Me: We have to get out now before they totally hose us.
Boss: What do you mean?
Me: Over the next 10 years how much money do you want to save?
Boss: As much as possible.
Me: Then we should get funding for a change over of everything to open source solutions. No more getting screwed by MS.
Boss: Hmmm. Thinking Long term. You have potential kid.
sun has no effect on microsoft.
as posted previously, microsoft had its fingers in the Opteron's design since inception. They probably just wanted to track down a few more bugs before releasing it.
central control worked great for the phone company for many years. It gave American the most dependable phone service in the world. Then they
broke it up and we're reaping the effects.
Then I used logic to determine how it was possible that CNN got these numbers from the data you gave me. And the numbers worked out.
I provided you with all of the sources of information. I'm sorry if you can't seem to do the math.
Like i said again, why would the UN set up a food for oil program if the Iraqi's were making so much money?
This is the first time you've said this to me.
Just because One man in a country with a GDP of 59Billion$ is making a lot of money doesn't mean that he doesn't have to hire people to get things done. Or that his people don't own and work in the oil industry there.
Face it, We just have a greater population of slaves than these countries do. Too much wealth is concentrated in the hands of the wealthy in America and recent tax cuts focused at the wealthy are only making it worse here.
There is a 15 year embargo in place by the USA and allies, And Iraq is mostly desert. In other words they can't get food any other way and America and the UN are squeezing all of the oil that they can out of the people of Iraq in any way that they can.
It doesn't help that President Hussein is a horrible horrible person. But, I was just relaying
the facts as I encountered them. Your posting and my math makes me question the source in regards to Iraq only, it still seems Kuwait makes more money per income than the US.
Since you did me the honor of replying to my criticism...
I might as well respond to what I can of this.
Thank you for offering examples and links to
some of the things that you are afraid of.
I would suggest that the people who are
doing this fighting back at the first site
are either scamming or doing the right thing.
Using the legal system to solve their battles.
When the time comes for me to do the same thing,
I will do what is necessary to protect my interests in court. I will not however yell
fire where there is no fire. Using this
kind of apporach merely gets you noticed once,
and then ignored forever.
Being ignorant of the rules that I may be
breaking is by no means a valid defense, but
there are plenty of other legal tactics that
I could employ if/when the time arises for me
to defend myself. So there is nothing to fear and no reason to scare other people especially not with rants.
A business should just pass these expenses on to their customers. Or use it as a PR stunt.
As to lynx and gifs and all of that, I'll let you figure it out...at least you are thinking outside your box now.
I know that most people don't care or are willing to ignore software patents, but I don't like the fact that big companies can take something that most people do every day and turn it into a potential lawsuit minefield. Ah well.
This is the heart of your arguement. I agree with it. Alan Greenspan agrees with it. Most people in the world agree with it. So, its up to all of us to work to fix the system. Mr. Greenspan does it by writing, you and I do it by bickering on slashdot. hmmm, I like his solution best.
In any event, when it effects enough people,
things will change...or be ignored.
Thank you for considering me a teacher:
pendantic: of being a pendant: a formalist or precisionist in teaching. I like that.
Actually it was mentioned in passing on CNN 2 hours ago.
Your quote is per capita parity.
I spoke on average income. CNN said average Kuwait income was ~40000/year and that Iraq was similar.
Doing the math with the data from your site.
Take the GDP from your site (which isn't a measure of total income only a measure of new goods and services produced) for kuwait its 30.9 Billion $.
divide this number by the working population of kuwait. Assume only males (Arab) in the range of 15-64 work and you get 934,115 working men.
Divide the 2 numbers which gives you $33,079/worker for Kuwait.
Do the same for Iraq and the number is $8679.96/worker in Iraq which is much lower.
I was told that US average income (US census)
for 2001 was $31,000/year. Your site says
$36,000 perchasing power parity in the US
which isn't exactly average income.
are you living in the same US where Enron executives pay themselves 50 million $ in bonus money each year as I am?
I doubt the corporate corruption of American can be rivaled by any nation, let alone Iraq. The rich just have you fooled into thinking that some day you can be one here.
as you say that is how the cookie crumbles.
Linux had a better PR department and chances
are good that when the hurd gets over the hump
it will have even more free software ready
to use it. But 10+ years after linux's debut
it still has some issues.
Is it any wonder that a society adept at mass production would find ways to mass produce those things that still must be men and not machines?
