This is what's happening. It's strange you acted so very defensively when criticism of the US was made. You do realise that attitudes such as yours guarantees that the US's own house isn't cleaned, right?
I'd normally think that's the case, but judging from the various outbursts you've made on Slashdot by simply misunderstanding what others are saying and a clear ignorance of contextual etiquette, it's very possible that your side of the story isn't particularly accurate. Unless you provide direct links to the 'edit war' discussion, you're not really making a point.
His children are receiving precisely $0. All of it is going to charity. He is currently using his money to make even more money, which will also go to charity.
You are assuming an awful lot, which reflects rather poorly on you. But then you are a Senior System Engineer/Architect/Psychic, so I guess you know what you are doing. I'm so glad you tell everyone your job position, as it lets people know they're dealing with some socially-crippled person who doesn't know what's important to them is of scant importance to others.
The fact you just pulled that statistic out of your butt speaks volumes more about you than it does any hypothetical "liberals". You look like a knee-jerk muppet conjuring stereotypes of your self-perceived enemies out of thin air in order to berate them in order to appease your own faltering self-image. Weird.
Find people to trade with, get access to healthcare, find workers/employers, talk with charities, get/provide microfinancing, etc. This has been demonstrated time and time again - it's not a mystery.
They also use hand-powered generators for small things like charging mobile phones. Easy access to the rest of the world and the information held within only serves to allow scarce resources to be shared among those who need them, as has already been demonstrated by the areas which got mobile phone access. This will only improve with internet access.
They can use this to find or organise clean water, by finding people in suitable areas to pool resources. They can also let the authorities know if any militia are rounding people up, so they can get help. This has already been demonstrated time and time again.
1. The people have a concept of money. 2. Subsistence farmers, with improved access to farming knowledge, and the ability to find workers for their land, second-hand equipment, microfinancing, etc. don't stay subsistence farming for long
Many places in Africa, for example, already use mobile phones for communication, and have seen lots of progress through their use. Adding internet to their communication channels will only increase that progress even more.
This is honestly a good thing, even if the cynics on Slashdot can't see it.
You just proved yourself wrong. With better communication, it's easier for farmers to find buyers before their perishable goods perish. It's easier to find help for farming, easier to find distribution networks. It's easier to find information on how to more-effectively farm, how to apply for microfinancing, etc. And that's just farmers. Throw education and healthcare in there, and you might begin to understand how important this is.
Mexican children usually have comparable (or better) immunization than their US counterparts, but I guess you don't want to let facts get in the way of your muppet-rage.
Where is your freedom when you develop an immunity disorder and can't be vaccinated, and some muppet infects you because they chose to not be vaccinated? Where do your rights end and theirs begin? Not that you've thought this through in any depth, as that's some sort of socialist commie thing to do. BENGHAZI or something.
Wow. I get it - you are ruled by your gut and not logic (hence your attacks on women, for example). Socialist "hellholes", as you call them, have far more money to spend on healthcare than the US does, as they don't have waves upon waves of middlemen taking their cut of the healthcare money for bureaucracy. But I guess you have your hubris to make you 'feel' safer.
It's a convenient way to say "Extremely exclusive private school with a non-standard and probably-unknown level of competence". In more sane places it's illegal because it can seriously mess children up.
So use a bluetooth keyboard. The GUI is actually rather good. It sounds almost as if - heaven forbid - you don't actually know what you're talking about...
Only in the minds of people who don't understand the difference between a self-correcting methodology and a belief system which strives to be as least self-correcting as possible.
The fact you are using the fruits of science nearly every second of every day speaks volumes for your hypocrisy and ignorance.
Listening to a book which has internal discrepancies is never a good idea. Even a stop clock is right twice a day. The bible is not factual, even if it might have some factual elements in it. By your logic The Da Vinci Code is factual, as Italy exists.
Absolute nonsense. Absolute utter nonsense. Science is a methodology, not a system of beliefs. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. And "literally" burning people at the stake for challenging the status quo?? Challenging the status quo is precisely what science does every day. Get a grip - you are embarrassing yourself.
That told me! Look above! My post is slowly disappearing, and Zynder's bizarre take on logic is becoming not-bizarre-at-all! You did it! I'm freeee...!
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This is what's happening. It's strange you acted so very defensively when criticism of the US was made. You do realise that attitudes such as yours guarantees that the US's own house isn't cleaned, right?
And before Japan, the US was known as the go-to place for crap.
