Call me names if it makes you feel better about your point of view.
I do not and did not mean to imply that the U.S. is at the same level as Haiti or Nigeria or any other third world county. The U.S. is a land of plenty and is extremely rich in comparison. But that does not mean we do not have our fair share of people at the bottom.
Yes, ****YOU**** probably could work your way out of it. I am assuming that you are not mentally ill and have an IQ above room tempeture. You probably have a background of support and encouragement from friends and family.
However, their are lots of people in the U.S. who are either mentally ill or who do not have the intelligence as you put it to lift themselves out of it. Even beyond those special cases of mental illness or less than average intelligence many people just do not have the skills to lift themselves out of poverty.
If your parents are not high school graduates you are much less likely to become one and will in general earn a lot less than a High school graduate. Working at a minimum wage job does not supply you with much of a safety net. One serious illness or upset and you are back on the street. Severe poverty is a vicious thing it saps people of a hope and a belief they can do it.
I am an example of the American Dream: Wife, Kids, Good Job, House, cars etc in general a good life. I am doing better than my parents. But to think I did it by all by myself would be very egotistical. I did it with help from my family and friends. If I see farther and do more, it is because I stand on their shoulders.
Ever heard of Katrina? Rita? New Orleans? St. Bernard? Mississippi?
Endemic poverty that exists in the south ( and in almostt every major city in the US ) with no apparent way out. How about the homeless that live on the streets in every city in America?
Don't tell me that a guy with a PC in Nigeria is down at the same level as a homeless person in the US.
Yes, many people in the U.S. are living a very good life, but that is not all of us.
Get a J.P., get married at home, Have your famlies cater the reception.
Save the 5k use it as a down payment on a house or atleast the start of one.
Money issues are the number one cause of divorce. Why would you want to spend 5k and push yourself further down that road.
you will be happy in 10 years when have a house instead of a bunch of pictures for an expensive wedding.
14 years later the house is almost paid off and we could not be happier.
You make sure and bill out enough to cover your own insurance...
That is the problem, as an individual you get raped by the insurance companies.
Individuals need to be able to form co-ops to get the same purchasing power as large corps.
So using Your logic.
present Day Germans are still Nazis and responsible for the Holocaust.
Japanese are still the rapers of Nanking?
Russians are still responsible for Stalin.
or pick what ever historical event and blame the current generation from that country for it.
We are no more responsible for the sins of prior generations that anyone else.
My American does not know slavery, but the America of my 5th great grand father did.
My America Does not know segregation but the America of my Grand Father did.
My America is not perfect and I am certain my children will state 'My America does not know X my Father's did."
The Promise of America is not today or yesterday, but the Future. The constitution is an Ideal that we are still striving for.
Each and every generation gets closer and closer to the ideal.
Why, because ESA still does not have the ability get anyone into space.
They are reliant on Russia and the US for a ride.
And at the moment with only 2 people on the ISS who is going to do the checkout and or repairs in LEO? For this to work someone needs to develop a cheaper, safer way to get off this rock.
Prior to Borland, In addition to purchasing tier compilers Microsoft charge a royalty for every program sold which was compiled with their compilers. They only changed this when everyone switched to Borland and other third party compilers which were royalty free.
And then only got people back by refusing to allow third parties to use the windows API.
The US already has pretty good maps of at least the 80% earths surface. Shuttle mission STS-99 mapping mission did exactly this in Feb. 11-22, 2000. NASA mapped 80% of the earths surface at better than 1 meter resolution.
No Poetry in code?
I take you have never seen a rather elegant piece of code? Granted code it is not Byron or Yates but it is not meant to be. Poetry like art is in the eye of the beholder.
Free Trade is good, however Free and Fair Trade is much better.
Our Major trading partners, China and India will never be fair until they stop managing their economies an allow us complete access to their markets in the same manner they have to ours.
Our companies are free to purchase goods and services freely from them in a way that they are not allowed to from ours.
China and India artificially manage the value of their currencies to keep them artificially low.
