We've just finished with 40 years of the IRA blowing up chunks of our country and killing rather a lot of people and nobody felt the need to issue "most critical" warnings then. A crucial difference is that the IRA are white, english-speaking guys who even read the same holy book as you. Blokes you might sit next to and have a pint with. Not at all like the foreign threat of "Al Qaeda."
Hmmm, the IRA issued their own "critial warning" with the Bishopsgate bombing. Can you imagine if that bomb had gone off on a weekday?
I'm not seeing the correlation. Wait, which one you consider to be wealthy, Riyadh or DC?
Plus, where you gonna get a bottle of alcohol in Riyadh?:)
Clearly though that's not a fair test since Saudi is a dry country.
How about this one: Be a black person and drive a car with a broken tail light around the USA. Be a black person and drive a car with a broken tail light around Saudi Arabia.
that's why sharia law, for example, is wrong: chopping someone's hand off for stealing, or chopping someone's head off for prostitution, is not civilization
Oh, "civilization."
Here's an experiment: Put on your nice gold chain and walk around Riyadh alone at night. Put on your nice gold chain and walk around Washington, D.C. alone at night.
Let me know which capital city was more "civilized."
How about something like a helium (or hydrogen) balloon floating in the wind, and the strain on the wire tethering it to the rover produces energy? I'm guessing that wouldn't produce much energy, and in such a thin atmosphere it would have to be a pretty big balloon. And then there's the part converting the tension to electricity, not sure how that's gonna work either.
Sounds like a better choice than the guy who sees no limits to the number of children he can bomb into freedom, no limits on the power of the Executive, etc.
So you reduce the taxation rate but now you have all these fees when you want to drive, send your kids to school, etc. Are you sure it's really gonna be cheaper, overall? We have some substatnial regulation in the economy now, and we still end up with stuff like Enron. You think things will be more stable if we just release all controls completely?
Anyway, let's say it's all privatized. What happens when my kid breaks his arm on the playground, so I have to pay for his hospital bills, so I can't afford the toll on the road to work, so then I can't work to pay off my kid's hospital bills? I'm seeing some real inefficiencies and "hidden costs" in your plan.
I don't see how your proposed no-tax, no-service, private-everything system offers any improvement over the current one, and frankly it seems a lot worse.
I grant you that in the history of the USA that prior to invading Iraq we've never before launched a pre-emptive attack on a country that has not made any belligerent moves towards the USA
Unless you count all the countries in the Carribean, Central America, and half of South America.
We're sorry, the iPhone is not compatible with your "I like to multiply 32 bit integers" lifestyle. Please consider multiplying smaller integers, or maybe just adding them.
The export of Western Culture at the cost of native culture is also a great cause for resentment. What was Osama bin Laden's complaint again? Too many infidels in the Holy Land! (Note that his complaint extended to the House of Saud too, not just the Americans.)
As for trusting Democracy and Capitalism, let's start with democracy. Quite simply, you can't depend on Democracy. Dictators-for-life and other despotic governments don't suddenly up and reverse their foreign policy every 4 or 8 years just because the fickle electorate changes their mind. Why do you think the United States subverts Democracy and supports despotism every chance they get? (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, just to name a few of our allies in the War on Terror.)
Beyond that, Democracy doesn't have the same track record as totalitarianism. Where was Democracy between the fall of Athens and the American revolution? (You remember the American Revolution, that Geat Leap Forward for democracy, unless you happened to be a slave, or a woman, or didn't own land?)
I see Democracy and Capitalism paired quite often, but the concepts are orthogonal. Democracy and Education are the true bedfellows. I mean, from a market point of view, China has been a great investment for the past decade or so, but you certainly wouldn't call China a democracy.
The problem with the Washington election was that both candidates were so sub-standard that it just came down to pierce/king/snohomish vs. the rest, with the tiny majority in Puget Sound tipping things in Gregoire's favor.
We almost see the same thing in this year's Senate race, except for McGavick's drunk driving skeleton.
But there's no need to apply a high-tech solution to voting. The old method was working just fine, and everyone knew how it worked. The new system, in attempting to solve via technology a non-technological problem, introduces several more possiblities for error.
Beyond that, every time I've been to the polls, the elections workers are predominantly retirees. You know, people who aren't so good with the latest modern technology.
I also did not know this FTC review was in the works. I wonder how many people who were holding Rambus stock sold off, or were they emboldened by previous victories...
This looks like it could be a good lesson for investors. The lesson being "when to sell a stock that hasn't quite snowed enough regulatory agencies to be in the clear."
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We've just finished with 40 years of the IRA blowing up chunks of our country and killing rather a lot of people and nobody felt the need to issue "most critical" warnings then.
A crucial difference is that the IRA are white, english-speaking guys who even read the same holy book as you. Blokes you might sit next to and have a pint with. Not at all like the foreign threat of "Al Qaeda."
Hmmm, the IRA issued their own "critial warning" with the Bishopsgate bombing. Can you imagine if that bomb had gone off on a weekday?
I'm not seeing the correlation. Wait, which one you consider to be wealthy, Riyadh or DC?
