There is also the issue of the Furlings...one of the four original "good guy" races mentioned a handful of times troughout SG-1...when will they enter the fray?
Am I the only one that sees this as final proof that the RIAA is an organization of pure evil? How could anyone take money from a single mother and a 12 year old girl that loves music? This should be on the national news. Everyone should see this girl crying on camera in front of Tom Brokaw...blubbering about how she just didn't want to hurt artists...i bet that would really help the RIAA's image...
The very idea that the RIAA can invade these peoples lives and steal their grocery money just because some girl downloaded her favorite pop songs...
Tottally right again! because India and Pakistan's respective governments have a long and distinguished track-record of level-headedness and forethought...
If you want to get down to the nitty gritty and compare numbers, the Chinese have no competition when it comes to military strength. I remember reading a press release from NATO a few years back (no google hits otherwise i'd post a link) that stated even if EVERY NATO MEMBER COUNTRY provided EVERY able-bodied man and woman within the ages of 16 and 25 to a war effort against China, the most optimistic estimates of actual gains that could be made in taking chinese territory would be a handful of coastal cities at best...that doesn't exactly sound like military parity to me...
As far as Bush's blustering...what in all honesty can the United States do? Commit all of its troops to a suicide manuever against China? Nuke Beijing? In this political climate the Chinese Gov could make any kind of aggressive move it wanted and there would be only economic consequences. Which is exactly what they wish to avoid. The Chinese Military is mearly there for a deterrent and a physical show of Chinese Power. The political strategists of China are thinking LONG TERM. They know the pitfalls of military conquest. They don't want to just crush the western world under military oppression. They want to buy/sell (0wnz0r if you like) the World Market and knock America's complacent decadent ass of the top of the heap. Its called World Socio-Economic Domination. Take American-style economic aggressiveness and combine it with the oldest school of strategic thinkers in the history of the world...what do you get? China being the number 1 superpower in the world and America wondering what happened? (Ask the Distinguished Mister Hatch)
End of Rant...
You're totally Right! I mean, look at how wells trickle-down economics worked for the US in the 80s! I see nothing but brilliant possibilities for India's new technological achievements! Brilliant being the initial flash of nuclear detonation over the capital of pakistan.
you could always learn how to code...isn't that part of the spirit of linux? ultimate configurability comes with a price. I'm a bit of a newbie to the world of linux, but the idea of being able to fix bugs myself or be able contact someone who can is what attracted me to *nix in the first place...Not to mention the added benefit of not having Mr Gates' cock in my mouth...
Wouldn't it be great if Shenzhou-5 had a few "undisclosed capabilities" such as planetary landings, and the Chinese decided to shock the world and be the first to Mars. For all of you out there that know more than I about the hardware needed, distances involved and the orbital mechanics of it, would this be within the realm of possibility?
when you say "...to contain some invisible series of DNA codes that, despite being part of this dog's very life..." i can't help but wonder...
If good ol' homo sapiens begins adopting genetic modifications and those mods are patented/copyrighted....does that mean that bio-tech companies could concievably hold patents on YOUR body?
"...but they're somehow restricted at the moment."
Its called Communism...not to mention they have that whole [From China] "We will one day dominate the Earth in all respects." thing to concentrate on. Maybe they're just thinking ahead...
i find it funny that in encouraging others to be angry and repelled by the comment within your link because its racist...and then you follow it up with a racist slur.
"I'd love to live in a world where competition wasn't the driving reason to succeed!"
What would you substitute? Competition is the ONLY reason to succeed. Because if you don't someone else WILL...and the losers of history (pure communists and religious fundamentalists mostly) Will tell you that if your culture doesn't promote structured competition you are DOOMED to failure. Thereâ(TM)s Russia (1990), Feudal Europe (Dark Ages), East Germany (Circa 1940s-90s) and countless others too numerous to mention.
Hopefully the Chinese pushing forward with developing their own space program might give NASA, ESA, and Multi-national Corporations the kick in the ass they need.
can't wait to be able to say "We live in a world where a Chinaman has walked on the Moon." can you?:-|
"Pay no attention to that forest, we've scores of trees to worry about!"
