Does nobody else see the irony of a comment like this being moderated to +4?
The fact that it's been validated by the system it critiques invalidates it.
It does not invalidate the statement (because of it being critical) simply because it has been validated by the system. If that were true, the statement would invalidate the system as well.
She has obviously not applied to work oversees, I know multiple firms in the Middle East who would pay her reasonably for merely having the barely acceptable qualifications she so proudly presents, and if all else fails, there's always Iraq to go to, ask Bush Jr!
As an individual who currently resides in Syria, I find this simply absurd, but the reason isn't simply Embargoes, it happens to be most embargoed countries do not implement copyright laws pertaining to US (and most non-US) company products. Some might have the spiteful reaction, 'well then they shouldn't be provided any services', while the reason for these companies not getting any copyright rights, is the fact they don't have official representation in these countries for the same reason the embargoes exist, politics.
This brings us to the main reason some services have been denied to the aforementioned countries, Revenue, now because nationals (and residents) of these countries do not abide by global copyright laws, almost all services provided to these countries are either the free in nature, or in the case of non-online products (e.g Windows XP) piracy is the norm.
So as some of you mentioned, its all about politics, what we here see, is a sign that the political status of these countries as embargoed countries, won't be changing any time soon. And the reason is simply, Revenue.
Its a matter of portraying a crime against fellow Iraqis in a game, the White Phosphorus, the children killed, injured elderly men shot dead in cold blood and in houses of god none the less.
No matter how Entertainig or fun some might find it, its not going to be taken lightly by people who actually have lost friends and family in the invasion and the battles that followed. For Iraqis the First Battle of Fellooja is a source of pride, for the US Army declared a cease fire, but to see children and teenagers relive killing Iraqis who made us (the Iraqi people) proud by resisting the invasion, is simply sick.
First of all this isn't your standard/. article, but I'm disappointed so far in the replies.
Its a clear case of tit-for-tat, the Chinese have been in negotiations on an Oil Deal in Iraq which they coincidentally landed a couple of days ago - two days later, they back down on financial news services. How much more obvious can things get?
Less people will be working, leading less over all income and thus less business purposed traveling, leading to the $1000 price tag being just well, silly.
Who knows with all that collective intelligence and distributed computing power, or what can be discovered by some kid with 12 xbox 360's lying around analyzing this info?
I was skimming through all these comments in hope of coming across one of a regular in those alleged forums, but sadly no one finds those sites interesting enough to check out, or we're just plain too scared to.
All I could confirm was the http://www.alarabiya.net/ going offline with a number of other 'non-terrorist' sites on Friday, 10th of this month.
Maybe you should "think harder" about not being an overprivileged white kid growing up in suburbia where your biggest problem is if pop will let you drive the new truck to prom
I was enjoying my moding privileges till I read this. I myself am an Iraqi whose father passed away recently due to Aplastic Anemia which when diagnosed was concluded as radiation inflicted. Needless to say, my family lived in Baghdad during the war.
Believe it or not what you call the 'anti-establishment posts' are a source of consolation to Iraqis like myself, that there still is hope for the populous of the worlds most powerful nation. In other words, at least the bright and brilliant know right from wrong.
I stand with those who say, don't send them to Iraq in the first place, neither of us will need therapy that way.
I think the day has come where hospitals need to maintain reliable Blogs considering they have the resources to do so.
If it proves efficient, outsourcing to small IT service providers to maintain these blogs/websites will also be good for businesses.
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Does nobody else see the irony of a comment like this being moderated to +4?
The fact that it's been validated by the system it critiques invalidates it.
It does not invalidate the statement (because of it being critical) simply because it has been validated by the system. If that were true, the statement would invalidate the system as well.
If all of that research is into how to make cheaper versions of the US/UK research that have the exact short term results?
She has obviously not applied to work oversees, I know multiple firms in the Middle East who would pay her reasonably for merely having the barely acceptable qualifications she so proudly presents, and if all else fails, there's always Iraq to go to, ask Bush Jr!
