It's not the plot, it's the artwork too! Search Google and you'll see. Both the Lion King and Atlantis borrow character likenesses and artistic style from Japanese cartoons. I forget the actual names of the plagiarized Japanese shows, but I'm sure some anime buff here can enlighten us.
Heck, Disney has made several fortunes taking something that was not in the public domain and copying it! I don't know if any of the Japanese anime even get mentioned in the credis of the Disney films that are based on their stories.
Then again, everyone rips everyone else off in this industry so I don't know how upset I should be.
Hehe. You're totally right - the weapons inspectors only started making headway when they brought in intelligence agents instead of Ph.D's to do the cross-examining. You can't expect academics to be able to deal with deception on the scale that the Iraquis were trying to pull.
The point I meant to make is that the weapons inspection process had been inflitrated by US intelligence agents that were reporting back information on Saddam's Presidential Guard to the States for the purpose of assassinating him. Remember those cruise missile strikes? The Clinton administration admitted as much at the time. (see link in my previous post)
The point I was trying to make was that Iraq, while by no means in the right, certainly has reasons for its reluctance to admit weapons inspectors, particularily US ones.
I won't argue that Iraq did block inspectors on two occasions, nor that the Iraqis were generally uncooperative, devious, and completely dishonest. That doesn't necessarily mean that the USA is angelic in its motivations.
Iraq's refusal to admit certain nationalities of weapons inspectors might have something to do with the infiltration of the weapons inspection process by US intelligence agents and the subsequent assassination attempts, something not mentioned on the IAEA one-line summary. Another factor not reported was the number of inspectors per visit (5-ish if I remember correctly) agreed upon with the Iraqis and the violation of that agreement on those occasions. They marched 30 weapons inspectors down to the Party headquarters in downtown Baghdad and demanded admittance. Rather inflammatory, wouldn't you say?
The last bit is straight from Scott Ritter's mouth. His 1998 New Republic article is a good read, though a bit dated.
I'm sure you've heard enough twisting of his words by bleeding heart peaceniks that you're sick of his name by now, but honestly, have a read. He's the closest man to the action that's got the cojones to speak up in a frank and straightforward manner. Not bad for a Marine.;-)
And before you start doubting his credibility, consider that he's already got a FBI and CIA portfolio started against him, and he's been speaking to crowds around the world for months now. If he was lying in his speeches, he'd have been sued/courtmartialed for libel/treason/etc six ways from sunday by now, wouldn't you say? Ergo I'm more inclined to believe him than commercial/governmental news sources who, while they obviously are reluctant to outright lie, will certainly present facts in a biased manner through ommission.
How is quoting news sources propaganda? I can see a possibility if the quotes were taken out of context or chosen from an extremely rare or disreputable source, but this is ABC News fer chrissakes!
But you also see it in a newspaper when they fire all of the old hands who know where the bodies are buried, and only the young bucks are around who can be easily stampeded. No institutional memory.
Heck, you see it even if they keep all the old hands around! Here's a good case in point, concerning weapons inspectors and Iraq. And like the archaeologists, most people take what is said for truth. Even super-reputable magazines like the Economist are parroting this lie from the State Department. Nobody's rocking the boat.
The irony is that this is sourced from a web-site. Heh.
For all of you who want a *real* sequel to Star Control 2, you can kick in a bit of development towards Star Control: Timewarp. Currently it supports 2-player-over-LAN with plans for 8-at-a-time melee. The single player game has had the foundations laid. Plot decisions are sometimes hard to make by committee.;)
And what's more, nobody's considered what the cost of allowing Microsoft to continue their business practices is! All the money sunk into projects that just get crushed under the 800lb gorilla, all the possible innovative effective computer solutions that are forbidden under MS contracts, et cetera.
I'm sure others can think of better ideas than this. Simply crying "Oh, it's too expensive, better let them go" is a bit shortsighted. If Standard Oil had been allowed to go about its practices, it would no doubt have cost the average taxpayer a whole lot more in *being ripped off for every gas-related (and more!) purchase*.
Well, as I see it, using words like that is great branding practice. Think about it. It's such a generic term that you *have* to use the company name to describe it! Word - Microsoft Word. Draw - Corel Draw! Any advertising is good advertising, right?
despite the claims of scientists that it might lead to cures for some of the biggest killers of humankind
What, you mean old age? No? Okay, you mean starvation and malnutrition, right?
Oh wait, you mean diseases that affect rich old people. Right.
We're all going to die someday. And if we didn't, well, either we'd have to stop having kids or this planet is going to get VERY crowded and very dead. Might as well do it in dignity.
Researching cloning 'cause it's cool is fine by me but don't pretend like it's going to be the solution for all humanity's pitfalls. That sounds suspiciously like marketspeak.
which is worth more than a few measly bucks per computer sold....
Don't forget the MS balance sheet that was released a month or so ago - it showed their leading source of revenue was Windows, followed by Office. Everything else was negligible or lost money.
A prime example of why their monopoly is so important, subsidising and providing a vehicle for all their other projects, but it also shows how important that revenue stream is! Making Windows free beer would leave them only Office to make their money. Investors no like.
A Tintin movie? Nah, that's just not going far enough. I want Tintin and Batman movie! Get Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Rastapopulous, throw in a few explosions and a cool car... you're set!
This may be karma-whoring but at least I'm giving credit where credit is due...:)
No kidding. Not only does traditional surgery give you the the big scars and the cobbled-together sternum, but the sliced muscles - I'm stuck with (at best) a 5-and-a-half-pack from a severed nerve. Good conversation topic (hey baby wanna see my scar?) but certainly worth giving up for the simplicity of this remote manipulator (not robot!) surgery.
