The fact that you answer my opinion with a personal insult just shows how threatened you are by the truth. While you may spend your time happily reading economic propaganda I would suggest you might take a look at history itself. England gained it's incredible wealth through capitalism by exploiting the indigenous people of far away lands and exploiting the poor in their own nation. This tradition was continued in the American colonies but since the indigenous peoples here wouldn't allow themselves to be used in this manner they were simply destroyed and others were imported in.
The free-est economies are almost entirely also the wealthiest.
Sure they are. If you allow people to conduct business completely unrestrained immense wealth is accumulated, of course in the hands of a select few. It was only through the actions and bloodshed of many people that freedoms for the worker and the poor were gained to allow the wealth to be spread around, at least a little bit more. But when these freedoms were won in America the corporations simply turned to third world nations out of the general populations sight to find their supply of unfortunate dregs to do their dirty work.
also believe this 'children working sweatshops' thing is far over-stated and I'd like you to name these alleged 'capitalist' countries that have them. Go ahead - name a few. Vietnam? Red China? Indonesia? These are not capitalist countries by a long shot.
Of course they are not capitalist that is why they don't get to share in the fruits of their labour. They do what they are told and their corrupt government gets fat from payoffs by the business men from capitalist nations. Duh!!
Your entire ideology seems to be based on contradictory, false, and shallow left wing sound bites you haven't taken the time to analyze. It's no way to go through life.
Excuse me but I am not right wing or left wing. For some reason believing in human rights over profits gets people labeled as left wing or pinko commies. It actually comes from my sense of compassion and honor, two traits which you obviously don't possess. So go ahead and insult me and tell me how wrong I am because I don't worship profits as you do. Let's talk again in 20 years and see how this system has served humanity as a whole.
Do my referral for a free game - I paypal you $10. [freepsps.com]
I also find in very amusing to be called ignorant by a scumbag spammer. Got any more get rich pyramid schemes to offer? Pfft...
Capitalism is the savior of the third world. It works every time it's tried. Just look at the Asian tigers.
You should really sit down with some Ayn Rand. I'd even offer to buy a book or two for you if you'd read it. I'd recommend Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
Well, how about you send some copies to the school age children working 12 hours a day to make your shoes. It wouldn't matter anyway since they had to drop out of school to earn slave wages to barely feed their family just so you can get a nice price when you buy them at Wal-Mart. Capitalism like Socialism and all those other ism's sound great in a book, but in practice the masses get exploited in order for a small percentage to get wealthy.
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Capitalism - in it's true form that dada is trying to distinguish - is one that leads to life.
Or maybe just a slower form of death. Capitalism seems good to us in the western world but spreads poverty and hopelessness to the third world countries that get exploited because if it. In the long run I believe it is unsustainable. It's like an organism feeding off of it's own body, eventually the entire body will die. I wish I had an alternative system to offer but due to the greed and selfishness of most humans I don't think any system has a snowballs chance in hell of working.
I haven't seen a dentist in... 12 years? No cavities that I know of, but I have a wisdom tooth lurking below the surface that I might need to have looked at, and that at age 31.
Well, you are the exception not the rule. But, 12 years since anyone's looked at your teeth. You could very well have multiple cavities and not even know or worse yet the beginning stages of gum disease. Just because you are not in pain doesn't mean your teeth are healthy.
Totally! I mean, since the Revolutionary War our continental army has made no improvements at all in soldier hygiene, survivability, casualty rates, the human cost of achieving tactical and strategic objectives, the physical and psychological recovery of wounded soldiers, the minimization of civilian casualties and collateral damage, or any other aspect of an army's health and safety records.
Why bother to improve when all you really need is to keep a good percentage of your population impoverished. That way you keep a steady flow of soldiers joining to simply get 'three hots and a cot'.
Romans did brush their teeth using a paste made from urine, wine, and pumice, among other things. It was believed to whiten the teeth and help ensure the teeth were firmly fixed in their sockets, but it also helped prevent cavities.
I didn't know they brushed their teeth but we brush our teeth and still have to see a dentist every 6 months. It's pretty rare to find someone that has never had a cavity or crooked teeth. There was a complete range of age with the skeletons from infant to elderly and not person had a single cavity. You just wouldn't see that with a group of modern humans.
or me it seems to work, I've not had one cavity in the last 4 years since working like this. I did have one in the past when I brushed more regularly.
