I have but it was a long time ago and I don't think it was a poor reservation so I'm willing to take most of what you say at face value except that I do believe that all Native Americans are considered full US citizens and don't know of any laws saying otherwise.
I guess thats why I don't understand how they're considered discriminated against. They're full US citizens on top of which they're pretty much tax exempt and the have land (even if its not the best land, its land) which is tax free and at least in MA if you can prove a certian amount of Native American heritage you basicly get a free ride at any state run college or university. Even if the reservations are poor they don't have to remain there.
I'm sure that there are poeple who discriminate against native americans I just don't think that its that widespread.
This isn't perfectly on topic but its close enough.
What are peoples favorite streams? I've only really found one place that I like so far but then again I mostly listen to techno. Check out http://www.digitallyimported.com/ if you're into that kind of thing.
So if you're two gay neighbors get married how the hell are you FORCED to "support" their marraige. How about you try this: Mind your own fucking business and let other people live their own lives.
I'm not nececarily saying you're wrong...but how are native americans discriminated against today? It seem actualy the reverse. They don't have to pay taxes and they get to run all these casinos that nobody else can allowing them to make hundreds of millions of dollars? Am I missing something here?
I was going to ask why none of these drives have Mt. Reiner.
There is at least one DVD burner that supports it: the Plextor PX-712 although thats only a 12x drive. Its also one of the few drives that support SATA. I've heard that the PX-716 that Anandtech couldn't get in time for their roundup will also have it. Should also have an 8MB buffer instead of the 2MB that all the other drives have, too. The price on Plextor drives is always a bit steep but they have the very best media support and features. Hope that helps.
If the U.S. stopped all aid to Israel then Israel wouldn't be able to maintain its current level of conventional forces for a long period of time. They would be in a huge amount of danger in the medium and longterm because they are surrounded by countries that hate them. At which point they would probably just lash out with either their currently quite powerfull conventional forces or even unleash some of their nuclear arms.
As long as the U.S. supports Israel then they have nothing to worry about. They are (relatively speaking) safe. If they don't have our support they have a lot to fear, and fear makes people do crazy things.
That central news agency page is incredibly funny. The president of Ethiopia supports the cause of N. Koreans? I'm sure he does as all the people of either country want is food. And the mongolian leader thing. Oh yeah, and the U.S. is out to "topple the socialist system chosen by its people." Yeah, because the people had so many choices.
Well....I suppose it depends on how you want to look at it.:) Seeing how easy it is to hack windows boxes to begin with I don't think that any of the US's spy agencies would have a hard time doing so.
is this. When I have to sign something, say, a phone contract or a Dr.'s office waiver I always read it. If there is something there I don't agree with I cross it out. People usualy only check to see if its signed, they don't really notice if you've changed something especialy if its not on the first page. This is legal. Now just get a marker and cross out the terms on the monitor. Click agree. There you go.
I can understand that you can waive your rights to fair use, first sale, backups, reverse engineering, etc in a contract. What I don't understand is how any court of law could uphold an EULA to be a valid contract.
I live in San Ruh-Fell and I have to say that simetra is right. Even the spanish speakers pronounce it san ruh-fell. I saw another post above from someone who lives here. How many slashdotters are there in San Rafael, anyhow.
I did understand that side of the equation I just thought it was way overstated.
If, for one, we weren't in the process of killing thousands of inoccent civilians over there or putting the in the like of Abu Gabi (sp?) they wouldn't be as angry. If we coupled that with some sort of temporary aid of food and water etc., maybe something like the Sadr Centers the article mentions, for those laid off and kept the situation non volatile for a while things would probably have worked out. We could easily have provided that aid for less than the cost of the additional security now required. Market forces will enventually sort it all out. Klein even gives numerous examples of companies wanting to invest in Iraq but deciding not to do so because of the voilence over there.
About the only good point (not the only good information, but the only good point) that Klein makes is about the refusal of the governing authorities to use local materials instead of imported ones such as the example of the concrete barriers.
Overall the article just felt as if Klein were looking for every reason to bash the free-market system but doesn't admit that the voilence was what really didn't give it a chance but with the type of violence over there currently no economic system stands a chance.
