If you listen to the NPR story that I linked in the other post it answers most of your questions. Sanctions work roughly 30% of the time, they only work in certain situations, they're never the only factor that leads to diplomatic success. Sanctions, like all forms of diplomatic action, are used because wars suck.
If you think the Iranians are unhappy with sanctions, they'd be far more unhappy with an invasion. Given the prevailing attitude towards nuclear weapons, these are the only two options that are really on the table. The Iranian sanctions are mentioned in the NPR story specifically.
The short is that sanctions work about as often as they fail but often have very negative side effects. Many fewer domestic repercussions with imposing sanctions than with sending in the military though.
Sanctions can topple governments, but only when the people get so fed up that they revolt. This creates a lot of suffering in the interim. It also depends on a population which can revolt - North Koreans can't really starve more than they already are.
I'm with you. If I were female I could put a big phone in my purse, but as long at it needs to fit in my pocket I'd rather have something pocketable. Thing is, I also hate iOS so I'm stuck with my Nexus One.
Was thinking about biting the bullet for the Nexus Four, but haven't gone down that road yet.
You don't think that the oversized phone is the reason it broke in your pocket? I've never had any problems with that, but I have a strong preference for smaller phones. I use a Nexus One most of the time.
It's not even close to 90%. Just with the DRM free stuff from the Humble Bundle and Good Old Games I have more than I can play. Yes, the blockbusters have been compromised, but, like Hollywood, there's still plenty of good stuff out there if you're willing to put the barest effort into looking for it.
The Hollywood analogy is a good one, but also a reason for optimism.
Well you're right, although Phobos and Deimos are at least Greek gods, not Roman. Is that at least a rule that people have stuck with? Planets = Roman, other objects = Greek?
Answer: Nope. Ceres is a Roman goddess. I suppose that works now that Ceres is a dwarf planet, but I am disappointed by our astronomers' lack of consistency.
Pyramid scheme, not Ponzi scheme: called a pyramid scheme because of it's top down nature, small top and large base. A Ponzi scheme is where you promise returns on an investment and instead of investing the money you pay those returns out of the principle, all the while telling your investors that things are going great.
If the DoD can't justify spending that money, they won't
Of course they will. The DoD is subject to congressional pork just like everyone else - just look at how difficult it was to cancel F-22 production, even though the DoD said they didn't need any more.
If you've played Nintendo Land on the Wii U you've seen this problem basically solved: you look around by moving the Wii Pad as though it were a window, and there's no latency problems at all (unlike with the Wii, thankfully). Just shrink down the display and make it head-mountable.
Engadget says that the guy was uncharacteristically hesitant when he made this declaration, implying that it's not the simple games distribution mechanism that we're familiar with. They speculate that there may be a fee or something else involved, or another approval process. Needless to say, if a single player game requires an internet connection there's reason to be suspicious.
Where can you get a Macbook that runs Windows or Linux out of the box? You can run desktop operating systems on this too, the differences aren't as great as you're implying:
Pixel:
1.8Ghz Core i5
4GB RAM
32GB SSD (or 64GB on the LTE version)
2560 x 1700 screen (vs. 2560 x 1600 on the Macbook Pro)
for $200 less. And the Pixel is lighter and thinner. Ultimately, it depends what you're planning on using this for. You're not going to be playing games on either one of these, so you can work out whether you really need the extra CPU and RAM. I'll grant that a 32GB HD might be limiting even if you're just doing office stuff.
This is incorrect, it *is* illegal to unlock your phone regardless of contract. This issue is not about breach of contract, it's about a DMCA exemption which has expired.
Police are seldom on the chopping block, rich people can't have enough security. When police layoffs happen it's usually an indirect result of that nonsense rather than a deliberate one.
- Lax PSN security
- ATRAC and other proprietary formats that they force on their customers. (This is a big one and a good reason to avoid Sony products even if you don't care about anything else. You don't want to buy a camera only to find that you have to purchase expensive memory sticks to go with it, which themselves won't work with your SD reader.)
Personally, I learned to hate Sony when I bought a copy of Legend of Dragoon and found that it wouldn't work in my Playstation because it was modded. My purchased fully legit copy of the game wouldn't run, but a pirated copy would have. I ended up never playing the game or buying another Sony product.
