And who will pay for all the excavations?
Living in an area of great archaeological value and being an archaeologist myself, I know the problems at excavations. As soon as you announce a find and don't secure it (which costs money, which isn't there), the whole area is swarming with "hobby-archaeologists", namely, thiefs.
Whole sarcophargi have been looted, and the whole academic value is simply destroyed. There are simply not enough fundings to pay for all excavations.
Mind, of interest are not only the objects, but the context, which is completely missing if somebody just comes around with heavy earthmoving gear to extract the objects.
I own a 233 beige G3. 512 mb RAM, 40 GB 7200 HD, 5E (slashdot does not like the euro-symbol) Ethernetcard, 10E Firewire, 5E USB. Runs 10.2.6, Photoshop 7 and Flash MX, and a big bunch of *NIX thingies. True, no grafics-acceleration, a bit slowresponding sometimes, and a partially handtuned kernel, but it works. No games. I think it will last at least one half year more. OK, if I do bigger Photoshop-projects, I am able to use the dual 1GHz at work. Oh, and forget about 3D, except zBrush, which runs like hell. Have Fun.
before the euro with its flashy pseudoarchitecture, germany even had gauss on the 10-mark note.
why do the americans always do presidents? i maybe can understand this in a representative monarchy like the uk, but...
...might be a very eurasian p.o.v., but the strugazki brothers have released some very intelligent scifi, in which technology is a) a utility and b) mostly enhances mens capability to build a better future. which it should be, in my humble opinion. although some of their books (the stalker, the far rainbow) have a quite pessimistic view, it is always the responibilty of the individual what to make of it. most of their books (e.g. troika) belong to the wittiest scifi ever written.
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In Germany, you need a highly-paid university-approved tax assistant, if you have more than one job. Otherwise: no way.
In Soviet Russia, the companies were owned by the state. In the modern US of A, the state is owned by the companies.
And who will pay for all the excavations?
Living in an area of great archaeological value and being an archaeologist myself, I know the problems at excavations. As soon as you announce a find and don't secure it (which costs money, which isn't there), the whole area is swarming with "hobby-archaeologists", namely, thiefs.
Whole sarcophargi have been looted, and the whole academic value is simply destroyed. There are simply not enough fundings to pay for all excavations.
Mind, of interest are not only the objects, but the context, which is completely missing if somebody just comes around with heavy earthmoving gear to extract the objects.
I own a 233 beige G3. 512 mb RAM, 40 GB 7200 HD, 5E (slashdot does not like the euro-symbol) Ethernetcard, 10E Firewire, 5E USB. Runs 10.2.6, Photoshop 7 and Flash MX, and a big bunch of *NIX thingies. True, no grafics-acceleration, a bit slowresponding sometimes, and a partially handtuned kernel, but it works. No games. I think it will last at least one half year more. OK, if I do bigger Photoshop-projects, I am able to use the dual 1GHz at work. Oh, and forget about 3D, except zBrush, which runs like hell.
Have Fun.
before the euro with its flashy pseudoarchitecture, germany even had gauss on the 10-mark note.
why do the americans always do presidents? i maybe can understand this in a representative monarchy like the uk, but...
...might be a very eurasian p.o.v., but the strugazki brothers have released some very intelligent scifi, in which technology is a) a utility and b) mostly enhances mens capability to build a better future. which it should be, in my humble opinion. although some of their books (the stalker, the far rainbow) have a quite pessimistic view, it is always the responibilty of the individual what to make of it. most of their books (e.g. troika) belong to the wittiest scifi ever written.