OK. Most rich people aren't rich because they're stupid. They wouldn't pay you in money, they'd pay you in commodities that would increase your chances of survival. They'd pay you in weapons, and ammo and durable food stocks and fuel and housing.
Heck, come to think of it, the rich would probably just buy those things for themselves since the odds of survival after the strike with a fortress on the Canadian Sheild is probably better than taking off in a spaceship.
AMD and Centrino notebooks stay cool because the chips get throttled down.
I have a 1.33 GHz PowerBook G4. I ran it for four months before I even heard the fan come on, and that includes running it docked with the lid closed. At the current moment, my cpu temperature is 36.8 degrees C. My laptop is docked with the lid closed and I've been using my computer for 90 minutes solid. The fan in my system is NOT running.
Tell me again how your AMD runs so much cooler and quieter. I always enjoy a good laugh.
Except for the fact that as standards of living increase, birth rates go down. Europe is now experiencing negative population growth and the U.S. is close to negative birth rates.
In the liberal lexicon, maybe. From a political ideology, they are about equal: state control of industry and the economy, secret police, tyranny, etc.
The only reason libs call fascism right wing is because it generally includes a healthy dose of racism, which is preached as a "conservative" sin, while Communism promotes atheism, which is preached as enlightenment.
Oh, please. You can say you liked Jackson's LOTR, but to say that he tried to follow the spirit of the book is an absolute joke. The spirit of the books is the corrupting power of evil and how it is responded to. Jackson turned it into some sort of Gladiator sword-fest with sword-wielding she-elves, creepy elf-queens and character assassinations left and right.
The book had the majesty of a Ghandi or Chariots of Fire, and Jackson turned it into Raiders of the Lost Ark.
--- In order to produce something memorable, they have to push the envelope. ---
No, to get something memorable, you write to the timeless elements of human nature, both the good and bad. Tolkien is a classic because he retells what he called the "Great Myth." Stories of sacrifice, loss, redemption, the triumph of good over evil. These stories will be memorable.
Pushing the envelope is just another way of saying offend traditional sensibilities with pop-culture trash or faddish ideologies. Pushing the envelope is about getting a shock reaction, not creating something memorable.
There's an even bigger difference about being ABLE to get angry and speak out over a symbol like the Confederate flag and being throw in jail or run over by a tank for using a symbol, say, like the Statue of Liberty in a place, like, oh, Tianemen Square.
I continue to find it amazing that people draw the moral equivalence between the United States and brutal Communist dictatorships. I suggest you talk to some people who have actually lived in Communist countries. Or, better yet, look at which countries have to build walls to keep their people IN.
1949: Russia gets the A bomb because of American Communist spies.
1951: Russia gets the H bomb because of American Communist spies.
1946: Roosevelt's number one adviser at Yalta is a Communist sympathizer.
Communist cells were rampant throughout this country. The Truman administration was rife with Communist agents.
It's not Communist paranoia when the Communists really are thicker than rats in the U.S. government and the stated Soviet goal is the Communist overthrow of the U.S. government.
The House Unamerican Activities Committee did not appear out of thin air, and neither did McCarthy with his separate Senate investigations.
A little history lesson. Taiwan is where Chiang Kai Shek fled when the Commmunist thugs under Mao Tse Tsung took power in a civil war.
China refuses to recognize Taiwan as an independent nation because it is a free nation founded by Chinese nationalists fleeing Communist oppression.
The history of Eastern Europe should tell you the Communist response to conquered nations that get "uppity."
The only reason China doesn't invade Taiwan tomorrow is because they aren't sure the U.S. wouldn't get involved.
China is a brutal Communist dictatorship. They don't believe in human rights or liberty or anything else except the maintenance of Communist dictatorial power.
Oh, give it a rest. The whole reason we have e-voting at all is because a bunch of people like you threw an equal fit of hysterics after 2000 and DEMANDED them, screaming apocalyptic cries about the End to Democracy(TM) if we didn't get them.
God Himself could come down and personally count the votes and you'd just accuse Him of being a pawn of the Religious Right.
Let me tell you your real issue: You just can't comprehend that your ideology might be rejected by a majority of Americans. The American's are Stupid argument isn't getting a lot of traction, so you're retreating into the "it's all a conspiracy" mode.
Give it up and realize you are dealing with a mentality that is utterly, absolutley, 100% convinced that their ideology is The One Truth(TM) and because of this, there can be only two reasons they didn't win:
1- A majority of people are too stupid to comprehend The One Truth(TM).
--- Only in terms of actual dollars spent per capita. ---
Since this is THE definition of the size of a consumer market, what was your point again? Other than trying to pain a brutal Communist dictatorship as some sort of Utopia, that is?
This is a myth. As long as the shock levels don't exceed what the drive was designed to withstand, you can shake the thing around all day long without any harm done to it.
--- When you are working out you really don't want the screen, and you only need an hour or two of music. ---
Yeah, but you don't want the SAME hour or two of music every day, and you don't want to have to sit and try to figure out what music you're going to put on your player for tomorrow's workout.
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OK. Most rich people aren't rich because they're stupid. They wouldn't pay you in money, they'd pay you in commodities that would increase your chances of survival. They'd pay you in weapons, and ammo and durable food stocks and fuel and housing.
Heck, come to think of it, the rich would probably just buy those things for themselves since the odds of survival after the strike with a fortress on the Canadian Sheild is probably better than taking off in a spaceship.
AMD and Centrino notebooks stay cool because the chips get throttled down.
