You know, 50 years ago the rest of the civilized world was in ruins after the WW2. Russia and most of it's sattelites had walled off their sandbox and wouldn't play with the Europeans. As to the "developing" world 50 years ago, close to 100% of their population was unskilled, and many illiterate.
Today Europe has superior infrastructure and access to cheap Russian energy and minerals, which is not good for America. What's even worse for America is that China and India have invested a lot in education and now possess a highly skilled workforce, willing to work for cheap.
Now compare that to the decay we see in our schools and our infrastructure, and draw your own conclusions.
I don't see how you can deny that a person with Down syndrome is "defective" in the same way that any paraplegic or a person with AIDs is defective.
But just because they have a debilitating condition doesn't mean they can't make up for it in some other way. And even if they can't, that disability still does not give you the right to kill them.
Spending a lot of money on unpatentable research makes a lot of sense when they were a monopoly. Today that is no longer the case: wasting money researching stuff your competitors (and everybody else) can use for free makes no business sense... that's what the government/university labs are for.
The Red states provide exactly the services you guys need. You know, all those missile silos, huge military bases, over-subsidized agriculture, coal-fired power plants, and so on.
I can't think of a single "blue" mainstream politician in favor of reducing any of these...
Since only a few hundred soldiers died before 1963-4, I assume LBJ must have sent a long more conscripts than either Kennedy or Nixon. I can't find the yearly starts for the conscripts though.
A typical photovoltaic cell is made of a thin boron doped P-type (P for positive) silicon wafer with positively charged 'holes' (missing electrons). [...] Metal contact is made to both the P and N-type silicon allowing electrons to flow out of the N-type silicon [...]
Unfortunately photovoltaic cells are expensive to produce, as you traditionally need access to elaborate, clean' manufacturing plants [...]
Nicole has spent the last two years researching an alternative manufacturing process [...] Using Inkjet printing, aluminium spray and a pizza oven, Nicole has created metal contacts to both the negative and positive sections of a solar cell
"[...] we spray on something like nail polish and then inkjet print a kind of nail polish remover which lets us etch certain parts of the wafer. This creates a metallisation pattern so we can deposit aluminium on the back surface of the solar cell and create our metal contacts to both the P and N-type silicon simultaneously using a very cheap, low temperature pizza oven!
I recognize these words. I think these were uttered by JF Kennedy, the man who started the war in Vietnam, sent thousands of American conscripts to die there, all while snorting coke off Marilyn Monroe sweet butt (and while his brother the Attorney General Bobby Kennedy wiretapped Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders). No wonder that asshole didn't want us asking what our country could do for us.
[...] but what you can do for your country!"
You actually believe that shit? Talk about "useful idiots"...
Considering the fact that enrollment in engineering schools is plummeting
No shit: hard work, long study hours, low starting pay, no social life, no pussy until late 20's-early30's... Who in their right mind would want to become an engineer unless you really really love the field?
and chinese and indian engineers are, more and more, preferring to go back home instead of stay here,
Well, since the work visas usually run out within a day, I think there are enough Chinese/Indians that still want to stick around.
I seriously question the idea that the U.S. will compete and succeed "just fine"
Depends on what we do. We (still) got a very real advantage right now. If we play our cards right (which is not very likely), America could remain at the top. The way things are going right now, however, I am betting on Canada.
It's usually the feminist/"family planning" types that insist that the females must have a choice (the premise being that young girls can't make that choice).
So please don't drag the religious folks into this latest "save the children" craze... we already get blamed for pretty much everything else as it is.
EVERY major War the United States has ever fought has had conscription because we intended to WIN.
Tell that to the parents of the conscripts that Kennedy and LBJ killed in Vietnam. That's the problem with liberal pricks: they feel so fucking righteous when they send other people to die (and kudos to GWB for continuing the fine neoliberal tradition).
Is it TOO MUCH for someone such as yourself, who seems to have done alright for themselves, to give JUST A LITTLE[...]
It's not too much for me to give it to those less fortunate or otherwise deserving. It is, however, TOO MUCH for YOU to give MY money to the people YOU think are deserving.
The guy you are replying to is a nativist ("hire your citizens, marry your family" kind) who's not worth your effort. Sadly, people like that likely cannot understand why they are wrong.
I like your point about new workers all in one field. But I believe right now most immigrants are actually in the unskilled labor pool, including the 12 million illegal immigrants and most of the legal immigrants in the "family-sponsored" category.
Short-term, wages might be depressed. Long-term, more work is being done, more demand is generated, the economy grows, and everyone is better off. Since 1900 our population has trippled... are the wages higher or lower today than in 1900?
That's because you don't understand differences between labor and commodity. More oil means lower prices; more workers means more jobs and more work done.
The more workers you have, the larger is your economy, and EVERYBODY is better off.
If you don't understand the concept at least compare our economy in 2008 with that in 1492 (pre-immigration).
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You joke now, but once they come up with a DIY test kit for "multiple cunt personality" genetic, guess what type of men will get all the pussy?
You know, 50 years ago the rest of the civilized world was in ruins after the WW2. Russia and most of it's sattelites had walled off their sandbox and wouldn't play with the Europeans. As to the "developing" world 50 years ago, close to 100% of their population was unskilled, and many illiterate.
Today Europe has superior infrastructure and access to cheap Russian energy and minerals, which is not good for America.
What's even worse for America is that China and India have invested a lot in education and now possess a highly skilled workforce, willing to work for cheap.
Now compare that to the decay we see in our schools and our infrastructure, and draw your own conclusions.
You think so?
To me the FDA clamping down on the little guy "for the common good" matched precisely to that anti-doggie-dog rule of Atlas Shrugged...
