China is a bit different than cuba, iran, iraq, libya etc.
First off.. HK is a great city and the english made it so. Infact the Chinese did as well, buy not taking it over, and sticking to their agreement with England. England's handing over of HK back to China i felt was a great symbolic guesture that the world does keep its word and we can be civil.
China agreeing to not impose too many of mainland china's politics on HK was a big step in the right direction as well.
But many chinese fled HK before the hand over was complete. Many went to Australia, Canada, etc. They were in fear of China's mainland government.
Opening up China to world is certainly a good thing, but i'm concerned with what we're losing in America by placing so much emphasis on it while neglecting our own people.
I'm pretty sure that the corperations are not concerned with this. Their intentions is to profit and use cheap labor.
I'm all for china becoming a more open society but as they close themselves off from the internet, and our companies censor words such as democracy and freedom.... I'm not sure how likely that will be. Those in power, like to stay in power:) And yes perhaps down the line, those in power will be preasured to change if they do so want to stay in power.
But i doubt the corperations are concerned about China's well being. Afterall, it is the corperations that are ignoring the well being of America and investing in China's labor force.
I'm all for improving China, but not at the expense of ruining our economy and placing a borden on our middle class.
From what i understand from the Global Trade movement is that those countries that are major participants will see their currency's balance out a little more than they have in the past. The dollar is dropping, the euro is high etc.
I'm just not so sure its a good thing. Are we balancing out, or are we simply losing?
Thats the big question. I care about American's first (since its where i live) but of course i care about the world as well. However it's our cities, our towns, our communities... our working class, and our poor that i would like to see do well. Providing them good jobs is just as important as providing them with cheaply made items imported from china.
I think that's apple's mistake. Apple should take on Microsoft on the X86 platform. Apple should not limit themselves to their own x86 platform. Apple should go for the big bite and give microsoft a run for its money. I bet Apple would do pretty dam well.
I suppose it is ironic:) I am a fan of Asian cinema (Japanese and Chinese/HK) I have been for some time.
I'm not at all against trade with china. I'm sincerely asking a question about what folks think are the benefits of our current trade situation with China.
Personally I feel that it is a bit one sided to say the least. But I'm wise enough to know that i'm not an economics expert and welcome points of view on the matter.
The loss of American Jobs is a great concern to me. My point of view is that the wealthy folks of this country have very little to fear while the larger whole (non wealthy) of our country does.
Its my point of view that the wealthy really are not pro American and are capable of flying the coupe at any time. And they clearly doing that when it comes to jobs.
The long term result is a concern. What is to come of this? There are only so many things we can sell/make/develope. Personally I beleive we should become the worlds leader in new energy sources and automotive engineering. I also beleive if we were to acheive such a goal, we should not allow the car manufacturing corperations to simply take that technology and manufacture it all in China.
In a sense the short term experience is similar. We are giving away a lot of what we know and can do, just for cheap labor and profit margins.
They want our money but not our beleifs. That's their right. But what are we getting from them in return?
How does it benefit OUR citizens? As you can see... China's priorities clearly have nothing to do with our beleifs, our products or our labor force. China only wants our dollar, and corperate America just wants slave labor?
Why do we allow this to continue? What is the real benefits of allowing our US based corperations, to exploit the world and devalue our country?
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There is some truth to this. But once they become successfull they are no longer geeks. They are sex icons/most sexiest blah blah.... etc
They have people who polish them and make them look pretty. They have more money than you could ever possibly imagine. They eat at the best places... They drive the best cars, live in the biggest houses...
What was once perhaps a geek has become a snobby elistist. A whining geek who wishes they were most popular... And now they are... and they flaunt it.
They are not geeks... They're pompous assholes that may have once been theater/drama geeks... but are only shallow minded people who want to be loved and admired by all.
It's all i know really. Its just not me, to go out and explore the world. I'm not a terrible looking person or anything. I've been a skateboarder most of my life, along with computers but its just the way i am. I'm alone, and clearly meant to be so.
So after all of those bastards get through with the young hot chicks, us nerds get the old washed up hags looking for stablity because they can no longer shake their ass for young bad boys.
Nerds in? Only a nerdy reporter would write such a thing. Poor guy probably hasnt been laid since the Nixon administration and that was only because he jacked off to the words "Deep throat" in the washington post article.
Nerds are not in. Have no fear wealth Americans, Girls still love money above all else. You're exotic 50 car collection is still a chick magnet, and they're still turned on by your ability to fire thousands of Americans and export their jobs to slave labor.
