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Couple of points-
As for electric lights, there have been candles for hundreds of years, fire for thousands. I think that you can surmise that people didn't necessarily have to go to sleep at dusk.
As for the childbearing age, this is probably more a function of life expectancy than anything else.
Calendars have been around for thousands of years, also. I forget who had the oldest, the Chinese or the Mayans (someone else, even?). Biggest thing here is probably the advent of the weekend from work, though many people are not exempt from this (ie, farmers).
Clocks I can agree with that they granulate our time more precisely, but I wouldn't call that a _fundamental_ change. More of an annoyance, if anything.
I do agree that women's rights, as well as racial rights, have really changed how our society works. And for the better. Compare South America's apartheid (sp?) with US race relations. Compare the Taliban's Afghan womens' rights to most of the rest of the world.
Another change I would point out is that religion no longer dominates governments and military power.
Transportation (cars, ships, planes) has really changed our lives. Before 1600, there was no North America. Now we can jet anywhere in the world in hours; hell, we can go to the moon.
Communications have changed our lives, too. Information is now exchanged in real time, whereas it used to take years.
Didn't see this posted yet- everyone knows that all the really important gov systems are NOT on the Internet, right? And good luck getting into NIPRNET or SIPRNET. Of course,/. and uberpron.com will be down, but important gov systems won't be fux0red. Deciding whether this is good or bad thing I leave to the audience to decide.
I thought that Japan imploded 2 years ago? And why would anyone want to attack Japan, it's not like they have any natural resources worth worrying about. Except schoolgirls, that is, but that seems to be a Japanese thing, anyway.
I will speak for "most" Americans here, though there are lots of different views. Our patriotism comes from fighting our way to freedom 200 years ago and sending our people to die in war to fight evil (Hitler and such). Yes, we have our questionable actions (bombing aspirin factories), but our pride comes from the good stuff we did/do. That probably doesn't explain it very well, but it's a hard thing to explain.
Please don't confuse tourists in Australia with most Americans. If they can afford the trip (expensive flight, etc.), then they are most likely spoiled already, and probably act that way when at home. Us ordinary people would rather just shake your hand and buy you a beer (and see a kangaroo up close!). I look forward to the day where I can travel over the world and buy a beverage for someone in each country without being shot.
I have a little different feeling about the US: just leave us the hell alone! We throw money at nearly every country in the world. We trade with nearly every country in the world. We don't want to take anyone over, we just want to sell whatever crap you want to buy, and just live in peace. I work in the defense industry, so war makes us money, but trust me, we would rather just have peace. Everywhere, forever, but it just isn't going to happen soon, and the harder these crazy nations push us, the more pissed off we get. Please just stay home and play cards or something rather than blowing things up! Hell, you don't read about the US blowing up Canada every day! (The Canadian moose are very stealthy:) )
Fuck 'em. They don't like it, we'll drop bombs on them, too. Don't like that? I'll bring my tank over and blast your ass. I'm tired of all this apologist shit- don't kill my friends and we don't blow up Afghan. Pretty fucking simple, folks.
Moofie- notice that all the idiots arguing with you are ACs? Takes a lot of guts to talk trash when you can hide behind annonimity. I'm with you, leave the rest of the world alone, EXCEPT the assholes that attacked us and killed some of my co-workers. And I don't want to hear from any ACs about how they deserved to die- all they ever wanted was to support their families.
"Now, I am afraid, there are many countries that are more democratic, more free, and more tolerant than the US has become."
And these countries would be...?
As much as it has become rather popular to bash the US recently, I still don't see any other countries where people are flocking to by the thougsands every day. I'm not knocking you, I only have to much time in a day to read news, so there may be a few countries out there that I don't know about, but please let us know what they are.
I was waiting for the punch line after "Master's in Political Science" and "Bachelor's in Business Management".