If only we could do this in our inner city public schools.
His books are good. But not great.
Ender's game is a definite Read.
His delving into religion and philosophy in
later books are lacking. He tried to do
too much.
I rather my soldiers have 20 years of experience doing their job rather than 5.
Same with any profession.
It just so happens that in American we don't want
to be told what to do with our lives from day 1.
So instead of telling people what they will do
we give them a well rounded education and then push
them out into the world where for the next 20-40 years they work and say "Is this right for me?"
As I recall, Ender's Game entailed government deception and secrecy, mass slaughter of innocents, a war started by trigger-happy humans, and the brainwashing of children.
Baghdad is newer in construction than a lot of East Coast Cities. Iraqi and Kuwaiti citizens on average make more $ than American citizens on average.
(Think oil)
You have a lot of good points. But the effects of American economic imperialism are evident.
Look to the Drug Wars in South America. Look
to Mexico. Look to the sweat shops in Asia.
Look at the Diamond trade from South Africa.
American (Republican) Predatory Business practices
have *ucked our reputation worldwide. Our arrogance
since WW2 has been unacceptable. Americans are
the rudest nation on the planet (NY city). Especially so when we travel. (Bahamas)
We support dictators against elected presidents
that won't be nice to our businesses. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Iraq, etc.
Europeans buy small tiny gas saving cars. Americans waste the world's oil supply by
buying big honking SUVs.
America has been a country of waste for
a very long time and we are reviled for it.
America has not been honest in its foreign
policy. And while the world loves us they
also hate us. A strip mall is the one of
the ugliest and stupidest things I've ever
encountered.
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First person to spell "Responsible" right in the entire thread!
Way to go!
Did anyone in your family learn how to spell "responsible"? bad Troll. Bad.
And if it wasn't for you rebelling and not getting the work done the teacher could have taught more interesting things.
You brought the level of education down for the rest of the class. I hope you're proud.
sit down, shut up, do the work. Result: Teacher has time to plan more interesting and intelligent things to prepare you.
Truly it can't be more than 1 or 2 hard drives worth....maybe 3-5 lbs.
Me: We have to get out now before they totally hose us.
Boss: What do you mean?
Me: Over the next 10 years how much money do you want to save?
Boss: As much as possible.
Me: Then we should get funding for a change over of everything to open source solutions. No more getting screwed by MS.
Boss: Hmmm. Thinking Long term. You have potential kid.
Backwards compatibility; just like the i386..
....and the Playstation 2....
sun has no effect on microsoft.
as posted previously, microsoft had its fingers in the Opteron's design since inception. They probably just wanted to track down a few more bugs before releasing it.
You are right that the work is already done.
central control worked great for the phone company for many years. It gave American the most dependable phone service in the world. Then they broke it up and we're reaping the effects.
mod parent up!
Whats the age requirement?
I pulled the numbers from your CIA website.
Then I used logic to determine how it was possible that CNN got these numbers from the data you gave me. And the numbers worked out.
I provided you with all of the sources of information. I'm sorry if you can't seem to do the math.
Like i said again, why would the UN set up a food for oil program if the Iraqi's were making so much money? This is the first time you've said this to me.
Just because One man in a country with a GDP of 59Billion$ is making a lot of money doesn't mean that he doesn't have to hire people to get things done. Or that his people don't own and work in the oil industry there.
Face it, We just have a greater population of slaves than these countries do. Too much wealth is concentrated in the hands of the wealthy in America and recent tax cuts focused at the wealthy are only making it worse here.
There is a 15 year embargo in place by the USA and allies, And Iraq is mostly desert. In other words they can't get food any other way and America and the UN are squeezing all of the oil that they can out of the people of Iraq in any way that they can.
It doesn't help that President Hussein is a horrible horrible person. But, I was just relaying the facts as I encountered them. Your posting and my math makes me question the source in regards to Iraq only, it still seems Kuwait makes more money per income than the US.
Since you did me the honor of replying to my criticism...
I might as well respond to what I can of this. Thank you for offering examples and links to some of the things that you are afraid of.
I would suggest that the people who are doing this fighting back at the first site are either scamming or doing the right thing. Using the legal system to solve their battles. When the time comes for me to do the same thing, I will do what is necessary to protect my interests in court. I will not however yell fire where there is no fire. Using this kind of apporach merely gets you noticed once, and then ignored forever.
