I'm not sure if you are being patronizing, but everybody is well aware that the US economy dwarfs any other. In fact, the revenues of the company I work for (not MS) are much greater than the GNP of many nations.
Be that as it may, you offer no evidence at all that these multinational economic and trade organizations will impose devastating economic sanctions on non-member (let alone member) countries. Has it ever happened? Is there any reason to believe it will? The fact is, no country is forced to join those groups, and no country that joins is forced to stay. But they do join, and in droves, because the benefits of lowering trade barriers overwhelmingly outweigh the costs. Particularly for the small countries you seem to be championing.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
When has the US acted in any way as the army for GATT, WTO, or any other trade organization? The US contributes some troops to NATO and UN peacekeeping forces, but that's it, as far as I know.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
I don't think you are followung this arguement properly. By 'organizations' I was referring to GATT, WTO, etc. - not multinational corps.
In any case, US intelligence has made US corps aware of bribery and corruption that is so often rampant in the markets they are trying to enter. Do you have any evidence that they have received any information that would give them an unfair competitive advantage, like trade secrets or business plans? I have seen no such evidence.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
No, it's an example of Capitalism working. Canadian citizens prefer low prices and good selection of Walmart to inefficient smaller stores. They get them. It's also known as economic liberty. You may not like this, but you cannot impose your will on thousands of consumers without being a common fascist.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
Many people buy books because they are prominently placed and sold within bookstores. Publishers pay through the nose for this privelege. They even pay extra to have the front of the book facing the customer, instead of the spine. (Amazingly) this increases the book's popularity.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
Your feeling of gravity is in almost NO WAY related to the rotation of the Earth. If anything, it would take a much much faster spin to lighten you just a few percent, and even then the effect would only be noticable in the more tropical regions. And it's extraordinarily unlikely that the planet was much less massive.
It seems much more plausible that we are either overestimating the mass of the animals or underestimating the ingenuity of their musculature.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
If you look towards the bottom of the page, you'll see that their skeletons, including the 'seismosaur', are available for rental for at least part of the year. It would make a nice centerpiece for a school dance. Or maybe a gigantic scarecrow.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
Teancom, he's a troll, and is saying that to be provocative. His was post #3 and it's a complete fabrication. He was just waiting for a story to troll.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
I don't buy "the cheap crap". But that "cheap crap" works just fine on non-Athlon systems. Namebrand memory can be good or not so good. Most of the time you are not paying for quality, but rather a lifetime warranty.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
It's not really a problem so much as an increased sensitivity to memory quality. I'm not aware of any rigorous demonstration of this, it's just sort of a sense people are getting (myself included) who have worked with both systems. The benefits of AMD outweigh, though.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
I'd rather live in Cold War Chile or Argentina than Cold War Poland. I suppose you think it was totally wrong for us to be allied with Stalin against Hitler, too?
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
You don't think the Soviet union was deterred by American weapons? Then you are in the minority. Consider also that the US was unaware at the time that spies had sold them instructions on how to build their own such weapons.
But you are right in asserting that nuking on the moon was unnecessary, since it did in fact turn out to be unnecessary. But the military thinks up lots and lots of ideas that they never use.
Incidentally, it may have been a 'pissing contest,' but it meant the difference between slavery and liberty, as the citizens of Georgia or Eastern Europe could attest.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
If one had to demonstrate the ability to detonate such a weapon, I can't think of a safer place to do it. Considering that the old Soviet Union was aggressively expansionist in nature, such a deterrance was potentially a useful thing.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
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"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
Be that as it may, you offer no evidence at all that these multinational economic and trade organizations will impose devastating economic sanctions on non-member (let alone member) countries. Has it ever happened? Is there any reason to believe it will? The fact is, no country is forced to join those groups, and no country that joins is forced to stay. But they do join, and in droves, because the benefits of lowering trade barriers overwhelmingly outweigh the costs. Particularly for the small countries you seem to be championing.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
In any case, US intelligence has made US corps aware of bribery and corruption that is so often rampant in the markets they are trying to enter. Do you have any evidence that they have received any information that would give them an unfair competitive advantage, like trade secrets or business plans? I have seen no such evidence.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
It seems much more plausible that we are either overestimating the mass of the animals or underestimating the ingenuity of their musculature.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
But you are right in asserting that nuking on the moon was unnecessary, since it did in fact turn out to be unnecessary. But the military thinks up lots and lots of ideas that they never use.
Incidentally, it may have been a 'pissing contest,' but it meant the difference between slavery and liberty, as the citizens of Georgia or Eastern Europe could attest.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
Organic matter does not glow when it is radioactive.
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."