>The US is somewhere between capitalism and socialism.. since we do regulate trade, and break up monopolies (sometimes), but don't have state-run companies (like in France, Germany, or China).
Hey Homer...U.S. Postal Service, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Amtrak...any of those ring a bell???
> The consumer in the U.S. can buy a similiar car,but he has to pay $22,000. He also pays cash, and has $28,000 left to spend. >In overall economic terms the Japenese consumer is now wealthier than the American consumer.. he received the same value in his car purchase, and has an additional $4000 to reinvest in the rest of the economy.
Do ya suppose that the additional $4k went to money heaven? That cash didn't just evaporate, it's just not with the same person anymore. Now the car company has the additional $4k, with which it builds more cars, pays salaries, and subcontracts parts.
> Its about time that SETI got some serious funding, its mainly been kept going by enthusiastic amateurs over the last few years and at one point in the early 80s it actually looked like it was going to close
Hey, I'm all for the SETI thing (did over 7500 units on SETI@home myself), but I don't think using our tax dollars searching for aliens in a time when we've got the largest national debt in history makes alot of sense. Yeah, it might be cool to discover life elsewhere, but ya need to prioritize. One last point...the money that NASA spends (like most other govt. agencies) is hughly inefficient compared to that of private industry.
So, we've got Red Rover, I suppose we'll be sending Goofy to Pluto, and Lincoln to Mercury, Chevy to Saturn, and I'm afraid to ask what kind of probe well be using on Uranus.
I bought a new Infiniti FX45 just a couple months ago, and one of the nicest features on it is the Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC). It uses a radar located inside the front bumber, to detect vehicles ahead (adjustable to 100, 200, or 300ft via a button on the steering wheel). It will apply up to 25% of maximum brake force in the event it "sees" something ahead. For you doubters out there, it works well...not perfectly, but well. The owners manual doesn't recommend using it in certain situations, but those are mostly common sense cases. Also, you've got the option of switching to a traditional crusie control mode, with the radar of
>The Pt-Ir cylinder is kept in France, and measured annually
I knew there was more to "The French Connection" than they were telling us. First they pretend like they've got nothin' to do with helping Saddam build WMD, and then they're skimming extra drug money by changing the measurement.:-))
Having lived in ROK for several years, I can tell you that they've got their own share of "bullshit bureaucracy". If you need something from a bureaucrat, graft is encouraged, as long as there are no reporters around. Witness the fact that some of the previous presidents (and family members) have been convicted of corruption schemes. That said, Korean citizens tend to be very hard workers. Virtually every pedestrian (in the urban areas) carries a cell phone because they're cheap. You won't see anyplace in the world where they pour concrete as fast as the Korean penninsula. Nice place to visit, but wouldn't want to live there (again).
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I have an mp3 in a directory that happens to be *available*, and someone decides to download it, I didn't distribute anything...the other person took it. If I rip my CD collection to that directory, am I distributing it???...No! The fact that it's the same directory I use for other P2P stuff, shouldn't matter.
One question for anyone who knows the rules...if I own the CDs, and rip the songs I like to make my own favorite songs CDs, am I in technical violation of the copyright since I purchased the music?
Ok, I agree that Sony monitors have outstanding image quality. However, here's my anecdotal evidence that they need some better quality control when it comes to the rest of the parts (not just for monitors)...
1. My first color monitor was a 15" Trinitron purchased back in "87. Had to replace the power supply twice within four years.
2. My 27" Trinitron TV wouldn't lock onto a TV channel after just one year of use. Fortunately, I'm able to use the tuner on my VCR so I don't have to throw in the towel on this one yet.
3. I've owned two high end Sony VCRs...both crapped out within two years...neither was used more often than a couple times per week.
4. Sony Walkman...dead after just 4 months.
It may have just been my bad luck, but I won't be buying any more Sony products in the near future.
FYI, I purchase a 19" KDS (I think that's Korean Data Systems) for $600 a couple months ago at CompUSA (Fairfax, VA), normally priced at $800, but on sale (-$100) and with a rebate (-$100). So far, I'd say that this was the most useful piece of hardware I've purchased...and I've bought alot over the last 20 years.
Disclaimer...I don't have any affiliation with either company.
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>The US is somewhere between capitalism and socialism.. since we do regulate trade, and break up monopolies (sometimes), but don't have state-run companies (like in France, Germany, or China). Hey Homer...U.S. Postal Service, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Amtrak...any of those ring a bell???
> The consumer in the U.S. can buy a similiar car ,but he has to pay $22,000. He also pays cash, and has $28,000 left to spend.
>In overall economic terms the Japenese consumer is now wealthier than the American consumer.. he received the same value in his car purchase, and has an additional $4000 to reinvest in the rest of the economy.
