Kind of a bullshit response I think. Of course the founding "fathers" were aristocratic. If they weren't they would not have thought or bothered to rebell against Great Britain. I can't think of run of the mill peasants and slaves revolting and trying to form their own country.
Look up Wat Tyler.
Of course the aristocrats couldn't be trusted then, and still can't.
I hardly think that Corporal punishment, Death penalty, Surveillance or even being held without a fair trial are things any US citizen can comment on at this junction in time. As long as y'all have 12.000+ deaths due to handgun violence per annum, still execute more prisoners per year than any other country on the planet, run camps like Guantanamo and invade the odd nation for spurious reasons, y'all can't really bitch about Singapore, now can you?
I agree there's a lot wrong with America, and there's a fair bit wrong with Singapore. I'm not sure which I'd prefer to live in, but I'm not a citizen of either, and to be honest I prefer European universal health care to both systems.
Just wait another four years. Did you happen to miss what Obama said to Putin that was caught on an open mic? It's quite telling that at the same time we've elected that asshat for another term several states passed measures to allow recreational use of pot. Seems that there is a correlation of stupidity there.
Probably, I'm not American, and I'm not Russian (although I've been to both places in the last 8 weeks and keep a fairly close eye on international media)
,.. if flying hadn't become such a nightmare. I remember how excited I was the first time I flew as a kid. The last time I flew, the seat put my arse to sleep, and the guy in the next seat kept elbowing me as he worked on a PP presentation. The restroom was this tiny compartment I couldn't even stand up straight in.
I avoid flying at all costs. I'll probably never board a 787.
You choose to fly coach. In the race for the bottom people at the back have sacrificed comfort.
the republicans are butt-hurt about a black guy winning.
twice.
the first time, they swore that their goal was to ensure he was a 1-term president. they cared little about getting things done; instead they stood for blockage and non-compromise.
they had nothing other than 'our guy is not the black guy'
america is sad, like that. half of us are racists and won't admit it. they hide behind 'the businessman can fix our jerbs!' but its really what everyone in the room sees and just won't call out by name.
the good news is that we just barely beat out the racists and backwards thinkers.
the bad news is that it was not overwhelming like it should have been. a majority but not big enough, considering what most of the R voters were using for voting criteria.
I have no doubt that more racists voted republican than democrat, however if you think the only reason 49% of the U.S voted for Romney was because Obama was black, you have serious issues.
There's a lot wrong with the U.S, and I can see why ex-Obama voters are disgruntled. Romney had a lot of valid points, you and I may not agree, but it's a perfectly valid opinion to think that people should live in an "every man for himself" world, or even a "charity will sort it out" world. You don't need to be racist to agree with Romney's policies.
Really? I believe Rand Paul promised to get rid of the TSA. Just like the proverbial "Mussolini made the trains run on time". Just because a candidate has a single issue you agree with, or a single issue you disagree with, doesn't mean that they're the best candidate for you.
How about a hypothetical candidate who said "Scrap the TSA and kill everyone's firstborn", verses one who said "keep the status quo".
. The US cycles like this...bleeding hearts for Vietnam, and now...learn some history and human nature, then watch your frriends and family pay the price for your "Keep it at home' policy. lol
Yeah, after their success in Asia in the 70s, the Viet Cong invaded the U.S and took over west of the Rockies...
Yes, Singapore has caning and death penalties for numerous crimes including murder, drug trafficking and the use of firearms. On the other hand, ladies can expect to walk home alone relatively safely even at 3-5am in the morning, and the use of firearms in crimes is somewhat rare. Is it worth trading some personal liberties for safety and security? I honestly don't know, but it seems with the growth of the TSA that even the US is leaning in favour of security.
As an aside, there is nothing as invasive as the TSA in SIngapore, which i am profoundly grateful for.
There is a growth of CCTVs installed privately by angry individuals who accuse their neighbours of littering the common areas/outside their homes etc. but that seems more an exercise of individual freedom (albeit misguided) than anything sinister.
As for the TSA and their equivalents, I agree Changi is quite a nice airport to go through, but the U.S. is by no means unique. Heathrow (T5) at the moment is a nightmare. Moscow force you through a MMW scanner with no opt out available, half of europe has such scanning. Manchester, UK, are the rudest security guys I've ever met.
I'm not aware of many first-world cities where "ladies can't expect to walk home alone relatively safely even at 3-5am in the morning,", is the U.S. that bad? It's 05.36 here on the east coast and I'm about to walk 100 yards back to my hotel. Should I book a cab?
They do here.This is a stand your ground state and I'm armed to the teeth.Besides,I know all the local cops.They know me,too.I keep their computers running.
