"The war in 2008 in Georgia is a good example of this; Georgia was a NATO ally, and yet the US did nothing to support them when invaded by the Russians (due to our Middle East wars), not only did that show Georgia who was the biggest kid on the block, it showed every other country in the Caucasus who was too."
Wouldn't that be more equivalent to the Falkland Islands?
Bloc Quebecois were also official opposition party in the 90ies.
It used to be simple: Centre Right: Vote Tory Hard Right: vote Reformist Centre Left: Vote liberal Hard Left: Vote NDP Seperatist: Vote Bloc
Which is why we've mostly been governed by tories or liberals, the two parties were moderates, and the majority of people are moderates.
But now, we have a reformist prime minister because moderate conservatives have no one to vote for, and there is enough talk about joining the NDP and Libs together to unite the left, which, as a moderate centre-left guy, I am very much against. Let the hard left goto the liberals now, and keep us moderates happy with the NDP.
"Unfortunately, this is not something should have to be governed in the first place." -- i_ate_god
We shouldn't need to have more authority, there should be some common sense.
And anyways, why would you trust them? Or anyone else? Human beings are human beings, and are more than capable of making irresponsible, irrational decisions. It's part of what makes humanity what it is. Thus, when you have a group of people whose fate rests in the hands of their leader (soldiers -> captain, students -> teacher, employees -> boss, so on and so forth), then when members of that group start developing personal relationships with that leader, platonic or otherwise, it has a strong chance to negatively affect the rest of the group (preferential treatment), because that's how humans are.
Unfortunately, this is not something should have to be governed in the first place.
Teachers can not be friends with students. They have to be leaders and educators, not friends. There are numerous other examples of hierarchical structures where inter-hierarchy friendship is generally... a bad idea.
Everyone is flipping out over the Oracle vs. Google judgement, and this comes out of no where?! This is exactly what everyone on slashdot wanted, but no one was talking about a case whose out come has similar ramifications!?
It can come immediately after Harper secures more trade deals with the rest of the world.
I don't like Harper, him and I have no social values in common whatsoever. But he is smart enough to understand that Canada can't realy so heavily on the US for economy. So I say let him do that, then get Thomas Mulcair into the PMO and let him fix shit.
The new federal budget included a lot of nasties. As much as I'm glad to see the penny go away, I can't help but think it's a ploy by the conservatives to deflect attention away from all the nasties they included in the budget.
Most people on the fringes of an ideology tend to have a lot of blind hatred towards the opposing fringes of opposing idealogies, that they don't see how their own decisions affect themselves, just how it will affect their "enemies".
Firefly Jericho Flashforward SG:U (the best of the stargates no less) Caprica
The problems with these shows are that they target a small audience but have a big budget.
Reality TV costs very very little, and sadly, appeals to a much wider audience.
Which is why you have stations like HBO. HBO is a premium service, but you get what you pay for, a lot of quality shows. And now that HBO has ventured into fantasy with Game of Thrones, one could only hope that HBO will do something science-fiction. If anything, HBO is the perfect candidate to create (they don't actually create anything, but you know what I mean), once and for all, a proper, accurate, video production of Dune. Dune has everything Game of Thrones has: weird metaphysical magic, intense and deep politics, a little bit of incest, it's perfect!
And if not Dune, then something else. I'd have faith in a live action version of Ghost in the Shell if it was produced by a company that HBO hires.
"Musicians make money playing live. the biggest moneymaker, this time tour is funded and profited by musician not industry."
I guess you've never performed live, or had to deal with venue owners/managers in any capacity whatsoever.
For large scale productions, you need large venues that charge well over $10,000/night to rent. That's JUST the rental fee. For small scale performances, you need to deal with owners/managers who feel that by giving you the privilege to play, they are doing you a favour, sometimes CHARGING YOU to play at THEIR venue.
Do you know why small venue owners get away with it? Because everyone wants to be a rock star and they'll do anything to achieve that status.
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"The war in 2008 in Georgia is a good example of this; Georgia was a NATO ally, and yet the US did nothing to support them when invaded by the Russians (due to our Middle East wars), not only did that show Georgia who was the biggest kid on the block, it showed every other country in the Caucasus who was too."
Wouldn't that be more equivalent to the Falkland Islands?
you're part of a team.
team wins together, and fails together. that's just how it is.
Bloc Quebecois were also official opposition party in the 90ies.
It used to be simple:
Centre Right: Vote Tory
Hard Right: vote Reformist
Centre Left: Vote liberal
Hard Left: Vote NDP
Seperatist: Vote Bloc
Which is why we've mostly been governed by tories or liberals, the two parties were moderates, and the majority of people are moderates.
