Fair enough! I was just reacting to the specific use of the word "medieval", some aspects of which (notably a tendency to heriditary lineages and a high degree of secrecy) seem inappropriate to the contemporary workforce.
Still, you'd probably be able to wear some pretty neat hats and attract hot goth girls.;)
Dude, I know in the States the word has a bad reputation, but they're called unions (guilds were largely heriditary -- I don't think that's what you really want). People fought for 40 hour weeks and other basic humane conditions for a reason, and guess what...? They won (in part, for a while) for a reason too. Part of that reason is just practical on the part of the elite: that if people get pushed too hard, they push back, and that's no good for anybody.
It's either that or start repopulating major cities with large carnivors to take care of the slow and the week...it would take care of the obsesity problem
Good idea. I propose we begin the mass euthanization by getting rid of the societal dead weight who confuse simple homonyms and can't spell.
No, I think you have it backwards. Non-US governments buying bonds has been one of the few things keeping the greenback from collapsing. It's when they *stop* buying USD that you'll see a *real* drop.
The public school I went to (in Canada) did a comparative religions thing, culminating in a "temple tour" where we had a field trip to, iirc, Buddhist, Muslim, and Sikh temples. You know, looking back, I think we actually skipped Christianity -- probably figuring we already had a great deal of general background information already ground into us.
German pronunciation is easy, once you get the hang of it -- it's consistent, at least, which is a big advantage. For me it really is the grammar that's the killer. Someone once said "I'd rather decline a beer than a German verb."
It's not so much a question of *changing* sexual preference, as much as it is recognizing that sexual preference is socially constructed in the first place. Yes, that includes the idea of exclusive heterosexuality. It's not "natural", it's not the default state -- but a socially constructed identity. Historically speaking, relatively few cultures have constructed "sexuality" (itself a rather recent historical concept) as an exclusive either/or situation.
If you're interested in this sorta stuff, a great place to start is Foucault's "History of Sexuality".
I don't see too much Hebrew in Fremen culture, but there is some Buddhist thought there. Explicitly so; the Fremen descended from the Zensunni wanderers.
...of people who believe advertising doesn't affect them. Why would such incredible sums be spent on it if it were ineffective? Advertising is the most pervasive system of propaganda ever developed, and to pretend it doesn't affect us -- all of us -- is to bury one's head in the sand.
More than to brainwash us to buy individual products, the main work that advertising performs is to condition our basic assumptions about how we as individuals relate to other individuals and objects. Almost all ads say similar things to us; things like that freedom can be reduced to that of the marketplace, that our individuality is defined by our consumption choices, that we are always, always lacking *something* in ourselves but that happiness and completeness are only a purchase away...
And no, I'm not trying to deny the influence our marketing-saturated world has had on *me*. I just resent it, and the marketeers who helped create such a system.
As a former Montrealer and a soon-to-be Ottawan, I just have to ask -- what the hell sort of monstrous snow creature spawned you?!?;)
Seriously, though, good luck down south. I would like to hope that America can revive its progressive spirit (the one we saw in the 30s and 60s), but, well...good luck. The super-elites have been concentrating power in their hands for 30 years or so now (why does Reagan have such a great reputation down there when he planted the seeds for so many of todays problems?), and it will be hell to pry it out of their hands.
English is simple and that's why it has succeeded.
Huh? No, English is dominant now because of U.S. economic and military hegemony since WWII. If simplicity did really...erm..."triumf", Esperanto would be the language of offices.
Long distance phone calls work, right? Pretty damn reliably, as a matter of fact. And -- GASP -- it's a UN organization that maintains the system! ZOMG NWO One World Government GET THE GUNS MA!!!
You want to stabilize the population, focus on industrializing the Third World.
But perhaps the real problem is not just the number of people, but what they're consuming. Remember that one citizen of an industrialized country consumes many times more of the world's resources -- food, oil, everything -- than a villager in sub-Saharan Africa.
I'm no ham, but I think the difference is that in the case of a cellphone, *you* aren't sending that message across the world -- your cellphone carrier is. You're dependent on them; if they go down, your phone becomes absolutely useless. The ham operator, on the other hand, is actually self-sufficient.
Some people value that, *especially* in emergencies like what we're talking about here, when ham radio became literally the *only* method of communication available.
I suspect you may be forgetting one thing: the fact that it is virtually entirely chance is perhaps one of the reasons the wealthy are/were attracted to baccarat. Some people see games that are more or less unskilled and that rely purely on chance as the truest form of gambling. Roulette is another example of this.
Your new perspective warrants a review of US foreign policy since the end of WWII. Look at what the US has done in places like South America and Indochina for yourself. Without the cheery propaganda about democracy (which is often directly contradicted by the reality of what and whom the US supports) you may start to understand how so much of the world can see the US as the "bad guys".