I have a 1.33 GHz PowerBook G4. I ran it for four months before I even heard the fan come on, and that includes running it docked with the lid closed. At the current moment, my cpu temperature is 36.8 degrees C. My laptop is docked with the lid closed and I've been using my computer for 90 minutes solid. The fan in my system is NOT running.
Tell me again how your AMD runs so much cooler and quieter. I always enjoy a good laugh.
Except for the fact that as standards of living increase, birth rates go down. Europe is now experiencing negative population growth and the U.S. is close to negative birth rates.
In the liberal lexicon, maybe. From a political ideology, they are about equal: state control of industry and the economy, secret police, tyranny, etc.
The only reason libs call fascism right wing is because it generally includes a healthy dose of racism, which is preached as a "conservative" sin, while Communism promotes atheism, which is preached as enlightenment.
Oh, please. You can say you liked Jackson's LOTR, but to say that he tried to follow the spirit of the book is an absolute joke. The spirit of the books is the corrupting power of evil and how it is responded to. Jackson turned it into some sort of Gladiator sword-fest with sword-wielding she-elves, creepy elf-queens and character assassinations left and right.
The book had the majesty of a Ghandi or Chariots of Fire, and Jackson turned it into Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The Mote in God's Eye would be a better book, but a bear to adapt to the big screen.
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In order to produce something memorable, they have to push the envelope.
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No, to get something memorable, you write to the timeless elements of human nature, both the good and bad. Tolkien is a classic because he retells what he called the "Great Myth." Stories of sacrifice, loss, redemption, the triumph of good over evil. These stories will be memorable.
Pushing the envelope is just another way of saying offend traditional sensibilities with pop-culture trash or faddish ideologies. Pushing the envelope is about getting a shock reaction, not creating something memorable.
Because we all know that where your parents chose to birth you completely determines your attitudes and personality for the rest of your life.
You should take up astrology.
And then he lived the next thirty years in Texas. What's your point?
Safari. .Mac. iSync. Problem solved.
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A commercial chicken's purpose in life (if you can call it living) is to eat and produce eggs, meat, or more chickens.
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Exactly. Whereas a chicken's purpose in the wild is to eat, produce eggs, more chicken and feed foxes.
The commercial exploitation of chickens is absolutely horrible.
There's an even bigger difference about being ABLE to get angry and speak out over a symbol like the Confederate flag and being throw in jail or run over by a tank for using a symbol, say, like the Statue of Liberty in a place, like, oh, Tianemen Square.
I continue to find it amazing that people draw the moral equivalence between the United States and brutal Communist dictatorships. I suggest you talk to some people who have actually lived in Communist countries. Or, better yet, look at which countries have to build walls to keep their people IN.
You left out some important information:
1949: Russia gets the A bomb because of American Communist spies.
1951: Russia gets the H bomb because of American Communist spies.
1946: Roosevelt's number one adviser at Yalta is a Communist sympathizer.
Communist cells were rampant throughout this country. The Truman administration was rife with Communist agents.
It's not Communist paranoia when the Communists really are thicker than rats in the U.S. government and the stated Soviet goal is the Communist overthrow of the U.S. government.
The House Unamerican Activities Committee did not appear out of thin air, and neither did McCarthy with his separate Senate investigations.
A little history lesson. Taiwan is where Chiang Kai Shek fled when the Commmunist thugs under Mao Tse Tsung took power in a civil war.
China refuses to recognize Taiwan as an independent nation because it is a free nation founded by Chinese nationalists fleeing Communist oppression.
The history of Eastern Europe should tell you the Communist response to conquered nations that get "uppity."
The only reason China doesn't invade Taiwan tomorrow is because they aren't sure the U.S. wouldn't get involved.
China is a brutal Communist dictatorship. They don't believe in human rights or liberty or anything else except the maintenance of Communist dictatorial power.
Yeah. Spending power. Next question?
I see that you have adopted the Americans are Stupid rationalization to hide from the fact that it is your ideology, and not democracy that is dead.
Oh, give it a rest. The whole reason we have e-voting at all is because a bunch of people like you threw an equal fit of hysterics after 2000 and DEMANDED them, screaming apocalyptic cries about the End to Democracy(TM) if we didn't get them.
God Himself could come down and personally count the votes and you'd just accuse Him of being a pawn of the Religious Right.
Let me tell you your real issue: You just can't comprehend that your ideology might be rejected by a majority of Americans. The American's are Stupid argument isn't getting a lot of traction, so you're retreating into the "it's all a conspiracy" mode.
Give it up and realize you are dealing with a mentality that is utterly, absolutley, 100% convinced that their ideology is The One Truth(TM) and because of this, there can be only two reasons they didn't win:
1- A majority of people are too stupid to comprehend The One Truth(TM).
2- The Forces of Evil® (also know by their common name: Republicans©) who wish to destroy The One Truth(TM) formed a giant, secret conspiracy and overthrew the will of the people.
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Only in terms of actual dollars spent per capita.
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Since this is THE definition of the size of a consumer market, what was your point again? Other than trying to pain a brutal Communist dictatorship as some sort of Utopia, that is?
This is a myth. As long as the shock levels don't exceed what the drive was designed to withstand, you can shake the thing around all day long without any harm done to it.
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When you are working out you really don't want the screen, and you only need an hour or two of music.
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Yeah, but you don't want the SAME hour or two of music every day, and you don't want to have to sit and try to figure out what music you're going to put on your player for tomorrow's workout.
Lighten up and learn to laugh. You'll be happier. Trust me.
I did. Sorry. You see, unlike leftist arrogant elitists, I appreciate the contributions of other nations, now matter how modest they might be.
Translation: Only countries I like count as the International community.
European nations are notoriously corrupt. Find an official to bribe.