Don't make me cooder your car now. What's up with that anyway? Who the hell decided the first element would be car and the colleciton of elements minus the first would be cdr? That's intuitive. I'll take a box of that.
Uh, no you're wrong. The Afghanis had their Loya Jirga and they voted for Hamid Karzai. EurasiaNews
Terrorist are not normal people. Normal people don't go around killing
everyone they see. There are lots of people around the world who have
lost everything or never had anything. They don't go around killing
indiscriminately. Although I will say that the outside influence of the
radical Islamic clergy does play no small role in the matter. I will
state it again they hate us for being us. Nothing we do will help. Not
appeasement, not bargaining, nothing. We can try containment or
extermination. That's it. The only thing being done in my name is
killing the bad awful people. The world needs to be rid of them and the
sooner the better.
It would seem that the middle east and near Asia is ashamed of its
backward ways and blames the west for it's woes. Stop blaming us for
your shortcomings and better yourselves.
As for Shock and Awe in Iraq, if the US really did practice carpet
bombing like you state then there would be no Baghdad. Have you seen
WWII footage of Hamburg or Berlin? That's what carpet bombing looks
like. You should lecture the cowardly Iraqi army for hiding in and
among civilians: the deadliest force to Iraqis seems to be other Iraqis.
As far as your point about mass media i would rather believe what it has to say than your tightly controlled and non-objective middle east media.
It's not exceptions. What if there is a logic problem? Some cdr( car( cdr ( car ))) cdr ) or what not is in the wrong place. Getting at the third or fourth item in a list is not intuitive or easily deciphered. Of all the languages I have programmed in Lisp is the least readable. Well, ok I have programmed in machine code on old Apple II's. On second thought a hex listing of instructions was easier to read than wading through a sea ('s and )'s. Ick. Who ever invented Lisp should be hauled in front a programming crimes tribunal for crimes against geekdom.
You are right on the money. I generally hate the Anonymous Coward but this time you have it right. Only legalize drugs that have a 'downing' or calming effect. Right On!
Just be glad it's the US with the power and not Iran, Iraq, Libya, etc. Imagine if you will Islamic militants with ICBM's and nukes to set atop them. As terrible as the attacks have been they would pale in comparison to would otherwise have happened. Instead of thousands dead it would be millions dead and not just in the US. They hate the west. I guess it's because we have the best porn.
The middle east, north Africa, central and south Asia are awash in Islamic militants that want to establish a greater Islamic state that covers all of these areas. They don't care how they do it. Oh, wait they do care, they want to kill as many infidels (anyone who is not as Islamic as they are) as possible and die doing it in order to become martyrs.
People like that can not be reasoned with. So if you want to criticize the US for dealing with the likes of these that is your prerogative. Either way you benefit from their removal.
Oh and when you make invective comments like this don't hide behind the anonymous coward moniker. It makes you look even more cowardly than you are. You stupid fuck.
One set of rules. It's that just they get twisted by the ignorant.
The only reason UN inspectors were in Iraq/Iran etc. is because those countries signed treaties of non-proliferation that gives the UN the right to inspect those countries if there is reason to suspect they have prohibited arms. This same treaty exempts the US, Russia, Brittan, France and China - the 5 permanent security seat holders - with regard to WMD. We and a select few get them - the rest don't Not every country signed the treaty and they are not subject to it. There is even an escape clause to get out of treaty which N. Korea just exercised.
Nobody liberated Palestine and Afghanistan has been handed back to the Afghanis and Iraq will soon be given back to Iraqis. I doubt other countries would be so willing to give up conquered land so readily. The plan If you've been keeping current on the news, has always been to give them back once the bad guys have evicted.
The cause of terrorism is terrorist. They hate us for being us no matter what we do. They can not be bargained with. But they can be 'sprayed' for.
The treaties that make up the WTO have exclusion clauses for things like laws governing morality. It is the US position that gambling is bad and needs to be closely regulated. It is this exemption that the US is claiming gives the US the right to regulate the behavior of it's citizens through it's own laws regarding gambling.
Let's not forget that the US has backed down the steel tariffs. These were purely local politics getting the way of international trade. When the WTO said you can't do that, the US obliged by taking them down.