Not only do they have those artificial restrictions, but they also do not have the same environmental laws and labor practices which required to by US law.
What we should do is ASK those who have to fly the shuttle. We have heard a great deal from the leadership at NASA and everyone else. What do the rank and file Astronauts think? Is it worth the risk do they want to fly on the Shuttle?
A lot of people are going to upgrade to the PS3. ( myself included ) Being backwards compatible is not just a good idea but could actually help Sony's market peneration grow. A lot of those existing PS2 consoles will go onto the second hand market. Those people are also going towant to buy games. So Sony will have a double wammy stripping the cream off the top with the PS3 and still keep it's PS2 sales until the PS3 takes over the market.
Remember since it has to take 3 pics to get a color image that is not really good for catpuring motion, and a those cheap consumer camera do decent job of this.
Right tool for the right job at the right price.
I think of Digital cameras as akin to most consumer film cameras.
My Canon Powershot G3 takes much better pictures then my daughters cheap Kodak 110 but not as nice as my Canon AE-1.
Film cameras went through the same incremental increases in ability just like the film they use.
I have been scanning my grandparents pictures from the 30's, 40's and 50's and even though they are large format ( 2" X 3") they are still pretty grainy.
This is a limitation of the film ( Kodak BTW) not necessarily of the camera.
Digitals camera make it cheaper and easier to take more pictures than ever.
I can only think this will lead to better documentation of our time not worse.
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Call me names if it makes you feel better about your point of view.
I do not and did not mean to imply that the U.S. is at the same level as Haiti or Nigeria or any other third world county. The U.S. is a land of plenty and is extremely rich in comparison. But that does not mean we do not have our fair share of people at the bottom.
Yes, ****YOU**** probably could work your way out of it. I am assuming that you are not mentally ill and have an IQ above room tempeture. You probably have a background of support and encouragement from friends and family.
However, their are lots of people in the U.S. who are either mentally ill or who do not have the intelligence as you put it to lift themselves out of it. Even beyond those special cases of mental illness or less than average intelligence many people just do not have the skills to lift themselves out of poverty.
If your parents are not high school graduates you are much less likely to become one and will in general earn a lot less than a High school graduate. Working at a minimum wage job does not supply you with much of a safety net. One serious illness or upset and you are back on the street. Severe poverty is a vicious thing it saps people of a hope and a belief they can do it.
I am an example of the American Dream: Wife, Kids, Good Job, House, cars etc in general a good life. I am doing better than my parents. But to think I did it by all by myself would be very egotistical. I did it with help from my family and friends. If I see farther and do more, it is because I stand on their shoulders.
What you have not been watching the news lately?
Ever heard of Katrina? Rita? New Orleans? St. Bernard? Mississippi?
Endemic poverty that exists in the south ( and in almostt every major city in the US ) with no apparent way out. How about the homeless that live on the streets in every city in America?
Don't tell me that a guy with a PC in Nigeria is down at the same level as a homeless person in the US.
Yes, many people in the U.S. are living a very good life, but that is not all of us.
All true, but what about cargo return? Don't we lose the ability to return large cargo? So, it is not exactly a replacement.
Shouldn't that be
"The earth's orbit just wobbled slightly from Douglas Adams spinning in his grave"?
Get a J.P., get married at home, Have your famlies cater the reception.
Save the 5k use it as a down payment on a house or atleast the start of one.
Money issues are the number one cause of divorce. Why would you want to spend 5k and push yourself further down that road.
you will be happy in 10 years when have a house instead of a bunch of pictures for an expensive wedding.
14 years later the house is almost paid off and we could not be happier.
You can still use a phrase.
Just simplly combine words from different languages.
You make sure and bill out enough to cover your own insurance...
That is the problem, as an individual you get raped by the insurance companies.
Individuals need to be able to form co-ops to get the same purchasing power as large corps.
So using Your logic.
present Day Germans are still Nazis and responsible for the Holocaust.
Japanese are still the rapers of Nanking?
