How was the traffic coming back from Fry's? Did they have any other DVD players you could buy? How did they look? Were they on sale? Was your dog happy to see you?
For instance they (along with many other outlets) have been criticizing them for a plan without enough ground troops, for allowing supply lines to be undefended, and so forth.
That sort of sums up my feelings on the subject... outright lies go unchallenged and the debate is restricted to how many supply wagons and troops should be sent into combat. That's hardly criticism of the administration. It's not that there's no debate - it's that the debate is about unimportant details, or about the severity of a course of action that is unquestioned. Individual facts are reported, and sometimes even on the front page, but they're not often used to challenge the status quo.
I understand the reasons for CNN being what it is (or at least think I do) but that's no reason to excuse them. Nobody to my knowledge has refuted Noam Chomsky's bread and butter book... if commercial US networks' coverage hasn't improved since Nicaragua I don't see why it's too likely to change now. The same style sells every year, and the penalties for pissing off your sources of prepackaged news remain the same. Hell, I wouldn't want to piss of the Bush adminsitration... they are incredibly adept at controlling and dispensing information. If you're not on their good list, you might not get invited.
Of course Al-Jazeera is just as biased. That was sort of my intent in my ranting post. One part CNN, one part The Guardian, one part the Hindu Times and a dash of Al-Jazeera, mix with the Page 16 article-hunters' reports and you might actually have a fair picture of what's going on.
Poor topic, never got a chance to be discussed... anyhow, my 2c:
It's funny to watch how righteous some authorities in the US are getting about Al-Jazeera. I mean, they describe it as a propaganda machine whose credibility is based on being an independant station... sounds like CNN, right? So now we have two CNNs dueling for the plaque-congested hearts and couch-deadened minds of the people! That's a danger that's new to the history of warfare, innit?
Sort of an unsettling set of circumstances (as if it weren't already)
What's so unsettling? It's basically the same military philosophy, with a little more emphasis on intimidation. The US used the Nazis' rocket scientists, why not their battle tactics? Heck, someone at the Pentagon probably read that book and thought it was a good name.:)
Of course for PR reasons any comparison would be verboten (so to speak) but we're all adults here, right?
Quoting the only NYT article that supports this view, written no less by the most hawkish rightwing journalist there, whose key points rest on 'the most reluctant warrior' Colin Powell's conversion and the author's report of what some Kurds said to him isn't a very convincing argument. One back at you.
Note that Kurds are desperate for their own state and would have lots of motivation to cook up stories to meet what the Americans want to hear. "You say you'll invade if Iraq has links to Al-Qaeda? Gee... now that you mention it..."
I'm not even going to go near your last paragraph. Shall I mention Hitler now so we can end this thread?
the various terrorists groups that Saddam has supported for years
Proof? And White House press releases don't count.
I will grant the cynical "your kid suicide bombs israelis, win a prize" gifts that the Iraqis have reportedly given to Palestenian families. That's still not organized international terrorism.
your diplomats did not speak softly. they spoke loudly and arrogantly and didn't do much listening. admittedly the USA is the world superpower now and has the military, economic, and cultural might to do pretty much anything. in the long term this might catch up with you.
Yes, you are correct. However it wouldn't achieve 100% exergy..
Basically if you use (say) a flame at 2000F to heat a factory at 70F you are wasting a lot of potential energy. You could, for example, run a gas turbine generator at 2000F and then use the 300F waste heat from that to warm the factory instead. This particular example is called 'cogeneration' and is a big way to boost energy efficiency esp. when used between two businesses such as a power plant and a plastics factory that requires moderate-temperature heat supply for chemical processes.
While not strictly thermodynamically correct, one could say that anytime you are using electricity to heat a home you are wasting energy because not only are the power plant and transmission lines not 100% efficient (more like 40% for the whole process, or something) you could have done a lot more useful stuff with the electricity rather than just dumping it thru a resistor.
All this being said, I leave the heat off with my computer running when I go out and the temperature in my apartment doesn't get below 64. Cheep!
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Penis bird?
Ooh, too far, dial it back!
"It'll cost more in the end, you don't have the freedom to choose from a menu, plus no Happy Meals!"
Just imagine a MIRV cluster of these!
This must be the "angry penguin charging you in excess of 100mph" that Linus has always been talking about...
Imagine how easy it would be without having to convert slugs*foot^2/s^2 into BTUs all the time...
It's not the first time that's happened...