So go forth Nerds, with this silly idea that the Hott women of America want you.... It's certainly not true, but atleast you wont feel like a fucking loser anymore. Although I do:)
You the consumer will be losing out because he's threatening you the consumer with the idea that movies wont be on tv for free anymore.
Dont you feel so lucky to have corperate America looking out for your best interests?
Gosh, Gee.. Golly... I'm so glad they're watching out for us consumers.;)
I guess we'll just have to record things off of TV for free. And i was so looking forward to having to buy every tv show i miss when i'm hard at work, working for peanuts while these guys wipe their asses with solid gold toilet paper.
As if watching a movie on tv is a fucking great experience. Just watch Spike TV and half the fucking screan is overlayed with a fully animated, WITH AUDIO... advertisement for some other shit show of the week...
Yeah enjoy recording that high quality free movie off your HDTV feed. I hope you can reconstruct the frames and audio thats ruined by the shitty overlayed ads that run constantly in the bottom right corner of the screen.
bitTorrent goes against everything said in the bible!
You do love Jesus dont you?!
bitTorrent is just as responsible for the distro of EP3, as is the internet itself.
A communications protocol is nothing more than a communications protocol.
You're all guilty for having used the internet! Lets make it illegal and have it entirely corperate controlled. You may not upload, you may not contribute, you may not steal from the rich... they can only steal from you:)
At what point does advertising become absolutely fucking retarded?
Right about here.
Ads in lower orbit?! Lets spray paint pepsi logos on bald eagles!
Lets advertise the new season of survivor by painting the entire grand canyon with CBS logos, and Survivor marketing!
Having open heart surgery? No problem... You're new heart is brought to you by Nike and Walmart!
Tatoo the shit under our eyelids and lets get it over with.
What the fuck happened to common courtesy and deceny? FUCK humanity and fuck you too;) (joking)
Seriously... I think we need to respect life, our environment, and each other a lot more these days because profit is becoming the ultimate goal and the expense is the human experience.
Profit has always been heartless but it seems the world is growing colder and more evil every day.
"I have to disagree. The Vonage commercials I've seen didn't mention anything about having unreliable service. The majority of people don't know (and don't care) about network instability, latency, and other issues that could affect them."
True. Vonage doesnt inform people in their commercial that VOIP is unstable at times and not perfect. But she should have done her reasearch. I would never expect a corperation to warn it's consumers of any shortcommings concerning said corperation's products.
You're right though that most people think of a phone as a phone. Most people dont know how their POTS line works, so why should they understand how their VOIP line works.
Still... I think she should have done her research. I know factoring in 911 service, was something i did before buying Vonage. I have another POTS line as well. That will be converted to a second vonage line now, but I also have the cell phone for 911 if vonage's e911 fails or vonage fails.
I mean dont get me wrong, the mother isnt completely at fault. I specifically said "partially her own fault"
Is it Voip's fault that her babied died or is it her fault for buying a phone service without 911 ?
I agree that VOIP should support 911. Its a good thing but in reality VOIP is still unreliable even with 911.
If the power goes out, VOIP goes out... and so does VOIP with 911. So in a real emergency, VOIP should not be relied on. It is unreliable. Voip service could go down, the broadband pipe may be done... Power may go out...
It is best to have VOIP with a cell phone. Anyone with just a VOIP line is asking for trouble in any real emergency.
It's sad to say, but her baby's death is partially her own fault for relying on an unreliable phone service. VOIP is great but i would never rely on it soley until we can address power outages, and network stability.... The 911 issue is probably the easiest problem with VOIP to fix.
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China is a bit different than cuba, iran, iraq, libya etc.
First off.. HK is a great city and the english made it so. Infact the Chinese did as well, buy not taking it over, and sticking to their agreement with England. England's handing over of HK back to China i felt was a great symbolic guesture that the world does keep its word and we can be civil.
China agreeing to not impose too many of mainland china's politics on HK was a big step in the right direction as well.
But many chinese fled HK before the hand over was complete. Many went to Australia, Canada, etc. They were in fear of China's mainland government.
Opening up China to world is certainly a good thing, but i'm concerned with what we're losing in America by placing so much emphasis on it while neglecting our own people.
I'm pretty sure that the corperations are not concerned with this. Their intentions is to profit and use cheap labor.
:) And yes perhaps down the line, those in power will be preasured to change if they do so want to stay in power.
