Maybe but perhaps the OP should cite a survey that actually SHOWS "widespread disdain for the United States" as opposed to exaggerating figures from the one cited.
I realize it's hip to hate the US right now but like most hip things it can change.
most of you can't even take responsibility for your own retirement without saddling me and my generation with the bill as though we are responsible for your lack of planning. as a group you're therefore like a bunch of impotent asshats cryin' for mama, in the form of big government, so just piss off already. Actually, if it weren't for politicians robbing the SS Fund to help pay for illegitimate kids spawn by lazy musicians, crackheads, and "artists" of YOUR generation there might actually BE something in the fund for our generation. Granted, we should take some responsibility but the money came from US!
No the shame is that much of that money will go to administrative uses or to the board and never make it to the teachers, let alone the student needs. Educational spending in this country is through the roof and the ROI is in the shitter. But hey, keep raising my taxes "for the children."
True. But these shops can also say, "hey, buy another cup or you have to go." I think by and large most people are willing to buy a cup of coffee to sit and have wifi (otoh, could they not just pay for the wifi?). Some shops would like to have the people there as a draw.
Frankly, Starbucks should provide WiFi free. It's a great tool for them. Many small shops are doing it and I'd go to one of them before Starbuck's, obviously.
It's not just broadcom. My Intel Pro didn't work either out of the box. When I ran on the LiveCD I had to click several times on the drop down for any SSID's to show up. When I finally got it to connect I had no IP. WiFi has been the bane of distro's for 10 years. I love Linux but this has got to get addressed in a serious way. More people are moving to laptops. That we're stuck in 2001 is nuts.
I get tickled by people saying, "I'm running Vista and it's just fine." As if millions of people are all hallucinating issues. People do the same with Linux. "My distro found all my hardware!" Congrats! Vista has enough issues that Microsoft itself is considering extending the life cycle. No, they're not doing this to piss you off. They're doing it because customers are pissed. If they do extend it, it will be a new course for Microsoft, actually doing something customer-centric. It's not wonder they're agonizing over it.
I somewhat agree. I think the term "climate change" was simply to explain the disparity of what people were seeing. To chalk this up to trying to explain it to the little people is disingenuous.
Clearly we are seeing changes in our climate. What isn't quantified is the direct cause. While humans are no doubt making an impact other factors show that such changes were likely inevitable and are still so. The relatively mild and stable nature of our climate is, in the history of Earth, an anomaly. To expect it to go on for ever is simply to ignore science. However, that doesn't take the burden off of us to curb our impact. We just need to understand that the idea that man could keep our climate stable isn't seeing the whole picture. That many are turning this into a political issue to secure power and money is equally disingenuous.
Well, except global warming, obviously. That just gets accepted as is, since anyone who suggests otherwise is probably an oil company shill. It's called "climate change" now. That way if the current trend of lower temps continues and we go into another mini ice age (as some are predicting) they're still right!
Well I think it highlights an issue. Which is that there's a discriminatory nature towards those who hold a differing opinion. This is something that isn't limited to this debate. We see it throughout the political debate as well. Maybe it's human nature but it borders on bigotry. But hey, we're all comfortable behind our walls surrounded by like-minded people.
The disturbing trend in science is that we're seeing it in other areas of debate like climate science. In that area experts in the area are being marginalized in the media for not towing the line. Granted, it's not a perfect comparison but does speak to polarization, discrimination, and marginalization.
Exactly. The Chinese people pretty-much do what the government wants. Microsoft can pick up a few million users in one fail swoop. Novell is there to lap up some crumbs that Microsoft might leave behind. Essentially, they can show them they are OSS friendly while holding copies of Windows behind their back.
*sighs* - I bet he's skeptical about anthropomorphic climate change too (there seems to be an extraordinarily high overlap between the two groups). WTF does that have to do with anything. Oh and notice how clever that it's now called "climate change" since the last 10yrs the average temp of the Earth has actually cooled. Seems even climate theory can evolve.
The Earth's climate is changing. Guess what? It always has. And will despite mankind.
"is simply an anti-science propaganda film aimed at creating controversy where none exists, while promoting poor science education that can and will severely handicap American students."
In actuality that statement simply augments Steins point. We loath Microsoft for slamming competition but for some reason science wants to be immune. ID may be a crock but let these things be debated, not taken for granted.
Perhaps if RH hadn't shit-canned their original desktop offering "back in the day" Linux might be farther along on the desktop. When interest in other desktops started to warm up, they loosely jumped back in. Now they're out again. "Hey! This is popular! Let's see how far this train goes!" This isn't "support" this is fair-weather-friending the idea of Desktop Linux. Go build your servers, assholes.
Classifying people in such a way doesn't make sense. The only thing you can generalise about African Americans is that their skin is black. Grouping them into a sub-culture based on their ethnicity is really stupid, and a testament to the persisting prejudice that runs through the US. This is a perfect example of modern, widely practised, racism. I would agree but it speaks to the prejudice being reversed. Blacks who buy in to this hyphenated label in effect separate themselves further. Black leaders may do this in the name of garnering some kind of respect and culture but like many of their policies they further push a wedge into American culture. It's now spread to "Irish-American," "Italian-American," and so on. There simply is no such thing and it's divisive. It speaks further to the misguided notions of tolerance. Most of the teachings on tolerance start by drawing distinctions between classes or races of people, labeling them, then moving towards notions of acceptance. Acceptance generally occurs in what we share, not what differentiates us. Therefore tolerance teaching should start with the fact that we are more alike than how different we are. Then we have the audacity to bemoan the prejudices we foster. This doesn't even get into the more sinister notions of those who deliberate foster prejudice to gain power.
