I fear a state of mind that makes living freely and happily quite cumbersome. I myself will side with the hundreds of thousands of Americans that have died protecting these rights and will accept a certain level of uncertainty pertaining to "terrorists", thank you very much...
In other words, "Live free or die". For those that may want to reconstruct this sentiment to form something like "you will die OR live free", remember what that quote means. It means, "I would rather die than to NOT live free". And I would agree. You see, I am an American, and I understand what freedom means, and therefore when I see it being eroded for unseemly ends I must, in a working democracy that is, rise up and fight. It is my duty as an American, and as a patriot.
Vote these bastards out of office... our freedom depends on it...
And that would have to be one HELL of a nailclipper to get past the reinforced cockpit doors. Maybe a hijacker could wrestle a gun from one of the air marshalls....
Actually, it's quite hard to "break" from the economic parallel that your parents are were in, and it's getting harder. College tuition, health care, etc... it's getting very dificult.
...in that article. I was hoping for a hint as to what dark energy is, but this article simply states possible changes in theory.
At the end it states, "Understanding dark energy and determining the universe's ultimate fate will require further observations." Well great. Didn't we know this already? *sheesh!* Thanks for "almost" nothing....
The BBC is considered one of the most unbiased tv news sources in the world, and I would tend to agree. The fact that they are "owned" by the taxpayer, and not some large corporation looking for ratings makes it a more attractive news source.
"It hasn't been demonstrated at all that the only way to prevent this attack would have been to implement a massively connected database with an extensive electronic dossier on each one of us."
True. We simply should have listened to Nader when he wanted to reinforce cockpit doors decades ago.
So then, it starts next year. From the site, "There is a civil war in the United States that starts in 2005. That conflict flares up and down for 10 years."
The "war" is supposedly between the "haves" and the "have nots" (locally and globally). I have heard these words being used to describe the growing wealth and power gap more in the last few years from mainstream sources than at any point in my lifetime. Not to mention, the gap is getting wider, and it's accelerating.
But, I guess we'll find out for sure next year. I just hope Canada is still allowing Americans through its borders at that time. heh heh... heh
Heh, yeah, but the majority of Americans believe what they are told outright. Just because the majority of us are blind followers of idiocy doesn't mean we are right. Not to mention, these protests were far more significant than even the vietnam protests given the same time frame of both wars since the vietnam protests didn't start until years after we were there. The Iraq protests started BEFORE it even started, and were therefore extremely significant. BTW, think this is insignificant, then we've got bigger problems to discuss here...
Killed with the massive help of the US in a war that was basically between the US and Russia. In 2003, Kuwait had a larger army for cripes sakes, and everyone knew it. They had no army, no air force, NOTHING. etc... They just weren't a threat. Whether or not they had killed each other in a war in the 80's was simply beside the point in the present.
You are completely disregarding all the bad things that will happen due to this, which FAR outweigh your fears.
We already have the final say when diplomacy fails. Ever hear of Iraq? The rest of the world did not want us to go to war with them. And, what did we do? And this was with a country that didn't present a clear and present danger to us. In fact, they didn't even scare it's neighbors.
You sir, are extremely misinformed. The fact that you pushed some of the buttons means nothing to me.
What about:
The restaruant and the three houses that were destroyed because we thought Saddam "might" have been there. He wasn't, we killed dozens of civilians. The stories about "smart" bombs missing their target are plentiful, but the targets themselves being wrong are even more worrisome.
Check out this link. So, I assume you had nothing to do with cluster bombing? Well, that's good. You at least left that to other US servicemen... Iraqi children are still picking up the bomblets (5-20% do not go off, leaving little toy like objects around to make kids armless. Nice.)
Actually, we spend more on our military than all other industrialized countries COMBINED.
And, suggesting that putting weapons in space makes the US, or the world for that matter, a safer is nearly laughable. This will only instill even MORE fear in the eyes of all "others". Which, coincidentally, is the reason for the growing animosity felt towards the US at the moment. No, this does only one thing, bring power to even fewer people... those who put those weapons in space. Do we (the US) become supreme ruler of all simply because we are the most powerful? Do I have to explain the numerous and disastrous problems with that sentiment?
