I suppose you would need a portable computer (laptop, raspberry Pi / Arduino or similar) with external hardware/interfaces for making calls, send SMS, GPS, whatever.

Aye.

The one I quoted made a claim about race. I did point out that 'slav[e]' is an "ethno-linguistic group".

I did not claim it was racism. I thought it obvious that my comment illuminated a problem very similar to racism, albeit smaller in scope ("There are an estimated 300â"360 million Slavs worldwide." â" Wikipedia)

I'm sorry that I failed you. I should have explained with baby spoons.

Are you going to make a fool of yourself thrice?

No. I didn't claim anything about race, but mentioned that 'slav[e]' is "ethno-linguistic group", which obviously does not equal "race". (but more or less related.)

What did you demonstrate with your post? That you don't read properly before replying?

"The words have meanings that have absolutely no connection to race."

Well, the Slavs are a "ethno-linguistic group" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

"Use of the word [slave] arose during the Early Medieval Period, when Slavs from Eastern Europe were frequently enslaved by Moors from the Iberian Peninsula"

A "neutral" word may be thrall. I think. :)
It's not easy to ride that White Horse these days! =-)

Oh yeah, it was sometime in the previous millennium. Dead paper, for sure.

It was the "sometimes before 2000"â"issue.
I'm sorry, I cannot remember which year nor month.

And you're perhaps just jesting? :)

It's obvious that it's hell!

Have they found a way down yet? :)

Eh, this reminds me (warning: blah blah time) one day many years ago I read in Popular Science that some people somewhere had drilled the deepest hole ever. The hole emitted some sound reminding of human wailing, and then a small creature popped out.

That's when I came to realize it was time to unsubscribe.

You're welcome to my unrelatedish mini-rant.

Really?

If he were to put his efforts into China or Russia he'd have to learn a new language first... Are you sure he'd find that easy?

Perhaps 2 millions say they'll attend. But when push come to shove, the wast majory can't shove themselves out the door or even push them self out of the couch.

How many will actually move themselves close to the border? Very few, I suspect. How many will cross the border? Hopefully none.

> The meaning of life is broader than procreation.

Aye, you need to protect your self, your spose and your offcome until they can take care of them selves and their own offspring.

Oh, ok. I do confess: There's more to life than procreating. Chocolate, for example.

> When you have fasted long enough, break your fast with a steak or some roast meat, fish or fowl. Eat eggs, cheese, butter, vegetables - but only a little fruit and no other sweets.

What, you eat steak etc. for breakfast?! =-D

You may have gotten the best of my brother, Anonymous Coward, but you won't curb me; Unnamed Chickenheart! (^__^)

Thanks.

Can anyone shed some light on the construction cost and operation cost (the latter in both capital and work force) for ships of equal cargo capacity driven by:

* Nuclear heat

* Traditional "oil"

* Sail

?

Ok, thanks!

It seems like Slashdot's character handling is even worse than Google translate! :)

This you say is more true than "trickle down economy".

Supply & demand: Allow me to cherry pick a bit: Would you rather* work as a programmer or at a grocery store? As a network configurator or Amazon store worker? IT job or ride the garbage vagon?

*Assuming a person has the aptitude/skills, of course.

I am pretty sure people's interest for all things computer won't wane if the wages are more or less equalised.

I admit: I am sure one can find examples where your claim is true: If the pay was normalized then people would quit and find other jobs.

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Living standard: You're absolutely right than most poor people living today are better off than those living in an earlier age. Still isn't fun to be a "wage slave", still is plenty of misery to go around. Or wait: It's the world's riches that does not fully go around. My mistake!

The world's economy is part a rising tide, part a wave where living on the bottom can be quite gloomy.