Depends on the perspective. Some places are much worse... I live in Paris for the same price (500k USD) you can't find much more than 550sq ft apartment.
Slaves and criminals were marked with red hot iron before. It happened in America and elsewhere. If that's not forced permanent identification, I wonder what is.
Well, in fact CD-ROM is correct in French. Disque optique compact (DOC) is also correct. Cédérom is another way of spelling it. I share your disgust for this word:)
Discarded by this policy is the 1994 objective of being part of a global ban of antipersonnel mines. The policy jettisons the commitment to join the 1997 treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines by 2006 if alternatives were identified and fielded. Also departed is the 1998 commitment to cease using antipersonnel mines, except those contained in "mixed systems" with antivehicle mines, everywhere in the world except for Korea by 2003. If this commitment were maintained, 8.4 million antipersonnel mines would not be eligible for use anymore, except in Korea.
The commitment to stop using long-lived antivehicle mines after 2010 is new, and is a welcome announcement. The U.S. has been moving away from long-lived antivehicle mines for many years, procuring only self-destructing types. Many long-lived antivehicle mines in the U.S. inventory will be obsolete by 2010.
What is its impact on the movement to ban antipersonnel mines?
This new policy is completely out-of-step with the global movement that has been working for over a decade to eradicate the weapon. The unprecedented alliance of governments, international organizations such as the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross, and civil society groups, such as Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) made history in 1997, when they secured the 1997 treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines.
The new policy undermines the movement's efforts to universalize the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty by providing justification for other holdout states to use, produce, or export these indiscriminate weapons. A total of 150 governments have joined the Mine Ban Treaty, of which 141 are full States Parties.
Do U.S. landmines contribute to the global problem?
The U.S. is one of just fifteen countries left in the world that produce or reserve the right to produce antipersonnel mines. U.S.-manufactured antipersonnel mines have been found by deminers in at least twenty-eight mine-affected countries or regions. The U.S. exported over 5.6 million antipersonnel mines to thirty-eight countries between 1969 and 1992 and stockpiled its antipersonnel mines in at least twelve foreign countries.
How many landmines does the U.S. stockpile?
The U.S. stockpiles 10.4 million antipersonnel mines and 7.5 million antivehicle mines making it the world's third largest "mine power." Included in this 17.9 million landmine stockpile are 1.5 million long-lived antipersonnel mines and 1.3 million long-lived antivehicle mines. Mixed systems that contain both self-destructing antipersonnel and antivehicle mines constitute only eleven percent of the overall stockpile.
When was the last time the U.S. used landmines?
The U.S. last used landmines in the 1991 Gulf War by scattering 117,634 landmines in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. U.S. forces in recent combat operations in Afghanistan or Iraq did not use landmines.
Protective minefields from the Soviet era are incorporated into the perimeter defense scheme at locations U.S. forces currently occupy in Afghanistan. Military advantage is derived from these minefields and the U.S. is obligated to comply with 1996 Amended Protocol II of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons to mark and monitor these minefields to ensure the effective exclusion of civilians. The US failed to report measures it has taken to protect civilians from the effects of these landmines in its annual national reports for this treaty submitted in December 2002 and November 2003.
Do "smart" mines still pose a humanitarian threat?
The time when the mines are armed and when they self-destruct or fully self-deactivate can be as long as nineteen weeks. In theoretically perfect conditions all of these mines should destroy themselve
I did not notice their homepage now required some sort of membership for the download.
Fortunatly free-codecs.com still has the codecs, the RealPlayer Alternative and the QuickTime Alternative as a free downloads. I need to update my bookmarks.
A typical political tool, yes. Do you not think that the left uses these same tools? The right says "The terrorist are going to kill us!", while the left says "we're all going to get sick and die because we won't be able to afford healthcare!".
I agree all political parties will use fear to advance their agenda, left or right.
But I think there are major differences between healthcare and war.
We wouldn't be talking about Hitler's atrocities today if his accomplishments were merely modifications to the german's healthcare programs. Even if he pushed thoses modifications with spin and propaganda.
Anyway, my point was mainly that its easy to say "I would not have voted for Hitler" when you are not a scared german manipulated by effective propaganda.
Remember that politicians dont get to power by telling the world "I'm gonna kill thousands of innocents". They get away with those acts by keeping their citizen under FEAR and IGNORANCE.
If you're a Bush supporter, allow me to doubt you would not have voted for Hitler if you were a German citizen at that time. The Bush administration is master at using terror alerts and images of mushroom clouds to inspire fear and justify their wars.
" An exception chain is a list of all the exceptions generated in response to a single root exception (say, a SQLException). As each exception is caught and converted to a higher-level exception for rethrowing, it's added to the chain. This provides a complete record of how an exception is handled "
Slashdot Mirror
Depends on the perspective. Some places are much worse... I live in Paris for the same price (500k USD) you can't find much more than 550sq ft apartment.
Where is the torrent?
http://narus.com/
You don't understand.
Those are FEATURES.
Slaves and criminals were marked with red hot iron before. It happened in America and elsewhere. If that's not forced permanent identification, I wonder what is.
http://www.ralphmag.org/slave2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branding_(law)
Currently using GB-PVR with an ATI 550 Pro.
Records MPEG files, works under Windows, and its FREE!
You forgot AIDS...
:)
And the funny Ping-Pong
2004 Defense budget was officially 401 billions.
d =1253
But it does not include homeland security department, veteran benefits, iraq "struggle", etc...
Total runs up to $754 billion for 2004 fiscal year according to the following article.
That's over 2 billons / day.
Link: http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?i
Any idea if this "feature" is also available on the Xbox version of the game?
http://www.robomowerusa.com/
Does the map say where we can download Revenge of the Sith?
Read this if you are sceptical about Sanswire claims.
