much of the problem of starving people is transportation - and politics blocking the transportation.
The transportation problem is keyed directly to oil prices, unfortunately. Yes, we have a ton of food we don't need that could be sent to the world's poor. We already send huge amounts of food to the needy. Logistics and cost, however, limit it. More efficient energy sources will help alleviate part of this problem.
Dealing with the politics, unfortunately, is impossible. In many needy countries, the people are hungry specifically because of their government. There's no chance those governments are going to allow us to fix their hunger problems as they use food as a tool to control the people. Just shooting the tyrant in charge won't fix it since the next asshole with a funny hat will probably do the exact same thing. Our meddling in South American politics in the 70's is a good example. The more we interfered, the more fucked up it became for the people we were supposedly trying to help. Finally, expecting the United Nations to do something is as likely as expecting Santa Claus to drop down your chimney and deposit toys under your tree.
I hope there are some really smart people who can figure out this mess and get something done.
Traffic shaping so that p2p doesn't saturate the pipe is reasonable and the proper way to handle bittorrent. Hell, it's the proper way to handle all types of traffic that might overwhelm the system. What Comcast is doing is basically sending out cancels, preventing the file transfers entirely. Then they have the nerve to say they aren't doing it, despite experts (who are easily way smarter than all of comcast combined) saying they are doing it and presenting irrefutable proof.
The last time a manager "got in my face" and yelled at me, I quit with the words, "FUCK YOU". It was also my first day on the job. I won't work for "manage through intimidation" types. You want something, you ask for it. You yell at me like I'm your pet dog who shit on the couch, I might hurt you.
You see, back before there was an Israel, there was a country called Palestine.
No, there was no country of "Palestine".
The land we were talking about was the Gaza. Israel took this land when every arab country around them tried to wipe them off the face of the earth. The arab countries failed and Israel kept the lands. In an attempt to gain peace, they gave this land up. They were immediately repaid for this act of good will through rocket attacks on innocent civilians.
Oh, wait. Racist assholes like you don't believe any "evil jew" is innocent, so they are all legitimate targets.
You show a profound ignorance of not just history, but of recent world events. Those blinders you wear were probably glued onto your face during college (or did it occur in your local mosque?). Defending murderous terrorists attacks against unarmed women and children because they are "Jews!" is the height of racism. You are, plain and simple, evil.
Rights to privacy have to be balanced against national security... one should not be vastly more important than the other.
And that's where you (and the government) are way wrong. Our rights are far more important than security because security only exists to protect our rights.
You can even be openly Christian and live in Isreal, as long as you don't mind a little spit on your face
Idiots exist everywhere.
On the other hand, getting spit at is a hell of a lot preferable to being lashed a few hundred times or having your head cut off by the government. Since there seems to be a lot of idiocy on this subject, let me make it as clear as possible for the brainless fucktards posting anti-Israel propaganda. In Muslim countries, if you openly practice any other religion, there's a very good chance you will be killed. Sometimes by the government, sometimes by roving mobs of muslim fanatics who the government never seems to catch (funny how that always happens).
Stirring the hornets nest? Sure, by simply existing. Israel has tried everything they could to bring peace with their neighbors. Their last attempt was giving up huge amounts of land they had taken in a war, thus pissing off lots of their own citizens. The result? Terrorists used the new lands to launch rockets at civilians.
In the middle east, which countries can you openly practice your religion no matter what it is? Only one country, Israel. Which countries have full equal rights for women? Again, only Israel. Which countries have open and honest elections? Only Israel. Which countries are perfect? Ha, a trick question. Not a single one.
Just last night I kept reading "just one more chapter." It was 1am when I finally turned off the light. Getting up this morning was not pleasant. I hate when I do that.
Levels give those of us who can't play 24x7 some short term goals. Reaching the next level is a basic goal you can use as a time marker when you have other things to do, but need a little down time.
I have no problem with government agents getting the key as long as there is a properly generated warrant. If this particular law doesn't require a warrant, then it is wrong. If it does require a warrant, then the law is proper.
Some animal rights activists are also terrorists. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) has been torching people's homes, which is an act of terrorism. If she's that type of activist, then fuck her.
Rather standard procedure. Your country has a history of violating human rights, so of course you try to take attention off your shitty regime by bitching about the U.S.
This is clearly a violation of the Constitution. The Constitution specifies how the electoral votes are divided up amongst the states, but leave it up to the individual states to decide how to assign those votes.
