So, you think George Soros is bankrolling the Occupy movement the way the Koch brothers bankrolled the Tea Party movement? I doubt it. But there are plenty of Fox reporters who would love to break that story so if he is I'm sure we'll hear about it.
...or you're a Californian. I live in the LA area and am constantly amazed by the behavior of pedestrians here. They have no qualms about walking out in front of cars, sometimes in the middle of the street or against red lights. I saw one woman in Santa Monica pushing her baby in a stroller across the street against a red light, causing traffic to get very weird at the intersection for minute. Perhaps they just can't hear cars over the sound of their own stupidity.
The people who put together the Mars Science Laboratory at JPL will be surprised to hear that. Yes, I know that some components such as the robotic arm were developed and built elsewhere.
Probably. This is how oppression works. Not just simply by forcing people to do things--too labor intensive--but by stacking the deck against them so they feel they have no choice but to participate in the BS because they have to put food on the table. BS is institutionalized.
So, are you saying simply that our time has come? That it's time to roll over and wait for desertification to happen? That people can do nothing about it? That what is happening now isn't possibly a whole lot faster than it happened ages ago?
It amazes me that people don't think it's absurd to attempt to dam enormous rivers, build rocket ships that go to the planets or tunnel under the ocean but that somehow when it comes to greenhouse gases there is just simply nothing we could or should do.
Yes, things like global warming and species extinction have happened all the time in ages past, but the rate at which all this stuff is happening is increasing. We should pay attention to that.
...of the coincidence between this story and Steve Job's death? I posit that Jobs is not dead (really, let me be the first) but in actuality is sealed up with MSL in stasis (an mPod I guess) in a bid to be the first human on Mars.
What I meant was, the people who didn't have to fight and/or die in the war. You know, the same ones who are always willing to cry, "Forward!" from the rear.
"if you watch the news you can't deny the blatant bias in favor of Democrats."
What I've noticed in the past 10 years or so is the increasing tendency for Republicans to claim that the press is biased towards Democrats. The Republicans have gotten good at manipulating the use of language in daily discussion.
I'm a Mac user but I almost never recommend to anyone who doesn't already use one to buy one. Anything new--even easy to use stuff--requires some learning curve and I don't want to hear about it when someone starts complaining that the Mac isn't just like Windows.
As Douglas Adams said, "it may only be ten percent of the users, but it's the top ten percent." That aside, being in the minority with a usable OS (read cli) is exactly where I want to be. Let Windows draw the flies, I say.
"Basically the tablet is a content consumption device, with a teensy bit of interactivity and form filling thrown in."
You need to re-visit what is happening with, say, the iPad. I use mine for creating music, drawings, PDFs, emails and practice electronic circuits. You are touting what is at this point an old bromide.
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So, you think George Soros is bankrolling the Occupy movement the way the Koch brothers bankrolled the Tea Party movement? I doubt it. But there are plenty of Fox reporters who would love to break that story so if he is I'm sure we'll hear about it.
...or you're a Californian. I live in the LA area and am constantly amazed by the behavior of pedestrians here. They have no qualms about walking out in front of cars, sometimes in the middle of the street or against red lights. I saw one woman in Santa Monica pushing her baby in a stroller across the street against a red light, causing traffic to get very weird at the intersection for minute. Perhaps they just can't hear cars over the sound of their own stupidity.
"Of course, sometimes I say that just see the horrified expressions on people's faces."
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The people who put together the Mars Science Laboratory at JPL will be surprised to hear that. Yes, I know that some components such as the robotic arm were developed and built elsewhere.
You really shouldn't just make stuff up.
Consider this. SpaceX pretty much raided JPL for lots of engineering talent. Experienced engineering talent.
"MS apps on MacOS just won't be the same. Nature of the beast."
Yep. Which is why I use Pages, Keynote and Numbers. Way friendlier apps and in the case of Keynote way better looking presentations.
Probably. This is how oppression works. Not just simply by forcing people to do things--too labor intensive--but by stacking the deck against them so they feel they have no choice but to participate in the BS because they have to put food on the table. BS is institutionalized.
Bingo. For crying out loud, someone please mod this up.
So, are you saying slow down when you come to the Solomon curve?
"Don't you have sshd enabled on your mac with an appropriate 50 character password?"
Really, 7 characters should be enough.
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I'm confused. You disagree, then you state something which agrees with what I wrote originally: The rate of change is speeding up.
So, are you saying simply that our time has come? That it's time to roll over and wait for desertification to happen? That people can do nothing about it? That what is happening now isn't possibly a whole lot faster than it happened ages ago?
It amazes me that people don't think it's absurd to attempt to dam enormous rivers, build rocket ships that go to the planets or tunnel under the ocean but that somehow when it comes to greenhouse gases there is just simply nothing we could or should do.
Yes, things like global warming and species extinction have happened all the time in ages past, but the rate at which all this stuff is happening is increasing. We should pay attention to that.
...of the coincidence between this story and Steve Job's death? I posit that Jobs is not dead (really, let me be the first) but in actuality is sealed up with MSL in stasis (an mPod I guess) in a bid to be the first human on Mars.
What I meant was, the people who didn't have to fight and/or die in the war. You know, the same ones who are always willing to cry, "Forward!" from the rear.
"WWII had the NET effect of moving a very large part of the world forward..."
It also had the effect of moving millions of people downward, as in six feet downward. It's always easy for survivors to see the "benefits" of war.
"The doctrines of many religions seem to mean well. It's the practitioners who cause the problems"
Is that really a viable defense of religion? It's the actions that matter. You can use the same argument to defend communism.
"if you watch the news you can't deny the blatant bias in favor of Democrats."
What I've noticed in the past 10 years or so is the increasing tendency for Republicans to claim that the press is biased towards Democrats. The Republicans have gotten good at manipulating the use of language in daily discussion.
I'm a Mac user but I almost never recommend to anyone who doesn't already use one to buy one. Anything new--even easy to use stuff--requires some learning curve and I don't want to hear about it when someone starts complaining that the Mac isn't just like Windows.
Um. Bingo!
As Douglas Adams said, "it may only be ten percent of the users, but it's the top ten percent." That aside, being in the minority with a usable OS (read cli) is exactly where I want to be. Let Windows draw the flies, I say.
Who is the clueless person who modded your tongue-in-cheek post as flamebait? Sheesh.
There's really no need to invent a language to justify that response, you know.
Get your life together before it's too late.
"Basically the tablet is a content consumption device, with a teensy bit of interactivity and form filling thrown in."
You need to re-visit what is happening with, say, the iPad. I use mine for creating music, drawings, PDFs, emails and practice electronic circuits. You are touting what is at this point an old bromide.
And isn't it ironic that they became a computer for people who know how to use computers (cli) and Windows just stayed...Windows.