So your response to the someone knocking on your door (mailman, someone lost, someone that's had a car breakdown) is to wave one of your many guns in their face? What a nice country you live in.
I don't think the BBC is technically part of the UK government. It's autonomous in a lot of ways, although it's been a while since the exact nature was explained to me.
The BBC is funded by a license fee, which is paid for directly by everyone in the UK that watches TV. The BBC's budget is controlled by the government and agreed every 10 years.
It's free of direct government control, so for example released damning material into the Iraq War, and reported an accusation that the government "sexed up" the case for war, and that WMDs did not exist. The BBC was later proven 100% correct.
The event, partly due to a cock-up by a BBC reporter, led to a scientist's death. There was a government inquiry by a government stooge that found in favour of the government over the whole affair. This led to the enforced resignation of the head of the BBC (who had been on holiday at the time of the incident).
Since then, the BBC has kow-towed to the government and lost much of it's teeth where it really mattered.
The license-fee part of the BBC has also been forced to take on funding of the BBC World Service and BBC Monitoring (which were always government funded, although in the former case, editorially independent and trusted to tell the truth around the world by everyone from sheep herders to jihadists).
The BBC Boss since the Hutton affair, Mark Thompson, recently left to become a Murdoch stooge (his reward for damaging the BBC as much as he did). The new DG, George Entwistle, has dropped into position in the middle of the whole Saville controversy in a "don't you dare try to shake anything up" style thing. Amazing timing.
On top of the fear of government (especially when Labour and Peter Mandleson were still in power), the BBC's journalism has suffered recently due to a dumbing down of output. It's the same across the industry. They're trying to produce too much materia, with too little
The BBC has amazing correspondents, but the culture at the head is the biggest problem.
Jeremy Bowen, a middle-east expert, was recently criticised for spending too much time in the middle east during the Arab spring. Their knowledge rarely makes it out on mainstream BBC News, you sometimes get some good programs like "Reporters", and the occasional Newsnight and Radio 4 program, but even the 1/6/10 doesn't scratch the in-depth knowledge of the BBC's overseas correspondents.
The lethal injection is believed to be about the most painful and horrible death imaginable. The body is immobilized so that it LOOKS peaceful but that perfectly still individual is believed to be in a state of pain comparable to burning over their entire body.
The lethal injection isn't used because it is humane. It is used because the drug companies like getting $250,000 a shot.
I'm anti-death penalty (it inevitably leads to killing innocent people for starters), what's wrong with a 9mm pistol to the back of the head? Or a bolt through the brain at an abattoir?
Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!
Still, Apple spreading FUD on Microsoft instead of the other way around makes me wanna think Microsoft is cool. Probably not a good strategy on Apple's part.
Cook is becoming the new Ballmer. I plan to buy an x86 Surface when it is available. I will keep the iPad 1 that I have, but don't plan to buy another one. The Surface, if executed properly by Microsoft will be the killer hardware / software combination especially when linked with SkyDrive.
Well I thought that was Windows Phone 7 which was the product that would bring Microsoft back to relevance. Or was it the Zune?
Lastly, my geek friends, mounting too often can cause burning friction which can destroy data and cause irritation and discomfort.
I never had a problem with frequent mounting, however I have now found a side effect from a mount I performed last year. A child-process was forked into existence shortly after the mount, and now we find we're continuously receiving interrupts from the process, which has affected pretty much every aspect of system administration.
I find that performing the mount is occasionally possible, but having to umount to give resources to deal with the child process (which often core dumps, and needs a lot of user interaction), before ejecting can lead to frustration and cold showers.
Most of the time my team is simply trying to run sleep whenever we can.
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You get donuts? Where do I join!
As a 19 year old marine L/Cpl (E-3), I had access, control, and authority over millions of dollars of equipment. So what?
Well at typical Government rates, I imagine you mean they gave you a toolbox :)
Kind of a bullshit response I think. Of course the founding "fathers" were aristocratic. If they weren't they would not have thought or bothered to rebell against Great Britain. I can't think of run of the mill peasants and slaves revolting and trying to form their own country.
Look up Wat Tyler.
Of course the aristocrats couldn't be trusted then, and still can't.
I hardly think that Corporal punishment, Death penalty, Surveillance or even being held without a fair trial are things any US citizen can comment on at this junction in time. As long as y'all have 12.000+ deaths due to handgun violence per annum, still execute more prisoners per year than any other country on the planet, run camps like Guantanamo and invade the odd nation for spurious reasons, y'all can't really bitch about Singapore, now can you?
I agree there's a lot wrong with America, and there's a fair bit wrong with Singapore. I'm not sure which I'd prefer to live in, but I'm not a citizen of either, and to be honest I prefer European universal health care to both systems.
