I don't understand your need to belittle me. I did follow the health care reform bill very closely, thank you for your pedantic bullshit. Yes, I understand the philosophy behind the effort with the public option, and I do agree that this would be better (and have said as much many times).
I'm not sitting in a corner reciting my mantra. I am living my mantra, I am not in favor of forcing others to live my mantra, and I accept that the vast majority of people would consider my choice to be non-optimal. The fact that you accept that a single payer option is better, but are accepting a far worse alternative makes you a tool. There are few options you have, but simply accepting what you are fed is the one that ensures you will never get what you want.
I'm not saying that I know the solution, or even that there is one. I'm saying that the freedom to opt out of giving our money to private, for profit companies is or should be an inalienable right. A government mandate to do just that is shocking at best.
I'm glad you brought up car insurance, as I can and do opt out of that . . . by not driving a car. I also have opted out of what I see as a corrupt industry (medical care) and do not want insurance as a result. Saying that it is my personal responsibility to buy into a narrow minded industry that has very little to do with health is authoritarian. (BTW, I do see a variety of health practitioners, and none of them would be covered by insurance, and I pay very reasonable fees in cash.) If no one had health insurance, the medical industry would have to find a way to provide care for reasonable prices, rather than just dipping into a vast supply of money (pool of insurance).
That is logical, but you also have to look at the ecosystem as a whole, and the kind of flora and fauna that were supported. And then compare that to our current ecosystem. Thing is, the planet will survive regardless. What is at question is how much of the ecosystem that we (humans) rely on will, and the look into the past indicates not much.
The prisons are supported by just about everyone, from the facist right wingers (who would like about half of the population in them) to the bleeding heart liberal douchebags (who see it as a good way to turn your life around). I have had bicycles stolen and think the only proper punishment is to be beaten with a steel pipe until unable to move, then left on that spot. I personally would chose as the spot an ant hill. But in this day the police are not concerned with bicycle theft, or any home burglary. Do you really think the bleeding hearts are responsible for this?
Not at all. I hate all of them. But the point is Microsoft is deemed to "have a monopoly" under us anti-trust law which restricts what they can do, where apple is free to do those things because of their non-monopoly marketshare. Your post above tries to conflate monopoly with having only one choice which is why I said purposely obtuse as those decisions played out in courtrooms and were discussed avidly on/. while you were a member (from your uid).
Once you jailbreak the mini you're free to install whatever Linux variant you want on it. Part of that last sentence is intended as a wry joke, with the other part not a joke at all.
Propaganda does not necessarily mean it is lies. It can be purely truthful. It can be truthful and emotional arguments. It can be part lie, part truth, and part sensationalism. For example, the Declaration of Independence is a piece of propaganda.
I only have one choice for telephone. QWest. Cellular of course is different, but not as applicable in a comparison between telco and ISP. The wired service is what matters most. Do you really have multiple choices for wired telephone service?
If you read the article you will find that they are using the entire plane. The architect's site diagrams where each part is used. The front part of the fuselage is used as a meditation space, with the cockpit windows as skylights (for instance). The wings are used as roofs for the main house, with the tail wings used as a roof for the master suite. The fuselage is used as roofs for several other structures.
According to the architects site they are doing this using the footprints of existing structures that were destroyed in a fire. So this is a fairly eco-friendly installation.
it will be no different than any other roof. The walls will prevent airflow being under the wing which will destroy the potential for the tremendous lift capabilities of the airfoil. All roofs experience a certain amount of up forces in wind, but they rarely overcome gravity, and if they do still have to be strong enough to overcome the mechanical connections (roof to wall to foundation). As for the water tightness, that should be very easy. I imagine that drip edges at all of the wall to underside of roof will be necessary, but they are common components of buildings as it is.