:)
Plus, where you gonna get a bottle of alcohol in Riyadh?
Clearly though that's not a fair test since Saudi is a dry country.
How about this one:
Be a black person and drive a car with a broken tail light around the USA.
Be a black person and drive a car with a broken tail light around Saudi Arabia.
that's why sharia law, for example, is wrong: chopping someone's hand off for stealing, or chopping someone's head off for prostitution, is not civilization
Oh, "civilization."
Here's an experiment:
Put on your nice gold chain and walk around Riyadh alone at night.
Put on your nice gold chain and walk around Washington, D.C. alone at night.
Let me know which capital city was more "civilized."
They already have that, it's called a garage.
cool link, thanks.
Can't sync your camera? That's one of the symptoms of the stalker virus!
How about something like a helium (or hydrogen) balloon floating in the wind, and the strain on the wire tethering it to the rover produces energy? I'm guessing that wouldn't produce much energy, and in such a thin atmosphere it would have to be a pretty big balloon. And then there's the part converting the tension to electricity, not sure how that's gonna work either.
Well, nevermind then. Glad we had this talk.
There's a big dust storm on Mars, right?
How about wind power?
Beyond that, IE is part of the OS, so they should get a cut on each copy of Windows sold...
Sounds like a better choice than the guy who sees no limits to the number of children he can bomb into freedom, no limits on the power of the Executive, etc.
So you reduce the taxation rate but now you have all these fees when you want to drive, send your kids to school, etc. Are you sure it's really gonna be cheaper, overall? We have some substatnial regulation in the economy now, and we still end up with stuff like Enron. You think things will be more stable if we just release all controls completely?
Anyway, let's say it's all privatized. What happens when my kid breaks his arm on the playground, so I have to pay for his hospital bills, so I can't afford the toll on the road to work, so then I can't work to pay off my kid's hospital bills? I'm seeing some real inefficiencies and "hidden costs" in your plan.
I don't see how your proposed no-tax, no-service, private-everything system offers any improvement over the current one, and frankly it seems a lot worse.
If the conservative Supreme Court is such a big fan of States Rights, why did they order a stop to the Florida recount?
I'm not buying it.
Au contraire, you need to re-examine your values. In almost all cases, lying is protected First Amendment speech.
Was that a tongue-in-cheek comment?
And, most importantly, what color are their berets?
Blackberry.
I grant you that in the history of the USA that prior to invading Iraq we've never before launched a pre-emptive attack on a country that has not made any belligerent moves towards the USA
Unless you count all the countries in the Carribean, Central America, and half of South America.
There's more to it than just recompiling the code.
Not a lot more... but the drivers have to be signed, or Windows won't let you install them.
We're sorry, the iPhone is not compatible with your "I like to multiply 32 bit integers" lifestyle. Please consider multiplying smaller integers, or maybe just adding them.
Signed,
Apple
DX10 shaders?
The export of Western Culture at the cost of native culture is also a great cause for resentment. What was Osama bin Laden's complaint again? Too many infidels in the Holy Land! (Note that his complaint extended to the House of Saud too, not just the Americans.)
As for trusting Democracy and Capitalism, let's start with democracy. Quite simply, you can't depend on Democracy. Dictators-for-life and other despotic governments don't suddenly up and reverse their foreign policy every 4 or 8 years just because the fickle electorate changes their mind. Why do you think the United States subverts Democracy and supports despotism every chance they get? (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, just to name a few of our allies in the War on Terror.)
Beyond that, Democracy doesn't have the same track record as totalitarianism. Where was Democracy between the fall of Athens and the American revolution? (You remember the American Revolution, that Geat Leap Forward for democracy, unless you happened to be a slave, or a woman, or didn't own land?)
I see Democracy and Capitalism paired quite often, but the concepts are orthogonal. Democracy and Education are the true bedfellows. I mean, from a market point of view, China has been a great investment for the past decade or so, but you certainly wouldn't call China a democracy.
The problem with the Washington election was that both candidates were so sub-standard that it just came down to pierce/king/snohomish vs. the rest, with the tiny majority in Puget Sound tipping things in Gregoire's favor.
We almost see the same thing in this year's Senate race, except for McGavick's drunk driving skeleton.
But there's no need to apply a high-tech solution to voting. The old method was working just fine, and everyone knew how it worked. The new system, in attempting to solve via technology a non-technological problem, introduces several more possiblities for error.
Beyond that, every time I've been to the polls, the elections workers are predominantly retirees. You know, people who aren't so good with the latest modern technology.
I hope you're right, but factor in Asia, and I don't think oil will ever be under $60/barrel again.
:)
Anyway it's just my opinion.
in reference to your sig, and i guess you get this a lot, wasn't there a
COPYRIGHT (C) MICROSOFT 1977,1981
or some such in there?
I also did not know this FTC review was in the works. I wonder how many people who were holding Rambus stock sold off, or were they emboldened by previous victories...
This looks like it could be a good lesson for investors. The lesson being "when to sell a stock that hasn't quite snowed enough regulatory agencies to be in the clear."