The US Senate has huge barriers to entry...for everyone. Including all of us reading this. Jobs with the local government have incentives to entry for women.
Why am I not surprised the racism card was immediately played in response to a legitimate question in an attempt to silence debate? Especially when race wasn't even involved until you brought it up?
Well, why shouldn't it be cut? The space program is a playtoy for whites and Asians. Americans have different priorities, such as getting enough food to eat every day. Let the capitalists waste their money in space, if they can find a way to make a profit, grand. But leave the government out of it.
It's like they were plotting to overthrow our government and replace it with one just like theirs or something. Nah, crazy talk! It's not like they explicitly stated it repeatedly or anything.
The Great Firewall gives China really shitty connectivity to the rest of the world. Intentionally using a server in China is...counterproductive and ineffective. And seriously, linking to The Guardian, a site well-known for its anti-US bias? Doesn't help your cause, eh?
You can't just "get in" to the CCP. You have to have excellent grades, and it's a lot of extra work in university when all your classmates are goofing off. It doesn't even really help you unless you work for the government. Classic Western Beijing-centric fallacy of assuming the top level of the government controls everything. It doesn't.
The internet as we know it today is clearly fragmenting. China's.cn domain is restricted and regulated up the wazoo. You have to have a legitimate registered company to get a.cn domain, and even after you do, you have to register with the government and display an ICP certificate on your front page. The government gives you an encrypted.cert file to place on your site which will be periodically verified by a web crawler bot (bazs.cert). Websites (even non.cn domains) without such authentication will eventually be blocked.
This clearly separates.cn from the rest of the internet. Moreover, most of China has no interest in the foreign-language internet, and most of the rest of the world has no interest in Chinese language content. So it makes sense that eventually the split will become official. Of course China will trumpet this as their own independent innovation (China strong!) and overthrowing the Western oppression capiDUHlism and whatever crap they need to spout to blame the foreigners and distract their population from the daily crimes of the CCP. You already can't go to an internet cafe without showing ID, and this has been used repeatedly along with CCTV footage to identify and imprison the foes of the Party.
I just can't wait for the TVs that watch you to become mandatory...for social stability, of course. Of course, it's hard to argue with the Party as China is a country where the smart people really are in charge. If any of you ever wondered what it would be like if democracy was repealed and scientists and engineers got to run things without interference from those smelly common people, look no farther than China.
Go look at some newspapers from the 60s when the word was in use. It's clear what moonshot means. Are we really defending timothy's editing and English language skills?
A moonshot is a manned mission that lands on the moon. Apollo 8 wasn't a moonshot, Apollo 11 was. I suppose this is just people hearing words rattling around in the culture and just blurting out whatever comes to mind. Eh, I'd say "I expect better" but I know better than to expect better from this website.
You have the wrong idea. It's not about functionality. It's about making people envy you by the products you buy. Moreover, you identify yourself as well-off and on top of the latest trends. Why do you think the iPod came with easily-identifiable white earplugs? Even if you're dressed like a homeless person, with this device on your wrist nobody will actually mistake you for one.
The Nazis fought the Communists not because they were polar opposites, but because they were the wrong kind of leftists. Just think of the Trotskyite heresy or the part of Life of Brian about the Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea and you'll get the idea. Other leftists are worse enemies than the actual stated enemies of leftism.
Why is that unfortunate? No matter which country you're talking about, the map of the world is always centered on "home". Everywhere. All cultures. Curious why this is "wrong" somehow?
Failing to mention that you need to use a supported browser. Firefox, Safari, and Chrome only. But that's OK because if I use a browser that means everybody on the entire internet does too!
Being a Communist isn't a crime, but attempting to overthrow the US government sure is. Communists were pledged to overthrow the government, it was sort of the whole point of world revolution.