Could the slashdotting have triggered a protection against google-bombing?
Well, in fact CD-ROM is correct in French. Disque optique compact (DOC) is also correct. Cédérom is another way of spelling it. I share your disgust for this word :)
(source: Office de la langue française)
"internaute" and "courriel" are widely used words and are understood by everybody.
Weirder french terms are:
polluriel (spam)
addiciel (add-on)
applette (applet)
bidouilleur (hacker)
fumiciel (vaporware)
obésitiel (bloatware)
pollupostage (spamming)
rustine (patch)
A new episode in the Leisure Suit Larry series (Magna Cum Laude) is out for the PC/X-Box/PS2.
Maybe not a great gameplay, but lots of dirty jokes...
From Humain Rights Watch:
New U.S. Landmine Policy: Questions and Answers
Discarded by this policy is the 1994 objective of being part of a global ban of antipersonnel mines. The policy jettisons the commitment to join the 1997 treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines by 2006 if alternatives were identified and fielded. Also departed is the 1998 commitment to cease using antipersonnel mines, except those contained in "mixed systems" with antivehicle mines, everywhere in the world except for Korea by 2003. If this commitment were maintained, 8.4 million antipersonnel mines would not be eligible for use anymore, except in Korea.
The commitment to stop using long-lived antivehicle mines after 2010 is new, and is a welcome announcement. The U.S. has been moving away from long-lived antivehicle mines for many years, procuring only self-destructing types. Many long-lived antivehicle mines in the U.S. inventory will be obsolete by 2010.
What is its impact on the movement to ban antipersonnel mines?
This new policy is completely out-of-step with the global movement that has been working for over a decade to eradicate the weapon. The unprecedented alliance of governments, international organizations such as the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross, and civil society groups, such as Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) made history in 1997, when they secured the 1997 treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines.
The new policy undermines the movement's efforts to universalize the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty by providing justification for other holdout states to use, produce, or export these indiscriminate weapons. A total of 150 governments have joined the Mine Ban Treaty, of which 141 are full States Parties.
Do U.S. landmines contribute to the global problem?
The U.S. is one of just fifteen countries left in the world that produce or reserve the right to produce antipersonnel mines. U.S.-manufactured antipersonnel mines have been found by deminers in at least twenty-eight mine-affected countries or regions. The U.S. exported over 5.6 million antipersonnel mines to thirty-eight countries between 1969 and 1992 and stockpiled its antipersonnel mines in at least twelve foreign countries.
How many landmines does the U.S. stockpile?
The U.S. stockpiles 10.4 million antipersonnel mines and 7.5 million antivehicle mines making it the world's third largest "mine power." Included in this 17.9 million landmine stockpile are 1.5 million long-lived antipersonnel mines and 1.3 million long-lived antivehicle mines. Mixed systems that contain both self-destructing antipersonnel and antivehicle mines constitute only eleven percent of the overall stockpile.
When was the last time the U.S. used landmines?
The U.S. last used landmines in the 1991 Gulf War by scattering 117,634 landmines in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. U.S. forces in recent combat operations in Afghanistan or Iraq did not use landmines.
Protective minefields from the Soviet era are incorporated into the perimeter defense scheme at locations U.S. forces currently occupy in Afghanistan. Military advantage is derived from these minefields and the U.S. is obligated to comply with 1996 Amended Protocol II of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons to mark and monitor these minefields to ensure the effective exclusion of civilians. The US failed to report measures it has taken to protect civilians from the effects of these landmines in its annual national reports for this treaty submitted in December 2002 and November 2003.
Do "smart" mines still pose a humanitarian threat?
The time when the mines are armed and when they self-destruct or fully self-deactivate can be as long as nineteen weeks. In theoretically perfect conditions all of these mines should destroy themselve
You're talking about Slashdot right? ;)
"Smart" cars are now available in Canada, and will be available in the USA in 2006, according to the car's website.
Smart is owned by DaimlerChrysler.
I really love Antiwar.com and it has a blog.
This site is really my favorite political news source.
Oops,
I did not notice their homepage now required some sort of membership for the download.
Fortunatly free-codecs.com still has the codecs, the RealPlayer Alternative and the QuickTime Alternative as a free downloads. I need to update my bookmarks.
One of the first things I do with a fresh Windows installation is installing K-Lite Codecs.
It includes every codecs you need, WMP Classic, a Real-Player alternative, and a QuickTime alternative.
It works great, and its free.
A typical political tool, yes. Do you not think that the left uses these same tools? The right says "The terrorist are going to kill us!", while the left says "we're all going to get sick and die because we won't be able to afford healthcare!".
I agree all political parties will use fear to advance their agenda, left or right.
But I think there are major differences between healthcare and war.
We wouldn't be talking about Hitler's atrocities today if his accomplishments were merely modifications to the german's healthcare programs. Even if he pushed thoses modifications with spin and propaganda.
Anyway, my point was mainly that its easy to say "I would not have voted for Hitler" when you are not a scared german manipulated by effective propaganda.
"Would you have voted for Hitler? Me either. So what's the problem?"
That is silly.
Do you have any idea how Hitler got into power in Germany?
Here is how Hitler became a Dictator.
Remember that politicians dont get to power by telling the world "I'm gonna kill thousands of innocents". They get away with those acts by keeping their citizen under FEAR and IGNORANCE.
If you're a Bush supporter, allow me to doubt you would not have voted for Hitler if you were a German citizen at that time. The Bush administration is master at using terror alerts and images of mushroom clouds to inspire fear and justify their wars.
Easy to do using exception chaining.
" An exception chain is a list of all the exceptions generated in response to a single root exception (say, a SQLException). As each exception is caught and converted to a higher-level exception for rethrowing, it's added to the chain. This provides a complete record of how an exception is handled "