China has the "best" kind of pre-ethical free market that there ever was. Everything is a commodity, and as far as value goes human life is one of the cheaper ones. The government is probably much more similar to fascist industrial Germany than it is to anything Marx dreamed up.
Or another way of looking at it, people realise that you can't change a building halfway through construction so they don't generally try; changing a computer program is seen as a different kettle of fish - people tend to think of software as much more malleable, and I guess it is, to a degree.
The main difference in the real world is that there are as many US dollars as there are numbers. You're comparing a finite resource with an infinite tool.
You don't need to start a new religion to practice those beliefs: have a look at Gnosticism, which is essentially that, it's probably the most sensible branch of Christianity that ever existed. Of course there aren't that many left these days, after the massacres etc... wikipeida has a good article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism#Nature_and_structure_of_Gnosticism
Paper encyclopaedias are not great for citations, they are not current, or contemporary - they don't reflect the state of research as it is now. You certainly can't use them past grade school if you want to make a decent effort on that paper.
Wikipedia is extremely useful as a reference, it provides links to papers that you can cite. Looking to Wikipedia or any encyclopaedia to use as a citable reference is just a little bit lazy really.
Brand loyalty is a bad thing, objective analysis and review is a good thing. If you end up buying 10 Toyotas in a row because they were the best solution for you at the time then this is not brand loyalty. Brand loyalty is buying a brand in spite of it *not* being the best solution to your particular need.
Interesting, I am amazed at the EMP effect that these things had:
"The worst effects of a Soviet high-altitude test occurred on 22 October 1962 (during the Cuban missile crisis), in ‘Operation K’ (ABM System A proof tests) when a 300 kt missile-warhead detonated near Dzhezkazgan at 290-km altitude. The EMP fused 570 km of overhead telephone line with a measured current of 2,500 A, started a fire that burned down the Karaganda power plant, and shut down 1,000-km of shallow-buried power cables between Aqmola and Almaty [5]."
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I like this analogy, I'm going to use it in the future =)
China has the "best" kind of pre-ethical free market that there ever was. Everything is a commodity, and as far as value goes human life is one of the cheaper ones. The government is probably much more similar to fascist industrial Germany than it is to anything Marx dreamed up.
Or another way of looking at it, people realise that you can't change a building halfway through construction so they don't generally try; changing a computer program is seen as a different kettle of fish - people tend to think of software as much more malleable, and I guess it is, to a degree.
Sid Meier is a good example...
..but when there's too much water vapor in the sky it falls down as rain?
Except that most of the games on steam won't be available on Linux (as they aren't on os x either).
Don't know if I'm miss reading your implication; but Iran is far far from flat.
I only checked out one of those, but it was determined that pilot error was to blame... hardly the fault of the plane.
Does it change any if you see Google Chrome essentially as a free tool that you can download in order to use the Google search engine?
The main difference in the real world is that there are as many US dollars as there are numbers. You're comparing a finite resource with an infinite tool.
Just curious, what did Oracle do to Java? Been out of the Java loop for a while now...
Is SCO still around? Wow.
Patents don't prevent you from using a technology, they prevent you from using a technology royalty free.
You don't need to start a new religion to practice those beliefs: have a look at Gnosticism, which is essentially that, it's probably the most sensible branch of Christianity that ever existed. Of course there aren't that many left these days, after the massacres etc... wikipeida has a good article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism#Nature_and_structure_of_Gnosticism
The probably with tape isn't so much the media, it's that you can't find a tape drive old enough to take those old tapes you find.
The first Apple Woz not Jobs ;-)
Paper encyclopaedias are not great for citations, they are not current, or contemporary - they don't reflect the state of research as it is now. You certainly can't use them past grade school if you want to make a decent effort on that paper.
Wikipedia is extremely useful as a reference, it provides links to papers that you can cite. Looking to Wikipedia or any encyclopaedia to use as a citable reference is just a little bit lazy really.
The problem is using Windows.
I found this little fella - he was lost! e
I see your point of view, fair enough!
oh DIY
Where I live changing the timing belt costs between $600 - $2000 depending on the car.
Brand loyalty is a bad thing, objective analysis and review is a good thing. If you end up buying 10 Toyotas in a row because they were the best solution for you at the time then this is not brand loyalty. Brand loyalty is buying a brand in spite of it *not* being the best solution to your particular need.
Interesting, I am amazed at the EMP effect that these things had: "The worst effects of a Soviet high-altitude test occurred on 22 October 1962 (during the Cuban missile crisis), in ‘Operation K’ (ABM System A proof tests) when a 300 kt missile-warhead detonated near Dzhezkazgan at 290-km altitude. The EMP fused 570 km of overhead telephone line with a measured current of 2,500 A, started a fire that burned down the Karaganda power plant, and shut down 1,000-km of shallow-buried power cables between Aqmola and Almaty [5]."