Where did GP say that all android is no longer open? I can believe that AT&T is going to do everything they can to lock android down (they don't want anyone tethering without paying the extra fee). I am currently an iPhone user, but am dissatisfied and may go back to using "just a phone" while I wait for a better alternative. To me it has little to do with the OS and everything to do with carrier lockouts. I do like rolling my own ringtones, but Apple has not embraced that, and it's a multi step process to turn a song from my own CD library into a ringtone, with no guarantee that a future iTunes update won't figure a way to disallow them.
By "wars" I assume you mean singular Iraq? Because we're certainly still engaged in Afghanistan, and those are the only two places that we went into under President Bush (right?). A family friend has hit by an IED in the last week or two...alive but his face was virtually blown off apparently. I think something like 17 dead in the last two days? That's not much of a retreat.
Actually you are not explicit here in where your friend was. The implication is that he is in one of the two places, but nothing is explicit. Perhaps you should look it up because you have misused it twice now.
From your post above "by war I'm assuming you mean Iraq" which is the post I responded to. The rest of your post displays similar confusion. In point the Muslim extremists have for decades claimed a goal of destablization of the western world and specifically the us (as the chief fiancial and military backer of Israel).
First of all I'm referring to Iraq. Secondly why are you so intent on framing this as a d vs r problem? And yes Muslim extremists are out to destablize the western world, specifically the us, from economic and personal freedom standpoints. And they are winning. The second we invaded Iraq they had their biggest victory.
The biggest problem with terrorism is the people who think that you can fight it. Fighting terrorism = win for terrorism. How much money have we spent in the last 8 years in the aftermath of 9/11, and what have we accomplished beyond eroding personal freedoms, killing some of our own soldiers, and devastating our own economy? Personally I say to the terrorists, bring it on, and I challenge all of us as patriots to ignore it for what it is, childish antics, rather than joining in on it (keep in mind that our domestic security programs, long in place, will continue to work). But we are far to fearful, and the politicians are far to corrupt to let the opportunities to grab power go . . . I too worked in intel (in the 1990s) and saw enough of that going on then to realize just where we were headed. Sorry about your friend, but realize that his getting hurt over there has nothing to do with the current administration, and everything to do with the corruptness of Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld, the ineptness of congress to read and understand the intel reports, and the impotence of the press to present any kind of realistic summary to the american people . . . I mean consumers.
True, market share for Linux, and using Apple as a model or example to use would (for the reason I stated previously) be misguided at best for the Linux world. The MS model is probably more relevant for Linux as a desktop product (ie, get on board with the big computer makers like Dell to get your product out there). Unfortunately, this has not worked very well perhaps becuase of strongarm tactics by Microsoft combined with indifference from the market.
Market share is not a great metric for Apple. Instead look at market cap and profit margins. The business model at Apple is not about market share, especially when it comes to computers.
I like how the TV industry has rebranded displays so that 1080P is a good thing. That's like a 1990 computer monitor (except for the 4:3 standard back then). How long until the start selling screens with an upcharge because they are "fully interlaced"?
I hated MacOS back in the late 80s and early 90s (when I stopped using it completely) as it was "our way or the highway" compared to the world of PCs (before windows 95). But now I prefer it, as my standard operating mode is one hand on the mouse and one hand on the keyboard (for autocad, FormZ, Revit, photoshop, and others). I do prefer having the alternative of closing the window without exiting the application, and command-Q is pretty easy to get used to. Windows is much the same, but (for instance) excel will try to close the application when, even when you have multiple windows open, you close one window with the topmost "X", where word on the other hand will treat that "X" as closing only that document. This inconsistency drives me nuts, and MS seems to be getting worse (another example, when I was working in the pentagon we built a lot of power point presentations about the experimental designs we had for weapons analysis . . . it was really convenient to be able to open two presentations side by side in the slide sorter and move slides back and forth between presentations. Now Power point only lets you have one document view up at a time . . . WTF . . . I don't use MS office on the Mac, and now use indesign rather than power point on all platforms).
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I don't understand your need to belittle me. I did follow the health care reform bill very closely, thank you for your pedantic bullshit. Yes, I understand the philosophy behind the effort with the public option, and I do agree that this would be better (and have said as much many times).
