The Tasmanian Devil is endangered, but not anywhere near extinct. The "practically extinct" animal you are thinking of is likely the Tasmanian Wolf, also called the Tasmanian Tiger. This animal, however, is much less remembered, due to its extinction(?) and the fact that there is no Warner Brothers cartoon character to make it so everyone thinks it is so cool.
So, do you project her in full 5'9" size? Does the projecter belch Laramie smoke to make the virtual experience more real? There are unshaven bikini-clad images available, too.
I had an Apple user explain to me that Apple made it hard for the user to eject disks because the Apple disk system tended to scramble the disks unless you ejected them at the perfect time. This was not a problem with better-designed systems, including PCs and Amigas, which could take this in stride. I think Apple should have fixed their disks systems rather than try to make up for it by making a basic task difficult for the user.
"My favorite example of simple was the Viet Cong with their dung covered stakes vs the greatest power in the history of the world. We all know how that one turned out"
You are forgetting that the Viet Cong was a branch of the USSR...the 2nd greatest power at the time. The USSR wanted to conquer and crush South Vietnam more than the US wanted to protect it from the invasion. Hence, South Vietnam's being the loser in the Vietnam War despite having a powerful ally.
Like many cell phones, the phone itself is badly designed to make it difficult to do basic things like enter phone numbers. Something that should be a "no-brainer" like having a standard right-angle array of the phone numbers is lost on them. Why have the 7 key located way above the left key so you have to look at the keys in order to figure out where they are? (The Nokia N- Gage is one of the worst examples of this: it is like the intentionally went out of their way to make it useless as a phone).
Maybe the projection system could make up for this by projecting a standard number button array so it can be used. However, it would be a lot simpler if they used a standard number array on the phone itself.
"I see this as a right, not something that only "rich" people have (out of a poors perspective)."
Isn't thare a problem with "rights" that are based in greed (such as "you must pay me this or give me this!") as oppose to real rights which are based in innate human freedoms to be able to do something?
"After all, a huge part of the population is un-ensured, or under-insured and you get a weird JohnQ feeling"
Not having insurance does not mean not having health care. If this was the case, everyone would be starving: "A crisis! 100% of Americans do not have food insurance!!!"
"Now about the publicly funded (tax-based) health care system: the cost of healthcare is going to be lower, because instead of many, many independent clients (the patients), the health care providers have only one customer: the government"
That can make things more expensive, inefficient, and inhumane, because there is no accountability and no incentive to have better service. This is a failing of monopolies, and what you are describing is a monopoly.
"At least in Bulgaria when I go to the emergency room they do not make me fill out ten different forms which state that I am not going to sue them if they happen to confuse my liver for my kidney."
This is a problem with the American system. Frivolous lawsuits drive up the cost a lot, and they are quite common. This is why there is a movement for reform to keep baseless lawsuits out of the system.
"P.S. A laptop should be useable in and of itself. If Apple split the button in two, you could always map both buttons to act as the main button. There's no way to do the reverse."
If they had a wide single-button, perhaps, that would left-click if you clicked on the left side, and right-click if you clicked on the right side. Would be somewhat inexact, however.
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"And finally... Holding up the Atari 2600 as a "high-volume console"? A 2600 was as rare in the home as a Commodore or an Apple."
Are you confusing the 2600 with the Atari 400/800 computer? This is the Atari VCS, and it was a runaway success. From the AtariAge web site: "The Atari 2600, originally called the Atari VCS, is the godfather of modern videogame systems, and helped spawn a multi-billion dollar industry. Atari sold over thirty million of the consoles, and together with other companies sold hundreds of millions of games. "
You mentioned the NES, another huge success, as selling "tens of millions", as a high volume console. If the NES is, then the Atari 2600 with tens of millions is also.
"My evidence is anecdotal at best, but just like the title of this thread, you and I are biased"
Thanks. Some show Chechnya in Europe, some show it in Asia. The best answer is "yes" to both, as it is in a borderland area that geographers give to both "continents".
"Your right, you havn't exactly hosted them - you've exported them! Propping up dictators like Saddam, Pinochet, Pol Pot, countless oppressive south american and asian regimes (such as indonesia)."
Good point on Saddam. Pinochet? His death toll, while inexcusable, was a fraction of what it had been had the Soviet puppet dictator Allende continued his reign of terror. This thug Allende had imported stormtroopers from East Germany to crush the Chileans. Pol Pot? He was entirely created and propped up by China. Indonesia? You are correct on this one, especially the East Timor situation.
