Hey, Got any Chicken Shit? It is really good for the garden, and not so easy to come by any more around here. It is considered such a potent fertilizer that one should not use too much of it, or it will "burn" the roots of your more delicate plants....
Not incas, Indians, as in from INDIA. The concept of zero is known for AT LEAST 2,500 years there. The way we count now, the decimal system, was invented there, and later learnt by the Arabs, who brought it to the west. That is why we call them Arabic Numerals....
You see, in American English, you have only one word for Indians, unlike in other languages where they can actually tell the difference between Native Americans and the people who invented the decimal system, grammar, and many other useful things, like "Karma".
I bought the lightest, slimest, bestest, cruelest laptop available at the time. It is still an amazing machine - The Toshiba Portege R100.
It gives me 6 hours of real work, with the "large battery" attached. And it weighs all of 1.6 kilos / 3.5 lbs with that large battery....
I even wrote a page about installing Debian on it - it runs Linux well.
Being an Israeli, I sorely remember when commercail high-quality satellite became available. Quick phone calls ensued between Israeli & US government, and suddenly highest-resolution pictures of Israel became "unavailable".
Shutter control restrictions on the space photography of Israel were inserted into a Senate bill in 1997. Drafted by Rep. John Kyle (R-Arizona) and Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), the law imposes restrictions on imaging Israeli territory during certain periods invoked by the Israel government.
I assure you that the "periods" are continuous.
Talk about living under big brother's nose!
Same problem as attaching it to a PDA. Battery. And a PDA would be even better - you have all the stuff available to you all the time on a crappy little screen, and when you have a decent machine you can REALLY work.
If you so like the USA, then by all means enjoy it. You are lucky, to like where you live (try north Korea...). All I am saying is that the USA is not universally admired as "the greatest country in the world" (sic). Some people enjoy living elsewhere, and for good reason - e.g. not having to deal with self-righteous monoculture. 'nuff said.
BTW, the word "monopoly" means that there is only ONE supplier, just like the word "unique" means that there is only ONE of a kind. No such thing as "very unique" in English as distinct from American.
"Gentlemen do not discuss facts" - they find out about them. The articles that you quote are hardly cut-and-dried... You may also want to look up levels of personal debt in the two regions, and quality-of-life statistics such as paid holiday (2 weeks in the US, 6 weeks in Germany). Another point (which pertains to the story!) - in Europe government bodies are less in hock to special interest groups....
In any case, you may get some insight as to why you did not feel welcome in Europe in one of your former visits if you just ask.
Living standards in most of the EU are not much short of the US, and in places much higher (e.g. Luxemburg). We pay higher taxes, but we get a lot for it: Free, Universal Healthcare, near-free higher education.
Add healthcare and education costs costs (including insurance and lawyers) to your US tax bill, and you get a higher bill than in a typical EU country. Basically, US citizens are getting bad value, and a lot of ideological brainwashing to make 'em think they are doing well.
Sad, really. I thoroughly recommend a trip over to Europe to any American. Trailer parks do not exist. Homelessness is rare. In many parts, police are not armed.
My Country, Israel, does not think that Humans have rights at all; like leaving their own front door.
I personally am lucky on that front, I only got arrested three times, and my home was searched, for making minor protests like waving a pirate flag on my own balcony.
And the degredation of "per se" (Latin) into "per say" (American English) is a demonstration of how the different "spins" of the USA and the rest of civilization cause different rates of degredation of language... Can this have anything to do with the degradation of maths (100 ?=? 102)?
This gives rise to the possibility that language (and math!) is radioactive. Duck!
Finland and Norway are distinct. As different as the USA and Mexico, if not more.
Americans.....[sigh]......
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If the net is a toy, then so are all public libraries, all locations and facilities for people met and talk, and, ultimately, civilization itself becomes a toy by you.
Time to accept that change happens. When we were growing up there was no net but we had phones. When out parents grew up there was no phone but they had electricity. When their parents grew up there was no electricity.... You get the point. It took many years to get my dad to use a touch-tone phone, but eventually he did.
As someone who
bitched before about/. being US-Centric, Bravo!
Call me a bigot if you must, but to me, the exposure that the non-US and non-English speaking community is getting here is EVEN MORE refreshing and anti-monopolistic than the unseating of M$.
Has anyone heard of SNOBOL in recent decades? It had a varient called "SPITBOL" (on the CDC/Cyber under NOS/BE...). It was also a bit positional, and (at least!) until Perl, the best patern-matching and string processing language ever.
My (and many other) ISPs use PPTP as the protocol from the customer's machine to the ADSL modem or whatever "black magic", and we run PPP on top of that.
This means that gazillions of machines using a "secure" ADSL channel are now vulnerable.
Ho Hum. Am I glad not to be using LoseDows.
