EA has been milking their game engines for all they're worth and then some. They have been using various versions of the 'Sage' engine for the past half-dozen or so RTS games, and they need money to make a new one.
Translation - they've made a shitload of money with minimal investment and have spent it all on [censored] so have none left to make a new engine.
Fourth, he realizes Google is making money from these searches. He's right, of course. Google isn't a charity, and they manage to make money off search.
Uh, like how? How do Google make money of search? Oh, that's right, they don't. Google make money of advertising.
If you compare the education of the top journalists and the top bloggers, the top bloggers are better educated. They probably also actually work in the fields that they are writing about
The issue here is that if you are charging for something that someone else is giving away for free, your'e not going to survive. The point of this meeting, and of Murdoch's speech is that the "content providers" have to join together and demand payment for all "quality" content, and they have to join together to aggressively defend their IP.
I love the smell of a price fixing cartel in the morning.
Enclosure is exactly the right analogue; men like him have always made money by setting themselves up as middlemen, not adding to the system but simple charging for access to part of it that was previously free.
The word you're looking for is "thieves", or perhaps "pirates".
Fucking slashdot, I am not a cowboy. Just because I can think and write faster than the average slashboy.
The safeguard agreement is a condition imposed on NPT signatories, if you are not adhering to it then you are thus breaking that condition of the NPT. Of course Iran isn't non-compliant to the entirety of the NPT, but being non-compliant to part of it is still non-compliance.
Grammar fail. Past tense != present tense.
Iran was also a signatory for a couple of years before pulling out of it
Iran signed, but didn't ratify, the additional protocol. As with other countries treaties don't come into force before ratification.
Cherry picking parts of the IAEA document whilst ignoring others
Put your money where your mouth is. What did I ignore?
By Iran I refer to it's leadership as they are the ones who determine the course of the nation.
Ok, thanks for that clarification
Murdering it's own citizens just because they protest against the elections being rigged is a pretty good start but of course you can also throw hanging homosexuals in there too as being things that put Iran pretty high up on the evil list. Beating women because they don't conform to a specific dress style, torturing men for having western style haircuts, that sort of thing. It's hard to suggest that that is not an evil regime.
All pretty nasty stuff, but unfortunately hardly unique. For instance our nice ally Saudi Arabia also executes people for "Homosexual activity".
I mentioned this already in my post, I guess you didn't bother to read it all. Iran is breaching the NPT because they have not allowed full inspections of their nuclear sites and examination of all relevant documentation surrounding nuclear activity. This is a condition imposted on all NPT signatories including Iran.
The inspections are required by the safeguard agreement, an annexe to the NPT. Not allowing inspections breaches the safeguard agreement, not the NPT. To breach the NPT Iran would have to run a weapons program. No evidence has ever been presented that Iran is running a weapons program.
Iran did break its safeguard agreement before 2002, in the construction of it's first enrichment plant, but that has since been inspected (including surprise inspections). No evidence of transfer of materiel to a military program has been found.
For the second enrichment plant (near Qom, I wonder why) Iran can't possibly be breaking the treaty - it's not yet in use and so not covered. If Iran had signed the famous "additional protocol" it would be in breach, but it didn't, so it isn't.
To date, the results of the environmental samples taken at FEP and PFEP indicate that the plants have been operating as declared (i.e. less than 5.0% U-235 enrichment).5 Since March 2007, 26 unannounced inspections have been conducted at FEP. Twenty-five of these inspections were successfully implemented. For one inspection, carried out on 19 May 2009, access to the facility was not granted by Iran within the agreed time because of an ongoing security drill being carried out at the facility by Iran which had been notified in advance to the Agency. The Agency has initiated discussions with Iran on arrangements in connection with unannounced inspections that would allow the Agency to meet its safeguards objectives within the required timeframe under similar circumstances
One hiccup in 26 inspections.
The Agency has continued to monitor the use and construction of hot cells at the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and the Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Radioisotope Production (MIX) Facility. There have been no indications of ongoing reprocessing related activities at those facilities. While Iran has stated that there have been no reprocessing related R&D activities in Iran, the Agency can confirm this only with respect to these two facilities, as the measures of the Additional Protocol are not available.