We are simply creating the reasons to PUT those weapons in space. It will make many people rich and powerful, but making the world a safer place it will certainly not do.
Just an FYI, you can burn as many audio CD's of them also to play in any CD player. While the quality will obviously not be of the usual CD variety (as you are creating the AudioCD from rather good AACs, but still compressed nonetheless), you still do not have to burn them onto MP3 disks to listen to them sans iPod or computer.
It's the best DRM/Purchasing out there, which is why iTunes MS has risen to the top.
"it's one set of people perceiving themselves as different from (and by implication superior to) another,"
...and religion facilitates your worries quite well. The psychological reasons, and their religious genesis, behind these very behaviours are very well known. My "god", pick up a newspaper for the proof...
The one bit of bragging rights that Apple aficionados feel they have at their disposal is that when they buy products, they just turn them on and use them. No patch downloads, no workarounds, no lousy documentation. (It's also frequently true that, when they do encounter a problem, it requires taking the machine to the shop and doing without it until an "expert" figures out what's wrong with it.)
Now, while trying to figure out where he got this completely incorrect ASSumption, I found the answer a few lines later...
Why is Apple still here? Because there are devoted legions of people who are willing to spend more money to avoid messing with their equipment - they just want it to work. I haven't had an Apple product around in years...
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*eclectic, a women in a man's clothing, throws a stone at you*
#1. Good question.
#2. I agree
#3. Er, I meant this polyarchy.
I fear a state of mind that makes living freely and happily quite cumbersome. I myself will side with the hundreds of thousands of Americans that have died protecting these rights and will accept a certain level of uncertainty pertaining to "terrorists", thank you very much...
In other words, "Live free or die". For those that may want to reconstruct this sentiment to form something like "you will die OR live free", remember what that quote means. It means, "I would rather die than to NOT live free". And I would agree. You see, I am an American, and I understand what freedom means, and therefore when I see it being eroded for unseemly ends I must, in a working democracy that is, rise up and fight. It is my duty as an American, and as a patriot.
Vote these bastards out of office... our freedom depends on it...
"Raise your hand if you have iTunes ...
...
...
...
Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port
Raise your hand if you have both
Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device
There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod.
~LoudMusic"
This was modded up, 4 insightful.
Ahh, I see.
;-P
"Easy Listening
Results: iTunes wins, with Nero closely behind it, more or less tied. Faac is tied with Nero, and Compaact! and Real are tied just below Faac."
"House (Electronic/Techno)
Results: iTunes and Nero tied at first place, Real and Compaact!tied with Nero, and Faac tied to Real and Compaact!."
They were like that. Did we really need a play by play? Did he think we wouldn't be able to "decipher" these "complex" graphs?
...
Yes, but the one he would like to put back would literally add discrimination. He wins again...
And that would have to be one HELL of a nailclipper to get past the reinforced cockpit doors. Maybe a hijacker could wrestle a gun from one of the air marshalls....
But this is in regard to playing video games, exclusively. Until they have treadmill run games, we are safe...
Actually, it's quite hard to "break" from the economic parallel that your parents are were in, and it's getting harder. College tuition, health care, etc... it's getting very dificult.
...in that article. I was hoping for a hint as to what dark energy is, but this article simply states possible changes in theory.
At the end it states, "Understanding dark energy and determining the universe's ultimate fate will require further observations." Well great. Didn't we know this already? *sheesh!* Thanks for "almost" nothing....
The BBC is considered one of the most unbiased tv news sources in the world, and I would tend to agree. The fact that they are "owned" by the taxpayer, and not some large corporation looking for ratings makes it a more attractive news source.
And just to help, here's Chomsky's home page.
"It hasn't been demonstrated at all that the only way to prevent this attack would have been to implement a massively connected database with an extensive electronic dossier on each one of us."
True. We simply should have listened to Nader when he wanted to reinforce cockpit doors decades ago.
