Well the english had various civil wars before one "tribe" (and not even one that was originally from the island) subjugated the rest. And even today, england is only part of the greater UK. The queen holds separate titles for each part of UK. Unless i am badly off target, UK is pretty much how Norway and Sweden was joined for a time. Norway had its own internal government, but Sweden managed all the foreign relations.
Reminds me of something, that there is supposedly two kinds of nationalism. Nationalism of border (also known as French nationalism, iirc) and nationalism of bloodline (German nationalism, for whatever reason).
With border based nationalism, it is easier to accept immigrants as part of the "us" group. But with blood based, it becomes much harder. Especially when there are easy to spot outwardly traits (skin color, facial features) involved. Sadly tho, it appear that the "french nationalism" is in decline, even in France...
I get the feel that at least the US press do not really want to acknowledge wikileaks as part of their world, perhaps because it makes them look geriatric. Just take a look at how careful NYT words any reference to the site.
Another is that we can not predict what is not being developed or is in use in some way today.
Observe how the "futurists" of the 60s focused on the automobile and such, while basically didn't see the mobile phone or the equivalent of the internet.
If there is anything that will "fix" the reproduction rate issue it is birth control and providing other female pursuits then homemaking.
Seriously, the biggest reduction in birth rate comes from females spending longer and longer time on education and jobs (and other topics of "self-realization"). A female human is fertile between 13-14 and somewhere around 40-50. And from around 24 onwards, the chance of complications (including miscarriage) rise.
And this is the exact time band where education and work takes up most of the daily activity. This then combined with birth control measures, so that one can enjoy sex with a greatly reduced chance of conception, means that the percentage chance of conception over time greatly drops (less time available for sex, and what sex there is gets done using birth control).
Indeed. if one take a step back, mass production combined with advertising takes on the appearance of a (partially, when cartels are not allowed to form) planned economy.
Taking over, or getting into bed with? And i don't think there have ever been a drive for corporations to "take over" government, its to good a scapegoat for that.
i am aware, but allying with the nazis may have forever colored whatever good fascism could provide. Rarely is an idea disconnected from the actions taken in its "name".
So, lets mix in a actual terrorist between all the vocal dissenters we arrest of the street every day so that we can claim we are just making life safer for the general public.
Once one draw back enough from the details, one find that modern corporations are not really that different from soviet style communism. Both require(d) some level of predictability, resulting in massive data gathering.
My understanding is that the space shuttle design was a compromise between NASA and US military requirements, so as to avoid having two similar programs out of two different government branches (bean counters hate redundancy).
I find myself wondering how much it comes down to not having a worldwide government. right now it seems that corporations can shop around between various nations with different labor and tax laws to find the combo that provides the most profits with the least effort.
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Well the english had various civil wars before one "tribe" (and not even one that was originally from the island) subjugated the rest. And even today, england is only part of the greater UK. The queen holds separate titles for each part of UK. Unless i am badly off target, UK is pretty much how Norway and Sweden was joined for a time. Norway had its own internal government, but Sweden managed all the foreign relations.
Reminds me of something, that there is supposedly two kinds of nationalism. Nationalism of border (also known as French nationalism, iirc) and nationalism of bloodline (German nationalism, for whatever reason).
With border based nationalism, it is easier to accept immigrants as part of the "us" group. But with blood based, it becomes much harder. Especially when there are easy to spot outwardly traits (skin color, facial features) involved. Sadly tho, it appear that the "french nationalism" is in decline, even in France...
I get the feel that at least the US press do not really want to acknowledge wikileaks as part of their world, perhaps because it makes them look geriatric. Just take a look at how careful NYT words any reference to the site.
An old container transport or tanker would be a more viable option.
As long as it crunches massive numbers quickly, who cares how its defined?
oh i think it can handle it:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)#Transparent_glass_substitute
and the resolution is limited to the projectors used, iirc.
Iirc, there is research on electrical surfaces that can simulate even something like dragging fingers over fur.
Haptic feedback research is big stuff these days.
Yep, it's quite a eyeopener how fast a page loads right after one installs noscript.
kill non-national TLDs, and have the root servers only list the ip-addresses for the various national-TLDs.
If USA then wants to kill some domain outside of .US, start talking to whatever nation runs that TLD.
the last surviving part of the xm29 OICW project that was all the rage in military FPS games back in the late 90s.
Another is that we can not predict what is not being developed or is in use in some way today.
Observe how the "futurists" of the 60s focused on the automobile and such, while basically didn't see the mobile phone or the equivalent of the internet.
And parts of that may be passed on to any offspring, and theirs again if they survived long enough.
As such, all these chemicals may actually counteract what natural selection have provided us with...
Then comes the question about how much of that gets read by those in charge...
Proverbial needle in haystack and all that...
If there is anything that will "fix" the reproduction rate issue it is birth control and providing other female pursuits then homemaking.
Seriously, the biggest reduction in birth rate comes from females spending longer and longer time on education and jobs (and other topics of "self-realization"). A female human is fertile between 13-14 and somewhere around 40-50. And from around 24 onwards, the chance of complications (including miscarriage) rise.
And this is the exact time band where education and work takes up most of the daily activity. This then combined with birth control measures, so that one can enjoy sex with a greatly reduced chance of conception, means that the percentage chance of conception over time greatly drops (less time available for sex, and what sex there is gets done using birth control).
Indeed. if one take a step back, mass production combined with advertising takes on the appearance of a (partially, when cartels are not allowed to form) planned economy.
Taking over, or getting into bed with? And i don't think there have ever been a drive for corporations to "take over" government, its to good a scapegoat for that.
i am aware, but allying with the nazis may have forever colored whatever good fascism could provide. Rarely is an idea disconnected from the actions taken in its "name".
So, lets mix in a actual terrorist between all the vocal dissenters we arrest of the street every day so that we can claim we are just making life safer for the general public.
Once one draw back enough from the details, one find that modern corporations are not really that different from soviet style communism. Both require(d) some level of predictability, resulting in massive data gathering.
My understanding is that the space shuttle design was a compromise between NASA and US military requirements, so as to avoid having two similar programs out of two different government branches (bean counters hate redundancy).
Could be the whole axis alliance thing with nazi germany and related events.
Also, fascism was more then some union of economy and politics.
fascism = socialism? now i have seen it all...
And when the shit hits the fan, they pile on with uniformed thugs to keep the population in line...
I find myself wondering how much it comes down to not having a worldwide government. right now it seems that corporations can shop around between various nations with different labor and tax laws to find the combo that provides the most profits with the least effort.
patent MAD, "love" it...