I'm all for china becoming a more open society but as they close themselves off from the internet, and our companies censor words such as democracy and freedom.... I'm not sure how likely that will be. Those in power, like to stay in power
But i doubt the corperations are concerned about China's well being. Afterall, it is the corperations that are ignoring the well being of America and investing in China's labor force.
I'm all for improving China, but not at the expense of ruining our economy and placing a borden on our middle class.
From what i understand from the Global Trade movement is that those countries that are major participants will see their currency's balance out a little more than they have in the past. The dollar is dropping, the euro is high etc.
I'm just not so sure its a good thing. Are we balancing out, or are we simply losing?
Thats the big question. I care about American's first (since its where i live) but of course i care about the world as well. However it's our cities, our towns, our communities... our working class, and our poor that i would like to see do well. Providing them good jobs is just as important as providing them with cheaply made items imported from china.
I think that's apple's mistake. Apple should take on Microsoft on the X86 platform. Apple should not limit themselves to their own x86 platform. Apple should go for the big bite and give microsoft a run for its money. I bet Apple would do pretty dam well.
I suppose it is ironic :) I am a fan of Asian cinema (Japanese and Chinese/HK) I have been for some time.
I'm not at all against trade with china. I'm sincerely asking a question about what folks think are the benefits of our current trade situation with China.
Personally I feel that it is a bit one sided to say the least. But I'm wise enough to know that i'm not an economics expert and welcome points of view on the matter.
The loss of American Jobs is a great concern to me. My point of view is that the wealthy folks of this country have very little to fear while the larger whole (non wealthy) of our country does.
Its my point of view that the wealthy really are not pro American and are capable of flying the coupe at any time. And they clearly doing that when it comes to jobs.
The long term result is a concern. What is to come of this? There are only so many things we can sell/make/develope. Personally I beleive we should become the worlds leader in new energy sources and automotive engineering. I also beleive if we were to acheive such a goal, we should not allow the car manufacturing corperations to simply take that technology and manufacture it all in China.
In a sense the short term experience is similar. We are giving away a lot of what we know and can do, just for cheap labor and profit margins.
They want our money but not our beleifs. That's their right. But what are we getting from them in return?
How does it benefit OUR citizens? As you can see... China's priorities clearly have nothing to do with our beleifs, our products or our labor force. China only wants our dollar, and corperate America just wants slave labor?
Why do we allow this to continue? What is the real benefits of allowing our US based corperations, to exploit the world and devalue our country?
More power the better. We need it. Lets advance the technology and not start worrying about if we need it :)
You bet your ass we need it.
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Any attempt to speak out loud in public through the use of various media's which include (but not limited to) the internet, radio, television, megaphone, telephone, and walkie talkie, will result in your immediate arrest.
If you are a major corperation, please disreguard all of the above and do as you please.
... My low sperm count, cant even get through fishnet stockings!
;)
DAM YOU SHATTNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is some truth to this. But once they become successfull they are no longer geeks. They are sex icons/most sexiest blah blah.... etc
They have people who polish them and make them look pretty. They have more money than you could ever possibly imagine. They eat at the best places... They drive the best cars, live in the biggest houses...
What was once perhaps a geek has become a snobby elistist. A whining geek who wishes they were most popular... And now they are... and they flaunt it.
They are not geeks... They're pompous assholes that may have once been theater/drama geeks... but are only shallow minded people who want to be loved and admired by all.
I cant blaim them though. Who wouldnt want that?
It's all i know really. Its just not me, to go out and explore the world. I'm not a terrible looking person or anything. I've been a skateboarder most of my life, along with computers but its just the way i am. I'm alone, and clearly meant to be so.
I know that story all too well.
I felt up a rape victom once... does that count?
:)
And no i didnt rape her
That of course is all true if you plan to marry someone.
Right now, most of us losers here.. just want to fuck a porn star.... Fuck marriage.
This is very true. Certainly sums me up.
Yeah but realistically if your a hot geek female... You're not a geek/nerd
:)
You're just a hott female with a geeky bonus
Geeky guys such as myself are not hunted like "hott females" are by the opposite sex.
Knowing that, we are generally reclusive ( I know i am) Lacking confidence, shitty self image etc.
Geeks have their fair share of baggage and oddily twisted egos. We know what we're good at, but we know where we are limited.
All of the above is true. I should know because i meet none of those requirements and i'm a lonely loser.
:)
:)
Such is life... the ever fleeting depression
I'll never have confidence, I have no idea what a balanced life is.... And here I am whining about it.
Not a girl around me, and none who care to be around me.
Oh well. Truth hurts but its true atleast
So after all of those bastards get through with the young hot chicks, us nerds get the old washed up hags looking for stablity because they can no longer shake their ass for young bad boys.
