No matter what their priorities the average American has a standard of living so much higher than most South East Asian citizens that you are pretty crazy to be mocking their way of life. Americans aren't starving or living in shanty towns or huts therefor they can afford to worry about trivial things such as sports, prom and homecoming. I'd like to point out another region of the world that had an insane focus on academics, Eastern Europe. They aren't exactly eating our lunch now, why do you expect it to be any different with Asia?
There's an abundance of academic scholarships, awards, grants and loans in the US. Just because you did not see them does not mean they do not exist.
At the same time, there is a recognition in the US that being a 6.0 student is not the point in education. There are many lessons to learn in life of them academics is only one. If you miss all the others on your way to the honor roll and magna cum laude then you haven't really learned as much as you think. Life is for living, having fun and enjoying. Not getting an A+ in every study. Academic excellence is not an assurance of fantastic wealth either.
Building your own computer is so 90's. It takes a lot of time that people would rather spend money on to get the damn thing already pre-made. You see, those folks have actual LIVES they'd like to live. Once and a while they'll play games on their fancy alienware box then go out and do OUTSIDE things. Can't do those if you're trying to figure out what PSU won't overheat your videocard!
The box you build yourself will only be cheaper if your time is of no value, pretty much the same TCO you get from using Linux! Ba da bump!
Not to be a Palm OS fanboy or anything but why have you limited your choices to Symbian and PocketPC OS? Believe it or not when equipped with the right apps, the Palm OS syncs with desktop MS software better than Microsoft's own PocketPC products.
Yes dumbass yes. Perot stole Bush Sr. voters and Nader stole Gore voters. Perot and Bush voters are the same and Nader and Gore voters are the same. By denying this all that resulted was a loss, in BOTH cases. No matter what anyone says there is no major difference between a Perot and Bush voter or a Nader and Gore voter. Nader and Perot are both insane nutjobs who would never win the popular or electoral vote. Their campaigns were frustration campaigns. They absolutely WERE wasted votes. Its just amazing to me that after seeing the Conservatives suffer from Perot that Liberals would go ahead and commit the same mistake by backing Nader.
The burden of proof is on anyone to demonstrate how there is a significant difference between a mainstream party candidate and a fringe candidate on the same side other than an increase in radicalism.
Google is making so much money because of its keen business sense and superior technology, not their "Do no evil" clause. Brin and Sergey were smart enough to understand the incredible real world immaturity of the geek community and how literally they take almost anything. I mean look at your own post. Referring to "the ends justify the means"? We're talking about an internet search engine company here, not an industrial waste disposal company. No one is going to die if Google does something controversial. The founders knew they could establish instant and long lasting street cred by claiming to aim to "Do no evil". Deep down inside however they know they'll do whatever it takes to grow their business, geek cred be damned.
You may be able to think on your own but most people cannot. They need some larger organization to do it for them whether its their Church, Company or (insert your favorite organization here). So yes absolutely corporations ought to be involved in social policy. They do the thinking for millions of people in this country and around the world.
You are missing the forest for the trees. If the best applicants for a certain company were all of one race then you'd think they got the best folks right? Wrong. They would have no cultural experience to draw upon when dealing with customers. The best person does not always have to be hired in every case, especially when the wider company or society would suffer because of it. Nowadays people are smart enough to look at the "big picture".
Why was it scary? America isn't trying to take over the world. I know thats what certain slashdotters like to think but its not true. Who would you rather have occupying Europe, the Soviet Union? I think what should REALLY be scary is that Europe was unable for so long to police itself, not that someone else had to.
Actually forcing people to learn things they don't want to and will never use is more about justifying an antiquated academic system with highly paid tenured professors whose classes would be empty were their courses not "mandatory".
Masters Degrees are very expensive. Where is the person supposed to get the money to pay for one?
You mention programming is easy, I think thats a baldfaced lie. If it was most of our software would be bug free. But its not. Most software sucks. Why? Because programming is hard and only a few people degree or no degree know how to do it well.
Well seeing as how Linux sucks compared to Windows for most people's basic uses I just don't see how you come to that conclusion. Its hard to really get people to believe that your software doesn't suck when hardly anyone uses it. Windows has hundreds of millions of users. How many does Linux have? Go ahead, throw in the Linux running servers to bolster your numbers.
I don't see why atheists would convert. The pressence of bacteria on Mars could mean one of two things, either one world seeded the other with life, or life evolved on both worlds the same way individually.
Man if you really want to balance your checkbook when the lights go out, then nothing is better than Pocket Quicken (www.pocketquicken.com) on your PDA!
And of course if the lights stay out for more than a few days, then you've got a lot more to worry about than your now inaccessible assets in the bank.
The point of using Quicken, or at least the way I do so is to enter your transactions into it as soon as you make them, then days later when the bank offers them for download you can see if they match up or not. If they do everything is alright, if not then you have something to investigate.
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No matter what their priorities the average American has a standard of living so much higher than most South East Asian citizens that you are pretty crazy to be mocking their way of life. Americans aren't starving or living in shanty towns or huts therefor they can afford to worry about trivial things such as sports, prom and homecoming. I'd like to point out another region of the world that had an insane focus on academics, Eastern Europe. They aren't exactly eating our lunch now, why do you expect it to be any different with Asia?
There's an abundance of academic scholarships, awards, grants and loans in the US. Just because you did not see them does not mean they do not exist.
