Except that people (presumably Americans) get *paid* to make (from mining the ore to writing the software) those Tomahawks. That money goes into the economy.
Pulling up in a squad car, sticking your head out the window and asking your business might technically be defined as "interrogation", but it's not what most people think of when they hear the word.
Specifically, it's right and just for a deputy to stop a white guy (me, for example) walking, at night, though a black neighborhood known to have high rates of drug dealing and prostitution. I wouldn't have minded them getting out and asking me to show some ID.
if you even remotely "look like" you are doing something wrong
... it's wise for The Man to stop and question you.
I've been stopped and questioned by the police for being where someone of my race typically isn't, at a time when someone of my race is typically only in that that neighborhood to do illegal things. Since I was polite, had a straight answer and wasn't pissy about cops harassing an innocent person, they let me go on my way.
Do you think the Narod have changed much in the past 300 years? From the dictatorship of the Emperor to the dictatorship of the Central Committee to the dictatorship of ex-KGB Officer Putin, there have been mighty few institutional changes in Mother Russia. Compare that to the 800 year evolution of Anglo-American political thought since the issuance of the Magna Carta.
The problem is, those that run said plants will cut corners everywhere
You forget the construction crews that smoke dope and then weld pipes so badly that it takes a year to re-weld the pipes. (Yes that really happened in the 1970s.)
If Democrats like Barney Frank (who, being Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, banks were really afraid of and so listened to) hadn't been pushing unsafe lending to marginally acceptable (i.e., working poor) loan candidates since the 1990s, and fiercely resisted FNMA and FHLMC reform in the early 2000s, the 2008 crisis would not have happened.
People could not continue the spending, and the system spiraled into recession.
Agree fully.
Ok, part of the economy success of the 50s was probably that people were happy the war's over and the foreign aid for Europe
Pent-up post-Depression and post-"war deprivation" demand, cashing in *lots* of war bonds, plus growing families and *stuff* (not money) sent to Europe & Asia via various anti-Communist Plans.
but in the 60s
Residual demand, plus that whole Baby Boom thing. Plus war (and to a smaller degree) space spending.
What about the 70s? They were pretty awesome too.
See my comments about the 1960s. But things were really falling apart in big cities and there were two oil shocks. It's why the people elected Reagan.
Remember, if government had been so successful through the 60s & 70s, Reagan's quote, The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' wouldn't have resonated so deeply with so many blue-collar Democrat voters.
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Precision guided weapons were designed for the sole purpose of not having to bomb villages, houses and water supplies.
Except that people (presumably Americans) get *paid* to make (from mining the ore to writing the software) those Tomahawks. That money goes into the economy.
Interstellar Human travel is the only way to ensure survival of the human race beyond any one single cataclysmic event.
A journey has to have a destination; there is only pie-in-the-sky hand waving crap in interstellar travel.
but unlike the military that actually cycles right back into the economy
Where exactly does military spending go, if not right back into the economy?
Scaling back NASA is a result of small-minded fools from the right wing
Except that the people who actually scaled back NASA were left-wingers who wanted to give the money to people who produce nothing but more children.
The US even has troops in these countries so that their own troops can focus on upholding liberty and justice for all!
Don't be stupid. The only reason we give a rat's ass about them is that precious fluid which powers the world's economy.
freedom of speech ... is a ... ancient right
ROTFLMAO.
which nobody has the right to take away from you no matter what
Multiculturalism believes that all cultures are just as valid as "Western Judeo-Christianity", and their culture says, "don't insult the Sultan".
[sarcasm]Multiculturalism FTW!![/sarcasm]
You must be a college student. Definitely someone who doesn't know the meaning and implication of the phrase "patrol car".
Hmmm. Did I have 4MB RAM or 8? The more I think about it, it's likely that I had 8MB.
Pulling up in a squad car, sticking your head out the window and asking your business might technically be defined as "interrogation", but it's not what most people think of when they hear the word.
Specifically, it's right and just for a deputy to stop a white guy (me, for example) walking, at night, though a black neighborhood known to have high rates of drug dealing and prostitution. I wouldn't have minded them getting out and asking me to show some ID.
if you even remotely "look like" you are doing something wrong
... it's wise for The Man to stop and question you.
I've been stopped and questioned by the police for being where someone of my race typically isn't, at a time when someone of my race is typically only in that that neighborhood to do illegal things. Since I was polite, had a straight answer and wasn't pissy about cops harassing an innocent person, they let me go on my way.
I wanted to see how long it took to crash it. Not long, I found. Less than 3 seconds.
v3 was unbreakable on my white box machine.
But it wasn't command line, justifying every single byte of memory
Then you were doing something wrong.
OS/2 was cool if you have too much RAM
4MB RAM was *not* "too much RAM", even in 1994.
Using QEMM and DesqView to quazi-multitask by multiple line BBS on my 486 with 4mb of ram.
Bah. OS/2 FTW!!
it shouldn't be up to them
You do realize that all this requires human effort, and that requires money above and beyond what 99.999% of all web users care about. TANSTAATFL.
You seem to argue that what the content holder wants should be good enough for me.
The content holder thinks that what the content holder provides is good enough. That's what OP means (I think).
Social norms are part of the nurture -- not of the nature -- of human experience.
Right. And many (most?) cultures have until very recently been non-democratic, non-rule-of-law, non-rights-of-man.
It takes time for such values to seep deeply into society.
Do you think the Narod have changed much in the past 300 years? From the dictatorship of the Emperor to the dictatorship of the Central Committee to the dictatorship of ex-KGB Officer Putin, there have been mighty few institutional changes in Mother Russia. Compare that to the 800 year evolution of Anglo-American political thought since the issuance of the Magna Carta.
Because they weren't competent enough. The East Germans were, though.
The Russians have these abilities, and will be able to develop their own ideas where the Chinese can only copy.
Like they "innovated" during the Communist Era?
VAX: When you care enough to steal the very best.
The problem is, those that run said plants will cut corners everywhere
You forget the construction crews that smoke dope and then weld pipes so badly that it takes a year to re-weld the pipes. (Yes that really happened in the 1970s.)
If Democrats like Barney Frank (who, being Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, banks were really afraid of and so listened to) hadn't been pushing unsafe lending to marginally acceptable (i.e., working poor) loan candidates since the 1990s, and fiercely resisted FNMA and FHLMC reform in the early 2000s, the 2008 crisis would not have happened.
We'd just have *different* problems.
People could not continue the spending, and the system spiraled into recession.
Agree fully.
Ok, part of the economy success of the 50s was probably that people were happy the war's over and the foreign aid for Europe
Pent-up post-Depression and post-"war deprivation" demand, cashing in *lots* of war bonds, plus growing families and *stuff* (not money) sent to Europe & Asia via various anti-Communist Plans.
but in the 60s
Residual demand, plus that whole Baby Boom thing. Plus war (and to a smaller degree) space spending.
What about the 70s? They were pretty awesome too.
See my comments about the 1960s. But things were really falling apart in big cities and there were two oil shocks. It's why the people elected Reagan.
Remember, if government had been so successful through the 60s & 70s, Reagan's quote, The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' wouldn't have resonated so deeply with so many blue-collar Democrat voters.
moc with filesystem-based metadata using symlinks.
Why aren't folders by artist and album good enough? Add symlinks and you can search by genre.
Aqualung for Gtk and moc are my favorites.