It is, but if you want to read more into it you can see why it's more to that. After all they are a democracy.
Yes, it's a democracy. Who said otherwise? "More to that"? What is your point?
Your initial analogy is just dumb. Taiwan didn't declare itself independent of the mainland. They really should have, back in the 60s or 70s when Beijing couldn't have done anything about it, but Chiang Kai-shek was too stubborn to admit he'd lost the mainland, and now if they do Beijing could very well attack them, and even if they can't take Taiwan by force (if supported by the US) they could easily devastate it.
The company is Taiwanese. (It's just the plants that are located in China.)
Taiwan is China. They disagree about where the capital is though.
But now younger people in Taiwan prefer to call themselves "Taiwanese" rather than "Chinese".
Reposting my original comment as some twats modded this down to zero as "troll", when it's simply the documented facts, which it seems these idiots are ignorant of. Or perhaps they're partisans for one side or another.
Both governments, People's Republic of China (Beijing) and Republic of China (Taipei), agree that "Taiwan" is part of "China". Both sides claim they are the legitimate government of the whole country. Neither will admit they are effectively different countries and have been for 60 years.
And the USA is England colony. But now younger people in USA prefer to call themselves "Americans" rather than "British".
No. The USA the USA became independent of the UK. Taiwan is still legally the remnant of the pre-1947 Chinese government. Taiwan is officially named "The Republic of China". And they claim sovereignty over the mainland as well, though obviously no one tries to assert this in reality any more.
We don't need time travel to test this.There are several races (sorry if the word offends anyone) in the world that are, or were until a century or two ago, living as hunter gatherers, and so, according to the theory, should have higher intelligence. African Bushmen, Australian Aborigines, New Guineans; some isolated Amazonian Indians; Eskimo. Having known some Aborigines, their intellectual superiority wasn't really apparent, though they were university graduates. Of course statistically my experience is meaningless, but there are enough of them that the theory could be tested. But improved nutrition and mental stimulation in early childhood would vastly outweigh any marginal genetic drift, I think.
It's true that natural selection isn't working for us now, since literally any idiot can breed, but we in a century or less, if we haven't exterminated ourselves, we should be able to rejigger our genes to order so so we don't have to resort to sterilising the subnormal to improve the species.
An apparently successful attempt to find a hook to promote the linked blog of a global warming denier/conspiracy theorist. One of those loonies who thinks it's all part of a vast left wing conspiracy.
And a mention of the current travails the BBC is going thorough, adding a whiff of pedophile to the story. It has everything except substance.
That fraction of 1% probably includes a lot of independent service shops (who know how to use Google). And now they will have to tell customers that their Toshiba is not repairable. The customer may never know why, but it will leave a bad taste in their mouth.
An experienced tech can work out most things. But it will take longer and cost more, and he'd have a harder time working out compatible replacements.
But this site isn't the only place they can be found, anyone who's looked for manuals online has come across a dozen sites offering to sell them to you for a few dollars. And after this there will surely be a lot of free mirrors.
A few years ago Apple used to be like that about their manuals. Since their hardware was a bit idiosyncratic, you (or at least I) needed one just to work out how to open the damn things, replace batteries, simple things like that. One Apple desktop PC I got free I thought was damaged as keyboards didn't work till I found a manual that told me that it was a "server" model and there was a switch to activate the keyboard.
If you look at the actual comic, they are trying to help Superman determine if his planet of origin, Krypton, is still intact or detectable.
What they forget is that any light from Krypton's system is so many light years away that we would effectively be seeing Superman's homeworld *before* it was destroyed. NDGT didn't think of this?
That will surely be the whole point of the story.
Superman is 27 years old. Krypton is 27 light years away.
I assume that it just doesn't have the same ring to it:
"Romney wants to cut taxes for the rich, but a never-released economic report proves him wrong".
But "Romney wants to cut taxes for the rich, but an economic report the Republicans tried to suppress proves him wrong" has a double impact.
Except GP didn't actually say target groups, it said target "behavior" and doing "actual police work", which is the right way to do it
Not if it's instead of random searches, rather than as well as. Suicide bombers can be easily found with lily white records and no one knows their beloved uncle and his family were killed by a Predator attack as while tending his goats. Once you start whitelisting people you might as well not bother searching anyone.