I saw a documentary a few years ago where they found a pile of 2000 year old Roman skeletons that were trapped in a cave that had been sealed by a volcanic eruption. Since the Romans usually burnt their dead this was a rare find. It was interesting because their teeth were absolutely perfect They did not brush their teeth or have dentists yet they had no cavities or crooked teeth. The reason they gave is that these people lived before Marco Polo had brought sugar to Europe. Sugar is now used in so many products, not just as a sweetener but as a preservative, that our teeth are now in horrible shape.
On the other hand $2500 will pay for a lot of hookers.
Or 1 really nice hooker.
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If you actually have any input: put a fscking delete button on there NOW, how f-ing hard is it? I can't believe adding "auto-save drafts" was more important then a delete button!
What is the big deal about deleting? Gmail is my primary email and I delete a lot of messages, it's never been a problem. Just move to trash and then every few days go to trash, click all, click delete forever and done. Geez, mellow out you 'one delete button' fanatics.
Why does this guy keep going to governments for funding? They have too many interests pulling them all over. Wouldn't it be better to strike a deal with an energy company? Go talk to Shell, or Exxon.
I'm sorry but Shell, Exxon? That is the government.
Cheap, no long term radiation, efficient direct to electricity, sounds like everything we've ever dreamed of...
And yet... not assasinated by the oil industry...
From article...Lerner's persistent quest to find other federal monies has thus far been unfruitful. "This administration does not want to fund any serious competitor to oil or gas,"
Why assasinate when you can just cut off monies? Very effective and much cleaner than killing.
The trouble with older CPUs is that they lose power later in life as the magic smoke wears out. A 3.6GHz Pentium 4 is basically the same speed as a 486DX2/66 was in 1992, but the 486 "seems" slower today because the magic smoke has escaped so it isn't as powerful anymore.
Sounds like you have partook a bit of the "magic smoke" yourself.
Sure it will. Just like the crazies on the far right used to say about Clinton. It was crap then, and it's crap now when you say it. Not just crap, but an insult to the American people.
Funny, I'm American and I find the current administration an insult to the American people. I guess this list of fourteen characteristics of fascism is also crap. Fascism could never happen here right? Sleep well with that assurance my friend.
How is my comment flamebait? I posted an honest concern of mine. I thought flamebait was when someone was trying to consciously provoke a hostile reaction not just having a different opinion.
So excuse me if I don't seem too concerned about this whole avian flu thing.
I'll tell you why this concerns me. For the last couple of weeks we have been hearing bird flu everywhere, then Bush announces that if the flu hit the US he will use the military to keep order. They see their power slipping, this could just be the ace in the hole to retain power and finally transform us into the facist state they have been laying the groundwork for for years.
Personally, I'm not that interested in photorealism in games; for me it seems to detract from the entirely fake world that game developers have created. I also think that what is starting to seperate the good game developers from the worse ones is their unique artistic style, and I have noticed that the more realistic games look the more generic they look.
I think overall it's just a phase in the evolution of computer graphics. Once photo realism is achieved easily then there is really nothing else to do but explore different styles. This was the trend in art before photography was invented. Artists tried to represent the world and people as real as possible in their paintings. Once you could just take a picture of something that's when artist really began exploring different styles. Should be interesting to see if this is the same trend in computer graphics.
Wow, not what I'd expect from California... it will be interesting to see how that goes now that the gay marriage bill has been vetoed in the name of public opinion. The populace continues to surprise.
That's because all of the intelligent people in California have sold their homes to people stupid enough to pay obscene prices and have moved the hell out of there before the whole state implodes upon itself.
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You are highly ignorant.
The fact that you answer my opinion with a personal insult just shows how threatened you are by the truth. While you may spend your time happily reading economic propaganda I would suggest you might take a look at history itself. England gained it's incredible wealth through capitalism by exploiting the indigenous people of far away lands and exploiting the poor in their own nation. This tradition was continued in the American colonies but since the indigenous peoples here wouldn't allow themselves to be used in this manner they were simply destroyed and others were imported in.
The free-est economies are almost entirely also the wealthiest.
