I like the YOPY design I saw at www.yopy.com. But what would make it much cooler is to have a screen that flipped out, rotated 180 degrees, and then folded back, so that you could place it back over the keyboard.
This way, the YOPY could operate as a flippable PDA, or a PALM-like screen in front (no keyboard) type PDA.
Can't wait till one of their designers comes up with a sturdy enough design to make this feasible!
And it comes with a kit (attached to the book) that includes the nitinol wires that act as the muscles. You'll have your own creepy crawly insect-bots running in no time...
The way things are headed, the U.S. will surely become an oppresive state in the next few decades, as all your civil liberties are stolen from right under your noses. The people will then rebel against the government and the rich aristocrats running the country, and this uprising and rebellion will be considered terrorism. The founding of America was an act of terrorism to the British!
To resolve situations like this, you need pressure from the U.N. and other powerful nations to listen to the people -- listen to the "terrorist's" demands, because they do represent the views of the people -- and see what can be done about it. The Palestinian people want their land back. And Osama Bin Laden just wants the U.S. out of Saudi soil, mainly because the U.S. is helping the House of Saud remain in power, and ofcourse, because the U.S. doesn't do anything about the Palestinian situation.
Ofcourse, this whole thing could have been prevented if the U.S. hadn't been so arrogant into thinking everything it did was right, and for the good of mankind!
I think it would stupid to take down Osama Bin Laden without resolving his list of demands, and I fear this will cause a long drawn out war resulting in serious tensions between the East and the West!
Now if they could make the satellite crash on the comet, and somehow get the comet to change trajectory to aim towards distant stars suspected of sustaining life -- what a cool way that would be to contact alien civilizations (provided they have the technology and they're eagerly searching for others in the universe).
It's hard to understand Bin Laden's views when you're a citizen of the country he hates, just like it's hard for Microsoft employees to imagine the concept of open-source.
A few hundred years ago, Christians gathered together and went on the Crusade. And then in more recent times, the Jews have taken over Jerusalem. And now the Muslims just want to reclaim it back, without denying Christians and Jews rightful privilege to worship in their Holy places in the region.
The Turks have universities that teach MIT curriculums, and students who graduate to go along and do their Masters or their Doctorate at Stanford, MIT, UCB, etc. If anything, Turkey could easily become the most technological advanced society, after Israel. And Turkey plays a major part in US international politics, especially since they have NATO bases there.
They may have a shit economy, but things are brewing!
I wish somebody made a more revised version of C-robots, with cool graphics, more features, more functions, and maybe even online arenas, with massive spectator events!
This would be the ultimate battle of the geeks.
I do realize I could just try building bots for Quake, but it's just not the same.
I believe we need significant advances in the Material Sciences to invent/formulate/discover a muscle-like substance (which contracts when current is applied), which can be shaped into muscle like strands, and then sold at your local RadioShack.
I see 3M as a potential contender, but I have no idea how far any research has progressed into this field.
Once somebody makes such a material, it would only be a matter of time before hobby robotics really take off!
I can see it now, people going out there to buy metal rods, that are held together in a ball-socket joint configuration, and then the muscle strands attached to both pieces of metal, and then wired to the microcontroller. And ofcourse the OS would have to be open-source, Robotix, or just Linux for Robots... Ofcourse Microsoft may still be around, and release Windows RE.
I truly believe any true religion must stand the test of time, meaning -- rules, guidelines, theories suggested then, should hold true in the present and the future. A true religion must also be scientifically accurate. It is true that a lot of religious scripts were written in a very non-scientific language, but that's only because human understanding of science was very limited back then.
So what system of faith closes the gap between religion and science? Islam does!
I wouldn't be surprised if an overanxious zealot downgraded my post, but then again, my post is competing with three hundred other messages, so consider yourself lucky if you see this message!
I have seen this technology mentioned in so many different news-sites prior to this, and it was on a few months ago. Sometimes Slashdot's topic moderation technique is questionable, or maybe it's completely random?
And what if we discover today that Microsoft was granted the patents for all religious text, - The Quran, The Bible, The Torah, you name it... Boy wouldn't that wreak havoc.
Or, Von Neumann emerges from the grave and claims a patent for a computing model consisting of processor, memory, etc. And he insists he rightfully owns the rights to all computing architectures, equipment, technologies, etc.
Or, that Celera Genomics found the entire human DNA sequence and they were "rightfully" granted the patent, hence therefore, we are know all licensed properties of Celera Genomics!
