Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:32:52 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <0cabca8e-52bc-bd20-04b3-b77282e575bc@example.net> <8e38b627-a937-cfde-ddad-070f49d4fc94@example.net> <45923010-96be-72d0-9ccc-9a43f25f35c4@example.net> <3Nqcncx9-a5sKsL6nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@earthlink.com> <305d5af9-8a24-b375-323e-c250bdc27e94@example.net> <308f34aa-6ce1-f0d0-a31d-7ff5d389237a@example.net> <8687e191-71e3-4458-1628-a30ade9bb12a@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3756556"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62770 On Fri, 20 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:03:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> Irish left because it was better than dying of starvation in a massively >> overpopulated country. >> Many N Europeans left because they were simply too pious to be >> tolerated. As where the original pilgrim fathers. >> English left because they were second sons and had no estates, but they >> had enough to buy them in the Americas. >> Italians probably left to escape poverty, like the Irish. > > Technically they weren't Germans since the country didn't exist but there > has been a German presence in the US from almost the beginning. It didn't > last long but Ben Franklin published 'Philadelphische Zeitung' in 1732, > the first German language newspaper in the colonies. > > A couple of events may have resulted in a surge. If you were on the wrong > side in 1848 a sea voyage would look good. Bismarck's KulturKampf in > Prussia could persuade Catholics that there were greener pastures. The > stubborn ones formed the Centre party. > > In the US the Germans and Irish worked well together. The Germans took > care of business while the Irish provided the politicians and cops. That > seemed to apply in Europe too, given Roger Casement's little scheme. > And let us not forget the early influence of Adam Weishaupt! Just look at your dollarbills!