Maybe George W. should buy it and write "Saddamz aircraft carria" on it. That should convince the few unpatriotic people who still doubt the justification for attacking Iraq.
Frightened? Just think how effective we could fight terrorism! Every person in the US could be tracked, we could see who they meet and if they're sleeping, working maybe, in the future, what they're talking about. Of course, only criminals who have something to hide would fear this prospect.
Yes a device like that is frightening, especially in the hand of a totalitarian regime like the United States' government.
(Yes, mod me down... I know there are regimes where I couldn't say something like that without risking my life and I'm grateful I can still say that. But the US government do put people in jail without accusing them properly, they torture people outside the country, etc. Just say a person is a suspected terrorist and he automatically loses all human rights. I can still say I disapprove of that. But I'm afraid it's slowly becoming like the USSR in Stalin's times...)
I'm glad that I don't live in the US, but in a relatively free european country.
This is not a joke. I wish it was.
I somehow ran out of them recently.
"it also means EA will support games on all PC platforms featuring NVIDIA hardware"
That, of course, means, they'll support all PC platforms as long as they're Windows 2000, ME or XP. Linux is not a hardware platform and a Macintosh is not a PC.
According to my sources, Coca-Cola is not only distributor in North America, but also owns 51 percent of the company... I guess with today's huge companies like Philp Morris, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Procter&Gamble etc. it's virtually impossible to say what country a company (or a brand) belongs to.
I mean, Chrysler is largely owned by Mercedes Benz, so does it make it a German company? And some Mercedes-models are actually produced in the US, so is it an American car maker?
The real reason why games are put on the "index" in Germany (meaning only adults can buy them, no advertising in public spaces) is violence.
Many, if not most, computer games are about violence without being on this index.
Maybe there's just too much blood in this game, if they reduce it, it may be allowed for children again.
There are some games (e.g., I think "Giants") that have replaced red blood by green blood-> after that, children were allowed to buy it.
Strange? Yes, German government is quite strict with images of violence-- like the American government is with sex. No tits (or "worse things") on American TV screens, not too much blood on German computer screens.
It's up to you to decide which influence is worse for children.
Please, don't compare PC games with reality. I have no problem with violence in games but in real life I prefer no blood being shed.
Hitler was killing the jews in his own country for years, much like Saddam kills the kurds.
I do not want to defend Saddam Hussein. He's a criminal and a madman. He came to power thanks to the CIA and he got chemical weapons from the US which he used against the kurds.
There were absolutely no complaints from the US because of that then.
But you can't compare Hussein with Hitler as Saddam as Germany was a superpower then and Iraq, definitely, is not.
There is no threat going out from Iraq, and, no, it was not him who destroyed WTC.
That was Al Qaida and Osama Bin Laden, helped by 30 Billion $ from your tax money...
Let's hope that Adolf W. Bush hasn't started the third world war by this useless and stupid attack.
Just imagine what happens when, aided by anti-american feelings after their attack on Iraq, an islamistic government comes to power in Pakistan... they HAVE atomic bombs... or this happens in 20 other islamic countries (Turkey, Indonesia, Egypt...)
How many wars can America fight? How will American economy suffer from massive anti-american feelings throughout the world?
Just wanted to say, the site loaded quickly with my broadband-connection. And for modem users, there's a smaller version of this trailer on: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/lxg/lxg_trailer_ small.html
My experiences with this site are very positive. It's stupid to complain about download rates when your overall connection is slow.
Thank you, apple, for providing a free, no pop-up window using, no registration requiring, movie-preview site. And, in my experience, also a very fast loading one:-)
... is that OSS is distributed together with the tax software and that every adult gets a copy.
This way many people who are often too "lazy" to download new software and stick with their included Internet Explorer can try a different browser.
Same with OpenOffice: I know a lot of people who are CONVINCED that there is no alternative to MS Office... I'm sure many will give it a try-- in the end it means you can save a lot of money...
ps: Hey! I posted this story yesterday, but it was rejected... I know, don't complain...
"Some people fight so hard for freedom until there is nothing left of it."
Though I strongly suspect the whole terrorism-panic and sudden need to attack states declared "evil" has other causes... Maybe the weapon industry needs new markets or the oil industry wants more countries to exploit... (and these are George W.'s friends so he is a nice guy and helps them)
They were free to print what they knew, but chose not to do so of their own volition. There was no oppression here.
Doesn't make it much better, don't you think? So press itself refuses to obey their duty to inform public as good as possible.
(quote) "That evil is unique in all human history."
No, I don't think so. The british air force commander who ordered the attack on Dresden, killing about 200.000 people, mostly refugees, burning them alive, got a decoration and was made a knight by the queen, I believe.
