FDR's blatant overreaching of the Commerce Clause to get the Federal Government into just about anything along with his disregard for the concept of unenumerated rights, has done much to create the politcal world in which we find ourselves.
JFK's administration (all 3 years of it) laid a foundation which Johnson and Nixon built upon to create "The Imperial Presidency". Of course, it took GW Bush to take this to its extreme.
That's one of my pet peeves. I'm always hearing people bad-mouth Bush, as if he's solely responsible for where this country is heading. But Bush is standing on the shoulders of his predecessors. Unless people get over the R vs D fallacy, we'll get another anti-freedom President in 2008, and I don't care what party s/he belongs to!
I did that last time. I've normally voted Republican, but I just couldn't vote for Bush in 2004. And Kerry made me violently ill! Unfortunately, most people still insist on R vs D.:(
Yes, I have. Actually it was probably more like 3-4 years ago, and it didn't go well. Fedora (I think it was was their first version) chocked, and so did SuSe! Mandrake installed, but I didn't really like it, and Linspire was unstable. I eventually got Slackware mostly working, and later Debian Sarge installed fairly well (it's come a long way from older Debian version's installation), but neither worked 100%.
To be fair, Windows wasn't 100% either; it couldn't find the printer driver on my CD.
My iBook, in contrast, has worked perfectly, and everything I've plugged into it has JustWorked (tm).
My mom still uses that phrase, and last time I checked, she was still alive. She's not male either. She is white, but I bet there are plenty of old blacks who say the same thing.
What started the Big Bang? Science has never answered that question, and probably never will. Just how did intellegent (more or less) life evolve? Was it a one in a billion longshot, or was there a guiding hand behind it? Your statement that God isn't neccesary is just your opinion.
Also, if I were a grammer/puncuation nazi, I would be offended by your last sentence; I do NOT eat shit. I DO eat, AND shit (and occasionally screw).
Unless you're holding a gun to their head, I have no problem encouraging someone to break an unjust law. Ultimately, they can make their own choice whether or not to listen to my advice.
Where did you grow up? In California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, there have been significant Hispanic populations since before any English speakers were there. New Mexico is officially a bilingual state (bet you didn't know that). But I agree that the Hispanic population in the US has grown tremendously, recently, and even in the mid-west there are more and more signs in Spanish, more cable and radio stations in Spanish, etc. But as they said in West Side Story, Puerto Rico's in America, and it's been that way for a long, long time. I think the mere existence of our Mexican border provides a "compelling reason" to learn Spanish
I grew up in the midwest. Even when I was in school, Spanish was probably the #2 language, but everything was in English, and there was no sign that that would change. Nowdays, I would consider my area bilingual, with Spanish signs everywhere, and I'm sure the Southwest is even more Spanish.
It would be interesting if Portuguese ever became popular in the US. If I ever learn Spanish (I'm working on it, but it's going slowly), Portuguese should be easy, and if I knew those 3 languages, I could get by anywhere on 2 continents (except for Quebec).
In my opinion, that's why god can't use evolution. If he used evolution, and the big bang, and whatever else science offers us, then it won't be long before bright young kids are asking, "so what does god do?".
God started the Big Bang. And He directed evolution, molding the world like a sculptor molds a statue. With God involved, mankind is not an accident; God created us on purpose, regardless of the exact way He did so. Otherwise, we are just a random cosmic accident, much like the duckbilled platypus.
Finally, I must disagree about your comment about latin. The difficulty for X in speaking langage Y has a lot to do with how different they are in the logical structure, the vocabulary (and the sounds they use), so for people who speak romance languages, learning Latin will certainly be easier that say for a Chinese, people who speak langages with cases might also have an advantage
I'd think Latin would be a total nightmare for a Chinese speaker. It's hard enough for English speakers, and we have a lot of Latin vocabulary.
The above poster had a good point. When I was growing up, Spanish wasn't that important. There was no compelling reason to learn it. 20 years later, most of the businesses have signs that say "Hablamos Espanol", and there is a bilingual neighborhood newspaper. Maybe in another 20 years we'll be a trilingual society with Mandarin or Arabic rivaling Spanish for the #2 language.
To be fair, not knowing what SAP is isn't stupid, it's just ignorant. Most people wouldn't have any reason to know what SAP is. Now, if they still don't understand it after having it explained to them, THEN they're stupid.