"No, they tend to sponsor and export them. Talk to the North Vietnamese"
The North Vietnamese war against South Vietnam, with its millions of deaths, was sponsored by the USSR and actually opposed by the US. Both USA and USSR begin with US, so I can see the confusion.
See also this map and page. Chechnya is part of the green Russian territory that is in Europe. Considered to be part of Russia itself, it is found to the north of the north Georgian border inside the Russia area.
Wow. I wonder what box Clinton and Bush put the Rwanda and Kosovo genocides in when they packaged them. This is amazing news: Thus must mean that all genocides are US-caused!
"The First Amendment really has nothing to do with broadcasters"
Nor did the Internet and blogs. However, it is clearly an extension of the newspaper press that existed when the amendment was written.
"The Fairness Doctrine is only capable of censorship to the extent that a broadcaster might not air a particular view because if they had to give equal time to an opposing view they couldn't sell that time to advertisers."
That is only part of the story. For one, they could use that time for other programs (not just selling ads). You also did not mention the "chilling" effect that discourages political content at all (lest the government start to manage their schedule). This chilling effect caused profound censorship expecially in radio. When it was lifted, talk radio in both AM and FM flourished. If it came back, they would go back to music again. I don't know if it was you, or the other guy that said that the broadcaster should shut up if they are going to say something that someone might judge is "unfair". That is strong censorship.
"When a newspaper prints something it does so on presses and paper it owns, but broadcasters "publish" over airwaves that you and I own so it ain't the same thing"
THey are licensed to use these airwaves in the public interest. Why shouldn't they be allowed to serve the public the way newspapers are, without government censorship? It is because we own the airwaves that I want them to be a free medium, just like newspapers, accountable to the public and not to censors.
Chechnya is part of Europe. The Caucasus is considered to be the southeastern corner of the continent, as such. Please see this map. See also this map.
"3) Fair prices (we're flexible, iTunes prices are just fine... Though of course AllOfMyMp3 prices are more welcome)"
iTMS prices are not really competitive to buying CDs in the store, when you look at the price of an album (too close to Wal-Mart's price). The markup/profit margin is way high considering the overhead and they don't have to bother with the CD and packaging.
Something like 50 cents per track would be a lot more realistic. Even better, have a price difference. 50 cents for the hot new Moby release, and 10 cents for the old moldy "Snoopy and the Red Baron" song someone might want.
"Europe has a lower crime rate per capita than the USA"
Clarification: Are you including all of Europe, all the way to the Urals? Or just picking and choosing those few countries with the good statistics?
If you include all of Europe, it probably looks pretty bad (there are such things to consider like tens of thousands of rapes committed by Serbian invaders in Bosnia and Kosovo very recently during the 1990s, which must really mess up the stats. Chechnya, a part of Europe, has been a bloodbath for a while now. Or did you leave that out, too? Europe has hosted a few genocides in very recent history. Is that "justice"? At least the United States hasn't hosted any of those for close to 100 years.
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It is a type of caterpillar known as the inchworm.
The Tasmanian Devil is endangered, but not anywhere near extinct. The "practically extinct" animal you are thinking of is likely the Tasmanian Wolf, also called the Tasmanian Tiger. This animal, however, is much less remembered, due to its extinction(?) and the fact that there is no Warner Brothers cartoon character to make it so everyone thinks it is so cool.
So, do you project her in full 5'9" size? Does the projecter belch Laramie smoke to make the virtual experience more real? There are unshaven bikini-clad images available, too.
I had an Apple user explain to me that Apple made it hard for the user to eject disks because the Apple disk system tended to scramble the disks unless you ejected them at the perfect time. This was not a problem with better-designed systems, including PCs and Amigas, which could take this in stride. I think Apple should have fixed their disks systems rather than try to make up for it by making a basic task difficult for the user.
You are forgetting that the Viet Cong was a branch of the USSR...the 2nd greatest power at the time. The USSR wanted to conquer and crush South Vietnam more than the US wanted to protect it from the invasion. Hence, South Vietnam's being the loser in the Vietnam War despite having a powerful ally.
Maybe the projection system could make up for this by projecting a standard number button array so it can be used. However, it would be a lot simpler if they used a standard number array on the phone itself.
Isn't thare a problem with "rights" that are based in greed (such as "you must pay me this or give me this!") as oppose to real rights which are based in innate human freedoms to be able to do something?
Not having insurance does not mean not having health care. If this was the case, everyone would be starving: "A crisis! 100% of Americans do not have food insurance!!!"