A few years ago your company released Corel Office for Java in hopes of riding the then-popular Java wave. It was not the big success everyone thought it would be due to its bulkiness and slow execution times.
But the landscape is still shifting towards that dream of Internet-only applications, and even Microsoft seems to be keen in taking advantage of this new trend.
Does this mean Corel will take another stab at Corel Office for Java?...and hopefully release a superior product capable of harnessing new technologies such as Java Just-in-time compilers and faster processors, because we all know Java will always be a much better solution than Windows Terminal Server.
Does Corel have an ASP (Application Service Provider) strategy?
And does Corel have plans to enter the Net-Appliance market? (Not with hardware, but with software)
And finally, what would you consider are key points in ensuring Corel Linux wins in the Personal Computer market?
What we need in the future is a technology that will allow us to absorb the most amount of information in the least amount of time.
We definitely need some groundbreaking technology for this, something involving text summarizing. It would also help if we reinvented language, or just invent a way to represent a scenario using only the vital pieces of information in some graph like view, such that the entire news story could be understood with one short glance at the sheet.
We all know the government sometimes works in conspiracies.
Here's a rough breakdown:
Make people believe aliens may exist
Show Mars is a potential candidate
Get public to support higher budget for NASA
What better way to get public tax money?
NASA wins
And possibly more spy satellites...
Except for the last part, I fully support tricking the public into paying higher taxes to fund NASA projects. I would support spy satellites, if they were "open-sourced", into the public domain! Sites, like Microsoft Terra-Server would provide realtime views of my city.
I say go with the story, no matter how misleading it is... We've got to get more people to believe space exploration is worth the money they're putting into it!
I don't think any software version should cross the threshold of 10...
At a certain point, such as above 5, the company should realize they need a revolution, and need to start from scratch on a new more enhanced product, which would naturally get a new name.
When Microsoft comes up with an OS that works using 3D visualization, along with futuristic interfaces, then we shouldn't call that Windows 2008 or Windows 3D, rather it should be MS Reality v1.00...
Anybody notice the software market isn't as revolutionary as it once was! Is that a sign of a maturing industry? Which is bad! Or, that corporatism has taken its toll, and we're only going as fast as the big companies want us to.
Java is the best thing to happen to computing. Not the JavaVM, but Java the language. It is the refined version of C combined with SmallTalk. If Microsoft did try to exploit it, we would end up with it being the dominant platform after Visual Basic. Forget Visual C++, it would not exist, when MSJava could be made to do twice the code in half the time, and still be extremely readable, and extremely object oriented. And its speed would be as fast as a C application, because there would be direct to x86 code compilation.
Now, the Linux guys are stingy, because Java was never a big thing on Linux, no vendor would support it! The pure-C guys are stingy, because they would rather toil over hours of code in order to be one level above direct control of the machine.
And furthermore, Sun is doing great making Java as proprietary as possible. Sun has the speed, and enough hatred of Microsoft, to keep pushing Java to become a very full-featured platform, and even maintain their write-once-run-anywhere promise. A standards body is the death of any technology, because they're slow! Sun ofcourse has the perfect model for letting Java grow, it controls how, everybody else suggests... Consumers demand, Sun listens and decides.
Since IBM is another large pushing factor in Linux's promotion, it can later decide to port it's voice-recognition applications to the Linux platform. But the handwriting-recognition was an excellent step, and will allow more internet-appliances to pop up supporting handwriting recognition, running Linux, and allowing anyone with the proper knowledge to tweak the hell out of the machine!
We still need a fast JavaVM for the FreeBSD platform, alongwith an efficient Java-sockets library. FreeBSD as many would claim is the ultimate networking platform, so why could they not put the time and effort into making an extremely fast VM on FreeBSD? It would be ideal for all businesses running a webserver, and using Java servlets.
Yes, but last I heard, Microsoft was in a hot dispute with Real, and they were going there own ways. And ofcourse there was the press-release which stated Microsoft would gradually dump Real stock...
Microsoft's extremely effective business tactics has entangled us in a web of proprietary standards, that make it so much harder to leave the Windows platform. We are trying so hard to cut through the underbrush, and yet Microsoft keeps progressing on! And if most major platforms support Windows Media Player, and Microsoft doesn't share its proprietary protocols with the developer community, we'll just be left out cold and in the dark, and Linux, FreeBSD or Java will never catch on as the next consumer platform of choice.