Sure they are. If you allow people to conduct business completely unrestrained immense wealth is accumulated, of course in the hands of a select few. It was only through the actions and bloodshed of many people that freedoms for the worker and the poor were gained to allow the wealth to be spread around, at least a little bit more. But when these freedoms were won in America the corporations simply turned to third world nations out of the general populations sight to find their supply of unfortunate dregs to do their dirty work.
also believe this 'children working sweatshops' thing is far over-stated and I'd like you to name these alleged 'capitalist' countries that have them. Go ahead - name a few. Vietnam? Red China? Indonesia? These are not capitalist countries by a long shot.
Of course they are not capitalist that is why they don't get to share in the fruits of their labour. They do what they are told and their corrupt government gets fat from payoffs by the business men from capitalist nations. Duh!!
Your entire ideology seems to be based on contradictory, false, and shallow left wing sound bites you haven't taken the time to analyze. It's no way to go through life.
Excuse me but I am not right wing or left wing. For some reason believing in human rights over profits gets people labeled as left wing or pinko commies. It actually comes from my sense of compassion and honor, two traits which you obviously don't possess. So go ahead and insult me and tell me how wrong I am because I don't worship profits as you do. Let's talk again in 20 years and see how this system has served humanity as a whole.
Do my referral for a free game - I paypal you $10. [freepsps.com]
I also find in very amusing to be called ignorant by a scumbag spammer. Got any more get rich pyramid schemes to offer? Pfft...
Capitalism is the savior of the third world. It works every time it's tried. Just look at the Asian tigers.
You should really sit down with some Ayn Rand. I'd even offer to buy a book or two for you if you'd read it. I'd recommend Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
Well, how about you send some copies to the school age children working 12 hours a day to make your shoes. It wouldn't matter anyway since they had to drop out of school to earn slave wages to barely feed their family just so you can get a nice price when you buy them at Wal-Mart. Capitalism like Socialism and all those other ism's sound great in a book, but in practice the masses get exploited in order for a small percentage to get wealthy.
Capitalism - in it's true form that dada is trying to distinguish - is one that leads to life.
Or maybe just a slower form of death. Capitalism seems good to us in the western world but spreads poverty and hopelessness to the third world countries that get exploited because if it. In the long run I believe it is unsustainable. It's like an organism feeding off of it's own body, eventually the entire body will die. I wish I had an alternative system to offer but due to the greed and selfishness of most humans I don't think any system has a snowballs chance in hell of working.
Let's sing the Doom Song!
Doom doom doomy doom doom doomy doom...
Isn't is more like:
Doom doom dooma doom. Where gonna doomy doomy doom doom doom...
I haven't seen a dentist in... 12 years? No cavities that I know of, but I have a wisdom tooth lurking below the surface that I might need to have looked at, and that at age 31.
Well, you are the exception not the rule. But, 12 years since anyone's looked at your teeth. You could very well have multiple cavities and not even know or worse yet the beginning stages of gum disease. Just because you are not in pain doesn't mean your teeth are healthy.
Totally! I mean, since the Revolutionary War our continental army has made no improvements at all in soldier hygiene, survivability, casualty rates, the human cost of achieving tactical and strategic objectives, the physical and psychological recovery of wounded soldiers, the minimization of civilian casualties and collateral damage, or any other aspect of an army's health and safety records.
Why bother to improve when all you really need is to keep a good percentage of your population impoverished. That way you keep a steady flow of soldiers joining to simply get 'three hots and a cot'.
Romans did brush their teeth using a paste made from urine, wine, and pumice, among other things. It was believed to whiten the teeth and help ensure the teeth were firmly fixed in their sockets, but it also helped prevent cavities.
I didn't know they brushed their teeth but we brush our teeth and still have to see a dentist every 6 months. It's pretty rare to find someone that has never had a cavity or crooked teeth. There was a complete range of age with the skeletons from infant to elderly and not person had a single cavity. You just wouldn't see that with a group of modern humans.
or me it seems to work, I've not had one cavity in the last 4 years since working like this. I did have one in the past when I brushed more regularly.
