that a jacka** such as Assad is going to pay any attention to "Stop, or we'll say stop again!"? Show me one instance where it's made ANY difference.
Not sure guns and bombs *really* solve problems either.
Yeah, WWII got rid of the Nazis and the Japanese warlords, but it set us up the Cold War and lots of regional crises.
We spend entirely too much money on our military. We are so far ahead of the next country in terms of dollars spent it's not even close. We keep bases all around the world, protecting everybody, so that they don't have to spend their own money on a military and instead can spend it domestically. It needs to end. It's no longer 1955.
I agree, and a *radical* reduction.
However, IMO we need to go about it slowly to keep from submitting the economy to any more shocks. Defense spending has had 60+ years to become deeply embedded in our economy, and cutting it out is going to hurt.
The (also badly needed) troop reduction is also going to put a lot of people in need of a job.
What *actually* happens, as you would know if you've been following the current case of the M-1 and a hundred like it before, is that the Pentagon decides that they don't want to spend their money on something that they don't think will help them accomplish their mission, and the the defense contractors who will lose funding run screaming to their congresscritter, who the goes screaming to the public that the {commies,terrorists,aliens} will win if the Pentagon is not allowed to spend all those billions of dollars in their district, so Congress puts in the defense budget even though the Pentagon doesn't want it.
I also agree with these statements. The thing that makes me shake my head is these arbitrators are the same thing banks use to royally screw customers here in the USA. They are never impartial and have only 1 goal, to save the company that hired them as much money as possible.
I just ditched my bank for a credit union because they sent me a note saying I had to agree to arbitration.
Guess they found out I don't "have to agree" with *anything*.
...in case you were wondering. An energy-efficient means of enriching uranium, worrisome because it would be harder to detect its use than older methods.
Too bad they can't do it with Erotic EXcitation... then we could power the world with internet porn.
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is a gaussian distribution news?
On Bernie Madoff.
Madoff is part of the ruling class.
the tinfoil is strong with this one =]
LoL
If I were other countries, I'd ask myself why any one country should be "in charge" of things like DNS.
If I were other countries, I'd ask why anyone expected me to be in a club where I'm a second class citizen. I'd start my own UN before I bothered with my own internet.
...they should start their own Internet.
That's what will eventually happen. The internet will be balkanized along national boundaries, every country will control their slice however they see fit, and everyone will be happy.
Except the users.
by UN one world government. Google Obama Agenda 21 for details.
It's hilarious to see the right wing nutters getting their panties in a bunch over the Obama / Agenda 21 conspiracy, since Agenda 21 was established in 1992.
I've never had any "live chat" calls where the agent was swift at responding, asking the right question, using the information I just typed or not helping at least 3 other people (they admitted that nonsense answers/requests from them were supposed to be typed in another customers window) or even fast at typing.
I have only tried chat-based support once, and I ended up telling whoever it was to fuck off, because they were obviously typing fluff to stall for time.
Presumably because they were trying to help 10 other people at the same time, because what I needed was trivially easy.
I have a suspicion that the company was using a bot to post generic "OK, I'm going to help you with that" statements any time there was too long a delay between actual responses.
i've said it before and i'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work.
It's worse than everything except everything else.
The best government would be an enlightened despot, but there's no way to me sure your despot stays enlightened. Nor to ensure the succession.
Nor to get everyone to agree on what 'enlightened' means.
cheaper action figures --> more crappy sequels to market them
Do you *really* want to depend on a forced port?
One that the developers' heart isn't in?
One that their company puts all their least competent people on?
One were a few deliberate bugs would be just as bad for you business as not having a port at all - if not worse?
(And how are you going to prove in court that a bug is deliberate, unless some manager is stupid enough to send the order to the developers by e-mail.)
Your post is awesome - can I use it when I want to sound insane?
Just get an ear bud for your cell phone, and stand on the street corner during telephone conversations.
Humans are now in the future.
When can we Star Trek?
You can start wreck anytime you please.
You'll be signing a different tune when we are invaded by Aliens or humans from an alternate dimension.
That's what we keep the Avengers around for.
There is a slashvertisement for Raspberry Pi on this site at least once a day.
I was expecting an article about a bitcoin app for the RP.
Maybe with some flamebait about evolution or global warming thrown in, to buff up the hits.
During WWII, they cranked planes out by the 1,000's if not 10's of 1,000's. Nowadays, the number of high performance jets is measured in the hundreds. If there were to be a conflict, due to the complexity of today's aircraft, there is no way to crank out new aircraft by the 1,000's or hundreds or even tens. There may certainly be a need for a much simpler aircraft that can be easily mass produced in significant quantities.
Same with tanks. If there's a WWIII and it doesn't go nuke, things will get interesting after a few weeks.
and superpacs. Mostly superpacs.
That's a new thing. The defense industry has been buying favors for decades.
A small "donation" buys them a real good ROI. Paid for by your tax dollars.
than the combined total of the seventeen nations next in defense spending.
Holy Shit! If a mere eighteen nations form an alliance against us, we're toast!
Really? What has diplomacy EVER solved?
Does it seem to you that a jacka** such as Assad is going to pay any attention to "Stop, or we'll say stop again!"? Show me one instance where it's made ANY difference.
Not sure guns and bombs *really* solve problems either.
Yeah, WWII got rid of the Nazis and the Japanese warlords, but it set us up the Cold War and lots of regional crises.
We spend entirely too much money on our military. We are so far ahead of the next country in terms of dollars spent it's not even close. We keep bases all around the world, protecting everybody, so that they don't have to spend their own money on a military and instead can spend it domestically. It needs to end. It's no longer 1955.
I agree, and a *radical* reduction.
However, IMO we need to go about it slowly to keep from submitting the economy to any more shocks. Defense spending has had 60+ years to become deeply embedded in our economy, and cutting it out is going to hurt.
The (also badly needed) troop reduction is also going to put a lot of people in need of a job.
Go Romney! The candidate with the shorter last name deserves to win!
Actually the candidate with the biggest dick deserves to win. (Though I'm not offering to check.)
Of course, politicians don't listen carefully, so they think the rule is that the one who *is* the biggest dick deserves to win.
Will Hussein listen to his OWN generals? Hell no.
What *actually* happens, as you would know if you've been following the current case of the M-1 and a hundred like it before, is that the Pentagon decides that they don't want to spend their money on something that they don't think will help them accomplish their mission, and the the defense contractors who will lose funding run screaming to their congresscritter, who the goes screaming to the public that the {commies,terrorists,aliens} will win if the Pentagon is not allowed to spend all those billions of dollars in their district, so Congress puts in the defense budget even though the Pentagon doesn't want it.
'Cause we got to keep that pork flowing.
I also agree with these statements. The thing that makes me shake my head is these arbitrators are the same thing banks use to royally screw customers here in the USA. They are never impartial and have only 1 goal, to save the company that hired them as much money as possible.
I just ditched my bank for a credit union because they sent me a note saying I had to agree to arbitration.
Guess they found out I don't "have to agree" with *anything*.
Economy+Jesus as the savior
Ah, I always wondered who the Invisible Hand belonged to.
...in case you were wondering. An energy-efficient means of enriching uranium, worrisome because it would be harder to detect its use than older methods.
Too bad they can't do it with Erotic EXcitation... then we could power the world with internet porn.
What are they going to do, pass a law making it illegal to ignore a statutory requirement?