Until it reaches maturity, though, U.S. readers can pay for other forms of green energy.
Green Energy as in "Green Berets?"
Shouldn't that rather be beige energy, then?
Look at Iraq today:
Does it have elections? Yes
Is it a working and stable democracy? Definitely not
Are dozens of people dying every day, because the country is in a state of half a civil war? Yes
Also, don't mistake voter turnout for a sign of a healthy democracy. Dictatorships usually have the highest turnouts in their fake votes than any real democracy and by some standards, the USA have the lowest voter turnout worldwide, yet it seems to be working well, doesn't it?
No I'm not saying NK is good for the people, but Bush isn't likely going to attack NK anytime soon anyway. Look at Cuba for example. They have a regime that is non-democratic and in Bush's opinion would have to be replaced. Yet Cuba isn't that bad off and they have a health-care system that is splendid, particularly in rural regions.
That system would collapse faster than you could say "splat", if the regime was overturned and the country emerged in a classical capitalist market.
I seriously doubt they'd be better off without Castro, even if he has his faults.
Iran is similar, only that their regime is founded on religion. Overturning their regime is like going into the Amazon and try to mission some indians that catholicism is the way to go.
We stopped doing that 100 years ago, why start over now?
No, certainly not, but I never doubted that.
I was merely trying to point out that both regimes have the idea that their form of governance & power is the right one that has to be defended at all costs.
In case of NK, this means, after the international failure of socialism, defending what is left. Under the pressure of nations like the USA, they aparently feel they need nuclear weapons to ensure that safety. The USA in turn has been following a policy of an offensive defense by trying to "seed democracy" wherever it isn't established yet.
I don't believe in seeding by force (read: going to war) nor am I naive enough to think that democracy can be established in every country in the world within a few years. This is a process that has taken many generations in Europe and even in the USA. Plus, who has the right to say, that other forms of government can't be good for the people too? What's wrong with a monarchy everybody likes? What's wrong with an aristocraty that nobody wants to oppose?
Bush doesn't differentiate between parliamentary democracies, semi-presidential and presidential democracies either, although the differences are without doubt substantial at times.
I don't think the world is going to be a safer place, after the USA have stirred up all the now stable nations that Bush feels are non-democratic.
If you think about it: Which armed conflict the USA have been part of has been settled in the way the US intended, since WW2?
That's right, none.
Bush is not going to appease the world by going to war against it.
I support people in my spare time, mostly Macs, as this is where I'm at home.
I usually tell my customers to pay me as much as my services are worth to them.
If I have to fix a mission-critical network printer setup, that can go up to 60.-/h, while others just prefer to pay a fixed sum for a variable time, amounting to 15-25.-/h on average.
For some of the poorer people I just tell them I'll do it over lunchtime and they serve me a menu and that's it. Of course I also support most of them over the phone from time to time, and that is always free.
It all depends on how you like the job and how much time you can spend.
If I had to live off it, I'd go for around 60/h.
What's that got to do with socialism?
Trying not to destroy the ground you are standing on is socialism to you?
Let's be serious, even if only a fraction of the promises recyclers make are true, it's still a lot better than nothing at all. And I wouldn't consider a measly 10$ charge for a computer to be that much.
You could have paid the recycling fee of more than a dozen computers per US citizen, instead of going to war against Iraq alone. You could probably have bought a dozen new computers for every citizen, if we count in all the pointless wars and conflicts, arms and weapon research programs the US has spent money on.
It's interesting, how some people don't give a shit about what happens to their tax money, yet scream all bloody gore, when they have to pay 10$ more for a 1000$ computer...
If you're not willing to try and improve things, it'll only get worse. Then again, you probably prefer to live on an ancient landfill with tons of lead and dioxins in the soil underneath your feet. I sure don't.
Good luck staying on top of something that will eventually collapse under your weight.
Do you prefer to pay money to third-world countries to buy some of their CO2 contingent, that they won't be using for another few decades anyway?
Sounds like losing money AND losing the environment, if you continue with this.
Your point about Switzerland being smaller than the US is seriously flawed. Like the US, Switzerland is a federation of fairly autonomous cantons, or states if you want. 26 of them actually, who have different approaches to different problems. But the recycling problem was solved nationally and successfully so, even if it is clear that Zürich most likely produces tenfold the amount of electronic waste as Nidwalden, for example. There really is no excuse in the size of the country, rather the opposite.