Well, there's "freedom of expression" and then there is plotting to overthrow the US government. What was the ideology of those groups at the time? And if they were planning a revolution, was the FBI right or wrong to protect Americans by acting? The FBI also infiltrated right-wing extremists like the KKK, so they're equal-opportunity when it comes to dangerous crazies.
Nope! It turns out, Senator McCarthy was right. There really were Communists in the State Department.
This forces us to re-evaluate the entire phrase of "McCarthyism" as the current (wrong) meaning implies falsehood. Please stop using this phrase, it is deprecated.
Just so we all know, McCarthyism wasn't a fraud. There really were Communists in the State Department.
The 2008 disaster was in no way related to anything resembling a free market. Do you actually believe that, or do you just tell yourself that so that you can enjoy mistargeted hate?
Gosh, you mean a representative government is working exactly as it was intended? Heaven forfend. Lower taxes! The power of government can cure all ills.
The man didn't take the lead in the invention of the internet any more than Ronald Reagan took the lead in the recovery of the US economy. He's just a politician doing what a politician does, taking credit for the work of others. It just amazes me that people can worship career politicians. Much less the commercialization of the internet.
Yes, but you should still shut up when this happens. Anything that helps the bad people is bad. Anything that helps us is good. Take a cue from feminists and racists, they're veterans at this sort of thing.
Oh, bullshit, he's a shitbag politician trying to take credit for something. But he's Saint Gore so people rush to defend him. Amazing how political bias works!
It's funny, isn't it? People who are heavy users of Twitter are absolutely convinced that EVERYONE is on Twitter. Because in their tiny world, it's true. It's like when some World of Warcraft nerd starts spewing jargon in front of everyone and nobody knows what's going on...alts, tank, twitchy, whatever.
What's really frightening is how data like this is being taken seriously. Stock markets move based on Twitter.
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The US Senate has huge barriers to entry...for everyone. Including all of us reading this. Jobs with the local government have incentives to entry for women.
Why am I not surprised the racism card was immediately played in response to a legitimate question in an attempt to silence debate? Especially when race wasn't even involved until you brought it up?
Well, why shouldn't it be cut? The space program is a playtoy for whites and Asians. Americans have different priorities, such as getting enough food to eat every day. Let the capitalists waste their money in space, if they can find a way to make a profit, grand. But leave the government out of it.
It's like they were plotting to overthrow our government and replace it with one just like theirs or something. Nah, crazy talk! It's not like they explicitly stated it repeatedly or anything.
The Great Firewall gives China really shitty connectivity to the rest of the world. Intentionally using a server in China is...counterproductive and ineffective. And seriously, linking to The Guardian, a site well-known for its anti-US bias? Doesn't help your cause, eh?
You can't just "get in" to the CCP. You have to have excellent grades, and it's a lot of extra work in university when all your classmates are goofing off. It doesn't even really help you unless you work for the government. Classic Western Beijing-centric fallacy of assuming the top level of the government controls everything. It doesn't.
The internet as we know it today is clearly fragmenting. China's .cn domain is restricted and regulated up the wazoo. You have to have a legitimate registered company to get a .cn domain, and even after you do, you have to register with the government and display an ICP certificate on your front page. The government gives you an encrypted .cert file to place on your site which will be periodically verified by a web crawler bot (bazs.cert). Websites (even non .cn domains) without such authentication will eventually be blocked.
This clearly separates .cn from the rest of the internet. Moreover, most of China has no interest in the foreign-language internet, and most of the rest of the world has no interest in Chinese language content. So it makes sense that eventually the split will become official. Of course China will trumpet this as their own independent innovation (China strong!) and overthrowing the Western oppression capiDUHlism and whatever crap they need to spout to blame the foreigners and distract their population from the daily crimes of the CCP. You already can't go to an internet cafe without showing ID, and this has been used repeatedly along with CCTV footage to identify and imprison the foes of the Party.
