Libertarian prescriptions for policy have their faults, but to suggest the situation in Iraq is anything near resembling a libertarian state is foolish at best.
"Bush and his Neocon buddies" have absolutely nothing to do with libertarian ideals. They are, in fact, quite the opposite.
Considering the amount of money Verizon is spending deploying FiOS, please to define how the "telecoms and such" are getting "super rich without having to invest".
The same population explosion that's causing relatively disease-free places like Europe and the U.S. to grow at exponential rates? Oh yeah, right.........
"What's being depleted is the "strategic helium reserve" that the United States created in the 20s."
"It may well still be a failing of capitalism, and "market forces" might not give a very optimum solution here."
It's not a real market, it's one that's been screwed with by the US gov't. This whole "problem" is based on that fact, which is why it's so funny that the GP is whining about free markets and libertarian policy...
How in the 9 hells is "it's not up to par" modded insightful?
Maybe it's not FOR YOU, but for a great many of us, it's fine. Particularly when you're doing the things mentioned in this 'review'.
For basic web surfing and email, spending money on Windows is a joke.
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"But please Please PLEASE quit with the "Uranium from Salt Water" crap. It's REALLY embarrassing. With the depletion of petroleum on the imminent horzon..."
Regardless of the rest of what you wrote (which is pretty valid overall), these three sentences together are pretty damn funny.
Can you provide and proof (link?) that "Academia is better at doing basic research, research with no immediate profitability"? I'd be curious to see it if it exists. My belief off-hand is that it's "common wisdom", though.
Also, it might be worth noting that "academia" does not necessarily imply "government" when it comes to funding...
"Wait, seriously? GIMP sucks, and so people use Photoshop, and that makes them whores? Wow, I finally met one of those elitist free-software people that I always hear about."
Please. The idiot I responded to was ripping on people who DO value more than just "whatever gets the job done". That attitude is the attitude of a whore, sorry if that's offensive to you.
I have no argument with people who say that GIMP cannot do job X for them and thus they must use Photoshop (or whatever). But waving a hand of dismissal at those who make moral judgements about the tools they use is stupid, and I don't mind having pointed it out.
"To suggest someone is a whore because GIMP sucks"
You might want to work on your reading comprehension mad skillz. Or maybe you just had a bad day. Either way, that wasn't my point in the least.
"but most of us, on the other hand, want whatever gets the job done best, most easily, or some combination of those two"
Yep, that's what you said. That's what whores say - "whatever gets the job done". Some of us care about HOW the job gets done.
Hell, I'm a software guy these days. I could be a whore for MS and use Visual Studio. I could jump on the Clearcase bandwagon. I could get an MBA to move my career forward and hell, just "get the job done".
But I value who I am more than that. Sorry if you don't and that fact is offensive to you bub.
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Some folks are noble, some are whores. I know where you stand.
Isn't this world great that we can both stand here and bitch about the same stuff every time there's a GIMP story? It'd be something to celebrate, if it weren't so pathetically dorky.
And when it doesn't happen this "this season or next" then they can just keep saying they're "certain that either this season or next" and keep the funding coming...
But if we spread everyone out and make rural life "viable" (which is already is, but I guess it depends on your definition of the word), then we'll all have to drive everywhere and we'll get bitched at for using too much gas and not enough mass transit.
Which is it? I'll take urban, so everyone else runs in there and I can have some peace and quiet.:)
Yes of course the Prius burns fuel. Did you think we'd ever be able to one day just flip a switch (pun) and never use oil again? My point is that the Prius is a stepping stone towards making alternatives feasible in the marketplace. You can't mandate change.
... except that the Prius promises far more benefit long term than yet another diesel, by way of popularizing the idea that a car can, in fact, be driven by something other than burning dead shit.
Never misunderestimate [:)] the power of technological progress - you gotta start somewhere.
Can you explain why Use Rope or Forgery would ever be considered "useless" skills or why D&D players would never use them? I haven't played any long-term D&D game in forever, so it seems strange to me that there are abilities listed that players and GMs can't figure out how to use....
Is it just the video-game mentality that pervades D&D today?
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Libertarian prescriptions for policy have their faults, but to suggest the situation in Iraq is anything near resembling a libertarian state is foolish at best.
"Bush and his Neocon buddies" have absolutely nothing to do with libertarian ideals. They are, in fact, quite the opposite.
Nice summary, thanks for the link in my reply.
I haven't lived in an AT&T only area... I had no idea they were that pathetic.
Considering the amount of money Verizon is spending deploying FiOS, please to define how the "telecoms and such" are getting "super rich without having to invest".
Thanks.
What are you, crazy? There's no "reason" here, it's because Bush is EVIL! Period!
Or something like that...
Nice post.
The same population explosion that's causing relatively disease-free places like Europe and the U.S. to grow at exponential rates? Oh yeah, right.........
