Stop creating the warm-water conditions that feed them.
Yeah, right. Would you prefer that we shut off the sun?
Hurricanes have been happenning for about as long as there have been oceans on the earth. Thanks to cars and busses (and SUV's) , we can at least get out of their way.
Fix the society which fosters global warming..
I prefer to live in a technological society which offers some hope for coping with the weather. Back when people sat on their asses freezing in the dark, praying to the Thunder God not to kill them, they just had to take whatever came their way.
A party that used the name 'Communist' may have done that
Since every regime that claims to be communist makes a habit of murdering dissidents, it leads me to conclude that the communist philosophy itself is intrinsically evil. Sorry, but I just don't buy the excuses.
that this will be a nightmare for people in the support industry.
Umm.. This kind of confusion is precisely what keeps the support industry in business, isn't it? Well, that and the intrinsic uselessness of MS's products.
Also, who is going to drive those 500 buses in the middle of a cat5 hurricane?
Who said anything about driving out in the middle of the hurricane? Those busses were ready to go, and went completely unused on the day the evacuation was ordered.
Just because the party calls itself "The Communist Party" it doesn't mean that it's particularly following real communist policy
Well, I guess it has been a couple of decades since they were deliberately starving millions of people to death. Of course, they do kill dissidents by infecting them with tuberculosis, so I'd still call that a communist policy.
Freedom of Speech, Right to Assemble, Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Religion are the basic foundations of this Country are protect by our Bill of Rights.
No, our rights are protected by our willingness to demand, and if necessary, fight for them. The Bill of Rights is just a statement of expectations.
I love how the White House and its supporters speak out of both sides of their mouth.
I love the way that knee-jerkers assume that if I rap one set of incompetent politicos, that I must be a supporter of the other wing of the Ruling Party.
it's all the state and local governments' fault.
No, it's actually God's fault. I'd really be going off on the almighty, if only He weren't ficitious.
They might question why their federal government failed them so badly in so many different ways.
Let's not forget the apalling incompetence of the state and local governments while we're at it. 500 busses, fueled and under water. No food or water stockpiled, no medical supplies, or doctors at the superdome. Way to go, Mr. Mayor.
I do hope that the people in the Astrodome are free to leave. They are in great danger of being turned into some bureaucrat's meal ticket for years to come.
God knows, the first thing you need in a disaster is bureaucracy. Can't leave it up to those pesky private institutions that have dealt with this kind of thing for a century or more. Gotta keep those Red Cross busybodies in their place.
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Nah, let's just kill all those damn butterflies.
-jcr
We have to try something.
It's called evacuation. It works well, for those people who comply.
Weather control is a pipe dream for people who can't grasp the sheer scale of the atmosphere.
-jcr
Could we use massive wind energy plants to remove energy from the weather system?
In a word, no. The ocean is big.
-jcr
Stop creating the warm-water conditions that feed them.
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Yeah, right. Would you prefer that we shut off the sun?
Hurricanes have been happenning for about as long as there have been oceans on the earth. Thanks to cars and busses (and SUV's) , we can at least get out of their way.
Fix the society which fosters global warming
I prefer to live in a technological society which offers some hope for coping with the weather. Back when people sat on their asses freezing in the dark, praying to the Thunder God not to kill them, they just had to take whatever came their way.
-jcr
A party that used the name 'Communist' may have done that
Since every regime that claims to be communist makes a habit of murdering dissidents, it leads me to conclude that the communist philosophy itself is intrinsically evil. Sorry, but I just don't buy the excuses.
-jcr
in prison he learns how to be a real bad guy
It's far more likely that what he'll learn in prison is how to do what he's told, immediately, lest he be beaten unconscious.
-jcr
A critique from someone who hasn't actually seen the product in person! Isn't that amazing?
-jcr
This is a symptom of a bloated marketing department with incompetent leadership.
-jcr
that this will be a nightmare for people in the support industry.
Umm.. This kind of confusion is precisely what keeps the support industry in business, isn't it? Well, that and the intrinsic uselessness of MS's products.
-jcr
When will the Slashdot crowd finally stop bashing MS products and Windows in particular?
Hey, Bill! Thanks for dropping by! To answer your question: maybe when they cease to suck?
Win2K/XP are way more stable
More stable than what, exactly? MS's previous efforts? Sorry, that doesn't make them acceptable.
If Linux were such a great alternative,
Actually, Linux isn't all that great, it just looks great compared to MS's crap.
-jcr
the hacker should get help to find something more worthwhile to do with his time.
IMNSHO, cooling his heels in prison is a much more worthwhile use of his time than what he was doing on the outside.
-jcr
Also, who is going to drive those 500 buses in the middle of a cat5 hurricane?
Who said anything about driving out in the middle of the hurricane? Those busses were ready to go, and went completely unused on the day the evacuation was ordered.
-jcr
What in the world makes this exclusively, or even particularly a communist policy?
Did I say exclusively?
I call it a communist policy because it's something that communist regimes have done as a matter of policy.
-jcr
Just because the party calls itself "The Communist Party" it doesn't mean that it's particularly following real communist policy
Well, I guess it has been a couple of decades since they were deliberately starving millions of people to death. Of course, they do kill dissidents by infecting them with tuberculosis, so I'd still call that a communist policy.
-jcr
I'm on a Mac
It works with Safari.
-jcr
he got 80% out
WHO got them out? Seems to me I saw reports of people leaving by their own means. Meanwhile, the Mayor let 500 busses go to waste.
-jcr
No, it's a huge difference
If you think so, then I'm sure it is for you.
-jcr
China is NOT a communist nation.
China is a country ruled by communists. Hair-splitting over whether they're a "communist nation" or not is pointless.
-jcr
Freedom of Speech, Right to Assemble, Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Religion are the basic foundations of this Country are protect by our Bill of Rights.
No, our rights are protected by our willingness to demand, and if necessary, fight for them. The Bill of Rights is just a statement of expectations.
-jcr
You have 100,000 households without a car. How do you even begin to evacuate that many people without an organization in place?
That would be a good question for the Mayor. He didn't do too well with an organization in place, did he?
-jcr
I love how the White House and its supporters speak out of both sides of their mouth.
I love the way that knee-jerkers assume that if I rap one set of incompetent politicos, that I must be a supporter of the other wing of the Ruling Party.
it's all the state and local governments' fault.
No, it's actually God's fault. I'd really be going off on the almighty, if only He weren't ficitious.
-jcr
Umm, in my experience Ogg is a fine technology. It just doesn't offer anything that Apple needs.
-jcr
Dude get it through the thick, dwelling in the past, skull it isn't ChiCom any more its ChiFascist
Like it matters? A thug is a thug. Oh, and fuck you too for the ad-hominem.
-jcr
They might question why their federal government failed them so badly in so many different ways.
Let's not forget the apalling incompetence of the state and local governments while we're at it. 500 busses, fueled and under water. No food or water stockpiled, no medical supplies, or doctors at the superdome. Way to go, Mr. Mayor.
I do hope that the people in the Astrodome are free to leave. They are in great danger of being turned into some bureaucrat's meal ticket for years to come.
-jcr
God knows, the first thing you need in a disaster is bureaucracy. Can't leave it up to those pesky private institutions that have dealt with this kind of thing for a century or more. Gotta keep those Red Cross busybodies in their place.
-jcr