Don't forget Piet. That's produced some of the most beautiful code I've ever seen. It also handles abstraction in a novel way. Wow, a stoners' programming language! I'll be darned:)
I don't know about anyone else but I think Guy Fawkes was a pretty bad choice considering the rest of the film. His attempt to get a catholic government doesn't really strike me as having much to do with freedom. Any possibility of toleration by Great Britain was removed at the Hampton Court conference in 1604 when King James I attacked both extreme Puritans and Catholics. The plotters realised that no outside help would be forthcoming unless they took action themselves.
Think about that next november, when you're eating turkey.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. [...] Your POST is what is based on emotion - as is most liberals versions of the 'facts'. Well, I see you're clearly not biased in any way.
There were credible sources of intelligence, namely the british intelligence community to believe that WMD's existed - and quite honestly there's still no proof he wasn't working on them. And you are obviously not at all unaware of the context on the conflict! Let's forget that Tony Blair was so far up Bushs' ass that he could see his tonsils, and concentrate on history. As you can see, the UK is as unbiased towards Iraq as you are:
At the end of World War I, the League of Nations granted the area to the United Kingdom as a mandate. It initially formed two former Ottoman vilayets (regions): Baghdad, and Basra into a single country in August 1921. Five years later, in 1926, the northern vilayet of Mosul was added, forming the territorial boundaries of the modern Iraqi state.
For three out of four centuries of Ottoman rule, Baghdad was the seat of administration for the vilayets of Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra. During the mandate, British colonial administrators ruled the country, and through the use of British armed forces, suppressed Arab and Kurdish rebellions against the occupation. They established the Hashemite king, Faisal, who had been forced out of Syria by the French, as their client ruler. Likewise, British authorities selected Sunni Arab elites from the region for appointments to government and ministry offices.
Britain granted independence to Iraq in 1932, on the urging of King Faisal, though the British retained military bases and transit rights for their forces. King Ghazi of Iraq ruled as a figurehead after King Faisal's death in 1933, while undermined by attempted military coups, until his death in 1939. The United Kingdom invaded Iraq in 1941, for fear that the government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani might cut oil supplies to Western nations
The Central Treaty Organization (also referred to as CENTO, original name was Middle East Treaty Organization or METO, also known as the Baghdad Pact) was adopted in 1955 by Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran, as well as the United Kingdom. Although American pressure, along with promises of military and economic largesse, were key in the negotiations leading to the agreement, the United States could not initially participate "for purely technical reasons of budgeting procedures." Some (particularly nationalist radicals) saw the Pact as an attempt by the British to retain influence in the Middle East as a substitute for the loss of their empire in India. In 1958 the United States joined the military committee of the alliance. It is generally viewed as one of the least successful of the Cold War alliances.
It's not Republicans telling what kind of car I should drive, One that consumes a lot of oil, and that you will need to replace in the next 5 years.
what kind of food I can eat Highly subsidized corn and meat.
and if, when, and where I want to have a cigarette. How about a joint?
It's not Republicans telling me what kind of health care I should have Private and expensive.
and it's not Republicans trying to take away my money to give it to someone else. How much money did they give to oil and defense contractors in the last 7 years, you ostrich?
It's not Republicans who are trying to use taxes to affect my behavior Bring a bottle of water on a flight lately?
(carbon and gas taxes) and it's not Republicans who want to put a remote control on my thermostat so they can turn my AC down if THEY think I'm using too much electricity. They just want to record everything going through your computer and phone.
I can well imagine from a man like George W. Bush an incredibly ignorant and one-dimensional understanding of the region. He's the front man of an organization, his job is to be charming and electable, not to make geopolitical analysis.
Before the Neo-Cons, there was a time when the Republican party was actually conservative. And there was also a time when doctors were dangerous for your health. Live in the now:)
Being in the miority during those years might ahve ahd something to do with it, as well as trusting what our intelligence community had said about WMDs.
At that time, it wasn't unreasonable to believe our intelligence data. Of course, now that we know they were wrong, they should given the resources to do a better job next time, preferably a better budget more power to operate without the ACLU breathing down their necks demanding to know every single operation that is ongoing. There, made it true for ya and removed the political rhetoric. Lets see, they deliberately mislead you, and your solution is to increase their budget and reduce their oversight?
At that time, it wasn't unreasonable to believe the president. I'm sorry, but it was unreasonable.
It wasn't trust based on rational thought, it was based on emotion. Fear, anger, panic.
I didn't trust him then anymore than I do now, because I do not base the trustworthiness on a person on their position of authority nor their space-time proximity to an awe-inspiring event.
Forget the Democratic slur The slur is on the R, we don't expect THEM to value freedom, but the Ds are supposed to human. They've been do-nothings lately though, so everyone sucks.
I look at horoscopes for the humor value I once burst out in uncontrollable laughter in a restaurant while reading the paper: My horoscope said "You should consult an astrologist today".
Had to catch my breath before I could explain to the crew and patrons what was so funny.
Is any such acceptance necessarily irrational? Well, it did go as far as "why, yes sir, I will fly that explosive-filled plane into that boat, no problem sir. Nice hat, sir."
