One thousand years from now

You must be US-american. I couldn't care less about those dollars.

Please answer these questions comparing two economies: a. How is my life expectancy? b. How is the child mortality rate? c. How is the food? d. What are the chances of getting stabbed[1], going partying at Saturday night?

Groetjes Albert

[1] US-denizens, read "shot".

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Economic growth -- being exponential -- ultimately falters.
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Is it? Part of why there are things for Windows that are just not there for Linux is because Windows appeals to people seeking status.

Linux does status, but less efficiently than having real sales figures will. How else can you explain people suffering the horror that is M$ to do development? Er, other than the alternatives are somehow worse.

Well.... yeah. Then again, the "alpha geek" culture *in general* that started about 1999 was never going to work.

-- Les Cargill

Then explain why Linux is doing so well? Why are you going to the trouble of telling me this, without getting paid for it? People like to get paid... Hmmmm... Can't we agree on: "people like to get something in return" ?

Groetjes Albert

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Maybe they were right. Just a little bit ahead of time.

Groetjes Albert

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Probably overrated importance. Unlimited energy will come within hundred years one way or another (cold/hot fusion) and will not have the dramatic impact everybody expects

Certainly. But Iraq cost the US more than it gains them. It is mostly resources.

Interesting that you say that. Much progress has come from scientific/engineering during WW-II. But the cold-war started the weapons-race, and then the space-race with the Sputnik. The space-race gave us micro-electronics, the rest is history.

But all this is based on human capital: good education. Good education was a natural in the eastern block, and a fight-for resource in socialist-influenced Europe, not so much in the US. It may seem that the US was at the heart of progress. A closer look reveals scientists that fled for the Nazi's (Einstein), scientists that worked for the Nazi's (von Braun) and a lot of brain drain from Europe and the third world. Home bred pH-D's are rare in the US and becoming rarer as we speak.

As you see, I agree only partly with your analysis of parasitic. At 1,2: we must learn to use natural resources properly At 3: we need chances to education for everybody, not to waste the talent we need.

Technological progress is an enormous asset, and warrants optimism, especially in this time and age, but I share your concerns that this cannot prevent war.

Groetjes Albert

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The US has lowered the infant mortality rate dramatically, and I've been wondering if it's all that great an accomplishment to spend astronomical amounts of money on heroic intervention measures, just to result in diabetic, autistic, and morbidly obese couch potatoes.

Thanks, Rich

Probably, but what's the fun in reading nothing but dry techincal stuff? >;->

Cheers! Rich

Geeks who love to write indestructible, bug-free programs that work.

Oh, you'd be surprised what payoff I get from this. Not everything is measurable in dollars. ;-)

Absolutely! That's why the only way socialism can work is at gunpoint. (unless, of course, you've got an entirely homogenous population who are all related to each other - then it's like "family." The US doesn't have that.)

Thanks! Rich

It appeals to those who don't know any better.

Hope This Helps! Rich

July 19, 2012.

Hope This Helps! Rich

Hope This Helps! Rich

I know a lot "better" (24 years before the mast, laddie buck!) , yet I cannot get away from Windows. Sing it, Bob!

"And the apps are there for Wiiiiiiiiinndows." - Bob DLLan, (to the tune of "The Times They Are A Changin'"

Still. Ten years later. Erp, fifteen years. Time flies....

Each and every time I have tried, the project fails, usually with a forum posting where I find out "uh, yeah, we never got that working." I've e-met some nice people, though.

But you can't have my Knoppix disc. And ucLinux is a dream. Gorgeous stuff.

-- Les Cargill

No. DECEMBER 20th 2012, dingledorf.

DimBulb is a regular moron (with >60 sock puppets) on the electronics groups.

Oh, I've hear it enough that it no longer registers as 60s TeeVee slang, rather normal jargon. Sorta line "I see nuuuting!", or "missed it by >< that much". ;-)

The same way we "tax" fire wood?

Pretty much all of them.

The"voluntarily pay for it" part is missing.

FDR's programs were:

1) Forcibly take away property from the productive people with taxes and printed money. 2) Give this property to other people. 3) Repeat, so depression will last for as long as possible.

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There is no answer from you. How convenient. So far all resources available to humanity were increasing over time. We have not even died from pollution. as predicted. Lucky us.

So? When will we run out of oil?

= Ah but you do not seem to have done the basic comparison i asked you = to do, let alone versus median age, GINI coefficient, of any of other = mapped quality of life information.

Feel free to do it youself and show us the resulat.

= Japan and Taiwan are really well = lit but have some very repressive aspects to their cultures (just like = the US and much of Europe).

I mentioned "Overall level of political and economical freedom". Surprisingle the most illuminated are Western Europe, US, Canada, Japan, South Korea and even India and China in sometimes.

Level of economic freedom in China surpassed US lately. No idea about India.

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As long as I am not paying for it, why not?

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Because it ships with sources.

/BAH