Asteroid 2030!!!!!!!!!
How was the traffic coming back from Fry's? Did they have any other DVD players you could buy? How did they look? Were they on sale? Was your dog happy to see you?
(what a big writeup for a small question)...
So now he's the head of an agency that has to report back to congress for its funding?
Of course they're happy!
doesn't get it.
(shamelessly cribbed from the Washington Post's Style Invitational)
That sort of sums up my feelings on the subject... outright lies go unchallenged and the debate is restricted to how many supply wagons and troops should be sent into combat. That's hardly criticism of the administration. It's not that there's no debate - it's that the debate is about unimportant details, or about the severity of a course of action that is unquestioned. Individual facts are reported, and sometimes even on the front page, but they're not often used to challenge the status quo.
I understand the reasons for CNN being what it is (or at least think I do) but that's no reason to excuse them. Nobody to my knowledge has refuted Noam Chomsky's bread and butter book... if commercial US networks' coverage hasn't improved since Nicaragua I don't see why it's too likely to change now. The same style sells every year, and the penalties for pissing off your sources of prepackaged news remain the same. Hell, I wouldn't want to piss of the Bush adminsitration... they are incredibly adept at controlling and dispensing information. If you're not on their good list, you might not get invited.
Of course Al-Jazeera is just as biased. That was sort of my intent in my ranting post. One part CNN, one part The Guardian, one part the Hindu Times and a dash of Al-Jazeera, mix with the Page 16 article-hunters' reports and you might actually have a fair picture of what's going on.
Ah, but the people I'm trying to have a dialogue with have their 'Offtopic' comment scoring set to '+2' so they'll see it anyways... ;-)
The race for the bottom has now entered the final 100-yard sprint! Place your bets!
I know I'm spouting false stereotypes, I'm just having fun and letting off some steam.
You shouldn't have to post anonymously. Slashdot's a silly place.
It's funny to watch how righteous some authorities in the US are getting about Al-Jazeera. I mean, they describe it as a propaganda machine whose credibility is based on being an independant station... sounds like CNN, right? So now we have two CNNs dueling for the plaque-congested hearts and couch-deadened minds of the people! That's a danger that's new to the history of warfare, innit?
What's so unsettling? It's basically the same military philosophy, with a little more emphasis on intimidation. The US used the Nazis' rocket scientists, why not their battle tactics? Heck, someone at the Pentagon probably read that book and thought it was a good name.
Of course for PR reasons any comparison would be verboten (so to speak) but we're all adults here, right?
Yes, you high school kids count too!
Quoting the only NYT article that supports this view, written no less by the most hawkish rightwing journalist there, whose key points rest on 'the most reluctant warrior' Colin Powell's conversion and the author's report of what some Kurds said to him isn't a very convincing argument. One back at you.
Note that Kurds are desperate for their own state and would have lots of motivation to cook up stories to meet what the Americans want to hear. "You say you'll invade if Iraq has links to Al-Qaeda? Gee... now that you mention it..."
I'm not even going to go near your last paragraph. Shall I mention Hitler now so we can end this thread?
Proof? And White House press releases don't count.
I will grant the cynical "your kid suicide bombs israelis, win a prize" gifts that the Iraqis have reportedly given to Palestenian families. That's still not organized international terrorism.
your diplomats did not speak softly. they spoke loudly and arrogantly and didn't do much listening. admittedly the USA is the world superpower now and has the military, economic, and cultural might to do pretty much anything. in the long term this might catch up with you.
He also said to 'speak softly'. It helps if you're not being audioprompted.
Basically if you use (say) a flame at 2000F to heat a factory at 70F you are wasting a lot of potential energy. You could, for example, run a gas turbine generator at 2000F and then use the 300F waste heat from that to warm the factory instead. This particular example is called 'cogeneration' and is a big way to boost energy efficiency esp. when used between two businesses such as a power plant and a plastics factory that requires moderate-temperature heat supply for chemical processes.
While not strictly thermodynamically correct, one could say that anytime you are using electricity to heat a home you are wasting energy because not only are the power plant and transmission lines not 100% efficient (more like 40% for the whole process, or something) you could have done a lot more useful stuff with the electricity rather than just dumping it thru a resistor.
All this being said, I leave the heat off with my computer running when I go out and the temperature in my apartment doesn't get below 64. Cheep!
I get this feeling that the noise reduction isn't going to be as much as some people think...