They may not rank up there with the genuinely evil companies, but they're on par with, say, Microsoft for screwing their customers.
I'm claiming that people will buy the new consoles, complain about losing their rights, and keep on giving Sony and Microsoft money anyway. As they have every time something like this has come up.
If you're asking what I'm suggesting, it's simply that people should not buy the new consoles. I don't care what they do instead. However, if you're looking for a recommendation, the Wii U does not suffer from this problem and is nicer than people give it credit for.
The president gets a lot of credit and blame for things that he doesn't do, that much is true, but as the leader of the Democratic party he has some influence over what legislation they propose and vote for in congress. He doesn't have anything to do with most of the bills that congress votes on, but when there's something specific that he wants, usually these are larger bills that get more attention, he can get someone in congress to sponsor it for him.
Obama said he had a priority to reform heathcare and it has been reformed. Are you complaining about the lack of a public option? That's valid, but that's ignoring some substantial gains in the Affordable Care Act.
Obama said that he wanted to push civil rights for gay people and already there are gains in the military. That was a significant step forward and it looks like more is coming. Are you complaining that it hasn't been moving fast enough? I can understand why that would be frustrating, but these things never happen overnight.
Obama said that he wanted to close Guantanamo and failed at that. Not only did congress block him, they added language to the must-pass defense bill that would make what was going on there legal. This was a loss for everyone of course, but not for want of effort and that effort has prevented the issue from fading away. A small silver lining.
I don't see where you're coming from with this "he doesn't do anything" nonsense. He's accomplished as much as anyone could have accomplished, and more than most, given his extraordinary circumstances.
It's not nearly so bad for dairy cows as it is for steer, and even steer get some sun. You're thinking of pigs and chickens - they're the ones that are most severely abused and are generally kept in dark cages indoors for their entire lives.
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If you listen to the NPR story that I linked in the other post it answers most of your questions. Sanctions work roughly 30% of the time, they only work in certain situations, they're never the only factor that leads to diplomatic success. Sanctions, like all forms of diplomatic action, are used because wars suck.
If you think the Iranians are unhappy with sanctions, they'd be far more unhappy with an invasion. Given the prevailing attitude towards nuclear weapons, these are the only two options that are really on the table. The Iranian sanctions are mentioned in the NPR story specifically.
Some. Sanctions ousted the Haitian military government in 1994, at the cost of destroying the Haitian economy. Here, NPR did a podcast on sanctions:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/17/145361054/the-tuesday-podcast-do-sanctions-work
The short is that sanctions work about as often as they fail but often have very negative side effects. Many fewer domestic repercussions with imposing sanctions than with sending in the military though.
Sanctions can topple governments, but only when the people get so fed up that they revolt. This creates a lot of suffering in the interim. It also depends on a population which can revolt - North Koreans can't really starve more than they already are.
Hm, thanks. Those do look pretty good.
I'm with you. If I were female I could put a big phone in my purse, but as long at it needs to fit in my pocket I'd rather have something pocketable. Thing is, I also hate iOS so I'm stuck with my Nexus One.
Was thinking about biting the bullet for the Nexus Four, but haven't gone down that road yet.
You don't think that the oversized phone is the reason it broke in your pocket? I've never had any problems with that, but I have a strong preference for smaller phones. I use a Nexus One most of the time.
It's not even close to 90%. Just with the DRM free stuff from the Humble Bundle and Good Old Games I have more than I can play. Yes, the blockbusters have been compromised, but, like Hollywood, there's still plenty of good stuff out there if you're willing to put the barest effort into looking for it.
The Hollywood analogy is a good one, but also a reason for optimism.
Well you're right, although Phobos and Deimos are at least Greek gods, not Roman. Is that at least a rule that people have stuck with? Planets = Roman, other objects = Greek?
Answer: Nope. Ceres is a Roman goddess. I suppose that works now that Ceres is a dwarf planet, but I am disappointed by our astronomers' lack of consistency.
You can't name moons after gods anyway, it's against the convention. Planets get named after gods. Cerberus is the more appropriate name.
Pyramid scheme, not Ponzi scheme: called a pyramid scheme because of it's top down nature, small top and large base. A Ponzi scheme is where you promise returns on an investment and instead of investing the money you pay those returns out of the principle, all the while telling your investors that things are going great.
