Like you said, "by Western standards." Perhaps a better question for you to ask is why you insist on applying Western standards to the African continent.
My take? In short: the guilty factors are cultural and historical in nature, not biological. Perhaps African society doesn't fit the mold of Western-style government as well as others do, but it's hard to blame them for that. In fact, I suspect the main reason Westerners look at Africa with contempt and pity is that Westerners have a habit of compulsively judging other societies by their own, homegrown, metrics. Blood revenge is a horror to you or me, but perhaps not so to those who were raised in a culture that values it as tradition and honor. Many Africans, for their part, would denounce our society's consumer fetishism and perceived soullessness.
And you can trust me because I'm Japanese with a high IQ.
What's with the completely inappropriate "flamebait" moderation on the parent? I'd also like to know how these bulbs compare to other "energy saving" floodlights.
Ugh. Thank you for illustrating exactly why people find the open source software community so intolerably obnoxious. To a user with legitimate questions and needs, a snide and condescending "tutorial" that painstakingly explains a completely unintuitive process, as if to imply it's the user's fault for not jumping through hoops, is a huge turn-off.
I know it's open source dogma to always "blame the user", but it's still unbelievable that the administrators of gimp.org thought it appropriate to post this "tutorial."
"Micro$oft (note to slashzilla berzerkers: I'm not willing to let go of the dollar sign from that word)"
Holy hell, sir--you're just as bad as Michael Moore and others on the foaming rabid left who managed to snatch John Kerry's defeat from the jaws of victory.
Sorry, I was wrong about the contextual menus in Firefox--of their myriad flaws, thick borders aren't one. Still, there's something offputting about the fact that they're set in a different font from the rest of the system, have strange linespacing, and cast an oddly shallow drop shadow. Overall, the menus feel very un-Maclike, which is typical of the application as a whole.
Personally, I can't stand using Firefox unless I absolutely have to, for this reason as well as those I mentioned above.
Not only is Firefox slower than Safari, but it's also far, FAR uglier (in my opinion). Scrolling is jumpy, and things just don't look and feel right--one bizarre example is the preferences window, which for no good reason is a sheet on the frontmost window. Popup menus are slow and have thick borders, making it obvious they're not implemented through Aqua. Command-period doesn't stop loading a page. I could go on, but I'd rather not waste my time.
The image search also looks through pictures in the recent news, but no older than about a month or so. Earlier this year the photos were all over the media; now that the furor's died down, it's out of range again.
This is offtopic, but if you have the time, I'm hoping you can answer a nagging question I've had...
I live in Manhattan, and someone I know moved here earlier this year and got a 212 area code on her new cell phone. Apparently, there were a number of prefixes freed up recently for cell phone use. My question is, is there some way I can change my number to a 212 area code? I've called to ask before, but there haven't been any numbers free for the taking. Do I just have to wait?
Posting anonymously because I'm embarrassed to admit I care about my area code. 212 is cool.
Yeah. Take a look at my alma mater, Columbia. The stats are just plain wrong: there's a campuswide wireless network, many classes are offered online and some in streaming video, the school provides webspace (though admittedly it's still up to you to design your site), and both WKCR and WBAR are streamed online. So why are these all red X's in Forbes' table?
The copy protection won't need to be foolproof, just good enough to make it worth it when you look at the additional revenue derived versus the costs of implementing it.
"When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth."
Steve Jobs
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Arnold's governor of California, a fairly liberal state (by American standards). He's a pro-choice, somewhat pro-gay rights governor. I could be wrong, but I doubt he'd make it through the nomination process.
That said, I'd probably spunk my pants if he did, and won. How awesome would it be to have a Terminator president?
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So... who does that leave? Jeb Bush?:-(
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Giuliani would crush Hillary. Of course, Giuliani would never make it through the nomination gauntlet anyways, since the process on the Republican side is dominated by conservative and fundamentalist Christian interests. So it's kind of a moot point.
'Twas still a hell of a lot better than Windows 3.1, though... and even when Windows 95 came out three years later, you still couldn't have gotten me to switch for all the opium in China.
You say neither major-party candidate has the balls to balance the budget. Funny that you'd think a third-party candidate would have the political clout in Washington to stand a better chance.
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Like you said, "by Western standards." Perhaps a better question for you to ask is why you insist on applying Western standards to the African continent.
