America $400 billion China $60 Billion... Japan $42 Billion
From the CIA world factbook. Yes they suck with terrorist, but they have been spying on governments for a dam long time. So that Japan at at least 3rd, probaly lower.
There has always been an arms race. That is nothing new. Any country is free to compete with us.
I wouldn't worry about sheilding too much, I bet most of these will be operated by remote from the bridge of the ship.
As for the military's safty record with weapons... well they are SUPPOSED to be dangerous. And whats wrong with delpleted Uranium? - it's not very radioactive - that's why it is called "Depleted".
The citizens of the US elected Bush, who wouldn't (sign they Kyoto treaty)
Slight clarification is needed here. In the US the president doesn't have the power to sign treaties in a legally binding way with out the approval of Congress. So Congress didn't allow Bush to sign, ie they wouldn't have let Clinton sign or Kerry or FDR
I believe that the opinion of Congress at the time of the Kyoto hearings was that the treaty would cause more harm than good. Generally reducing factory output is bad for the economy and general quality of life, which is a far more immediate and pressing concern.
A resurgance of black death in unlikly except in the third world. Modern sanitation and religous extermination of rats have significantly reduced the chances of a world wide epidemic.
Thanks for the research, I was afraid you were just a highly modded troll..
Yes there is no doubt that Sun is in trouble. Yet they have been very proactive in trying to divert thier own death. Much of thier cash loss is becuase they have been aquiring other companies. 8 of them by my count These things aren't cheap.
And yes there are many companies that start down this path and never pull out, but many do. Apple may be exception but I see many parallels between them, ongoing R&D for example. Expansion of product lines, Ipod and x86 servers for example. The list goes on and i think what works for one may well work for the other.
And here's some speculation;) As soon as MS made any sign of taking over Sun, McNealy would opensource just about everything, effectivly keeping Java and Solaris around for a very long time and preventing MS from ever killing Java.
> Exactly. So many people think it is, yet it isn't. I dont think it is
How the hell did you get moded up? This ALL speculation with no facts at all.
There is no evidence that Sun is going to disappear, just becuase it is doing poorly now does not mean its doomed. Just look at Apple.
Microsoft will not buy Sun. What would MS gain by this? A bunch of RISC technology that they don't want to even exist? Some more OSes? Another language? MS has thier product line and has shown no intention of devation. MS's motivations aside - the antitrust courts would never go for it.
As for Solaris being opensoured like Java, well thats just an erroneous statement since Java is not opensourced.
I think that we can be fairly certain that these lasers will get smaller. Even if they don't get smaller they could just stick more on a bigger plane, think C-5 Galaxy. All you need is to have two to have a complete spherical firing range. If these two lasers take up all the space inside the aircraft then they could just mount the bombs on the wings and have a nearly invunerable bomber. You still might have a problem with stealth fighters but not many counties have those, for now anyway.
(sarcasm)The best thing about being able to zap political dissidents with a laser is that there is no evidence, except a puff of ozone! GWB wins! (\sarcasm)
You make a good point. But I think that Kim guy in North Korea may be irrational enough to try a missle attack. The thing about megalomaniacal killers is that they like to do things with a flare, and there is no greater flare than a nuke.
Remeber that there were stratigists in the USSR that thought a nuclear war could be won, what if one of those guys is now an advisor to one of these rogue nations?
You can use Apple USB keyboards with a PC, whether running Linux or Windows. You'll probaly need some drivers, but a quick Googling will answer all your questions.
Actual it was Juan's mother that was killed in a bug attack, she was visting Rio when an meteor hit there. Not a big difference, but it does explain how his father came to join up.
They're law to ensure we continue functioning as society, which *is* what government is supposed to do.
No. This is common misconception. In America it is the governments job to protect the rights of the individual. Personally I think that serperation of church and state is really good, but we could also use seperation of government and society.