I'm not sitting in a corner reciting my mantra. I am living my mantra, I am not in favor of forcing others to live my mantra, and I accept that the vast majority of people would consider my choice to be non-optimal. The fact that you accept that a single payer option is better, but are accepting a far worse alternative makes you a tool. There are few options you have, but simply accepting what you are fed is the one that ensures you will never get what you want.
I'm not saying that I know the solution, or even that there is one. I'm saying that the freedom to opt out of giving our money to private, for profit companies is or should be an inalienable right. A government mandate to do just that is shocking at best.
I suppose in your view those are the only two options, which is where we fundamentally differ.
I'm glad you brought up car insurance, as I can and do opt out of that . . . by not driving a car. I also have opted out of what I see as a corrupt industry (medical care) and do not want insurance as a result. Saying that it is my personal responsibility to buy into a narrow minded industry that has very little to do with health is authoritarian. (BTW, I do see a variety of health practitioners, and none of them would be covered by insurance, and I pay very reasonable fees in cash.) If no one had health insurance, the medical industry would have to find a way to provide care for reasonable prices, rather than just dipping into a vast supply of money (pool of insurance).
That is logical, but you also have to look at the ecosystem as a whole, and the kind of flora and fauna that were supported. And then compare that to our current ecosystem. Thing is, the planet will survive regardless. What is at question is how much of the ecosystem that we (humans) rely on will, and the look into the past indicates not much.
I'm surprised my slashdot password didn't show as ***** like it does for me.
The prisons are supported by just about everyone, from the facist right wingers (who would like about half of the population in them) to the bleeding heart liberal douchebags (who see it as a good way to turn your life around). I have had bicycles stolen and think the only proper punishment is to be beaten with a steel pipe until unable to move, then left on that spot. I personally would chose as the spot an ant hill. But in this day the police are not concerned with bicycle theft, or any home burglary. Do you really think the bleeding hearts are responsible for this?
Not at all. I hate all of them. But the point is Microsoft is deemed to "have a monopoly" under us anti-trust law which restricts what they can do, where apple is free to do those things because of their non-monopoly marketshare. Your post above tries to conflate monopoly with having only one choice which is why I said purposely obtuse as those decisions played out in courtrooms and were discussed avidly on /. while you were a member (from your uid).
Once you jailbreak the mini you're free to install whatever Linux variant you want on it. Part of that last sentence is intended as a wry joke, with the other part not a joke at all.
You are either stupid or are being purposely obtuse.
Propaganda does not necessarily mean it is lies. It can be purely truthful. It can be truthful and emotional arguments. It can be part lie, part truth, and part sensationalism. For example, the Declaration of Independence is a piece of propaganda.
I only have one choice for telephone. QWest. Cellular of course is different, but not as applicable in a comparison between telco and ISP. The wired service is what matters most. Do you really have multiple choices for wired telephone service?
If you read the article you will find that they are using the entire plane. The architect's site diagrams where each part is used. The front part of the fuselage is used as a meditation space, with the cockpit windows as skylights (for instance). The wings are used as roofs for the main house, with the tail wings used as a roof for the master suite. The fuselage is used as roofs for several other structures.
According to the architects site they are doing this using the footprints of existing structures that were destroyed in a fire. So this is a fairly eco-friendly installation.
it will be no different than any other roof. The walls will prevent airflow being under the wing which will destroy the potential for the tremendous lift capabilities of the airfoil. All roofs experience a certain amount of up forces in wind, but they rarely overcome gravity, and if they do still have to be strong enough to overcome the mechanical connections (roof to wall to foundation). As for the water tightness, that should be very easy. I imagine that drip edges at all of the wall to underside of roof will be necessary, but they are common components of buildings as it is.
