Since when is it childish to stage a mass protest?
Always.
Protests are implicitly illogical (there are a lot of us so we must be right) and threatening (even allegedly peaceful protests carry the message "do what we want or else..."). A protest is equivalent to a child stamping its foot and screaming.
Want to be impressive? Have your group send 10,000 well-reasoned letters on good stationary to a prominent politician or a newspaper. Costs less than the actual expenses of a mob of 1,000 people. -- But the 1,000 people who would protest are unlikely to be able to write a grammatical letter, let alone a well-reasoned one.
Islamists have been murderously aggressive since day one. Excuses that say "We're only killing you for (fill in the blank)." are nothing more that distractions that they hope will leave them free to kill again. Your frame of reference is too short.
People generally act in accordance with what they believe, Read and understand the Koran if you want to understand what they believe, and how they're likely to act.
The existence of fiat money is not a myth. That fiat money has value is a myth, but its use as a medium of exchange is successful because other people accept it.
Private power companies don't work because they don't add value.
Within 400 yards of my front door is a hydro power plant owned by a paper mill. That power plant is one of the main reasons the paper mill is one of the few remaining mills in New England. Big value added to my town. Private power companies are continuing to be created these days, offering cheaper or "greener" power than existing companies, fueled by the sun, natural gas, water, biomass, wood chips, etc..
When everyone wants something it makes sense for it to be run as a public utility.
Complete non sequitur and contrary to fact. Everyone needs food, you want to buy it at GUM? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store). Most people want cars, do you want to have to buy a Trabant? Everyone needs shelter, do you want to live in a "project"? Everyone needs clothes, do you want to be limited to what the government supplies? (Good luck if you need orthopedic shoes.)
Adding a private element just lets someone skim 10-20% off the top is all while they cut down on safety.
Government control allows the appointment of political hacks to jobs that they're not competent to perform. Fortunately, they often don't bother to show up. There's no pressure to control costs; there's no pressure to perform maintenance, there's no financial motive to hire competent or productive people. Why be safe? Are your customers going to sue a government power company in government court? Even if they do, even if they win, who in the government cares?
A policy of submitting to demands not to build in holy places is an invitation to abused by jerks. In Australia, there's no place you can go where an aboriginal won't say "That's a holy place." Even if they've never been near the place. I think they make it up as they go.
If the summary is correct, and additionally if AT&T had insisted on payment, the customer would have had grounds for suing the modem manufacturer for dialing the wrong number, or AOL for causing the expensive number to be dialed.
The problem goes beyond religious loonies. The "Politically Correct" crowd looks for excuses to be offended, or tries to imagine that someone else might be offended and complains about that.
What the devil do you want, an image of Golda Meir? Lena is looking over her bare shoulder at the camera. She looks healthy and attractive. She's even wearing a hat!
Her mouth isn't open, her tongue isn't visible, her eyes aren't half-closed, she's not gesturing "come hither" with her finger, etc., etc.
If that image is sexually suggestive to you, the problem is squarely between your ears.
You must have conniption fits when you go to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Or the Los Angeles County Art Museum's Egyptian section. Think of the children (TM)....Er... no, if you think of the children, you're a pervert.
One place I worked for had a position that, by its very nature, could not be performed successfully. An unwanted employee was promoted to that position, failed at it, and was laid off at the earliest convenience.
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Oxymoron.
Always.
Protests are implicitly illogical (there are a lot of us so we must be right) and threatening (even allegedly peaceful protests carry the message "do what we want or else..."). A protest is equivalent to a child stamping its foot and screaming.
Want to be impressive? Have your group send 10,000 well-reasoned letters on good stationary to a prominent politician or a newspaper. Costs less than the actual expenses of a mob of 1,000 people. -- But the 1,000 people who would protest are unlikely to be able to write a grammatical letter, let alone a well-reasoned one.
Islamists have been murderously aggressive since day one. Excuses that say "We're only killing you for (fill in the blank)." are nothing more that distractions that they hope will leave them free to kill again. Your frame of reference is too short.
People generally act in accordance with what they believe, Read and understand the Koran if you want to understand what they believe, and how they're likely to act.
What makes you think there are only 2?
Not yet they don't. They just say "climate change 'deniers'" should be jailed or killed.
She probably wasn't even fertile until age 9.
The existence of fiat money is not a myth. That fiat money has value is a myth, but its use as a medium of exchange is successful because other people accept it.
As opposed to governments, where sociopathic behavior has no barriers at all.
Within 400 yards of my front door is a hydro power plant owned by a paper mill. That power plant is one of the main reasons the paper mill is one of the few remaining mills in New England. Big value added to my town. Private power companies are continuing to be created these days, offering cheaper or "greener" power than existing companies, fueled by the sun, natural gas, water, biomass, wood chips, etc..
Complete non sequitur and contrary to fact. Everyone needs food, you want to buy it at GUM? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store). Most people want cars, do you want to have to buy a Trabant? Everyone needs shelter, do you want to live in a "project"? Everyone needs clothes, do you want to be limited to what the government supplies? (Good luck if you need orthopedic shoes.)
Government control allows the appointment of political hacks to jobs that they're not competent to perform. Fortunately, they often don't bother to show up. There's no pressure to control costs; there's no pressure to perform maintenance, there's no financial motive to hire competent or productive people. Why be safe? Are your customers going to sue a government power company in government court? Even if they do, even if they win, who in the government cares?
A policy of submitting to demands not to build in holy places is an invitation to abused by jerks. In Australia, there's no place you can go where an aboriginal won't say "That's a holy place." Even if they've never been near the place. I think they make it up as they go.
Never, never program for me. You're taking somebody's word that 248 / 14 > 24.
"Don't worry, we'll never hit the seven month software failure because the battery fails in 6 months"
"We bought new batteries, they last 3 years now."
"Are there any job openings in countries without extradition treaties?"
All three of them.
Any language with polymorphism should do, although polycarbonate is better than polystyrene.
63 bits for a nanosecond counter gives 292 years.
You're a thief too cowardly to do your own stealing.
If the summary is correct, and additionally if AT&T had insisted on payment, the customer would have had grounds for suing the modem manufacturer for dialing the wrong number, or AOL for causing the expensive number to be dialed.
The problem goes beyond religious loonies. The "Politically Correct" crowd looks for excuses to be offended, or tries to imagine that someone else might be offended and complains about that.
What the devil do you want, an image of Golda Meir? Lena is looking over her bare shoulder at the camera. She looks healthy and attractive. She's even wearing a hat!
Her mouth isn't open, her tongue isn't visible, her eyes aren't half-closed, she's not gesturing "come hither" with her finger, etc., etc.
If that image is sexually suggestive to you, the problem is squarely between your ears.
An important reason for using it is the vast amount of literature using it as a standard.
You must have conniption fits when you go to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Or the Los Angeles County Art Museum's Egyptian section. Think of the children (TM)....Er... no, if you think of the children, you're a pervert.
Join the real world, please.
The continuing fall of the value of money makes it easy for cowardly managers to give regular raises that fall below the rising cost of living.
One technique that sometimes works is the overpromoted person keeps doing his old job, letting the duties of the new job slide.
One place I worked for had a position that, by its very nature, could not be performed successfully. An unwanted employee was promoted to that position, failed at it, and was laid off at the earliest convenience.
We all know how effective the US's monitor and control systems worked in Iraq.
FTFY