"I say every one of those 1,000 soldiers who volunteered to give their lives are heroes. It's because of them that we are fighting terrorists in Baghdad and not Manhattan."
I just would like to remind you that there were no "terrorists" as you call them in Baghdad previous to the illegal invasion of the US.
And the idea that you may one day be fighting terrorists in Manhattan (implying that the fight would be similar to what is being experinced in Iraq) is just plain ridiculous.
What a pity that you are fighting terrorism in Iraq, a state that did not sponsor it in general terms.
Language? Indians, Malaysians, and many Chinese speak fluid English.
Time zone? There is a thing called delegation.
Cultural differences? When it comes to get the job done I think (having practical experience in the matter) this can be an issue, but nowadays everybody around the world broady agrees in the productivity ethos. Bar USian/.ers that is, who favur inneficient markets and lousy levels of productivity to kepp jobs local.
Geographic distances? What about if your potential clients are closer to your offshoring partners than to your main office?
Let make the economy inneficient while we grap ourselves in the beloved flag of the U.S. of A.!
Great rethoric, the problem is that people are selfish and they will buy the best buy, because it is on their interest.
The day the US becomes so poor that goes beggin for sustenance around the world, guess what, you would have acquired the same competitive advantage than now China and India have.
Of course this is not going to happen, since Offshoring is grossly overhyped, but it is a nice rethorical point to make which shows how the system will work.
Rich countries live a life of excessive consumerism and excesses.
The major cause of death in rich countries say the history: obesity, smoking, heart attacks (at earlier and earlier ages), and car accidents, all inidicative of a wealthy society, shows clearly how people in rich countries could adjust their levels of spending and still lead a comfortable lifes.
And lets not talk about the rampant consumerism, SUVs, crazy use of energy resources (folks, turn off the air con once in a while, you don't need it 24x7).
Some adjustment is clearly possible and long overdue.
-NAFTA: all three countries had benefitted as a whole. Mexico became an exporter big tme.
-EU: the level of life in poor countries (Portugal, Ireland, Spain) has risen substantially since their insertion in the EU. The richer countries, although have structural problems, have seen a modest growth and in places like the UKor the Netherlands, the economy has been bumming for years.
SO theory is all fine, facts in day to day life point in the direction of free trade as a life improver for all the people involved.
... that means he either was grossly overpaid in the first place or his skills are of similar quality, since his job would require somebody with similar preparation.
... you, or whoever wrote this, can play Moore's same game (as you would see it).
Just one example:
"39. Moore say Saddams Iraq had never murdered a single American citizen. In fact, Saddam paid for terrorist bombers in Israel who murdered Americans, along with people of other nationalities. Saddam also sheltered the American-killing terrorist Abu Nidal, and the bomb-maker for the 1993 World Trade Center bombings."
I think I understand Moore's statement in the sense that Hussein did not explicitly ordered US poeple to be murdered. What you say seems to indicate an incidental happening, and you try to stretch for all what it is worth, which is exactly what you are intending to criticize.
The fact is that the US was never attacked by Hussein's regime, in spite of the dictator having multiple motives to do so.
As the one above you stretch many of your points to a point where you are not credible at all.
An hereditary house like Britain had for centuries?
An appointed house in which the appointer appoints his best friends?
Any person that is going to legislate on the name of the populace has to be elected in a democracy.
If Senators are less statesmen like it may be that the political system needs fixing (when are you guys going to fix your financing rules?), not that the election process is broken.
The way your system works politicians are forced to whore out to the highest bidder. Strong limits on campaign expenditures and strong legislation about fairness during press coverage could alleviate a lot of those problems.
That may have been the intention initially, reality has completely overruled that ridiculous FAQ./. is known all around the world in the IT circles, it is good time that/. drops the pretense to be for USian consumption only and embraces its international appeal with gusto.
The bloddy computers may be in the US, but I have seen here many histories from places all around the world, from Malaysia, Mexico to Namibia and Vietnam. Heck, even the UK features for goodness sake.
It is good time that/. recognizes that it no longer serves an US only audience. If we are going to talk about politics I am pretty sure we are going to do it about politics all around the place, because politics is not a parochial affair but a global matter.
As such, the logo slected by/. should reflect this (perhaps two people arguing? or the logo of an assembly? or several heads with comic blurbs representing people thinking?).
Oh, and it is good time the FAQ got rid of the ridiculous comment that this site is US slanted by design. It is not anymore, so such a FAQ is completely out of step with the spirit and the content of the site.
It is not that all opinions have the same value, but all people have the same right to express their opinions.
The merit of the opinions are decided by the politicial process, if you are arsed to transform those opinions in policies and actions and if your peers think your opinions can improve society then yes, your opinions will raise above the rest.
Or what is your alternative? That only opinions of experts, annointed ones, the people in the know, are the only ones we should be listening to? Like G. Bush, T. Blair and their incompetent intelligence agencies?