I'm aware that politics and policies in the US are rather strongly influenced by the economy, even more so than here. As for staying on top of the world, there are many different approaches to that.
Making war to countries you happen to not like, offending other countries and the UN, throwing sticks between the legs of international treaties and generally brute-forcing your own interests whereever possible is not the way to do it.
Or have you ever seen a regime that built on force and violence become accepted, stable and durable?
I know the last few attempts failed miserably and got huge entries in today's history books.
So why shouldn't it also work in the US, where likely the highest volume of computers and electronics is being used (or thrown away).
Here in Switzerland we've had a mandatory recycling fee of 20.- (15$) for quite some time and hardly anyone has been complaining about it.
For about a year, you can now have your electronics recycled or having taken care of for free in every community with a recycling center (glass, metal, oil, PET, PE, batteries, gas cans, green waste etc).
You paid for it in advance, after all.
Works nicely and eliminates the problem of wrongly discarded materials a lot.
When again, we also signed the Kyoto protocols...
This might be something your NEXT president might push through.
You do realize that a difference of 11C is exactly equal to a difference of 11K, do you?
The sole difference is that Celsius starts at the freezing point of water (0C, which is, afair, 273K). Kelvin starts at 0K, which is absolute zero, which is therefore accordingly around -273C. The scale is identical, the starting point is not.
Interesting how confident they are, that the Dollar will once again surpass the Euro.
If current foreign politics in the USA continue to circle around making war to arab states, this is not going to happen anytime soon.
I don't know what you did to your expander application but it looks just fine here. Custom Icon and all that.
Probably try downloading it again.
BTW Netscape is still a very fine overall package by all standards.
Was advertised as this way back, you guys surely remember, because that caused quite a stir among Wintel people who can't live with provocative advertisement:D
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Unfortunately, in WoW, more than in any other game, Skill Gear, and not vice versa.
They probably just figured out how to attach their helmet to a hijacked phoneline and then surf the internet for porn on their HUD.
a bit like the G.E.C.K. from Fallout.
Until it reaches maturity, though, U.S. readers can pay for other forms of green energy. Green Energy as in "Green Berets?" Shouldn't that rather be beige energy, then?
Look at Iraq today: Does it have elections? Yes Is it a working and stable democracy? Definitely not Are dozens of people dying every day, because the country is in a state of half a civil war? Yes Also, don't mistake voter turnout for a sign of a healthy democracy. Dictatorships usually have the highest turnouts in their fake votes than any real democracy and by some standards, the USA have the lowest voter turnout worldwide, yet it seems to be working well, doesn't it? No I'm not saying NK is good for the people, but Bush isn't likely going to attack NK anytime soon anyway. Look at Cuba for example. They have a regime that is non-democratic and in Bush's opinion would have to be replaced. Yet Cuba isn't that bad off and they have a health-care system that is splendid, particularly in rural regions. That system would collapse faster than you could say "splat", if the regime was overturned and the country emerged in a classical capitalist market. I seriously doubt they'd be better off without Castro, even if he has his faults. Iran is similar, only that their regime is founded on religion. Overturning their regime is like going into the Amazon and try to mission some indians that catholicism is the way to go. We stopped doing that 100 years ago, why start over now?
No, certainly not, but I never doubted that. I was merely trying to point out that both regimes have the idea that their form of governance & power is the right one that has to be defended at all costs. In case of NK, this means, after the international failure of socialism, defending what is left. Under the pressure of nations like the USA, they aparently feel they need nuclear weapons to ensure that safety. The USA in turn has been following a policy of an offensive defense by trying to "seed democracy" wherever it isn't established yet. I don't believe in seeding by force (read: going to war) nor am I naive enough to think that democracy can be established in every country in the world within a few years. This is a process that has taken many generations in Europe and even in the USA. Plus, who has the right to say, that other forms of government can't be good for the people too? What's wrong with a monarchy everybody likes? What's wrong with an aristocraty that nobody wants to oppose? Bush doesn't differentiate between parliamentary democracies, semi-presidential and presidential democracies either, although the differences are without doubt substantial at times. I don't think the world is going to be a safer place, after the USA have stirred up all the now stable nations that Bush feels are non-democratic. If you think about it: Which armed conflict the USA have been part of has been settled in the way the US intended, since WW2? That's right, none. Bush is not going to appease the world by going to war against it.
