Google links to information. TPB likes to claim that they're innocent providers of information, but they're fully aware that the primary reason people use their site is to pirate media.
I have no love for the RIAA/MPAA either, but to claim that TPB is being persecuted for providing an innocuous service is stretching the truth. A lot.
The US flag is highly symbolic to many (if not most) Americans. It represents everything, to us, that we consider good about our country. (Like, ironically, the fact that you're allowed to burn flags.)
Additionally, with Americans generally being strongly supportive of the military, burning flags can be considered disrespectful to those who died in the service.
(Disclaimer: I'm military, my feelings may not be all that representative of the US as a whole.)
it shows Americans that you can get something for free, much to their utter dismay, given the tenets of their society
Actually, one of the biggest "WTF" moments I had when visiting Europe - Italy, actually - was when I had to pay to use the restroom/toilet/latrine/whatever-your-region-calls-it.
TAMPA is fairly obvious (for those not familiar with US geography, it's a city in Florida.) BOTHELL is obvious to me, I used to live near it - it's a small town about 45 minutes from Seattle, WA and about half an hour from T-Mobile's corporate headquarters in nearby Bellevue. "Nexus" meaning "center" or "hub", I'm going to guess that NEXUS is the site name of the headquarters itself.
Incidentally, I was looking at T-Mobile as a potential employer for awhile a couple of years ago, and noticed that the majority of their operations and system/network administration jobs were in Bothell, not Bellevue. I do find it somewhat disturbing that this agrees with the largely Bothell-based server list.
Of course, if I noticed this as an outsider, it's entirely possible that someone else did too and used it to fake the list. Or it could be an insider. Who knows?
False dichotomy. In countries where hunger is a problem, the problem is rarely a genuine shortage, and much more often the result of conditions in that country preventing food from getting to the people who need it.
Literally any governmental or military job that involves dealing with classified information, requires you to be a US citizen. I imagine this would be no different.
When they proposed this new system one of the water treatment people drank a glass of recycled water to prove to everyone that it was completely safe and would not pose any heath risks to kids playing in sprinklers or drinking from a hose.
Hm. Around here, any place that uses recycled water for irrigation has signs posted everywhere warning you not to drink the water.
Presumably because COD4, while clearly designed to remind players of Iraq, took place in a generic unnamed middle-Eastern country and wasn't specifically based around a real war.
We had this discussion recently on another forum I visit. Waterboarding was standard practice by the Japanese on all POWs to fish for information. In the more recent US cases, it's only been used on specific prisoners (such as KSM) who were believed to have knowledge of imminent attacks against civilian targets.
IANAL, but it seems to me that if they're a US citizen and get into a government system under orders (real or alleged) from a foreign government, they'd be put on trial for treason/espionage.
In order to be an enemy combatant, you have to be a member of the armed forces of another country.
Destroyed the partition table on the family computer. This was about 10 years ago before there were easy ways to handle partitioning, and I used some nice friendly programs that allowed you to directly manipulate cylinder/head/sector numbers. At 12 years old, I did not have the necessary skills to do this correctly the first time.
My parents weren't thrilled about that one, especially since once you've messed up your computer by manually editing the partition table, most technicians will scratch their heads and say "lol wut."
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Indeed.
Army = soldier
Navy = sailor
USMC = marine
Air Force = airman
Every time I see this argument, it pisses me off.
Google links to information. TPB likes to claim that they're innocent providers of information, but they're fully aware that the primary reason people use their site is to pirate media.
I have no love for the RIAA/MPAA either, but to claim that TPB is being persecuted for providing an innocuous service is stretching the truth. A lot.
The US flag is highly symbolic to many (if not most) Americans. It represents everything, to us, that we consider good about our country. (Like, ironically, the fact that you're allowed to burn flags.)
Additionally, with Americans generally being strongly supportive of the military, burning flags can be considered disrespectful to those who died in the service.
(Disclaimer: I'm military, my feelings may not be all that representative of the US as a whole.)
... AWESOME.
Childhood memories, here I come.
it shows Americans that you can get something for free, much to their utter dismay, given the tenets of their society
Actually, one of the biggest "WTF" moments I had when visiting Europe - Italy, actually - was when I had to pay to use the restroom/toilet/latrine/whatever-your-region-calls-it.
...
TAMPA is fairly obvious (for those not familiar with US geography, it's a city in Florida.) BOTHELL is obvious to me, I used to live near it - it's a small town about 45 minutes from Seattle, WA and about half an hour from T-Mobile's corporate headquarters in nearby Bellevue. "Nexus" meaning "center" or "hub", I'm going to guess that NEXUS is the site name of the headquarters itself.
Incidentally, I was looking at T-Mobile as a potential employer for awhile a couple of years ago, and noticed that the majority of their operations and system/network administration jobs were in Bothell, not Bellevue. I do find it somewhat disturbing that this agrees with the largely Bothell-based server list.
Of course, if I noticed this as an outsider, it's entirely possible that someone else did too and used it to fake the list. Or it could be an insider. Who knows?
False dichotomy. In countries where hunger is a problem, the problem is rarely a genuine shortage, and much more often the result of conditions in that country preventing food from getting to the people who need it.
Literally any governmental or military job that involves dealing with classified information, requires you to be a US citizen. I imagine this would be no different.
When they proposed this new system one of the water treatment people drank a glass of recycled water to prove to everyone that it was completely safe and would not pose any heath risks to kids playing in sprinklers or drinking from a hose.
Hm. Around here, any place that uses recycled water for irrigation has signs posted everywhere warning you not to drink the water.
Presumably because COD4, while clearly designed to remind players of Iraq, took place in a generic unnamed middle-Eastern country and wasn't specifically based around a real war.
Fixed-width fonts are a useful thing, in specific situations.
Entire comments should not be written in them.
I consider "erotic" and "gorilla" to be mutually exclusive, but whatever floats your boat.
Our departmental minifridge is slated for cleaning this evening.
God help us all.
If you don't like your employer's terms of employment, then you're perfectly welcome to find a job somewhere else.
That's some pretty pro editing in the summary there.
We had this discussion recently on another forum I visit. Waterboarding was standard practice by the Japanese on all POWs to fish for information. In the more recent US cases, it's only been used on specific prisoners (such as KSM) who were believed to have knowledge of imminent attacks against civilian targets.
IANAL, but it seems to me that if they're a US citizen and get into a government system under orders (real or alleged) from a foreign government, they'd be put on trial for treason/espionage.
In order to be an enemy combatant, you have to be a member of the armed forces of another country.
... 'cause given the current state of copyright law in China, I'm pretty sure the Chinese government/legal system ain't gonna give a damn.
I don't know what's worse, that you made that reference, or that I understood it.
I challenge him or her to answer the following questions about the following ten-digit number:
2213684949
Is it a telephone number?
You just got some guy's phone Slashdotted.
It's so lucky that we're the good guys.
Considering that the opposing side considers collateral damage to be a good thing (the more of it, the better), yes, I'd say so.
Then who's on third?
Thanks, now I have tea all over my screen.
Destroyed the partition table on the family computer. This was about 10 years ago before there were easy ways to handle partitioning, and I used some nice friendly programs that allowed you to directly manipulate cylinder/head/sector numbers. At 12 years old, I did not have the necessary skills to do this correctly the first time.
My parents weren't thrilled about that one, especially since once you've messed up your computer by manually editing the partition table, most technicians will scratch their heads and say "lol wut."