Re:Only Americans are stupid enough to use PHP.
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If you know of any way around this, it would be of help!
Your company does not allow ??? What kind of anti-technical BS is this ? Surely your company is interested in the most cost-effective appropriate solution for the job. Unless you work for one of those huge corporations that requires 'standards' above all else, even at the expense of profitability.
The best thing to do here (Apart from changing jobs) is to simply bypass the stupidity. Set up apache on a separate machine. Have the 'front door' running on netscape, but redirect to the performant solution on apache with mod_perl at the earliest opportunity.
I had the misfortune to work for a place that banned mod_perl. Unfortunately, they 'just didn't get it' (tm) so I had to take my services elsewhere. Remember, its a sellers market for tech skills, even now after the dotcom slump...
Hmmmm. Sounds like you need a history lesson. The reason your 'revolution' succeeded was because the British administration at the time did not think it worth fighting for. As it turns out, they were right:-)
Anyway, for more information on what is wrong with your country see here and here
Enjoy, USA-boy, safe in the knowledge that the rest of the world thinks you are a bunch of polluting, arrogant, moneygrabbing morons.
Well, this is an online forum, I don't always run my comments through a spell checker, but then, neither does commander Taco, so I consider myself in good company.
However, I am afraid you have made yourself look rather foolish, since civilsed is spelled like I originally spelled it. You Amreicans have put 'z''s in many words which are correctly spelled with an 's'. It is one of your more irritating habits.
Please do not bother linking to dictionary.com since I know how to spell the English language, since I am ENGLISH.
As usual, our American cousins have to find a way to extract money our of absolutely everything. It really is a little bit lower class, a bit 'tradesman' if you will.
In Britian, we do not see the need to turn every free surface into an advertisement hoarding, or to pollute the sides of our roads with thousands of glowing neon signs (we think about the environment).
So when thinking about banner ads, it is very clear it is the American culture of placing a dollar value on absolutely everything, and never stopping to think about true values (integrity, honesty, etc) that is to blame.
For once you Americans should try, just try to think about life in terms other than dollars and cents. Its what prevents you from developing a real civilised culture, as opposed to the 'MTV McDisney' culture you have at the present time.
Sad that Amercans are reduced to this ?
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Am I the only one who sees the irony of this particular story ? Here we have one of the most scientifically advanced countries in the world, and it is unable to develop technology to perform what is in effect a simple satellite launch.
How the Communist Russians must be laughing up there sleeves. The capitalist superpower reduced to relying on Soviet technology.
In my opinion, speaking as a great fan of the Amiga OS, nothing Linux or for that matter Microsoft has done so far compares to what was achieved on the Amiga. I think maybe there is something about Europeans that makes them so good at technology compared to the rest of the world. Some of the best demo's you will ever see are created by Norweigens, Finns, Germans, and yes, Britishers like myself.
It was a sad day when the Amiga ceased production.
All you Linux sheep should try checking out other operating systems from time to time, lest you become blinkered in your outlook.
I suspect that many Europeans would disagree that capitalism only works in the west. I would go one step further and say that Capitalism does not work in the USA. What you seem to have in the USA these days owes more the the 'Corporate State' of Mussolini's 1930s Italy than to any true notion of a free market.
Lets examine some facts.
1) America has the largest tax receipts of any country in the world. Hardly a Capitalist utopia.
2) America spends more on its miltary than any other country in the world. What exactly does this contribute to free trade ?
3) American corporations are amongst some of the most monopalistic in the world. Is this the free market ?
4) When forced to compete on a level playing field, US corporations fail dismally. E.g. the auto industry. You will not see ANYONE driving an Amercian car in Europe. Like most Amreicans, we would prefer a quality vehicle from BMW, Mercedez-Benz, Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda, Porshe, or even a Japanese made vehichle rather than the American low quality product.
5) Exploitation of resources and inefficiency. America leads the world in the destruction of the natural environment. Like the farme who eats his seed corn, they will surely reap their rewards.
Anyway In conclusion. There is little that the rest of the world can learn from America. Europe rejected Fascism in the 40's, America seems hell-bent on re-learning the same lesson Europe learned so long ago. It pains me to see it as I feel a moral reponsibility (since around 70% of Amercians come from my homeland).
Perhaps Americans who reject the direction their society has taken should return to the Motherland England, to like a more socially acceptable lifestyle.
We will put the kettle on for you and make a nice cup of tea:-)
The original poster was making a point about the arrogance of Americans. You seem to have just proved his point.
Re:Can you Americans take anything seriously ?
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You're just jealous because we have toothpaste and dentists.
And apparently so does the UK But you are probably one of those inward looking Americans with no concept of the world beyond your doorstep. Did you know only 10% of Americans hold a passport ? I am thankful:-)
The fact that we are not so self-obsessed that we have to have all our teeth capped to fit in with some American 'ideal' just shows that along with manners, breeding and culture, we have something else too. Its called individualism. In my country, it is not nescessary for a 15 year old to have plastic surgery simply to fit in with her peers. We are just not as shallow as Americans.
