Civilians? Are you sure that none of them were combatants? Part of the game over there is that the insurgents hide in the civilian population.
Also, how many of those were killed by US forces? Or even NATO/Allied forces? And how many were killed by tribal infighting now that there's no strong leader that promised (and went through with) death to anyone that might have even considered acting up?
If you go on just insurance, no problem. But without private health care, there is no option to pay for more care. That's the difference. I can pay for a better insurance package to handle more coverage, whatever. There is no option for that under most socialized systems. Hell, after switching in 1948 to the NHS, there was no option until 1989 to have ANY kind of private care. Any ideas why they finally relented and allowed private practices? Because there was so much demand for more than bare-minimum.
Wait, what? CREATES CO2? Isn't that what plants need? Growing our fuel is much closer to carbon-neutral than pulling the oil out of the ground. The overall effect of plowing up new ground is much, much less than getting oil out of the ground.
The dead zone in the gulf is because of fertilizer, true. So that's why steps like switchgrass are a step forward, a crop that doesn't need fertilizer or extra care.
Global warming cultists aren't the only ones who ignore facts.
I've talked to people in England who would rather not have socialized healthcare, because then people might get treated better. Socialized healthcare gives people the lowest amount of treatment to keep them alive, and that's it.
Yeah! The Earth is the center of the universe, and that's the way I likes it, too! Ptolemy's tables were good enough for him, and they're good enough for me!
You're making an implicit assumption that people are reasonable. Mutual agreement and communism work great in small societies. Once you get past the size of the intrinsic human monkeysphere, altruism and accountability go out the window. Which throws a huge realistic wrench into your idealism. The thing is, society is set up so that altruism and accountability as spread as evenly and widely as we know how, which forces (imprisons, as you'd call it) everyone to keep working together, to some degree. The thing is, that's what creates the greatest common good for everyone involved. There are a few big winners who can exploit the system, but there are many fewer losers, and society as a whole has a much higher standard of living because of the system.
I can appreciate your sentiment, just like I can appreciate the sentiment of people saying they want me to go to heaven. I just think you've got a few assumptions and implications that haven't been given a thorough vetting.
No chance it's supported under Linux? My old flatbed scanner works great under Linux, not even sure if it has WinXP drivers, much less Vista.
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Yes, it does do primary and secondary screens. Or mirrored. Or whatever.
And I told you that I can do it via config dialogs, just like in Windows. I simply noted that IN ADDITION, I can script it, which I CANNOT do in Windows, at least not without a lot of serious work as far as I know.
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I wish everyone driving knew how to rebuild their engine. Fuck, I wish they even knew how to change a tire properly.
There will ALWAYS be just a minority of people who really care about how any given thing works. The vast majority of people just don't give a shit. They know just barely enough to get their jobs done to get money to buy the shit they want. They think NO further about things than that. And it's always been that way. It's sad but, as the great philosopher Ron White said, you can't fix stupid. It's a Sisyphean task to attempt to do so;)
Either that, or the X server on the Mac is badly done. Considering how many people have fast, functioning desktops under Linux and FreeBSD and such, and even play games, do you REALLY think the problem is somewhere in the core of X, or is it a hell of a lot more likely that the problem is on the OSX implementation of the X server?
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Really? With xrandr, it's trivial to get multiple monitors working. I have my laptop set so that I can connect to an external monitor and switch to the spanned desktop on the fly. And get this... I can get it to remember how it was configured! Every time I had to connect under Windows, it forgot something, whether it was the resolution or the layout of the two screens, or whatever. I can just set up a simple script (or use the dialogs if that's your bag) that always does the right thing when I hit the screen switch button.
Performance? Why do OpenGL apps often run faster under X on the same hardware, as compared to under Windows? I fail to see ANY meaningful benchmarks or anything that shows X actually underperforming any competitor on the same hardware, given driver support.
...really? It's active by default under Windows and Linux. I'm 100% sure on Linux, not as sure about Windows since I haven't used it in quite a while...