Iran hasn't signed the additional protocol, they don't have to allow inspections at random.
The Agency has continued to monitor the use and construction of hot cells at the T
Honestly, "maintaining the network connection and drawing to the screen" is about all the current- and last-gen smartphones are capable of in software. Absolutely everything else is done in hardware or DSPs and can be (and is) turned off at will.
So Symbian, OSX, Maemo, Android, and so on are just figments of our imagination? I can't really run Python on my phone?
Article 60 [Executive] The functions of the executive, except in the matters that are directly placed under the jurisdiction of the Leadership by the Constitution, are to be exercised by the President and the Ministers.
Article 110 [Leadership Duties and Powers] (1) Following are the duties and powers of the Leadership: 1. Delineation of the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran after consultation with the Nation's Exigency Council. 2. Supervision over the proper execution of the general policies of the system. 3. Issuing decrees for national referenda. 4. Assuming supreme command of the Armed Forces. 5. Declaration of war and peace and the mobilization of the Armed Forces. 6. Appointment, dismissal, and resignation of: a. the religious men on the Guardian Council, b. the supreme judicial authority of the country, c. the head of the radio and television network of the Islamic Republic of Iran, d. the chief of the joint staff, e. the chief commander of the Isalmic Revolution Guards Corps, and f. the supreme commanders of the Armed Forces. 7. Resolving differences between the three wings of the Armed Forces and regulation of their relations. 8. Resolving the problems which cannot be solved by conventional methods, through the Nation's Exigency Council. 9. Signing the decree formalizing the election of the President of the Republic by the people. The suitability of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, with respect to the qualifications specified in the Constitution, must be confirmed before elections take place by the Guardian Council, and, in the case of the first term of a President, by the Leadership. 10. Dismissal of the President of the Republic, with due regard for the interests of the country, after the Supreme Court holds him guilty of the violation of his constitutional duties, or after a vote of the Islamic Consultative Assembly testifying to his incompetence on the basis of Article 89. 11. Pardoning or reducing the sentences of convicts, within the framework of Islamic criteria, on a recommendation from the Head of judicial power. (2) The Leader may delegate part of his duties and powers to another person.
but because of Britain's great welfare scheme many are traveling all across Europe and then sneaking into the UK.
UK accused over asylum seekers left to live on $1 a day
Hundreds of thousands living in extreme poverty
Charities brand current situation inhumane
A series of governmental policy decisions including preventing asylum seekers from working in 2002, cutting legal aid in 2004 and an overhaul of the system in 2007 has lead to an "untenable strain" on local charities.
Asylum claims have fallen sharply in recent years and are at a 14-year low, with 23,430 applications for asylum in 2007 - 4% of all immigration applications.
My guess is that someone in the home office is an idiot
Well duh, everyone who works for the UK Borders Agency is an idiot. Have you ever met one?
(One of my nieces by marriage almost married one, he was amazing, proudly told us how him and his mates spent all his time in Lunar house making prank phone calls and calling premium rate phone sex lines).
I once met an Englishman who'd left the country because it was overrun with mooslims.
He was very happy in his new home.
Strangely enough his new home was Treichville, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, and as he was telling me this interesting story people were, about 5 feet from where he was standing, praying to Allah, facing Mecca, on the sidewalk.
English bigots, the stupidest in the world, accept no imitations.
Remember it was the French that basically said, in the runup to Iraq, "It doesn't matter what the inspectors find - military intervention is not an option."
However, Hezbollah is devoted to destroying Israel. Here [nybooks.com] are [standwithus.com] some [un.org] links [www.unb.ca], in case [psepc.gc.ca] you didn't bother to find them.
You copied those links from the Wikipedia article didn't you?
Hezbollah's announced long-term objectives-- [...] the elimination of the State of Israel
Unsupported allegation, which continues
but it interprets its founding principles with considerable suppleness, as when Nasrallah says he will not sabotage an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement
The Necessity for the Destruction of Israel[*] We see in Israel the vanguard of the United States in our Islamic world. It is the hated enemy that must be fought until the hated ones get what they deserve. [...] Therefore our struggle will end only when this entity is obliterated. We recognize no treaty with it, no cease fire, and no peace agreements, whether separate or consolidated. We vigorously condemn all plans for negotiation with Israel, [...], and all other programs that include the recognition (even the implied recognition) of the Zionist entity.