I don't see how you can deny that a person with Down syndrome is "defective" in the same way that any paraplegic or a person with AIDs is defective.
But just because they have a debilitating condition doesn't mean they can't make up for it in some other way. And even if they can't, that disability still does not give you the right to kill them.
Expanding your market, mostly.
Spending a lot of money on unpatentable research makes a lot of sense when they were a monopoly. Today that is no longer the case: wasting money researching stuff your competitors (and everybody else) can use for free makes no business sense... that's what the government/university labs are for.
I suggest your write that "DO NOT EAT" in Chinese or French Canadian. So the people of the Future would understand...
The Red states provide exactly the services you guys need. You know, all those missile silos, huge military bases, over-subsidized agriculture, coal-fired power plants, and so on.
I can't think of a single "blue" mainstream politician in favor of reducing any of these...
I don't think it will stop privacy outright. But I think it will reduce piracy by making it less morally acceptable than it is today.
How many processors you have?
It doesn't matter. My disk is still bigger than yours.
"Allah helps those who help themselves."
Out of the total 58,193 dead (American forces), 17,672 were conscripted ( see http://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics.html#service )
Since only a few hundred soldiers died before 1963-4, I assume LBJ must have sent a long more conscripts than either Kennedy or Nixon. I can't find the yearly starts for the conscripts though.
Here are more details:
A typical photovoltaic cell is made of a thin boron doped P-type (P for positive) silicon wafer with positively charged 'holes' (missing electrons). [...] Metal contact is made to both the P and N-type silicon allowing electrons to flow out of the N-type silicon [...]
Unfortunately photovoltaic cells are expensive to produce, as you traditionally need access to elaborate, clean' manufacturing plants [...]
Nicole has spent the last two years researching an alternative manufacturing process [...] Using Inkjet printing, aluminium spray and a pizza oven, Nicole has created metal contacts to both the negative and positive sections of a solar cell
"[...] we spray on something like nail polish and then inkjet print a kind of nail polish remover which lets us etch certain parts of the wafer. This creates a metallisation pattern so we can deposit aluminium on the back surface of the solar cell and create our metal contacts to both the P and N-type silicon simultaneously using a very cheap, low temperature pizza oven!
from http://www.amonline.net.au/eureka/index.cfm?objectid=A4D69CF1-9890-B67D-2409EF3BFCD8F038&DISPLAYENTRY=true
I assumed that producing ultra-pure silicon wafers was the most expensive part about making solar cells, but I guess this would also help.
"Ask not what your country can do for you[...]
I recognize these words. I think these were uttered by JF Kennedy, the man who started the war in Vietnam, sent thousands of American conscripts to die there, all while snorting coke off Marilyn Monroe sweet butt (and while his brother the Attorney General Bobby Kennedy wiretapped Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders).
No wonder that asshole didn't want us asking what our country could do for us.
[...] but what you can do for your country!"
You actually believe that shit? Talk about "useful idiots"...
Considering the fact that enrollment in engineering schools is plummeting
No shit: hard work, long study hours, low starting pay, no social life, no pussy until late 20's-early30's... Who in their right mind would want to become an engineer unless you really really love the field?
and chinese and indian engineers are, more and more, preferring to go back home instead of stay here,
Well, since the work visas usually run out within a day, I think there are enough Chinese/Indians that still want to stick around.
I seriously question the idea that the U.S. will compete and succeed "just fine"
Depends on what we do. We (still) got a very real advantage right now. If we play our cards right (which is not very likely), America could remain at the top. The way things are going right now, however, I am betting on Canada.
Do some research before you post.
The Alphabet list of Chemical Elements is listed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_by_name
The truth is the truth, no amount of bull$hit is going
to cover it up.
(now, where is my Informative mod?)
In case you have not noticed they always want more...
And you want less? (a simple yes or no would suffice)
I think you are barking up the wrong tree.
It's usually the feminist/"family planning" types that insist that the females must have a choice (the premise being that young girls can't make that choice).
So please don't drag the religious folks into this latest "save the children" craze... we already get blamed for pretty much everything else as it is.
Well you gotta nip that sort of youthful "creativity" in the butt.
Remember that German kid who wanted to become an architect? They let it slide, and the next thing you know, he was annexing Poland.
EVERY major War the United States has ever fought has had conscription because we intended to WIN.
Tell that to the parents of the conscripts that Kennedy and LBJ killed in Vietnam. That's the problem with liberal pricks: they feel so fucking righteous when they send other people to die (and kudos to GWB for continuing the fine neoliberal tradition).
Is it TOO MUCH for someone such as yourself, who seems to have done alright for themselves, to give JUST A LITTLE[...]
It's not too much for me to give it to those less fortunate or otherwise deserving. It is, however, TOO MUCH for YOU to give MY money to the people YOU think are deserving.
The guy you are replying to is a nativist ("hire your citizens, marry your family" kind) who's not worth your effort. Sadly, people like that likely cannot understand why they are wrong.
I like your point about new workers all in one field. But I believe right now most immigrants are actually in the unskilled labor pool, including the 12 million illegal immigrants and most of the legal immigrants in the "family-sponsored" category.
Short-term, wages might be depressed. Long-term, more work is being done, more demand is generated, the economy grows, and everyone is better off. Since 1900 our population has trippled... are the wages higher or lower today than in 1900?
That's because you don't understand differences between labor and commodity. More oil means lower prices; more workers means more jobs and more work done.
The more workers you have, the larger is your economy, and EVERYBODY is better off.
If you don't understand the concept at least compare our economy in 2008 with that in 1492 (pre-immigration).
To pause qbasic apps?