Just wait another four years. Did you happen to miss what Obama said to Putin that was caught on an open mic? It's quite telling that at the same time we've elected that asshat for another term several states passed measures to allow recreational use of pot. Seems that there is a correlation of stupidity there.
Probably, I'm not American, and I'm not Russian (although I've been to both places in the last 8 weeks and keep a fairly close eye on international media)
Could you enlighten me please?
,.. if flying hadn't become such a nightmare. I remember how excited I was the first time I flew as a kid. The last time I flew, the seat put my arse to sleep, and the guy in the next seat kept elbowing me as he worked on a PP presentation. The restroom was this tiny compartment I couldn't even stand up straight in.
I avoid flying at all costs. I'll probably never board a 787.
You choose to fly coach. In the race for the bottom people at the back have sacrificed comfort.
TSA can't be helped
the republicans are butt-hurt about a black guy winning.
twice.
the first time, they swore that their goal was to ensure he was a 1-term president. they cared little about getting things done; instead they stood for blockage and non-compromise.
they had nothing other than 'our guy is not the black guy'
america is sad, like that. half of us are racists and won't admit it. they hide behind 'the businessman can fix our jerbs!' but its really what everyone in the room sees and just won't call out by name.
the good news is that we just barely beat out the racists and backwards thinkers.
the bad news is that it was not overwhelming like it should have been. a majority but not big enough, considering what most of the R voters were using for voting criteria.
I have no doubt that more racists voted republican than democrat, however if you think the only reason 49% of the U.S voted for Romney was because Obama was black, you have serious issues.
There's a lot wrong with the U.S, and I can see why ex-Obama voters are disgruntled. Romney had a lot of valid points, you and I may not agree, but it's a perfectly valid opinion to think that people should live in an "every man for himself" world, or even a "charity will sort it out" world. You don't need to be racist to agree with Romney's policies.
Fuck man, I would have campaigned for him....
Really? I believe Rand Paul promised to get rid of the TSA. Just like the proverbial "Mussolini made the trains run on time". Just because a candidate has a single issue you agree with, or a single issue you disagree with, doesn't mean that they're the best candidate for you.
How about a hypothetical candidate who said "Scrap the TSA and kill everyone's firstborn", verses one who said "keep the status quo".
Which would you campgain for?
. The US cycles like this...bleeding hearts for Vietnam, and now...learn some history and human nature, then watch your frriends and family pay the price for your "Keep it at home' policy. lol
Yeah, after their success in Asia in the 70s, the Viet Cong invaded the U.S and took over west of the Rockies...
Oh wait, no they didn't.
You seem to be mixing up Afghanistan with Iraq. It is understandable, because they speak foreign languages in both countries.
Iraq had nothing to do with Osama bin Laden and 9/11. It was all about the imaginary weapons of mass destruction.
Shock and Awe provided the weapons of mass destruction, it just came from the U.S.
Yes, Singapore has caning and death penalties for numerous crimes including murder, drug trafficking and the use of firearms. On the other hand, ladies can expect to walk home alone relatively safely even at 3-5am in the morning, and the use of firearms in crimes is somewhat rare. Is it worth trading some personal liberties for safety and security? I honestly don't know, but it seems with the growth of the TSA that even the US is leaning in favour of security.
As an aside, there is nothing as invasive as the TSA in SIngapore, which i am profoundly grateful for.
There is a growth of CCTVs installed privately by angry individuals who accuse their neighbours of littering the common areas/outside their homes etc. but that seems more an exercise of individual freedom (albeit misguided) than anything sinister.
For CCTV, I was thinking more of http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1222962/1/.html
As for the TSA and their equivalents, I agree Changi is quite a nice airport to go through, but the U.S. is by no means unique. Heathrow (T5) at the moment is a nightmare. Moscow force you through a MMW scanner with no opt out available, half of europe has such scanning. Manchester, UK, are the rudest security guys I've ever met.
I'm not aware of many first-world cities where "ladies can't expect to walk home alone relatively safely even at 3-5am in the morning,", is the U.S. that bad? It's 05.36 here on the east coast and I'm about to walk 100 yards back to my hotel. Should I book a cab?
It is no longer a United States. Time for our half the nation to SECEDE.
It hasn't been united since Clinton was in power
If Benjamin Franklin knew about the state of the world today there would've no second amendment and healthcare for all.
It has nothing to do with the state of the world, it's America we are talking about.
It's the current state of America that sux to the max.
Even the tiny Singapore fairs much better, in comparison.
Caning, death penalties, CCTV trained at peoples homes to catch them dropping litter?