Doesn't the lawyer signing the DMCA takedown notice have to swear under the threat of perjury that their information is accurate to the best of their knowledge? I'm pretty sure lawyers are never obligated to tell the truth. Quite the contrary.
the Air Force website promoting the video contains this language in its privacy policy: "Information presented on the Air Force Recruiting website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied."
Apart from that, I wonder why the Air Force is so keen on keeping people from watching their commercial. Desire for control, I'd wager.
Wouldn't the air force have to claim that they were in fact the copyright owner of this video to file a DMCA notice? Doesn't that mean YouTube or the person who posted it could actually just go ahead and file suit against the government since this is a false claim?
Is there someone who'd like to provide an insightful comment and then proclaim IANAL on this one? Dear Internet Service Provider:
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....Goatse in 3D!!!! Yay!! That Z vectors' gotta be a pain in ass...Think about that next november, when you're eating turkey.
I blame Von Braun.
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Your POST is what is based on emotion - as is most liberals versions of the 'facts'. Well, I see you're clearly not biased in any way. There were credible sources of intelligence, namely the british intelligence community to believe that WMD's existed - and quite honestly there's still no proof he wasn't working on them. And you are obviously not at all unaware of the context on the conflict! Let's forget that Tony Blair was so far up Bushs' ass that he could see his tonsils, and concentrate on history. As you can see, the UK is as unbiased towards Iraq as you are:
At the end of World War I, the League of Nations granted the area to the United Kingdom as a mandate. It initially formed two former Ottoman vilayets (regions): Baghdad, and Basra into a single country in August 1921. Five years later, in 1926, the northern vilayet of Mosul was added, forming the territorial boundaries of the modern Iraqi state.
For three out of four centuries of Ottoman rule, Baghdad was the seat of administration for the vilayets of Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra. During the mandate, British colonial administrators ruled the country, and through the use of British armed forces, suppressed Arab and Kurdish rebellions against the occupation. They established the Hashemite king, Faisal, who had been forced out of Syria by the French, as their client ruler. Likewise, British authorities selected Sunni Arab elites from the region for appointments to government and ministry offices.
Britain granted independence to Iraq in 1932, on the urging of King Faisal, though the British retained military bases and transit rights for their forces. King Ghazi of Iraq ruled as a figurehead after King Faisal's death in 1933, while undermined by attempted military coups, until his death in 1939. The United Kingdom invaded Iraq in 1941, for fear that the government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani might cut oil supplies to Western nations
The Central Treaty Organization (also referred to as CENTO, original name was Middle East Treaty Organization or METO, also known as the Baghdad Pact) was adopted in 1955 by Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran, as well as the United Kingdom. Although American pressure, along with promises of military and economic largesse, were key in the negotiations leading to the agreement, the United States could not initially participate "for purely technical reasons of budgeting procedures." Some (particularly nationalist radicals) saw the Pact as an attempt by the British to retain influence in the Middle East as a substitute for the loss of their empire in India. In 1958 the United States joined the military committee of the alliance. It is generally viewed as one of the least successful of the Cold War alliances.
At that time, it wasn't unreasonable to believe our intelligence data. Of course, now that we know they were wrong, they should given the resources to do a better job next time, preferably a better budget more power to operate without the ACLU breathing down their necks demanding to know every single operation that is ongoing. There, made it true for ya and removed the political rhetoric. Lets see, they deliberately mislead you, and your solution is to increase their budget and reduce their oversight?
We're doomed
It wasn't trust based on rational thought, it was based on emotion. Fear, anger, panic.
I didn't trust him then anymore than I do now, because I do not base the trustworthiness on a person on their position of authority nor their space-time proximity to an awe-inspiring event.
They've been do-nothings lately though, so everyone sucks.
In season 3 he starts disposing of the bodies by burning them in atmospheric reentry.
Had to catch my breath before I could explain to the crew and patrons what was so funny.
Quite the contrary.
Apart from that, I wonder why the Air Force is so keen on keeping people from watching their commercial. Desire for control, I'd wager.
Is there someone who'd like to provide an insightful comment and then proclaim IANAL on this one? Dear Internet Service Provider:
This letter is written in response to your notification to me of a complaint received about my web page(s). The pages in question are:
(insert list of URLs here)
My response to this complaint is as follows:
Allegations of Copyright Violation / Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The claims of copyright violation should be rejected because the material in question is not copyrighted. It is in the public domain and may be reproduced by anyone.
This communication to you is a DMCA counter notification letter as defined in 17 USC 512(g)(3):
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the complaint of copyright violation is based on mistaken information, misidentification of the material in question, or deliberate misreading of the law.
My name, address, and telephone number are as follows:
(address here)
I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which I reside (or, if my address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which you, the ISP, may be found).
I agree to accept service of process from the complainant.
My actual or electronic signature follows:
(electronic or actual signature here)
Having received this counter notification, you are now obligated under 17 USC 512(g)(2)(B) to advise the complainant of this notice, and to restore the material in dispute (or not take the material down in the first place), unless the complainant files suit against me within 10 days.
IANAL, I got this form letter from this site.