they are. those individuals should be honored for their duty to their nations even if they don't agree with their actions they do their job. However, they are not being supported by their people with adequate financial and troop support.
They however, did not commit enough troops. Have never committed enough troops to any conflict since Vietnam (which was also a mistake). They don't risk their sons and daughters but expect to be able to make decisions. Of course, neither does America's elite, but Europeans are not saints.
In windows, it was plug and play. The grandparent's description of a linux installation with the words "All I had to do:" is misleading because no sane human being (i.e. not an operating system hobbiest) would consider what he did trivial and lying to potential users about the ease of using linux is not the way to prepare people for working with Linux or maintain their trust for lifelong use.
In legal terms, it is considered fraud and negligence to imply something is one thing when in fact it is another.
These costs in time and learning are not trivial and setting up a driver requires higher skilled labor than in that other opterating system.
Some of us are working on ways to make this easier, but the grandparent does not make the world a better place when their fanboy attitude does not convey the true difficulty of using and configuring a linux system. We can't improve a system if we don't identify the places where it is hard. If we lie to ourselves about what is hard, then it will never get better.
Hence, in driver installation, linux sucks and windows rocks, but linux's potential is still blowing Windows out of the water as the future OS of the world.
If God doesn't exist, what is this "hell" you speak of?;-)
It is a cultural literary reference which is a throwback to a time when the only book people owned was the pack of fiction called the bible and people didn't understand the science behind the world around them. It's a great set of stories and necessary reading to get along with educated people in Western Society. However, it should never ever be taken as a book of "facts"; just a fun read.
Thats funny...considering that God doesn't exist and the bible is a load of fictional stories written by men who couldn't get laid to oppress women and the poor.
I think you need to start using a different phrase for "undisputed fact".
I had the same experience with Fahrenheit 911. I thought, "Nothing new here. Don't tell me the average American didn't know this?!"
Maybe I don't know enough average Americans, but the intelligent ones I do know are extremely frustrated with the American media. It becomes an issue of not caring about global issues and just
trying to get by. We don't care enough to stop this man through violent protest and I personally laugh at anyone who went to a nonviolent protest and thought it would change something.
Europeans always present themselves as high and mighty, knowing the right thing for America to do, but they don't do it themselves. It's a lot easier to criticize from the sideline than it is to throw the winning touchdown....er...score the overtime goal...in soccer parlance.
You Europeans are better educated, but you don't choose to stand behind any beliefs much less stand up against an American media or start up your own hollywood, or CNN. You take no risks and then blame us for our bad decisions. You have no POWER, no SPIRIT, no YOUTH, no CONVICTION.
Since the US has so much influence on the world, I sometimes think it would be fair if every human being in the world was allowed to vote in the US elections (at least as far as foreign affairs are concerned). The republicans would be wiped out.
Funny thing, LIFE ISN'T FAIR. It's fairer than it used to be, than its ever been in the history of mankind, thanks the the American forefathers and their insights which affected the world so tremendously. America has provided you with the tools and methods to become just as great as we were in the past. The European Union, which I think is going to fail miserably (like the US under the articles of confederation did), is the first step toward building a unified nation with the resources to be a dominant world power. But
I think China is going to beat you to it.
America is in decline. We're dying due to arrogance, a lack of work ethic, and financial trends where the rich get richer and everone else becomes slaves. Sieze the power, you can do it!
If all cars are running hydrogen and spitting
out water as their contaminants, we reduce the
long term health consequences of having a personal
transportation vehicle.
So, if you look at the big picture, and add in
efficiency improvements over time and renewable
energy sources for hydrogen production, you get
a net societal benefit in both the long term and
the short term.
Do you think it is more efficient to generate energy for your car in a power plant or in a car engine?
I'd much rather get burn the fossil fuels in one place, to generate hydrogen or e- where the process
can be optimized, rather than depending on joe consumer to use the most efficient engine to burn these nonrenewable fuels.
plus, as was said above, if everyone is running hydrogen vehicles, you can switch the e- generation at the power plant any time you find a better process without replacing every vehicle on the road.
lifelong environmentalist, but at this point we liberals actually have to make a decision and stop fighting about how bad a good thing is compared to other good thing. Make a unified decision to back hydrogen and then call a cease fire among the liberals. We back one good thing in a united fashion and after we get that we back the next good thing.
I guess the question is, then, why do we go back? Isn't this essentially like a drug? We know we're better off without it, but it has some actual benefits and it "feels so good."
This is a load of bullshit.