Oh, what does that little [*] there mean?
The Jerusalem Quarterly, number Forty-Eight, Fall 1988 This is a slightly abridged translation of "Nass al-Risala al-Maftuha allati wajahaha Hizballah ila-l-Mustad'afin fi Lubnan wa-l-Alam", published February 16, 1985 in al-Safir (Beirut), [...]
[*] This paragraph did not appear in the original translation published by the Jerusalem Quarterly.
Ah, "this paragraph did not appear in the original translation. Why?
It is possible [possible?] that this omision is due to the fact that the source (al-Safir) for the translation did not include this text, which appears in the original Hizballah Program.
Appears in the original, sez who? Wikipedia says:
Some translations of Hezbollah's 1985 Arabic-language manifesto state that "our struggle will end only when this entity [Israel] is obliterated".[10] However neither the original publication of the manifesto, nor those found on Hezbollah's website, include the statement.[10]
And last, and least of all http://www.psepc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp#h20 - "Public safety Canada" whoever the fuck they are say that that Hizballah is a "listed entity". Sounds bad. They seen to have read the dodgy PDF above.
You know, [citation needed] doesn't mean [stick in an unsuppo
or "The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e eshghalgar-e qods) must [vanish from] the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad)".
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Translation - they've made a shitload of money with minimal investment and have spent it all on [censored] so have none left to make a new engine.
EA, the CA of gaming.
So you're in violent agreement with me? Google is an advertising company.
You must visit the graundiad to read that piece:
Damien Thorn, offspring of Satan, was educated at Yale before inheriting a global business conglomerate at a shockingly young age and using it to hypnotise millions in a demonic bid to hasten Armageddon. James Murdoch's story is quite different. He went to Harvard.
Uh, like how? How do Google make money of search? Oh, that's right, they don't. Google make money of advertising.
[citation needed]
I love the smell of a price fixing cartel in the morning.
The word you're looking for is "thieves", or perhaps "pirates".
Fucking slashdot, I am not a cowboy. Just because I can think and write faster than the average slashboy.
Hahhahahhahhhahhahahahha!
Mod this one +1e9 funny!
Aptly named.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkKxGzm98AU
Yes, but in the Longman version Hydrogen is a halogen, whereas everyone knows it's really an alkali metal. :-)
Grammar fail. Past tense != present tense.
Iran signed, but didn't ratify, the additional protocol. As with other countries treaties don't come into force before ratification.
Put your money where your mouth is. What did I ignore?
Ok, thanks for that clarification
All pretty nasty stuff, but unfortunately hardly unique. For instance our nice ally Saudi Arabia also executes people for "Homosexual activity".
The inspections are required by the safeguard agreement, an annexe to the NPT. Not allowing inspections breaches the safeguard agreement, not the NPT. To breach the NPT Iran would have to run a weapons program. No evidence has ever been presented that Iran is running a weapons program.
Iran did break its safeguard agreement before 2002, in the construction of it's first enrichment plant, but that has since been inspected (including surprise inspections). No evidence of transfer of materiel to a military program has been found.
For the second enrichment plant (near Qom, I wonder why) Iran can't possibly be breaking the treaty - it's not yet in use and so not covered. If Iran had signed the famous "additional protocol" it would be in breach, but it didn't, so it isn't.
Here's a place to find some of the detail, which is sadly lacking from most of these discussions http://www.iranaffairs.com/iran_affairs/2008/09/analysis-of-latest-iaea-report-on-iran.html
And for the raw stuff here's what the IAEA say themselves: http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2009/gov2009-35.pdf
One hiccup in 26 inspections.
Iran hasn't signed the additional protocol, they don't have to allow inspections at random.
What makes it "evil"?
In what manner is Iran breaching the NPT? According to who?
So Symbian, OSX, Maemo, Android, and so on are just figments of our imagination? I can't really run Python on my phone?
From the Iranian Constitution (unofficial copy at http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/icl/ir00000_.html
Article 60 [Executive]
The functions of the executive, except in the matters that are directly placed under the jurisdiction of the Leadership by the Constitution, are to be exercised by the President and the Ministers.