Why couldn't all this data and innovation be developed into one unifying theory? I'm not being a troll here, its just strikes me that your comment is short-sighted and dismissive.
Its funny...I read your post because I enjoy feedback. And then I re-read it about 3 times, and I really canâ(TM)t find a single salient point that wasnâ(TM)t covered in my comment or replies to or from other comments POSTED BEFORE yours. Youâ(TM)ve essentially done nothing but agree via redundancy with what Iâ(TM)ve said and then insult me for no reason.
And then after deciding to reply to you, I find that youâ(TM)ve posted anonymouslyâ¦and realized that Iâ(TM)ve wasted my time on a petty troll that doesnâ(TM)t bother to contribute intelligently and read ALL related comments before postingâ¦
Good day sir/maâ(TM)am, and have a nice life somewhere else.
I stand corrected because I hadn't thought about implications like airline reps standing in front of Boeing reps kicking the tires on a 7E7 like hapless suburbanites checking out the new Chrysler Minivan and demanding more ticketsales for less cost and overhead. HOWEVER, if Boeing were to specifically design and market their planes around the suggestions i made, they still might pull off a coup and manage to please passangers while enticing the airlines into investing in larger yet more comfy planes.
20 hours is a long time to spend in a metal tube. I don't know about you but i'd pay at least double for a ticket if i were assured in writing that i'd have Internet and Mobile phone access for the entire flight, a truly reclining and comfortable seat, and enough space to comfortably fold my legs into.
Actually...if you work on a farm or live out where farms usually are located it IS a good idea to have a big gas guzzling 4x4 SUV or Truck. You may be able to squeak by on these sometimes-unpaved roads with a smaller/more fuel-efficient car, however when the weather is less than ideal you'll have trouble.
If itâ(TM)s snowing, you're screwed and cut off from civilization sometimes for weeks at a time. So are you going to make some snowshoes and hike back to town for food/water?
I lived in Missouri, so if it rained out in the rural areas, there was a good chance that rivers and streams would flood the large flat fields and that includes the roads...so 2-tons of Detroitâ(TM)s Finest Steel monstrosity, and a few inches clearance (and an installed snorkel if you are especially cool) was the only thing keeping you moving along the road toward safety or being swept into deeper water and drowning.
I don't know about you but Iâ(TM)d rather have a big sturdy SUV/Full-size Truck than some lightweight import hatchback out in the sticks of America. It might save your life, and if notâ¦it still bigâ¦and bigger is betterâ¦:)
You assume too much. I made a simple typo. I hadn't meant to include ford among that short list of OTHER manufacturers.
I realize that in order to implement new design elements the folks at ford will need to re-tool factories, re-calibrate machines, re-write procedures and a whole host of other hassles, however, you missed my salient point.
THEY'RE NOT USING THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE STUDENTS.
Itâ(TM)s wasteful and stupid. They could save money by letting students (mostly competent volunteers) do the REALLY expensive work for them...RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT...and then integrating new ideas into existing manufacturing procedures would be RELATIVELY easy.
So in short, before you criticize me for not RTFA, make sure you attempt to glean the point from my post.
It seems to me that maybe Boeing is producing too little too late. As the Airbus representative said, "This is a market where we already have an airplane." And weâ(TM)re talking 5 YEARS away from rolling off the assembly line. They havenâ(TM)t even chose a site for manufacturing yet!
So it seems to me they have a few things to get ironed out if they have any chance of competingâ¦.
A) Tall people on 20-hour trans-Atlantic flights NEED MORE LEG ROOM! (Iâ(TM)m 6â(TM)3â or 195 cm) Iâ(TM)d WEEP FOR JOY and never ride in a competitorâ(TM)s plane again if I stepped aboard and found that I could comfortably plant my ass in a seat without having to put myself in uncomfortable positions to accommodate my long legs.
B) Some sort of ACTUAL reclining would be nice. Iâ(TM)m sure its possible to allow just as many people to board a flight and provide a little comfort without the fear that youâ(TM)re cramping the passenger behind you even more.
