The French have always been a big proponent but then again they have this massive penis envy with respect to the US.
Why would they envy US penises? US penises are usually mutilated soon after birth to stop US guys from enjoying sex as much (it's a religious thing). That's why they have to play with guns instead (same thing applies to certain well-known countries based on religion and probably pre-WW2 Europeans/Antipodeans).
The Israelis kidnapped a guy from Rome (he was tricked to go there from London) so their colleagues in the US might well consider doing the same thing.
I hear it's hard to get into the country sometimes
Too right. If you try to fly there (e.g. from Europe) in December the price is three times normal, in the unlikely event that you can find a seat. And the 26 or so hour flight is a bit of a pain.
The US has plans for Iraq to have a US-style presidential election.
Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani has condemned this, and has asked for a system whereby the person who gets the most votes gets elected instead.
I think these days C++ programmers would usually prefer to use std::vector<> instead of CArray. And even in C style code you could use enums instead of #defines for constants. If you're going to be told off for using C++, at least use it heroically:-)
And guess what, some electronic stuff is made in china or japan or taiwan, and I might find the (english) pdfs stored on their corporate websites useful if I could find the damn things (they assume no-one accessing their english sites wants to know anything technical).
The score I found was three Britons arrested in Pakistan (Tariq Mahmood, Moazzam Begg, Richard Belmar), one in Zambia (different continent even!) (Martin Mubanga) and six arrested in Afghanistan.
In the (few) books of his that I have read, his explanations hardly seem marxist (i.e. based on fantasy economics, like Reaganomics/dotCOM) or fascist (advocating unoverseen control by a strong leader).
He claims that the US is acting as an imperial power. Empires were around before Marx or Chomsky and he is hardly alone in this claim.
I noticed his lack of reporting contrary facts/opinions, but he does provide extensive references to the claims he makes (unlike e.g. Michael Moore or any politician).
Perhaps you were reading different books from me, but the one I was referring to expressed his opinion merely through selection (on which incidents to focus on) rather than rhetoric or argument.
The prisoners were caught in the act of fighting in a terrorist army.
I saw Dubya say the same thing on TV, and he was lying too. And the pussy of a british journalist (david frost) didn't challenge him on that point. It is not the case for all the detainees.
I would rather believe my local paper (interviewing the detainees families), which said that at least one of the British citizens detained was in Pakistan (hint, separate country from Afghanistan) in a house (with his wife and kids I think) and was arrested by Pakistani police based on his name being found somewhere in Afghanistan. That is not being caught in the act, that is something that needs a trial to determine the facts of the case.
I'm not one of those people who think that the CIA blew up the twin towers or the HSBC, but when the president is so sloppy about the facts all the time (and the US previous history of attacking itself in order to get a pretext to start wars - read some Chomsky) I can understand why some people might, and think that a little bit of due process and rule of law might go a long way to redeem the current US image.
IIRC The decision decades ago was that the law could not compel someone to personally perform a service (which would be slavery), but could stop them from doing so (via an injunction).
These days it seems. I think it's been on every employment contract I've seen (including IBM ones from over 10 years ago).
To scare the workers, sometimes it is enforced. Just look at the case of the Ubisoft 5 - a programmer and some artists who dared to leave Ubisoft and join EA (in Montreal), and are currently being told by the courts that they are not allowed to work.
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Has that stopped the government from attempting to force everyone to switch over to digital television?
IIRC all the other channels were just advertisements.
Why would they envy US penises? US penises are usually mutilated soon after birth to stop US guys from enjoying sex as much (it's a religious thing). That's why they have to play with guns instead (same thing applies to certain well-known countries based on religion and probably pre-WW2 Europeans/Antipodeans).
The Israelis kidnapped a guy from Rome (he was tricked to go there from London) so their colleagues in the US might well consider doing the same thing.
Umm, doesn't that imply that there are some laws involved to make them illegal - it might help if he named them.
The imperial stormtroopers are all NZers (Temuera Morrison) and they had less of an easy time against the Jedi.
Too right. If you try to fly there (e.g. from Europe) in December the price is three times normal, in the unlikely event that you can find a seat. And the 26 or so hour flight is a bit of a pain.
And how "wParam" means that it is a 16 bit parameter. Oh except that it's been 32 bits since 1995 :-)
Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani has condemned this, and has asked for a system whereby the person who gets the most votes gets elected instead.
I think these days C++ programmers would usually prefer to use std::vector<> instead of CArray. And even in C style code you could use enums instead of #defines for constants. If you're going to be told off for using C++, at least use it heroically :-)
Ohmigod, the world suddenly got bigger!
And guess what, some electronic stuff is made in china or japan or taiwan, and I might find the (english) pdfs stored on their corporate websites useful if I could find the damn things (they assume no-one accessing their english sites wants to know anything technical).
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The score I found was three Britons arrested in Pakistan (Tariq Mahmood, Moazzam Begg, Richard Belmar), one in Zambia (different continent even!) (Martin Mubanga) and six arrested in Afghanistan.
Say yes to Macartney/Lennon.
Perhaps that has even already happened?
He claims that the US is acting as an imperial power. Empires were around before Marx or Chomsky and he is hardly alone in this claim.
I noticed his lack of reporting contrary facts/opinions, but he does provide extensive references to the claims he makes (unlike e.g. Michael Moore or any politician).
Perhaps you were reading different books from me, but the one I was referring to expressed his opinion merely through selection (on which incidents to focus on) rather than rhetoric or argument.
The prisoners were caught in the act of fighting in a terrorist army.
I saw Dubya say the same thing on TV, and he was lying too. And the pussy of a british journalist (david frost) didn't challenge him on that point. It is not the case for all the detainees.
I would rather believe my local paper (interviewing the detainees families), which said that at least one of the British citizens detained was in Pakistan (hint, separate country from Afghanistan) in a house (with his wife and kids I think) and was arrested by Pakistani police based on his name being found somewhere in Afghanistan. That is not being caught in the act, that is something that needs a trial to determine the facts of the case.
I'm not one of those people who think that the CIA blew up the twin towers or the HSBC, but when the president is so sloppy about the facts all the time (and the US previous history of attacking itself in order to get a pretext to start wars - read some Chomsky) I can understand why some people might, and think that a little bit of due process and rule of law might go a long way to redeem the current US image.
No-one watches cricket. Imagine, a game that lasts for five days, and can end in a draw :-)
Where is it illegal? Iran? Yemen? Saudi Arabia?
Um, maybe not a quadraplegic, but have you heard of Douglas Bader? :-)
You are aware that keyboards, mice and especially telephone handsets have a far higher bacterial count than e.g. toilets?
Just sit on your t-shirt from yesterday. Like I am doing right now (or was that more than you needed to know?)
For turning your radio on full blast and yapping away on the phone while they are trying to do actual work instead.
IIRC The decision decades ago was that the law could not compel someone to personally perform a service (which would be slavery), but could stop them from doing so (via an injunction).
To scare the workers, sometimes it is enforced. Just look at the case of the Ubisoft 5 - a programmer and some artists who dared to leave Ubisoft and join EA (in Montreal), and are currently being told by the courts that they are not allowed to work.