How about the american pilots who dropped the nuclear bomb? Has the government tried to hide? What's the difference between Dresden, Hiroshima and New York if you call it "home"?
Or Baghdad? Remember, a few years ago, CNN celebrating burning buildings there as "christmas trees" (it was christmas then)? What would you think about this comparison if your parents had been in one of these buildings?
So "scum" or "hero" is often a matter of your point of view.
(quote)
"You can also tell how civilized a country is by seeing how it openly allows inane and idiotic criticism of the government...."
(/quote)
Exactly. Lesson learned. Freedom means, among others, freedom to criticize.
(quote)
"...those being detained performed acts that are beyond international law." (/quote)
But shouldn't the state be different from criminals? Shouldn't the government act according to international law? Even if a criminal doesn't get what he might deserve?
And shouldn't everybody be treated as innocent until his guilt is proven?
Has anybody read 1984, the novel by George Orwell? There was this ficticious character Goldstein, invented by the government. Reminds me a bit of Osama bin Ladin.
We just need a bad guy, someone we can blame when something goes wrong. And if we want to get rid of someone, we just say: "He was a terrorist, or, worse, a friend of Osama" and everybody agrees that must be imprisioned forever, no proof of guilt necessary. Someone who is friend of personified evil has no rights at all.
It's a war we have to fight. And if we have to torture people to get the truth out of them, who cares.
In 1984, the names were just great, like, "Ministery of Love" for the institution where people were tortured.
Just like Bush's "alliance of peace and freedom", a bunch of nations that obviously only want war (oh, yes, they claim to have proof, that Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction, but, unfortunately, these proofs are so top-secret that we have to trust them. Germany trusted Hitler, so what can go wrong?)
Prisoners of war should have no rights, in the end, they fought against the US, which is bad. Don't believe this 14-year-old boy from Afghanistan who says the Taliban forced him to fight. Oh, never mind, he has no possibility to talk to a lawyer anyway.
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/AMR511862002?O penDocument&of=COUNTRIES\USA
How long has poor US government to ship suspicious people to other countries, because it's *still* illegal in America? Come on, legalize torturing, remember how much more these criminal terrorists would tell if the CIA could do whatever they want! Everything would be so much safer!
http://vigilant.tv/article/1104
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Maybe George W. should buy it and write "Saddamz aircraft carria" on it. That should convince the few unpatriotic people who still doubt the justification for attacking Iraq.
that's new possibilities for suicide bombing...
Frightened? Just think how effective we could fight terrorism! Every person in the US could be tracked, we could see who they meet and if they're sleeping, working maybe, in the future, what they're talking about. Of course, only criminals who have something to hide would fear this prospect.
Yes a device like that is frightening, especially in the hand of a totalitarian regime like the United States' government.
(Yes, mod me down... I know there are regimes where I couldn't say something like that without risking my life and I'm grateful I can still say that. But the US government do put people in jail without accusing them properly, they torture people outside the country, etc. Just say a person is a suspected terrorist and he automatically loses all human rights. I can still say I disapprove of that. But I'm afraid it's slowly becoming like the USSR in Stalin's times...)
or "Wag the Dog"
I'm glad that I don't live in the US, but in a relatively free european country.
This is not a joke. I wish it was.
I somehow ran out of them recently.
That, of course, means, they'll support all PC platforms as long as they're Windows 2000, ME or XP. Linux is not a hardware platform and a Macintosh is not a PC.
I mean, Chrysler is largely owned by Mercedes Benz, so does it make it a German company? And some Mercedes-models are actually produced in the US, so is it an American car maker?
... as Evian is actually owned by Coca-Cola...
I think what MS wants to say is that if people don't buy their new stuff, they will soon be so broke it can't be fixed. Poor guys.
Obviously, it should read: 200 HOURS of standby...
Many, if not most, computer games are about violence without being on this index.
Maybe there's just too much blood in this game, if they reduce it, it may be allowed for children again.
There are some games (e.g., I think "Giants") that have replaced red blood by green blood-> after that, children were allowed to buy it.
Strange? Yes, German government is quite strict with images of violence-- like the American government is with sex. No tits (or "worse things") on American TV screens, not too much blood on German computer screens.
It's up to you to decide which influence is worse for children.
Please, don't compare PC games with reality. I have no problem with violence in games but in real life I prefer no blood being shed.
I do not want to defend Saddam Hussein. He's a criminal and a madman. He came to power thanks to the CIA and he got chemical weapons from the US which he used against the kurds.
There were absolutely no complaints from the US because of that then.