Just add synergy and paradigm bake at 350 F for 45 minutes. Let stand at room temp for 15 minutes and then serve. For a little extra kick I like to add just a pinch of rapid Feeds 6-8. Enjoy, See you next protyped language.
Uh, Lisp may have functional completeness or some such and may even be well suited to certain tasks. Limited suitability that is. I have suffered at the parenthesis of Lisp both from AI development and because some sick bastard thought it would be fun to torture users by making Lisp the scripting language for AutoCAD (e-macs too; a different bastard) wretched stuff. Where was I? Oh, nobody cares about Lisp. It is impossible to debug. I have written many small routines in Lisp only to have to scrap them because when it came time to debug the programs I couldn't follow my own logic. It was easier to write a new one from scratch. And I do code maintenance for a living and my team and my boss think I do a really good job of it too. Lisp is a trap door. Open the door and you'll fall in. It takes way too long to write meaningful code in Lisp. The best thing one can do with it is just say 'NO'.
I'm not belittling the rest of the world. But rightfully I am claiming that the US has done more to bring the world forward in terms of discovery, development, and freedom that any other. period. I am sick and tired of of the rest of the world getting on America's case. When they start pulling their own weight then I'll be more ready to listen.
As far as the EU, I believe that Japan has a bigger economy than Europe. Even after the EU adds
members to make 25 the US economy will still be larger. Growth by acquisition may temporarily give the EU higher numbers in total growth when that occurs. But in the long run that will only hurt the EU's long term growth potential as these new member states are generally very under developed in terms of
infrastructure, education, and economic development as well as other less tangible but very important assets like a sense of democratization and entrepreneurship.
In the list of country GDP notice that the US produces more than 20% of world GDP and that the first european country shows up is Germany which is behind China, Japan, and India. The top four european countries Germany, France, UK and Italy combined produce about %60 of the US GDP. Then notice the really long gap in the list before anymore european countries are listed.
Here are some sites that paint the economic picture which portrays American might.
Iraqi forces intentionally intermingled with civilians knowing that US forces would not target Iraqi military assets thusly positioned. In other words the Iraqi military used Iraqi civilians as human shields. It is unclear how many Iraqis died in the war but it is estimated to be between 5 and 10 thousand. How many were soldiers and how many were civilians is even less clear: confusing the issue even further is the fact that many Iraqi soldiers removed their uniforms and fought in civilian clothes. Considering the behavior of the Iraqi military it is a testament to US resolve to avoid civilians that more were not harmed. I bet more Iraqi civilians were killed by indiscriminate fire from Iraqi soldiers than by US fire.To say the two are alike is to ignore intent. The US went into Iraq to remove a potential military threat. Not kill for the sake of killing.
As an aside it is estimated that between 2 to 3 Iraqis were tortured to death at the hands of Saddam Hussein. In the year following major combat, terrorist in Iraq have killed several hundred Iraqis.
I stand corrected. I tented to make the original list include things that America made with in turn made America. With out Ford the auto would not have had the same impact. Until Ford the car was only owned the privileged class. He invented the assembly line but he also democratized the auto industry: virtually everyone my own one and therefore has input into car design by virtue of market demands.
Not invented, but brought to fruition. Before the American constitution there are scant few documents that proclaim these truths to be self evident. In the 18th century, the rights of an individual is subjugated to the state. Only in England at that time are the rights of property ownership some sense of personal freedom enshrined in law; however, even these freedoms do not include the rights of free speech. Sedition: excitement of discontent against the government. is still illegal in England at that time, along with other restrictions enshrined in the US constitution. The west enjoys the freedoms it has due in very large part to the Americans. To say otherwise is history revisionism.
The rest of the world needs to understand that with out the American economy, the rest of the world's economies would be in the shitter. Everyone else's economy is stagnant or contracting or depends on the American economy.
We also take exception to being bombed. Granted things could have been handled with more grace, but we don't need a permission slip to take the fight to the terrorist. If the rest of the world does not like it that's their oppinion. They need us more than we need them.