You are not better off without it. Remember the days of Encyclopedias, and asking your father about
something and being told to go look it up? Without
the instant access to knowledge that you have today, cursory reasearch is made a lot harder.
Today I read about 12 new technologies, "talked" with 15 people across the US at no phone cost to me. I sent instant mail to 3 clients and recieved immediate responses. I often research companies online. I figure out who I'm boycotting this week. I discuss politics, religion, and money with a wide variety of people from all over the globe.
There is no way in hell, that I'd go back to 1983. You've got to be kidding me to say we'd be better off not using the net every day.
no one else has made this comment yet:
Its still just a theory and a pretty loopy one at that. If you want to get something done do you go with a theory or fact?
well, the republicans say that you should vote for them and they will reduce your taxes enough so that you can afford another new car. However, it seems that when they get into power that their definition of "you" is "you top 5% income earners, meaning us".
These big government deficit spending Republicans confuse me.
well I had modpoints but responding was more interesting.
perhaps a little too much Andromeda in the bloodstream? hmmmm...
In the western world, we use the convention "state"
when talking philosophically about your "commonwealth". Fewer letters == good thing.
In modern politics, we use the word "country" when talking about your "commonwealth". Fewer letters == good thing. Conventions == good thing.
The point that we all seem to be coming to in an effort to reduce government waste of our money is that any government spending must be open to the public as long as that openness doesn't endanger the lives of any single American. I can agree to that.
I think I just criticized THE "timothy". I'll probably suffer for this.
its tough being anti-american and an american at the same time...I actually like myself... but I completely understand the rest of the world not wanting to give our government their money. Which is exactly why good foriegn policy is so important to a nation. Our science is directly and negatively affected by the anti-science position of the current Administration.
I was trying not to rant...I think I explained my points.
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they are. those individuals should be honored for their duty to their nations even if they don't agree with their actions they do their job. However, they are not being supported by their people with adequate financial and troop support.
They however, did not commit enough troops. Have never committed enough troops to any conflict since Vietnam (which was also a mistake). They don't risk their sons and daughters but expect to be able to make decisions. Of course, neither does America's elite, but Europeans are not saints.
In windows, it was plug and play. The grandparent's description of a linux installation with the words "All I had to do:" is misleading because no sane human being (i.e. not an operating system hobbiest) would consider what he did trivial and lying to potential users about the ease of using linux is not the way to prepare people for working with Linux or maintain their trust for lifelong use.
In legal terms, it is considered fraud and negligence to imply something is one thing when in fact it is another.
These costs in time and learning are not trivial and setting up a driver requires higher skilled labor than in that other opterating system.
Some of us are working on ways to make this easier, but the grandparent does not make the world a better place when their fanboy attitude does not convey the true difficulty of using and configuring a linux system. We can't improve a system if we don't identify the places where it is hard. If we lie to ourselves about what is hard, then it will never get better.
Hence, in driver installation, linux sucks and windows rocks, but linux's potential is still blowing Windows out of the water as the future OS of the world.
funny, in windows, all I had to do was install the card and boot the system. It sucks that I lost my 5 days of uptime though.
If God doesn't exist, what is this "hell" you speak of? ;-)
It is a cultural literary reference which is a throwback to a time when the only book people owned was the pack of fiction called the bible and people didn't understand the science behind the world around them. It's a great set of stories and necessary reading to get along with educated people in Western Society. However, it should never ever be taken as a book of "facts"; just a fun read.
That is the 100% gospel truth.
Thats funny...considering that God doesn't exist and the bible is a load of fictional stories written by men who couldn't get laid to oppress women and the poor.
I think you need to start using a different phrase for "undisputed fact".
but hell, what do I know?
I had the same experience with Fahrenheit 911. I thought, "Nothing new here. Don't tell me the average American didn't know this?!"
Maybe I don't know enough average Americans, but the intelligent ones I do know are extremely frustrated with the American media. It becomes an issue of not caring about global issues and just trying to get by. We don't care enough to stop this man through violent protest and I personally laugh at anyone who went to a nonviolent protest and thought it would change something.
Europeans always present themselves as high and mighty, knowing the right thing for America to do, but they don't do it themselves. It's a lot easier to criticize from the sideline than it is to throw the winning touchdown....er...score the overtime goal...in soccer parlance.
You Europeans are better educated, but you don't choose to stand behind any beliefs much less stand up against an American media or start up your own hollywood, or CNN. You take no risks and then blame us for our bad decisions. You have no POWER, no SPIRIT, no YOUTH, no CONVICTION.
