Iran/Persia was never part of the British Empire.The last time they started a war was in 1826 when they attacked Russia. The two nations had fought a number of wars before that so there was plenty of bad blood between the two. So not quite sure where your "part of one" comes from in relation to empires, but they had plenty of opportunity to be aggressive if they desire to be so.
This is the country that didn't use chemical weapons in the Gulf War (the real one, the one that killed a million people) despite Iraq doing so with the complicity of the US.
All I am saying is that when it comes to moral high ground, the US of A has plenty of looking up to do.
Maybe it got lost in translation. Thing is, where I come from saying something like that won't start a fight. No different from telling him to pull his head in, that he is a dickhead, or stop acting like a gallah.
As in "Ahh, you're a fucking idiot mate. You could tell I was in the middle of something but you had to go and disturb me..."
Maybe it is an Aussie trait. A literal people. Tell it like it is.
I grew up believing in the US as a beacon for freedom and fairness. Okay, so it was the 60's and 70's and given what was going down in South America it was probably all a lie then.
Thing is, just recently the US stated that they view a cyber attack as an act of war. Given how targeted Stuxnet was, by this admission they have clearly stated that it is okay for the US to commit an act of war on Iran, a country that has no history of aggression (although plenty of rhetoric, but that is not uncommon for the region).
How would you US citizens feel if you were on the receiving end of Predator drones, cyber attacks and Shock and Awe?
Worked wonders for me. Before I couldn't see a clock radio the far side of the bed. Haven't needed glasses the last 14 years, but old age is kicking in now.
Two downsides. Firstly you do lose a bit of clarity in low light situations due to the scarring scattering light. Secondly, the aftermath of the procedure is pretty unpleasant (eyes get watery and itchy for a couple of days), although the compensation of immediately being able to see much more clearly is amazing.
If you tell him he is a fucking idiot there is a good chance he won't do it more than once.
Having said that I have met my fair share of people that don't understand that turning my back on them and starting to use my keyboard is a cue for them to move on...
I suggest you have a period of time where you don't wear them, and let people know that. That way you can get your interruptions out of the way in one go.
Can highly recommend the noise cancellation headphones / ear buds. I have used them both at work, and when flying (which I had to do a hell of a lot of at once stage in my job). For flying I would often put them on but not connect them to anything - is also great for discouraging conversation (I don't mind a chat on occasions, but not on the 6am flight).
One exception for me - I find loud trance music fantastic if I have to power through writing code or a technical document that I already have substantially worked out in my head. There is something about the BPM that puts me in a zone and it is like I am on amphetamines.
And just like amphetamines I am drained after a couple of hours of doing so.
And IIRC the context was that the airport being closed was stopping him going to Northern Ireland to see his girlfriend. And he wasn't aware that his tweets could be seen outside of his group of mates.
The two exclamation marks alone would mark it as a joke.
Without intending or starting to commit a REAL crime I fail to see why society should consider anything a crime at all.
I disagree that he did anything "extremely stupid". Bungie jumping with a 10 m cable and a 5 metre drop would be extremely stupid. Posting a joky comment online is not. It is the authorities that are completely unreasonable here. What he did should not be a crime.
As someone from the UK I shake my head in disbelief at the surveillance society that they have let themselves become, and hope like hell it an't contagious.
So find a company in China that doesn't have anyone that speaks English, and be the technical go between because you can speak English, just like the people they can't understand.
Last time I looked both Britain and France were saving all the money they could just to try and stay afloat, so probably not them for that reason alone - although nations have a habit of spending insane money on such matters even as they sink under a sea of debt...
Many countries, including the US and Israel, support/sponsor terrorists or state sponsored terrorists. For the most recent example just look at the Iranian nuclear scientists that keep blowing up.
Actually I am in agreement with Wikileaks so yes, yes, yes, yes and yes, regardless of which country we are talking about/I am from.
Note that for the last one, if the president has sufficient security, making it public would not be a problem. As a security professional I am well aware of the maxim that keeping something secret is a poor substitute for ensuring that you security is bulletproof.
In my view a government has NO right to keep things secret from its citizens.
You are right though, the English language site of Fars is the source - although being a native speaker of farsi doesn't guarantee good translation into English.
As for the quote, it really isn't that different from the US and Israeli threats against Iran. And both of those countries have a history of carrying though with their threats.
What on earth was Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi doing addressing a Tehran crowd in English?
Of course he wasn't, which means that there are now at the mercy of those who translated it, even assuming the reported it accurately. And your link points to a US media site (so already hardly neutral or unbiased in these things) but not just that, one that has right-wing leanings and indeed was founded by a former adviser to Dick Cheney.
It is worth re-iterating that Iran has not started a war before. Can you say the same about Israel or the US. In fact the latter seems to start one every couple of years. Much as I loathe religious nut jobs, the balance of evidence is that the Israeli and US religious nut jobs have more to account for thus far than the Iranian ones.
The question they asked was "How often do you acquire pirated software or software that is not fully licensed".
Unless the two sets "software that is pirated" and "fully licensed" make up 100% of all software the conflation of the two in a single question will produce meaningless statistics.
I have a beta of a game which anyone is free to download. No licence. So anyone doing so would answer Yes if they were being truthful. As would I, since I acquired the software by writing it (A definition of Acquire is : To get by one's own efforts).
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Iran/Persia was never part of the British Empire.The last time they started a war was in 1826 when they attacked Russia. The two nations had fought a number of wars before that so there was plenty of bad blood between the two. So not quite sure where your "part of one" comes from in relation to empires, but they had plenty of opportunity to be aggressive if they desire to be so.
This is the country that didn't use chemical weapons in the Gulf War (the real one, the one that killed a million people) despite Iraq doing so with the complicity of the US.
