What does it have to do with the effectiveness of the embargo?
Quite simply it was and is the one and only effect of the embargo!
Nothing else changed because of the embargo. Nobody gave a shit. (Least of all any Americans selling stuff to South Africa.) (The development of the arms industry probably had more to do with local pride (coupled with paranoia) than the actual effectiveness of the trade restrictions!)
Interestingly enough, the largest effect of American Embargoing I saw.... was ZA firms jumping through paper hoops to sell stuff to countries on American black lists. Didn't (and still doesn't) stop 'em for a second... but it adds paper work.
Child prostitutes? There was a newspaper scandal about that a year or so back... The whole thing seems to have died away. I suspect there were one or two tear-a-ways who triggered a huge to-hoo-ha about not much. As I say, the news papers have nothing to report and are pretty hopeless about the little they do have.
Bored Drunken idiots? Yup... Is a problem here for sure. Fortunately they tend to head off to the UK or Oz as soon possible.;-))
NZ, the pimple on the Great Bum of the Earth where sheep out number the people 10 to 1 and nothing interesting ever happens....
I can sit on a high perch in the alps and watch nothing happen for hours.... I love it.
I can walk kms and kms down a beach.... and the same amount (0) of action goes on..... I love it.
SanFran is still in the US....
In Christchurch NZ, which has a functional social system, there are no homeless, the city is pretty clean, it has fair transportation system, excellent food (if you avoid anything that looks vaguely britishy...)
And best of all are the beaches and mountains, which reduce the need for mall ratting to zero. (It's the only place I know where the Banks are closed all weekend...but the camping supply shops are open 7 days a week!)
Only one problem.... nothing really Bad happens so the news papers are really boring.
I like that.
Even if you're Evil Inc, hiring Evil superstars is usually A Bad Thing, since they tend to feel screwing Evil Inc is a valid thing to be doing AND fun.
Sysadmins.... Sigh... it just seems to go with the territory doesn't it.
SSRC? Google turns up...
Social Science Research Council
SSRC is a leading manufacturer of theatrical distribution products found in entertainment facilities.
Structural Stability Research Council:: Welcome
SSRC v1.30 (open source)
A fast and high quality sampling rate converter (resampling)
Do interesting things. Not just "hard" things, but interesting. (Hint...Interesting refers to the How, not the What. Shoveling Shit using robotic controllers and embedded linux is _much_ more interesting than designing countless VB forms to count gold.)
Do (ethically/socially) Good things. Good People only work for Evil inc if they have no other choice.
Do it in beautiful places. A Good programmer that doesn't burn out wants to live a good life to. (NZ is a good choice.:-)
Let them have a Real Life. Or they'll soon cease to be superstars. (One company had a superstar chained to his desk almost 24/7... they pulled him in to help sell to the Big Overseas customer...having been forced to lift his eyes from his screen he saw....nice girl. Never came back.)
The "Real Life" thing costs money to maintain. Don't pay chicken feed.
Do it in a pleasant environment. Doesn't have to be glossy, just clean, uncramped, quiet, lots of fresh air.
Personally I'm certain somebody could take a Big step back and say stuff all backwards compatibility with SGML and hence XML and do all (worthwhile) things that XML does simpler and in a lot fewer bytes.
On February 1, 2008, Microsoft announced that it will be advised by the Blackstone Group in the unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, along with Morgan Stanley.[2]
In May 2007, the government of the People's Republic of China through its China Investment Corporation agreed to buy $3 billion non-voting stock in Blackstone, which is slightly less than a 10% stake. As a result Blackstone has increased its initial public offering to $7.8 billion worth of stock, which includes the China stake.
Also Mr. Paperin has created $600 million of incremental value for the fund by managing its turnaround and liquidation of a portfolio of distressed investments in securities and private equity in Russia.
I'll admit that last sentence makes no sense to me. A wild guess is it might be saying..."selling out the fledgling Russia democracy to the oligarchs whilst losing vast chunks of other peoples money."
Clearly the guy in a 1 tonne exoskeleton won't do well in the horse riding (unless he is carrying the horse:-)), but on the other he doesn't need a horse.
So I think you could chuck Modern Pentathalon out of the list straight away.
The throwing things are essentially ancient displacements for slingshots, lacking rifles, cannon, so you can skip discus / javelin / shot put.
Well, thats the whole list gone.
I'd concentrate on "Specialization is for Insects" meme.
How fast can you move?
How fast can you accelerate? Sprint
How far and fast can you move? Long distance / marathon.
How high can you jump/fly?
High jump.
How much can you move? Weight lifting.
Over what terrain can you move?
Rough terrain? Orienteering
Water? Swimming.
How fast can you recover from exertion / how good is your sight / how steady?
Rifle Target shooting.
Are you just a clumsy muscle bound idiot?
Some fine motor control delicate work puzzle.
Are you vaguely human?
Can you move through an average human habitat? Free running / Parkour.
Just what in blue blazes is his story about? I tried reading the whole thing and it still makes no sense to me.
Judge E? Is that you?
Wow! A real live clueless Judge on/.!
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Quite simply it was and is the one and only effect of the embargo!
Nothing else changed because of the embargo. Nobody gave a shit. (Least of all any Americans selling stuff to South Africa.) (The development of the arms industry probably had more to do with local pride (coupled with paranoia) than the actual effectiveness of the trade restrictions!)
Interestingly enough, the largest effect of American Embargoing I saw.... was ZA firms jumping through paper hoops to sell stuff to countries on American black lists. Didn't (and still doesn't) stop 'em for a second... but it adds paper work.