So it's pretty evident that breaking up Microsoft shouldn't be the DOJ's priority, rather opening up all proprietary standards, protocols, and open-sourcing Windows will be the key to controlling this monopoly.
This way Microsoft will always be forced to be competitive, but at the same time it will be restricted from monopolizing any part of the computer industry and thereby stifling competition. As long as Linux and every other OS can easily play Windows audio/video formats, we will not be threatened by a gradual monopoly from happening, after all the next big thing on the Net will be high-bandwidth audio/video streams and a gradual convergence with TV, radio and telephone.
But one must still appreciate the way Microsoft executes its business strategies.
- corporations vs. government. Corporate Power and Influence! The government looks out for its people. They need to plan ahead, to ensure future generations survive. Corporations have a shorter time span in their long-term planning, and their goals have nothing to do with protecting people, therefore they're competing within the same land. Although Competition is Good! - e.g. A small company starts out on some new technology, at first they are unaware of any side-effects of using such a thing. Eventually they find out their product can be quite dangerous, but as they're not large/rich enough, they overlook this aspect of the product, and possibly hope they can resolve the issue sometime in the future. This is okay to a certain degree, and it would be alright for the government to support the company too. Such is the case for cell-phones - we first needed to create the mass market appeal, and the government is more happy over the numerous benefits of a mass-connected populace - but now that they've found cell-phones cause brain tumors, why are the cell-phone companies trying to hide the fact and play down the issue? They're large enough to invest in technologies to counter the effects of microwave radiation or dampen it to a large extent. This is where the government should intervene, and require a strict timeline by which cell-phone manufacturers must provide safer devices! - now a government becoming too powerful means we'll be mindless drones in a large system, serving the entire nation. A corporation becoming too powerful means, they can exert control over the government, and eventually exert their agenda over us, whether good or bad! - If today, the Tobacco Industry was as powerful as it once was, it would've been harder to dismantle their control. But look at the beer industry and their thoughtless targeting of minors.
- "Younger workers are forced into dead-end and poorly paid positions with little chance of advancement or meaningful work..."
- Your point on this is well-found. In addressing the Slashdot crowd, the author failed to realize he was looking at a bunch of geeks who have a bright future ahead of themselves. And also if school-age kids/teens don't take the effort to educate themselves well, they'll definitely end up serving fries at the local burger joint. But that problem also stems to a long of ignorance, on the government, schools, the media, and definitely the parents. I definitely like living in a society where my hardwork and intellect is well rewarded!
Here's a story: I want to form a company that develops the next killer-app, the next hottest thing. Here are some issues I'll face:
- evil corporations: Can Microsoft wield power or what? And with a few blows it takes out Netscape. So what makes you think I'm not on their death list. - patent laws: So what if some obscure company comes forward and patents the linked list? How about patenting servers? Things like this are happening more often as the days go by, two-bit companies patent the most simplest of ideas, ideas that people arrive at after 1 hour of thinking, i.e. Amazon's 1-click button? You think Xerox, Apple or Microsoft could have patented the 1-click button before Amazon did? Would we have to pay them a lifetime of licensing fees. - The current laws and other forms of litigation could easily hurt a startup, and we all know a startup is an essential part of the economy - their agility and fresh ideas starting revolution upon revolution. The Internet and all the companies formed out of it is a big money-maker for the US economy! The government must clear the path for startups to grow, and stop any attempts from large evil corporations to hinder its growth. - Startups also signal a new trend in the economy, one where everybody becomes an expert. Experts can gather together to form a company based on a new technology. Groups of people with similar backgrounds working as a team as hard as possible in a competitive market. That definitely benefits humanity by ensuring a constant stream of innovations, particularly ones that benefit us. We've all seen how large corporations can be slow and bureaucratic when it comes to invention and innovation.
Personally I couldn't give a shit about higher wages and economic dignity. Our new economy will ensure people don't depend on one company for employment for their entire life. Everybody can become a free moving contractor lending his expertise to companies that require his services in exchange for monetary remuneration. People who choose to live an easy life will drop to the bottom of the economic scale. Parents will be forced to ensure their kids are well-trained to adjust to this new economy. Society Evolves, and The Best Survive!
And since the Best Survive, we can't have any of this diplomacy and political incorrectness when speaking to people. "You're just horizontally challenged. You're vertically challenged. Your self-esteem is low. You are suffering from depression because your mother once spanked you as a child."
