In many European minds, left = libertarian and right = authoritarian. It would be a great advance for political debate if everybody could agree that there are two major divides in political thinking (left/right and libertarian/authoritarian) and that they can be combined either way. Clearly, protection of privacy has nothing to do with left/right and all with libertarian/authoritarian.
"The company also claims to have an AI that solves the problem of overtaking and crashes" - that must be some amazing piece of AI if it can let Kimi Raikonen's car spin off the track when I virtually crash into him. Or, less dramatically, can prevent him from crashing into the virtual me when I'm overtaking/being overtaken by him. This whole idea is bogus.
That list is entirely bogus, as it compares the GDP (value added) of countries with the revenue (i.e. not just value added) of corporations. It's one of the biggest blunders in economic literature, but the anti-globalist movement has evangelised it. You can find a more realistic comparison of countries and corporations here.
if you believe all media companies are pretty much the same, with the same ideological spin: congratulations, you're a fringe character. you are either so far left or so far right, you can't tell the difference between mildly left or mildly right, it all looks the same to you. in whcih case, being on the fringe, you simply don't matter
That statement only holds for the left/right dichotomy. What about rich/poor? What if all the media are biased towards the interests of the wealthy because their main shareholders and their executives are all wealthy? Does the majority of non-wealthy people not matter because they fail to see the difference between Rupert Murdoch and the less obscenely rich?
"both hardware and bandwidth are dirt cheap, in college (2000) between my four friends and I, we were able to start my first business using pocket money we earned from odd jobs. This is a VERY weak argument."
So will you and your four friends be offering your services to every prospective Google App Engine customer free of charge?
Even the Arabs living in Israel who AREN'T happy with Israel would rather live in Israel than in Palastine (West Bank/Gaza)
Perhaps that is because in Israel proper people can move around freely while the occupied territories are cut up by checkpoints and roads that only Jewish settlers may use?
The Palastinian refugees living in Arab countries (like Lebanon) are treated much worse by the Arabs than those in Palastine are by the Jews
In which Arab country are Palestinians surrounded by checkpoints they may or may not be allowed to cross on any given day, so they're never sure whether they can get to work, school or their own fields? You clearly don't have the faintest clue what you're talking about. Take it from someone who's been to Israel, the occupied territories and all countries around them.
Muslims are still pissed off about stuff that happened hundereds of years ago: the crusades, the expulsion of Muslims from Spain These events are being used now to support anti-western sentiments, but a hundred years ago they weren't on the average muslim's mind any more than the Viking age is on our mind when we deal with Scandinavians. The cause of anti-western sentiments are very contemporary and real: western support for Israel and for local dictators.
On betfair.com, the world's biggest betting exchange (where odds are determined by the market, not by a bookmaker), Paul's odds for becoming the Republican nominee are currently around 110 to 1 while Huckabee's are around 130 to 1. Imo these odds are the most objective assessment of candidates' actual chances. Hence, excluding Paul from a debate while including Huckabee is a clear case of bias. I'm European btw, not gonna vote for any of these guys, just wanted to point this out.
I think you seriously overestime the meaning of "executive producer". Contrary to how it sounds, it's a title usually given to people who were important to the project but who were only remotely involved in its actual making (typically studio suits), people who needed to be thrown a bone ("we cut your part but we'll make you executive producer") and people whose name sells tickets (Steven Spielberg has executive produced a 100 movies for example). The LotR movies for example had 5 executive producers, none of whom I think added anything substantial.
I hope you're right, but, if he intended to be the strong guiding hand of the project, then why not direct it himself? I'm afraid this "executive producer" title is just part of the legal settlement with New Line.
I think he's the director we have the least to worry about. At least, I hope he is. The cinemas wanted him because he has proven he can make the movies (and, of course, make the money) Except Jackson probably won't be the director. The article only says he will be the "executive producer", which is Hollywoodese for "we pay him to be allowed to use his name".
Without IE, web developers would be twice as productive so half the current web developers could lose their job. Think about that and burn a candle for Microsoft.
You're right, thanks. I was talking about "One Million STRONG For Stephen Colbert '08" which was the biggest of the dozen or so similarly titled groups I found.
IE6 being such a productivity drain for web develoeprs has created a lot of extra web developer jobs. So you're probably not speaking for all web developers when you say it would be a good thing for IE6 to disappear.
Because WE never have and because WE aren't threatened by what's going on in Darfur or Birma. Never in history have WE set up a military campaign without self-interest being involved, and the UN hasn't changed a thing about that. As the USA has amply demonstrated in Iraq, when a powerful nation WANTS to go to war against the will of pretty much the whole world, the UN can't stop it. But noone wants to go to war to save the people of Darfur or Birma.
That's what the Palestinians have been saying for decades. But would the USA agree to drop the veto system? It has used its veto more than the four other permanent members combined since the end of the cold war.
As a frustrated Windows user who would like to switch to Linux but can't get it to work, let me explain this to you:
1) in my experience a Windows.exe always works regardless of what Windows version I'm using, while a Linux package generally doesn't work on the Linux distro I'm trying.
2) if I'm given a link to a.exe that will fix my internet connection, it's rather obvious to me that I can download the.exe from another PC, put it on a USB key and run it on my own PC. however, if I get an apt-get line to help me fix my internet connection, I have absolutely no clue what to do with it.
Here in Belgium it's actually forbidden to sell phones with contracts, we only get to buy phones straight from manufacturers at the actual price and then pick an operator. Thank Papa Smurf for government intervention - sometimes. So, Apple, you can launch the iPhone here right away, no need to waste time looking for a partner:)
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In many European minds, left = libertarian and right = authoritarian. It would be a great advance for political debate if everybody could agree that there are two major divides in political thinking (left/right and libertarian/authoritarian) and that they can be combined either way. Clearly, protection of privacy has nothing to do with left/right and all with libertarian/authoritarian.
