News Flash: 99.99% of Americans don't have that dream, and never have.
James Truslow Adams popularized the phrase "American Dream" in 1931:
But there has been also the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.
Complete Nonsense. This material is covered under long standing US Law, the ECPA aka TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 121 PARAGRAPH 2703 part d, passed in 1986.
(d) Requirements for Court Order.â" A court order for disclosure under subsection (b) or (c) may be issued by any court that is a court of competent jurisdiction and shall issue only if the governmental entity offers specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the contents of a wire or electronic communication, or the records or other information sought, are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation. In the case of a State governmental authority, such a court order shall not issue if prohibited by the law of such State. A court issuing an order pursuant to this section, on a motion made promptly by the service provider, may quash or modify such order, if the information or records requested are unusually voluminous in nature or compliance with such order otherwise would cause an undue burden on such provider.
This is a prime case of lying with incorrectly quoted statistics.
The United States has BY FAR the largest net migration rate in the world. Over 5 millions per year. The 31 nations that have higher per capita rates are tiny countries in comparison to the US, and have a small European component. Europe may have more immigrants, but NOT CLOSE on a per capita basis.
Not only that, but in the same article you linked to it was stated that a 2009 survey found the US is BY FAR considered the most desirable destination in the world, with 165 million adults world wide giving it as it's first choice. Europe only got about 1/8 the number the US did.
Apple is a *way* bigger company with far greater resources than Sony. And in the market this will play in, they have a stronger, very well established reality distortion field.
They are clearly after the idea of iVideo where iTunes went before. The Mafiaa however is terrified this will happen and will fight it tooth and nail, just like they are trying to prevent Netflix from establishing the same sort of franchise.
You are still trying to have an all-in-one with the limited flexibility and future that entails. Accept the external USB devices and it's much easier and more flexible. And you might want to consider a non-Bluetooth RF remote control. Or remote control via some of the nice IPhone apps out there.
Sales taxes disincentivises consumption, something that our nation is has no shortage of. Capital gains taxes disincentivises savings and investment, something that should be encouraged.
That only works if you can't move the transactions to some other place.
The idea of taxing financial transactions in the finance sector will have one simple effect. The same transactions will be carried out in some place else that doesn't tax them. And there will always be some place else that wants the high paying jobs.
Mono has other uses besides Banshee support. I use it for Keepass2 which allows my to use a kdbx file on all of my machines and not have to mess around with import/exports.
The fact is that the only tax that should be applied is one on the individual. All the other stuff has the end result of distorting the economic system.
I also find the idea of decreasing taxes but keeping expenditures constant (thank you Mr. Reagan) utterly stupid. Your taxes are what government spends, not one cent more or less. Eventually that will be paid off either via inflation or deferred taxes. Meanwhile the government is in the capital markets competing with businesses for the capital they need to invest to grow.
The Romans survived without medicine, but there were some real downsides to it. The primary ones were:
1. Average life expectancy about 20 because of horrific high infant / child mortality rates.
2. Women were married as soon as they hit puberty and were expected to be either pregnant or nursing until they died in childbirth in order to keep the population level up.
1. Recycling? If you are going to recycle you have to have a way of making it once the first time. This doesn't provide it.
2. Drugs are needed if you aren't willing to accept decrease in life expectancy to 35 that the lack of drugs would result in. And this did say MODERN civilization.
3. Baseload != resistance element. It's a way of providing power when the wind isn't blowing. Sort of important if you are going have a modern civilization.
4. Yes concrete. Please explain how you are going to build any foundations or bridges that can take significant loads, or any dams, viaducts and so on without the most fundamental building material of our civilization.
5. And where are you going to get epoxies and tantalum and doped epitaxial silicon wafers to build the electronics?
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News Flash: 99.99% of Americans don't have that dream, and never have.
James Truslow Adams popularized the phrase "American Dream" in 1931:
But there has been also the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.
China is challenging that old belief with their success.
What really counts is free cash flow.
Apple: 8.7 Billion
Sony: -1.3 Billion
It's far better than Unity which is the primary thing I object to in Ubuntu.
Perhaps it is not as flexible as Gnome2, however almost every day I get notice of some fix or feature add. Right now it does what I need.
Complete Nonsense. This material is covered under long standing US Law, the ECPA aka TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 121 PARAGRAPH 2703 part d, passed in 1986.