So then, it starts next year. From the site, "There is a civil war in the United States that starts in 2005. That conflict flares up and down for 10 years."
The "war" is supposedly between the "haves" and the "have nots" (locally and globally). I have heard these words being used to describe the growing wealth and power gap more in the last few years from mainstream sources than at any point in my lifetime. Not to mention, the gap is getting wider, and it's accelerating.
But, I guess we'll find out for sure next year. I just hope Canada is still allowing Americans through its borders at that time. heh heh... heh
Heh, yeah, but the majority of Americans believe what they are told outright. Just because the majority of us are blind followers of idiocy doesn't mean we are right. Not to mention, these protests were far more significant than even the vietnam protests given the same time frame of both wars since the vietnam protests didn't start until years after we were there. The Iraq protests started BEFORE it even started, and were therefore extremely significant. BTW, think this is insignificant, then we've got bigger problems to discuss here...
Pol Pot, Hitler, etc... the list is extremly long.
and again... what could go wrong?
Killed with the massive help of the US in a war that was basically between the US and Russia. In 2003, Kuwait had a larger army for cripes sakes, and everyone knew it. They had no army, no air force, NOTHING. etc... They just weren't a threat. Whether or not they had killed each other in a war in the 80's was simply beside the point in the present.
You are completely disregarding all the bad things that will happen due to this, which FAR outweigh your fears.
We already have the final say when diplomacy fails. Ever hear of Iraq? The rest of the world did not want us to go to war with them. And, what did we do? And this was with a country that didn't present a clear and present danger to us. In fact, they didn't even scare it's neighbors.
You sir, are extremely misinformed. The fact that you pushed some of the buttons means nothing to me.
What about:
The restaruant and the three houses that were destroyed because we thought Saddam "might" have been there. He wasn't, we killed dozens of civilians. The stories about "smart" bombs missing their target are plentiful, but the targets themselves being wrong are even more worrisome.
Check out this link. So, I assume you had nothing to do with cluster bombing? Well, that's good. You at least left that to other US servicemen... Iraqi children are still picking up the bomblets (5-20% do not go off, leaving little toy like objects around to make kids armless. Nice.)
And as far as FoxNews, don't get me started...
Actually, we spend more on our military than all other industrialized countries COMBINED.
And, suggesting that putting weapons in space makes the US, or the world for that matter, a safer is nearly laughable. This will only instill even MORE fear in the eyes of all "others". Which, coincidentally, is the reason for the growing animosity felt towards the US at the moment. No, this does only one thing, bring power to even fewer people... those who put those weapons in space. Do we (the US) become supreme ruler of all simply because we are the most powerful? Do I have to explain the numerous and disastrous problems with that sentiment?
We are simply creating the reasons to PUT those weapons in space. It will make many people rich and powerful, but making the world a safer place it will certainly not do.
Just an FYI, you can burn as many audio CD's of them also to play in any CD player. While the quality will obviously not be of the usual CD variety (as you are creating the AudioCD from rather good AACs, but still compressed nonetheless), you still do not have to burn them onto MP3 disks to listen to them sans iPod or computer.
It's the best DRM/Purchasing out there, which is why iTunes MS has risen to the top.
"it's one set of people perceiving themselves as different from (and by implication superior to) another,"
...and religion facilitates your worries quite well. The psychological reasons, and their religious genesis, behind these very behaviours are very well known. My "god", pick up a newspaper for the proof...
When I first read the article title, I thought the actors for the wildly popular porn title were out of work!
from the article...
The one bit of bragging rights that Apple aficionados feel they have at their disposal is that when they buy products, they just turn them on and use them. No patch downloads, no workarounds, no lousy documentation. (It's also frequently true that, when they do encounter a problem, it requires taking the machine to the shop and doing without it until an "expert" figures out what's wrong with it.)
Now, while trying to figure out where he got this completely incorrect ASSumption, I found the answer a few lines later...
Why is Apple still here? Because there are devoted legions of people who are willing to spend more money to avoid messing with their equipment - they just want it to work. I haven't had an Apple product around in years...
Ahhh, there we go. Thanks. Phew!