There's better places to look for comparisons between collectivism and capitalism. Ayn Rand was at best a propagandist and a writer of schlock.
I always giggle a bit when I see Ayn Rand cited as a source for the failure of communism and/or the support of capitalism. She wrote fiction. And not particularly good fiction either; one dimensional morality tales that at heart were relatively boring.
As much as I hate to admit it, children are a public good. They should be supported by taxes.
One flight in an airplane w/a squalling infant who takes a dump 3 minutes into takeoff will have you reading Swift's Modest Proposal as a How-To guide.
I never really got the whole "look we'll hide the file type for you! So convenient!" thing in Windows. The first thing I do on a new Windows box is unhide system files and unhide known extensions.
And a whole bunch of other file display changes; icons don't help me as much as created date, file type, etc.
Cannibalizing, in market-ese, is when you have 2 products that compete for the same space. An example is 2 low cost printers. . . they are both eating each other's sales. I.e. cannibalizing.
In this case I believe it's used incorrectly, as it's supposed to be specifically when you OWN both products. Otherwise it's just plain ol' competition.
A little silly to go into hysterics about the business world based on their choice of "cannibal" don't you think? There's lots of other stuff you can get all histrionic about, without resorting to really silly arguments that water down the real dangers of ungoverned corporatism.
I want to agree with you, but I don't know why! Because you didn't indicate why he's wrong or back it up with any sort of assertions. Why you were modded insightful is interesting to me.
So could you please refute his argument with, oh, I don't know, data?
Isn't that simply punctuated equilibrium? I'd thought it was already considered part of current evolutionary theory. I'm a neophyte so I'm probably way off; someone correct me. (and no FSM references please; they're already hack and it's under a year old)
This is 2 CRM products in development, of which Siebel is the better of the two. So, you lay off the ppl on the dog. It has little to do with their outsourcing efforts, however you feel about them.
This is trimming redundancies in 2 CRM packages that are soon to be one CRM package. AFAIK there's no such thing as an open-source CRM solution.
Of course, AFAIK there's no such thing as a proprietary CRM solution but that's just the cynic in me.
Also - my guess is the developers and whatnot they'd be laying off are the ones developing Oracle's CRM product, which was/is a dog.
The whole point of Oracle picking up Siebel was to get the best-of-breed CRM package and integrate it into the Oracle suite. Naturally this causes some redundancies (on the Oracle side) and people are going bye-bye.
The only irony is anybody at Oracle who thought their job was safe when the acquisition began; if you're on the dog product you should be updating your resume as soon as you smell rumors of an acquisition.
Is it ok if I make sweeping generalizations based on the contents of the Koran?
The main problem is the fundamentalist "zealots" are actually following the words of their religion to the letter. The moderates we house in the states are doing the same thing moderate Christians and Jews do, which is ignore a significant portion of their holy texts in order to get by in the modern world.
Islam, in specific, is the worst culprit out there right now primarily because of its relative youth. But it is, at heart, a martyr driven death cult. And that's a problem in living with the rest of us, particularly when you're dealing with a religion that classifies the world as Islam or Infidel.
Liberalism is all fine and dandy when it's not kill or be killed, but at this point I think the Islamic populace is showing their true colors.
Finally, the reaction to these cartoons was fomented by a tour of the offending cartoons (as I stated in the GP) that also included cartoons that were simply never published. This was a calculated move, probably related to placing political pressure on Denmark as it's now a member of the UN Atomic Council. Or whatever it's called.
1) The objection is simply the image of Mohammed. The cartoons that were published weren't that bad by any standards.
The frenzy whipped up utilized a lot of cartoons that weren't even published. They were much more inflammatory, but the big point is that they're made up. Denmark didn't publish them.
Bottom line is these 14th century nitwits armed with modern technology are a danger to everyone for their ease of manipulation and lack of reason when it comes to anything remotely regarding Islam.
I really doubt Moslems are going to survive in their form for another 50 years. They either blunt themselves (as Christians did) or they're eliminated just like every other non-viable belief system. (Shakers, zoarastrians, et al)
That's quite a synergistic paradigm you're actioning. You have my buy-in provided you can assimilate one intelligent incremental quality improvement: learn how to spell emperor.
Sam Harris in End of Faith makes the assertion that moderate followers of a religion are just as harmful (or more) than fanatics/fundamentalists as they're the ones who foment a normalizing attitude towards the belief systems.
Interesting book, all in all, I'm about 1/3 through it.
"Now that this guy is found out to be a fraud, it begs the question as to how many other people are holding positions that they neither deserve nor are qualified to hold? "
The Shroud is old news. . . the Church had a bunch of different scientists attempt to date it years ago.