Giving Gray credit where credit is due but he was neither the first
discover electricity nor did he make electricity assessable to
society. For that the prize goes to Eddison. Brief
history of electricity
Bell is indeed Scottish. His patent applications for the telephone are
filed first in the US. Also it is AT&T thatmakes the telephone ubiquitous.
Nicolaus August Otto invented the gas motor engine in 1876. It was Ford who gave the auto to everyone.
As for pyramids, well they are tall. They also have neat stuff inside.
They are also 99.99 etc. percent stone. Hardly qualifies as a high rise building.
I'm not saying that America is perfect or for every one or is the only contributor to knowledge but I am stating this: It is the American sense of entrepreneurship, ownership and freedom that makes so many great things possible. After The US has
been around long enough to grow it's own inventors then the list provided is truly American. No other country in the history of civilization has advanced discovery, science and engineering like the US. period.
Name any single country that has even come close. Just one.
That's not even funny. The people responsible for September 11th are evil. They intentionally kill the innocent to make a point. Your commentary is highly offensive and you should be ashamed of yourself. What you propose is like saying Jews created Nazis and they got what they deserved. They buildings are civilian and only intended to withstand weather. accidental fire, etc. not a modern jumbo jet: they are only dangerous when suicidal fanatics are involved. You design a building that can withstand that kind of attack. You are a inane Anonymous Coward. Post your remarks with a logged name.
There are no inherent HUMAN rights beyond what a society grants to those who live it. Brutality, slavery, and callousness towards others is the norm over the course of HUMAN history. HUMAN rights as a notion is a new comer. Anyone who says otherwise is a history revisionist.
Perhaps Americans are arrogant, but to large degree Americans do have a basis for that arrogance. If the rest of the world wants what America has then stop bitching about it and do it.
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You are an ignorant fool.
Don't make me cooder your car now. What's up with that anyway?
Who the hell decided the first element would be car and the colleciton of elements minus the first would be cdr?
That's intuitive. I'll take a box of that.
What's wrong with object[index] ?
That works best!
Uh, no you're wrong. The Afghanis had their Loya Jirga and they voted for Hamid Karzai. EurasiaNews
Terrorist are not normal people. Normal people don't go around killing everyone they see. There are lots of people around the world who have lost everything or never had anything. They don't go around killing indiscriminately. Although I will say that the outside influence of the radical Islamic clergy does play no small role in the matter. I will state it again they hate us for being us. Nothing we do will help. Not appeasement, not bargaining, nothing. We can try containment or extermination. That's it. The only thing being done in my name is killing the bad awful people. The world needs to be rid of them and the sooner the better.
It would seem that the middle east and near Asia is ashamed of its backward ways and blames the west for it's woes. Stop blaming us for your shortcomings and better yourselves.
As for Shock and Awe in Iraq, if the US really did practice carpet bombing like you state then there would be no Baghdad. Have you seen WWII footage of Hamburg or Berlin? That's what carpet bombing looks like. You should lecture the cowardly Iraqi army for hiding in and among civilians: the deadliest force to Iraqis seems to be other Iraqis.
As far as your point about mass media i would rather believe what it has to say than your tightly controlled and non-objective middle east media.
It's not exceptions. What if there is a logic problem? Some cdr( car( cdr ( car ))) cdr ) or what not is in the wrong place. Getting at the third or fourth item in a list is not intuitive or easily deciphered. Of all the languages I have programmed in Lisp is the least readable. Well, ok I have programmed in machine code on old Apple II's. On second thought a hex listing of instructions was easier to read than wading through a sea ('s and )'s. Ick. Who ever invented Lisp should be hauled in front a programming crimes tribunal for crimes against geekdom.
You are right on the money. I generally hate the Anonymous Coward but this time you have it right. Only legalize drugs that have a 'downing' or calming effect. Right On!
Just be glad it's the US with the power and not Iran, Iraq, Libya, etc. Imagine if you will Islamic militants with ICBM's and nukes to set atop them. As terrible as the attacks have been they would pale in comparison to would otherwise have happened. Instead of thousands dead it would be millions dead and not just in the US. They hate the west. I guess it's because we have the best porn.