No, Morgoth just comes along and steals 'em. But then we have to deal with a bunch of pissed of Noldor rampaging around, what with their secret kingdoms and bloody Oath.:(
Y'know, the Bush administration gives people many legitimate things to worry about and to criticize. Things that any American concerned with fiscal responsibility, civil liberty, and the deaths of thousands of human lives in the name of the American flag should be concerned about -- *regardless* of political affiliation.
You're mistaken if you think the frequent criticisms directed at Bush and his administration are the result of some mindless vendetta or liberal routine.
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Still, you'd probably be able to wear some pretty neat hats and attract hot goth girls. ;)
Dude, I know in the States the word has a bad reputation, but they're called unions (guilds were largely heriditary -- I don't think that's what you really want). People fought for 40 hour weeks and other basic humane conditions for a reason, and guess what...? They won (in part, for a while) for a reason too. Part of that reason is just practical on the part of the elite: that if people get pushed too hard, they push back, and that's no good for anybody.
It's either that or start repopulating major cities with large carnivors to take care of the slow and the week...it would take care of the obsesity problem
Good idea. I propose we begin the mass euthanization by getting rid of the societal dead weight who confuse simple homonyms and can't spell.
...there's a difference?
What good does evidence based medicine to do people who have no or inadequate access to it?
No, I think you have it backwards. Non-US governments buying bonds has been one of the few things keeping the greenback from collapsing. It's when they *stop* buying USD that you'll see a *real* drop.
The public school I went to (in Canada) did a comparative religions thing, culminating in a "temple tour" where we had a field trip to, iirc, Buddhist, Muslim, and Sikh temples. You know, looking back, I think we actually skipped Christianity -- probably figuring we already had a great deal of general background information already ground into us.
German pronunciation is easy, once you get the hang of it -- it's consistent, at least, which is a big advantage. For me it really is the grammar that's the killer. Someone once said "I'd rather decline a beer than a German verb."
If you're interested in this sorta stuff, a great place to start is Foucault's "History of Sexuality".
I don't see too much Hebrew in Fremen culture, but there is some Buddhist thought there. Explicitly so; the Fremen descended from the Zensunni wanderers.
More than to brainwash us to buy individual products, the main work that advertising performs is to condition our basic assumptions about how we as individuals relate to other individuals and objects. Almost all ads say similar things to us; things like that freedom can be reduced to that of the marketplace, that our individuality is defined by our consumption choices, that we are always, always lacking *something* in ourselves but that happiness and completeness are only a purchase away...
And no, I'm not trying to deny the influence our marketing-saturated world has had on *me*. I just resent it, and the marketeers who helped create such a system.
As a former Montrealer and a soon-to-be Ottawan, I just have to ask -- what the hell sort of monstrous snow creature spawned you?!? ;)
Seriously, though, good luck down south. I would like to hope that America can revive its progressive spirit (the one we saw in the 30s and 60s), but, well...good luck. The super-elites have been concentrating power in their hands for 30 years or so now (why does Reagan have such a great reputation down there when he planted the seeds for so many of todays problems?), and it will be hell to pry it out of their hands.
Huh? No, English is dominant now because of U.S. economic and military hegemony since WWII. If simplicity did really...erm..."triumf", Esperanto would be the language of offices.
O how sweet.
Long distance phone calls work, right? Pretty damn reliably, as a matter of fact. And -- GASP -- it's a UN organization that maintains the system! ZOMG NWO One World Government GET THE GUNS MA!!!
But perhaps the real problem is not just the number of people, but what they're consuming. Remember that one citizen of an industrialized country consumes many times more of the world's resources -- food, oil, everything -- than a villager in sub-Saharan Africa.
the editors should of caught my writing
It's "should have". "Should of" is gibberish.
Don't forget about Konqueror. :(
(Sorry, I just loves me my Konq!)
Some people value that, *especially* in emergencies like what we're talking about here, when ham radio became literally the *only* method of communication available.
A /.er, scared of genitalia...? I guess this proves the saying about people being scared of the unknown!
I suspect you may be forgetting one thing: the fact that it is virtually entirely chance is perhaps one of the reasons the wealthy are/were attracted to baccarat. Some people see games that are more or less unskilled and that rely purely on chance as the truest form of gambling. Roulette is another example of this.
Conflict of interest? Welcome to the military-industrial-congressional complex, the backbone of US hegemony.
Your new perspective warrants a review of US foreign policy since the end of WWII. Look at what the US has done in places like South America and Indochina for yourself. Without the cheery propaganda about democracy (which is often directly contradicted by the reality of what and whom the US supports) you may start to understand how so much of the world can see the US as the "bad guys".
No, Morgoth just comes along and steals 'em. But then we have to deal with a bunch of pissed of Noldor rampaging around, what with their secret kingdoms and bloody Oath. :(
You're mistaken if you think the frequent criticisms directed at Bush and his administration are the result of some mindless vendetta or liberal routine.