IBM is a business and it sees that helping the community can help itself. QUID PRO QUO my friends.
Bang on. OSS is in a very strong position here. IBM knows that a) the kernel developers can always go back to the old method and b) anything they do to fuck with the kernel developers, (say, closing the database and taking all the bug listing with them) would generate some MASSIVE bad PR.
Bref, never look a gift horse in the mouth. At the same time, never trust a corporation further than they can make money off of you.
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It's not the plot, it's the artwork too! Search Google and you'll see. Both the Lion King and Atlantis borrow character likenesses and artistic style from Japanese cartoons. I forget the actual names of the plagiarized Japanese shows, but I'm sure some anime buff here can enlighten us.
Then again, everyone rips everyone else off in this industry so I don't know how upset I should be.
The point I meant to make is that the weapons inspection process had been inflitrated by US intelligence agents that were reporting back information on Saddam's Presidential Guard to the States for the purpose of assassinating him. Remember those cruise missile strikes? The Clinton administration admitted as much at the time. (see link in my previous post)
The point I was trying to make was that Iraq, while by no means in the right, certainly has reasons for its reluctance to admit weapons inspectors, particularily US ones.
What a deal, eh?
(Courtesy of Bob the Angry Flower)
Iraq's refusal to admit certain nationalities of weapons inspectors might have something to do with the infiltration of the weapons inspection process by US intelligence agents and the subsequent assassination attempts, something not mentioned on the IAEA one-line summary. Another factor not reported was the number of inspectors per visit (5-ish if I remember correctly) agreed upon with the Iraqis and the violation of that agreement on those occasions. They marched 30 weapons inspectors down to the Party headquarters in downtown Baghdad and demanded admittance. Rather inflammatory, wouldn't you say?
The last bit is straight from Scott Ritter's mouth. His 1998 New Republic article is a good read, though a bit dated.
I'm sure you've heard enough twisting of his words by bleeding heart peaceniks that you're sick of his name by now, but honestly, have a read. He's the closest man to the action that's got the cojones to speak up in a frank and straightforward manner. Not bad for a Marine. ;-)
And before you start doubting his credibility, consider that he's already got a FBI and CIA portfolio started against him, and he's been speaking to crowds around the world for months now. If he was lying in his speeches, he'd have been sued/courtmartialed for libel/treason/etc six ways from sunday by now, wouldn't you say? Ergo I'm more inclined to believe him than commercial/governmental news sources who, while they obviously are reluctant to outright lie, will certainly present facts in a biased manner through ommission.
Good troll. I bite.
Heck, you see it even if they keep all the old hands around! Here's a good case in point, concerning weapons inspectors and Iraq. And like the archaeologists, most people take what is said for truth. Even super-reputable magazines like the Economist are parroting this lie from the State Department. Nobody's rocking the boat.
The irony is that this is sourced from a web-site. Heh.
So yea. Check it out.
I'm sure others can think of better ideas than this. Simply crying "Oh, it's too expensive, better let them go" is a bit shortsighted. If Standard Oil had been allowed to go about its practices, it would no doubt have cost the average taxpayer a whole lot more in *being ripped off for every gas-related (and more!) purchase*.
Am I way off here?
First we had WinModems, now we have WinRobots?
Well, as I see it, using words like that is great branding practice. Think about it. It's such a generic term that you *have* to use the company name to describe it! Word - Microsoft Word. Draw - Corel Draw! Any advertising is good advertising, right?
Hot chicks can make a difference. I think that Bob the Angry Flower said it best.
What, you mean old age? No? Okay, you mean starvation and malnutrition, right?
Oh wait, you mean diseases that affect rich old people. Right.
We're all going to die someday. And if we didn't, well, either we'd have to stop having kids or this planet is going to get VERY crowded and very dead. Might as well do it in dignity.
Researching cloning 'cause it's cool is fine by me but don't pretend like it's going to be the solution for all humanity's pitfalls. That sounds suspiciously like marketspeak.
See for yourself...
Don't forget the MS balance sheet that was released a month or so ago - it showed their leading source of revenue was Windows, followed by Office. Everything else was negligible or lost money.
A prime example of why their monopoly is so important, subsidising and providing a vehicle for all their other projects, but it also shows how important that revenue stream is! Making Windows free beer would leave them only Office to make their money. Investors no like.
This may be karma-whoring but at least I'm giving credit where credit is due...
More like the #4752899th post (or whatever #1 is called nowadays)
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Watch out, the black helicopters are going to be landing in front of your house any minute now...
And for those who've had just a few American stereotypes too many, you can indulge in John's switch to Canada, eh?
har.
No kidding. Not only does traditional surgery give you the the big scars and the cobbled-together sternum, but the sliced muscles - I'm stuck with (at best) a 5-and-a-half-pack from a severed nerve. Good conversation topic (hey baby wanna see my scar?) but certainly worth giving up for the simplicity of this remote manipulator (not robot!) surgery.
Is it just the bismuth?
Bang on. OSS is in a very strong position here. IBM knows that a) the kernel developers can always go back to the old method and b) anything they do to fuck with the kernel developers, (say, closing the database and taking all the bug listing with them) would generate some MASSIVE bad PR.
Bref, never look a gift horse in the mouth. At the same time, never trust a corporation further than they can make money off of you.
"For you, that's paranoia. For me, it's reality!"
I wonder if Lindows handwriting recognition software will be GPL'ed. Even if it isn't, perhaps it would be usable on other flavors of Linux?
AFAIK there is no high-powered handwriting recognition software readily available for linux. Is that so?