He's your president. He's your supreme leader.
He's not my president, I didn't vote for him.
No more
They do here.This is a stand your ground state and I'm armed to the teeth.Besides,I know all the local cops.They know me,too.I keep their computers running.
So your response to the someone knocking on your door (mailman, someone lost, someone that's had a car breakdown) is to wave one of your many guns in their face? What a nice country you live in.
I don't think the BBC is technically part of the UK government. It's autonomous in a lot of ways, although it's been a while since the exact nature was explained to me.
The BBC is funded by a license fee, which is paid for directly by everyone in the UK that watches TV. The BBC's budget is controlled by the government and agreed every 10 years.
It's free of direct government control, so for example released damning material into the Iraq War, and reported an accusation that the government "sexed up" the case for war, and that WMDs did not exist. The BBC was later proven 100% correct.
The event, partly due to a cock-up by a BBC reporter, led to a scientist's death. There was a government inquiry by a government stooge that found in favour of the government over the whole affair. This led to the enforced resignation of the head of the BBC (who had been on holiday at the time of the incident).
Since then, the BBC has kow-towed to the government and lost much of it's teeth where it really mattered.
The license-fee part of the BBC has also been forced to take on funding of the BBC World Service and BBC Monitoring (which were always government funded, although in the former case, editorially independent and trusted to tell the truth around the world by everyone from sheep herders to jihadists).
The BBC Boss since the Hutton affair, Mark Thompson, recently left to become a Murdoch stooge (his reward for damaging the BBC as much as he did). The new DG, George Entwistle, has dropped into position in the middle of the whole Saville controversy in a "don't you dare try to shake anything up" style thing. Amazing timing.
On top of the fear of government (especially when Labour and Peter Mandleson were still in power), the BBC's journalism has suffered recently due to a dumbing down of output. It's the same across the industry. They're trying to produce too much materia, with too little
Leading BBC journalists, speaking privately yesterday, called for radical reform of the BBC's News division, claiming it had become afraid of running difficult stories. "There is a general timidity about broadcasting anything that's controversial," said one senior figure. "We have got to have a sense of devilment and we don't have that at all."
The BBC has amazing correspondents, but the culture at the head is the biggest problem.
Jeremy Bowen, a middle-east expert, was recently criticised for spending too much time in the middle east during the Arab spring. Their knowledge rarely makes it out on mainstream BBC News, you sometimes get some good programs like "Reporters", and the occasional Newsnight and Radio 4 program, but even the 1/6/10 doesn't scratch the in-depth knowledge of the BBC's overseas correspondents.
The lethal injection is believed to be about the most painful and horrible death imaginable. The body is immobilized so that it LOOKS peaceful but that perfectly still individual is believed to be in a state of pain comparable to burning over their entire body.
The lethal injection isn't used because it is humane. It is used because the drug companies like getting $250,000 a shot.
I'm anti-death penalty (it inevitably leads to killing innocent people for starters), what's wrong with a 9mm pistol to the back of the head? Or a bolt through the brain at an abattoir?
Nexus 4 specs include a 4.7-inch True HD IPS Plus display with 1,280 x 768-pixel resolution...
Lay of the TV marketing crack, Google. True HD means 1920 x 1080 pixels.
When I was a lad, 405 lines (377 active) was high definition.
Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!
Still, Apple spreading FUD on Microsoft instead of the other way around makes me wanna think Microsoft is cool. Probably not a good strategy on Apple's part.
Cook is becoming the new Ballmer. I plan to buy an x86 Surface when it is available. I will keep the iPad 1 that I have, but don't plan to buy another one. The Surface, if executed properly by Microsoft will be the killer hardware / software combination especially when linked with SkyDrive.
Well I thought that was Windows Phone 7 which was the product that would bring Microsoft back to relevance. Or was it the Zune?
Oh I forgot about him!
I'm looking forward to the revalations about Justin Beiber which will come out in 2050 :D
Lastly, my geek friends, mounting too often can cause burning friction which can destroy data and cause irritation and discomfort.
I never had a problem with frequent mounting, however I have now found a side effect from a mount I performed last year. A child-process was forked into existence shortly after the mount, and now we find we're continuously receiving interrupts from the process, which has affected pretty much every aspect of system administration.
I find that performing the mount is occasionally possible, but having to umount to give resources to deal with the child process (which often core dumps, and needs a lot of user interaction), before ejecting can lead to frustration and cold showers.
Most of the time my team is simply trying to run sleep whenever we can.
Well you know what? fuck the children
That's causing the BBC no end of trouble
When she was 4 she learned (almost by herself) how to use a celphone.
If only my 84 year old grandmother could do the same.