My take? In short: the guilty factors are cultural and historical in nature, not biological. Perhaps African society doesn't fit the mold of Western-style government as well as others do, but it's hard to blame them for that. In fact, I suspect the main reason Westerners look at Africa with contempt and pity is that Westerners have a habit of compulsively judging other societies by their own, homegrown, metrics. Blood revenge is a horror to you or me, but perhaps not so to those who were raised in a culture that values it as tradition and honor. Many Africans, for their part, would denounce our society's consumer fetishism and perceived soullessness.
And you can trust me because I'm Japanese with a high IQ.
What's with the completely inappropriate "flamebait" moderation on the parent? I'd also like to know how these bulbs compare to other "energy saving" floodlights.
Ugh. Thank you for illustrating exactly why people find the open source software community so intolerably obnoxious. To a user with legitimate questions and needs, a snide and condescending "tutorial" that painstakingly explains a completely unintuitive process, as if to imply it's the user's fault for not jumping through hoops, is a huge turn-off.
I know it's open source dogma to always "blame the user", but it's still unbelievable that the administrators of gimp.org thought it appropriate to post this "tutorial."
"Compliments" should be "complements." HTH.
Indeed.
"Micro$oft (note to slashzilla berzerkers: I'm not willing to let go of the dollar sign from that word)"
Holy hell, sir--you're just as bad as Michael Moore and others on the foaming rabid left who managed to snatch John Kerry's defeat from the jaws of victory.
Does it take a lot of effort to be so obnoxious, or does it come naturally?
Sorry, I was wrong about the contextual menus in Firefox--of their myriad flaws, thick borders aren't one. Still, there's something offputting about the fact that they're set in a different font from the rest of the system, have strange linespacing, and cast an oddly shallow drop shadow. Overall, the menus feel very un-Maclike, which is typical of the application as a whole.
Personally, I can't stand using Firefox unless I absolutely have to, for this reason as well as those I mentioned above.
Not only is Firefox slower than Safari, but it's also far, FAR uglier (in my opinion). Scrolling is jumpy, and things just don't look and feel right--one bizarre example is the preferences window, which for no good reason is a sheet on the frontmost window. Popup menus are slow and have thick borders, making it obvious they're not implemented through Aqua. Command-period doesn't stop loading a page. I could go on, but I'd rather not waste my time.
Dude, lay off the poor guy. You don't have a lot of friends, do you?
The image search also looks through pictures in the recent news, but no older than about a month or so. Earlier this year the photos were all over the media; now that the furor's died down, it's out of range again.
I don't see what this proves. How would this be any different from taking a flamethrower to a paper ballot box?
"BAD IDEA (don't do wtf this poster suggests) (Score:1)"
Why not? I just ran machine and nothing seemed to happen. Did I just commit a social faux pas?
Yes, because heaven forbid a ballot should be easy to make sense of.
For your pleasure, here's a collection of links to equally informative and insightful arguments.
This is offtopic, but if you have the time, I'm hoping you can answer a nagging question I've had...
I live in Manhattan, and someone I know moved here earlier this year and got a 212 area code on her new cell phone. Apparently, there were a number of prefixes freed up recently for cell phone use. My question is, is there some way I can change my number to a 212 area code? I've called to ask before, but there haven't been any numbers free for the taking. Do I just have to wait?
Posting anonymously because I'm embarrassed to admit I care about my area code. 212 is cool.
Yeah. Take a look at my alma mater, Columbia. The stats are just plain wrong: there's a campuswide wireless network, many classes are offered online and some in streaming video, the school provides webspace (though admittedly it's still up to you to design your site), and both WKCR and WBAR are streamed online. So why are these all red X's in Forbes' table?
The copy protection won't need to be foolproof, just good enough to make it worth it when you look at the additional revenue derived versus the costs of implementing it.
You know, like they did with FairPlay.
"When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth."
Steve Jobs
Arnold's governor of California, a fairly liberal state (by American standards). He's a pro-choice, somewhat pro-gay rights governor. I could be wrong, but I doubt he'd make it through the nomination process.
That said, I'd probably spunk my pants if he did, and won. How awesome would it be to have a Terminator president?
So... who does that leave? Jeb Bush? :-(
Giuliani would crush Hillary. Of course, Giuliani would never make it through the nomination gauntlet anyways, since the process on the Republican side is dominated by conservative and fundamentalist Christian interests. So it's kind of a moot point.
Pataki might make it, though.
'Twas still a hell of a lot better than Windows 3.1, though... and even when Windows 95 came out three years later, you still couldn't have gotten me to switch for all the opium in China.
You say neither major-party candidate has the balls to balance the budget. Funny that you'd think a third-party candidate would have the political clout in Washington to stand a better chance.