All I am saying is that when it comes to moral high ground, the US of A has plenty of looking up to do.
Maybe it got lost in translation. Thing is, where I come from saying something like that won't start a fight. No different from telling him to pull his head in, that he is a dickhead, or stop acting like a gallah.
As in "Ahh, you're a fucking idiot mate. You could tell I was in the middle of something but you had to go and disturb me..."
Maybe it is an Aussie trait. A literal people. Tell it like it is.
I grew up believing in the US as a beacon for freedom and fairness. Okay, so it was the 60's and 70's and given what was going down in South America it was probably all a lie then.
Thing is, just recently the US stated that they view a cyber attack as an act of war. Given how targeted Stuxnet was, by this admission they have clearly stated that it is okay for the US to commit an act of war on Iran, a country that has no history of aggression (although plenty of rhetoric, but that is not uncommon for the region).
How would you US citizens feel if you were on the receiving end of Predator drones, cyber attacks and Shock and Awe?
Hypocrisy. The very worst of human traits.
Not to mention governments. Very few "democratic" governments think long term, and nor do the people that elect them. Sad really.
If this came to pass another model would appear to satisfy the need. To succeed it would have to be much saner.
That is just it. You don't OWN it. You own a limited rights to broadcast with 1001 clauses.
That is why you SHOULD be in favour of not paying for your content.
I thought it was an exotic dancer of some sort, so concur with the "underwhelming" and "barely make out" comments.
Worked wonders for me. Before I couldn't see a clock radio the far side of the bed. Haven't needed glasses the last 14 years, but old age is kicking in now.
Two downsides. Firstly you do lose a bit of clarity in low light situations due to the scarring scattering light. Secondly, the aftermath of the procedure is pretty unpleasant (eyes get watery and itchy for a couple of days), although the compensation of immediately being able to see much more clearly is amazing.
If you tell him he is a fucking idiot there is a good chance he won't do it more than once.
Having said that I have met my fair share of people that don't understand that turning my back on them and starting to use my keyboard is a cue for them to move on...
I suggest you have a period of time where you don't wear them, and let people know that. That way you can get your interruptions out of the way in one go.
Can highly recommend the noise cancellation headphones / ear buds. I have used them both at work, and when flying (which I had to do a hell of a lot of at once stage in my job). For flying I would often put them on but not connect them to anything - is also great for discouraging conversation (I don't mind a chat on occasions, but not on the 6am flight).
"music is almost white noise"
Especially if you are very familiar with it.
One exception for me - I find loud trance music fantastic if I have to power through writing code or a technical document that I already have substantially worked out in my head. There is something about the BPM that puts me in a zone and it is like I am on amphetamines.
And just like amphetamines I am drained after a couple of hours of doing so.
And IIRC the context was that the airport being closed was stopping him going to Northern Ireland to see his girlfriend. And he wasn't aware that his tweets could be seen outside of his group of mates.
The two exclamation marks alone would mark it as a joke.
Without intending or starting to commit a REAL crime I fail to see why society should consider anything a crime at all.
I disagree that he did anything "extremely stupid". Bungie jumping with a 10 m cable and a 5 metre drop would be extremely stupid. Posting a joky comment online is not. It is the authorities that are completely unreasonable here. What he did should not be a crime.
As someone from the UK I shake my head in disbelief at the surveillance society that they have let themselves become, and hope like hell it an't contagious.
So find a company in China that doesn't have anyone that speaks English, and be the technical go between because you can speak English, just like the people they can't understand.
How is this going to work exactly?
Last time I looked both Britain and France were saving all the money they could just to try and stay afloat, so probably not them for that reason alone - although nations have a habit of spending insane money on such matters even as they sink under a sea of debt...
Many countries, including the US and Israel, support/sponsor terrorists or state sponsored terrorists. For the most recent example just look at the Iranian nuclear scientists that keep blowing up.
Actually I am in agreement with Wikileaks so yes, yes, yes, yes and yes, regardless of which country we are talking about/I am from.
Note that for the last one, if the president has sufficient security, making it public would not be a problem. As a security professional I am well aware of the maxim that keeping something secret is a poor substitute for ensuring that you security is bulletproof.
In my view a government has NO right to keep things secret from its citizens.
Actually I was referring to The Daily Caller.
You are right though, the English language site of Fars is the source - although being a native speaker of farsi doesn't guarantee good translation into English.
As for the quote, it really isn't that different from the US and Israeli threats against Iran. And both of those countries have a history of carrying though with their threats.
That explains it then. Women are getting paid less because they are shorter, not because they are female.
This is why I read /.
What on earth was Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi doing addressing a Tehran crowd in English?
Of course he wasn't, which means that there are now at the mercy of those who translated it, even assuming the reported it accurately. And your link points to a US media site (so already hardly neutral or unbiased in these things) but not just that, one that has right-wing leanings and indeed was founded by a former adviser to Dick Cheney.
It is worth re-iterating that Iran has not started a war before. Can you say the same about Israel or the US. In fact the latter seems to start one every couple of years. Much as I loathe religious nut jobs, the balance of evidence is that the Israeli and US religious nut jobs have more to account for thus far than the Iranian ones.
The question they asked was "How often do you acquire pirated software or software that is not fully licensed".
Unless the two sets "software that is pirated" and "fully licensed" make up 100% of all software the conflation of the two in a single question will produce meaningless statistics.
I have a beta of a game which anyone is free to download. No licence. So anyone doing so would answer Yes if they were being truthful. As would I, since I acquired the software by writing it (A definition of Acquire is : To get by one's own efforts).
Was an even bigger challenge when I built my first computer in 1989. Much easier to copy an existing MS-DOS disk.
Dunno, but a lot of people pay to watch virtual actors in virtual scenery. That's how Disney got started after all...