Last time I checked, the Cuban "totalitarian government" wasn't spying on my emails and phone calls or bombing countries on the other side of the world for no valid reason.
I'm sure the taxpayers would like to know exactly which non-government entities are getting access to their private information.
In the case of the US, no problem. It's the government all the way up. In that case it would be spying on itself, which could cause a recursive infinite loop and the eventual stack overflow.
I use it quite a lot at home and fits all my office suite needs. I use Microsoft Office at work because my company forces me so. Open of Libre Office would do the same job just fine and the company would save many thousands of euros that they could use to raise our salaries instead.
Supplements are just one more useless thing that businesses convince people they need. The only ones that need them are businesses, to make shitloads of money.
If you have a varied and balanced diet and don't suffer from any condition that makes you need a reinforced dose of any particular nutrient, you don't need any dietary supplements.
Eat properly and exercise! It's easier, cheaper, and it works.
we should stop putting unnatural things into our bodies that should only be enjoying god's creations
Yeah, all the great things god created, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Clostridium tetani, Variola virus, Poliovirus, let's put all that stuff in our bodies, not those evil vaccine things!
No, what the US is signifying by banning students from Syria, Sudan, Iran and Cuba is that it doesn't want to assist those regimes.
Maybe we should also ban a "regime" that:
Fails to guarantee proper living, healthcare, education, justice, blah, blah, blah, to tens of millions of its own population, in spite of being the richest country in the world.
Illegally spies on his own population and the rest of the world.
Illegally imprisons and tortures people in secret prisons all around the world.
Supports vicious dictatorships.
Supplies money, weapons and training to "freedom fighters" that commit all kinds of atrocities all around the world.
Overthrows governments in other countries when they don't kneel down and suck its cock.
Illegally bombs whatever country it feels like, when it feels like.
Acts as the personal army of private corporations, spending taxpayers money defending private interests at gunpoint, all around the world
Sends missionaries to third world countries to teach great things like how gay people should be executed and how using condoms is a sin, causing countless deaths.
Has a completely corrupt political system that makes a mockery of democracy.
Holds completely illegal and outrageous embargoes on sovereign countries that pose absolutely no threat to it.
And so on, and so on, and so on...
In spite of all the above, poses as the paladin of democracy and human rights all around the world.
Do you know such an evil regime? Maybe Coursera should ban its courses over there, too.
Other countries tend to be a bit more balanced, though there are some that go the opposite way where education is paramount to everything else (leading to situations like obesity where emphasis on physical education gave way to sedentiary studying).
WTF are you talking about? The USA are one of the most obese countries in the world! They just lost the first place to Mexico a few weeks ago! Also, obesity is heavily correlated with lack of education, so you don't make any sense.
Boys like to compete with each other by comparing dick sizes. This is just the grown up version of it. Big boys playing with their big dicks of mass destruction.
Somebody has a lack of proper education...it's you.
What a mature response! I'm amazed.
Your teachers let philosophy overwhelm pragmatism. The world's idiots will cure no disease, make no great discoveries. At best you can train them to show-up on time and sober for their McJobs.
You don't know shit about me or my teachers, so shut the fuck up. If you're so fucking gifted you should be doing "great discoveries", instead of trolling on Slashdot.
Dude, the US only has two significant parties. Your electoral system favours bipartidarism. As an example, in my country there are 6 different parties sitting in the Parliament. Our government has people from two different parties.
Both your significant parties favour the appropriation of wealth by the top echelons. That IS right wing.
If I make a million and pay 15% taxes, I still pay more in absolute terms than hundreds of guys who make one thousand and pay 25%. That doesn't make it less outrageous.
A large percentage of Americans pay very little or no taxes, but that because they make very little.
Income inequality has been rising to near-record levels. The real value of worker salaries hasn't risen since the Seventies. If you're OK with this, no problem. Enjoy the little Mad Max inside of you. But don't try to tell me it ain't so. That's just dishonest. Or dumb.
Yes, your argument there is a straw man. This is what you wrote, "What left? The USA has only two parties, and both are right-wing."
Yes??? Where is communism written (or implied) anywhere?
We are up to at least 3 parties now, aren't we? And one of them is hard left of the sort any European would respect.
(Do you want me to bring more into the discussion? We are far from being out of just communist parties in the US.)
The Democrats aren't all that right these days either. They have largely driven the moderates and conservatives from their party.
The Democratic Party is "hard left"? What have you been smoking, dude?
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Last time I checked, the Cuban "totalitarian government" wasn't spying on my emails and phone calls or bombing countries on the other side of the world for no valid reason.