That article has some interesting information, for sure. I don't know what to make of it.
Klein tries to slam the free market system but all she really manages to do is prove how futile violence is. Our and the Iraqis.
She tries to blame the failure on Bremer's market policies as much as she does his military ones when in fact they are two different animals. She makes it seem like the people in the soap factory should stay employed even if the factory could be run by a third as many employees. A rather bizzare article overall, in my opinion, but really interesting.
"Mathematica is a symbolic package. The mathematics packages for linux are numerical. There is an enormous difference in terms of standard error."
Just a little FYI. Mathematica is available for linux and has been for a long time.
--HC
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"The minute a freedom fighter --or whatever term you want to apply to a non-terrorist --attacks civilians in a way that's intended to inspire widespread terror, that person becomes a terrorist."
"perpetrated against noncombatant targets"
"Instead of attacking Coalition troops, they're publicly executing civilian hostages and detonating bombs outside police stations."
I for one do not consider the police force to be noncombatants. They support the current power structure and they're armed. If they weren't combatants then they wouldn't need all of their weapons.
I don't know much about the civilian hostages you're talking about but I know that some of them were security for the U.S. Heavily armed security. Those specific individuals could easily be considered combatants also.
I do admit that there are also other hostages that have been killed and I'm also not condoning the violence that the rebels (freedom fighters/terrorist/whatever) are perpetrating.
I guess my main point is that in this situation the Iraqi police are basicly a U.S. appendage and therefor do qualify as a legitimate target by your stated guidelines.
Wouldn't really be a problem, though, if we had just minded our own damn business and not gone over there in the first place.
"I suppose you can't envision a part of the country where any job, even at Wal-Mart, is highly competitive?"
No, I really can't. Even if the original poster had a reason he couldn't leave Delaware many people don't have anything holding them there. If things in a state are so bad that a minimum wage job at Wal-Mart is so highly competitive that people who are trying to get such a job can go two years without getting one then people will leave. At which point there will be less competition for said jobs and they will be easier to obtain.
Even in the poorer hilltowns of western MA, where I spent the summer, there are jobs to be had. I can envision a situation where getting a job is impossible, I can even see that in some locations in this country, say a poor mill town in Maine but I cann't see that in the state of Delaware. Delaware might not be Marin County CA but its not a backwater where there aren't any jobs to be had.
"After I realized that finding a similar-paying job wasn't going to happen, I went out to the usual teenie-employers to try my luck... Wal*Mart, Burger King, etc etc. I've been unsuccessful even with these places, and have been since I've started my job-hunting two and a half years ago."
I'm sorry, but if you can't get a job at one of those places, or any job at all for that matter, then the problem lies with you even if it makes you feel better to blame it on someone else.
I live in CA but I quit my job and went away for the summer. I didn't have a job when I came back but it took me less than a week to land a new one. I wasn't willing to take just any job, either, I wanted something that paid decent and that had a good working environment. So I'm making about $20 an hour (depends on tips, I'm waiting tables) and I get benefits. I'm 21 years old and had very little experience in food service.
I have however had some management experience. When people come in and ask for applications or to talk to a manager about a job I can tell right off the bat which ones definetly aren't going to get hired. Are they well kept, are the articulate, etc. If you can't get any job after two and a half years, any job of any type, then it is definetly you doing something wrong so stop blaming other people for your problems and get your act together.
--HC, who has not tolerance for woe is me bullshit.
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Thats one of the scariest posts I've read in a while. I sure hope you were exagerating at least a bit.
Oh yeah, heres my new post election away message:
Stop waging war in the mid east and start waging it on the mid west!
--HC
Texas might have ranked #8 but liberal California ranked #7.
I just wish that we didn't have a religious nut in charge who wants to turn the Constitution into a discriminatory document.
--HC
"I take it you've never been to a reservation."
I have but it was a long time ago and I don't think it was a poor reservation so I'm willing to take most of what you say at face value except that I do believe that all Native Americans are considered full US citizens and don't know of any laws saying otherwise.
