If you posted the CONTEXT of that Cassini probe, you would see that I was simply responding to another post that said that American (re: NASA) engineering is inferior to all others.
You should get a tackle box, son - cuz you're reeeeeeally fishing here...
Again, I don't understand WHAT posts you reply to. I make a "good luck europe" parent post, you reply with a demand that I comment on the Palestinian conflict. I ask why you are asking me this, and you then accuse me of not knowing anything (again, WHY?). I reply that I have a degree in an Ivy League university (fyi - Ivy League is a group of 8 of the best american universities - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn and Dartmouth), and you reply that I must not know anything.
If I am truly unaware of what is going on, it is simply why you are asking these questions here!
Thank you for a very intelligent and mature response. Disagreeing with a leader (whether your own or foreign) does not mean that you have to hate that country, or resort to immature name calling like "moron," "retard," etc. (which makes THE INSULTER seem unintelligent). The only thing I don't 100% agree with you (and again, disagreeing is all good) is that you think only "some" Europeans hate America. That may in fact be the case - it may truly be. However, until I meet a majority of Europeans that don't openly say they hate us, we're imperialistic, we deserved 9/11, we're shallow and ignorant, then I will have to think that the majority of Europeans truly do hate us. Consider it my own personal straw poll.
However, I at least now know that at least one slashdotter doesn't hate me or my country. Thank you.
I won't comment on the Palestinian part, since I can't really figure out why you brought that up.
But since you asked, even though it seems the rest of the world doesn't understand the electoral process in the USA (and therefore simply says it's "stupid"), but in 1984, there 525 electoral votes for Reagan, 13 for Mondale, and since the electoral votes are the only ones that count, so Regan won 97.6% of the deciding votes.
You say America needs to "regain its senses" and vote for a new president. To answer your question... this is why Americans feel that Europeans hate us. By stating, even metaphorically, that by Americans electing officials that you disagree with means that we have some sort of mental disability (and for the record, I voted for Gore) explains why we Americans often feel that you hate us.
France almost elected Le Pen (a "radical"), and Austria elected a radical too, but that doesn't mean that the country is to be hated.
I know many of you hate us, and have even wished us ill-will recently, but rest assured, I don't hate you, and I wish you the best of luck in this endeavor.
You are the one who first came up with the intelligent "maybe america should move out of the dark ages sometime."
I was simply making a counterpoint to you that Europe can f*ck up too. I am by no means anti-european. I like many things/people/countries of Europe. I cannot say that Europeans feel the same way, and I am convinced it is unfounded. Europe's (for the most part) blind anti-americanism is going to have serious consequences, in my opinion.
Wow... that's almost as witty a comeback as "I know you are but what am I?" Oh yeah, we're so dumb. NASA is so much "dumber" than the ESA. What is the Ariane V's success rate? Like 60%? (oh and since ESA doesn't even have the capabilities to launch humans into space, NASA's shuttle success rate is irrelevant. But just for arguments sake, it's around ~98%)
Eternal Darkness for Gamecube is one of the most innovative games in the last few years.
For those of you who don't have it, or don't have a cube, it's innovation is in its "sanity meter." As your character loses sanity, so do you. All of a sudden, the volume bar on your tv goes up (no kidding), the screen switches to "video 2" or to channel 5, the characters begin moving independent of you and rip off their arms and stuff. You dont always realize that it's just the insanity effects, and you go "huh?" and reach for the remote to fix the problem, forgetting it's all an illusion. Truly freaky shit, especially at 3AM.
Did it sell well? Nope. Not nearly as well as most of the crap out there.
Wow... the first time an anonymous coward is truly seen as a COWARD... afraid to admit, finally, that the US is not some evil country - oh no! (I get a kick out of people calling Bush a "terrorist" - right away it makes them lose allcredibility). To think that 100% of the population in Iraq loves the US there is just as naive as to think that 100% don't want them there. The people are infinately happier that the US is there, in my opinion. Again... in MY opinion.
You are naive and ignorant if you think that either one of us has an idea of the TRUE feelings of the Iraqi people. We both see what we are shown. If you can;t admit to that, you are as close minded as anyone on the far left OR right.
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If you posted the CONTEXT of that Cassini probe, you would see that I was simply responding to another post that said that American (re: NASA) engineering is inferior to all others.
You should get a tackle box, son - cuz you're reeeeeeally fishing here...
Again, I don't understand WHAT posts you reply to. I make a "good luck europe" parent post, you reply with a demand that I comment on the Palestinian conflict. I ask why you are asking me this, and you then accuse me of not knowing anything (again, WHY?). I reply that I have a degree in an Ivy League university (fyi - Ivy League is a group of 8 of the best american universities - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Penn and Dartmouth), and you reply that I must not know anything.
If I am truly unaware of what is going on, it is simply why you are asking these questions here!
Stop being an AC and then we can have an intelligent discussion. Deal?