Do you know any Cubans? Get you head out of your jingoistic ass and meet a few.
So what? It's hard to live in an embargoed country. It's so much better to be comfortable on the other side shitting opinions.
You may want to sign up for some courses from a more neutral source if you can.
If I was Cuban the courses wouldn't be available to me. I would be the victim of "faulty education or indoctrination" of US politicians.
Didn't they give it to Kissinger? Anything after that is an improvement...
IP will be ignored and it will be impossible or impractical to enforce
And the problem is...?
Is anything from Google actually free?
Well, I'm not so sure, just ask the NSA....
I'm sure the taxpayers would like to know exactly which non-government entities are getting access to their private information.
In the case of the US, no problem. It's the government all the way up. In that case it would be spying on itself, which could cause a recursive infinite loop and the eventual stack overflow.
I use it quite a lot at home and fits all my office suite needs. I use Microsoft Office at work because my company forces me so. Open of Libre Office would do the same job just fine and the company would save many thousands of euros that they could use to raise our salaries instead.
Supplements are just one more useless thing that businesses convince people they need. The only ones that need them are businesses, to make shitloads of money.
If you have a varied and balanced diet and don't suffer from any condition that makes you need a reinforced dose of any particular nutrient, you don't need any dietary supplements.
Eat properly and exercise! It's easier, cheaper, and it works.
we should stop putting unnatural things into our bodies that should only be enjoying god's creations
Yeah, all the great things god created, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Clostridium tetani, Variola virus, Poliovirus, let's put all that stuff in our bodies, not those evil vaccine things!
No, what the US is signifying by banning students from Syria, Sudan, Iran and Cuba is that it doesn't want to assist those regimes.
Maybe we should also ban a "regime" that:
Do you know such an evil regime? Maybe Coursera should ban its courses over there, too.
Nothing new, just the web business model at work. Dot coms are like matches, they burn bright and die fast.
When the first car was invented, all the hay mongers had similar excuses to explain how horses and carriages were so much better.
Where are they now?
Quite the opposite: Yes. YES! FUCK YES!!!
Fuck the bloodsuckers!
Not so different from today, is it?
Other countries tend to be a bit more balanced, though there are some that go the opposite way where education is paramount to everything else (leading to situations like obesity where emphasis on physical education gave way to sedentiary studying).
WTF are you talking about? The USA are one of the most obese countries in the world! They just lost the first place to Mexico a few weeks ago! Also, obesity is heavily correlated with lack of education, so you don't make any sense.
But those are useful and don't kill people (well, F1 kills one from time to time, but they know their risks).
Forget it.
Boys like to compete with each other by comparing dick sizes. This is just the grown up version of it. Big boys playing with their big dicks of mass destruction.
Somebody has a lack of proper education...it's you.
What a mature response! I'm amazed.
Your teachers let philosophy overwhelm pragmatism. The world's idiots will cure no disease, make no great discoveries. At best you can train them to show-up on time and sober for their McJobs.
You don't know shit about me or my teachers, so shut the fuck up. If you're so fucking gifted you should be doing "great discoveries", instead of trolling on Slashdot.
Apparently the Finns concentrate their efforts bringing up their bottom 25% (the mouth breathers),
Oh, the arrogant contempt for other human beings. Sign of a lack of proper education.
Very simple answer:
NO
You shouldn't season you coffee with pot.
Dude, the US only has two significant parties. Your electoral system favours bipartidarism. As an example, in my country there are 6 different parties sitting in the Parliament. Our government has people from two different parties.
Both your significant parties favour the appropriation of wealth by the top echelons. That IS right wing.
If I make a million and pay 15% taxes, I still pay more in absolute terms than hundreds of guys who make one thousand and pay 25%. That doesn't make it less outrageous.
A large percentage of Americans pay very little or no taxes, but that because they make very little.
Income inequality has been rising to near-record levels. The real value of worker salaries hasn't risen since the Seventies. If you're OK with this, no problem. Enjoy the little Mad Max inside of you. But don't try to tell me it ain't so. That's just dishonest. Or dumb.
Straw man.
Did I write anything about communism?
Yes, your argument there is a straw man. This is what you wrote, "What left? The USA has only two parties, and both are right-wing."
Yes??? Where is communism written (or implied) anywhere?
We are up to at least 3 parties now, aren't we? And one of them is hard left of the sort any European would respect. (Do you want me to bring more into the discussion? We are far from being out of just communist parties in the US.)
The Democrats aren't all that right these days either. They have largely driven the moderates and conservatives from their party.
The Democratic Party is "hard left"? What have you been smoking, dude?