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The first 7 plans were Unix Versions 1-7. All current Unix's (BSDs, Linux, Solaris, etc) are based on Unix V7. Remember, Unix was created in Bell Labs. (I feel like I am quoting Genesis here)
For example, The USA keeps about 0.7% of the population behind bars. For comparison, a rate of 0.1% is common in western Europe. It gives a whole new meaning to "the land of the FREE". See this story from The Economist (may require registration...).
My Country, Israel, does not think that Humans have rights at all; like leaving their own front door. I am lucky on that front, I only got arrested three times, and my home was searched, for making minor protests, like waving a pirate flag on my own balcony.
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Use the UK domain system, e.g. http://www.spamhaus.org.uk/ . It works, and it's not subject to US law.
Did you mean "spanner" or "spammer"?
Hey, Got any Chicken Shit? It is really good for the garden, and not so easy to come by any more around here. It is considered such a potent fertilizer that one should not use too much of it, or it will "burn" the roots of your more delicate plants....
In Soviet Russia a Beowulf custer of these posts imagins YOU!
Reference ?
You see, in American English, you have only one word for Indians, unlike in other languages where they can actually tell the difference between Native Americans and the people who invented the decimal system, grammar, and many other useful things, like "Karma".
It gives me 6 hours of real work, with the "large battery" attached. And it weighs all of 1.6 kilos / 3.5 lbs with that large battery.... I even wrote a page about installing Debian on it - it runs Linux well.
Conics (Japanese based Aussie retailer) has the U-50 for $1,749, and the U-70 for $2450.
Talk about living under big brother's nose!
Same problem as attaching it to a PDA. Battery. And a PDA would be even better - you have all the stuff available to you all the time on a crappy little screen, and when you have a decent machine you can REALLY work.
Funny thing, they expect us to undersatnd when THEY say "You are Fired. Period". Maybe language only works top down.....
BTW, the word "monopoly" means that there is only ONE supplier, just like the word "unique" means that there is only ONE of a kind. No such thing as "very unique" in English as distinct from American.
"Gentlemen do not discuss facts" - they find out about them. The articles that you quote are hardly cut-and-dried... You may also want to look up levels of personal debt in the two regions, and quality-of-life statistics such as paid holiday (2 weeks in the US, 6 weeks in Germany). Another point (which pertains to the story!) - in Europe government bodies are less in hock to special interest groups....
In any case, you may get some insight as to why you did not feel welcome in Europe in one of your former visits if you just ask.
Heres to finding out for yourself!
Living standards in most of the EU are not much short of the US, and in places much higher (e.g. Luxemburg). We pay higher taxes, but we get a lot for it: Free, Universal Healthcare, near-free higher education.
Add healthcare and education costs costs (including insurance and lawyers) to your US tax bill, and you get a higher bill than in a typical EU country. Basically, US citizens are getting bad value, and a lot of ideological brainwashing to make 'em think they are doing well.
Sad, really. I thoroughly recommend a trip over to Europe to any American. Trailer parks do not exist. Homelessness is rare. In many parts, police are not armed.
Look at the new Toshiba Protege R100 Only 2.3lbs (that's near enough 1kg), 900 Mhz CPU, 12" screen.... This is the one I buy.
Israel, alas, is an apartheid state.
My Country, Israel, does not think that Humans have rights at all; like leaving their own front door.
I personally am lucky on that front, I only got arrested three times, and my home was searched, for making minor protests like waving a pirate flag on my own balcony.
This gives rise to the possibility that language (and math!) is radioactive. Duck!
Americans.....[sigh]......
Time to accept that change happens. When we were growing up there was no net but we had phones. When out parents grew up there was no phone but they had electricity. When their parents grew up there was no electricity.... You get the point. It took many years to get my dad to use a touch-tone phone, but eventually he did.
This is so NOT US-Centric! Haleluja!
/. being US-Centric, Bravo!
As someone who bitched before about
Call me a bigot if you must, but to me, the exposure that the non-US and non-English speaking community is getting here is EVEN MORE refreshing and anti-monopolistic than the unseating of M$.
To be perfectly American about it, Yee-haw!
Age is showing....
This means that gazillions of machines using a "secure" ADSL channel are now vulnerable.
Ho Hum. Am I glad not to be using LoseDows.
(My moment of glory as a Karma Whore...)
What was Plan 8 ? Now there is a good question...
For example, The USA keeps about 0.7% of the population behind bars. For comparison, a rate of 0.1% is common in western Europe. It gives a whole new meaning to "the land of the FREE". See this story from The Economist (may require registration...).
My Country, Israel, does not think that Humans have rights at all; like leaving their own front door. I am lucky on that front, I only got arrested three times, and my home was searched, for making minor protests, like waving a pirate flag on my own balcony.
Would rather (just) have my phone tapped.