I saw a documentary a few years ago where they found a pile of 2000 year old Roman skeletons that were trapped in a cave that had been sealed by a volcanic eruption. Since the Romans usually burnt their dead this was a rare find. It was interesting because their teeth were absolutely perfect They did not brush their teeth or have dentists yet they had no cavities or crooked teeth. The reason they gave is that these people lived before Marco Polo had brought sugar to Europe. Sugar is now used in so many products, not just as a sweetener but as a preservative, that our teeth are now in horrible shape.
So what?
What a clever and intelligent response. Did you go to school in Kansas?
On the other hand $2500 will pay for a lot of hookers.
Or 1 really nice hooker.
If you actually have any input: put a fscking delete button on there NOW, how f-ing hard is it? I can't believe adding "auto-save drafts" was more important then a delete button!
What is the big deal about deleting? Gmail is my primary email and I delete a lot of messages, it's never been a problem. Just move to trash and then every few days go to trash, click all, click delete forever and done. Geez, mellow out you 'one delete button' fanatics.
Why does this guy keep going to governments for funding? They have too many interests pulling them all over. Wouldn't it be better to strike a deal with an energy company? Go talk to Shell, or Exxon.
I'm sorry but Shell, Exxon? That is the government.
And yet... not assasinated by the oil industry...
From article...Lerner's persistent quest to find other federal monies has thus far been unfruitful. "This administration does not want to fund any serious competitor to oil or gas,"
Why assasinate when you can just cut off monies? Very effective and much cleaner than killing.
'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
Sure a woman can block pop ups, all she has to do is giggle.
The trouble with older CPUs is that they lose power later in life as the magic smoke wears out. A 3.6GHz Pentium 4 is basically the same speed as a 486DX2/66 was in 1992, but the 486 "seems" slower today because the magic smoke has escaped so it isn't as powerful anymore.
Sounds like you have partook a bit of the "magic smoke" yourself.
Rape isn't funny.
Lamarr: Qualifications?
Outlaw: Rape, murder, arson and rape.
Lamarr: You said rape twice.
Outlaw: I like rape.
I used to buy lottery tickets, too. Until it dawned on me that they just amount to extra tax on the mathemtically challenged.
Now if we could only find a way to tax the orthographically challenged.
Boy how I'd like to father a wiki."
I'd rather father a wookie. Imagine the birth announcements!
How about a Wookie wiki including sections on the Kon-Tiki and Riki Tiki Tavi.
My head hurts.
Sure it will. Just like the crazies on the far right used to say about Clinton. It was crap then, and it's crap now when you say it. Not just crap, but an insult to the American people.
Funny, I'm American and I find the current administration an insult to the American people. I guess this list of fourteen characteristics of fascism is also crap. Fascism could never happen here right? Sleep well with that assurance my friend.
How is my comment flamebait? I posted an honest concern of mine. I thought flamebait was when someone was trying to consciously provoke a hostile reaction not just having a different opinion.
So excuse me if I don't seem too concerned about this whole avian flu thing.
I'll tell you why this concerns me. For the last couple of weeks we have been hearing bird flu everywhere, then Bush announces that if the flu hit the US he will use the military to keep order. They see their power slipping, this could just be the ace in the hole to retain power and finally transform us into the facist state they have been laying the groundwork for for years.
Personally, I'm not that interested in photorealism in games; for me it seems to detract from the entirely fake world that game developers have created. I also think that what is starting to seperate the good game developers from the worse ones is their unique artistic style, and I have noticed that the more realistic games look the more generic they look.
I think overall it's just a phase in the evolution of computer graphics. Once photo realism is achieved easily then there is really nothing else to do but explore different styles. This was the trend in art before photography was invented. Artists tried to represent the world and people as real as possible in their paintings. Once you could just take a picture of something that's when artist really began exploring different styles. Should be interesting to see if this is the same trend in computer graphics.
But, in addition to having a great brand, Kodak
Since when has Kodak been a great brand? They peaked with the Instamatic and it's been down hill ever since.
Republican's are traditionally small government, and pro states rights.
Yes just look at the first Republican president, Lincoln. He was all for small central government and states rights.
Oh, wait...
Wow, not what I'd expect from California... it will be interesting to see how that goes now that the gay marriage bill has been vetoed in the name of public opinion. The populace continues to surprise.
That's because all of the intelligent people in California have sold their homes to people stupid enough to pay obscene prices and have moved the hell out of there before the whole state implodes upon itself.