I guess thats why I don't understand how they're considered discriminated against. They're full US citizens on top of which they're pretty much tax exempt and the have land (even if its not the best land, its land) which is tax free and at least in MA if you can prove a certian amount of Native American heritage you basicly get a free ride at any state run college or university. Even if the reservations are poor they don't have to remain there.
I'm sure that there are poeple who discriminate against native americans I just don't think that its that widespread.
Just my view of things.
--HC
"Let me live my own life, and don't force me to apply tax breaks or extend employment benefits to gay "spouses"!"
Sure, just as long as you don't force gays to apply tax breaks or extend employment benefits to straight "spouses"!
--HC
This isn't perfectly on topic but its close enough.
What are peoples favorite streams? I've only really found one place that I like so far but then again I mostly listen to techno. Check out http://www.digitallyimported.com/ if you're into that kind of thing.
--HC
So if you're two gay neighbors get married how the hell are you FORCED to "support" their marraige. How about you try this: Mind your own fucking business and let other people live their own lives.
--HC
I'm not nececarily saying you're wrong...but how are native americans discriminated against today? It seem actualy the reverse. They don't have to pay taxes and they get to run all these casinos that nobody else can allowing them to make hundreds of millions of dollars? Am I missing something here?
--HC
"My friends call me white trash because of it."
Are you sure it doesn't have anything to do with the mulletsgalore.com website?
I was going to ask why none of these drives have Mt. Reiner.
There is at least one DVD burner that supports it: the Plextor PX-712 although thats only a 12x drive. Its also one of the few drives that support SATA. I've heard that the PX-716 that Anandtech couldn't get in time for their roundup will also have it. Should also have an 8MB buffer instead of the 2MB that all the other drives have, too. The price on Plextor drives is always a bit steep but they have the very best media support and features. Hope that helps.
--HC
That has got to be one of the best things of read on the web in a while. Thanks for the link.
--HC
If the U.S. stopped all aid to Israel then Israel wouldn't be able to maintain its current level of conventional forces for a long period of time. They would be in a huge amount of danger in the medium and longterm because they are surrounded by countries that hate them. At which point they would probably just lash out with either their currently quite powerfull conventional forces or even unleash some of their nuclear arms.
As long as the U.S. supports Israel then they have nothing to worry about. They are (relatively speaking) safe. If they don't have our support they have a lot to fear, and fear makes people do crazy things.
--HC
That central news agency page is incredibly funny. The president of Ethiopia supports the cause of N. Koreans? I'm sure he does as all the people of either country want is food. And the mongolian leader thing. Oh yeah, and the U.S. is out to "topple the socialist system chosen by its people." Yeah, because the people had so many choices.
-HC
Dude...I think we just slashdotted a country.
Could you elaborate a little bit for me. Aren't you going to have to parse the content one way or the other?
Yes, I know I don't have a great grasp of what you're saying but I'm trying to obtain one.
--HC
You know you're getting old when your grandfather has an IM protocol.
--HC
Well, it sounds like it was one that came with a Mac.
Well....I suppose it depends on how you want to look at it. :) Seeing how easy it is to hack windows boxes to begin with I don't think that any of the US's spy agencies would have a hard time doing so.
--HC
is this. When I have to sign something, say, a phone contract or a Dr.'s office waiver I always read it. If there is something there I don't agree with I cross it out. People usualy only check to see if its signed, they don't really notice if you've changed something especialy if its not on the first page. This is legal. Now just get a marker and cross out the terms on the monitor. Click agree. There you go.
I can understand that you can waive your rights to fair use, first sale, backups, reverse engineering, etc in a contract. What I don't understand is how any court of law could uphold an EULA to be a valid contract.
--HC
I live in San Ruh-Fell and I have to say that simetra is right. Even the spanish speakers pronounce it san ruh-fell. I saw another post above from someone who lives here. How many slashdotters are there in San Rafael, anyhow.
--HC
I did understand that side of the equation I just thought it was way overstated.