The user is absolutely 100% correct. Keep in mind this same person jumps in his car, hauls ass down the freeway at 90 MPH yapping on a cell phone, sipping his coffee, completely oblivious to his surroundings. Do you really expect that person to follow "policy" when he has already shown a complete disregard for the law and common safety principles?
No, you can't shoot him in the head with a shotgun. The momentary feeling of satisfaction is followed by a serious downside.
For some reason journalists think they are given special status by the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Constitution does not give special status to anyone. Nor does it give anyone the freedom of speech or the press. It recognizes freedom of speech and press are natural rights. It makes it very clear that the government can not interfere with these rights. Your right to publish is as important as is the right of someone working for a newspaper. This case simply reinforces this fact.
I am not fucking going to replace my entire music collection yet again. I bought vinyl albums first. Was smart enough to skip the eight-track mistake. Then I went to cassette. Now I have CDs. I've paid for my music three times. More if you count the vinyl albums I had to replace become of excessive wear (Dark Side of the Moon never gets old!).
This is an evil plot by the RIAA to extract more money from us. They finally realized that we aren't buying the shit they try to pass off as music these days, so they looked at the income history, realized the switch to CDs was their biggest financial windfall ever, and are trying to repeat it.
I'm not falling for it. It's time we go string up some of those bastards! Get a rope and meet me in front of their office.
Hey, even if I'm wrong about the reason is no reason to not lynch those bastards. Let's do it. It'll be a hoot.
That would have been about the same time I stopped donating money to Greenpeace. I was a card-carrying member of Greenpeace. Then they were taken over by the lunatic fringe and I tore up my card and tossed it in the bin (I should have tossed it into the gutter just to spite them).
I save in the default open office file format. About the only document I share is my resume, which I send as a PDF. When a head-hunter I trust needs to be able to edit it typically to remove my personal information), he/she gets it as a generic text file. I do not send out.doc files.
I'm a huge blues fan, and I'll never forgive Zep for ripping off a good number of very talented musicians who never saw a dime for their great work. Before I got into the blues, I was your typical 70's teen who thought Jimmy Page was a god. Now I know better.
A side note. Have you checked the price of a Zep CD recently? They usually cost slightly more than the average CD's going rate. I refuse to pay for the same tracks YET AGAIN at a premium rate.
Slashdot Mirror
The transportation problem is keyed directly to oil prices, unfortunately. Yes, we have a ton of food we don't need that could be sent to the world's poor. We already send huge amounts of food to the needy. Logistics and cost, however, limit it. More efficient energy sources will help alleviate part of this problem.
Dealing with the politics, unfortunately, is impossible. In many needy countries, the people are hungry specifically because of their government. There's no chance those governments are going to allow us to fix their hunger problems as they use food as a tool to control the people. Just shooting the tyrant in charge won't fix it since the next asshole with a funny hat will probably do the exact same thing. Our meddling in South American politics in the 70's is a good example. The more we interfered, the more fucked up it became for the people we were supposedly trying to help. Finally, expecting the United Nations to do something is as likely as expecting Santa Claus to drop down your chimney and deposit toys under your tree.
I hope there are some really smart people who can figure out this mess and get something done.
Traffic shaping so that p2p doesn't saturate the pipe is reasonable and the proper way to handle bittorrent. Hell, it's the proper way to handle all types of traffic that might overwhelm the system. What Comcast is doing is basically sending out cancels, preventing the file transfers entirely. Then they have the nerve to say they aren't doing it, despite experts (who are easily way smarter than all of comcast combined) saying they are doing it and presenting irrefutable proof.
The last time a manager "got in my face" and yelled at me, I quit with the words, "FUCK YOU". It was also my first day on the job. I won't work for "manage through intimidation" types. You want something, you ask for it. You yell at me like I'm your pet dog who shit on the couch, I might hurt you.
No, there was no country of "Palestine".
The land we were talking about was the Gaza. Israel took this land when every arab country around them tried to wipe them off the face of the earth. The arab countries failed and Israel kept the lands. In an attempt to gain peace, they gave this land up. They were immediately repaid for this act of good will through rocket attacks on innocent civilians.
Oh, wait. Racist assholes like you don't believe any "evil jew" is innocent, so they are all legitimate targets.
You show a profound ignorance of not just history, but of recent world events. Those blinders you wear were probably glued onto your face during college (or did it occur in your local mosque?). Defending murderous terrorists attacks against unarmed women and children because they are "Jews!" is the height of racism. You are, plain and simple, evil.
And that's where you (and the government) are way wrong. Our rights are far more important than security because security only exists to protect our rights.
What part of defensive war did you not understand.