This protection of individual rights works becuase individual's have a right to not be murdered, raped, stolen from etc. Many laws that Slashdotters find objectionable would not have come into exsitance if there was seperation of government and society.
cars - while they add a great deal of stress, espiecally my POS, the fact that I get to sleep an extra 3 hours a day make them worth it. Without my car I would have to live much closer to either work or school, both of which are in higher rent areas.
pools - if you have ever flown over Phoenix or Las Vegas you know that not only retired people have pools.
home automation - if I didn't own a microwave I wouldn't cook (if you can call it that). I espiecally enjoy the round of appluase that my toilet gets when my friends see it flush - those poor sods are still flinging thier feces out the window!
I purposly turnoff or ignore my cell phone at irregular but frequent intervals in order to aviod the situation you just described. When I first started this strategy some people got a little peeved, but once they figured out that I wasn't going to change my habits, well the voicemails got freindlier. I figure if i demand more privacy than I want then I'll be happy with what I get, its worked so far.
You almost always have excellent posts and I find your ideas interesting (even though I don't agree with everything). Do you maintain a website or a blog?
What good is a government that doesn't serve the people?
I think you missed the point. Refer to JFK "Ask not what your country can do for.." ring a bell?
The government's job is to serve the people by protecting thier rights. You have a right to not be mauled by a drunk driver, you also have a right to not be harrased by the government - espeically if your inocent. This breathilizer in the car is harrasment. And mandating breathilizers in bars does not serve the people's rights, it only servers higher taxes.
First off the reason its so expensive to live in places like Silicon Valley is because tech companies made it highly desiralbe. They didn't move there just to exclude you. When many of these companies were first starting OC and Silicon Valley had average costs of living
What is this about housing prices skyrocketing? I can only assume you are refering to rent, since if you are buying a house the price is equal to its value plus interest, if the value is not equal to the price then you have been had. However I have not seen skyrocketing rent either, the apartment I rent is costing me 60% of what it would have cost me in 2000, I live in Denver.
I do agree with you that the companies are being shortsighted though, but for differnt reasons. Here is why and some history backing up my reasoning.
When labor unions first formed industrialist took a big hit since they had to pay thier workers more. Over time those workers spent that extra money there were making on things the indusrialists were making. In the end the industiralist won becuase the workers were doing well finically. The same thing is happening now. The US is the largest market for IT goods, but if we are all unemployed and can't afford these IT goods then the market will evaporate and the IT companies (analagous to the industrialist) will lose thier most important market.
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The Led is American..
Check your facts.
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America $400 billion
China $60 Billion
Japan $42 Billion
From the CIA world factbook. Yes they suck with terrorist, but they have been spying on governments for a dam long time. So that Japan at at least 3rd, probaly lower.
There has always been an arms race. That is nothing new. Any country is free to compete with us.
I wouldn't worry about sheilding too much, I bet most of these will be operated by remote from the bridge of the ship.
As for the military's safty record with weapons... well they are SUPPOSED to be dangerous. And whats wrong with delpleted Uranium? - it's not very radioactive - that's why it is called "Depleted".
no modders are from utah?
Oh yeah? And how do you propose to stop them? In the privacy of my basement I could do anything an no one would know. This is a prime example
Slight clarification is needed here. In the US the president doesn't have the power to sign treaties in a legally binding way with out the approval of Congress. So Congress didn't allow Bush to sign, ie they wouldn't have let Clinton sign or Kerry or FDR
I believe that the opinion of Congress at the time of the Kyoto hearings was that the treaty would cause more harm than good. Generally reducing factory output is bad for the economy and general quality of life, which is a far more immediate and pressing concern.
A resurgance of black death in unlikly except in the third world. Modern sanitation and religous extermination of rats have significantly reduced the chances of a world wide epidemic.
I wish i had mod points for you.
No this is not Jonathan.
;) As soon as MS made any sign of taking over Sun, McNealy would opensource just about everything, effectivly keeping Java and Solaris around for a very long time and preventing MS from ever killing Java.
Thanks for the research, I was afraid you were just a highly modded troll..
Yes there is no doubt that Sun is in trouble. Yet they have been very proactive in trying to divert thier own death. Much of thier cash loss is becuase they have been aquiring other companies. 8 of them by my count These things aren't cheap.
And yes there are many companies that start down this path and never pull out, but many do. Apple may be exception but I see many parallels between them, ongoing R&D for example. Expansion of product lines, Ipod and x86 servers for example. The list goes on and i think what works for one may well work for the other.