Do ya suppose that the additional $4k went to money heaven? That cash didn't just evaporate, it's just not with the same person anymore. Now the car company has the additional $4k, with which it builds more cars, pays salaries, and subcontracts parts.
> Its about time that SETI got some serious funding, its mainly been kept going by enthusiastic amateurs over the last few years and at one point in the early 80s it actually looked like it was going to close
Hey, I'm all for the SETI thing (did over 7500 units on SETI@home myself), but I don't think using our tax dollars searching for aliens in a time when we've got the largest national debt in history makes alot of sense. Yeah, it might be cool to discover life elsewhere, but ya need to prioritize. One last point...the money that NASA spends (like most other govt. agencies) is hughly inefficient compared to that of private industry.
> Ok, ok ... I'm from German and I do-not get the joke. What is it funny about sending a probe to Uranus?
OMG...so many punchlines, so little time. Does the word Goatse mean anything to you?
So, we've got Red Rover, I suppose we'll be sending Goofy to Pluto, and Lincoln to Mercury, Chevy to Saturn, and I'm afraid to ask what kind of probe well be using on Uranus.
>We still need someting like Prometheus in order get around and about in places where the sun doesn't shine brightly.
OUCH...my doctor usually just uses an index finger!
My bad! I think I owe the parent poster an apology...he was correct about the design of QWERTY, as a simple google search will show.
WRONG!...it was designed to reduce the jamming of hammers BY slowing the typists down.
Back in my day we chiseled everything on a stone tablet
I bought a new Infiniti FX45 just a couple months ago, and one of the nicest features on it is the Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC). It uses a radar located inside the front bumber, to detect vehicles ahead (adjustable to 100, 200, or 300ft via a button on the steering wheel). It will apply up to 25% of maximum brake force in the event it "sees" something ahead. For you doubters out there, it works well...not perfectly, but well. The owners manual doesn't recommend using it in certain situations, but those are mostly common sense cases. Also, you've got the option of switching to a traditional crusie control mode, with the radar of
>The Pt-Ir cylinder is kept in France, and measured annually
:-))
I knew there was more to "The French Connection" than they were telling us. First they pretend like they've got nothin' to do with helping Saddam build WMD, and then they're skimming extra drug money by changing the measurement.
>"Would you recomend free software, such as Debian or Red Hat, on the desktop?" and "What makes Microsoft software so insecure?"
If you're gonna ask those questions, then you don't need a security analyst, you need a frontal lobotomy!
Unfortunately, it's not $400 (shown as $499 at the URL you provided), and out of stock :-(
Having lived in ROK for several years, I can tell you that they've got their own share of "bullshit bureaucracy". If you need something from a bureaucrat, graft is encouraged, as long as there are no reporters around. Witness the fact that some of the previous presidents (and family members) have been convicted of corruption schemes. That said, Korean citizens tend to be very hard workers. Virtually every pedestrian (in the urban areas) carries a cell phone because they're cheap. You won't see anyplace in the world where they pour concrete as fast as the Korean penninsula. Nice place to visit, but wouldn't want to live there (again).
That was supposed to read:
Paris, The City of Why Fight
Those came from a whole 'nother can o' worms.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I have an mp3 in a directory that happens to be *available*, and someone decides to download it, I didn't distribute anything...the other person took it. If I rip my CD collection to that directory, am I distributing it???...No! The fact that it's the same directory I use for other P2P stuff, shouldn't matter.
One question for anyone who knows the rules...if I own the CDs, and rip the songs I like to make my own favorite songs CDs, am I in technical violation of the copyright since I purchased the music?
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keep telling me that size doesn't matter!?!
Ok, I agree that Sony monitors have outstanding image quality. However, here's my anecdotal evidence that they need some better quality control when it comes to the rest of the parts (not just for monitors)...
1. My first color monitor was a 15" Trinitron purchased back in "87. Had to replace the power supply twice within four years.
2. My 27" Trinitron TV wouldn't lock onto a TV channel after just one year of use. Fortunately, I'm able to use the tuner on my VCR so I don't have to throw in the towel on this one yet.
3. I've owned two high end Sony VCRs...both crapped out within two years...neither was used more often than a couple times per week.
4. Sony Walkman...dead after just 4 months.
It may have just been my bad luck, but I won't be buying any more Sony products in the near future.
FYI, I purchase a 19" KDS (I think that's Korean Data Systems) for $600 a couple months ago at CompUSA (Fairfax, VA), normally priced at $800, but on sale (-$100) and with a rebate (-$100). So far, I'd say that this was the most useful piece of hardware I've purchased...and I've bought alot over the last 20 years.
Disclaimer...I don't have any affiliation with either company.