(Or at least the ones I have seen on TV).
Can you Americans take anything seriously ?
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As an outside observer, viewing things from Her Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain i'm often amused by the way Americans never seem to take anything seriously. Its as if they never grow up past "high school" (as I believe secondary education is known over there).
Here in the United Kingdom, we find it helpful to restrict our use of humour (note the 'u') to those occasions where the social situation would deem it to be appropriate.
From watching many films (I believe you call them 'movies') about the USA it amazes me that even your police officers seem to joke while on duty, even sometimes with the very criminals they are supposed to be arresting!
The American 'culture' fascinates me, but I don't know how you all cope. It just seems to juvenile and self-obsessed to me.
Comics (be they online or printed matter) are simply another facet of the perpetual adolescense of the American nation. Grown adults reading childrens comics, and nobody thinks there is anything abnormal about this ? Let me tell you in England, such a person would be viewed as very eccentric (possibly even mentally disturbed). I have never been to America, is it really as childish as it sometimes appears from 'Across the pond' ? Someone please tell me it 'ain't so':-)
It seems incredible to me the way you Americans are obsessed with sports and statistics. Over here in your Motherland (The UK) we think of sports as slightly humorous and a bit of a waste of time. We would never dream of paying a sportsperson the sort of amount that American sports stars are regularly awarded.
In Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIs kingdom we measure a persons success by their class, breeding, and manners. None of which have anything to do with how fast they can run or how good they are at throwing a ball around.
It strikes me that in the US, the lack of a proper class system leaves a vacuum which has been filled by mindless worship of sports, and to the cult of the 'Jock' as I believe you call people who are good at games.
Anyway I am in danger of becoming offtopic. A site such as slashdot, catering as it does to the more thinking, educated sector of the American population should think carefully before posting 'sports' stories like this, no matter how interesting the physics may seem, it is a short step away from joining the mainstream of America, with its mindless sports obsession.
Slashdot - please, I implore you, lets have no more of this sports nonsense, try and stick to 'news for nerds - stuff that matters'.
Finally, one observation. Given most American's obsession with pornography in all forms (thankfully illegal here in the civilised UK) I would have thought they would be more interested in the 'physics of pocket billiards'
I have yet to hear a single one wax nostalgic about an English or creative writing class.
I suspect it that like so many of our colonial cousins, they have lost touch with their cultural roots in England. I mean, the USA has butchered the English language (the language of Shakespeare, Milton, and the Bible) and has replaced it with a kind of 'McEnglish' where everyhing is spelled wrong (e.g. color instead of 'colour', tumor instead of 'tumour' etc) and new words are introduces where perfectly good ones already existed before (deplane, discomfortableize, etc etc).
I blame the schools for not teaching about Americans where they originally came from (e.g. England) and concentrating too much on "political correctness". Fortunately you will not find too much of that in the UK;-)
Excuse me for saying it, but don't you Americans have any sense of 'fair play' or common decency any more ? Have you forgotten your British backgrounds so easily ?
It seems to me that a large number of American problems stem from their wholesale rejection of the British values that served them so well up until 1776. Perhaps you chaps have thrown the baby out with the bathwater !
I look forward to the time when Americans learn of such things as good manners, etiquette, and a sympathy for the underdog. All good British qualities sadly lacking in our colonial cousins despite their mainly British origin.
Sorry if I have upset anyone, I am quite new to this worldwide internet thing.
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Your company does not allow ??? What kind of anti-technical BS is this ? Surely your company is interested in the most cost-effective appropriate solution for the job. Unless you work for one of those huge corporations that requires 'standards' above all else, even at the expense of profitability.
The best thing to do here (Apart from changing jobs) is to simply bypass the stupidity. Set up apache on a separate machine. Have the 'front door' running on netscape, but redirect to the performant solution on apache with mod_perl at the earliest opportunity.
I had the misfortune to work for a place that banned mod_perl. Unfortunately, they 'just didn't get it' (tm) so I had to take my services elsewhere. Remember, its a sellers market for tech skills, even now after the dotcom slump...
Anyway, for more information on what is wrong with your country see here and here
Enjoy, USA-boy, safe in the knowledge that the rest of the world thinks you are a bunch of polluting, arrogant, moneygrabbing morons.
However, I am afraid you have made yourself look rather foolish, since civilsed is spelled like I originally spelled it. You Amreicans have put 'z''s in many words which are correctly spelled with an 's'. It is one of your more irritating habits.
Please do not bother linking to dictionary.com since I know how to spell the English language, since I am ENGLISH.
That area is designed for tourists. The average UK street has nothing like that. In America, it is endemic.
In Britian, we do not see the need to turn every free surface into an advertisement hoarding, or to pollute the sides of our roads with thousands of glowing neon signs (we think about the environment).
So when thinking about banner ads, it is very clear it is the American culture of placing a dollar value on absolutely everything, and never stopping to think about true values (integrity, honesty, etc) that is to blame.
