I agree somewhat with what you say, but it is not that much of a stetch. Like the twin towers, the Eiffel tower is not situated in the middle of nowhere! we didn't park it in the countryside! Remember that Paris has one of the highest density of population, and the Eiffel tower is over 300m. You are really wrong to think that there is such a stretch, the casualty count could have been in the high 100's (I'm not an expert of course) since the "jardins du trocadero" beneath are sometimes filled up with 100's of people (I do take offense at the "some people would have died", have you ever been to Paris?). Let's not forget the plane might have been full (I'm not sure how many where in there).
Remember that the casualty count could have been much higher in New York then it has been (news spokesmen were talking more 25000 in the first few hours, now it seems it's around 5000).
Oh, and I was not talking out of pride, most people that visit the Eiffel tower are (you guessed it) americans and japanese.
just remember, other countries have had their share of terrorist attacks, probably from the same people the New York attack came from (eg: 1995 subway attack in France)
My sincerest sympathies to families of victims in NYC (my cousin also lives there).
This nearly happened before
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this is a little offtopic but It has something to do with the WTC towers event.
First I wish to say that I sympathize with all americans and families of those that died in the terrorist attack.
I'm a french citizen and wanted to say that this kind of event nearly took place in Paris in 1994. At the time a large airplane (can't remember if it was a boeing or airbus) was hijaacked by a group of algerian islamists.That plane had departed from Algeria. The terrorists requests on board the plane were very vague and unclear. The french air force was hesitating to shoot the plane down, which would have been a very difficult decision to take.
Luckily the plane which wasn't meant to fly to Paris didn't have enough fuel on board and had to land in Marseille (south of France) where the GIGN (~SWAT) took control of the plane. At the time the government didn't explain the reasons for this hijaacking and we never got any explanations from the terrorists themselves.
Later the interior minister Charles Pasqua admitted the plane was headed to Paris to crash on the Eiffel tower. Maybe he was wrong but this does seem suspiciously comparable to what has happened in New York 3 days ago.
At least I hope that if we intervene (I'm talking about NATO, I'm not an american citizen) it will not only be to find Bin Laden, but also to help the afghani people get rid of the Talibans. Many of these people are suffering, especially the women.
By the way experts here are guessing that for the first time since vietnam there should be soldiers sent, instead of just shooting missiles from a cruiser. Has there been talks about that in the US?
well I'm not sure about SDL but my X server (4.1.0) in 2d is still much slower then Windows when it comes to dragging windows around, etc..
(the windows in X take a while to be redrawn while in Windows this is unnoticeable).
All this using a Geforce 2 MX. I'm hoping this will get faster under X as it's quite annoying
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Remember that the casualty count could have been much higher in New York then it has been (news spokesmen were talking more 25000 in the first few hours, now it seems it's around 5000).
Oh, and I was not talking out of pride, most people that visit the Eiffel tower are (you guessed it) americans and japanese.
just remember, other countries have had their share of terrorist attacks, probably from the same people the New York attack came from (eg: 1995 subway attack in France)
My sincerest sympathies to families of victims in NYC (my cousin also lives there).this is a little offtopic but It has something to do with the WTC towers event.
First I wish to say that I sympathize with all americans and families of those that died in the terrorist attack.
I'm a french citizen and wanted to say that this kind of event nearly took place in Paris in 1994. At the time a large airplane (can't remember if it was a boeing or airbus) was hijaacked by a group of algerian islamists.That plane had departed from Algeria. The terrorists requests on board the plane were very vague and unclear. The french air force was hesitating to shoot the plane down, which would have been a very difficult decision to take.
Luckily the plane which wasn't meant to fly to Paris didn't have enough fuel on board and had to land in Marseille (south of France) where the GIGN (~SWAT) took control of the plane. At the time the government didn't explain the reasons for this hijaacking and we never got any explanations from the terrorists themselves.
Later the interior minister Charles Pasqua admitted the plane was headed to Paris to crash on the Eiffel tower. Maybe he was wrong but this does seem suspiciously comparable to what has happened in New York 3 days ago.
At least I hope that if we intervene (I'm talking about NATO, I'm not an american citizen) it will not only be to find Bin Laden, but also to help the afghani people get rid of the Talibans. Many of these people are suffering, especially the women.
By the way experts here are guessing that for the first time since vietnam there should be soldiers sent, instead of just shooting missiles from a cruiser. Has there been talks about that in the US?
well I'm not sure about SDL but my X server (4.1.0) in 2d is still much slower then Windows when it comes to dragging windows around, etc.. (the windows in X take a while to be redrawn while in Windows this is unnoticeable). All this using a Geforce 2 MX. I'm hoping this will get faster under X as it's quite annoying