And here's some speculation
> Exactly. So many people think it is, yet it isn't. I dont think it is
There is no evidence that Sun is going to disappear, just becuase it is doing poorly now does not mean its doomed. Just look at Apple.
Microsoft will not buy Sun. What would MS gain by this? A bunch of RISC technology that they don't want to even exist? Some more OSes? Another language? MS has thier product line and has shown no intention of devation. MS's motivations aside - the antitrust courts would never go for it.
As for Solaris being opensoured like Java, well thats just an erroneous statement since Java is not opensourced.
Over chilled beer is pretty bad. Tends to make a mess of the refigerator once it gets to about 31 F
I think that we can be fairly certain that these lasers will get smaller. Even if they don't get smaller they could just stick more on a bigger plane, think C-5 Galaxy. All you need is to have two to have a complete spherical firing range. If these two lasers take up all the space inside the aircraft then they could just mount the bombs on the wings and have a nearly invunerable bomber. You still might have a problem with stealth fighters but not many counties have those, for now anyway.
(sarcasm)The best thing about being able to zap political dissidents with a laser is that there is no evidence, except a puff of ozone! GWB wins! (\sarcasm)
Remeber that there were stratigists in the USSR that thought a nuclear war could be won, what if one of those guys is now an advisor to one of these rogue nations?
You can use Apple USB keyboards with a PC, whether running Linux or Windows. You'll probaly need some drivers, but a quick Googling will answer all your questions.
Actual it was Juan's mother that was killed in a bug attack, she was visting Rio when an meteor hit there. Not a big difference, but it does explain how his father came to join up.
Is Frank a 6 foot tall rabit?
No. This is common misconception. In America it is the governments job to protect the rights of the individual. Personally I think that serperation of church and state is really good, but we could also use seperation of government and society.
This protection of individual rights works becuase individual's have a right to not be murdered, raped, stolen from etc. Many laws that Slashdotters find objectionable would not have come into exsitance if there was seperation of government and society.
cars - while they add a great deal of stress, espiecally my POS, the fact that I get to sleep an extra 3 hours a day make them worth it. Without my car I would have to live much closer to either work or school, both of which are in higher rent areas. pools - if you have ever flown over Phoenix or Las Vegas you know that not only retired people have pools. home automation - if I didn't own a microwave I wouldn't cook (if you can call it that). I espiecally enjoy the round of appluase that my toilet gets when my friends see it flush - those poor sods are still flinging thier feces out the window!
I purposly turnoff or ignore my cell phone at irregular but frequent intervals in order to aviod the situation you just described. When I first started this strategy some people got a little peeved, but once they figured out that I wasn't going to change my habits, well the voicemails got freindlier. I figure if i demand more privacy than I want then I'll be happy with what I get, its worked so far.
You almost always have excellent posts and I find your ideas interesting (even though I don't agree with everything). Do you maintain a website or a blog?
I think you missed the point. Refer to JFK "Ask not what your country can do for.." ring a bell?
The government's job is to serve the people by protecting thier rights. You have a right to not be mauled by a drunk driver, you also have a right to not be harrased by the government - espeically if your inocent. This breathilizer in the car is harrasment. And mandating breathilizers in bars does not serve the people's rights, it only servers higher taxes.
no, but we can blame the Russians.
What is this about housing prices skyrocketing? I can only assume you are refering to rent, since if you are buying a house the price is equal to its value plus interest, if the value is not equal to the price then you have been had. However I have not seen skyrocketing rent either, the apartment I rent is costing me 60% of what it would have cost me in 2000, I live in Denver.
I do agree with you that the companies are being shortsighted though, but for differnt reasons. Here is why and some history backing up my reasoning.
When labor unions first formed industrialist took a big hit since they had to pay thier workers more. Over time those workers spent that extra money there were making on things the indusrialists were making. In the end the industiralist won becuase the workers were doing well finically. The same thing is happening now. The US is the largest market for IT goods, but if we are all unemployed and can't afford these IT goods then the market will evaporate and the IT companies (analagous to the industrialist) will lose thier most important market.