Well, you obviously know more about Russian History than I do (I'm just a Computer Science/Math major).
However, I don't think it's fair to imply that Soviet atrocities began with Stalin - although re-reading your post I think I see what you are trying to do, going from the harmless (Communism) to the not so harmless (Bolshevism) to the terrible (Stalinism).
However, why did we win the Cold War? Luck? Or because Communism doesn't work? I'd like to see what would happen to China and Cuba if they stopped receiving international aid (trade with a backward country is aid). Any why could all Soviets in 1953 read? The same reason all Cubans can read today, and the same reasons all Germans had radios under the Nazis - distribution of propaganda. Maybe they could all read but what choice do you have when your government holds a gun (or a trip to Siberia) to your head? On top of this: Communism is evil, because ultimately it implies that you have no right to even your own life.
As I said, I am only an amateur, and maybe this is American propaganda talking through me. I doubt it, however, because most politicians and media lean towards economic leftism (Socialism/Communism). I love listening to the horrified reactions when I or somebody else suggests doing away with Social Security or Medicare. "Hoo Boy!"
"Sorry I'm late, but I had to stop by the wax museum and give the finger to FDR!" -- Cotton Hill
And what country are you from so we can know what media you are blinded by? You must be or possibly you are more objective and smarter than all Americans?
Better philosophy and literature? that is a matter of taste.
More technology - possibly, but you give no examples. Here are a couple:
Rockets: Goddard (American), Von Braun (German, then American)
Nuclear Power: Einstein (German then American), Fermi (Italian then American), Hahn(German..)
Computers: Von Neumann (Hungarian, then American), Turing (you get the idea)
I'm not saying there is no great Russian Literature (I love Dostoevsky) - or good technology (they did beat us into space by a few weeks and into orbit by about a year) - but you should give some examples if you are going to make such a claim...
I'd like to see Americans and Europeans both of both genders strive for an attitude of objectivity rather than always assuming a particular country must be wrong because of its power (US) or its former ideology (Russia)
Hmmm... - Rather breathe noxious fumes while paying for OPEC in your utility bill than have relatively cleaner and more efficient power???
Of course the real Goliath in the utilities is the oil and gas companies - not the nuclear power plants. The analogy could just as easily be made to go that way.
yeah - not to nitpick, but I think this enhances your point: the US Navy plane is propellor driven, not even a jet. This of course makes it even more slow and lumbering...
Root for RIAA - doesn't directly crash your machine, and doesn't maintain kludgey and convoluted API's for backwards compatability (and who knows what other arcane resons).
"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Exactly.
The Constitution is not a crutch - it is the law. The second amendment gives a statement - a prohibition on the government (this is what the constitution is for) - and a reason for making the statement. There are many ways to read it, unfortunately, and some people (Americans that I know) think that by "militia" any military is meant - since we have a military in the US, our free state is defended, and we no longer need the second amendment. Or perhaps we can just take guns away from people in bald defiance of this amendment. QED.
However, regardless of what reason is stated, the statement of law is that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" - and I would argue that the defense of a free state implies defense of "free" as much as defense of "state" and that a state can only be free when citizens have means to protect themselves against their government - both legally (with votes and courts) and physically (with guns). As another poster implied, this is one of the first thing the Nazis did - disarmed their citizens.
"Hear Hear" - you are correct.
Democrats tend to want to limit our economic freedoms, and Republicans tend to want to limit the social ones. And it stumps me as to why people could lean either one of these two ways! Both are the first step in totalitarianism - the paths are different but they meet at the extremes.
The fact that both parties have some sort of power helps to keep our government from going off the deep end, but if you value freedom at all Libertarian is the way to go. (At least Republican, because I tend to believe that economic freedom is more basic and required for social freedom).
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There is in fact more than one way to expand your mind - Engineering and CS and Math are all about solving real-world problems: this is an important part of being human. Not everyone likes the liberal arts side of things and not everyone understands it. Being human is using your mind in any way you can - and that includes science and tech fields.
I think it's not the idea of getting rid of the 16-bit code that is a problem - it is the loss of the command line interface that rubs many/. ers the wrong way. It bothers me a great deal, actually. As limited as DOS is when you are used to UNIX, it is still nice sometimes, especially for quick under-grad type computer science assignments. It looks like I'll be sticking with win98 and linux.
I couldn't agree more. I nearly always start off first by writing what I think of as the skeleton of an application (function prototypes/interfaces) and tying it together with a simple "main" or its equivalent. Also sometimes it helps to do something "trivial" for your program for a while - play with the user interface or report formats - or graphics or something but at least you will still be working on your program.
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Well, you obviously know more about Russian History than I do (I'm just a Computer Science/Math major).