Article 110 [Leadership Duties and Powers]
(1) Following are the duties and powers of the Leadership:
1. Delineation of the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran after consultation with the Nation's Exigency Council.
2. Supervision over the proper execution of the general policies of the system.
3. Issuing decrees for national referenda.
4. Assuming supreme command of the Armed Forces.
5. Declaration of war and peace and the mobilization of the Armed Forces.
6. Appointment, dismissal, and resignation of:
a. the religious men on the Guardian Council,
b. the supreme judicial authority of the country,
c. the head of the radio and television network of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
d. the chief of the joint staff,
e. the chief commander of the Isalmic Revolution Guards Corps, and
f. the supreme commanders of the Armed Forces.
7. Resolving differences between the three wings of the Armed Forces and regulation of their relations.
8. Resolving the problems which cannot be solved by conventional methods, through the Nation's Exigency Council.
9. Signing the decree formalizing the election of the President of the Republic by the people. The suitability of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, with respect to the qualifications specified in the Constitution, must be confirmed before elections take place by the Guardian Council, and, in the case of the first term of a President, by the Leadership. 10. Dismissal of the President of the Republic, with due regard for the interests of the country, after the Supreme Court holds him guilty of the violation of his constitutional duties, or after a vote of the Islamic Consultative Assembly testifying to his incompetence on the basis of Article 89.
11. Pardoning or reducing the sentences of convicts, within the framework of Islamic criteria, on a recommendation from the Head of judicial power.
(2) The Leader may delegate part of his duties and powers to another person.
Only if they're wearing heavy coats in hot weather. (Whether anyone from Somalia would ever find the UK "hot" is left to your imagination).
UK accused over asylum seekers left to live on $1 a day
A series of governmental policy decisions including preventing asylum seekers from working in 2002, cutting legal aid in 2004 and an overhaul of the system in 2007 has lead to an "untenable strain" on local charities.
Asylum claims have fallen sharply in recent years and are at a 14-year low, with 23,430 applications for asylum in 2007 - 4% of all immigration applications.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/16/asylum-seekers-immigration-poverty
Well duh, everyone who works for the UK Borders Agency is an idiot. Have you ever met one?
(One of my nieces by marriage almost married one, he was amazing, proudly told us how him and his mates spent all his time in Lunar house making prank phone calls and calling premium rate phone sex lines).
Yeah, fuck of back where you came from Aussie, Kiwi and Canuck scum!
Or maybe you're more worried about those of a dusky hue?
I once met an Englishman who'd left the country because it was overrun with mooslims.
He was very happy in his new home.
Strangely enough his new home was Treichville, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, and as he was telling me this interesting story people were, about 5 feet from where he was standing, praying to Allah, facing Mecca, on the sidewalk.
English bigots, the stupidest in the world, accept no imitations.
Oh, so your cool with "no Jews" as an immigration rule?
Got a fucking citation for that lying dog?
You copied those links from the Wikipedia article didn't you?
The first one:
Unsupported allegation, which continues
Next up: http://www.standwithus.com/pdfs/flyers/hezbollah_program.pdf
Oh, what does that little [*] there mean?
Ah, "this paragraph did not appear in the original translation. Why?
Appears in the original, sez who? Wikipedia says:
God, this is boring, anyway, struggling on we have http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/fd807e46661e3689852570d00069e918/50862df07adbd884852569ad0054a527!OpenDocument
Well, got 'em bang to rights there.
Moving on you cite http://www.unb.ca/web/bruns/9900/issue14/intnews/israel.html
A broken link to a student newspaper?
And last, and least of all http://www.psepc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp#h20 - "Public safety Canada" whoever the fuck they are say that that Hizballah is a "listed entity". Sounds bad. They seen to have read the dodgy PDF above.
You know, [citation needed] doesn't mean [stick in an unsuppo
Fascist? Got some idea what that means?
No, actually, I don't. Maybe it's a mistranslation of
" بايد از صفحه روزگار محو شود " (text corrupted by slashshit)
or "The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e eshghalgar-e qods) must [vanish from] the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad)".