Ignorance is not really the best for your kids. If you shield them from information, they're gonna make stupid choices. Your job is to teach them how to process information properly, and then let them go. Give them the tools to survive without you. If you can't do that, you've failed as a parent.
Wait... why can't you modify GPL code and sell it? There's no reason you can't. The only restriction is that you have to make the source available. That's not too terrible, is it? The kinds of people who'd buy software are the kinds who wouldn't really be your competitors anyway.
You only get bullied if you play the victim. If people get the rise out of you they expect, they have power over you. If you deny them that, they've got nothing.
It also helps to make friends with lots of different people. It's a skill people should work on, especially technical people. Most of us are so wrapped up in our own intellects that we don't realize that interpersonal relationships are a serious weakness, and it's very easy to rub someone else the wrong way without realizing it.
Yes, other people should be tolerant. But guess what? You don't have control over them. You never will. What you DO have control over is yourself. You need to work with what you have to get what you want, not just wish other people wouldn't be so mean. That's the victim mentality.
What pisses me off the most is that those flood insurance checks come from you and me, the people who don't live on the coast. It's a federal insurance program since no sane insurance carrier would take that risk.
Maybe that "fat kid" shouldn't be so focused on himself or his studies that he forgets to exercise or that people are different.
I wasn't bullied in high school. I got into a few shouting matches, shoved a few times, but overall, it wasn't bad. The kids who had it bad? They were the ones who THOUGHT they were smarter than everyone else, and didn't realize that answering every question the teacher asked was just rubbing everyone else's face in it. I knew the answer too, but there was no reason for me to answer EVERYTHING. That's why I was friends with most of the "bullies", and the other kids were targets.
So, you make it easier to target a smaller group of people, basically putting the onus of work on the customer to install another damn plugin (if it's even available and works right on their system), rather than the programmer? I thought things were supposed to work the other way around...
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Civilians? Are you sure that none of them were combatants? Part of the game over there is that the insurgents hide in the civilian population.
Also, how many of those were killed by US forces? Or even NATO/Allied forces? And how many were killed by tribal infighting now that there's no strong leader that promised (and went through with) death to anyone that might have even considered acting up?
If you go on just insurance, no problem. But without private health care, there is no option to pay for more care. That's the difference. I can pay for a better insurance package to handle more coverage, whatever. There is no option for that under most socialized systems. Hell, after switching in 1948 to the NHS, there was no option until 1989 to have ANY kind of private care. Any ideas why they finally relented and allowed private practices? Because there was so much demand for more than bare-minimum.
Wait, what? CREATES CO2? Isn't that what plants need? Growing our fuel is much closer to carbon-neutral than pulling the oil out of the ground. The overall effect of plowing up new ground is much, much less than getting oil out of the ground.
The dead zone in the gulf is because of fertilizer, true. So that's why steps like switchgrass are a step forward, a crop that doesn't need fertilizer or extra care.
Global warming cultists aren't the only ones who ignore facts.
Most newer laptops are, I'd think. My Compal HGL30 and my Lenovo Thinkpad T61 both definitely do it, not sure about other models.
I've talked to people in England who would rather not have socialized healthcare, because then people might get treated better. Socialized healthcare gives people the lowest amount of treatment to keep them alive, and that's it.
Yeah! The Earth is the center of the universe, and that's the way I likes it, too! Ptolemy's tables were good enough for him, and they're good enough for me!
You're making an implicit assumption that people are reasonable. Mutual agreement and communism work great in small societies. Once you get past the size of the intrinsic human monkeysphere, altruism and accountability go out the window. Which throws a huge realistic wrench into your idealism. The thing is, society is set up so that altruism and accountability as spread as evenly and widely as we know how, which forces (imprisons, as you'd call it) everyone to keep working together, to some degree. The thing is, that's what creates the greatest common good for everyone involved. There are a few big winners who can exploit the system, but there are many fewer losers, and society as a whole has a much higher standard of living because of the system.
I can appreciate your sentiment, just like I can appreciate the sentiment of people saying they want me to go to heaven. I just think you've got a few assumptions and implications that haven't been given a thorough vetting.
