This is what happens when you outsource production of a key component of a critical technology. Quoth the fine article,
The United States, Canada, Australia and other countries also have rare earths but most mining stopped in the 1990s as lower-cost Chinese ores came on the market.
In other words, it sounds like we set ourselves up for this by going for the quick buck.
Romney is surrounded by yes men? I think you somehow missed picking up on Obama's cult of personality.
Dude. Red-baiting ceased being fashionable at least 20 years ago.
In any case, you have got to be fucking kidding me. That article is so slanted, the text just about falls off the page. It's impossible to take seriously.
As for the charity thing, it may be true, but I doubt all that's just because he's a nice guy:
1. He's a Mormon. A big chunk of that is required by his church.
The non-snarky version: I'm a long-time fan, but it really helps get your points across better if you use established communication protocols. In written English, this means following the accepted rules for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This is much more effective (and nicer to them) than asking your audience to re-code to standards on the fly.
The snarky version: I ain't Hunter S. Thompson, and you ain't e. e. cummings.
If Al Gore had been President of the US, the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia would probably still be in effect. That means Europe would lack protection from Iranian ballistic missiles and the US from North Korean missiles. North Korea has nuclear weapons now, and Iran is pursuing them. Both of these countries are following their own agenda.
The leaders of Iran and North Korea are either smart enough to realise that actually using such sabres (as opposed to merely rattling them) would quickly result in their respective countries becoming prime sites for massive car parks.
Or they're not.
(Hint: When one side has 6 nukes, and the other side 6000+, MAD doesn't even begin to enter the picture.)
- Malpractice law... I don't have experience per se, but I think malpractice is kind of bullshit. I think every doctor wants to do a good job and certainly whatever is best for the patient. Doctors are human and don't know EVERYTHING.
I'll see you your inexperience and raise you one Jayant Patel.
(It just so happens I know people in two countries whose lives have been ruined by this man.)
Considering that phone shops everywhere sell... wait for it... armband-style phone holders specifically for outdoor/sports activities, I'd guess that you should stop looking in the mirror while you post, as it seems to confuse you quite a lot.
Yeah, people would want to jog around with the ever increasingly sized smartphones strapped to their wrists.
I'm sorry, you seem to have used the conditional mood where you intended the indicative...? B^)
Considering that phone shops everywhere sell... wait for it... armband-style phone holders specifically for outdoor/sports activities, I'd guess that you should stop looking in the mirror while you post, as it seems to confuse you quite a lot.
I keep a photo of my fiancée in a fairly prominent place on my desk, so I don't think it's either of those (interested in me, or thinking I'm gay). Maybe she just wants to be treated like a human.
For me, "work from home" means "work (from home)".
For the first few years that I had this job, I had no other way to work, since our nearest office was about 10 000 km away. The last few years, working in the office has become an option, but generally means getting less work done due to commute time and the distractions that are bound to occur whenever several dozen humans are shut in together for some hours in an enclosed space. What's even more distracting for me personally is that, for some reason, the hottest female in the office decided a few months back that we were lunch buddies. (I dunno, maybe I'm the only guy there who hasn't hit on her, or something.)
But you apparently make the assumption that "work from home" = "day off". That just sounds very strange to me.
I'm a sockpuppet that he created 4 or 5 years before his 'real' account, all so he could bait you with it a decade or so after creating 'Ash-Fox', right.
I kinda like that theory.
Maybe I should update my sig and let everyone else in on the fun.
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This is what happens when you outsource production of a key component of a critical technology. Quoth the fine article,
The United States, Canada, Australia and other countries also have rare earths but most mining stopped in the 1990s as lower-cost Chinese ores came on the market.
In other words, it sounds like we set ourselves up for this by going for the quick buck.
So you'd include my old classmate Bill Burkholder in that group. Good catch.
I'm allowed to be flippant where Florian's concerned. I used to work with him, and he was an arrogant, self-promoting dickhead back then, too.
A new world order where giant geckos run things? No problem.
I'm holding out for these guys, myself.
This is what the rascal Florian Mueller has to say:
I stopped reading there, anything Florian Mueller has to say is irrelevant.
Can somebody please offer a cluebat to the BBC, who keep quoting him as though anything he has to say is worthwhile? Thank you.
LaRouche and Ralph Nader, now there's a ticket I would vot for, just to be entertained for four years.
Why not LaRouche and Stalin?