And if those Seattle-ites aren't preaching my ideologies, they can go to hell... Have a good day...
There should definitely be a poll on what aspects of the WTO people hate, and what they like.
For example, I'm a proud supporter of capitalism, it creates competition, which drives the economy. I cannot stand the fact that a lot of food we're eating these days is polluted with pesticides and what-not, not to mention there's a whole new breed of genetically engineering food on its way. And getting a patent has become too lax, allowing the simplest of methods to be patented.
Therefore: - support capitalism - want environmental protection - No genetically engineered food, unless it's proven beyond doubt to be safe. Same applies for pesticide control. - want strong government body to regulate and oversee industry, congress, even the president.
And finally, what is very depressing is the fact the news media is still run by people who're to ignorant for their own good, or just too tightly guarded in their corporate enclosures to give a damn! Where do they come out with comparing us to the hippies from the 60's? We're way to politically knowledgable to better understand the dynamics of economy and its effects on people. We possess a deeper understanding of the issues at hand than the average public. And the average public is too dumb to know! Too dumb to care!!!
Slashdot Mirror
This way, the YOPY could operate as a flippable PDA, or a PALM-like screen in front (no keyboard) type PDA.
Can't wait till one of their designers comes up with a sturdy enough design to make this feasible!
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Stiquito for Beginners : An Introduction to Robotics
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Stiquito : Advanced Experiments With a Simple and Inexpensive Robot
And it comes with a kit (attached to the book) that includes the nitinol wires that act as the muscles. You'll have your own creepy crawly insect-bots running in no time...And ofcourse most media outlets never report this sort of thing... Great link, thanks!
The way things are headed, the U.S. will surely become an oppresive state in the next few decades, as all your civil liberties are stolen from right under your noses. The people will then rebel against the government and the rich aristocrats running the country, and this uprising and rebellion will be considered terrorism. The founding of America was an act of terrorism to the British!
To resolve situations like this, you need pressure from the U.N. and other powerful nations to listen to the people -- listen to the "terrorist's" demands, because they do represent the views of the people -- and see what can be done about it. The Palestinian people want their land back. And Osama Bin Laden just wants the U.S. out of Saudi soil, mainly because the U.S. is helping the House of Saud remain in power, and ofcourse, because the U.S. doesn't do anything about the Palestinian situation.
Ofcourse, this whole thing could have been prevented if the U.S. hadn't been so arrogant into thinking everything it did was right, and for the good of mankind!
I think it would stupid to take down Osama Bin Laden without resolving his list of demands, and I fear this will cause a long drawn out war resulting in serious tensions between the East and the West!
Let's just hope it never gets to that point!
Now if they could make the satellite crash on the comet, and somehow get the comet to change trajectory to aim towards distant stars suspected of sustaining life -- what a cool way that would be to contact alien civilizations (provided they have the technology and they're eagerly searching for others in the universe).
Got here first!
A few hundred years ago, Christians gathered together and went on the Crusade. And then in more recent times, the Jews have taken over Jerusalem. And now the Muslims just want to reclaim it back, without denying Christians and Jews rightful privilege to worship in their Holy places in the region.
They may have a shit economy, but things are brewing!
I wish somebody made a more revised version of C-robots, with cool graphics, more features, more functions, and maybe even online arenas, with massive spectator events! This would be the ultimate battle of the geeks. I do realize I could just try building bots for Quake, but it's just not the same.
I see 3M as a potential contender, but I have no idea how far any research has progressed into this field.
Once somebody makes such a material, it would only be a matter of time before hobby robotics really take off!
I can see it now, people going out there to buy metal rods, that are held together in a ball-socket joint configuration, and then the muscle strands attached to both pieces of metal, and then wired to the microcontroller. And ofcourse the OS would have to be open-source, Robotix, or just Linux for Robots... Ofcourse Microsoft may still be around, and release Windows RE.
So what system of faith closes the gap between religion and science? Islam does!
Some Interesting Links for those interested:
- Scientific Revelations in the Quran (Koran).
- Determining the Speed of Light.
- The Quran on Human Embryonic Development
- The Quran on Astronomy.
I wouldn't be surprised if an overanxious zealot downgraded my post, but then again, my post is competing with three hundred other messages, so consider yourself lucky if you see this message!Amazon currently reports it as being out-of-print!
I have seen this technology mentioned in so many different news-sites prior to this, and it was on a few months ago. Sometimes Slashdot's topic moderation technique is questionable, or maybe it's completely random?