It created lots of jobs in the local arms industry... guys who are now scrabbling to compete in the global arms market.
America is by several orders of magnitude a larger player in that market (indeed, by way far the largest arms dealer on the planet)....
Thus odds the main permanent effect of the embargo was the creation of an industry selling weapons to countries America won't.
ie. I bet American troops are saying, "Gee thanks for that embargo folks! That was a really well designed bit of munitions that blew my leg off."
Manufacturers /retailers of hunters camo gear.
eg. Several pages of it are fuzzy variants of...
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Some bloke "Hassan the Old" (Sort of like George Sr.)
And oh yes, for the US's latest bestest allies Columbia, there are 784 entries.
Bored Drunken idiots? Yup... Is a problem here for sure. Fortunately they tend to head off to the UK or Oz as soon possible. ;-))
NZ, the pimple on the Great Bum of the Earth where sheep out number the people 10 to 1 and nothing interesting ever happens....
I can sit on a high perch in the alps and watch nothing happen for hours.... I love it.
I can walk kms and kms down a beach.... and the same amount (0) of action goes on..... I love it.
Come off it man! After Brakpan you can't have one left to rip!
Drop zone? You mean this?
http://www.skydivingnz.com/
Hanging up there between the Alps and the sea those guys must be getting one helluva good view!
SanFran is still in the US.... In Christchurch NZ, which has a functional social system, there are no homeless, the city is pretty clean, it has fair transportation system, excellent food (if you avoid anything that looks vaguely britishy...) And best of all are the beaches and mountains, which reduce the need for mall ratting to zero. (It's the only place I know where the Banks are closed all weekend...but the camping supply shops are open 7 days a week!) Only one problem.... nothing really Bad happens so the news papers are really boring. I like that.
Sysadmins.... Sigh... it just seems to go with the territory doesn't it.
SSRC? Google turns up...
- Social Science Research Council
- SSRC is a leading manufacturer of theatrical distribution products found in entertainment facilities.
- Structural Stability Research Council
:: Welcome
- SSRC v1.30 (open source)
- A fast and high quality sampling rate converter (resampling)
- Social Science Research Center (SSRC)
- Storage Systems Research Center @ UC Santa Cruz
- ....
So which is it?Can't be that smart.
Happens all the time....
There is a fleet of ships...ah.. trucks repairing these things round the clock.
Almost the whole ruddy point.
Personally I'm certain somebody could take a Big step back and say stuff all backwards compatibility with SGML and hence XML and do all (worthwhile) things that XML does simpler and in a lot fewer bytes.
Perhaps if someone, anyone published a "Isn't Vista Great" article M$ wouldn't hate Linux sooo Much!
Team...
General Wesley K. Clark, U.S. Army (Retired) Weird.
Pamela J. Newman extensive experience in working with major private equity groups, including The Blackstone Group,
I've heard that name somewhere recently..
Also Mr. Paperin has created $600 million of incremental value for the fund by managing its turnaround and liquidation of a portfolio of distressed investments in securities and private equity in Russia.
I'll admit that last sentence makes no sense to me. A wild guess is it might be saying..."selling out the fledgling Russia democracy to the oligarchs whilst losing vast chunks of other peoples money."
So dangerous they had to murder him.
Who's censoring who? Maybe somebody doesn't want Americans to notice Ahmadinejad is smarter than Bush.
But it is probably time to remind the world of FreeOS, a compendium of Free operating Systems.
Includes a gnice Activity Status comparison.
As far as I can make out they are...
- A thread can only send messages to higher priority threads, not to lower priority ones.
- Whereupon a context switch immediately occurs and the high priority thread handles the message.
- Higher priority threads can only send structure free signals. "Hey, look at me" to lower priority threads.
Sounds weird and restrictive, but I bet it creates a far cleaner architecture.Even if you're trying to save the planet from global warming, I told you not to switch everything off on fridays!
Clearly the guy in a 1 tonne exoskeleton won't do well in the horse riding (unless he is carrying the horse :-)), but on the other he doesn't need a horse.
So I think you could chuck Modern Pentathalon out of the list straight away.
The throwing things are essentially ancient displacements for slingshots, lacking rifles, cannon, so you can skip discus / javelin / shot put.
Well, thats the whole list gone.
I'd concentrate on "Specialization is for Insects" meme.
How fast can you move?
How fast can you accelerate? Sprint
How far and fast can you move? Long distance / marathon.
How high can you jump/fly?
High jump.
How much can you move? Weight lifting.
Over what terrain can you move?
Rough terrain? Orienteering
Water? Swimming.
How fast can you recover from exertion / how good is your sight / how steady?
Rifle Target shooting.
Are you just a clumsy muscle bound idiot?
Some fine motor control delicate work puzzle.
Are you vaguely human?
Can you move through an average human habitat? Free running / Parkour.
Of course, the guy in the ferrari will win the sprint, but would really suck at swimming.
The rules would have to be changed to make the winner the most flexible being. ie. No medals for winning at a sport, but only combinations of sports.
Oh. And being able to fit yourself and your mods through a standard door....
This way to the future of the Human Race.
Ah but VMS had a system config parameter in units of microfortnights.
Phew! It took you a _long_ time to work that out.
But now that you have, you can switch off your PC, stand, stretch, walk outside and get a life.
Nah. Those are protected by being either utter drivel, political hot air or reheated corporate news releases.
because it would make the U.S. a pretty damned depressing place to live.
It is. That's why I'm in New Zealand!
Just what in blue blazes is his story about? I tried reading the whole thing and it still makes no sense to me. Judge E? Is that you? Wow! A real live clueless Judge on /.!