I recently watched a portion of the "Conversation on Race" on MSNBC. I found it to be one of the most bigoted attempts at discussing race I'd seen and a clear example of how we're perpetuating racism in this country.
Wow! Microsoft thinks of its users as pawns in a pissing match between them and developers? Why not? They think of them as pawns in their pissing match with the DOJ, their vendors, the conquest of the world...
Fuck you, Microsoft!
According to the History Channel, this is not the first time climate change has destroyed an industry.
The "Mini Ice Age" of 1400-1800 destroyed the Wine Industry in Britannia. For 1400 years Romans and their descendents had been growing vineyards and producing wine in the warm England climate. Then suddenly the earth grew cold, and the vines stopped growing.
England seemed to survive this catastrope, and I'm sure Australia will too. Wonder what Bush equivalent caused THAT catastrophe?
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Maybe but perhaps the OP should cite a survey that actually SHOWS "widespread disdain for the United States" as opposed to exaggerating figures from the one cited.
I realize it's hip to hate the US right now but like most hip things it can change.
No the shame is that much of that money will go to administrative uses or to the board and never make it to the teachers, let alone the student needs. Educational spending in this country is through the roof and the ROI is in the shitter. But hey, keep raising my taxes "for the children."
True. But these shops can also say, "hey, buy another cup or you have to go." I think by and large most people are willing to buy a cup of coffee to sit and have wifi (otoh, could they not just pay for the wifi?). Some shops would like to have the people there as a draw.
Frankly, Starbucks should provide WiFi free. It's a great tool for them. Many small shops are doing it and I'd go to one of them before Starbuck's, obviously.
I saw a funny spoof of the MADD acronym: DAMM - Drunks Against MADD Mothers.
It's not just broadcom. My Intel Pro didn't work either out of the box. When I ran on the LiveCD I had to click several times on the drop down for any SSID's to show up. When I finally got it to connect I had no IP. WiFi has been the bane of distro's for 10 years. I love Linux but this has got to get addressed in a serious way. More people are moving to laptops. That we're stuck in 2001 is nuts.
I get tickled by people saying, "I'm running Vista and it's just fine." As if millions of people are all hallucinating issues. People do the same with Linux. "My distro found all my hardware!" Congrats! Vista has enough issues that Microsoft itself is considering extending the life cycle. No, they're not doing this to piss you off. They're doing it because customers are pissed. If they do extend it, it will be a new course for Microsoft, actually doing something customer-centric. It's not wonder they're agonizing over it.
Actually they're watching American Idol and applying what they learn to the presidential candidate election process.
I somewhat agree. I think the term "climate change" was simply to explain the disparity of what people were seeing. To chalk this up to trying to explain it to the little people is disingenuous.
Clearly we are seeing changes in our climate. What isn't quantified is the direct cause. While humans are no doubt making an impact other factors show that such changes were likely inevitable and are still so. The relatively mild and stable nature of our climate is, in the history of Earth, an anomaly. To expect it to go on for ever is simply to ignore science. However, that doesn't take the burden off of us to curb our impact. We just need to understand that the idea that man could keep our climate stable isn't seeing the whole picture. That many are turning this into a political issue to secure power and money is equally disingenuous.
BRILLIANT!
Well I think it highlights an issue. Which is that there's a discriminatory nature towards those who hold a differing opinion. This is something that isn't limited to this debate. We see it throughout the political debate as well. Maybe it's human nature but it borders on bigotry. But hey, we're all comfortable behind our walls surrounded by like-minded people.
The disturbing trend in science is that we're seeing it in other areas of debate like climate science. In that area experts in the area are being marginalized in the media for not towing the line. Granted, it's not a perfect comparison but does speak to polarization, discrimination, and marginalization.
Exactly. The Chinese people pretty-much do what the government wants. Microsoft can pick up a few million users in one fail swoop. Novell is there to lap up some crumbs that Microsoft might leave behind. Essentially, they can show them they are OSS friendly while holding copies of Windows behind their back.
I guess the U.S. National Climate Data Center's thermometers need recalibrating. Why don't you go do that for them, Einstein.
The Earth's climate is changing. Guess what? It always has. And will despite mankind.
"is simply an anti-science propaganda film aimed at creating controversy where none exists, while promoting poor science education that can and will severely handicap American students."
In actuality that statement simply augments Steins point. We loath Microsoft for slamming competition but for some reason science wants to be immune. ID may be a crock but let these things be debated, not taken for granted.
FWIW I recently had a laptop recovered because someone ELSE had Lojack. Traced it back to a guy with a stash.
You make a lot of valid points but "Windows licenses are cheaper" isn't one of them.
Perhaps if RH hadn't shit-canned their original desktop offering "back in the day" Linux might be farther along on the desktop. When interest in other desktops started to warm up, they loosely jumped back in. Now they're out again. "Hey! This is popular! Let's see how far this train goes!" This isn't "support" this is fair-weather-friending the idea of Desktop Linux. Go build your servers, assholes.
I recently watched a portion of the "Conversation on Race" on MSNBC. I found it to be one of the most bigoted attempts at discussing race I'd seen and a clear example of how we're perpetuating racism in this country.
Idiot. Grow up.
How would you know who I voted for? Asshole.
Oh please. Live a little, Dude. There's millions of people in this country not named Bush.
Wow! Microsoft thinks of its users as pawns in a pissing match between them and developers? Why not? They think of them as pawns in their pissing match with the DOJ, their vendors, the conquest of the world... Fuck you, Microsoft!
I know, I know, Troll.