Or, Von Neumann emerges from the grave and claims a patent for a computing model consisting of processor, memory, etc. And he insists he rightfully owns the rights to all computing architectures, equipment, technologies, etc.
Or, that Celera Genomics found the entire human DNA sequence and they were "rightfully" granted the patent, hence therefore, we are know all licensed properties of Celera Genomics!
Cursed Bloody Red Moon!!!
But the landscape is still shifting towards that dream of Internet-only applications, and even Microsoft seems to be keen in taking advantage of this new trend.
Does this mean Corel will take another stab at Corel Office for Java? ...and hopefully release a superior product capable of harnessing new technologies such as Java Just-in-time compilers and faster processors, because we all know Java will always be a much better solution than Windows Terminal Server.
Does Corel have an ASP (Application Service Provider) strategy?
And does Corel have plans to enter the Net-Appliance market? (Not with hardware, but with software)
And finally, what would you consider are key points in ensuring Corel Linux wins in the Personal Computer market?
We definitely need some groundbreaking technology for this, something involving text summarizing. It would also help if we reinvented language, or just invent a way to represent a scenario using only the vital pieces of information in some graph like view, such that the entire news story could be understood with one short glance at the sheet.
Here's a rough breakdown:
Except for the last part, I fully support tricking the public into paying higher taxes to fund NASA projects. I would support spy satellites, if they were "open-sourced", into the public domain! Sites, like Microsoft Terra-Server would provide realtime views of my city.
I say go with the story, no matter how misleading it is... We've got to get more people to believe space exploration is worth the money they're putting into it!
At a certain point, such as above 5, the company should realize they need a revolution, and need to start from scratch on a new more enhanced product, which would naturally get a new name.
When Microsoft comes up with an OS that works using 3D visualization, along with futuristic interfaces, then we shouldn't call that Windows 2008 or Windows 3D, rather it should be MS Reality v1.00...
Anybody notice the software market isn't as revolutionary as it once was! Is that a sign of a maturing industry? Which is bad! Or, that corporatism has taken its toll, and we're only going as fast as the big companies want us to.
Now, the Linux guys are stingy, because Java was never a big thing on Linux, no vendor would support it! The pure-C guys are stingy, because they would rather toil over hours of code in order to be one level above direct control of the machine.
And furthermore, Sun is doing great making Java as proprietary as possible. Sun has the speed, and enough hatred of Microsoft, to keep pushing Java to become a very full-featured platform, and even maintain their write-once-run-anywhere promise. A standards body is the death of any technology, because they're slow! Sun ofcourse has the perfect model for letting Java grow, it controls how, everybody else suggests... Consumers demand, Sun listens and decides.
Since IBM is another large pushing factor in Linux's promotion, it can later decide to port it's voice-recognition applications to the Linux platform. But the handwriting-recognition was an excellent step, and will allow more internet-appliances to pop up supporting handwriting recognition, running Linux, and allowing anyone with the proper knowledge to tweak the hell out of the machine!
We still need a fast JavaVM for the FreeBSD platform, alongwith an efficient Java-sockets library. FreeBSD as many would claim is the ultimate networking platform, so why could they not put the time and effort into making an extremely fast VM on FreeBSD? It would be ideal for all businesses running a webserver, and using Java servlets.
Yes, but last I heard, Microsoft was in a hot dispute with Real, and they were going there own ways. And ofcourse there was the press-release which stated Microsoft would gradually dump Real stock...
So it's pretty evident that breaking up Microsoft shouldn't be the DOJ's priority, rather opening up all proprietary standards, protocols, and open-sourcing Windows will be the key to controlling this monopoly.
This way Microsoft will always be forced to be competitive, but at the same time it will be restricted from monopolizing any part of the computer industry and thereby stifling competition. As long as Linux and every other OS can easily play Windows audio/video formats, we will not be threatened by a gradual monopoly from happening, after all the next big thing on the Net will be high-bandwidth audio/video streams and a gradual convergence with TV, radio and telephone.
But one must still appreciate the way Microsoft executes its business strategies.
- corporations vs. government. Corporate Power and Influence!
The government looks out for its people. They need to plan ahead, to ensure future generations survive. Corporations have a shorter time span in their long-term planning, and their goals have nothing to do with protecting people, therefore they're competing within the same land. Although Competition is Good!