The middle east, north Africa, central and south Asia are awash in Islamic militants that want to establish a greater Islamic state that covers all of these areas. They don't care how they do it. Oh, wait they do care, they want to kill as many infidels (anyone who is not as Islamic as they are) as possible and die doing it in order to become martyrs.
People like that can not be reasoned with. So if you want to criticize the US for dealing with the likes of these that is your prerogative. Either way you benefit from their removal.
Oh and when you make invective comments like this don't hide behind the anonymous coward moniker. It makes you look even more cowardly than you are. You stupid fuck.
not subjugate. get the terminology right. liberate. say it slowly at first so you dont' hurt yourself. liberate.
The UN never said the US couldn't or even shouldn't go into Iraq.
Damn! Is there anyway that can be made to happen ?
Good for them. Best choice they ever made.
Blaaah blah blah bla blah.
One set of rules. It's that just they get twisted by the ignorant.
The only reason UN inspectors were in Iraq/Iran etc. is because those countries signed treaties of non-proliferation that gives the UN the right to inspect those countries if there is reason to suspect they have prohibited arms. This same treaty exempts the US, Russia, Brittan, France and China - the 5 permanent security seat holders - with regard to WMD. We and a select few get them - the rest don't Not every country signed the treaty and they are not subject to it. There is even an escape clause to get out of treaty which N. Korea just exercised.
Nobody liberated Palestine and Afghanistan has been handed back to the Afghanis and Iraq will soon be given back to Iraqis. I doubt other countries would be so willing to give up conquered land so readily. The plan If you've been keeping current on the news, has always been to give them back once the bad guys have evicted.
The cause of terrorism is terrorist. They hate us for being us no matter what we do. They can not be bargained with. But they can be 'sprayed' for.
The treaties that make up the WTO have exclusion clauses for things like laws governing morality. It is the US position that gambling is bad and needs to be closely regulated. It is this exemption that the US is claiming gives the US the right to regulate the behavior of it's citizens through it's own laws regarding gambling.
Let's not forget that the US has backed down the steel tariffs. These were purely local politics getting the way of international trade. When the WTO said you can't do that, the US obliged by taking them down.
Just add synergy and paradigm bake at 350 F for 45 minutes. Let stand at room temp for 15 minutes and then serve.
For a little extra kick I like to add just a pinch of rapid
Feeds 6-8. Enjoy, See you next protyped language.
Uh, Lisp may have functional completeness or some such and may even be well suited to certain tasks. Limited suitability that is. I have suffered at the parenthesis of Lisp both from AI development and because some sick bastard thought it would be fun to torture users by making Lisp the scripting language for AutoCAD (e-macs too; a different bastard) wretched stuff.
Where was I? Oh, nobody cares about Lisp. It is impossible to debug. I have written many small routines in Lisp only to have to scrap them because when it came time to debug the programs I couldn't follow my own logic. It was easier to write a new one from scratch. And I do code maintenance for a living and my team and my boss think I do a really good job of it too. Lisp is a trap door. Open the door and you'll fall in. It takes way too long to write meaningful code in Lisp. The best thing one can do with it is just say 'NO'.
Friends don't let friends Listhp.
IC is the integrated circuit.
I'm not belittling the rest of the world. But rightfully I am claiming that the US has done more to bring the world forward in terms of discovery, development, and freedom that any other. period. I am sick and tired of of the rest of the world getting on America's case. When they start pulling their own weight then I'll be more ready to listen.
As far as the EU, I believe that Japan has a bigger economy than Europe. Even after the EU adds members to make 25 the US economy will still be larger. Growth by acquisition may temporarily give the EU higher numbers in total growth when that occurs. But in the long run that will only hurt the EU's long term growth potential as these new member states are generally very under developed in terms of infrastructure, education, and economic development as well as other less tangible but very important assets like a sense of democratization and entrepreneurship.
In the list of country GDP notice that the US produces more than 20% of world GDP and that the first european country shows up is Germany which is behind China, Japan, and India. The top four european countries Germany, France, UK and Italy combined produce about %60 of the US GDP. Then notice the really long gap in the list before anymore european countries are listed.
Here are some sites that paint the economic picture which portrays American might.
