You're logic is way way off. You first state that you are proud of Dick and Bush for striking Iraq for OIL. Now you are spouting that the entire Middle East needs to be taken out because of their dislike of our culture. I reiterate and append, beliefs like yours show the ignorance, blind racism, and mind-washed foolishness that will bring our entire civilization to an end if left unchecked.
I didn't forget that we were attacked. Further attacks will not bring us ultimate peace, just eternal war. Please, look at history. How many empires still exist in their full glory today? Has there ever been an empire that hasn't been severely weakened given time? Do you really even want peace?
Beliefs like the ones you hold are the catalysts for eternal war.
Learning to work with our neighbors would go a lot farther to securing our future than bickering with them over who gets the right to exhaust our final oil supplies.
The story above may not be true, but mine is. I've lived in two places where I have been attempting to receive UPS packages. First in Nashville. I was replacing a motherboard and I was watching the tracking very carefully. All of a sudden, the tracking was reporting that the package that had started in California and gotten to Memphis was going back to California. WTF! They never came to my apartment. I had to wait another 2 weeks. I demanded that they ship it overnight but they refused. Then I had a digital camera shipped. I saw that they had made a failed delivery attempt, they couldn't find my apartment. It wasn't a hard to find apartment, I promise. I had to call them and drive 30 minutes to pick the item up.
Now, in Gainesville, FL, I had a hat shipped. After three days of attempted delivery, they called me and told me I had moved. I told them that was a very mistaken conclusion. The address they had was perfectly okay(well, they had unit instead of apt, but come on...), the driver just never found the building and never bothered to go to the apartment leasing office that is open till 6pm.
I shop Amazon all the time and use their free shipping. They use USPS and Fedex and I've gotten my packages early and in great condition every time. UPS can't even find me. That's why I feel the need to badmouth UPS!
It isn't a paycheck that we are really after when we get older. We only wish to support our family, and get a share of the neat toys that exist.The paycheck is just proof that we have earned our food and possessions for that period.
Society as a whole just wants proof that everyone has earned their share of the world. The problem is that a few individuals, a few small groups, have twisted the worth of different tasks so that working hard enough to support for your family is no longer properly represented.
Obviously, the open source developers work is well worth their share of food and neat toys, the question is how to get it to them. The traditional way was to protect the product from those who haven't paid. Not good anymore. Using force is a poor solution to life's problems. All it takes is for someone with more force to come and take it away. I don't know what the best non-traditional way is yet.
My previous company replaced my chair with one of these while I was on vacation. I was not happy as the previous chair was the only thing I had actually asked for while there.
I never liked the Aeron. It was thin, cold, stiff, and inflexible. It had plenty of adjustable parts, but my armrests wouldn't stay put. My old chair had a 4 inch thick cushion with wooden, unadjustable armrests and a high back that was perfect for relaxing after a particularly straining computer task.
I don't even think the new chair helped with my occasional back aches--the only thing that helped was going to the gym and lifting weights on a regular basis.
Why is it all so important that OUR grandmothers can use computers now! Since when did they become the ultimate consumer market. My grandmothers are dead for goodness sakes!!!
While surprise is nice, when read chronologically, the story serves as a better parallel to the Christian Bible. Mind you, C.S. Lewis was indeed a Christian writer, so this isn't some random religious zealot inserting religion where it doesn't belong. Personally, the parrallelism is what I enjoy the second, what I enjoy the most is how great the Last Battle makes me feel about the possibilities of Christianity. I read the Chronicles better than I read the bible.
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You're logic is way way off. You first state that you are proud of Dick and Bush for striking Iraq for OIL. Now you are spouting that the entire Middle East needs to be taken out because of their dislike of our culture. I reiterate and append, beliefs like yours show the ignorance, blind racism, and mind-washed foolishness that will bring our entire civilization to an end if left unchecked.
I didn't forget that we were attacked. Further attacks will not bring us ultimate peace, just eternal war. Please, look at history. How many empires still exist in their full glory today? Has there ever been an empire that hasn't been severely weakened given time? Do you really even want peace?
Beliefs like the ones you hold are the catalysts for eternal war.
Learning to work with our neighbors would go a lot farther to securing our future than bickering with them over who gets the right to exhaust our final oil supplies.
I think that all the obvious people who didn't RTFA before reading and posting comments should be kicked off Slashdot.
Just kidding. How else will 1/100th of them ever learn to read?
The story above may not be true, but mine is. I've lived in two places where I have been attempting to receive UPS packages. First in Nashville. I was replacing a motherboard and I was watching the tracking very carefully. All of a sudden, the tracking was reporting that the package that had started in California and gotten to Memphis was going back to California. WTF! They never came to my apartment. I had to wait another 2 weeks. I demanded that they ship it overnight but they refused. Then I had a digital camera shipped. I saw that they had made a failed delivery attempt, they couldn't find my apartment. It wasn't a hard to find apartment, I promise. I had to call them and drive 30 minutes to pick the item up. Now, in Gainesville, FL, I had a hat shipped. After three days of attempted delivery, they called me and told me I had moved. I told them that was a very mistaken conclusion. The address they had was perfectly okay(well, they had unit instead of apt, but come on...), the driver just never found the building and never bothered to go to the apartment leasing office that is open till 6pm. I shop Amazon all the time and use their free shipping. They use USPS and Fedex and I've gotten my packages early and in great condition every time. UPS can't even find me. That's why I feel the need to badmouth UPS!
It isn't a paycheck that we are really after when we get older. We only wish to support our family, and get a share of the neat toys that exist.The paycheck is just proof that we have earned our food and possessions for that period.
Society as a whole just wants proof that everyone has earned their share of the world. The problem is that a few individuals, a few small groups, have twisted the worth of different tasks so that working hard enough to support for your family is no longer properly represented.
Obviously, the open source developers work is well worth their share of food and neat toys, the question is how to get it to them. The traditional way was to protect the product from those who haven't paid. Not good anymore. Using force is a poor solution to life's problems. All it takes is for someone with more force to come and take it away. I don't know what the best non-traditional way is yet.
My previous company replaced my chair with one of these while I was on vacation. I was not happy as the previous chair was the only thing I had actually asked for while there. I never liked the Aeron. It was thin, cold, stiff, and inflexible. It had plenty of adjustable parts, but my armrests wouldn't stay put. My old chair had a 4 inch thick cushion with wooden, unadjustable armrests and a high back that was perfect for relaxing after a particularly straining computer task. I don't even think the new chair helped with my occasional back aches--the only thing that helped was going to the gym and lifting weights on a regular basis.
Why is it all so important that OUR grandmothers can use computers now!
Since when did they become the ultimate consumer market.
My grandmothers are dead for goodness sakes!!!
While surprise is nice, when read chronologically, the story serves as a better parallel to the Christian Bible. Mind you, C.S. Lewis was indeed a Christian writer, so this isn't some random religious zealot inserting religion where it doesn't belong. Personally, the parrallelism is what I enjoy the second, what I enjoy the most is how great the Last Battle makes me feel about the possibilities of Christianity. I read the Chronicles better than I read the bible.