I don't think that nonviolence would have worked against Hitler. I think that war was the only option once he declared war on us. So, I don't think I can agree with you that "all wars are stupid."
There was a very significant indigenous resistance force in South Vietnam in the '50s and '60s. That was not true in Korea in the '50s.
Besides, why wouldn't the North want to reunify the country after partition had been forced on them by the imperialist French and their allies.
The Vietnam War was STUPID.
Provide an outstanding GUI with an outstanding migration to the command line.
Stop being arrogant.
The NSA's policies have remained constant through "liberal" and "conservative" administrations. This is not a liberal/conservative or right wing/left wing issue. You don't need to decide which side you are on before you decide where you stand on the issue of the NSA's bulk surveillance of American citizens. Maybe you actually ought to think for yourself on this issue!!!
The NSA is a HUGE waste of money. I defy anyone to prove otherwise.
I like the idea of the NSA spying on the rest of the world. But when the NSA starts spying on Americans, bad people--very bad people--have taken over the NSA. These people are acting just like Stasi functionaries and it is scary.
This is awful and it needs to stop.
Interesting you choose Ford as an example. Ford made its own share of death-dealing devices during WWII.
The Kalashnikov was born out of the USSR's life and death struggle with the German Reich. Don't see why anybody would have a problem with the designer.
(1) PR professional goes viral to a degree that she only dreamed of before (but it's not pretty).
(2) People talk about her comment.
(3) People talk about people talking about her comment.
(4) People talk about people talking about people talking about her comment.
Selling dysfunctional encryption as functional encryption looks a lot like fraud to me.
Looking back with a little bit of perspective (after the NSA revelations), what do you think of 'The Zenith Angle' now.
Somewhere in China a group of Bitcoin-speculating bureaucrats are very happy right now.
Must make the Bitcoiners really happy to know that their financial world can be so readily disrupted . .
New Law Needed!!
If the Doctor doesn't wash his hands every time he visits you for treatment, then the Doctor must complete the treatment and cannot charge you for it.
This would cure MRSA REALLY quick!!
Yeah . .
Properly evaluating other peoples' work is very hard. The comparative evaluation of that work with other people's work is even harder. But in an optimal system, such evaluation is essential. This is one of the fundamental problems of leadership--and universities suck at it.
Publication isn't even the most important category of work output--teaching quality is. But teaching gets shunted aside, because nobody is really taking the time to carefully evaluate the quality of the teaching. Prospective students ought to be able to make informed decisions about their prospective teachers.
The real resources need to be put into hiring and retaining people who will fairly evaluate great work. Those are your most important people.
I like "Congress shall make no law . .
This is the fault of the Schools. The Schools pressure academics to publish, and the only publishing outlet is often Elsevier.
The Schools need to bind all of their academics to these contractual terms:
(1) The School reserves the right to openly publish all work of its author-professors for no money.
(2) The School designates the author-professor of the work as its agent for such open publishing.
(3) The School will never ever second guess any decision made by the agent/author-professor's regarding any open publishing decisions that the agent/author-professor makes.
(4) This agreement does not limit the author-professor's ability to profit from his or her work in any way whatsoever.
This would solve the problem.
Why wouldn't this work?
I totally agree with you, but I don't think it will be just drums and chants! Home production of first-class music is now available to almost everybody.
The problem remains distribution and promotion.
We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own facts. -- Patrick Moynihan