Go back to whatever second rate college you graduated from and demand your money back. You were robbed.
Idiots exist everywhere.
On the other hand, getting spit at is a hell of a lot preferable to being lashed a few hundred times or having your head cut off by the government. Since there seems to be a lot of idiocy on this subject, let me make it as clear as possible for the brainless fucktards posting anti-Israel propaganda. In Muslim countries, if you openly practice any other religion, there's a very good chance you will be killed. Sometimes by the government, sometimes by roving mobs of muslim fanatics who the government never seems to catch (funny how that always happens).
A
Stirring the hornets nest? Sure, by simply existing. Israel has tried everything they could to bring peace with their neighbors. Their last attempt was giving up huge amounts of land they had taken in a war, thus pissing off lots of their own citizens. The result? Terrorists used the new lands to launch rockets at civilians.
In the middle east, which countries can you openly practice your religion no matter what it is? Only one country, Israel. Which countries have full equal rights for women? Again, only Israel. Which countries have open and honest elections? Only Israel. Which countries are perfect? Ha, a trick question. Not a single one.
Just last night I kept reading "just one more chapter." It was 1am when I finally turned off the light. Getting up this morning was not pleasant. I hate when I do that.
Levels give those of us who can't play 24x7 some short term goals. Reaching the next level is a basic goal you can use as a time marker when you have other things to do, but need a little down time.
Geico includes muffins and jam!?
:(
Damn, I should have gone with Geico.
I have no problem with government agents getting the key as long as there is a properly generated warrant. If this particular law doesn't require a warrant, then it is wrong. If it does require a warrant, then the law is proper.
Some animal rights activists are also terrorists. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) has been torching people's homes, which is an act of terrorism. If she's that type of activist, then fuck her.
if age > 40 and female and single, suggest movie showing what pig men are but true love will eventually be found
if age > 40 and male and single, porn
Rather standard procedure. Your country has a history of violating human rights, so of course you try to take attention off your shitty regime by bitching about the U.S.
This is clearly a violation of the Constitution. The Constitution specifies how the electoral votes are divided up amongst the states, but leave it up to the individual states to decide how to assign those votes.
I have to ask. It was worth it, wasn't it? LOL
The government has nuked our imagination. Crap.
The user is absolutely 100% correct. Keep in mind this same person jumps in his car, hauls ass down the freeway at 90 MPH yapping on a cell phone, sipping his coffee, completely oblivious to his surroundings. Do you really expect that person to follow "policy" when he has already shown a complete disregard for the law and common safety principles?
No, you can't shoot him in the head with a shotgun. The momentary feeling of satisfaction is followed by a serious downside.
For some reason journalists think they are given special status by the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Constitution does not give special status to anyone. Nor does it give anyone the freedom of speech or the press. It recognizes freedom of speech and press are natural rights. It makes it very clear that the government can not interfere with these rights. Your right to publish is as important as is the right of someone working for a newspaper. This case simply reinforces this fact.
I am not fucking going to replace my entire music collection yet again. I bought vinyl albums first. Was smart enough to skip the eight-track mistake. Then I went to cassette. Now I have CDs. I've paid for my music three times. More if you count the vinyl albums I had to replace become of excessive wear (Dark Side of the Moon never gets old!).
This is an evil plot by the RIAA to extract more money from us. They finally realized that we aren't buying the shit they try to pass off as music these days, so they looked at the income history, realized the switch to CDs was their biggest financial windfall ever, and are trying to repeat it.
I'm not falling for it. It's time we go string up some of those bastards! Get a rope and meet me in front of their office.
Hey, even if I'm wrong about the reason is no reason to not lynch those bastards. Let's do it. It'll be a hoot.
That would have been about the same time I stopped donating money to Greenpeace. I was a card-carrying member of Greenpeace. Then they were taken over by the lunatic fringe and I tore up my card and tossed it in the bin (I should have tossed it into the gutter just to spite them).
You mean like this or this?
I save in the default open office file format. About the only document I share is my resume, which I send as a PDF. When a head-hunter I trust needs to be able to edit it typically to remove my personal information), he/she gets it as a generic text file. I do not send out .doc files.
I'm a huge blues fan, and I'll never forgive Zep for ripping off a good number of very talented musicians who never saw a dime for their great work. Before I got into the blues, I was your typical 70's teen who thought Jimmy Page was a god. Now I know better.
A side note. Have you checked the price of a Zep CD recently? They usually cost slightly more than the average CD's going rate. I refuse to pay for the same tracks YET AGAIN at a premium rate.