However if it is random and the indicators for a random search can be known
Well, of course if you know beforehand you're going to be checked, that isn't random at all. Truly random searches would be double blind, no one can predict who will be chosen until they get to the gate. All anyone would know was you had a 10 or 20 or whatever chance of being searched.
Another factor is that retail, a lot of goods aren't sold, are returned by the retailer, and eventually destroyed, or never leave the warehouse, or are sold off to discounters at below cost.. With direct purchase the unit costs are higher but there is less warehousing and wastage.
Make it a Green issue. All that importing half-way across the world must burn alot of Jet Fuel
It's imported in either case, so no difference. But less ground transport (petrol) as it goes direct to the consumer rather than via a couple of middlemen.
the level of scrutiny you get is dictated in advance by some random algorithm and independent of what you do there.
Which is actually the safest method, short of checking 100% of passengers. It's easy to game any system that predictably targets specific groups, you just makes sure your agents aren't in those groups and you're safe. If the chances of being searched are random, you can't reduce the risk of getting caught.
Of course, you'd ideally also want to have some smart guys to do additional searches based on observation. But they seem in short supply.
The real security theatre is the immense effort devoted to imaginary threats, liquids and shoes, for instance, which were never a real threat to begin with.
My point was not that nuclear was paying for all its clean up. But it does pay a lot up front, as opposed to coal which has gotten away with not paying anything. Which makes coal much more attractive economically for the operators, if not society as a whole.
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It is, but if you want to read more into it you can see why it's more to that. After all they are a democracy.
Yes, it's a democracy. Who said otherwise? "More to that"? What is your point?
Your initial analogy is just dumb. Taiwan didn't declare itself independent of the mainland. They really should have, back in the 60s or 70s when Beijing couldn't have done anything about it, but Chiang Kai-shek was too stubborn to admit he'd lost the mainland, and now if they do Beijing could very well attack them, and even if they can't take Taiwan by force (if supported by the US) they could easily devastate it.
The company is Taiwanese. (It's just the plants that are located in China.)
Taiwan is China. They disagree about where the capital is though.
But now younger people in Taiwan prefer to call themselves "Taiwanese" rather than "Chinese".
Reposting my original comment as some twats modded this down to zero as "troll", when it's simply the documented facts, which it seems these idiots are ignorant of. Or perhaps they're partisans for one side or another.
Both governments, People's Republic of China (Beijing) and Republic of China (Taipei), agree that "Taiwan" is part of "China". Both sides claim they are the legitimate government of the whole country. Neither will admit they are effectively different countries and have been for 60 years.
Oh please! They had their civil war and the nation split with the island belonging to the other side. These things happen. It's how nations are born.
Except neither side agrees there has been a "split".They're still officially at war, there just has been a ceasefire for the past 60 years.
And the USA is England colony. But now younger people in USA prefer to call themselves "Americans" rather than "British".
No. The USA the USA became independent of the UK. Taiwan is still legally the remnant of the pre-1947 Chinese government. Taiwan is officially named "The Republic of China". And they claim sovereignty over the mainland as well, though obviously no one tries to assert this in reality any more.
See e.g. http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/lp.asp?CtNode=2359&CtUnit=816&BaseDSD=17
It's true that natural selection isn't working for us now, since literally any idiot can breed, but we in a century or less, if we haven't exterminated ourselves, we should be able to rejigger our genes to order so so we don't have to resort to sterilising the subnormal to improve the species.
The company is Taiwanese. (It's just the plants that are located in China.)
Taiwan is China. They disagree about where the capital is though.
But now younger people in Taiwan prefer to call themselves "Taiwanese" rather than "Chinese".
And a mention of the current travails the BBC is going thorough, adding a whiff of pedophile to the story. It has everything except substance.
The UK at least.
What did the BBC do wrong? They just reported that someone's name was being quoted by other people. This was entirely true
Repeating such a serious allegation without hard proof is highly irresponsible, and probably libellous.