(d) Requirements for Court Order.â" A court order for disclosure under subsection (b) or (c) may be issued by any court that is a court of competent jurisdiction and shall issue only if the governmental entity offers specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the contents of a wire or electronic communication, or the records or other information sought, are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation. In the case of a State governmental authority, such a court order shall not issue if prohibited by the law of such State. A court issuing an order pursuant to this section, on a motion made promptly by the service provider, may quash or modify such order, if the information or records requested are unusually voluminous in nature or compliance with such order otherwise would cause an undue burden on such provider.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act
This is a prime case of lying with incorrectly quoted statistics.
The United States has BY FAR the largest net migration rate in the world. Over 5 millions per year. The 31 nations that have higher per capita rates are tiny countries in comparison to the US, and have a small European component. Europe may have more immigrants, but NOT CLOSE on a per capita basis.
Not only that, but in the same article you linked to it was stated that a 2009 survey found the US is BY FAR considered the most desirable destination in the world, with 165 million adults world wide giving it as it's first choice. Europe only got about 1/8 the number the US did.
You can easily use gnome classic with Ubuntu 11.10.
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback, and pick gnome classic when you log in. This is gnome classic on gnome 3.
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html
Gnome shell is also available on Ubuntu 11.10
Apple is a *way* bigger company with far greater resources than Sony. And in the market this will play in, they have a stronger, very well established reality distortion field.
They are clearly after the idea of iVideo where iTunes went before. The Mafiaa however is terrified this will happen and will fight it tooth and nail, just like they are trying to prevent Netflix from establishing the same sort of franchise.
It's impossible to count the ways home 3D sucks. It truly is an Aleph-1 set.
You are still trying to have an all-in-one with the limited flexibility and future that entails. Accept the external USB devices and it's much easier and more flexible. And you might want to consider a non-Bluetooth RF remote control. Or remote control via some of the nice IPhone apps out there.
All of this is available today and much more, just get a HTPC. And you will have far far more flexibility and ability to adapt it to future changes.
The problem with an all-in-one is that any time any ONE of the functions it has built in becomes outmoded you need a whole new $5000 thing.
That idealized balance represents a metastatic equilibrium that only ever is reached in textbooks.
Sales taxes disincentivises consumption, something that our nation is has no shortage of. Capital gains taxes disincentivises savings and investment, something that should be encouraged.
Canada isn't that far from Seattle.
That only works if you can't move the transactions to some other place.
The idea of taxing financial transactions in the finance sector will have one simple effect. The same transactions will be carried out in some place else that doesn't tax them. And there will always be some place else that wants the high paying jobs.
Plenty of other places have higher public+unemployed. Canada for example has 23% just public sector and their economy is doing fine.
The problem with Greece is that they just have a backward economy that doesn't make anything anyone wants.
Mono has other uses besides Banshee support. I use it for Keepass2 which allows my to use a kdbx file on all of my machines and not have to mess around with import/exports.
It is useful to the economy because it amortises prices world-wide very quickly. This makes trading more efficient.
Yes, it's bullshit.
The fact is that the only tax that should be applied is one on the individual. All the other stuff has the end result of distorting the economic system.
I also find the idea of decreasing taxes but keeping expenditures constant (thank you Mr. Reagan) utterly stupid. Your taxes are what government spends, not one cent more or less. Eventually that will be paid off either via inflation or deferred taxes. Meanwhile the government is in the capital markets competing with businesses for the capital they need to invest to grow.
Disaster. Which is where we are today.
The Romans survived without medicine, but there were some real downsides to it. The primary ones were:
1. Average life expectancy about 20 because of horrific high infant / child mortality rates.
2. Women were married as soon as they hit puberty and were expected to be either pregnant or nursing until they died in childbirth in order to keep the population level up.
Yeah, right.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,136,359.PN.&OS=PN/4,136,359&RS=PN/4,136,359
Something tells me the machines to process the soy into oil weren't on that list.
Usually the process involves use of petroleum based hexane in a solvent extraction chain, or the use of a high pressure expeller press.
Good luck building that with your tractor.
1. Recycling? If you are going to recycle you have to have a way of making it once the first time. This doesn't provide it.
2. Drugs are needed if you aren't willing to accept decrease in life expectancy to 35 that the lack of drugs would result in. And this did say MODERN civilization.
3. Baseload != resistance element. It's a way of providing power when the wind isn't blowing. Sort of important if you are going have a modern civilization.
4. Yes concrete. Please explain how you are going to build any foundations or bridges that can take significant loads, or any dams, viaducts and so on without the most fundamental building material of our civilization.
5. And where are you going to get epoxies and tantalum and doped epitaxial silicon wafers to build the electronics?
This thing is a total crock.
Where do you live? Central Maine?
Unexplained events (like the ER incidents you are citing) are not events that have been explained by supernatural phenomena.
All they are is events that don't have an explanation.