"Now about the publicly funded (tax-based) health care system: the cost of healthcare is going to be lower, because instead of many, many independent clients (the patients), the health care providers have only one customer: the government" That can make things more expensive, inefficient, and inhumane, because there is no accountability and no incentive to have better service. This is a failing of monopolies, and what you are describing is a monopoly.
"At least in Bulgaria when I go to the emergency room they do not make me fill out ten different forms which state that I am not going to sue them if they happen to confuse my liver for my kidney."
This is a problem with the American system. Frivolous lawsuits drive up the cost a lot, and they are quite common. This is why there is a movement for reform to keep baseless lawsuits out of the system.
If they had a wide single-button, perhaps, that would left-click if you clicked on the left side, and right-click if you clicked on the right side. Would be somewhat inexact, however.
Are you confusing the 2600 with the Atari 400/800 computer? This is the Atari VCS, and it was a runaway success. From the AtariAge web site: "The Atari 2600, originally called the Atari VCS, is the godfather of modern videogame systems, and helped spawn a multi-billion dollar industry. Atari sold over thirty million of the consoles, and together with other companies sold hundreds of millions of games. "
You mentioned the NES, another huge success, as selling "tens of millions", as a high volume console. If the NES is, then the Atari 2600 with tens of millions is also.
"My evidence is anecdotal at best, but just like the title of this thread, you and I are biased"
heh...:)
I agree!
Thanks. Some show Chechnya in Europe, some show it in Asia. The best answer is "yes" to both, as it is in a borderland area that geographers give to both "continents".
Good point on Saddam. Pinochet? His death toll, while inexcusable, was a fraction of what it had been had the Soviet puppet dictator Allende continued his reign of terror. This thug Allende had imported stormtroopers from East Germany to crush the Chileans. Pol Pot? He was entirely created and propped up by China. Indonesia? You are correct on this one, especially the East Timor situation.
The North Vietnamese war against South Vietnam, with its millions of deaths, was sponsored by the USSR and actually opposed by the US. Both USA and USSR begin with US, so I can see the confusion.
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Hello?
(staticy voice in phone) Bork! Bork! Bork!
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See also this map and page. Chechnya is part of the green Russian territory that is in Europe. Considered to be part of Russia itself, it is found to the north of the north Georgian border inside the Russia area.
Wow. I wonder what box Clinton and Bush put the Rwanda and Kosovo genocides in when they packaged them. This is amazing news: Thus must mean that all genocides are US-caused!
Nor did the Internet and blogs. However, it is clearly an extension of the newspaper press that existed when the amendment was written.
"The Fairness Doctrine is only capable of censorship to the extent that a broadcaster might not air a particular view because if they had to give equal time to an opposing view they couldn't sell that time to advertisers."
That is only part of the story. For one, they could use that time for other programs (not just selling ads). You also did not mention the "chilling" effect that discourages political content at all (lest the government start to manage their schedule). This chilling effect caused profound censorship expecially in radio. When it was lifted, talk radio in both AM and FM flourished. If it came back, they would go back to music again. I don't know if it was you, or the other guy that said that the broadcaster should shut up if they are going to say something that someone might judge is "unfair". That is strong censorship.
"When a newspaper prints something it does so on presses and paper it owns, but broadcasters "publish" over airwaves that you and I own so it ain't the same thing"
THey are licensed to use these airwaves in the public interest. Why shouldn't they be allowed to serve the public the way newspapers are, without government censorship? It is because we own the airwaves that I want them to be a free medium, just like newspapers, accountable to the public and not to censors.
Learn your own continent!
iTMS prices are not really competitive to buying CDs in the store, when you look at the price of an album (too close to Wal-Mart's price). The markup/profit margin is way high considering the overhead and they don't have to bother with the CD and packaging.
Something like 50 cents per track would be a lot more realistic. Even better, have a price difference. 50 cents for the hot new Moby release, and 10 cents for the old moldy "Snoopy and the Red Baron" song someone might want.
Clarification: Are you including all of Europe, all the way to the Urals? Or just picking and choosing those few countries with the good statistics?
If you include all of Europe, it probably looks pretty bad (there are such things to consider like tens of thousands of rapes committed by Serbian invaders in Bosnia and Kosovo very recently during the 1990s, which must really mess up the stats. Chechnya, a part of Europe, has been a bloodbath for a while now. Or did you leave that out, too? Europe has hosted a few genocides in very recent history. Is that "justice"? At least the United States hasn't hosted any of those for close to 100 years.
I bet you watch the Muppets and say "is this supposed to be funny? It's just a bunch of socks."
Did George Orwell write it?
"If you think health care is expensive now, just wait until it's free."
Good point. Americans are so badly overtaxed; it is a sore point with us.