Sounds like Bush's inauguration speech to me...
I support people in my spare time, mostly Macs, as this is where I'm at home. I usually tell my customers to pay me as much as my services are worth to them. If I have to fix a mission-critical network printer setup, that can go up to 60.-/h, while others just prefer to pay a fixed sum for a variable time, amounting to 15-25.-/h on average. For some of the poorer people I just tell them I'll do it over lunchtime and they serve me a menu and that's it. Of course I also support most of them over the phone from time to time, and that is always free. It all depends on how you like the job and how much time you can spend. If I had to live off it, I'd go for around 60/h.
What's that got to do with socialism? Trying not to destroy the ground you are standing on is socialism to you? Let's be serious, even if only a fraction of the promises recyclers make are true, it's still a lot better than nothing at all. And I wouldn't consider a measly 10$ charge for a computer to be that much. You could have paid the recycling fee of more than a dozen computers per US citizen, instead of going to war against Iraq alone. You could probably have bought a dozen new computers for every citizen, if we count in all the pointless wars and conflicts, arms and weapon research programs the US has spent money on. It's interesting, how some people don't give a shit about what happens to their tax money, yet scream all bloody gore, when they have to pay 10$ more for a 1000$ computer... If you're not willing to try and improve things, it'll only get worse. Then again, you probably prefer to live on an ancient landfill with tons of lead and dioxins in the soil underneath your feet. I sure don't.
Good luck staying on top of something that will eventually collapse under your weight. Do you prefer to pay money to third-world countries to buy some of their CO2 contingent, that they won't be using for another few decades anyway? Sounds like losing money AND losing the environment, if you continue with this. Your point about Switzerland being smaller than the US is seriously flawed. Like the US, Switzerland is a federation of fairly autonomous cantons, or states if you want. 26 of them actually, who have different approaches to different problems. But the recycling problem was solved nationally and successfully so, even if it is clear that Zürich most likely produces tenfold the amount of electronic waste as Nidwalden, for example. There really is no excuse in the size of the country, rather the opposite. I'm aware that politics and policies in the US are rather strongly influenced by the economy, even more so than here. As for staying on top of the world, there are many different approaches to that. Making war to countries you happen to not like, offending other countries and the UN, throwing sticks between the legs of international treaties and generally brute-forcing your own interests whereever possible is not the way to do it. Or have you ever seen a regime that built on force and violence become accepted, stable and durable? I know the last few attempts failed miserably and got huge entries in today's history books.
So why shouldn't it also work in the US, where likely the highest volume of computers and electronics is being used (or thrown away). Here in Switzerland we've had a mandatory recycling fee of 20.- (15$) for quite some time and hardly anyone has been complaining about it. For about a year, you can now have your electronics recycled or having taken care of for free in every community with a recycling center (glass, metal, oil, PET, PE, batteries, gas cans, green waste etc). You paid for it in advance, after all. Works nicely and eliminates the problem of wrongly discarded materials a lot. When again, we also signed the Kyoto protocols... This might be something your NEXT president might push through.
You do realize that a difference of 11C is exactly equal to a difference of 11K, do you? The sole difference is that Celsius starts at the freezing point of water (0C, which is, afair, 273K). Kelvin starts at 0K, which is absolute zero, which is therefore accordingly around -273C. The scale is identical, the starting point is not.
Interesting how confident they are, that the Dollar will once again surpass the Euro. If current foreign politics in the USA continue to circle around making war to arab states, this is not going to happen anytime soon.
that all doesn't matter, as there won't be any cards that do not match these requirements, once longhorn ships in about 20 years.
I don't know what you did to your expander application but it looks just fine here. Custom Icon and all that. Probably try downloading it again. BTW Netscape is still a very fine overall package by all standards.
Was advertised as this way back, you guys surely remember, because that caused quite a stir among Wintel people who can't live with provocative advertisement:D