No chance it's supported under Linux? My old flatbed scanner works great under Linux, not even sure if it has WinXP drivers, much less Vista.
Yes, it does do primary and secondary screens. Or mirrored. Or whatever.
And I told you that I can do it via config dialogs, just like in Windows. I simply noted that IN ADDITION, I can script it, which I CANNOT do in Windows, at least not without a lot of serious work as far as I know.
I wish everyone driving knew how to rebuild their engine. Fuck, I wish they even knew how to change a tire properly.
;)
There will ALWAYS be just a minority of people who really care about how any given thing works. The vast majority of people just don't give a shit. They know just barely enough to get their jobs done to get money to buy the shit they want. They think NO further about things than that. And it's always been that way. It's sad but, as the great philosopher Ron White said, you can't fix stupid. It's a Sisyphean task to attempt to do so
Either that, or the X server on the Mac is badly done. Considering how many people have fast, functioning desktops under Linux and FreeBSD and such, and even play games, do you REALLY think the problem is somewhere in the core of X, or is it a hell of a lot more likely that the problem is on the OSX implementation of the X server?
Really? With xrandr, it's trivial to get multiple monitors working. I have my laptop set so that I can connect to an external monitor and switch to the spanned desktop on the fly. And get this... I can get it to remember how it was configured! Every time I had to connect under Windows, it forgot something, whether it was the resolution or the layout of the two screens, or whatever. I can just set up a simple script (or use the dialogs if that's your bag) that always does the right thing when I hit the screen switch button.
Performance? Why do OpenGL apps often run faster under X on the same hardware, as compared to under Windows? I fail to see ANY meaningful benchmarks or anything that shows X actually underperforming any competitor on the same hardware, given driver support.
...really? It's active by default under Windows and Linux. I'm 100% sure on Linux, not as sure about Windows since I haven't used it in quite a while...
Ignorance is not really the best for your kids. If you shield them from information, they're gonna make stupid choices. Your job is to teach them how to process information properly, and then let them go. Give them the tools to survive without you. If you can't do that, you've failed as a parent.
Completely O/T
Wait... why can't you modify GPL code and sell it? There's no reason you can't. The only restriction is that you have to make the source available. That's not too terrible, is it? The kinds of people who'd buy software are the kinds who wouldn't really be your competitors anyway.
Worth! s/work/worth... I know what word I meant. I just failed typing class :(
You only get bullied if you play the victim. If people get the rise out of you they expect, they have power over you. If you deny them that, they've got nothing.
It also helps to make friends with lots of different people. It's a skill people should work on, especially technical people. Most of us are so wrapped up in our own intellects that we don't realize that interpersonal relationships are a serious weakness, and it's very easy to rub someone else the wrong way without realizing it.
Yes, other people should be tolerant. But guess what? You don't have control over them. You never will. What you DO have control over is yourself. You need to work with what you have to get what you want, not just wish other people wouldn't be so mean. That's the victim mentality.
But... I learned something! Rick Astley will never let me down or give me up. Isn't that work something?
What pisses me off the most is that those flood insurance checks come from you and me, the people who don't live on the coast. It's a federal insurance program since no sane insurance carrier would take that risk.
Australia? Where the hell are you from?
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/censorship_ebrief.htm
Maybe that "fat kid" shouldn't be so focused on himself or his studies that he forgets to exercise or that people are different.
I wasn't bullied in high school. I got into a few shouting matches, shoved a few times, but overall, it wasn't bad. The kids who had it bad? They were the ones who THOUGHT they were smarter than everyone else, and didn't realize that answering every question the teacher asked was just rubbing everyone else's face in it. I knew the answer too, but there was no reason for me to answer EVERYTHING. That's why I was friends with most of the "bullies", and the other kids were targets.
Jesus? Is that you?
Crap. Forgot the link that makes it a lot less Kaczinsky sounding: http://images.ucomics.com/comics/nq/2008/nq080606.gif
So, you make it easier to target a smaller group of people, basically putting the onus of work on the customer to install another damn plugin (if it's even available and works right on their system), rather than the programmer? I thought things were supposed to work the other way around...