However, I don't think it's fair to imply that Soviet atrocities began with Stalin - although re-reading your post I think I see what you are trying to do, going from the harmless (Communism) to the not so harmless (Bolshevism) to the terrible (Stalinism).
However, why did we win the Cold War? Luck? Or because Communism doesn't work? I'd like to see what would happen to China and Cuba if they stopped receiving international aid (trade with a backward country is aid). Any why could all Soviets in 1953 read? The same reason all Cubans can read today, and the same reasons all Germans had radios under the Nazis - distribution of propaganda. Maybe they could all read but what choice do you have when your government holds a gun (or a trip to Siberia) to your head? On top of this: Communism is evil, because ultimately it implies that you have no right to even your own life.
As I said, I am only an amateur, and maybe this is American propaganda talking through me. I doubt it, however, because most politicians and media lean towards economic leftism (Socialism/Communism). I love listening to the horrified reactions when I or somebody else suggests doing away with Social Security or Medicare. "Hoo Boy!"
"Sorry I'm late, but I had to stop by the wax museum and give the finger to FDR!" -- Cotton Hill
And what country are you from so we can know what media you are blinded by? You must be or possibly you are more objective and smarter than all Americans?
Better philosophy and literature? that is a matter of taste.
More technology - possibly, but you give no examples. Here are a couple:
Rockets: Goddard (American), Von Braun (German, then American)
Nuclear Power: Einstein (German then American), Fermi (Italian then American), Hahn(German..)
Computers: Von Neumann (Hungarian, then American), Turing (you get the idea)
I'm not saying there is no great Russian Literature (I love Dostoevsky) - or good technology (they did beat us into space by a few weeks and into orbit by about a year) - but you should give some examples if you are going to make such a claim...
I'd like to see Americans and Europeans both of both genders strive for an attitude of objectivity rather than always assuming a particular country must be wrong because of its power (US) or its former ideology (Russia)
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Hmmm... - Rather breathe noxious fumes while paying for OPEC in your utility bill than have relatively cleaner and more efficient power???
Of course the real Goliath in the utilities is the oil and gas companies - not the nuclear power plants. The analogy could just as easily be made to go that way.
>>So we have a slow lumbering jet on AUTO-PILOY
yeah - not to nitpick, but I think this enhances your point: the US Navy plane is propellor driven, not even a jet. This of course makes it even more slow and lumbering...
Root for RIAA - doesn't directly crash your machine, and doesn't maintain kludgey and convoluted API's for backwards compatability (and who knows what other arcane resons).
"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Exactly.
The Constitution is not a crutch - it is the law. The second amendment gives a statement - a prohibition on the government (this is what the constitution is for) - and a reason for making the statement. There are many ways to read it, unfortunately, and some people (Americans that I know) think that by "militia" any military is meant - since we have a military in the US, our free state is defended, and we no longer need the second amendment. Or perhaps we can just take guns away from people in bald defiance of this amendment. QED.
However, regardless of what reason is stated, the statement of law is that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" - and I would argue that the defense of a free state implies defense of "free" as much as defense of "state" and that a state can only be free when citizens have means to protect themselves against their government - both legally (with votes and courts) and physically (with guns). As another poster implied, this is one of the first thing the Nazis did - disarmed their citizens.
Yes, we are cleverer than nature. Witness:
Heavier than air flight
The eradication of smallpox (except in labs)
The very helpful drugs you are complaining about.
"Hear Hear" - you are correct. Democrats tend to want to limit our economic freedoms, and Republicans tend to want to limit the social ones. And it stumps me as to why people could lean either one of these two ways! Both are the first step in totalitarianism - the paths are different but they meet at the extremes. The fact that both parties have some sort of power helps to keep our government from going off the deep end, but if you value freedom at all Libertarian is the way to go. (At least Republican, because I tend to believe that economic freedom is more basic and required for social freedom).
There is in fact more than one way to expand your mind - Engineering and CS and Math are all about solving real-world problems: this is an important part of being human. Not everyone likes the liberal arts side of things and not everyone understands it. Being human is using your mind in any way you can - and that includes science and tech fields.
I think it's not the idea of getting rid of the 16-bit code that is a problem - it is the loss of the command line interface that rubs many /. ers the wrong way. It bothers me a great deal, actually. As limited as DOS is when you are used to UNIX, it is still nice sometimes, especially for quick under-grad type computer science assignments. It looks like I'll be sticking with win98 and linux.
I couldn't agree more. I nearly always start off first by writing what I think of as the skeleton of an application (function prototypes/interfaces) and tying it together with a simple "main" or its equivalent. Also sometimes it helps to do something "trivial" for your program for a while - play with the user interface or report formats - or graphics or something but at least you will still be working on your program.