I believe you forgot all the liberations that didn't go well, notably those where you "liberated" some of those poor south americans from socialism. What a betterment of their life! What great morals you people have!
Excellent points. The Worldwatch Institute a few years ago estimated it would cost $US196.3 billion to meet urgent environmental and social needs worldwide. The USA spent a similar amount on its war in Iraq. If that money had been spent in the method recommended by Worldwatch, the world's (not just Iraq's or the Arab world's) population would be much better off and hence would be much less likely to retaliate against US interests.
Interestingly, Motorola said it had been delivering low-k dielectric 0.18 micron SOI processors for a full quarter. The 7455 is just such a chip - Motorola's claim may explain why Apple has had such success overclocking the 1GHz 0.18 micron MPC7455 to 1.42GHz in its Power Mac models.
For many years it was claimed that the Hindenburg caught alight because of its hydrogen. Recent investigations have proven this to be false. Hydrogen burns clear, but the Hindenburg fire was not clear at all. It is most likely that the paint on the exterior of the Zeppelin was the cause: chemical analysis shows its composition to be similar to rocket fuel.
I saw the first Robocop movie a few years after it was released. I was a child at the time, so I only watched it to see the cool cyborg killing bad guys. Last year I bought the DVD, for nostalgia's sake. I was blown away when I viewed it. Robocop is no ordinary action movie, it is highly satirical. I love how it sends up the Reagan-era USA of the 80s. Very clever. The other two movies are bad B-grade action movies in comparison.
You did help financially because we were running out of money. Two and half years of fighting drains a country especially when it's being bombed regularly.
The USA made a killing from Europe in both world wars by selling materials. By the end the war, the US was sitting on a huge stockpile of cash. Their industries had all been ramped up for war production. The demand for war materials ended with the war, threatening the US economy with massive recession and lay-offs. On the other side of the Atlantic, Europe was broke and devastated. They couldn't buy US goods even if they wanted to. The world market was at a virtual standstill.
In that situation, it only made sense for the US to give some money away: this became Marshall Aid. Europe was able to use this money to rebuild themselves, primarily by purchasing US goods (so the money came back to the US). This helped to restore the international economy and save both the US and Europe.
Marshall Aid was a very smart move economically, and altruism had little to do with it.
The official IUPAC spelling of the element is aluminium; however, Americans and Canadians generally spell and pronounce it aluminum. In 1807, Humphrey Davy proposed aluminum for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but he later decided to change the name to aluminium to conform with the "ium" convention used in most element names. The aluminium spelling then became the most common in both Britain and the United States. Then the United States changed over time to aluminum for popular purposes. The official name used in the United States in the field of chemistry remained aluminium until 1926 when the American Chemical Society decided to use the name aluminum in its publications.
In 1990 the IUPAC adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element. Aluminium is also the name used in French, Dutch, German, and Swedish; Italian uses alluminio, Portuguese alumínio and Spanish aluminio. (The use of these words in these other languages is one of the reasons IUPAC chose aluminium over aluminum.) In 1993, IUPAC recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant, but still prefers the use of aluminium.
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How can you trust your passwords to an app the likes of gator? It is clear to me that they have to ethical backbone.
For the same reasons that people trust Microsoft products (like IE) with their personal details (passwords, financial information, etc.). Microsoft clearly have no ethics, either.
Do you think Minitel may be slowing the rate of Internet takeup in France? I mean, why bother buying a computer when you already have this nice little Minitel terminal that does just about everything you need without any unnecessary complications?
When our site was slashdotted last year, we were able to cope with the load after putting our database into RAM. It's probably not the best solution, since the RAM would get deleted if the system crashes (or the power goes out, etc.), but it's a good temporary measure.
Temple of Doom was so incredibly racist I could barely watch it. I'm quite sure that nobody (except maybe for a few hicks, but you can find that sort of people in any country) in India eats giant bugs, eyeball soup, live monkey brains and snakes stuffed with eels. The movie was just an excuse to make one of the oldest civilisations on earth look barbaric.
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I believe you forgot all the liberations that didn't go well, notably those where you "liberated" some of those poor south americans from socialism. What a betterment of their life! What great morals you people have!
Yep, exactly!
Excellent points. The Worldwatch Institute a few years ago estimated it would cost $US196.3 billion to meet urgent environmental and social needs worldwide. The USA spent a similar amount on its war in Iraq. If that money had been spent in the method recommended by Worldwatch, the world's (not just Iraq's or the Arab world's) population would be much better off and hence would be much less likely to retaliate against US interests.
IMHO it's the IT equivalent of air-brushing your car with stripes and flashes - doesn't improve it in any way, but hey, it's expensive.
Yeah. Why bother with all that effort when you can make any old case look cool by punching a few 'speed holes' into it?