Thank you for a very intelligent and mature response. Disagreeing with a leader (whether your own or foreign) does not mean that you have to hate that country, or resort to immature name calling like "moron," "retard," etc. (which makes THE INSULTER seem unintelligent). The only thing I don't 100% agree with you (and again, disagreeing is all good) is that you think only "some" Europeans hate America. That may in fact be the case - it may truly be. However, until I meet a majority of Europeans that don't openly say they hate us, we're imperialistic, we deserved 9/11, we're shallow and ignorant, then I will have to think that the majority of Europeans truly do hate us. Consider it my own personal straw poll.
However, I at least now know that at least one slashdotter doesn't hate me or my country. Thank you.
I happen to have a degree in Middle Eastern Studies from an Ivy League university, so I AM able to comment on "stuffs you dont understand."
I won't comment on the Palestinian part, since I can't really figure out why you brought that up. But since you asked, even though it seems the rest of the world doesn't understand the electoral process in the USA (and therefore simply says it's "stupid"), but in 1984, there 525 electoral votes for Reagan, 13 for Mondale, and since the electoral votes are the only ones that count, so Regan won 97.6% of the deciding votes.
and you read Le Monde and watch BBC too much...
You say America needs to "regain its senses" and vote for a new president. To answer your question... this is why Americans feel that Europeans hate us. By stating, even metaphorically, that by Americans electing officials that you disagree with means that we have some sort of mental disability (and for the record, I voted for Gore) explains why we Americans often feel that you hate us.
France almost elected Le Pen (a "radical"), and Austria elected a radical too, but that doesn't mean that the country is to be hated.
I'm serious here.
I know many of you hate us, and have even wished us ill-will recently, but rest assured, I don't hate you, and I wish you the best of luck in this endeavor.
New York, out...
As long as Homer Simpson is right, comets could never hurt us, since they will ALWAYS burn up in the atmosphere.
But just in case we need to shoot it down, we'll use Springfield as a calibration target for all global missile systems...
Wow. You're such a genius! How'd you figure out the Tivo "Record this to VCR" button on the tivo?
It's not as good as The Planet of the Apes musical from The Simpsons
I hate every ape I see... from Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee!
And don't forget unfunny first posts...
You are the one who first came up with the intelligent "maybe america should move out of the dark ages sometime."
I was simply making a counterpoint to you that Europe can f*ck up too. I am by no means anti-european. I like many things/people/countries of Europe. I cannot say that Europeans feel the same way, and I am convinced it is unfounded. Europe's (for the most part) blind anti-americanism is going to have serious consequences, in my opinion.
Wow... that's almost as witty a comeback as "I know you are but what am I?" Oh yeah, we're so dumb. NASA is so much "dumber" than the ESA. What is the Ariane V's success rate? Like 60%? (oh and since ESA doesn't even have the capabilities to launch humans into space, NASA's shuttle success rate is irrelevant. But just for arguments sake, it's around ~98%)
Eternal Darkness for Gamecube is one of the most innovative games in the last few years.
For those of you who don't have it, or don't have a cube, it's innovation is in its "sanity meter." As your character loses sanity, so do you. All of a sudden, the volume bar on your tv goes up (no kidding), the screen switches to "video 2" or to channel 5, the characters begin moving independent of you and rip off their arms and stuff. You dont always realize that it's just the insanity effects, and you go "huh?" and reach for the remote to fix the problem, forgetting it's all an illusion. Truly freaky shit, especially at 3AM.
Did it sell well? Nope. Not nearly as well as most of the crap out there.
A real shame...
How naive are you?
The reason they don't have telephones is obviously because of Israel of the USA. They're to blame for everything!!! Duh!
Last time I heard, it was the EUROPEAN half of the Cassini/Huygens spacecraft that was malfunctioning, though maybe that's been fixed...
Does it matter? NO the US has access to the Oil, all else is irrelevant now.
The flaw in your argument is that the US also had access to any iraqi oil fields it wanted in 1991, but didn't take it.
Why is it that only the (anonymous) cowards make statements like this?
...but they kept "surrendering" the project! HA HA HA!!!
(eh... I got karma to burn)
Wow... the first time an anonymous coward is truly seen as a COWARD... afraid to admit, finally, that the US is not some evil country - oh no! (I get a kick out of people calling Bush a "terrorist" - right away it makes them lose allcredibility). To think that 100% of the population in Iraq loves the US there is just as naive as to think that 100% don't want them there. The people are infinately happier that the US is there, in my opinion. Again... in MY opinion.
You are naive and ignorant if you think that either one of us has an idea of the TRUE feelings of the Iraqi people. We both see what we are shown. If you can;t admit to that, you are as close minded as anyone on the far left OR right.
NASA launched two probes to the outer solar system in the late 1970's: Voyager and Voyager 2. Slashdot is just reporting this amazing story today...
Both of these parents are hysterical! Mod them up!!!
I'm talking about old dead Greek and European guys here
Last time I checked, Greeks were Europeans too...