But now, we have a reformist prime minister because moderate conservatives have no one to vote for, and there is enough talk about joining the NDP and Libs together to unite the left, which, as a moderate centre-left guy, I am very much against. Let the hard left goto the liberals now, and keep us moderates happy with the NDP.
Those ethical questions would be what exactly?
"Unfortunately, this is not something should have to be governed in the first place." -- i_ate_god
We shouldn't need to have more authority, there should be some common sense.
And anyways, why would you trust them? Or anyone else? Human beings are human beings, and are more than capable of making irresponsible, irrational decisions. It's part of what makes humanity what it is. Thus, when you have a group of people whose fate rests in the hands of their leader (soldiers -> captain, students -> teacher, employees -> boss, so on and so forth), then when members of that group start developing personal relationships with that leader, platonic or otherwise, it has a strong chance to negatively affect the rest of the group (preferential treatment), because that's how humans are.
Unfortunately, this is not something should have to be governed in the first place.
Teachers can not be friends with students. They have to be leaders and educators, not friends. There are numerous other examples of hierarchical structures where inter-hierarchy friendship is generally... a bad idea.
Everyone is flipping out over the Oracle vs. Google judgement, and this comes out of no where?! This is exactly what everyone on slashdot wanted, but no one was talking about a case whose out come has similar ramifications!?
What's going on!?
Curious...
the website is accessible in the state, so why doesn't it have a presence in the state?
Has this ever been argued anywhere? I'd be curious to see the answers.
It's not like we make as much money as atheletes, so where do programmers go when they are 40?
Well, the middle east is going through it's own version of the Dark Ages, nothing more nothing less.
MS Office and Windows are monopolies.
Just because alternatives exist, doesn't mean they are not monopolies.
and possibly the boulder
It can come immediately after Harper secures more trade deals with the rest of the world.
I don't like Harper, him and I have no social values in common whatsoever. But he is smart enough to understand that Canada can't realy so heavily on the US for economy. So I say let him do that, then get Thomas Mulcair into the PMO and let him fix shit.
The new federal budget included a lot of nasties. As much as I'm glad to see the penny go away, I can't help but think it's a ploy by the conservatives to deflect attention away from all the nasties they included in the budget.
So, by not supporting censorship, I'm a racist twat now?
A couple of drunk twitter posts and you get jail time?
That's maybe... taking things a little too seriously
I have yet to see a single recruiting firm or employer called out on doing this.
Most people on the fringes of an ideology tend to have a lot of blind hatred towards the opposing fringes of opposing idealogies, that they don't see how their own decisions affect themselves, just how it will affect their "enemies".
you need to look at some Quebecois french then, tabarnak de crisse callise!
Believe me, there is nothing nice or effeminate about that.
the mini series was true to the story line
the lynch film was true to the feeling
I did recently find an uncut version of the lynch film, and it has a lot more of the book in it.
Firefly
Jericho
Flashforward
SG:U (the best of the stargates no less)
Caprica
The problems with these shows are that they target a small audience but have a big budget.
Reality TV costs very very little, and sadly, appeals to a much wider audience.
Which is why you have stations like HBO. HBO is a premium service, but you get what you pay for, a lot of quality shows. And now that HBO has ventured into fantasy with Game of Thrones, one could only hope that HBO will do something science-fiction. If anything, HBO is the perfect candidate to create (they don't actually create anything, but you know what I mean), once and for all, a proper, accurate, video production of Dune. Dune has everything Game of Thrones has: weird metaphysical magic, intense and deep politics, a little bit of incest, it's perfect!
And if not Dune, then something else. I'd have faith in a live action version of Ghost in the Shell if it was produced by a company that HBO hires.
Legal issues aside, you can't please everyone.
And unfortunately, the ones who are displeased, while usually a minority, end up being the loudest bunch.
Wasn't that a proof of concept?
I don't find chrome's firebug equivalent to be as robust as FireBug.
"Musicians make money playing live. the biggest moneymaker, this time tour is funded and profited by musician not industry."
I guess you've never performed live, or had to deal with venue owners/managers in any capacity whatsoever.
For large scale productions, you need large venues that charge well over $10,000/night to rent. That's JUST the rental fee.
For small scale performances, you need to deal with owners/managers who feel that by giving you the privilege to play, they are doing you a favour, sometimes CHARGING YOU to play at THEIR venue.
Do you know why small venue owners get away with it? Because everyone wants to be a rock star and they'll do anything to achieve that status.
life is not as simple as you make it out to be