For many years it was claimed that the Hindenburg caught alight because of its hydrogen. Recent investigations have proven this to be false. Hydrogen burns clear, but the Hindenburg fire was not clear at all. It is most likely that the paint on the exterior of the Zeppelin was the cause: chemical analysis shows its composition to be similar to rocket fuel.
I saw the first Robocop movie a few years after it was released. I was a child at the time, so I only watched it to see the cool cyborg killing bad guys. Last year I bought the DVD, for nostalgia's sake. I was blown away when I viewed it. Robocop is no ordinary action movie, it is highly satirical. I love how it sends up the Reagan-era USA of the 80s. Very clever. The other two movies are bad B-grade action movies in comparison.
It makes sense, since the President of India is a top-level scientist (I believe he headed India's nuclear programme) and not a clueless buffoon.
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It's hazelnut, not nutmeg.
" if that will happen, then WHO will take responsibility for all the holes in Windows?! "
I hope WHO does take responsibility for all the holes in Windows. IMHO using Windows is a health risk.
"In the event that it impacts in the Atlantic, they predict that the '60,000 megaton blast' would create 400 foot waves along the east coast."
Isn't Europe and Africa on the east coast of the Atlantic?
Every time I open a system case, I feel like stealing the BIOS. Screw the CPU(s), memory, video card(s) and hard drive(s), just gimme that BIOS chip!
You did help financially because we were running out of money. Two and half years of fighting drains a country especially when it's being bombed regularly.
The USA made a killing from Europe in both world wars by selling materials. By the end the war, the US was sitting on a huge stockpile of cash. Their industries had all been ramped up for war production. The demand for war materials ended with the war, threatening the US economy with massive recession and lay-offs. On the other side of the Atlantic, Europe was broke and devastated. They couldn't buy US goods even if they wanted to. The world market was at a virtual standstill.
In that situation, it only made sense for the US to give some money away: this became Marshall Aid. Europe was able to use this money to rebuild themselves, primarily by purchasing US goods (so the money came back to the US). This helped to restore the international economy and save both the US and Europe.
Marshall Aid was a very smart move economically, and altruism had little to do with it.
PRESS RELEASE: MICROSOFT INNOVATES IN NEW VERSION OF INTERNET EXPLORER
Store all your passwords, financial data and other personal information on a central server! Never again will you have to remember a password or PIN, since you can conveniently access all your data from a Microsoft server*! Microsoft have made it so easy for you by uploading all your data automatically, no questions asked! In addition, we use our patented Malware(TM) advanced artificial intelligence to analyse your movements online and offer services tailored just for you! To make this as pleasant an experience as possible, we even share your data with third parties so that you are only offered services that suit your interests.
"Microsoft has always strived to deliver the best value for money in the industry," reported Tom Rort of The Gartner Group. "Microsoft products pay off big time for me! I'd give this release a rating of five dollar-signs," said Mary Swindle of The Aberdeen Group.
Once again, Microsoft has shown its commitment to looking out for the best interests of its customers.
* cost of retrieval is $US9.99 per transaction, and since Microsoft already have your financial data, we conveniently deduct the money from your bank account automatically.
How can you trust your passwords to an app the likes of gator? It is clear to me that they have to ethical backbone.
For the same reasons that people trust Microsoft products (like IE) with their personal details (passwords, financial information, etc.). Microsoft clearly have no ethics, either.
I always read C# as "C-hash".
Do you think Minitel may be slowing the rate of Internet takeup in France? I mean, why bother buying a computer when you already have this nice little Minitel terminal that does just about everything you need without any unnecessary complications?
I hear (I haven't tried it myself) that OpenOffice.org has a good equation editor (better than MS Word). Also, there's GNU TeXmacs.
I heard about some kid who wrote so much BASIC that he started speaking it.
Did he start each sentence with a number?
I think I will spend the next few years of my life learning how to speak fluent Modem.
Hayes-compatible, I hope?
When our site was slashdotted last year, we were able to cope with the load after putting our database into RAM. It's probably not the best solution, since the RAM would get deleted if the system crashes (or the power goes out, etc.), but it's a good temporary measure.
You left out this interview with Steve Ballmer. I demand satisfaction!
Damn, I hated Newt sooo much. I'm glad she died. I would've like to have seen it happen, though.
Die, Newt die!
Temple of Doom was so incredibly racist I could barely watch it. I'm quite sure that nobody (except maybe for a few hicks, but you can find that sort of people in any country) in India eats giant bugs, eyeball soup, live monkey brains and snakes stuffed with eels. The movie was just an excuse to make one of the oldest civilisations on earth look barbaric.
It's set in the 1950's.
The first three were set in the 1940s. Setting this new one in the 1950s gives them an excuse for Indy (Harrison Ford) looking so old.