"The company also claims to have an AI that solves the problem of overtaking and crashes" - that must be some amazing piece of AI if it can let Kimi Raikonen's car spin off the track when I virtually crash into him. Or, less dramatically, can prevent him from crashing into the virtual me when I'm overtaking/being overtaken by him. This whole idea is bogus.
That list is entirely bogus, as it compares the GDP (value added) of countries with the revenue (i.e. not just value added) of corporations. It's one of the biggest blunders in economic literature, but the anti-globalist movement has evangelised it. You can find a more realistic comparison of countries and corporations here.
if you believe all media companies are pretty much the same, with the same ideological spin: congratulations, you're a fringe character. you are either so far left or so far right, you can't tell the difference between mildly left or mildly right, it all looks the same to you. in whcih case, being on the fringe, you simply don't matter
That statement only holds for the left/right dichotomy. What about rich/poor? What if all the media are biased towards the interests of the wealthy because their main shareholders and their executives are all wealthy? Does the majority of non-wealthy people not matter because they fail to see the difference between Rupert Murdoch and the less obscenely rich?
You're right, I thought you were proposing a spam filter that would use suspicious emails as captchas and filter them based on that :)
If you already know in advance which mail is spam and which is coming from "authorized sources", then why are you letting people review them again?
Yes, I look forward to having my private mails sent around the world to be read by random people.
this will really just be slow airplanes flying circles in the sky? Can anyone see this actually succeed?
"both hardware and bandwidth are dirt cheap, in college (2000) between my four friends and I, we were able to start my first business using pocket money we earned from odd jobs. This is a VERY weak argument."
So will you and your four friends be offering your services to every prospective Google App Engine customer free of charge?
Oh boy...
Even the Arabs living in Israel who AREN'T happy with Israel would rather live in Israel than in Palastine (West Bank/Gaza)
Perhaps that is because in Israel proper people can move around freely while the occupied territories are cut up by checkpoints and roads that only Jewish settlers may use?
The Palastinian refugees living in Arab countries (like Lebanon) are treated much worse by the Arabs than those in Palastine are by the Jews
In which Arab country are Palestinians surrounded by checkpoints they may or may not be allowed to cross on any given day, so they're never sure whether they can get to work, school or their own fields? You clearly don't have the faintest clue what you're talking about. Take it from someone who's been to Israel, the occupied territories and all countries around them.
They can compete with OOo at the same price point yes. But since that price point is 0, they'd probably prefer to not have to compete with it.
On betfair.com, the world's biggest betting exchange (where odds are determined by the market, not by a bookmaker), Paul's odds for becoming the Republican nominee are currently around 110 to 1 while Huckabee's are around 130 to 1. Imo these odds are the most objective assessment of candidates' actual chances. Hence, excluding Paul from a debate while including Huckabee is a clear case of bias. I'm European btw, not gonna vote for any of these guys, just wanted to point this out.
I think you seriously overestime the meaning of "executive producer". Contrary to how it sounds, it's a title usually given to people who were important to the project but who were only remotely involved in its actual making (typically studio suits), people who needed to be thrown a bone ("we cut your part but we'll make you executive producer") and people whose name sells tickets (Steven Spielberg has executive produced a 100 movies for example). The LotR movies for example had 5 executive producers, none of whom I think added anything substantial.
I hope you're right, but, if he intended to be the strong guiding hand of the project, then why not direct it himself? I'm afraid this "executive producer" title is just part of the legal settlement with New Line.
Without IE, web developers would be twice as productive so half the current web developers could lose their job. Think about that and burn a candle for Microsoft.
Who needs NPD? http://www.vgchartz.com/ has detailed weekly sales data available for free, and they're no less reliable than NPD nowadays.
You're right, thanks. I was talking about "One Million STRONG For Stephen Colbert '08" which was the biggest of the dozen or so similarly titled groups I found.
That group has only 18171 members. 18172 is on his way though.
IE6 being such a productivity drain for web develoeprs has created a lot of extra web developer jobs. So you're probably not speaking for all web developers when you say it would be a good thing for IE6 to disappear.
"So why don't we do that nowadays?"
Because WE never have and because WE aren't threatened by what's going on in Darfur or Birma. Never in history have WE set up a military campaign without self-interest being involved, and the UN hasn't changed a thing about that. As the USA has amply demonstrated in Iraq, when a powerful nation WANTS to go to war against the will of pretty much the whole world, the UN can't stop it. But noone wants to go to war to save the people of Darfur or Birma.
That's what the Palestinians have been saying for decades. But would the USA agree to drop the veto system? It has used its veto more than the four other permanent members combined since the end of the cold war.
As a frustrated Windows user who would like to switch to Linux but can't get it to work, let me explain this to you:
.exe always works regardless of what Windows version I'm using, while a Linux package generally doesn't work on the Linux distro I'm trying.
.exe that will fix my internet connection, it's rather obvious to me that I can download the .exe from another PC, put it on a USB key and run it on my own PC. however, if I get an apt-get line to help me fix my internet connection, I have absolutely no clue what to do with it.
1) in my experience a Windows
2) if I'm given a link to a
Here in Belgium it's actually forbidden to sell phones with contracts, we only get to buy phones straight from manufacturers at the actual price and then pick an operator. Thank Papa Smurf for government intervention - sometimes. So, Apple, you can launch the iPhone here right away, no need to waste time looking for a partner :)