There's a reason why 2 billion Chinese and Indians haven't bought cell-phones, SUVs, big screen TVs, etc., yet. It's because they don't have the money! An IT guy in India, getting 20K a year is a rich man over there, but he couldn't afford a NY apartment over here. China & India might be growing fast, but they have a long way to go to catch up to us.
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That's one of my pet peeves. I'm always hearing people bad-mouth Bush, as if he's solely responsible for where this country is heading. But Bush is standing on the shoulders of his predecessors. Unless people get over the R vs D fallacy, we'll get another anti-freedom President in 2008, and I don't care what party s/he belongs to!
I did that last time. I've normally voted Republican, but I just couldn't vote for Bush in 2004. And Kerry made me violently ill! Unfortunately, most people still insist on R vs D. :(
So, now we're getting mooned from our own computers? What will they show us next? Uranus?
Because Slashdott is full of loosers who don't know how to spel.
Installation is a one-time thing, but it HAS to work that one time. Otherwise, it doesn't matter HOW good it is, because the user will never find out.
Yes, I have. Actually it was probably more like 3-4 years ago, and it didn't go well. Fedora (I think it was was their first version) chocked, and so did SuSe! Mandrake installed, but I didn't really like it, and Linspire was unstable. I eventually got Slackware mostly working, and later Debian Sarge installed fairly well (it's come a long way from older Debian version's installation), but neither worked 100%.
To be fair, Windows wasn't 100% either; it couldn't find the printer driver on my CD.
My iBook, in contrast, has worked perfectly, and everything I've plugged into it has JustWorked (tm).
That sounds nasty!
I already have Tivo. What would a Google DVR do that Tivo doesn't already do?
If you also strip out the BS, you can watch it in 5.
My mom still uses that phrase, and last time I checked, she was still alive. She's not male either. She is white, but I bet there are plenty of old blacks who say the same thing.
What started the Big Bang? Science has never answered that question, and probably never will. Just how did intellegent (more or less) life evolve? Was it a one in a billion longshot, or was there a guiding hand behind it? Your statement that God isn't neccesary is just your opinion.
Also, if I were a grammer/puncuation nazi, I would be offended by your last sentence; I do NOT eat shit. I DO eat, AND shit (and occasionally screw).
Unless you're holding a gun to their head, I have no problem encouraging someone to break an unjust law. Ultimately, they can make their own choice whether or not to listen to my advice.
A lot of Americans are glad that Rosa Parks was willing to break the law.
I grew up in the midwest. Even when I was in school, Spanish was probably the #2 language, but everything was in English, and there was no sign that that would change. Nowdays, I would consider my area bilingual, with Spanish signs everywhere, and I'm sure the Southwest is even more Spanish.
It would be interesting if Portuguese ever became popular in the US. If I ever learn Spanish (I'm working on it, but it's going slowly), Portuguese should be easy, and if I knew those 3 languages, I could get by anywhere on 2 continents (except for Quebec).
God started the Big Bang. And He directed evolution, molding the world like a sculptor molds a statue. With God involved, mankind is not an accident; God created us on purpose, regardless of the exact way He did so. Otherwise, we are just a random cosmic accident, much like the duckbilled platypus.
I'd think Latin would be a total nightmare for a Chinese speaker. It's hard enough for English speakers, and we have a lot of Latin vocabulary.
The above poster had a good point. When I was growing up, Spanish wasn't that important. There was no compelling reason to learn it. 20 years later, most of the businesses have signs that say "Hablamos Espanol", and there is a bilingual neighborhood newspaper. Maybe in another 20 years we'll be a trilingual society with Mandarin or Arabic rivaling Spanish for the #2 language.
but with their crappy search engine, they'll never find Google!
Coincidentally, that's also the order of who has the worst WMDs.
It sounds like you want to change that.
Nothing. After Omega hits, the whole world will get sucked into a spinning votex and disappear!
Maybe, but if you mess with their TV, the shit will still hit the fan!
To be fair, not knowing what SAP is isn't stupid, it's just ignorant. Most people wouldn't have any reason to know what SAP is. Now, if they still don't understand it after having it explained to them, THEN they're stupid.
There's a reason why 2 billion Chinese and Indians haven't bought cell-phones, SUVs, big screen TVs, etc., yet. It's because they don't have the money! An IT guy in India, getting 20K a year is a rich man over there, but he couldn't afford a NY apartment over here. China & India might be growing fast, but they have a long way to go to catch up to us.
Especially since Kansas is NOT pronounced "Kansaw".