Wow, Larry King's actually still alive? Seriously, I could swear I'd read something a while back saying that he'd died.
I guess you can tell I don't watch much television these days.
Romney is surrounded by yes men? I think you somehow missed picking up on Obama's cult of personality.
Dude. Red-baiting ceased being fashionable at least 20 years ago.
In any case, you have got to be fucking kidding me. That article is so slanted, the text just about falls off the page. It's impossible to take seriously.
As for the charity thing, it may be true, but I doubt all that's just because he's a nice guy:
1. He's a Mormon. A big chunk of that is required by his church.
2. Taxes.
3. PR win.
The non-snarky version: I'm a long-time fan, but it really helps get your points across better if you use established communication protocols. In written English, this means following the accepted rules for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This is much more effective (and nicer to them) than asking your audience to re-code to standards on the fly.
The snarky version: I ain't Hunter S. Thompson, and you ain't e. e. cummings.
Australia is expensive?
I've found it slightly cheaper to live there (which I did for about 6 years) than in the US, and heaps of heaps cheaper than in Sweden.
If Al Gore had been President of the US, the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia would probably still be in effect. That means Europe would lack protection from Iranian ballistic missiles and the US from North Korean missiles. North Korea has nuclear weapons now, and Iran is pursuing them. Both of these countries are following their own agenda.
The leaders of Iran and North Korea are either smart enough to realise that actually using such sabres (as opposed to merely rattling them) would quickly result in their respective countries becoming prime sites for massive car parks.
Or they're not.
(Hint: When one side has 6 nukes, and the other side 6000+, MAD doesn't even begin to enter the picture.)
- Malpractice law... I don't have experience per se, but I think malpractice is kind of bullshit. I think every doctor wants to do a good job and certainly whatever is best for the patient. Doctors are human and don't know EVERYTHING.
I'll see you your inexperience and raise you one Jayant Patel.
(It just so happens I know people in two countries whose lives have been ruined by this man.)
Mick Jagger already did: "Evil is putting bombs in people's shops."
Americans should have
(and this ain't no ruse)
A monopoly
On being confused...?
BURMA SHAVE.
holy shit you're a clueless shut in
Considering that phone shops everywhere sell... wait for it... armband-style phone holders specifically for outdoor/sports activities, I'd guess that you should stop looking in the mirror while you post, as it seems to confuse you quite a lot.
Yeah, people would want to jog around with the ever increasingly sized smartphones strapped to their wrists.
I'm sorry, you seem to have used the conditional mood where you intended the indicative...? B^)
holy shit you're a clueless shut in
Considering that phone shops everywhere sell... wait for it... armband-style phone holders specifically for outdoor/sports activities, I'd guess that you should stop looking in the mirror while you post, as it seems to confuse you quite a lot.
As at least he didn't talk about Mussolini making the trains run on time.
Somalia has the most advanced wireless infrastructure in sub saharan Africa...
It's also one of the best places in the world to get kidnapped, hijacked, pirated, or just shot (or beheaded) for no particular reason.
I'm sorry---you were saying...?
I keep a photo of my fiancée in a fairly prominent place on my desk, so I don't think it's either of those (interested in me, or thinking I'm gay). Maybe she just wants to be treated like a human.
For me, "work from home" means "work (from home)".
For the first few years that I had this job, I had no other way to work, since our nearest office was about 10 000 km away. The last few years, working in the office has become an option, but generally means getting less work done due to commute time and the distractions that are bound to occur whenever several dozen humans are shut in together for some hours in an enclosed space. What's even more distracting for me personally is that, for some reason, the hottest female in the office decided a few months back that we were lunch buddies. (I dunno, maybe I'm the only guy there who hasn't hit on her, or something.)
But you apparently make the assumption that "work from home" = "day off". That just sounds very strange to me.
Your error is assuming that milking works for cows and goats, but not for primates.
... a special protected class with various entitlements in the system, all mandated by governments ...
*yawn*
...for a shirt, since the chances of getting anyone to come to Stockholm this time year otherwise than at gunpoint seem minimal.
Actually, after giving this some thought, fuelled with some soothing green tea with mandarin orange, I'd like to change my mind.
Can I be a sockpuppet for this guy, instead?
Thanks!
I'm a sockpuppet that he created 4 or 5 years before his 'real' account, all so he could bait you with it a decade or so after creating 'Ash-Fox', right.
I kinda like that theory.
Maybe I should update my sig and let everyone else in on the fun.