Sorry, I thought that was a joke. Guess I was wrong. Yet, you call that an education? I can get the same level of education by watching Barney videos. (Before you flame, I have a BS in EE and a MS in EE )
Well, if you had any marketable skils you would be able to find a job that paid more than $23/hr. Being a porn fluffer is not usually considered a "step up".
Re:Other Best Buy stories
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3 words- videotape showed innocence
Re:Other Best Buy stories
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"The choice quote was the dispatch officer, who said: "Who in their right mind would return the murder weapon to a Sears!?!" "
OJ
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Oh, come on, how many hard drive manufacturer's(don't mind my spelling) also sell tuna!!!!!
"IBM tuna- more crunchy!" "Maxtor tuna lumps, the best spinning tuna ever!"
It's not like hundreds of companies send their very different products to Mr. Box Co. to get their stuff packaged. Yes, similar stuff, but please don't try and say tuna and hard drives get packaged next to each other.
One difference from your examples- MUDs, web, warez were all client server models, meaning that the server was the fail point. With P2P apps, now the bandwidth is the fail point.
And honestly, how much of the P2P traffic do you think is even legal? Let's not get all hysterical because you (not you, but the plural you) want all your free music, movies, and games.
Don't use your stinkin' reasoning on us! Next thing you know we'll be ditching Microsoft and bosses will make decisions based on facts rather than buzzwords! What are you, some kinda commie?
Really, though, decisions involving money (and often those not involving money) rarely involve a concious and rational process.
OC-192 is already 'plexed. No one has yet bulit the switch that can do OC-768 or higher. I think that not even all the current Internet backbones are running 192 yet, though I could be wrong.
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Couple of points-
As for electric lights, there have been candles for hundreds of years, fire for thousands. I think that you can surmise that people didn't necessarily have to go to sleep at dusk.
As for the childbearing age, this is probably more a function of life expectancy than anything else.
Calendars have been around for thousands of years, also. I forget who had the oldest, the Chinese or the Mayans (someone else, even?). Biggest thing here is probably the advent of the weekend from work, though many people are not exempt from this (ie, farmers).
Clocks I can agree with that they granulate our time more precisely, but I wouldn't call that a _fundamental_ change. More of an annoyance, if anything.
I do agree that women's rights, as well as racial rights, have really changed how our society works. And for the better. Compare South America's apartheid (sp?) with US race relations. Compare the Taliban's Afghan womens' rights to most of the rest of the world.
Another change I would point out is that religion no longer dominates governments and military power.
Transportation (cars, ships, planes) has really changed our lives. Before 1600, there was no North America. Now we can jet anywhere in the world in hours; hell, we can go to the moon.
Communications have changed our lives, too. Information is now exchanged in real time, whereas it used to take years.
And fart jokes, you can't forget those!
Didn't see this posted yet- everyone knows that all the really important gov systems are NOT on the Internet, right? And good luck getting into NIPRNET or SIPRNET. Of course, /. and uberpron.com will be down, but important gov systems won't be fux0red. Deciding whether this is good or bad thing I leave to the audience to decide.
I thought that Japan imploded 2 years ago? And why would anyone want to attack Japan, it's not like they have any natural resources worth worrying about. Except schoolgirls, that is, but that seems to be a Japanese thing, anyway.
"Why can't we just all get along? We're all on the same side? ...right?"
I hope to God (or whatever you want) that we are!
I will speak for "most" Americans here, though there are lots of different views. Our patriotism comes from fighting our way to freedom 200 years ago and sending our people to die in war to fight evil (Hitler and such). Yes, we have our questionable actions (bombing aspirin factories), but our pride comes from the good stuff we did/do. That probably doesn't explain it very well, but it's a hard thing to explain.
YOU lose, replace Aethist with monkey.
I wanna my banana!
Please don't confuse tourists in Australia with most Americans. If they can afford the trip (expensive flight, etc.), then they are most likely spoiled already, and probably act that way when at home. Us ordinary people would rather just shake your hand and buy you a beer (and see a kangaroo up close!). I look forward to the day where I can travel over the world and buy a beverage for someone in each country without being shot.