I'd normally think that's the case, but judging from the various outbursts you've made on Slashdot by simply misunderstanding what others are saying and a clear ignorance of contextual etiquette, it's very possible that your side of the story isn't particularly accurate. Unless you provide direct links to the 'edit war' discussion, you're not really making a point.
His children are receiving precisely $0. All of it is going to charity. He is currently using his money to make even more money, which will also go to charity.
You are assuming an awful lot, which reflects rather poorly on you. But then you are a Senior System Engineer/Architect/Psychic, so I guess you know what you are doing. I'm so glad you tell everyone your job position, as it lets people know they're dealing with some socially-crippled person who doesn't know what's important to them is of scant importance to others.
I regularly get over 2MB/s (megabytes/s) using bittorrent on my LTE phone, in the middle of the day.
The fact you just pulled that statistic out of your butt speaks volumes more about you than it does any hypothetical "liberals". You look like a knee-jerk muppet conjuring stereotypes of your self-perceived enemies out of thin air in order to berate them in order to appease your own faltering self-image. Weird.
Find people to trade with, get access to healthcare, find workers/employers, talk with charities, get/provide microfinancing, etc. This has been demonstrated time and time again - it's not a mystery.
They also use hand-powered generators for small things like charging mobile phones. Easy access to the rest of the world and the information held within only serves to allow scarce resources to be shared among those who need them, as has already been demonstrated by the areas which got mobile phone access. This will only improve with internet access.
They can use this to find or organise clean water, by finding people in suitable areas to pool resources. They can also let the authorities know if any militia are rounding people up, so they can get help. This has already been demonstrated time and time again.
1. The people have a concept of money.
2. Subsistence farmers, with improved access to farming knowledge, and the ability to find workers for their land, second-hand equipment, microfinancing, etc. don't stay subsistence farming for long
Many places in Africa, for example, already use mobile phones for communication, and have seen lots of progress through their use. Adding internet to their communication channels will only increase that progress even more.
This is honestly a good thing, even if the cynics on Slashdot can't see it.
You just proved yourself wrong. With better communication, it's easier for farmers to find buyers before their perishable goods perish. It's easier to find help for farming, easier to find distribution networks. It's easier to find information on how to more-effectively farm, how to apply for microfinancing, etc. And that's just farmers. Throw education and healthcare in there, and you might begin to understand how important this is.
Mexican children usually have comparable (or better) immunization than their US counterparts, but I guess you don't want to let facts get in the way of your muppet-rage.
Where is your freedom when you develop an immunity disorder and can't be vaccinated, and some muppet infects you because they chose to not be vaccinated? Where do your rights end and theirs begin? Not that you've thought this through in any depth, as that's some sort of socialist commie thing to do. BENGHAZI or something.
Wow. I get it - you are ruled by your gut and not logic (hence your attacks on women, for example). Socialist "hellholes", as you call them, have far more money to spend on healthcare than the US does, as they don't have waves upon waves of middlemen taking their cut of the healthcare money for bureaucracy. But I guess you have your hubris to make you 'feel' safer.
It's a convenient way to say "Extremely exclusive private school with a non-standard and probably-unknown level of competence". In more sane places it's illegal because it can seriously mess children up.
So use a bluetooth keyboard. The GUI is actually rather good. It sounds almost as if - heaven forbid - you don't actually know what you're talking about...
People, generally speaking, have always known the Earth is not flat. Eratosthenes demonstrated as such over two thousand years ago.
He might as well posit that that's where the water frozen on Hoth came from - it has as much bearing on reality.
Only in the minds of people who don't understand the difference between a self-correcting methodology and a belief system which strives to be as least self-correcting as possible.
The fact you are using the fruits of science nearly every second of every day speaks volumes for your hypocrisy and ignorance.
Listening to a book which has internal discrepancies is never a good idea. Even a stop clock is right twice a day. The bible is not factual, even if it might have some factual elements in it. By your logic The Da Vinci Code is factual, as Italy exists.
You might want to differentiate between other developed nations and developing nations. Not doing so makes you sound rather nutty.
If by "interesting" you mean "nonsensical", then yes - very interesting indeed.
Absolute nonsense. Absolute utter nonsense. Science is a methodology, not a system of beliefs. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. And "literally" burning people at the stake for challenging the status quo?? Challenging the status quo is precisely what science does every day. Get a grip - you are embarrassing yourself.
That told me! Look above! My post is slowly disappearing, and Zynder's bizarre take on logic is becoming not-bizarre-at-all! You did it! I'm freeee...!
Your balloon analogy is wrong. It shows what he's saying is true.
That's all you've got? That it's worse in developing countries, so lay off the US? Wow. How utterly pathetic.