No fucking thanks.
And he'll laugh at you.
:)
Nerds in? Only a nerdy reporter would write such a thing. Poor guy probably hasnt been laid since the Nixon administration and that was only because he jacked off to the words "Deep throat" in the washington post article.
Nerds are not in. Have no fear wealth Americans, Girls still love money above all else. You're exotic 50 car collection is still a chick magnet, and they're still turned on by your ability to fire thousands of Americans and export their jobs to slave labor.
So go forth Nerds, with this silly idea that the Hott women of America want you.... It's certainly not true, but atleast you wont feel like a fucking loser anymore. Although I do
Use Gaim with the encryption plugin (or use Trillian)
Gaim + encryption plugin works extremely well
It has nothign to do with terrorism. If we chip away at our civil rights in the name of terrorism... we will be left without a single right.
Terrorism is a buzz word being used to change our entire country from a free society to a corperate police state.
Those in power with money have the say, and you are forced by law to comply.
Vote wisely... Vote for a 3rd party... ANY 3rd party....
You the consumer will be losing out because he's threatening you the consumer with the idea that movies wont be on tv for free anymore.
;)
Dont you feel so lucky to have corperate America looking out for your best interests?
Gosh, Gee.. Golly... I'm so glad they're watching out for us consumers.
I guess we'll just have to record things off of TV for free. And i was so looking forward to having to buy every tv show i miss when i'm hard at work, working for peanuts while these guys wipe their asses with solid gold toilet paper.
As if watching a movie on tv is a fucking great experience. Just watch Spike TV and half the fucking screan is overlayed with a fully animated, WITH AUDIO... advertisement for some other shit show of the week...
Yeah enjoy recording that high quality free movie off your HDTV feed. I hope you can reconstruct the frames and audio thats ruined by the shitty overlayed ads that run constantly in the bottom right corner of the screen.
bitTorrent goes against everything said in the bible!
:)
You do love Jesus dont you?!
bitTorrent is just as responsible for the distro of EP3, as is the internet itself.
A communications protocol is nothing more than a communications protocol.
You're all guilty for having used the internet! Lets make it illegal and have it entirely corperate controlled. You may not upload, you may not contribute, you may not steal from the rich... they can only steal from you
At what point does advertising become absolutely fucking retarded?
;) (joking)
Right about here.
Ads in lower orbit?! Lets spray paint pepsi logos on bald eagles!
Lets advertise the new season of survivor by painting the entire grand canyon with CBS logos, and Survivor marketing!
Having open heart surgery? No problem... You're new heart is brought to you by Nike and Walmart!
Tatoo the shit under our eyelids and lets get it over with.
What the fuck happened to common courtesy and deceny? FUCK humanity and fuck you too
Seriously... I think we need to respect life, our environment, and each other a lot more these days because profit is becoming the ultimate goal and the expense is the human experience.
Profit has always been heartless but it seems the world is growing colder and more evil every day.
"I have to disagree. The Vonage commercials I've seen didn't mention anything about having unreliable service. The majority of people don't know (and don't care) about network instability, latency, and other issues that could affect them."
True. Vonage doesnt inform people in their commercial that VOIP is unstable at times and not perfect. But she should have done her reasearch. I would never expect a corperation to warn it's consumers of any shortcommings concerning said corperation's products.
You're right though that most people think of a phone as a phone. Most people dont know how their POTS line works, so why should they understand how their VOIP line works.
Still... I think she should have done her research. I know factoring in 911 service, was something i did before buying Vonage. I have another POTS line as well. That will be converted to a second vonage line now, but I also have the cell phone for 911 if vonage's e911 fails or vonage fails.
I mean dont get me wrong, the mother isnt completely at fault. I specifically said "partially her own fault"
Is it Voip's fault that her babied died or is it her fault for buying a phone service without 911 ?
I agree that VOIP should support 911. Its a good thing but in reality VOIP is still unreliable even with 911.
If the power goes out, VOIP goes out... and so does VOIP with 911. So in a real emergency, VOIP should not be relied on. It is unreliable. Voip service could go down, the broadband pipe may be done... Power may go out...
It is best to have VOIP with a cell phone. Anyone with just a VOIP line is asking for trouble in any real emergency.
It's sad to say, but her baby's death is partially her own fault for relying on an unreliable phone service. VOIP is great but i would never rely on it soley until we can address power outages, and network stability.... The 911 issue is probably the easiest problem with VOIP to fix.