Funny how thihttp://science.slashdot.org/story/14/11/10/1240204/scientists-discover-a-virus-that-changes-the-brain-to-make-humans-more-stupid#s virus is rampant in the Bible Belt
To all of you who think Cuba is "modernizing" on its own, I remind you that Venezuela is sending over 100,000 barrels of oil on a daily basis which the Castros sell to other countries at current market prices. Venezuela became, for Cuba, what the USSR used to be. This is why many venezuelans think that their (our) country is being controlled politically by the Castros in Chavez' absence so that Cuba never loses that lifeline that, if it were to be gone tomorrow, it will send their country to another "periodo especial"
A translation will only be recognized by the Catholic Church if 70 million translators come up with the the exact word-for-word document while working in isolation.
Bart: "How would I go about creating a half-man, half-monkey-type creature?" Mrs. Krabappel: "I'm sorry, that would be playing God." Bart: "God-schmod, I want my monkey man."
Same thing happened in Venezuela last year during the last referendum (which Chavez lost, BTW). The newly nationalized CANTV (the main Telco) hijacked all of its customers DNS to block access to the two biggest anti-chavez websites (NoticieroDigital and Noticias24). Nothing new here but good, old fascist techniques....
Nationalizing an industry under Venezuelan law is allowed as long as the company being nationalized is compensated. In this regard, nationalizing is seen almost as "Eminent Domain" in the United States. RCTV was never compensated and, Chavez dixit, will never be compensated. In this light, calling the seizure of the equipment anything other than stealing IS laughable.
The comment about Directv spying on venezuelans certainly becomes laughable when the explanation given was that "the antennas are able to record what goes on in the bedroom and beam it to the pentagon" followed by the advice of making sure "not to walk by the TV while naked".
For "ending the contract" as the venezuelan government so euphemistically puts it, there had to be a trial for those allegations (supporting the coup, being "in bed with the imperialists!" and other nonsense) and RCTV had to be found guilty. If there was no prosecution, the contract had to be automatically renewed for 20 years. Now, not only such trial never took place but it was based solely on what Chavez accused RCTV of doing during his TV show. On top of that, the Supreme Court (which was increased in number from 12 to 30 members in order to assure Chavez he will always get it his way) ruled that all of RCTV's equipment was to be used by the new, government-based TVES station with no right to compensation.
Now, if it walks like a duck... you can't call it a cat. This was an illegal closing of a dissenting media outlet AND a nationalization ("stealing", as I'd like to call it) of a company with the highest rating in the country and one of only two with a view different from the regime.
A while ago, a high-ranking government official declared that the CIA and "the gringos" were spying on venezuelans thru their Directv antennas... that's the level of lunacy and paranoia surrounding the guy....
I remember watching Monstruos del Espacio in Venezuela in the early 1980s. Nobody from my generation remembers the rockets, the whistle... but here it is, for your viewing pleasure.... http://zonaretro.com/tienda/product_info.php?cPath =47&products_id=489
There is a YouTube video at the bottom of that page
How many people has Chavez killed? Let's see... there were 19 people killed at a march armed with FLAGS and SINGING. Chavez ordered the military and his civilian followers to shoot (http://www.venezuelaenvideos.com/pt01v01.htm). How about the ones killed by his inaction and invitation for crime? (The guy in charged of security says the media is exagerating when they say 90 thousand have been killed... he adds "it's only been 60 thousand, people!" (http://www.noticierodigital.com/forum/viewtopic.p hp?t=117819). Wait... how about the miners at La Paragua killed by the military just some weeks ago? Is buying 3 BILLION DOLLARS worth of AK-47s a sign of peace? (http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/672 198221/m/5900086190001) Well maybe... but then he says "To all of you against me.. this is a peaceful revolution, but WE ARE ARMED". Oh... and how about everyone who is tagged as a "traitor" for having signed against him in preparation for a referendum (which is a constitutional right, mind you) (http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/2005/04/tasc on-list-modern-political-apartheid.html)... By the way.... you can download it off kazaa and thepiratebay.
Maybe all Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, Mexicans and Panamanians will disagree that only those thre countries know about baseball... but hey... I'm used to americans thinking that everyone south the border is a tequila-drinking, sombrero-wearing mexican...
Maybe you should learn to be a bit less close-minded and refrain from posting such racist remarks. Yes, there are construction workers of mexican nationality (illegally) in the US, but also there are people in Mexico who went to school, got an engineering degree and are proudly working in their country for a better future. Many of them might even be more knowledgeable than you (Miguel de Icaza comes to mind). I'm not mexican (I'm venezuelan) but I know many mexicans who are just TIRED of people like you... damn it, stop the stereotypes!
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Funny how thihttp://science.slashdot.org/story/14/11/10/1240204/scientists-discover-a-virus-that-changes-the-brain-to-make-humans-more-stupid#s virus is rampant in the Bible Belt
PI?
So The Croods were right?
Have Walter White teach it.... where do I sign up?
How is this different from canreinvite=yes/no in Asterisk? Doesn't SIP allow for the same thing?
