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Ron Paul, Tea Party, Fox News and Colorado Springs

…in Colorado Springs stopped paying taxes then they would have no job. BUT, free market could take over and set up private companies that would ensure efficiency which means they would not be paid just to sit around waiting for things to happen but only when there was a fire or criminal on the loose.  Firemen would have to stop responding to cats in trees and would not have to report to work to just sit.  Instead they would have to report when ther…

Tropic Thunder

…as also completely exasperated to see on the news today that people are protesting but for a completely different reason which is the disabled or as the movie refers to as “retarded.” http://omg.yahoo.com/news/updated-disability-advocates-call-for-tropic-thunder-protest-stiller-responds/11875 This is a perfect case to understand how one’s viewpoint changes due to international experience and my experience in Vietnam. It also showcases the ignoranc…

An International Discussion in Virtual Reality

…e old words as well and fit them to new concepts. So “computer” is made by combining com, which means “together” or “with” and “putare” meaning both to think and to prune. Both are from Latin and we get the word “computer.” Or let’s take “server.” This is a simple word coming from service. In the past it would be someone serves someone in some fashion. A person could serve someone else soup, or simply just be of service for anything. Well, a “serv…

SPEAK AMERICAN – Fun lesson in language

…and repeated a number of times.  Eventually, the original meaning would become completely lost. I’m not sure if I can think of a super great example to demonstrate but I’ll give it a go.  I won’t use English/French/Spanish because they are too close on the linguistic tree.  Instead, let’s do English/Japanese. –  English – I want to eat spaghetti The stress of this sentence is on “I.” – Japanese – Spaghetti tabetai – Spagetti wants to be eaten The…

Social Networks – Facebook – Blogs and the future

…around which every other aspect of the web revolves or will something else come along and pull FB out of it’s orbit? One interesting site that combines blogs and social networks is Ning .  This is a very cool idea but as of yet I don’t think it is very popular.  Also, it has been rumored that they will start charging a fee for the service in July which is anathema to many internet users.  Yet, I am able to add this blog to the service and should N…