"What's being depleted is the "strategic helium reserve" that the United States created in the 20s."
"It may well still be a failing of capitalism, and "market forces" might not give a very optimum solution here."
It's not a real market, it's one that's been screwed with by the US gov't. This whole "problem" is based on that fact, which is why it's so funny that the GP is whining about free markets and libertarian policy...
How in the 9 hells is "it's not up to par" modded insightful?
Maybe it's not FOR YOU, but for a great many of us, it's fine. Particularly when you're doing the things mentioned in this 'review'.
For basic web surfing and email, spending money on Windows is a joke.
"But please Please PLEASE quit with the "Uranium from Salt Water" crap. It's REALLY embarrassing. With the depletion of petroleum on the imminent horzon..."
Regardless of the rest of what you wrote (which is pretty valid overall), these three sentences together are pretty damn funny.
Can you provide and proof (link?) that "Academia is better at doing basic research, research with no immediate profitability"? I'd be curious to see it if it exists. My belief off-hand is that it's "common wisdom", though.
Also, it might be worth noting that "academia" does not necessarily imply "government" when it comes to funding...
"Wait, seriously? GIMP sucks, and so people use Photoshop, and that makes them whores? Wow, I finally met one of those elitist free-software people that I always hear about."
Please. The idiot I responded to was ripping on people who DO value more than just "whatever gets the job done". That attitude is the attitude of a whore, sorry if that's offensive to you.
I have no argument with people who say that GIMP cannot do job X for them and thus they must use Photoshop (or whatever). But waving a hand of dismissal at those who make moral judgements about the tools they use is stupid, and I don't mind having pointed it out.
"To suggest someone is a whore because GIMP sucks"
You might want to work on your reading comprehension mad skillz. Or maybe you just had a bad day. Either way, that wasn't my point in the least.
"but most of us, on the other hand, want whatever gets the job done best, most easily, or some combination of those two"
Yep, that's what you said. That's what whores say - "whatever gets the job done". Some of us care about HOW the job gets done.
Hell, I'm a software guy these days. I could be a whore for MS and use Visual Studio. I could jump on the Clearcase bandwagon. I could get an MBA to move my career forward and hell, just "get the job done".
But I value who I am more than that. Sorry if you don't and that fact is offensive to you bub.
Some folks are noble, some are whores. I know where you stand.
Isn't this world great that we can both stand here and bitch about the same stuff every time there's a GIMP story? It'd be something to celebrate, if it weren't so pathetically dorky.
Given you sig, why the fuck are you even here? Just wondering.
Yeah, they should just be making biofuel and lose money at it, eh?
Of course, without subsidies there's no ethanol market, so take your pick!
Funny, true, but it WOULD be a fuckload more entertaining than what we get to watch these days...
:)
Larry Craig stands with a "wide stance"? ZAP! BOOOM! Lightning bolt on his perverted ass!
GW lies about why we're in Iraq? KABOOM! The Hammer falls!
Damn, you could write a sitcom with this stuff.
I think you and I have truly different definitions of the word "crisis"......
And when it doesn't happen this "this season or next" then they can just keep saying they're "certain that either this season or next" and keep the funding coming...
Sucker.
Was it sold to taxpayers as a crisis back then too?
But if we spread everyone out and make rural life "viable" (which is already is, but I guess it depends on your definition of the word), then we'll all have to drive everywhere and we'll get bitched at for using too much gas and not enough mass transit.
:)
Which is it? I'll take urban, so everyone else runs in there and I can have some peace and quiet.
And all that does is fuck over any legitimate emails that don't come from the domain in the reply-to, screwing home-installed linux users.
No thanks.
Yes of course the Prius burns fuel. Did you think we'd ever be able to one day just flip a switch (pun) and never use oil again? My point is that the Prius is a stepping stone towards making alternatives feasible in the marketplace. You can't mandate change.
And I'm with you on nuke power, absolutely.
... except that the Prius promises far more benefit long term than yet another diesel, by way of popularizing the idea that a car can, in fact, be driven by something other than burning dead shit.
Never misunderestimate [:)] the power of technological progress - you gotta start somewhere.
Can you explain why Use Rope or Forgery would ever be considered "useless" skills or why D&D players would never use them? I haven't played any long-term D&D game in forever, so it seems strange to me that there are abilities listed that players and GMs can't figure out how to use....
Is it just the video-game mentality that pervades D&D today?
"what form of ID do you think is acceptable?"
None. How's that?
ID on a piece of paper (picture or otherwise) is NOT SECURITY and if you're an airport screener you'd better not be relying on that!
Ummm..... "feedstock"?
Noone's talking about growing the bacteria that make the damn gasoline in the ocean, foolio.
"Even idiots get mod points", indeed.