If, for one, we weren't in the process of killing thousands of inoccent civilians over there or putting the in the like of Abu Gabi (sp?) they wouldn't be as angry. If we coupled that with some sort of temporary aid of food and water etc., maybe something like the Sadr Centers the article mentions, for those laid off and kept the situation non volatile for a while things would probably have worked out. We could easily have provided that aid for less than the cost of the additional security now required. Market forces will enventually sort it all out. Klein even gives numerous examples of companies wanting to invest in Iraq but deciding not to do so because of the voilence over there.
About the only good point (not the only good information, but the only good point) that Klein makes is about the refusal of the governing authorities to use local materials instead of imported ones such as the example of the concrete barriers.
Overall the article just felt as if Klein were looking for every reason to bash the free-market system but doesn't admit that the voilence was what really didn't give it a chance but with the type of violence over there currently no economic system stands a chance.
That article has some interesting information, for sure. I don't know what to make of it.
Klein tries to slam the free market system but all she really manages to do is prove how futile violence is. Our and the Iraqis.
She tries to blame the failure on Bremer's market policies as much as she does his military ones when in fact they are two different animals. She makes it seem like the people in the soap factory should stay employed even if the factory could be run by a third as many employees. A rather bizzare article overall, in my opinion, but really interesting.
--HC
"Mathematica is a symbolic package. The mathematics packages for linux are numerical. There is an enormous difference in terms of standard error."
Just a little FYI. Mathematica is available for linux and has been for a long time.
--HC
"The minute a freedom fighter --or whatever term you want to apply to a non-terrorist --attacks civilians in a way that's intended to inspire widespread terror, that person becomes a terrorist."
"perpetrated against noncombatant targets"
"Instead of attacking Coalition troops, they're publicly executing civilian hostages and detonating bombs outside police stations."
I for one do not consider the police force to be noncombatants. They support the current power structure and they're armed. If they weren't combatants then they wouldn't need all of their weapons.
I don't know much about the civilian hostages you're talking about but I know that some of them were security for the U.S. Heavily armed security. Those specific individuals could easily be considered combatants also.
I do admit that there are also other hostages that have been killed and I'm also not condoning the violence that the rebels (freedom fighters/terrorist/whatever) are perpetrating.
I guess my main point is that in this situation the Iraqi police are basicly a U.S. appendage and therefor do qualify as a legitimate target by your stated guidelines.
Wouldn't really be a problem, though, if we had just minded our own damn business and not gone over there in the first place.
"I suppose you can't envision a part of the country where any job, even at Wal-Mart, is highly competitive?"
No, I really can't. Even if the original poster had a reason he couldn't leave Delaware many people don't have anything holding them there. If things in a state are so bad that a minimum wage job at Wal-Mart is so highly competitive that people who are trying to get such a job can go two years without getting one then people will leave. At which point there will be less competition for said jobs and they will be easier to obtain.
Even in the poorer hilltowns of western MA, where I spent the summer, there are jobs to be had. I can envision a situation where getting a job is impossible, I can even see that in some locations in this country, say a poor mill town in Maine but I cann't see that in the state of Delaware. Delaware might not be Marin County CA but its not a backwater where there aren't any jobs to be had.
--HC
"After I realized that finding a similar-paying job wasn't going to happen, I went out to the usual teenie-employers to try my luck... Wal*Mart, Burger King, etc etc. I've been unsuccessful even with these places, and have been since I've started my job-hunting two and a half years ago."
I'm sorry, but if you can't get a job at one of those places, or any job at all for that matter, then the problem lies with you even if it makes you feel better to blame it on someone else.
I live in CA but I quit my job and went away for the summer. I didn't have a job when I came back but it took me less than a week to land a new one. I wasn't willing to take just any job, either, I wanted something that paid decent and that had a good working environment. So I'm making about $20 an hour (depends on tips, I'm waiting tables) and I get benefits. I'm 21 years old and had very little experience in food service.
I have however had some management experience. When people come in and ask for applications or to talk to a manager about a job I can tell right off the bat which ones definetly aren't going to get hired. Are they well kept, are the articulate, etc. If you can't get any job after two and a half years, any job of any type, then it is definetly you doing something wrong so stop blaming other people for your problems and get your act together.
--HC, who has not tolerance for woe is me bullshit.