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Comment Re:Divide? (Score 1, Interesting) 249

I would love to know what the people who see no 'cavernous ideological divide' are looking for, that the parties look the same to them.

The last 40 or so years have seen some significant shifts. The Democrats have been taken over by those looking for European style socialism. In attempts at moderation, the Republicans lost their focus on small federal government and states rights. Each compromise takes us down the progressive path, so yes you end up with these silly bailouts. There is now a resurgance of Republicans who have had enough and are trying to push back to their small-government roots.

No divide ? One side things the government should provide for everyone, the other that people should provide for themselves. What are you looking for ?

Comment Re:Hope the U.S. stages in charge. (Score 1) 155

The problem is that the US doesn't mind taking down foreign sites that use .org, .com or .net TLDs on the grounds of alleged copyright infringement etc with no legal recourse available. People on Slashdot often point out that some countries consider large parts of the net to be illegal because they show women no wearing full face veils etc. but apparently then it violates a US law it's okay.

The fact that the US controls all TLDs is unacceptable to many people.

Our of curiosity, if it was so acceptable, then why did you all connect to our Internet in the first place ?

I mean, if I go to someone's party, and I don't like the music they play, I leave. I don't bitch and moan they should play what I like.

Comment Re:orly (Score 1) 155

The US government does not protect free speech and lets states, local governments, schools and other institutions and private companies restrict at will it sems.

And this is how we want it. Our constitution lists specific powers that the federal (US) government has. All others are left to the states to be decided on a local level. You don't like you New York, move to Utah, or Nebraska, or California. You have choices. That is your freedom,

Keep something in mind here. The population of Holland (according to Wikipedia) is 6 million. The population of New York CITY is 8.1 million. Let me say that again: We have more people in one city then in your entire region.

Oh yes, ignorant American knows Holland isn't a country. The population of the Netherlands is 16million, the population of New York STATE is 19.3 million. One of our states is bigger then your entire country, and we have 50 states. The comparison of a European country to the US just isn't valid, it would be better to compare to a single state. The US would be comparable to what the EU might become.

If you really want to wrap your head around this, find the BBC series "Stephen Fry in America", and/or the companion book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry_in_America. He travels to all 50 states, treating them like 50 countries. It might help you grasp just how different Americans can be.

Comment A FORTRAN Coloring Book (Score 1) 624

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "A FORTRAN Coloring Book." Yes, it's a real book: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~kaufman1/FortranColoringBook/ColoringBkCover.html

I would call it influential due to the imitators it had in the end-user publishing field. There were many friendly computer books with cutsy images, but A FORTRAN Coloring Book was the first.

Comment Heinlein (Score 1) 722

I name all my hosts after Heinlein characters (Pinero, Jubal, Mycroft, Friday, LIbby, Castor, Polux, Anne, Miriam, Dorcas, Deety, Podkayne, Oscar, etc).

Routers are named after various gateways: Wardrobe, Warpcore, Tardis, Scylla, Charybdis. and the obligatory Stargate.

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