From outside the US, there are many shows that point out how bad the average American parent is and how little Americans excercise. The US leads the world in hours spent in front of the tv, proportion of obese people etc. Then we all head down that road. If the US could get fitter, not fatter, then maybe the rest of the planet (ok, read western pseudo-americanised countries) would follow suit. New Zealand is slowly getting fatter too, as our teenagers emulate the lifestyles we are drip-fed on tv. I only hope this is a phase that we will grow out of.
NOBODY understands how it works. It's a mutually exclusive state, like knowing the question and answer to the meaning of Life, The Universe, and Everything. Back on topic, China has how much of the total world population? I think they can damn well do as they please in their own country, and everyone else will still by their products because they are that much cheaper, and the guts have been ripped out of many countries' domestic textile producers due to this very fact.
Stupider. Difinitely
I would say that that vast number (>300,000 p.a.)is probably responsible for the large quantity of crap "As seen on TV" adds.
They let through yet another knife patent and we have suddenly got another Ginsu 2000 clone promo.
I sure do need another pair of suglasses (only 3 easy payments of $89.95 NZD) with interchangable lenses that will be replaced free of charge should I decided to jump on them.
I just wonder who holds the copy-right on "...but wait, there's more!"
Somewhere else in this discussion I posted that passwords are possibly only safe from dead people. I think you may have shown me where my theory is flawed wrong.
God help us from disgruntled recently deceased employees!
Ultimately the issue boils down to the fact that the only person a computer is really safe from is a stupid one. And they possibly have to be dead too.
Like in the classic game Scorched Earth - even a Moron would occasionally get the right angle and power to come under your mag deflector and waste you.
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From outside the US, there are many shows that point out how bad the average American parent is and how little Americans excercise. The US leads the world in hours spent in front of the tv, proportion of obese people etc. Then we all head down that road. If the US could get fitter, not fatter, then maybe the rest of the planet (ok, read western pseudo-americanised countries) would follow suit. New Zealand is slowly getting fatter too, as our teenagers emulate the lifestyles we are drip-fed on tv. I only hope this is a phase that we will grow out of.
Damn, and I thought the easy answer was to sit there tapping your heels. This wouldn't so much teach good exercise habits as nervous traits.
NOBODY understands how it works. It's a mutually exclusive state, like knowing the question and answer to the meaning of Life, The Universe, and Everything.
Back on topic, China has how much of the total world population? I think they can damn well do as they please in their own country, and everyone else will still by their products because they are that much cheaper, and the guts have been ripped out of many countries' domestic textile producers due to this very fact.
Think of how different Abu Ghraib might have been if prisoners and jailers had been on camera the whole time.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but they were on camera. If it was live, they may even have been worse.
Stupider. Difinitely
I would say that that vast number (>300,000 p.a.)is probably responsible for the large quantity of crap "As seen on TV" adds. They let through yet another knife patent and we have suddenly got another Ginsu 2000 clone promo.
I sure do need another pair of suglasses (only 3 easy payments of $89.95 NZD) with interchangable lenses that will be replaced free of charge should I decided to jump on them.
I just wonder who holds the copy-right on "...but wait, there's more!"
Somewhere else in this discussion I posted that passwords are possibly only safe from dead people. I think you may have shown me where my theory is flawed wrong. God help us from disgruntled recently deceased employees!
Ultimately the issue boils down to the fact that the only person a computer is really safe from is a stupid one. And they possibly have to be dead too. Like in the classic game Scorched Earth - even a Moron would occasionally get the right angle and power to come under your mag deflector and waste you.
Well, there was a little girl crossing the road today, and she didn't get hit by a car. There, that's real news for ya! ciao