If the DoD can't justify spending that money, they won't
Of course they will. The DoD is subject to congressional pork just like everyone else - just look at how difficult it was to cancel F-22 production, even though the DoD said they didn't need any more.
You get them indirectly, from the IRS. Don't like it? Lobby for higher taxes.
If you've played Nintendo Land on the Wii U you've seen this problem basically solved: you look around by moving the Wii Pad as though it were a window, and there's no latency problems at all (unlike with the Wii, thankfully). Just shrink down the display and make it head-mountable.
I don't know why you got modded down, there's a very clear double standard when it comes to Steam.
Engadget says that the guy was uncharacteristically hesitant when he made this declaration, implying that it's not the simple games distribution mechanism that we're familiar with. They speculate that there may be a fee or something else involved, or another approval process. Needless to say, if a single player game requires an internet connection there's reason to be suspicious.
Where can you get a Macbook that runs Windows or Linux out of the box? You can run desktop operating systems on this too, the differences aren't as great as you're implying:
Pixel:
1.8Ghz Core i5
4GB RAM
32GB SSD (or 64GB on the LTE version)
2560 x 1700 screen (vs. 2560 x 1600 on the Macbook Pro)
for $200 less. And the Pixel is lighter and thinner. Ultimately, it depends what you're planning on using this for. You're not going to be playing games on either one of these, so you can work out whether you really need the extra CPU and RAM. I'll grant that a 32GB HD might be limiting even if you're just doing office stuff.
This is incorrect, it *is* illegal to unlock your phone regardless of contract. This issue is not about breach of contract, it's about a DMCA exemption which has expired.
Police are seldom on the chopping block, rich people can't have enough security. When police layoffs happen it's usually an indirect result of that nonsense rather than a deliberate one.
No, they're more sleazy than most:
- Lax PSN security
- ATRAC and other proprietary formats that they force on their customers. (This is a big one and a good reason to avoid Sony products even if you don't care about anything else. You don't want to buy a camera only to find that you have to purchase expensive memory sticks to go with it, which themselves won't work with your SD reader.)
Personally, I learned to hate Sony when I bought a copy of Legend of Dragoon and found that it wouldn't work in my Playstation because it was modded. My purchased fully legit copy of the game wouldn't run, but a pirated copy would have. I ended up never playing the game or buying another Sony product.
They may not rank up there with the genuinely evil companies, but they're on par with, say, Microsoft for screwing their customers.
I'm claiming that people will buy the new consoles, complain about losing their rights, and keep on giving Sony and Microsoft money anyway. As they have every time something like this has come up.
If you're asking what I'm suggesting, it's simply that people should not buy the new consoles. I don't care what they do instead. However, if you're looking for a recommendation, the Wii U does not suffer from this problem and is nicer than people give it credit for.
I'm sure it's too much to hope that people would just not buy the new consoles...
The president gets a lot of credit and blame for things that he doesn't do, that much is true, but as the leader of the Democratic party he has some influence over what legislation they propose and vote for in congress. He doesn't have anything to do with most of the bills that congress votes on, but when there's something specific that he wants, usually these are larger bills that get more attention, he can get someone in congress to sponsor it for him.
Obama said he had a priority to reform heathcare and it has been reformed. Are you complaining about the lack of a public option? That's valid, but that's ignoring some substantial gains in the Affordable Care Act.
Obama said that he wanted to push civil rights for gay people and already there are gains in the military. That was a significant step forward and it looks like more is coming. Are you complaining that it hasn't been moving fast enough? I can understand why that would be frustrating, but these things never happen overnight.
Obama said that he wanted to close Guantanamo and failed at that. Not only did congress block him, they added language to the must-pass defense bill that would make what was going on there legal. This was a loss for everyone of course, but not for want of effort and that effort has prevented the issue from fading away. A small silver lining.
I don't see where you're coming from with this "he doesn't do anything" nonsense. He's accomplished as much as anyone could have accomplished, and more than most, given his extraordinary circumstances.
/Yes my family is weird, I have accepted this and moved far away from them.
I think that's awesome. No reason to be embarrassed about dog-cow.
It's not nearly so bad for dairy cows as it is for steer, and even steer get some sun. You're thinking of pigs and chickens - they're the ones that are most severely abused and are generally kept in dark cages indoors for their entire lives.