I have a little different feeling about the US: just leave us the hell alone! We throw money at nearly every country in the world. We trade with nearly every country in the world. We don't want to take anyone over, we just want to sell whatever crap you want to buy, and just live in peace. I work in the defense industry, so war makes us money, but trust me, we would rather just have peace. Everywhere, forever, but it just isn't going to happen soon, and the harder these crazy nations push us, the more pissed off we get. Please just stay home and play cards or something rather than blowing things up! Hell, you don't read about the US blowing up Canada every day! (The Canadian moose are very stealthy :) )
"...hate those guys who blow the WTC?"
Internet access- $25
/. AC bad grammar- priceless!
Wow- great read. Thanks.
Well, at least one person understands....
Fuck 'em. They don't like it, we'll drop bombs on them, too. Don't like that? I'll bring my tank over and blast your ass. I'm tired of all this apologist shit- don't kill my friends and we don't blow up Afghan. Pretty fucking simple, folks.
No wonder we are the only superpower left.... stupid lazy trash....
Q: Who's the dead guy?
A: He was the Canadian without the gun.
Moofie- notice that all the idiots arguing with you are ACs? Takes a lot of guts to talk trash when you can hide behind annonimity. I'm with you, leave the rest of the world alone, EXCEPT the assholes that attacked us and killed some of my co-workers. And I don't want to hear from any ACs about how they deserved to die- all they ever wanted was to support their families.
"Now, I am afraid, there are many countries that are more democratic, more free, and more tolerant than the US has become."
And these countries would be...?
As much as it has become rather popular to bash the US recently, I still don't see any other countries where people are flocking to by the thougsands every day. I'm not knocking you, I only have to much time in a day to read news, so there may be a few countries out there that I don't know about, but please let us know what they are.
I was waiting for the punch line after "Master's in Political Science" and "Bachelor's in Business Management".
Sorry, I thought that was a joke. Guess I was wrong. Yet, you call that an education? I can get the same level of education by watching Barney videos. (Before you flame, I have a BS in EE and a MS in EE )
Well, if you had any marketable skils you would be able to find a job that paid more than $23/hr. Being a porn fluffer is not usually considered a "step up".
3 words-
videotape showed innocence
"The choice quote was the dispatch officer, who said: "Who in their right mind would return the murder weapon to a Sears!?!" "
OJ
Oh, come on, how many hard drive manufacturer's(don't mind my spelling) also sell tuna!!!!!
"IBM tuna- more crunchy!" "Maxtor tuna lumps, the best spinning tuna ever!"
It's not like hundreds of companies send their very different products to Mr. Box Co. to get their stuff packaged. Yes, similar stuff, but please don't try and say tuna and hard drives get packaged next to each other.
One difference from your examples- MUDs, web, warez were all client server models, meaning that the server was the fail point. With P2P apps, now the bandwidth is the fail point.
And honestly, how much of the P2P traffic do you think is even legal? Let's not get all hysterical because you (not you, but the plural you) want all your free music, movies, and games.
Don't use your stinkin' reasoning on us! Next thing you know we'll be ditching Microsoft and bosses will make decisions based on facts rather than buzzwords! What are you, some kinda commie?
Really, though, decisions involving money (and often those not involving money) rarely involve a concious and rational process.
OC-192 is already 'plexed. No one has yet bulit the switch that can do OC-768 or higher. I think that not even all the current Internet backbones are running 192 yet, though I could be wrong.
Ah, hell, I could be wrong about everything....
Ok, Windows is a great ecosystem, GPL is a virus, open source eats your brain, and Barney shall now be your king and Lord?
I'm sorry, I read this, and I am really not sure what the purpose of this is. Feel free to call me stupid, but what the hell?
Really I tried to understand this, and I utterly failed. Either Gates is way more brilliant than I am, or I am way more stupid than a donkey.
(Ouch, I just did this: Gates>me>donkey. That leaves a lot of latitude!)