"In 1988, the Vatican allowed the shroud to be dated by three independent sources--Oxford University, the University of Arizona, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology--and each of them dated the cloth as originating in medieval times, around 1350." (Source)
But hey, faith's a funny thing. And not funny haha, unless you think drowning cats are hilarious as well.
I've heard it's just what you're looking for. I couldn't get through the tutorial, myself; I require a little bit less of a learning curve for my online stuff.
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I always giggle a bit when I see Ayn Rand cited as a source for the failure of communism and/or the support of capitalism. She wrote fiction. And not particularly good fiction either; one dimensional morality tales that at heart were relatively boring.
One flight in an airplane w/a squalling infant who takes a dump 3 minutes into takeoff will have you reading Swift's Modest Proposal as a How-To guide.
I'd mod you funny if I could. I don't know why, either. But I laughed when I read your post.
And a whole bunch of other file display changes; icons don't help me as much as created date, file type, etc.
Anyway. This was a useful post.
No moving parts? I waited for the nano specifically for the lack of an HD, as I dropped my discman about twice a year.
In this case I believe it's used incorrectly, as it's supposed to be specifically when you OWN both products. Otherwise it's just plain ol' competition.
A little silly to go into hysterics about the business world based on their choice of "cannibal" don't you think? There's lots of other stuff you can get all histrionic about, without resorting to really silly arguments that water down the real dangers of ungoverned corporatism.
The whitespace is what the barcode reader "reads", not the black part. Laser reflection and all that jazz.
it's a quote from the Big Lebowski. Just seemed fitting cuz of my handle.
So could you please refute his argument with, oh, I don't know, data?
Isn't that simply punctuated equilibrium? I'd thought it was already considered part of current evolutionary theory. I'm a neophyte so I'm probably way off; someone correct me. (and no FSM references please; they're already hack and it's under a year old)
This is 2 CRM products in development, of which Siebel is the better of the two. So, you lay off the ppl on the dog. It has little to do with their outsourcing efforts, however you feel about them.
This is trimming redundancies in 2 CRM packages that are soon to be one CRM package. AFAIK there's no such thing as an open-source CRM solution.
Of course, AFAIK there's no such thing as a proprietary CRM solution but that's just the cynic in me.
The whole point of Oracle picking up Siebel was to get the best-of-breed CRM package and integrate it into the Oracle suite. Naturally this causes some redundancies (on the Oracle side) and people are going bye-bye.
The only irony is anybody at Oracle who thought their job was safe when the acquisition began; if you're on the dog product you should be updating your resume as soon as you smell rumors of an acquisition.
The main problem is the fundamentalist "zealots" are actually following the words of their religion to the letter. The moderates we house in the states are doing the same thing moderate Christians and Jews do, which is ignore a significant portion of their holy texts in order to get by in the modern world.
Islam, in specific, is the worst culprit out there right now primarily because of its relative youth. But it is, at heart, a martyr driven death cult. And that's a problem in living with the rest of us, particularly when you're dealing with a religion that classifies the world as Islam or Infidel.
Liberalism is all fine and dandy when it's not kill or be killed, but at this point I think the Islamic populace is showing their true colors.
Finally, the reaction to these cartoons was fomented by a tour of the offending cartoons (as I stated in the GP) that also included cartoons that were simply never published. This was a calculated move, probably related to placing political pressure on Denmark as it's now a member of the UN Atomic Council. Or whatever it's called.
Can't trust anyone who borders on China, if you ask me.
parent comment withdrawn; I just reread the post I responded to and realized I'm a complete moron.
Bottom line is these 14th century nitwits armed with modern technology are a danger to everyone for their ease of manipulation and lack of reason when it comes to anything remotely regarding Islam.
I really doubt Moslems are going to survive in their form for another 50 years. They either blunt themselves (as Christians did) or they're eliminated just like every other non-viable belief system. (Shakers, zoarastrians, et al)
That's quite a synergistic paradigm you're actioning. You have my buy-in provided you can assimilate one intelligent incremental quality improvement: learn how to spell emperor.
That means he can run again! Shhh! (stolen from Al Franken)
It could have been elbow and ass. Then you could apply for a career in marketing. (shamelessly plagiarized from Dilbert)
Interesting book, all in all, I'm about 1/3 through it.
Let's start with the President! *ducks*
"In 1988, the Vatican allowed the shroud to be dated by three independent sources--Oxford University, the University of Arizona, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology--and each of them dated the cloth as originating in medieval times, around 1350." (Source)
But hey, faith's a funny thing. And not funny haha, unless you think drowning cats are hilarious as well.
I've heard it's just what you're looking for. I couldn't get through the tutorial, myself; I require a little bit less of a learning curve for my online stuff.
I do, but they'd fire me if I said anything!