As an individual who currently resides in Syria, I find this simply absurd, but the reason isn't simply Embargoes, it happens to be most embargoed countries do not implement copyright laws pertaining to US (and most non-US) company products. Some might have the spiteful reaction, 'well then they shouldn't be provided any services', while the reason for these companies not getting any copyright rights, is the fact they don't have official representation in these countries for the same reason the embargoes exist, politics.
This brings us to the main reason some services have been denied to the aforementioned countries, Revenue, now because nationals (and residents) of these countries do not abide by global copyright laws, almost all services provided to these countries are either the free in nature, or in the case of non-online products (e.g Windows XP) piracy is the norm.
So as some of you mentioned, its all about politics, what we here see, is a sign that the political status of these countries as embargoed countries, won't be changing any time soon. And the reason is simply, Revenue.
Its a matter of portraying a crime against fellow Iraqis in a game, the White Phosphorus, the children killed, injured elderly men shot dead in cold blood and in houses of god none the less.
No matter how Entertainig or fun some might find it, its not going to be taken lightly by people who actually have lost friends and family in the invasion and the battles that followed. For Iraqis the First Battle of Fellooja is a source of pride, for the US Army declared a cease fire, but to see children and teenagers relive killing Iraqis who made us (the Iraqi people) proud by resisting the invasion, is simply sick.
Or it goes to code hell, where it is made Closed Source and sent for Eternal Bug inspection
First of all this isn't your standard /. article, but I'm disappointed so far in the replies.
Its a clear case of tit-for-tat, the Chinese have been in negotiations on an Oil Deal in Iraq which they coincidentally landed a couple of days ago - two days later, they back down on financial news services. How much more obvious can things get?
the inventor of the shoe lace could be the answer to all our four dimensional space quetions?
wouldn't it be cool if the moon had the same effect?
Less people will be working, leading less over all income and thus less business purposed traveling, leading to the $1000 price tag being just well, silly.
Grow up and get a real Notebook.
Does this mean Mccain could actually win this year?
Who knows with all that collective intelligence and distributed computing power, or what can be discovered by some kid with 12 xbox 360's lying around analyzing this info?
Kudos to the fantastic ten.
IE sadly remains superior in foreign speaking societies where sometimes lack of standard compliance designs in websites makes it the obvious choice.
I was skimming through all these comments in hope of coming across one of a regular in those alleged forums, but sadly no one finds those sites interesting enough to check out, or we're just plain too scared to.
All I could confirm was the http://www.alarabiya.net/ going offline with a number of other 'non-terrorist' sites on Friday, 10th of this month.
I'd rather buy one cheap laser mouse a month for $10 than one $100 mouse for a year
no it doesn't
Will we be seeing new weapons systems with Android at heart?
Maybe one of these days an Iron users door will get kicked down for fanatic browsing practices.
http://www.asp.net/
Maybe you should "think harder" about not being an overprivileged white kid growing up in suburbia where your biggest problem is if pop will let you drive the new truck to prom
I was enjoying my moding privileges till I read this. I myself am an Iraqi whose father passed away recently due to Aplastic Anemia which when diagnosed was concluded as radiation inflicted. Needless to say, my family lived in Baghdad during the war.
Believe it or not what you call the 'anti-establishment posts' are a source of consolation to Iraqis like myself, that there still is hope for the populous of the worlds most powerful nation. In other words, at least the bright and brilliant know right from wrong.
I stand with those who say, don't send them to Iraq in the first place, neither of us will need therapy that way.
you'd think someone would give tips on how to avoid this? or at least help with telling others what software packages actually DO this to avoid.
Then work our way down to G W Bush.
The world might have hope if idiots don't reach power.
Science might even have a chance too.
did a search in Arabic for the word Arabic and got 3/11 results on the page in English. Talk about off target.
Maybe the www will finally have multiple encoded links enabled to get google a kicking in Chinese and Arabic.
I think the day has come where hospitals need to maintain reliable Blogs considering they have the resources to do so. If it proves efficient, outsourcing to small IT service providers to maintain these blogs/websites will also be good for businesses.