But you can't compare Hussein with Hitler as Saddam as Germany was a superpower then and Iraq, definitely, is not.
There is no threat going out from Iraq, and, no, it was not him who destroyed WTC.
That was Al Qaida and Osama Bin Laden, helped by 30 Billion $ from your tax money...
Just imagine what happens when, aided by anti-american feelings after their attack on Iraq, an islamistic government comes to power in Pakistan... they HAVE atomic bombs... or this happens in 20 other islamic countries (Turkey, Indonesia, Egypt...)
How many wars can America fight? How will American economy suffer from massive anti-american feelings throughout the world?
Just wanted to say, the site loaded quickly with my broadband-connection. And for modem users, there's a smaller version of this trailer on: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/lxg/lxg_trailer_ small.html
My experiences with this site are very positive. It's stupid to complain about download rates when your overall connection is slow.
Thank you, apple, for providing a free, no pop-up window using, no registration requiring, movie-preview site. And, in my experience, also a very fast loading one :-)
Maybe you should finally get rid of that 36.6Kbit/s Modem...
Yeah, trailer looks good-- but what is it? Am I supposed to know that?
This way many people who are often too "lazy" to download new software and stick with their included Internet Explorer can try a different browser.
Same with OpenOffice: I know a lot of people who are CONVINCED that there is no alternative to MS Office... I'm sure many will give it a try-- in the end it means you can save a lot of money...
ps: Hey! I posted this story yesterday, but it was rejected... I know, don't complain...
"Some people fight so hard for freedom until there is nothing left of it."
Though I strongly suspect the whole terrorism-panic and sudden need to attack states declared "evil" has other causes... Maybe the weapon industry needs new markets or the oil industry wants more countries to exploit... (and these are George W.'s friends so he is a nice guy and helps them)
They were free to print what they knew, but chose not to do so of their own volition. There was no oppression here. Doesn't make it much better, don't you think? So press itself refuses to obey their duty to inform public as good as possible.
(quote)
"That evil is unique in all human history."
No, I don't think so. The british air force commander who ordered the attack on Dresden, killing about 200.000 people, mostly refugees, burning them alive, got a decoration and was made a knight by the queen, I believe.
How about the american pilots who dropped the nuclear bomb? Has the government tried to hide?
What's the difference between Dresden, Hiroshima and New York if you call it "home"?
Or Baghdad? Remember, a few years ago, CNN celebrating burning buildings there as "christmas trees" (it was christmas then)?
What would you think about this comparison if your parents had been in one of these buildings?
So "scum" or "hero" is often a matter of your point of view.
(quote)
"You can also tell how civilized a country is by seeing how it openly allows inane and idiotic criticism of the government...." (/quote)
Exactly. Lesson learned. Freedom means, among others, freedom to criticize.
(quote)
"...those being detained performed acts that are beyond international law."
(/quote)
But shouldn't the state be different from criminals? Shouldn't the government act according to international law? Even if a criminal doesn't get what he might deserve?
And shouldn't everybody be treated as innocent until his guilt is proven?
Has anybody read 1984, the novel by George Orwell? There was this ficticious character Goldstein, invented by the government. Reminds me a bit of Osama bin Ladin.
We just need a bad guy, someone we can blame when something goes wrong. And if we want to get rid of someone, we just say: "He was a terrorist, or, worse, a friend of Osama" and everybody agrees that must be imprisioned forever, no proof of guilt necessary. Someone who is friend of personified evil has no rights at all.
It's a war we have to fight. And if we have to torture people to get the truth out of them, who cares.
In 1984, the names were just great, like, "Ministery of Love" for the institution where people were tortured.
Just like Bush's "alliance of peace and freedom", a bunch of nations that obviously only want war (oh, yes, they claim to have proof, that Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction, but, unfortunately, these proofs are so top-secret that we have to trust them. Germany trusted Hitler, so what can go wrong?)
Prisoners of war should have no rights, in the end, they fought against the US, which is bad. Don't believe this 14-year-old boy from Afghanistan who says the Taliban forced him to fight. Oh, never mind, he has no possibility to talk to a lawyer anyway.
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/AMR511862002?
How long has poor US government to ship suspicious people to other countries, because it's *still* illegal in America? Come on, legalize torturing, remember how much more these criminal terrorists would tell if the CIA could do whatever they want! Everything would be so much safer!
http://vigilant.tv/article/1104
You can see how civilized a country is when you look in how it treats its enemies.
http://www.ummah.com/inewsletter/massacres/afghan
http://www.freejohnwalker.net/
I don't remember who said it, but I like this quote:
"Some people fight so hard for freedom until there's nothing left of it".