I just can't wait for the TVs that watch you to become mandatory...for social stability, of course. Of course, it's hard to argue with the Party as China is a country where the smart people really are in charge. If any of you ever wondered what it would be like if democracy was repealed and scientists and engineers got to run things without interference from those smelly common people, look no farther than China.
Go look at some newspapers from the 60s when the word was in use. It's clear what moonshot means. Are we really defending timothy's editing and English language skills?
A moonshot is a manned mission that lands on the moon. Apollo 8 wasn't a moonshot, Apollo 11 was. I suppose this is just people hearing words rattling around in the culture and just blurting out whatever comes to mind. Eh, I'd say "I expect better" but I know better than to expect better from this website.
You have the wrong idea. It's not about functionality. It's about making people envy you by the products you buy. Moreover, you identify yourself as well-off and on top of the latest trends. Why do you think the iPod came with easily-identifiable white earplugs? Even if you're dressed like a homeless person, with this device on your wrist nobody will actually mistake you for one.
The Nazis fought the Communists not because they were polar opposites, but because they were the wrong kind of leftists. Just think of the Trotskyite heresy or the part of Life of Brian about the Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea and you'll get the idea. Other leftists are worse enemies than the actual stated enemies of leftism.
Why is that unfortunate? No matter which country you're talking about, the map of the world is always centered on "home". Everywhere. All cultures. Curious why this is "wrong" somehow?
Failing to mention that you need to use a supported browser. Firefox, Safari, and Chrome only. But that's OK because if I use a browser that means everybody on the entire internet does too!
LOL. Chinese always copy. Give them a while to catch up, they'll "update" their software to established standards.
Blacks and ethnic minorities are protected under law. Privileged, university-educated white women aren't.
Being a Communist isn't a crime, but attempting to overthrow the US government sure is. Communists were pledged to overthrow the government, it was sort of the whole point of world revolution.
Well, there's "freedom of expression" and then there is plotting to overthrow the US government. What was the ideology of those groups at the time? And if they were planning a revolution, was the FBI right or wrong to protect Americans by acting? The FBI also infiltrated right-wing extremists like the KKK, so they're equal-opportunity when it comes to dangerous crazies.
Nope! It turns out, Senator McCarthy was right. There really were Communists in the State Department.
This forces us to re-evaluate the entire phrase of "McCarthyism" as the current (wrong) meaning implies falsehood. Please stop using this phrase, it is deprecated.
Just so we all know, McCarthyism wasn't a fraud. There really were Communists in the State Department.
The 2008 disaster was in no way related to anything resembling a free market. Do you actually believe that, or do you just tell yourself that so that you can enjoy mistargeted hate?
Gosh, you mean a representative government is working exactly as it was intended? Heaven forfend. Lower taxes! The power of government can cure all ills.
The man didn't take the lead in the invention of the internet any more than Ronald Reagan took the lead in the recovery of the US economy. He's just a politician doing what a politician does, taking credit for the work of others. It just amazes me that people can worship career politicians. Much less the commercialization of the internet.
Maybe that's because it did lead to Stalinism. History is your friend (or actually it's not).
Yes, but you should still shut up when this happens. Anything that helps the bad people is bad. Anything that helps us is good. Take a cue from feminists and racists, they're veterans at this sort of thing.
Oh, bullshit, he's a shitbag politician trying to take credit for something. But he's Saint Gore so people rush to defend him. Amazing how political bias works!
This assumes that everyone uses Twitter.
It's funny, isn't it? People who are heavy users of Twitter are absolutely convinced that EVERYONE is on Twitter. Because in their tiny world, it's true. It's like when some World of Warcraft nerd starts spewing jargon in front of everyone and nobody knows what's going on...alts, tank, twitchy, whatever.
What's really frightening is how data like this is being taken seriously. Stock markets move based on Twitter.
Whenever these stories come out, I am uncomfortably reminded of conservative constitution-worship. "As the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken. But almost no one blames the culprit: our insistence on obedience to the Constitution, with all its archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions."