What else was the government supposed to do to save the stragglers from their own stupidity?
Provide proper transportation and shelter? Most people staying in the city had no cars and were too poor to pay for hotels (which increased their prices for more profit). It is entirely logical they had no other option than to stay in the city. Don't call them idiots, not every American has the possibilities you apparantly have..
Considering he is the democratically elected leader of a souvereign, peaceful and poor country i find it highly disturbing that some American politicians want him dead, only because he has a socialist policy. So much for spreading democracy.:-/
I'm Dutch, and considering the 1,5 trillion pounds is spread over _50_ years i think this is quite good estimate, the Zuiderzee works are only a small part of our total infrastructure against flooding.
Reading the comments of the story behind your link, it looks like 99% of the readers thought this article is for real... wtf??? Whether it real or fake, there is something sad about it now
They maybe don't give a rats ass now, but it will change as soon as their economies are becoming better and the standard of living increases. Also Chinese people will want to go to their forests, drink clean water, etcetera. It's the same like the Western countries a few decades ago, have some patience, they'll catch up eventually. Meanwhile, we have to set a good example because we already have lots of wealth. It only logical people first want something to eat, than look around bothering their environment.
This is modded insightful? A suggestive question about the achievements of one of the most important organizations in the world? (if you want an answer read it at their f**king website!
The joke was nice, but now back in reality, the UN doesn't have a 100% effectiveness record, but there are lots of regions on this planet where people can live in some form of peace because of the UN.
Also remind the UN is more than the security council, for instance the World Health Org. and World Food Program are UN bodies with millions and millions of human lives depending on them on a daily basis.
I'm convinced the people working at the UN in the offices and in the field are higly motivated, skilled and professional workers, however, international politics is not giving them enough tools to act. This is mostly to blame on the leaders, full with self-interest, of our own countries.
(At this moment an fairly thourough UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo is doing the right thing, protecting the local population with aggressive force against militias with the little equipment they have in the region)
Sorry for being kind of offtopic but what exactly is the relationship between Roland Piquepaille and the Slashdot editors? Because he's so often on the frontpage with his own blog its not any coincidence anymore, and the quality of his stories is generally doubtful at best. Is he some kind of relative, friend, business partner or what?
Whether you should be allowed to copy music freely is a decision to be made by the musician imho. If an artist only wants to sell cd's it's his right to decide so and in such circumstance copying his music would be illegal.
I also read the assumption that its good for musicians to distribute their music freely so people will flock to their concerts. As someone pointed out already it is not always possible for an artist to constantly play live shows to earn a little money. Also it will be good for that particular artist but because of the finite amount of money and time of the consumers to visit concerts their probably wont be a net increase in income for the artists at all.
Each year who do you think the wealthiest musicians are? THE ONES WHO ARE TOURING!
Well probably the wealthiest musicians are also the most popular and therefore have the greatest audience which would go to concerts. Touring is mostly a consequence instead of a cause I think.
I've never seen someone make that list just off of CD sales...
Enigma comes to my mind, and surely there are plenty of other examples.
How is this news? It would only be news if Mike would say the opposite, why is it news when a company says its products are the best? I see dozens of commercials everyday which do exactly the same but probably are based on the same marketing farts.
Why combine all those roads, rails and pipes? It seems to me such a bundle of systems is much more vulnerable than seperated ones. I mean, one big truck accident with chemicals or fuel and you have to shut down all transportation systems, not something you want to happen...
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What else was the government supposed to do to save the stragglers from their own stupidity?
Provide proper transportation and shelter? Most people staying in the city had no cars and were too poor to pay for hotels (which increased their prices for more profit). It is entirely logical they had no other option than to stay in the city. Don't call them idiots, not every American has the possibilities you apparantly have..
Considering he is the democratically elected leader of a souvereign, peaceful and poor country i find it highly disturbing that some American politicians want him dead, only because he has a socialist policy. So much for spreading democracy. :-/
I'm Dutch, and considering the 1,5 trillion pounds is spread over _50_ years i think this is quite good estimate, the Zuiderzee works are only a small part of our total infrastructure against flooding.
Reading the comments of the story behind your link, it looks like 99% of the readers thought this article is for real... wtf??? Whether it real or fake, there is something sad about it now
How refreshing, slashdot stories and no comments! Whats left? After all, we dont RTFA
This is offtopic, but because it didn't survive the submission I did I thought it would be best to post it attached to another Google story.
A few days ago I noticed several websites which are linked by default in the Google Personalized Homepage show staggering increases in web traffic and page views. According to Alexa.com Wired more than doubled and also Slashdot , the NY Times and the Washington Post show remarkable growth at the end of july.
Is this a redefinition of 'slashdotting' or is there something else going on?
They maybe don't give a rats ass now, but it will change as soon as their economies are becoming better and the standard of living increases. Also Chinese people will want to go to their forests, drink clean water, etcetera. It's the same like the Western countries a few decades ago, have some patience, they'll catch up eventually. Meanwhile, we have to set a good example because we already have lots of wealth. It only logical people first want something to eat, than look around bothering their environment.
Antarctic Iceberg Blocks Penguins
Giant iceberg menaces Antarctic penguins
Important facts are almost always referenced to a website with some base of credibility.
Maybe GW Bush can buy a ticket for his plan to return to the moon?
The Beeb has also an article (ofcourse)
Kudos to all the Nasa engineers!
The difference is this isn't google.com, but google.com/ig, a portal you choose to visit. If you're just googling you wont notice.
In addition to PermitRootLogin no, I suggest judicious use of AllowUsers in sshd_config
My SSH2 config wont swallow this, it gives a warning: Restarting Secure Shell server v2: WARNING: Unrecognized configuration parameter allowusers
sshd2.
Why that message when it works with your setup?
This is modded insightful? A suggestive question about the achievements of one of the most important organizations in the world? (if you want an answer read it at their f**king website!
The joke was nice, but now back in reality, the UN doesn't have a 100% effectiveness record, but there are lots of regions on this planet where people can live in some form of peace because of the UN.
Also remind the UN is more than the security council, for instance the World Health Org. and World Food Program are UN bodies with millions and millions of human lives depending on them on a daily basis.
I'm convinced the people working at the UN in the offices and in the field are higly motivated, skilled and professional workers, however, international politics is not giving them enough tools to act. This is mostly to blame on the leaders, full with self-interest, of our own countries.
(At this moment an fairly thourough UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo is doing the right thing, protecting the local population with aggressive force against militias with the little equipment they have in the region)
Shouldn't we wait for more studies to double-check the result before we're jumping to conclusions that their result is sobering and useful? :)
(no i havent read the article and im probably uninformed about the isseu but this comment had to be made)
Anybody have ideas on what might be wrong with the following submission?
You should rename yourself to 'Roland Piquepaille'
Buy stock of Thai refrigerator companies!
Sorry for being kind of offtopic but what exactly is the relationship between Roland Piquepaille and the Slashdot editors? Because he's so often on the frontpage with his own blog its not any coincidence anymore, and the quality of his stories is generally doubtful at best. Is he some kind of relative, friend, business partner or what?
You're right :)
You're DNA is broken!
[advocate of the devil mode]
Whether you should be allowed to copy music freely is a decision to be made by the musician imho. If an artist only wants to sell cd's it's his right to decide so and in such circumstance copying his music would be illegal.
I also read the assumption that its good for musicians to distribute their music freely so people will flock to their concerts. As someone pointed out already it is not always possible for an artist to constantly play live shows to earn a little money. Also it will be good for that particular artist but because of the finite amount of money and time of the consumers to visit concerts their probably wont be a net increase in income for the artists at all.
Each year who do you think the wealthiest musicians are? THE ONES WHO ARE TOURING!
Well probably the wealthiest musicians are also the most popular and therefore have the greatest audience which would go to concerts. Touring is mostly a consequence instead of a cause I think.
I've never seen someone make that list just off of CD sales...
Enigma comes to my mind, and surely there are plenty of other examples.
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How is this news? It would only be news if Mike would say the opposite, why is it news when a company says its products are the best? I see dozens of commercials everyday which do exactly the same but probably are based on the same marketing farts.
Why combine all those roads, rails and pipes? It seems to me such a bundle of systems is much more vulnerable than seperated ones. I mean, one big truck accident with chemicals or fuel and you have to shut down all transportation systems, not something you want to happen...