C) Iâ(TM)m sure all those 6 figure a year making brainy-boys out at Boeing could do a little tinkering and figure out SOME way of allowing passengers to use assorted electronic gadgetry on flights without causing nose-dives and fiery apocalyptic deaths for everyone on board. Perhaps some sort of array of jacks on the back of the seats that would allow all outgoing and incoming transmissions from said gadgetry to be channeled through a single antennae or array that could be monitored and checked against the data coming to the pilot in the cockpit, thereby avoiding disaster and making customers happier.
D) Do something about the food. Good lord you could excavate a TV dinner from the 1970s out of a landfill, heat it up and it would be more palatable than the garbage they serve on some flightsâ¦*cough cough* United *cough cough*
In my infinitely humble opinion, if Boeing would catch on to consumer demand and implement a few or all of these suggestions theyâ(TM)d be able to truly revolutionize the airline industry and make a few billion in the process and thus enhance shareholder confidence along with personal assets!
i'm not sure you understand what i'm saying....everything in central united states is SPREAD OUT WIDELY...there are miles and miles of nothing but emptiness and farmland between cities, towns, and villages....its OPEN SPACE. its not about city design...its about the layout of America.
You're actually quite right about Americans. I was born and raised in Central Farmland/prairieland America (missouri) and guess what! Its impractical to get around on public transport (there is none) and Bicycles are impractical because its a LONG freakin' way to civilization man, so walking is out too!
Now i live in the Netherlands in a fairly large city, so guess what! I ride a bicycle nearly everywhere i go and i ride the bus/train when i need to go further abroad! So when its practical i'm all for being "eco-friendly" but sometimes its just not that easy!
In Short, Mister Euro-Metro-Centric Viewpoint, think before you rant. Not all of us live within reach of city transport, and not all of us live nice and cozy close to everything and everyone we need to keep in contact with.
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Deep Space Nine has best characters, action, and arc storyline...in my INFINITELY humble opinion...the best of trek
There is also the issue of the Furlings...one of the four original "good guy" races mentioned a handful of times troughout SG-1...when will they enter the fray?
Am I the only one that sees this as final proof that the RIAA is an organization of pure evil? How could anyone take money from a single mother and a 12 year old girl that loves music? This should be on the national news. Everyone should see this girl crying on camera in front of Tom Brokaw...blubbering about how she just didn't want to hurt artists...i bet that would really help the RIAA's image...
The very idea that the RIAA can invade these peoples lives and steal their grocery money just because some girl downloaded her favorite pop songs...
When is this going to stop?
Tottally right again! because India and Pakistan's respective governments have a long and distinguished track-record of level-headedness and forethought...
If you want to get down to the nitty gritty and compare numbers, the Chinese have no competition when it comes to military strength. I remember reading a press release from NATO a few years back (no google hits otherwise i'd post a link) that stated even if EVERY NATO MEMBER COUNTRY provided EVERY able-bodied man and woman within the ages of 16 and 25 to a war effort against China, the most optimistic estimates of actual gains that could be made in taking chinese territory would be a handful of coastal cities at best...that doesn't exactly sound like military parity to me... As far as Bush's blustering...what in all honesty can the United States do? Commit all of its troops to a suicide manuever against China? Nuke Beijing? In this political climate the Chinese Gov could make any kind of aggressive move it wanted and there would be only economic consequences. Which is exactly what they wish to avoid. The Chinese Military is mearly there for a deterrent and a physical show of Chinese Power. The political strategists of China are thinking LONG TERM. They know the pitfalls of military conquest. They don't want to just crush the western world under military oppression. They want to buy/sell (0wnz0r if you like) the World Market and knock America's complacent decadent ass of the top of the heap. Its called World Socio-Economic Domination. Take American-style economic aggressiveness and combine it with the oldest school of strategic thinkers in the history of the world...what do you get? China being the number 1 superpower in the world and America wondering what happened? (Ask the Distinguished Mister Hatch) End of Rant...