- e.g. A small company starts out on some new technology, at first they are unaware of any side-effects of using such a thing. Eventually they find out their product can be quite dangerous, but as they're not large/rich enough, they overlook this aspect of the product, and possibly hope they can resolve the issue sometime in the future. This is okay to a certain degree, and it would be alright for the government to support the company too. Such is the case for cell-phones - we first needed to create the mass market appeal, and the government is more happy over the numerous benefits of a mass-connected populace - but now that they've found cell-phones cause brain tumors, why are the cell-phone companies trying to hide the fact and play down the issue? They're large enough to invest in technologies to counter the effects of microwave radiation or dampen it to a large extent. This is where the government should intervene, and require a strict timeline by which cell-phone manufacturers must provide safer devices!
- now a government becoming too powerful means we'll be mindless drones in a large system, serving the entire nation. A corporation becoming too powerful means, they can exert control over the government, and eventually exert their agenda over us, whether good or bad!
- If today, the Tobacco Industry was as powerful as it once was, it would've been harder to dismantle their control. But look at the beer industry and their thoughtless targeting of minors.
- "Younger workers are forced into dead-end and poorly paid positions with little chance of advancement or meaningful work..."
- Your point on this is well-found. In addressing the Slashdot crowd, the author failed to realize he was looking at a bunch of geeks who have a bright future ahead of themselves. And also if school-age kids/teens don't take the effort to educate themselves well, they'll definitely end up serving fries at the local burger joint. But that problem also stems to a long of ignorance, on the government, schools, the media, and definitely the parents. I definitely like living in a society where my hardwork and intellect is well rewarded!
Here's a story: I want to form a company that develops the next killer-app, the next hottest thing. Here are some issues I'll face:
- evil corporations: Can Microsoft wield power or what? And with a few blows it takes out Netscape. So what makes you think I'm not on their death list.
- patent laws: So what if some obscure company comes forward and patents the linked list? How about patenting servers? Things like this are happening more often as the days go by, two-bit companies patent the most simplest of ideas, ideas that people arrive at after 1 hour of thinking, i.e. Amazon's 1-click button? You think Xerox, Apple or Microsoft could have patented the 1-click button before Amazon did? Would we have to pay them a lifetime of licensing fees.
- The current laws and other forms of litigation could easily hurt a startup, and we all know a startup is an essential part of the economy - their agility and fresh ideas starting revolution upon revolution. The Internet and all the companies formed out of it is a big money-maker for the US economy! The government must clear the path for startups to grow, and stop any attempts from large evil corporations to hinder its growth.
- Startups also signal a new trend in the economy, one where everybody becomes an expert. Experts can gather together to form a company based on a new technology. Groups of people with similar backgrounds working as a team as hard as possible in a competitive market. That definitely benefits humanity by ensuring a constant stream of innovations, particularly ones that benefit us. We've all seen how large corporations can be slow and bureaucratic when it comes to invention and innovation.
Personally I couldn't give a shit about higher wages and economic dignity. Our new economy will ensure people don't depend on one company for employment for their entire life. Everybody can become a free moving contractor lending his expertise to companies that require his services in exchange for monetary remuneration. People who choose to live an easy life will drop to the bottom of the economic scale. Parents will be forced to ensure their kids are well-trained to adjust to this new economy. Society Evolves, and The Best Survive!
And since the Best Survive, we can't have any of this diplomacy and political incorrectness when speaking to people. "You're just horizontally challenged. You're vertically challenged. Your self-esteem is low. You are suffering from depression because your mother once spanked you as a child."
And if those Seattle-ites aren't preaching my ideologies, they can go to hell... Have a good day...
For example, I'm a proud supporter of capitalism, it creates competition, which drives the economy. I cannot stand the fact that a lot of food we're eating these days is polluted with pesticides and what-not, not to mention there's a whole new breed of genetically engineering food on its way. And getting a patent has become too lax, allowing the simplest of methods to be patented.
Therefore:
- support capitalism
- want environmental protection
- No genetically engineered food, unless it's proven beyond doubt to be safe.
Same applies for pesticide control.
- want strong government body to regulate and oversee industry, congress, even the president.
And finally, what is very depressing is the fact the news media is still run by people who're to ignorant for their own good, or just too tightly guarded in their corporate enclosures to give a damn! Where do they come out with comparing us to the hippies from the 60's? We're way to politically knowledgable to better understand the dynamics of economy and its effects on people. We possess a deeper understanding of the issues at hand than the average public. And the average public is too dumb to know! Too dumb to care!!!