There are many possible futures. Before the war started, there were fewer and all of them were bad.
How is that not predicting future outcomes if you are so certain that all of them were bad?
And how could there be fewer possible futures previously then there are now (from a purely logical stand point that is completely wrong simply based on pure probability)
If you are so certain that all of them were bad, then you should be able to line item them to prove your point. Or concede that your argument is basically bullshit and you cannot say with any degree of certainty that a future without the actions that the US took against Iraq (Iraq war 2 WMD boogaloo) would produce a) something worse, b) something better, or c) the status fucking quo (most likely would be my guess)
Maybe you should have bought hardware that was designed to run your OS then?
Lets face it, most hardware is designed to run with Windows, or if the vendor offers a *nix version then it's tested with the distro that they choose to support.
Did your laptop come from the vendor with Ubuntu preloaded? If it didn't then how the hell can you gripe about it not working out of the box, since the box your hardware came in did not also include the OS you are running.
Bitch and moan all you want about what amounts to aftermarket parts and upgrades not being 100% compatable, that isn't the laptop vendors fault, NOR is it the fault of the Ubuntu people. What should they do, assemble every conceivable variation of hardware possible and test every component against all variations? That's absurd. If you want them to be perfect tell them to follow the Apple path and start producing a line of "blessed" hardware that is 100% compatable with Ubuntu. But then you'll just bitch and moan about being forced to use their hardware.
Explain to me how none of the possibilities were good prior to the US destabilising the region? I'd like to see your list. Also, please send lotto numbers.
1) If you are a friend of the bartender/brewer you will never pay full price (cronyism) 2) If you tip big you will get a discount on your bill (campaign conrtibutions, lobbying)
Before a naive ecomonics professor chooses to try to pander to blue collar folk with a bar analogy, he should do himself a favor and spend some time in a bar first and learn how reality works.
So somehow the US invasion is going to magically erase the fact that the 3 principle groups in Iraq have hundreds of years of history of trying to kill one another?
Just wait until we are out of there and the Kurds decide they want to leave and have their own country and the new Democracy votes for a Kurdish genocide.
Taliban weren't drug lords, and if they wanted to be, they'd have been buying the poppies from all their countrymen.
Do you even know what Taliban MEANS? It means "student". They are hardcore religious purists, radical students of their faith, and that is why growing poppies could land you dead.
"Leaving a fair and stable democratic government in Iraq that is not and will not be a threat to America or it's allies"
Those are 2 entirely seperate things. Suppose the new democratic government decides to go after Kuwait again? Sometimes the people you hand democracy to can vote against your interests you know. That's sort of the point of democracy.
Actually the Steve Jackson thing had nothing to do with Operation Sun Devil. SJG was raided because one of their games under development was thought by the feds to be "a handbook for cybercrime". It took them YEARS to get their gear back.
If you have that much data and it's that important then you should have either planned your backups as your storage needs increased, or found yourself an online backup provider and pay for adequate storage.
EVERY home user I've ever dealt with is well aware of that by the time I finish dealing with them.
You either do it right or quit whining.
You pay to take care of all your other big investments (house, car, boat, kids, pets, etc) so why should it come as any sort of shock that (gasp!) having a PC and accumulating data might require some upkeep costs?
And when the app you need to use to admin the device has no capacity to use a name to establish a connection? (in this instance I'm referring to a security system building controller that used a proprietary app that connected via IP only)
But a motorized wheelchair would? How about a Segway?
Isn't the point of a license to have some guarantee that you are in fact qualified to use device xyz on the public road?
Isn't the point of insurance to have some guarantee that whatever damage you may cause will be paid for?
I realize this is regarding Germany but where I'm at motor scooters don't require a license BUT they do require insurance and registration.
Bikes require neither.
Both are (supposedly) subject to all the same rules of the public roads.
I just fail to see the need to differentiate and say these users don't need to demontrate that they are qualified to operate their vehicle (license) and these users don't need to insure that any damage they do with their vehicle will be covered (insurance).
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If they're in a Wal-Mart, they really don't have any room to be a critic.
UGH! Coffee not working yet.
That should have been THE BLIND!
I'll go now...
The Deaf.
You can go now.
There are many possible futures. Before the war started, there were fewer and all of them were bad.
How is that not predicting future outcomes if you are so certain that all of them were bad?
And how could there be fewer possible futures previously then there are now (from a purely logical stand point that is completely wrong simply based on pure probability)
If you are so certain that all of them were bad, then you should be able to line item them to prove your point. Or concede that your argument is basically bullshit and you cannot say with any degree of certainty that a future without the actions that the US took against Iraq (Iraq war 2 WMD boogaloo) would produce a) something worse, b) something better, or c) the status fucking quo (most likely would be my guess)
I put a slug on my 386, all the little bastard did was shrivel up and start smoking....