-Judges form other countries would be impartial, unless all the judges are Palestinian. To say other wise is a patronizing view, but not untypical of US people.
-I would like to remind you that although 9/11 was the most egregious crime allegedly commited by bin Laden, it is not the only one, we have many in many parts all around the world, that makes an International court the most fitting place for a prospective trial. Places like Kenia and Tanzania suffered as much, but of course they don't have 300 billion dollars in "defense" budget to impose their will and obtain justice.
-Extradition treaties have nothing to do with victims. Get a clue.
-Both the victims and the alleged culprits of any crime have rights. Something your goverment has patently forgotten.
I normally roll my eyes in despair when somebody complains about politicial correctness gone mad (because normally the complainer is a little racist wishing for times gone by).
But now I am absolutely flabbergasted that somebody may find such title racist.
Honestly man, where is your common sense?
Russian is not used in a derogatory manner, don't be mentally anal retentive for goodness sake.
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I will do something else before that happens.
You are the master of your destiny, unfortunately the master in a ship is perhaps the people with the most serious responsbilites.
In my experience it works like this:
- I am asked to do something by Friday, I say OK.
-Then I am asked something else.
-And then more.
Until it becomes patently obvious i am being demanded too many things for the time I should be working.
What to do? Kill yourself to get it done?
Nope. Work your hours and do as much as you possibly can, keeping records of what you did and what was demanded.
But, I could not let this one go, sorry:
"I say every one of those 1,000 soldiers who volunteered to give their lives are heroes. It's because of them that we are fighting terrorists in Baghdad and not Manhattan."
I just would like to remind you that there were no "terrorists" as you call them in Baghdad previous to the illegal invasion of the US.
And the idea that you may one day be fighting terrorists in Manhattan (implying that the fight would be similar to what is being experinced in Iraq) is just plain ridiculous.
What a pity that you are fighting terrorism in Iraq, a state that did not sponsor it in general terms.
Many Indian companies hold higly regarded certifications for quality and documentation of their procedures, but somehow they produce crap.
Strange I don't see the same.
Language? Indians, Malaysians, and many Chinese speak fluid English.
/.ers that is, who favur inneficient markets and lousy levels of productivity to kepp jobs local.
Time zone? There is a thing called delegation.
Cultural differences? When it comes to get the job done I think (having practical experience in the matter) this can be an issue, but nowadays everybody around the world broady agrees in the productivity ethos. Bar USian
Geographic distances? What about if your potential clients are closer to your offshoring partners than to your main office?
How many cars do you have?
Can you raise your hand and say that you are not a consumated consumerist?
Do you save energy?
And so on and so forth.
You are too expensive, period. You will need to adjust your level of life, which will be difficult but mostly harmless.
Bring the horse pulled cars!
Raise the prices of our computers, cars, TVs!
Lets eat more expensive food!
Let make the economy inneficient while we grap ourselves in the beloved flag of the U.S. of A.!
Great rethoric, the problem is that people are selfish and they will buy the best buy, because it is on their interest.
The day the US becomes so poor that goes beggin for sustenance around the world, guess what, you would have acquired the same competitive advantage than now China and India have.
Of course this is not going to happen, since Offshoring is grossly overhyped, but it is a nice rethorical point to make which shows how the system will work.
Rich countries live a life of excessive consumerism and excesses.
The major cause of death in rich countries say the history: obesity, smoking, heart attacks (at earlier and earlier ages), and car accidents, all inidicative of a wealthy society, shows clearly how people in rich countries could adjust their levels of spending and still lead a comfortable lifes.
And lets not talk about the rampant consumerism, SUVs, crazy use of energy resources (folks, turn off the air con once in a while, you don't need it 24x7).
Some adjustment is clearly possible and long overdue.
I studied in a public University in Mexico.
/.ers show their ugliest side, what a shame.
I have worked in many countries in several continents providing my expertise.
I have never feel disadvantaged in relation to colleagues and competitors with education in rich countries.
I am pretty sure that Bangalore Uni is as good as many other institutions on rich countries.
Everytime this issue surfaces USian
And the Meister Shoemakers in Germany also dispaeared.
For goodness skae, the history of human economics is filled with examples of full professions obliterated and new ones emerging.
It was good time that we got used to thise reality.
It is a fact of life, to pretend otherwise is to be closing the eye hoping the problme goes away.
Why don't we look at the working examples:
-NAFTA: all three countries had benefitted as a whole. Mexico became an exporter big tme.
-EU: the level of life in poor countries (Portugal, Ireland, Spain) has risen substantially since their insertion in the EU. The richer countries, although have structural problems, have seen a modest growth and in places like the UKor the Netherlands, the economy has been bumming for years.
SO theory is all fine, facts in day to day life point in the direction of free trade as a life improver for all the people involved.