Since the US has so much influence on the world, I sometimes think it would be fair if every human being in the world was allowed to vote in the US elections (at least as far as foreign affairs are concerned). The republicans would be wiped out.
Funny thing, LIFE ISN'T FAIR. It's fairer than it used to be, than its ever been in the history of mankind, thanks the the American forefathers and their insights which affected the world so tremendously. America has provided you with the tools and methods to become just as great as we were in the past. The European Union, which I think is going to fail miserably (like the US under the articles of confederation did), is the first step toward building a unified nation with the resources to be a dominant world power. But I think China is going to beat you to it.
America is in decline. We're dying due to arrogance, a lack of work ethic, and financial trends where the rich get richer and everone else becomes slaves. Sieze the power, you can do it!
implying that you are not a criminal?
Every jay walk? speed in your car? Forget to file the correct deduction? piss on a tree?
sounds like democracy in action.
If we don't like the government we have the right to try to over throw it.
you forget the quality of life improvements.
If all cars are running hydrogen and spitting out water as their contaminants, we reduce the long term health consequences of having a personal transportation vehicle.
So, if you look at the big picture, and add in efficiency improvements over time and renewable energy sources for hydrogen production, you get a net societal benefit in both the long term and the short term.
Also,
Do you think it is more efficient to generate energy for your car in a power plant or in a car engine?
I'd much rather get burn the fossil fuels in one place, to generate hydrogen or e- where the process can be optimized, rather than depending on joe consumer to use the most efficient engine to burn these nonrenewable fuels.
plus, as was said above, if everyone is running hydrogen vehicles, you can switch the e- generation at the power plant any time you find a better process without replacing every vehicle on the road.
Me too.
lifelong environmentalist, but at this point we liberals actually have to make a decision and stop fighting about how bad a good thing is compared to other good thing. Make a unified decision to back hydrogen and then call a cease fire among the liberals. We back one good thing in a united fashion and after we get that we back the next good thing.
Baby steps all the way.
Hydrogen is a damn good thing.
I guess the question is, then, why do we go back? Isn't this essentially like a drug? We know we're better off without it, but it has some actual benefits and it "feels so good." This is a load of bullshit.
You are not better off without it. Remember the days of Encyclopedias, and asking your father about something and being told to go look it up? Without the instant access to knowledge that you have today, cursory reasearch is made a lot harder.
Today I read about 12 new technologies, "talked" with 15 people across the US at no phone cost to me. I sent instant mail to 3 clients and recieved immediate responses. I often research companies online. I figure out who I'm boycotting this week. I discuss politics, religion, and money with a wide variety of people from all over the globe.
There is no way in hell, that I'd go back to 1983. You've got to be kidding me to say we'd be better off not using the net every day.
are you so crazy that you already want to nuke somewhere on the planet!
Nukes are bad. Deterrents only. We have these deterrents but no sane person should ever think to using them again against another nation.
Talk to your competitors. Work out a deal. No use blowing all of the rest of us up.
Repeat after me. "Nationalism is dead".
no one else has made this comment yet: Its still just a theory and a pretty loopy one at that. If you want to get something done do you go with a theory or fact?
well, the republicans say that you should vote for them and they will reduce your taxes enough so that you can afford another new car. However, it seems that when they get into power that their definition of "you" is "you top 5% income earners, meaning us".
These big government deficit spending Republicans confuse me.
do you speak or read chinese?
troll... chess, sun tzu's art of war, numerous works on how to run a government, spaggetti, silk, ...
In Biology, we call this natural selection.
well I had modpoints but responding was more interesting.
perhaps a little too much Andromeda in the bloodstream? hmmmm...
In the western world, we use the convention "state" when talking philosophically about your "commonwealth". Fewer letters == good thing.
In modern politics, we use the word "country" when talking about your "commonwealth". Fewer letters == good thing. Conventions == good thing.
The point that we all seem to be coming to in an effort to reduce government waste of our money is that any government spending must be open to the public as long as that openness doesn't endanger the lives of any single American. I can agree to that.
I think I just criticized THE "timothy". I'll probably suffer for this.
Mass != Weight.
Many of us don't want to come back once we leave. I for one would love to claim 1/6th of the real estate on Mars for my family and my children.
its tough being anti-american and an american at the same time...I actually like myself... but I completely understand the rest of the world not wanting to give our government their money. Which is exactly why good foriegn policy is so important to a nation. Our science is directly and negatively affected by the anti-science position of the current Administration. I was trying not to rant...I think I explained my points.
In Fact, I'm not sure _I_ trust us anymore!
You forget that no one trusts the US anymore.
How can the first post be redundant?