US + UK + Europe, who have always backed the EU nations against South American ones, would stomp all over South America in any kind of conflict, trade, diplomatic or even outright war.
South America is a hodge-podge of second and third world pseudo-democracies highly dependent upon the first world.
England didn't import slaves either -in fact we were the first to oppose the trade. And yet we're rapidly, and with the collusion of successive Governments, turning into a mongrel nation of no culture.
1. DRM. You won't be able to play SC when Blizz goes bust. 2. You can't be banned from playing SC. 3. SC has LAN play. 4. SC was innovative, SC2 is just SC with a pretty face.
SC will still be played when SC2 is dead and forgotten.
Second, retired professional athletes like Bolt will have made a lot of money and will be able to retire. Even if they hadn't they would make money from endorsements, they could become coaches etc.
Who the hell would be stupid enough to want a celebrity endorsement from some wide-as-he-is-tall SC addict who can't find the time to wash? Who would pay (or be able to stand being in the same room as) such a person?
So let's assume he started managing at 20, probably older than that but let's say that. So he was born in ~1943. Let's say 'recently' means within the last 5 years, again generous I know, so 2007. That would make him 67.
I disagree with your statement: India is one of, if not the, most corrupt democracy in the world.
It wasn't always. Under British Rule Civil Servants were paid a good wage and enforced the law. When they gained independence their wages were cut severely and so they developed new sources of income to maintain their status and the result is endemic corruption.
I see the lockdown as a positive thing. A lot of the internet is a cesspool and I'm pleased that most of it is kept out of my iPad. (I just wish there was a spam filter in Mail).
If you want the freedom to swim in that crap Safari won't stop you.
Apple's walled garden isn't a price you pay for using an iPad, I see it as a positive feature.
...there is a 50% chance (actually it's a bit less than that but I leave that as an exercise for the readers with 3 digit IQs to work out) that you have 2 digit IQ but are incapable of realising that's the case (stupid people are generally not smart enough to realise they are stupid, so I am breaking it to you gently) and therefore have to resort to posting profanity because you're incapable in constructing a coherent counter argument.
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But at least he didn't start any of his sentences with a conjunction. :)
What's dotslash?
Only in your fantasy parallel universe.
The vast majority of the population of South America are Spanish and Portugese. In other words they*are* the colonists.
US + UK + Europe, who have always backed the EU nations against South American ones, would stomp all over South America in any kind of conflict, trade, diplomatic or even outright war.
South America is a hodge-podge of second and third world pseudo-democracies highly dependent upon the first world.
England didn't import slaves either -in fact we were the first to oppose the trade. And yet we're rapidly, and with the collusion of successive Governments, turning into a mongrel nation of no culture.
Four big differences between SC and SC2:
1. DRM. You won't be able to play SC when Blizz goes bust.
2. You can't be banned from playing SC.
3. SC has LAN play.
4. SC was innovative, SC2 is just SC with a pretty face.
SC will still be played when SC2 is dead and forgotten.
First, they play SC, they are not athletes.
Second, retired professional athletes like Bolt will have made a lot of money and will be able to retire. Even if they hadn't they would make money from endorsements, they could become coaches etc.
Who the hell would be stupid enough to want a celebrity endorsement from some wide-as-he-is-tall SC addict who can't find the time to wash? Who would pay (or be able to stand being in the same room as) such a person?
I like my Apple kit and their packaging, but this has got to be a new low for Slashdot.
Sack Timothy and the average quality of the posts on /. would double overnight.
I'll put a tenner into the pot to pay the bribes necessary to get him sacked; clearly bribes are required or would be long gone.
So research paid for by the public got stolen and used to spin-off a company that's now being sold to Microsoft.
So how much of the purchase price will NYU and the US public see? Or will these blatant theft go un- noticed?
So let's assume he started managing at 20, probably older than that but let's say that. So he was born in ~1943. Let's say 'recently' means within the last 5 years, again generous I know, so 2007. That would make him 67.
I love the smell of bullshit in the morning.
US companies are forbidden by law to pay bribes so they have to go about it a round about way.
This is just the price of doing business in China.
There's no such thing as an 8-core Macbook Pro.
Any thing that reduces the volume of banal chatter from Facebook is a pro-civilisation move.
The problem is the answer that takes into account that he hasn't taken a backup in 8 months is "you are screwed, learn from it and move on."
The gp was trying to be more helpful: don't bitch at him because the op was foolish.
Q4 2011 was IBM's most profitable in it's 100 year history.
You're just making stuff up.
I disagree with your statement: India is one of, if not the, most corrupt democracy in the world.
It wasn't always. Under British Rule Civil Servants were paid a good wage and enforced the law. When they gained independence their wages were cut severely and so they developed new sources of income to maintain their status and the result is endemic corruption.
I see the lockdown as a positive thing. A lot of the internet is a cesspool and I'm pleased that most of it is kept out of my iPad. (I just wish there was a spam filter in Mail).
If you want the freedom to swim in that crap Safari won't stop you.
Apple's walled garden isn't a price you pay for using an iPad, I see it as a positive feature.
"Widely reported here in Slashdot" so it must be true?
Slashdot is a rumour, opinion and gossip site with the odd poster who will provide a link to some other source which may or may not be authoritative.
Security covers Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.
So turning off your computer would increase C but at the expense of I (the data becomes out of date) and A.
You have heard of the Channel Tunnel haven't you?
They dug from both ends and met in the middle, under much deeper water than the Thames, and were only a centimetre out.
Demesne, which is pronounced 'domain'!
Some counter points.
Sulfur (the US spelling) is more archaic than Sulphur (the English spelling).
Meter is English, Metre is French (they invented the metric system).
I suppose you would also want all other homophones to be spelled the same way, right, rite, wright, write?
English has never been a phonetic language, neither the UK nor the US version.
...there is a 50% chance (actually it's a bit less than that but I leave that as an exercise for the readers with 3 digit IQs to work out) that you have 2 digit IQ but are incapable of realising that's the case (stupid people are generally not smart enough to realise they are stupid, so I am breaking it to you gently) and therefore have to resort to posting profanity because you're incapable in constructing a coherent counter argument.
The fact that the US is even being compared and is comparable to China is telling.