... that means he either was grossly overpaid in the first place or his skills are of similar quality, since his job would require somebody with similar preparation.
... you, or whoever wrote this, can play Moore's same game (as you would see it).
Just one example:
"39. Moore say Saddams Iraq had never murdered a single American citizen. In fact, Saddam paid for terrorist bombers in Israel who murdered Americans, along with people of other nationalities. Saddam also sheltered the American-killing terrorist Abu Nidal, and the bomb-maker for the 1993 World Trade Center bombings."
I think I understand Moore's statement in the sense that Hussein did not explicitly ordered US poeple to be murdered. What you say seems to indicate an incidental happening, and you try to stretch for all what it is worth, which is exactly what you are intending to criticize.
The fact is that the US was never attacked by Hussein's regime, in spite of the dictator having multiple motives to do so.
As the one above you stretch many of your points to a point where you are not credible at all.
Linux is the kernel. Now what can you do with only that?
All the traditional UNIX like OS utilities are GNU software, which is the foundation for any other application.
The utilities and the kernel (which is wah you traditionally receive in any distribution) should, righty, be called GNU/Linux.
I wish we don't have to "go again" through this, but misinformed people spread like a pest og Biblical proportions.
An organization making extensive use of copyright communist?
I am sure you know in communist regimes there is not such a thing as copytight since anything produced belongs to the state.
You could not be more off the make, even if you intended the above as a joke.
An hereditary house like Britain had for centuries?
An appointed house in which the appointer appoints his best friends?
Any person that is going to legislate on the name of the populace has to be elected in a democracy.
If Senators are less statesmen like it may be that the political system needs fixing (when are you guys going to fix your financing rules?), not that the election process is broken.
The way your system works politicians are forced to whore out to the highest bidder. Strong limits on campaign expenditures and strong legislation about fairness during press coverage could alleviate a lot of those problems.
-1 Uses American hijacking a continent's name.
+1 Clarifies that USians are not the only Americans.
"What about BIOS updates or virus recovery?"
Boot from CD or DVD or USB (flash memory, disks)?
Virus recovery? What the hell are you talking about? (Sorry, Linux user exclusively here).
Modern PeeCees can boot from many mediums, mine even from Zip drives, LS200 (whatever that is) and funiily enough, floppys.
I can't remember last time I used a floppy. Good riddance!
Lets balkanize the Internet even more, lets stop hearing about what others have to say.
Lets be more exclusive, never inclusive.
That may have been the intention initially, reality has completely overruled that ridiculous FAQ. /. is known all around the world in the IT circles, it is good time that /. drops the pretense to be for USian consumption only and embraces its international appeal with gusto.
You must be joking.
/. recognizes that it no longer serves an US only audience. If we are going to talk about politics I am pretty sure we are going to do it about politics all around the place, because politics is not a parochial affair but a global matter.
/. should reflect this (perhaps two people arguing? or the logo of an assembly? or several heads with comic blurbs representing people thinking?).
The bloddy computers may be in the US, but I have seen here many histories from places all around the world, from Malaysia, Mexico to Namibia and Vietnam. Heck, even the UK features for goodness sake.
It is good time that
As such, the logo slected by
Oh, and it is good time the FAQ got rid of the ridiculous comment that this site is US slanted by design. It is not anymore, so such a FAQ is completely out of step with the spirit and the content of the site.
Obviously you don't understand democracy.
It is not that all opinions have the same value, but all people have the same right to express their opinions.
The merit of the opinions are decided by the politicial process, if you are arsed to transform those opinions in policies and actions and if your peers think your opinions can improve society then yes, your opinions will raise above the rest.
Or what is your alternative? That only opinions of experts, annointed ones, the people in the know, are the only ones we should be listening to? Like G. Bush, T. Blair and their incompetent intelligence agencies?
Thanks but no thanks.
-Judges form other countries would be impartial, unless all the judges are Palestinian. To say other wise is a patronizing view, but not untypical of US people.
-I would like to remind you that although 9/11 was the most egregious crime allegedly commited by bin Laden, it is not the only one, we have many in many parts all around the world, that makes an International court the most fitting place for a prospective trial. Places like Kenia and Tanzania suffered as much, but of course they don't have 300 billion dollars in "defense" budget to impose their will and obtain justice.
-Extradition treaties have nothing to do with victims. Get a clue.
-Both the victims and the alleged culprits of any crime have rights. Something your goverment has patently forgotten.
Find it in a dictionary, it may help your jokes in the future...
I normally roll my eyes in despair when somebody complains about politicial correctness gone mad (because normally the complainer is a little racist wishing for times gone by).
But now I am absolutely flabbergasted that somebody may find such title racist.
Honestly man, where is your common sense?
Russian is not used in a derogatory manner, don't be mentally anal retentive for goodness sake.