Being ignorant of the rules that I may be breaking is by no means a valid defense, but there are plenty of other legal tactics that I could employ if/when the time arises for me to defend myself. So there is nothing to fear and no reason to scare other people especially not with rants.
A business should just pass these expenses on to their customers. Or use it as a PR stunt.
As to lynx and gifs and all of that, I'll let you figure it out...at least you are thinking outside your box now.
I know that most people don't care or are willing to ignore software patents, but I don't like the fact that big companies can take something that most people do every day and turn it into a potential lawsuit minefield. Ah well.
This is the heart of your arguement. I agree with it. Alan Greenspan agrees with it. Most people in the world agree with it. So, its up to all of us to work to fix the system. Mr. Greenspan does it by writing, you and I do it by bickering on slashdot. hmmm, I like his solution best.
In any event, when it effects enough people, things will change...or be ignored.
Thank you for considering me a teacher:
pendantic: of being a pendant: a formalist or precisionist in teaching. I like that.
Actually it was mentioned in passing on CNN 2 hours ago.
Your quote is per capita parity. I spoke on average income. CNN said average Kuwait income was ~40000/year and that Iraq was similar.
Doing the math with the data from your site. Take the GDP from your site (which isn't a measure of total income only a measure of new goods and services produced) for kuwait its 30.9 Billion $. divide this number by the working population of kuwait. Assume only males (Arab) in the range of 15-64 work and you get 934,115 working men. Divide the 2 numbers which gives you $33,079/worker for Kuwait. Do the same for Iraq and the number is $8679.96/worker in Iraq which is much lower. I was told that US average income (US census) for 2001 was $31,000/year. Your site says $36,000 perchasing power parity in the US which isn't exactly average income.
good luck.
are you living in the same US where Enron executives pay themselves 50 million $ in bonus money each year as I am? I doubt the corporate corruption of American can be rivaled by any nation, let alone Iraq. The rich just have you fooled into thinking that some day you can be one here.
as you say that is how the cookie crumbles. Linux had a better PR department and chances are good that when the hurd gets over the hump it will have even more free software ready to use it. But 10+ years after linux's debut it still has some issues.
Those who plan their wars based on Ender's Game are doomed to fight wars based on Dune.
The SPICE, er, OIL must flow!
Is it any wonder that a society adept at mass production would find ways to mass produce those things that still must be men and not machines?
If only we could do this in our inner city public schools.
His books are good. But not great. Ender's game is a definite Read. His delving into religion and philosophy in later books are lacking. He tried to do too much.
I rather my soldiers have 20 years of experience doing their job rather than 5.
Same with any profession.
It just so happens that in American we don't want to be told what to do with our lives from day 1.
So instead of telling people what they will do we give them a well rounded education and then push them out into the world where for the next 20-40 years they work and say "Is this right for me?"
An American Solidier (Thanks to Vietnam) does not have to do what he is told if it is immoral.
If you are ordered to kill a civilian, an American soldier has the right to mutiny his Commanding officer.
Under no circumstances must an American soldier commit an immoral act.
Well the second book's Title is Xenocide....
Maybe you should argue with the author.
As I recall, Ender's Game entailed government deception and secrecy, mass slaughter of innocents, a war started by trigger-happy humans, and the brainwashing of children.
What parts were they emulating?
The good ones.
Not if you read the next few books in the series.
Baghdad is newer in construction than a lot of East Coast Cities. Iraqi and Kuwaiti citizens on average make more $ than American citizens on average. (Think oil)
You have a lot of good points. But the effects of American economic imperialism are evident.
Look to the Drug Wars in South America. Look to Mexico. Look to the sweat shops in Asia.
Look at the Diamond trade from South Africa.
American (Republican) Predatory Business practices have *ucked our reputation worldwide. Our arrogance since WW2 has been unacceptable. Americans are the rudest nation on the planet (NY city). Especially so when we travel. (Bahamas)
We support dictators against elected presidents that won't be nice to our businesses. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Iraq, etc.
Europeans buy small tiny gas saving cars. Americans waste the world's oil supply by buying big honking SUVs.
America has been a country of waste for a very long time and we are reviled for it.
America has not been honest in its foreign policy. And while the world loves us they also hate us. A strip mall is the one of the ugliest and stupidest things I've ever encountered.
Anyway, Ender's Game is a great book.