A few days ago it was Petraeus' affair, now this. Since when did sex scandals become news for Slashdot?
regurgitates a press release without providing any details
It even slavishly copies the typos "BP network â" the one that will the Interplanetary Internet possible".
That fraction of 1% probably includes a lot of independent service shops (who know how to use Google). And now they will have to tell customers that their Toshiba is not repairable. The customer may never know why, but it will leave a bad taste in their mouth.
An experienced tech can work out most things. But it will take longer and cost more, and he'd have a harder time working out compatible replacements.
But this site isn't the only place they can be found, anyone who's looked for manuals online has come across a dozen sites offering to sell them to you for a few dollars. And after this there will surely be a lot of free mirrors.
A few years ago Apple used to be like that about their manuals. Since their hardware was a bit idiosyncratic, you (or at least I) needed one just to work out how to open the damn things, replace batteries, simple things like that. One Apple desktop PC I got free I thought was damaged as keyboards didn't work till I found a manual that told me that it was a "server" model and there was a switch to activate the keyboard.
it is a sign of a lack of honor.
But he was working at the CIA. Honor is only an impediment there.
And how is this remotely "news for nerds"? Civil servant has an affair?
In your opinion, do you think an Al Gore administration would have led us into war with Iraq?
Was his father pissed at Saddam? So, no.
If you look at the actual comic, they are trying to help Superman determine if his planet of origin, Krypton, is still intact or detectable. What they forget is that any light from Krypton's system is so many light years away that we would effectively be seeing Superman's homeworld *before* it was destroyed. NDGT didn't think of this?
That will surely be the whole point of the story.
Superman is 27 years old. Krypton is 27 light years away.
So, what will he see?
Meanwhile, this woman will not get the justice she presumably deserves. Insane.
Shold he be #1 on the FBI Most Wanted?
The pictures weren't published. Justice would be a slap on the face, not jail.
I assume that it just doesn't have the same ring to it: "Romney wants to cut taxes for the rich, but a never-released economic report proves him wrong".
But "Romney wants to cut taxes for the rich, but an economic report the Republicans tried to suppress proves him wrong" has a double impact.
Find a new host. Wait 2 or 3 weeks. Post your story anonymously.
Except GP didn't actually say target groups, it said target "behavior" and doing "actual police work", which is the right way to do it
Not if it's instead of random searches, rather than as well as. Suicide bombers can be easily found with lily white records and no one knows their beloved uncle and his family were killed by a Predator attack as while tending his goats. Once you start whitelisting people you might as well not bother searching anyone.
However if it is random and the indicators for a random search can be known
Well, of course if you know beforehand you're going to be checked, that isn't random at all. Truly random searches would be double blind, no one can predict who will be chosen until they get to the gate. All anyone would know was you had a 10 or 20 or whatever chance of being searched.
Another factor is that retail, a lot of goods aren't sold, are returned by the retailer, and eventually destroyed, or never leave the warehouse, or are sold off to discounters at below cost.. With direct purchase the unit costs are higher but there is less warehousing and wastage.
Make it a Green issue. All that importing half-way across the world must burn alot of Jet Fuel
It's imported in either case, so no difference. But less ground transport (petrol) as it goes direct to the consumer rather than via a couple of middlemen.
the level of scrutiny you get is dictated in advance by some random algorithm and independent of what you do there.
Which is actually the safest method, short of checking 100% of passengers. It's easy to game any system that predictably targets specific groups, you just makes sure your agents aren't in those groups and you're safe. If the chances of being searched are random, you can't reduce the risk of getting caught.
Of course, you'd ideally also want to have some smart guys to do additional searches based on observation. But they seem in short supply.
The real security theatre is the immense effort devoted to imaginary threats, liquids and shoes, for instance, which were never a real threat to begin with.
A quick google search can confirm the figures I offered.
So why don't you do that and cite your source?
Maybe I've been on Wikipedia too long. There, I'd just revert such a statement that appeared, repeatedly (twice now) in an article with no source.
My point was not that nuclear was paying for all its clean up. But it does pay a lot up front, as opposed to coal which has gotten away with not paying anything. Which makes coal much more attractive economically for the operators, if not society as a whole.