matrix077

frankie said:

hodar said:

Never allow a person, who hasn't ever built anything; tell you he can run everything.

Dumb comment.  Bernie has built quite a following and been serving in the gov't for decades fighting the good fight for all Americans, unlike 95% of the gov't on both sides of the aisle who are all bought and paid for.  As the longest running independent we should all unite behind him.

Wgkrueger said:

Pylons said:

Looking forward! Crossing fingers for models with more key travel and without Touch Bar, but I'm not holding my breath.
Has anyone kept track in the past of how long time has elapsed from these database listings to actual product launches? (Yes, the article states "in the coming months, or even sooner", but I was thinking of a table or statistical analysis.)

Shouldn’t you be hoping for a better Touch Bar implementation?

ivanh said:

Siri is counter-productive. Waste a minute, try it yourself.

tzeshan said:

matrix077 said:

tzeshan said:

Huawei is banned because it violated IEEPA thus is considered a national security risk. Do you see the logic here? No, you need to actually understand what is IEEPA. It is a law sanctioning Iran. Now you think you understand the logic. No, you don't. The law is enacted because Iran supports PLA. What is PLA? It is a Palestinian organization against Israeli government. US lawmakers declared PLA a terrorist organization, Now you think you understand the logic. No, you don't. The fundamental reason PLA is declared a terrorist organization because many US lawmakers are Jewish Americans. 
Now you will say I am over stretching logic. I am not. China did something to Uiguers in Xinjiang, The Vice President and Secretary of State accuse China of human right violation. Why China did this? Because some Uiguers launched a series violent acts. You may argue that China is wrong because it is suppressing Uiguers liberty. So I bring back your attention to Israel. In the past Palestinians have launched a series attacks on Israel. In order to solve the problem Israel separated Palestinians into a region called Gaza. Is it suppressing Palestinians liberty? Now please tell me it is not. 

I notice that you didn’t talk about Thibet. Please stop defending this aweful communist country (they even killed their own people all those years ago so why defending them? Think these communist leaders will care for YOU?) that think theyre so big and can do what they please.. (for example to those 2 Canadian guys). 

I did not mention Tibet because it is not related like Israel is. Regarding Tibetan history, western supporters of Tibetans probably don't really know the history of what westerners did to Tibetans. We are lucky to have Wikipedia.com. 

In 1903, Curzon appointed Younghusband head of the Tibet Frontier Commission with John Claude White, political officer of Sikkim, and E. C. Wilton as deputy commissioners.[13] He subsequently led the 1903-04 British expedition to Tibet, whose putative aim was to settle disputes over the Sikkim-Tibet border, but by exceeding instructions from London, the expedition controversially became a de facto invasion of Tibet.[14]

About 100 miles (160 km) inside Tibet, on the way to Gyantse, thence to the capital of Lhasa, a confrontation outside the hamlet of Guru led to a victory by the expedition over 600-700 Tibetan militia, largely monks.[15] Some estimates of Tibetan casualties are far higher; inciting other conflicts,[16] Younghusband's well-trained troops were armed with rifles and machine guns, confronting disorganized monks wielding hoes, swords, and flintlocks. Some accounts estimated that more than 5,000 Tibetans were killed during the campaign, while the total number of British casualties was about five.

The British force was supported by King Ugyen Wangchuck of Bhutan, who was knighted in return for his services. The incident, portrayed by Chinese sources as a "massacre", embarrassed the British Government, which desired good relations with China for the sake of the coastal Chinese trade. Accordingly, the British repudiated the treaty known as the Treaty of Lhasa that Younghusband's services had obtained.

In 1891, Younghusband received the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, which was upgraded to Knight Commander in 1904;[1] and in 1917, he was awarded the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India. He was also awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal (gold) in 1901[1] and the Gold Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1905.[17]

In 1906, Younghusband settled in Kashmir as the British representative before returning[when?] to Britain, where he was an active member of many clubs and societies. In 1908, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. During the First World War, his patriotic Fight for Right campaign commissioned the song "Jerusalem".

Younghusband was elected President of the Royal Geographical Society in 1919, and two years later became Chairman of the Mount Everest Committee which was set up to coordinate the initial 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition to Mount Everest.[18] He actively encouraged the accomplished climber George Mallory to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and they followed the same initial route as the earlier Tibet Mission. Younghusband remained Chairman through the subsequent 1922 and 1924 British Expeditions.

In 1938 Younghusband encouraged Ernst Schäfer, who was about to lead a German expedition to "sneak over the border" when faced with British intransigence towards Schäfer's efforts to reach Tibet.[19] 

blastdoor said:

Of all the dumb things the T-admin has done or is doing, I'd say this is the least dumb, just because China is a legit threat and the US (and many others) have legit complaints about Chinese policy/behavior. 

But the way this policy is being implemented, especially in the context of lots of other dumb stuff going on, means it probably isn't going to be all that effective. It might even end up backfiring. Sad!