Where did GP say that all android is no longer open? I can believe that AT&T is going to do everything they can to lock android down (they don't want anyone tethering without paying the extra fee). I am currently an iPhone user, but am dissatisfied and may go back to using "just a phone" while I wait for a better alternative. To me it has little to do with the OS and everything to do with carrier lockouts. I do like rolling my own ringtones, but Apple has not embraced that, and it's a multi step process to turn a song from my own CD library into a ringtone, with no guarantee that a future iTunes update won't figure a way to disallow them.
By "wars" I assume you mean singular Iraq? Because we're certainly still engaged in Afghanistan, and those are the only two places that we went into under President Bush (right?). A family friend has hit by an IED in the last week or two...alive but his face was virtually blown off apparently. I think something like 17 dead in the last two days? That's not much of a retreat.
Actually you are not explicit here in where your friend was. The implication is that he is in one of the two places, but nothing is explicit. Perhaps you should look it up because you have misused it twice now.
From your post above "by war I'm assuming you mean Iraq" which is the post I responded to. The rest of your post displays similar confusion. In point the Muslim extremists have for decades claimed a goal of destablization of the western world and specifically the us (as the chief fiancial and military backer of Israel).
First of all I'm referring to Iraq. Secondly why are you so intent on framing this as a d vs r problem? And yes Muslim extremists are out to destablize the western world, specifically the us, from economic and personal freedom standpoints. And they are winning. The second we invaded Iraq they had their biggest victory.
The biggest problem with terrorism is the people who think that you can fight it. Fighting terrorism = win for terrorism. How much money have we spent in the last 8 years in the aftermath of 9/11, and what have we accomplished beyond eroding personal freedoms, killing some of our own soldiers, and devastating our own economy? Personally I say to the terrorists, bring it on, and I challenge all of us as patriots to ignore it for what it is, childish antics, rather than joining in on it (keep in mind that our domestic security programs, long in place, will continue to work). But we are far to fearful, and the politicians are far to corrupt to let the opportunities to grab power go . . . I too worked in intel (in the 1990s) and saw enough of that going on then to realize just where we were headed. Sorry about your friend, but realize that his getting hurt over there has nothing to do with the current administration, and everything to do with the corruptness of Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld, the ineptness of congress to read and understand the intel reports, and the impotence of the press to present any kind of realistic summary to the american people . . . I mean consumers.
True, market share for Linux, and using Apple as a model or example to use would (for the reason I stated previously) be misguided at best for the Linux world. The MS model is probably more relevant for Linux as a desktop product (ie, get on board with the big computer makers like Dell to get your product out there). Unfortunately, this has not worked very well perhaps becuase of strongarm tactics by Microsoft combined with indifference from the market.
Market share is not a great metric for Apple. Instead look at market cap and profit margins. The business model at Apple is not about market share, especially when it comes to computers.
I like how the TV industry has rebranded displays so that 1080P is a good thing. That's like a 1990 computer monitor (except for the 4:3 standard back then). How long until the start selling screens with an upcharge because they are "fully interlaced"?
I hated MacOS back in the late 80s and early 90s (when I stopped using it completely) as it was "our way or the highway" compared to the world of PCs (before windows 95). But now I prefer it, as my standard operating mode is one hand on the mouse and one hand on the keyboard (for autocad, FormZ, Revit, photoshop, and others). I do prefer having the alternative of closing the window without exiting the application, and command-Q is pretty easy to get used to. Windows is much the same, but (for instance) excel will try to close the application when, even when you have multiple windows open, you close one window with the topmost "X", where word on the other hand will treat that "X" as closing only that document. This inconsistency drives me nuts, and MS seems to be getting worse (another example, when I was working in the pentagon we built a lot of power point presentations about the experimental designs we had for weapons analysis . . . it was really convenient to be able to open two presentations side by side in the slide sorter and move slides back and forth between presentations. Now Power point only lets you have one document view up at a time . . . WTF . . . I don't use MS office on the Mac, and now use indesign rather than power point on all platforms).
This is basically the starting point for Godels proof for the incompleteness of math. It's fun.