At the same time, there is a recognition in the US that being a 6.0 student is not the point in education. There are many lessons to learn in life of them academics is only one. If you miss all the others on your way to the honor roll and magna cum laude then you haven't really learned as much as you think. Life is for living, having fun and enjoying. Not getting an A+ in every study. Academic excellence is not an assurance of fantastic wealth either.
Hahah man I know. I just have so much fun here that sometimes I get carried away.
You are such a geek its soooo cute!
Building your own computer is so 90's. It takes a lot of time that people would rather spend money on to get the damn thing already pre-made. You see, those folks have actual LIVES they'd like to live. Once and a while they'll play games on their fancy alienware box then go out and do OUTSIDE things. Can't do those if you're trying to figure out what PSU won't overheat your videocard!
The box you build yourself will only be cheaper if your time is of no value, pretty much the same TCO you get from using Linux! Ba da bump!
Not to be a Palm OS fanboy or anything but why have you limited your choices to Symbian and PocketPC OS? Believe it or not when equipped with the right apps, the Palm OS syncs with desktop MS software better than Microsoft's own PocketPC products.
Yes dumbass yes. Perot stole Bush Sr. voters and Nader stole Gore voters. Perot and Bush voters are the same and Nader and Gore voters are the same. By denying this all that resulted was a loss, in BOTH cases. No matter what anyone says there is no major difference between a Perot and Bush voter or a Nader and Gore voter. Nader and Perot are both insane nutjobs who would never win the popular or electoral vote. Their campaigns were frustration campaigns. They absolutely WERE wasted votes. Its just amazing to me that after seeing the Conservatives suffer from Perot that Liberals would go ahead and commit the same mistake by backing Nader.
The burden of proof is on anyone to demonstrate how there is a significant difference between a mainstream party candidate and a fringe candidate on the same side other than an increase in radicalism.
Google is making so much money because of its keen business sense and superior technology, not their "Do no evil" clause. Brin and Sergey were smart enough to understand the incredible real world immaturity of the geek community and how literally they take almost anything. I mean look at your own post. Referring to "the ends justify the means"? We're talking about an internet search engine company here, not an industrial waste disposal company. No one is going to die if Google does something controversial. The founders knew they could establish instant and long lasting street cred by claiming to aim to "Do no evil". Deep down inside however they know they'll do whatever it takes to grow their business, geek cred be damned.
You may be able to think on your own but most people cannot. They need some larger organization to do it for them whether its their Church, Company or (insert your favorite organization here). So yes absolutely corporations ought to be involved in social policy. They do the thinking for millions of people in this country and around the world.
You are missing the forest for the trees. If the best applicants for a certain company were all of one race then you'd think they got the best folks right? Wrong. They would have no cultural experience to draw upon when dealing with customers. The best person does not always have to be hired in every case, especially when the wider company or society would suffer because of it. Nowadays people are smart enough to look at the "big picture".
Grow up perhaps? The US Government isn't evil. It just does what it needs to do, like any other government.
Gosh things change when you quit approaching them from a childs perspective now don't they?
Federal Pound You In The Ass Prison!
Why was it scary? America isn't trying to take over the world. I know thats what certain slashdotters like to think but its not true. Who would you rather have occupying Europe, the Soviet Union? I think what should REALLY be scary is that Europe was unable for so long to police itself, not that someone else had to.
You sure? We haven't suffered any terrorist attacks since 9/11. Wouldn't that mean the "Facists" really ARE keeping us safe?
Well yeah cheaper if your time is worthless.
Actually forcing people to learn things they don't want to and will never use is more about justifying an antiquated academic system with highly paid tenured professors whose classes would be empty were their courses not "mandatory".
Masters Degrees are very expensive. Where is the person supposed to get the money to pay for one?
You mention programming is easy, I think thats a baldfaced lie. If it was most of our software would be bug free. But its not. Most software sucks. Why? Because programming is hard and only a few people degree or no degree know how to do it well.
Well seeing as how Linux sucks compared to Windows for most people's basic uses I just don't see how you come to that conclusion. Its hard to really get people to believe that your software doesn't suck when hardly anyone uses it. Windows has hundreds of millions of users. How many does Linux have? Go ahead, throw in the Linux running servers to bolster your numbers.
Why try to convert them to Linux at all? Whats wrong with a Windows where IE is replaced by Firefox and Outlook by Thunderbird?
Do you just not care about all the windows based software they won't be able to run on Linux?
I don't see why atheists would convert. The pressence of bacteria on Mars could mean one of two things, either one world seeded the other with life, or life evolved on both worlds the same way individually.
1. The world is not losing French culture. Its just being relegated to a lesser relevance.
2. You sound Italian and not French at the end of your comment.
Man if you really want to balance your checkbook when the lights go out, then nothing is better than Pocket Quicken (www.pocketquicken.com) on your PDA!
And of course if the lights stay out for more than a few days, then you've got a lot more to worry about than your now inaccessible assets in the bank.
The name of the final episode of TNG was "All Good Things" and yes it was one of the best episodes in my opinion.
Um if they don't behave then people can just switch to VoIP or cellular entirely.
Amazingly after refreshing 3 times, I managed to attain the first post!
The point of using Quicken, or at least the way I do so is to enter your transactions into it as soon as you make them, then days later when the bank offers them for download you can see if they match up or not. If they do everything is alright, if not then you have something to investigate.