Then again, that WAS more productive than Vista on the same hardware.
Maybe you should have bought hardware that was designed to run your OS then?
Lets face it, most hardware is designed to run with Windows, or if the vendor offers a *nix version then it's tested with the distro that they choose to support.
Did your laptop come from the vendor with Ubuntu preloaded? If it didn't then how the hell can you gripe about it not working out of the box, since the box your hardware came in did not also include the OS you are running.
Bitch and moan all you want about what amounts to aftermarket parts and upgrades not being 100% compatable, that isn't the laptop vendors fault, NOR is it the fault of the Ubuntu people. What should they do, assemble every conceivable variation of hardware possible and test every component against all variations? That's absurd. If you want them to be perfect tell them to follow the Apple path and start producing a line of "blessed" hardware that is 100% compatable with Ubuntu. But then you'll just bitch and moan about being forced to use their hardware.
Explain to me how none of the possibilities were good prior to the US destabilising the region? I'd like to see your list. Also, please send lotto numbers.
You fail on two counts:
1) If you are a friend of the bartender/brewer you will never pay full price (cronyism)
2) If you tip big you will get a discount on your bill (campaign conrtibutions, lobbying)
Before a naive ecomonics professor chooses to try to pander to blue collar folk with a bar analogy, he should do himself a favor and spend some time in a bar first and learn how reality works.
what the HELL do you think were are in RIGHT NOW??
A Soviet Afghanistan?
So somehow the US invasion is going to magically erase the fact that the 3 principle groups in Iraq have hundreds of years of history of trying to kill one another? Just wait until we are out of there and the Kurds decide they want to leave and have their own country and the new Democracy votes for a Kurdish genocide.
Taliban weren't drug lords, and if they wanted to be, they'd have been buying the poppies from all their countrymen. Do you even know what Taliban MEANS? It means "student". They are hardcore religious purists, radical students of their faith, and that is why growing poppies could land you dead.
"Leaving a fair and stable democratic government in Iraq that is not and will not be a threat to America or it's allies"
Those are 2 entirely seperate things. Suppose the new democratic government decides to go after Kuwait again? Sometimes the people you hand democracy to can vote against your interests you know. That's sort of the point of democracy.
Actually, under the Taliban, you could get get executed for growing heroin poppies. After the Taliban got run off, heroin production skyrocketed.
G) They no longer execute you if they catch you producing heroin.
Actually the Steve Jackson thing had nothing to do with Operation Sun Devil. SJG was raided because one of their games under development was thought by the feds to be "a handbook for cybercrime". It took them YEARS to get their gear back.
If you have that much data and it's that important then you should have either planned your backups as your storage needs increased, or found yourself an online backup provider and pay for adequate storage.
EVERY home user I've ever dealt with is well aware of that by the time I finish dealing with them.
You either do it right or quit whining.
You pay to take care of all your other big investments (house, car, boat, kids, pets, etc) so why should it come as any sort of shock that (gasp!) having a PC and accumulating data might require some upkeep costs?
Don't forget you do get the satisfaction that comes with saying "Back off man, I'm a scientist."
And when the app you need to use to admin the device has no capacity to use a name to establish a connection? (in this instance I'm referring to a security system building controller that used a proprietary app that connected via IP only)
They could just as easily make the same threat via postal mail. Actually now that I think about it, its EASIER to do so via postal mail.
Ack, I stand corrected having completely misread the paranthetical. Coworkers who contantly mistake bits and bytes doesn't help ;)
Just like gravity.
Check your math. kbps is kiloBITS. Not bytes. Still adds up fast though when you start thinking about multiple streams.
When its a device without a DNS name or entry whose admin interface is set to be accessed via specific IP address? They do exist you know.
How else are they going to run that firewall?
But a motorized wheelchair would? How about a Segway? Isn't the point of a license to have some guarantee that you are in fact qualified to use device xyz on the public road? Isn't the point of insurance to have some guarantee that whatever damage you may cause will be paid for? I realize this is regarding Germany but where I'm at motor scooters don't require a license BUT they do require insurance and registration. Bikes require neither. Both are (supposedly) subject to all the same rules of the public roads. I just fail to see the need to differentiate and say these users don't need to demontrate that they are qualified to operate their vehicle (license) and these users don't need to insure that any damage they do with their vehicle will be covered (insurance).