You're totally Right! I mean, look at how wells trickle-down economics worked for the US in the 80s! I see nothing but brilliant possibilities for India's new technological achievements! Brilliant being the initial flash of nuclear detonation over the capital of pakistan.
you could always learn how to code...isn't that part of the spirit of linux? ultimate configurability comes with a price. I'm a bit of a newbie to the world of linux, but the idea of being able to fix bugs myself or be able contact someone who can is what attracted me to *nix in the first place...Not to mention the added benefit of not having Mr Gates' cock in my mouth...
Wouldn't it be great if Shenzhou-5 had a few "undisclosed capabilities" such as planetary landings, and the Chinese decided to shock the world and be the first to Mars. For all of you out there that know more than I about the hardware needed, distances involved and the orbital mechanics of it, would this be within the realm of possibility?
when you say "...to contain some invisible series of DNA codes that, despite being part of this dog's very life..." i can't help but wonder...
If good ol' homo sapiens begins adopting genetic modifications and those mods are patented/copyrighted....does that mean that bio-tech companies could concievably hold patents on YOUR body?
So we can screw that one up too? SWEET! Dibs on re-starting the Oil-Refining Industry on our new home!
"...but they're somehow restricted at the moment."
Its called Communism...not to mention they have that whole [From China] "We will one day dominate the Earth in all respects." thing to concentrate on. Maybe they're just thinking ahead...
i find it funny that in encouraging others to be angry and repelled by the comment within your link because its racist...and then you follow it up with a racist slur.
Brilliant
And you can't seem to opperate a keyboard...
actually Shenzhou means "Magic Vessel" or "Divine Vessel" http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-03p.html
"I'd love to live in a world where competition wasn't the driving reason to succeed!"
What would you substitute? Competition is the ONLY reason to succeed. Because if you don't someone else WILL...and the losers of history (pure communists and religious fundamentalists mostly) Will tell you that if your culture doesn't promote structured competition you are DOOMED to failure. Thereâ(TM)s Russia (1990), Feudal Europe (Dark Ages), East Germany (Circa 1940s-90s) and countless others too numerous to mention.
Hopefully the Chinese pushing forward with developing their own space program might give NASA, ESA, and Multi-national Corporations the kick in the ass they need.
:-|
can't wait to be able to say "We live in a world where a Chinaman has walked on the Moon." can you?
"Pay no attention to that forest, we've scores of trees to worry about!"
Why couldn't all this data and innovation be developed into one unifying theory? I'm not being a troll here, its just strikes me that your comment is short-sighted and dismissive.
Its funny...I read your post because I enjoy feedback. And then I re-read it about 3 times, and I really canâ(TM)t find a single salient point that wasnâ(TM)t covered in my comment or replies to or from other comments POSTED BEFORE yours. Youâ(TM)ve essentially done nothing but agree via redundancy with what Iâ(TM)ve said and then insult me for no reason.
And then after deciding to reply to you, I find that youâ(TM)ve posted anonymouslyâ¦and realized that Iâ(TM)ve wasted my time on a petty troll that doesnâ(TM)t bother to contribute intelligently and read ALL related comments before postingâ¦
Good day sir/maâ(TM)am, and have a nice life somewhere else.
am aware of that...but decided to round down and not appear anal...
*blink* *blink*
I stand corrected because I hadn't thought about implications like airline reps standing in front of Boeing reps kicking the tires on a 7E7 like hapless suburbanites checking out the new Chrysler Minivan and demanding more ticketsales for less cost and overhead.
HOWEVER, if Boeing were to specifically design and market their planes around the suggestions i made, they still might pull off a coup and manage to please passangers while enticing the airlines into investing in larger yet more comfy planes.
20 hours is a long time to spend in a metal tube. I don't know about you but i'd pay at least double for a ticket if i were assured in writing that i'd have Internet and Mobile phone access for the entire flight, a truly reclining and comfortable seat, and enough space to comfortably fold my legs into.
Actually...if you work on a farm or live out where farms usually are located it IS a good idea to have a big gas guzzling 4x4 SUV or Truck. You may be able to squeak by on these sometimes-unpaved roads with a smaller/more fuel-efficient car, however when the weather is less than ideal you'll have trouble.
