N. Korea aside, Iran is run by Islamic fundimentalists that would like nothing more then to see the distruction of America.
Actually, there are a great many things that Iran would like beyond that. Unlike Russia, Israel, and India, the US used to be on the opposite side of the world to Iran. Different spheres of influence entirely.
Remove the threat of Saddam and the flow of money going to al qaeda.
What threat? What flow? Saddam sent money to widows of Palestinian idiots who blew people up. In other words, funded terrorism. Wow. Still has nothing to do with the so-called "Al-Qaeda".
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Worker ownership of the means of production and "from each according to their ability, to each according to their means" are perfectly compatible with competition, democracy, and what have you.
All small/home businesses are communistic, dumb Soviet purges of the scapegoat "kulaks" aside.
Sideshow Bob: Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?
Anyways, I think the general idea was to shine the laser at a plane, so the worst case scenario would have been a pretty green dot on the hull. Pilots complaining about being blinded is just an accident.
The thing about planes and helicopters is that you forget they have people inside when you don't think about the matter too hard. They are just a kind of solid cloud.
Sid Meier, Firaxis
Jeff Briggs, Firaxis
Brian Reynolds, Big Huge Games
Chris Sawyer, Microprose (Atari?)
Chris Taylor, Gas Powered Games
Will Wright, Maxis (EA)
Johan Andersson[0], Paradox Entertainment
Bruce Shelley, Ensemble Studious
John Carmack, iD Software
I could probably think of a few more if I tried. Peter Molyneux. Romero. Eh.
[0] Had to cheat and Google for Johan's last name.:)
Canada is fairly diverse--geographically, demographically and politically. Were Canada to become the 52nd state I'm willing to bet that it wouldn't be a blue state--it would be a swing state. In the last federal election Conservatives got almost as many votes as Liberals. Canada isn't Liberal--ONTARIO is liberal and the rest of the country is a mixed bag of other parites.
You are ignoring the existence of the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. Most of people who voted for them wouldn't be caught dead voting Republican (of course, this is somewhat compensated by the fact that the Liberals are conservative these days and wouldn't be out of place in the Republican fold).
Case IV: +5 Insightful, -5 Overrated, +5 Insightful
- user gets 5 karma
Case V: +5 Funny, -5 Overrated, +5 Insightful
- user gets 0 karma
If you lose too much karma in quick succession, you get instabanned for a day or more. Also, with low karma, your future comments will start out at a lower level and will be less likely to be rewarded.
The moral of the story is that you should always mod Insightful rather than Funny these days. CmdrTaco is working on a redesign of the system from scratch which sounds promising, but the current setup is b0rked.:)
Uh, because 0.99 sounds like a round number. Since copyright is a monopoly, the price of a copyrighted nothing is based on market psychology rather than production cost.
This is why unions are supposed to be international.
And, of course, if people would just behave the way Adam Smith expected, there'd be no movement of jobs overseas because it's not in the actual personal interests of the management.
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N. Korea aside, Iran is run by Islamic fundimentalists that would like nothing more then to see the distruction of America.
Actually, there are a great many things that Iran would like beyond that. Unlike Russia, Israel, and India, the US used to be on the opposite side of the world to Iran. Different spheres of influence entirely.
Remove the threat of Saddam and the flow of money going to al qaeda.
What threat? What flow? Saddam sent money to widows of Palestinian idiots who blew people up. In other words, funded terrorism. Wow. Still has nothing to do with the so-called "Al-Qaeda".
The
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Professionals these days.
Worker ownership of the means of production and "from each according to their ability, to each according to their means" are perfectly compatible with competition, democracy, and what have you.
All small/home businesses are communistic, dumb Soviet purges of the scapegoat "kulaks" aside.
Sideshow Bob: Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?
Anyways, I think the general idea was to shine the laser at a plane, so the worst case scenario would have been a pretty green dot on the hull. Pilots complaining about being blinded is just an accident.
I haven't heard any of those news.
The thing about planes and helicopters is that you forget they have people inside when you don't think about the matter too hard. They are just a kind of solid cloud.
And, by "My Friends List", I meant My Friends List, not the current user's friends list.;)
Yes, we do. Take a look at my Friends List. If you configure Slashdot to email you whenever someone replies, the journal becomes a very cozy setup.:)
Well, you can still get raped if you are abstinent.
I'd say that abstinence would be more like unplugging the network cable, mate.:)
Uhm. Well, this is embarassing. Erm... Look, Angelina Jolie naked!
*runs away*
"La migra"? That doesn't sound anywhere near German enough.
How about LEBENSRAUM? Just the right sound for demonization.:)
Russia straddles both continents. The dividing line goes through the Ural mountains. Most of the population is on the European side.
Now, whether the relationship between Russia and Europe is more akin to Macedonia and Greece or Epirus and Greece is your business.
If you can get RMS to call it "Liberal Software", I'll be your slave for all eternity (or one day, whichever is shorter).;)
Impeach Bush. Janet Jackson for President! The people have spoken.:)
Sid Meier, Firaxis
Jeff Briggs, Firaxis
Brian Reynolds, Big Huge Games
Chris Sawyer, Microprose (Atari?)
Chris Taylor, Gas Powered Games
Will Wright, Maxis (EA)
Johan Andersson[0], Paradox Entertainment
Bruce Shelley, Ensemble Studious
John Carmack, iD Software
I could probably think of a few more if I tried. Peter Molyneux. Romero. Eh.
[0] Had to cheat and Google for Johan's last name.:)
Canada is fairly diverse--geographically, demographically and politically. Were Canada to become the 52nd state I'm willing to bet that it wouldn't be a blue state--it would be a swing state. In the last federal election Conservatives got almost as many votes as Liberals. Canada isn't Liberal--ONTARIO is liberal and the rest of the country is a mixed bag of other parites.
You are ignoring the existence of the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. Most of people who voted for them wouldn't be caught dead voting Republican (of course, this is somewhat compensated by the fact that the Liberals are conservative these days and wouldn't be out of place in the Republican fold).
Case I: +5 Funny
- user gets 0 karma
Case II: +5 Insightful
- user gets 5 karma
Case III: +5 Funny, -5 Overrated, +5 Funny
- user loses 5 karma
Case IV: +5 Insightful, -5 Overrated, +5 Insightful
- user gets 5 karma
Case V: +5 Funny, -5 Overrated, +5 Insightful
- user gets 0 karma
If you lose too much karma in quick succession, you get instabanned for a day or more. Also, with low karma, your future comments will start out at a lower level and will be less likely to be rewarded.
The moral of the story is that you should always mod Insightful rather than Funny these days. CmdrTaco is working on a redesign of the system from scratch which sounds promising, but the current setup is b0rked.:)
Sax was a Green until he got brain damage and started trying to get into Ann's pants.;)
I love Blizzard, but WOW is nothing new.
Are you saying that Diablo and StarCraft were very original? 'Cause they weren't.;)
"VHS is dead." - Ronnie Coote
"Ronnie Coote is dead." - VHS
Erm, any kind of parent, really. Not just mothers.
What happens when babies accompanied by their mothers urinate?
Uh, because 0.99 sounds like a round number. Since copyright is a monopoly, the price of a copyrighted nothing is based on market psychology rather than production cost.
Out of curiosity, do you actually know how much your slacker coworkers make?
This is why unions are supposed to be international.
And, of course, if people would just behave the way Adam Smith expected, there'd be no movement of jobs overseas because it's not in the actual personal interests of the management.