World Economies ranked by 2003 GDP
Top Ten US Cities ranks by closest contry in GDP
Iraqi forces intentionally intermingled with civilians knowing that US forces would not target Iraqi military assets thusly positioned. In other words the Iraqi military used Iraqi civilians as human shields. It is unclear how many Iraqis died in the war but it is estimated to be between 5 and 10 thousand. How many were soldiers and how many were civilians is even less clear: confusing the issue even further is the fact that many Iraqi soldiers removed their uniforms and fought in civilian clothes. Considering the behavior of the Iraqi military it is a testament to US resolve to avoid civilians that more were not harmed. I bet more Iraqi civilians were killed by indiscriminate fire from Iraqi soldiers than by US fire.To say the two are alike is to ignore intent. The US went into Iraq to remove a potential military threat. Not kill for the sake of killing.
As an aside it is estimated that between 2 to 3 Iraqis were tortured to death at the hands of Saddam Hussein. In the year following major combat, terrorist in Iraq have killed several hundred Iraqis.
Right. So the poor OO.org user has no idea his pointy headed boss is being lied to. Rat bastards!
Actually, I think the target is the OO.org user's pointy headed boss. The OO guy probably already doesn't buy the M$FT line nor is he likely to.
joH'a' 'oH wIj DevwI' jIH DIchDaq Hutlh pagh!
I stand corrected. I tented to make the original list include things that America made with in turn made America. With out Ford the auto would not have had the same impact. Until Ford the car was only owned the privileged class. He invented the assembly line but he also democratized the auto industry: virtually everyone my own one and therefore has input into car design by virtue of market demands.
Not invented, but brought to fruition. Before the American constitution there are scant few documents that proclaim these truths to be self evident. In the 18th century, the rights of an individual is subjugated to the state. Only in England at that time are the rights of property ownership some sense of personal freedom enshrined in law; however, even these freedoms do not include the rights of free speech. Sedition: excitement of discontent against the government. is still illegal in England at that time, along with other restrictions enshrined in the US constitution. The west enjoys the freedoms it has due in very large part to the Americans. To say otherwise is history revisionism.
The rest of the world needs to understand that with out the American economy, the rest of the world's economies would be in the shitter. Everyone else's economy is stagnant or contracting or depends on the American economy.
We also take exception to being bombed. Granted things could have been handled with more grace, but we don't need a permission slip to take the fight to the terrorist. If the rest of the world does not like it that's their oppinion. They need us more than we need them.
Giving Gray credit where credit is due but he was neither the first discover electricity nor did he make electricity assessable to society. For that the prize goes to Eddison.
Brief history of electricity
Bell is indeed Scottish. His patent applications for the telephone are filed first in the US. Also it is AT&T thatmakes the telephone ubiquitous.
Nicolaus August Otto invented the gas motor engine in 1876. It was Ford who gave the auto to everyone.
As for pyramids, well they are tall. They also have neat stuff inside. They are also 99.99 etc. percent stone. Hardly qualifies as a high rise building.
I'm not saying that America is perfect or for every one or is the only contributor to knowledge but I am stating this: It is the American sense of entrepreneurship, ownership and freedom that makes so many great things possible. After The US has been around long enough to grow it's own inventors then the list provided is truly American. No other country in the history of civilization has advanced discovery, science and engineering like the US. period.
Name any single country that has even come close. Just one.
That's not even funny. The people responsible for September 11th are evil. They intentionally kill the innocent to make a point. Your commentary is highly offensive and you should be ashamed of yourself. What you propose is like saying Jews created Nazis and they got what they deserved. They buildings are civilian and only intended to withstand weather. accidental fire, etc. not a modern jumbo jet: they are only dangerous when suicidal fanatics are involved. You design a building that can withstand that kind of attack. You are a inane Anonymous Coward. Post your remarks with a logged name.
There are no inherent HUMAN rights beyond what a society grants to those who live it. Brutality, slavery, and callousness towards others is the norm over the course of HUMAN history. HUMAN rights as a notion is a new comer. Anyone who says otherwise is a history revisionist.
Perhaps Americans are arrogant, but to large degree Americans do have a basis for that arrogance. If the rest of the world wants what America has then stop bitching about it and do it.