For once you Americans should try, just try to think about life in terms other than dollars and cents. Its what prevents you from developing a real civilised culture, as opposed to the 'MTV McDisney' culture you have at the present time.
How the Communist Russians must be laughing up there sleeves. The capitalist superpower reduced to relying on Soviet technology.
Its incredibly ironic.
It was a sad day when the Amiga ceased production.
All you Linux sheep should try checking out other operating systems from time to time, lest you become blinkered in your outlook.
you could start with BeOS.
Lets examine some facts.
1) America has the largest tax receipts of any country in the world. Hardly a Capitalist utopia.
2) America spends more on its miltary than any other country in the world. What exactly does this contribute to free trade ?
3) American corporations are amongst some of the most monopalistic in the world. Is this the free market ?
4) When forced to compete on a level playing field, US corporations fail dismally. E.g. the auto industry. You will not see ANYONE driving an Amercian car in Europe. Like most Amreicans, we would prefer a quality vehicle from BMW, Mercedez-Benz, Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda, Porshe, or even a Japanese made vehichle rather than the American low quality product.
5) Exploitation of resources and inefficiency. America leads the world in the destruction of the natural environment. Like the farme who eats his seed corn, they will surely reap their rewards.
Anyway In conclusion. There is little that the rest of the world can learn from America. Europe rejected Fascism in the 40's, America seems hell-bent on re-learning the same lesson Europe learned so long ago. It pains me to see it as I feel a moral reponsibility (since around 70% of Amercians come from my homeland).
Perhaps Americans who reject the direction their society has taken should return to the Motherland England, to like a more socially acceptable lifestyle.
We will put the kettle on for you and make a nice cup of tea :-)
And apparently so does the UK But you are probably one of those inward looking Americans with no concept of the world beyond your doorstep. Did you know only 10% of Americans hold a passport ? I am thankful :-)
The fact that we are not so self-obsessed that we have to have all our teeth capped to fit in with some American 'ideal' just shows that along with manners, breeding and culture, we have something else too. Its called individualism. In my country, it is not nescessary for a 15 year old to have plastic surgery simply to fit in with her peers. We are just not as shallow as Americans. (Or at least the ones I have seen on TV).
Here in the United Kingdom, we find it helpful to restrict our use of humour (note the 'u') to those occasions where the social situation would deem it to be appropriate.
From watching many films (I believe you call them 'movies') about the USA it amazes me that even your police officers seem to joke while on duty, even sometimes with the very criminals they are supposed to be arresting!
The American 'culture' fascinates me, but I don't know how you all cope. It just seems to juvenile and self-obsessed to me.
Comics (be they online or printed matter) are simply another facet of the perpetual adolescense of the American nation. Grown adults reading childrens comics, and nobody thinks there is anything abnormal about this ? Let me tell you in England, such a person would be viewed as very eccentric (possibly even mentally disturbed). I have never been to America, is it really as childish as it sometimes appears from 'Across the pond' ? Someone please tell me it 'ain't so' :-)
In Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIs kingdom we measure a persons success by their class, breeding, and manners. None of which have anything to do with how fast they can run or how good they are at throwing a ball around.
It strikes me that in the US, the lack of a proper class system leaves a vacuum which has been filled by mindless worship of sports, and to the cult of the 'Jock' as I believe you call people who are good at games.
Anyway I am in danger of becoming offtopic. A site such as slashdot, catering as it does to the more thinking, educated sector of the American population should think carefully before posting 'sports' stories like this, no matter how interesting the physics may seem, it is a short step away from joining the mainstream of America, with its mindless sports obsession.
Slashdot - please, I implore you, lets have no more of this sports nonsense, try and stick to 'news for nerds - stuff that matters'.
Finally, one observation. Given most American's obsession with pornography in all forms (thankfully illegal here in the civilised UK) I would have thought they would be more interested in the 'physics of pocket billiards'
I suspect it that like so many of our colonial cousins, they have lost touch with their cultural roots in England. I mean, the USA has butchered the English language (the language of Shakespeare, Milton, and the Bible) and has replaced it with a kind of 'McEnglish' where everyhing is spelled wrong (e.g. color instead of 'colour', tumor instead of 'tumour' etc) and new words are introduces where perfectly good ones already existed before (deplane, discomfortableize, etc etc).
I blame the schools for not teaching about Americans where they originally came from (e.g. England) and concentrating too much on "political correctness". Fortunately you will not find too much of that in the UK ;-)
It seems to me that a large number of American problems stem from their wholesale rejection of the British values that served them so well up until 1776. Perhaps you chaps have thrown the baby out with the bathwater !
I look forward to the time when Americans learn of such things as good manners, etiquette, and a sympathy for the underdog. All good British qualities sadly lacking in our colonial cousins despite their mainly British origin.
Sorry if I have upset anyone, I am quite new to this worldwide internet thing.
Toodle pip old chaps.
-- The sun never sets on the British Empire