:)
If itâ(TM)s snowing, you're screwed and cut off from civilization sometimes for weeks at a time. So are you going to make some snowshoes and hike back to town for food/water?
I lived in Missouri, so if it rained out in the rural areas, there was a good chance that rivers and streams would flood the large flat fields and that includes the roads...so 2-tons of Detroitâ(TM)s Finest Steel monstrosity, and a few inches clearance (and an installed snorkel if you are especially cool) was the only thing keeping you moving along the road toward safety or being swept into deeper water and drowning.
I don't know about you but Iâ(TM)d rather have a big sturdy SUV/Full-size Truck than some lightweight import hatchback out in the sticks of America. It might save your life, and if notâ¦it still bigâ¦and bigger is betterâ¦
You assume too much. I made a simple typo. I hadn't meant to include ford among that short list of OTHER manufacturers.
I realize that in order to implement new design elements the folks at ford will need to re-tool factories, re-calibrate machines, re-write procedures and a whole host of other hassles, however, you missed my salient point.
THEY'RE NOT USING THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE STUDENTS.
Itâ(TM)s wasteful and stupid. They could save money by letting students (mostly competent volunteers) do the REALLY expensive work for them...RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT...and then integrating new ideas into existing manufacturing procedures would be RELATIVELY easy.
So in short, before you criticize me for not RTFA, make sure you attempt to glean the point from my post.
It seems to me that maybe Boeing is producing too little too late. As the Airbus representative said, "This is a market where we already have an airplane." And weâ(TM)re talking 5 YEARS away from rolling off the assembly line. They havenâ(TM)t even chose a site for manufacturing yet!
So it seems to me they have a few things to get ironed out if they have any chance of competingâ¦.
A) Tall people on 20-hour trans-Atlantic flights NEED MORE LEG ROOM! (Iâ(TM)m 6â(TM)3â or 195 cm) Iâ(TM)d WEEP FOR JOY and never ride in a competitorâ(TM)s plane again if I stepped aboard and found that I could comfortably plant my ass in a seat without having to put myself in uncomfortable positions to accommodate my long legs.
B) Some sort of ACTUAL reclining would be nice. Iâ(TM)m sure its possible to allow just as many people to board a flight and provide a little comfort without the fear that youâ(TM)re cramping the passenger behind you even more.
C) Iâ(TM)m sure all those 6 figure a year making brainy-boys out at Boeing could do a little tinkering and figure out SOME way of allowing passengers to use assorted electronic gadgetry on flights without causing nose-dives and fiery apocalyptic deaths for everyone on board. Perhaps some sort of array of jacks on the back of the seats that would allow all outgoing and incoming transmissions from said gadgetry to be channeled through a single antennae or array that could be monitored and checked against the data coming to the pilot in the cockpit, thereby avoiding disaster and making customers happier.
D) Do something about the food. Good lord you could excavate a TV dinner from the 1970s out of a landfill, heat it up and it would be more palatable than the garbage they serve on some flightsâ¦*cough cough* United *cough cough*
In my infinitely humble opinion, if Boeing would catch on to consumer demand and implement a few or all of these suggestions theyâ(TM)d be able to truly revolutionize the airline industry and make a few billion in the process and thus enhance shareholder confidence along with personal assets!
i'm not sure you understand what i'm saying....everything in central united states is SPREAD OUT WIDELY...there are miles and miles of nothing but emptiness and farmland between cities, towns, and villages....its OPEN SPACE. its not about city design...its about the layout of America.
You're actually quite right about Americans. I was born and raised in Central Farmland/prairieland America (missouri) and guess what! Its impractical to get around on public transport (there is none) and Bicycles are impractical because its a LONG freakin' way to civilization man, so walking is out too!
Now i live in the Netherlands in a fairly large city, so guess what! I ride a bicycle nearly everywhere i go and i ride the bus/train when i need to go further abroad! So when its practical i'm all for being "eco-friendly" but sometimes its just not that easy!
In Short, Mister Euro-Metro-Centric Viewpoint, think before you rant. Not all of us live within reach of city transport, and not all of us live nice and cozy close to everything and everyone we need to keep in contact with.