To all of you who think Cuba is "modernizing" on its own, I remind you that Venezuela is sending over 100,000 barrels of oil on a daily basis which the Castros sell to other countries at current market prices. Venezuela became, for Cuba, what the USSR used to be. This is why many venezuelans think that their (our) country is being controlled politically by the Castros in Chavez' absence so that Cuba never loses that lifeline that, if it were to be gone tomorrow, it will send their country to another "periodo especial"
The logo looks like a commie piece of propaganda straight out of Moscow circa 1925
Disney? Is that you?
A translation will only be recognized by the Catholic Church if 70 million translators come up with the the exact word-for-word document while working in isolation.
I believe it's from the episode when Milhouse falls in love with Samantha
Bart: "How would I go about creating a half-man, half-monkey-type creature?"
Mrs. Krabappel: "I'm sorry, that would be playing God."
Bart: "God-schmod, I want my monkey man."
Here you go... http://www.vmukti.com/ It integrates with Asterisk and it has Video Conferencing capabilities.
www.concha.su/madre
It's been done already with ".de" for some spanish-related sites. ("de" meaning "of")
These domain names would really be appreciated by spanish speakers. "Su" means "yours" so the possibilities are endless!
Sure
http://www.huitzilop.tusuperblog.com/cantv-bloquea-paginas-opositoras/
http://www.zonalibre.org/blog/marcel/archives/103360.html
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=5324
Same thing happened in Venezuela last year during the last referendum (which Chavez lost, BTW). The newly nationalized CANTV (the main Telco) hijacked all of its customers DNS to block access to the two biggest anti-chavez websites (NoticieroDigital and Noticias24). Nothing new here but good, old fascist techniques....
Nationalizing an industry under Venezuelan law is allowed as long as the company being nationalized is compensated. In this regard, nationalizing is seen almost as "Eminent Domain" in the United States. RCTV was never compensated and, Chavez dixit, will never be compensated. In this light, calling the seizure of the equipment anything other than stealing IS laughable.
The comment about Directv spying on venezuelans certainly becomes laughable when the explanation given was that "the antennas are able to record what goes on in the bedroom and beam it to the pentagon" followed by the advice of making sure "not to walk by the TV while naked".
Another venezuelan here
For "ending the contract" as the venezuelan government so euphemistically puts it, there had to be a trial for those allegations (supporting the coup, being "in bed with the imperialists!" and other nonsense) and RCTV had to be found guilty. If there was no prosecution, the contract had to be automatically renewed for 20 years. Now, not only such trial never took place but it was based solely on what Chavez accused RCTV of doing during his TV show. On top of that, the Supreme Court (which was increased in number from 12 to 30 members in order to assure Chavez he will always get it his way) ruled that all of RCTV's equipment was to be used by the new, government-based TVES station with no right to compensation.
Now, if it walks like a duck... you can't call it a cat. This was an illegal closing of a dissenting media outlet AND a nationalization ("stealing", as I'd like to call it) of a company with the highest rating in the country and one of only two with a view different from the regime.
A while ago, a high-ranking government official declared that the CIA and "the gringos" were spying on venezuelans thru their Directv antennas... that's the level of lunacy and paranoia surrounding the guy....
I remember watching Monstruos del Espacio in Venezuela in the early 1980s. Nobody from my generation remembers the rockets, the whistle... but here it is, for your viewing pleasure.... http://zonaretro.com/tienda/product_info.php?cPath =47&products_id=489
There is a YouTube video at the bottom of that page
How many people has Chavez killed? Let's see... there were 19 people killed at a march armed with FLAGS and SINGING. Chavez ordered the military and his civilian followers to shoot (http://www.venezuelaenvideos.com/pt01v01.htm). How about the ones killed by his inaction and invitation for crime? (The guy in charged of security says the media is exagerating when they say 90 thousand have been killed... he adds "it's only been 60 thousand, people!" (http://www.noticierodigital.com/forum/viewtopic.p hp?t=117819). Wait... how about the miners at La Paragua killed by the military just some weeks ago? Is buying 3 BILLION DOLLARS worth of AK-47s a sign of peace? (http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/672 198221/m/5900086190001) Well maybe... but then he says "To all of you against me.. this is a peaceful revolution, but WE ARE ARMED". Oh... and how about everyone who is tagged as a "traitor" for having signed against him in preparation for a referendum (which is a constitutional right, mind you) (http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/2005/04/tasc on-list-modern-political-apartheid.html)... By the way.... you can download it off kazaa and thepiratebay.
I'm venezuelan. I know what I'm talking about.
Does this mean I can wear my computer as a mood ring? What a fashion statement!
Some characters have dissapeared completely anyways.
How about Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Panamanians, Dominicans, Venezuelans, Koreans, Colombians and others who also play baseball? :)
Maybe all Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, Mexicans and Panamanians will disagree that only those thre countries know about baseball... but hey... I'm used to americans thinking that everyone south the border is a tequila-drinking, sombrero-wearing mexican...
Maybe you should learn to be a bit less close-minded and refrain from posting such racist remarks. Yes, there are construction workers of mexican nationality (illegally) in the US, but also there are people in Mexico who went to school, got an engineering degree and are proudly working in their country for a better future. Many of them might even be more knowledgeable than you (Miguel de Icaza comes to mind). I'm not mexican (I'm venezuelan) but I know many mexicans who are just TIRED of people like you... damn it, stop the stereotypes!