Russians are still responsible for Stalin.
or pick what ever historical event and blame the current generation from that country for it.
We are no more responsible for the sins of prior generations that anyone else.
My American does not know slavery, but the America of my 5th great grand father did.
My America Does not know segregation but the America of my Grand Father did.
My America is not perfect and I am certain my children will state 'My America does not know X my Father's did."
The Promise of America is not today or yesterday, but the Future. The constitution is an Ideal that we are still striving for. Each and every generation gets closer and closer to the ideal.
Why, because ESA still does not have the ability get anyone into space.
They are reliant on Russia and the US for a ride.
And at the moment with only 2 people on the ISS who is going to do the checkout and or repairs in LEO?
For this to work someone needs to develop a cheaper, safer way to get off this rock.
That is not true!!! They save a lot of money not having Girl friends and living in their parents basement.
Don't give Microsoft to much credit for this.
Prior to Borland, In addition to purchasing tier compilers Microsoft charge a royalty for every program sold which was compiled with their compilers. They only changed this when everyone switched to Borland and other third party compilers which were royalty free.
And then only got people back by refusing to allow third parties to use the windows API.
Yeah and my code does not have bugs. It just has features users don't understand yet.
Damn!! My Tag Heuer doesn't have that function!
Oooooooh
I get it
The US already has pretty good maps of at least the 80% earths surface. Shuttle mission STS-99 mapping mission did exactly this in Feb. 11-22, 2000. NASA mapped 80% of the earths surface at better than 1 meter resolution.
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http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/features/srtm_jan2
Just read this ( http://www.linuxworld.com/story/39996.htm ). it is the tip of the iceberg at CA
CA is not any different than Enron or Parlamat.
Definitly not a company to be respected in any way.
My Boxster's engine compartment is not welded shut, but it is not exactly easy to get to.
I prefer to toss.
Win or lose I can usually pocket the quarter.
Kinetic Energy Rocks!!!
No Poetry in code?
I take you have never seen a rather elegant piece of code?
Granted code it is not Byron or Yates but it is not meant to be.
Poetry like art is in the eye of the beholder.
I have and do see both in code.
Free Trade is good, however Free and Fair Trade is much better.
Our Major trading partners, China and India will never be fair until they stop managing their economies an allow us complete access to their markets in the same manner they have to ours. Our companies are free to purchase goods and services freely from them in a way that they are not allowed to from ours. China and India artificially manage the value of their currencies to keep them artificially low. Not only do they have those artificial restrictions, but they also do not have the same environmental laws and labor practices which required to by US law.
Could you imagine OSHA in India or China?
What we should do is ASK those who have to fly the shuttle. We have heard a great deal from the leadership at NASA and everyone else. What do the rank and file Astronauts think? Is it worth the risk do they want to fly on the Shuttle?
A lot of people are going to upgrade to the PS3. ( myself included ) Being backwards compatible is not just a good idea but could actually help Sony's market peneration grow. A lot of those existing PS2 consoles will go onto the second hand market. Those people are also going towant to buy games. So Sony will have a double wammy stripping the cream off the top with the PS3 and still keep it's PS2 sales until the PS3 takes over the market.
Remember since it has to take 3 pics to get a color image that is not really good for catpuring motion, and a those cheap consumer camera do decent job of this.
Right tool for the right job at the right price.
I think of Digital cameras as akin to most consumer film cameras.
My Canon Powershot G3 takes much better pictures then my daughters cheap Kodak 110 but not as nice as my Canon AE-1.
Film cameras went through the same incremental increases in ability just like the film they use.
I have been scanning my grandparents pictures from the 30's, 40's and 50's and even though they are large format ( 2" X 3") they are still pretty grainy.
This is a limitation of the film ( Kodak BTW) not necessarily of the camera.
Digitals camera make it cheaper and easier to take more pictures than ever.
I can only think this will lead to better documentation of our time not worse.
No it is U.S. Robotics, no more 56V modems from them. :-)