So you assume automatically that offshore companies are just crooks? There's no black and white in this usually. Local unions want a guaranteed, high pay. Business want to be profitable or even survive in flying business (which I heard is with quite low margins due of stiff competition, expenses and economical downturn).
i understand both sides. However, if these claims are indeed related with a local union struggle with company, then it is blackmailing at it's best. I know companies use FUD to manipulate us, but common crowd should know better.
Well, I think parent thought about formal process. Formally Obama has more power. Formally Iran's president has very little power.
But you are close to truth about lobby (money) power in Western world - they are our informal power influentials.
In all countries there are people who are power junkies. They have their own ( a little religiously crazy ones, indeed). Our have been sane for most of 20th century, but now I'm not so sure anymore:(
For crying out loud, would someone stop this Slashdot groupthinking?
Yes, there is blame to share with China, US or any other superpower for North Korea situation. However, in nutshell, most of it falls upon crazy leadership of NK. For normal country, amount of provocations from outside world to NK would be laughable. But these guys know that they are simply bad, and they will be towed away if any little chance is given away.
Was Bush warmongering when claiming North Korea, Iran and what else (I don't even don't remember anymore) "axis of evil"? True. Is there's something wrong with these "very upset" regimes who rules these countries? Of course there is. They are quite harsh rulers and if given any chance they will be removed. Do I want US to play world police? No. I would like to have general worldwide support for these regime's opposition. Problem is, that there are huge group of apologists who don't wanna shake the boat for lot of reasons (and most of them never get mentioned).
Do you really believe that North Korea would be really abandoned their nukes program if US would be more "polite"? I have hard time to believe that knowing history of South and North Korea relations for last four years. There's two possibilities for such regimes like this - they really have intention to change their attitude, or they just playing hide and seek and manipulate us. Unfortunately, with all information (independent, both sides given) available, I'm more inclined to claim second version as a winner. That's why I support cautious and skeptical attitude against anything they do.
And one more thing - you can't push away conflict if it's coming with thoughts and well wishes. Because root of the issue is much deeper than that. And no, your's enemy's enemy is not your friend.
Wow, there wasn't communism, nor socialism in any sense in 20th century (ok, maybe in Israel farms like small microcosms). Please stop spread this myth. Also before that get to know a USSR history a little. It was a bloody mess at the beginning, but no one denies, that there was several socialist things that worked in late 20th century. Unfortunately, we are happily to jump on conclusions on black and white very soon.
Btw, communism and socialism differs a little bit. Communism was planned a very special way as "socialism from under" for industrial age and thinking. You know, in the world when countries could decide (not only Communist ones) to kill millions and get away with it. It turned out into bloodbath, but not only innocent blood were spent. Both sides competed for minds and thoughts of the people in the very barbaric way (Russia 1917, read about it man).
For me Communism as Marx ideology is tainted because of bloodshed and unwillingness to listen and reason with opposition of idea (less people, less problem, Stalin un Lenin could have said. In difference, Lenin understood that it can't go on like that forever). *However* I'm very strong socialist and not because have been idealist for most of my life. For very long time in my twenties I thought - well, capitalism isn't that bad if you try to balance it out with doing good while trying to survive in these jungles. But in the end I understood that those with power and money grabbing genes - they just don't listen. I have been direct contact with some of them in my country. Some of them would like to get out of this game, but can't.
Thriving on primitive survival instinct without *understanding* how to handle it - that's what will kill capitalism, like it or not. And with itself humanity, if it won't get it's act together and start to think a new way to live. No one says that it has to be very revolutionary, but we must *evolve* in our thoughts how to survive together. How to handle our primitiveness and same time adaptiveness and willingness to see common goal.
p.s. and please don't mix Stalinism (as Stalin and North Korea) with rest of socialism and Communism. Thank you.
Funny, because it is exactly how things are sometimes done in hardware world - choosing value from already calculated table. For very common values beats out any smart algorithm any time.
Good that they didn't get you. Seems like geek princes who doesn't care about effectiveness of systems. Trust me, I know these guys, I'm sysadmin for 10 years.
Strange, but it IS actually different. Factual photo copyright of the person belongs to photographer (or his employer - depends on contract). You can't copyright fact, so it is not possible for person to forbid to sell this photo - unless it's shooting isn't related with breach of privacy, but there's very grey area there.
I also have doubts about other laws their mentioned - as usual, lawyers cook these letters like horror stories - because it is very highly unlikely they would even stick. No matter how Jobs and Apple would like to live in control freak kingdom, copyright doesn't protect anyone's persona look and manners from copying. However that California Celebs law is something stupid only Hollywood can produce. That is probably one they can go after them. But that's only California.
It is me or Apple for last five years have been really sue-happy about almost everything?
No, earning much more money than you without being phone slaves (It's a black joke, really):) Doesn't sound like a fun job even for thirty something. I hope that money is worth that.
If seriously, phone who doesn't work rock solid as a phone... Where's money in that? All phones I have had phone factor always have been something to depend on.
What forget it? If he had done the same thing in the US, he would be mentioned several times in the media, he's propably famous, alive and no one would arrest him (shocking!). And now please go panic about something else.
For a love of.... We are talking about Bahrain, not US. It is getting old. Push your message about evil NDAA and POSA in other forums. This one already knows that.
Well, this particular scenario would clash with other rights to privacy and peace and stuff. It is quite different from Internet, because with it, I can broadcast and everyone can choose to follow and hear me or not. That's why it is so perfect tool for free speech (unless no one tries to censor it of course).
I beg you pardon. By definition communism is ideology, not economical structure per se. It is also utopia, an "ideal goal", not actually ever implemented ideology. We can go forwards and backwards how it influenced thinking of bloody crimes in 20th century, but that would be kinda worthless, because Christianity has some shame stuff too.
What you are thinking more is Bolshevist/Stalinist totalitarianism type of government as "Communism from top", t.i. when state says what and how implement it. If we are honest, no country claiming "communist rule" never have had serious community imprints. In fact, community means "rule from masses", but it never have existed nor in China, nor in Soviet Union, nor any other self claimed "communist" state.
Socialism maybe is idealist dream, but overusing these terms really is typecasting and avoids some serious details about each situation.
Well, no one of these countries have threatened other ones with "wiping out from the map". I know, I know, there have been serious misunderstanding with quotes attributed to Iran's dear leader, but in nutshell their sentiment in last five years haven't changed much.
I know it is hard to stomach that there is actual relative good and bad in this world, but trust me, there is. Relatively.
Your question was stupid. Israel more or less are democratic state. If someone in Israel government will start to actually do some nonsense, they will be quickly overthrown trough democratic means (like emergency elections). They sure do have their list of grave errors, and their current government are very conservative and provocative, but I can at least understand reasoning of nation who elected them.
Iran's leadership in other corner doesn't even try to hide that it wants to do some serious damage to the world. And what's important - looking from last elections, "democracy" part of Islamic republic is eventually dead. Persians are hold hostage by some nuttheads. And even then world have waited patiently for almost three years for them to make up their minds - no sugar.
That was other reason for leaders to be suspicious. Hussein overplayed his hand with UN, that made lot of us very doubtful. However, as I remember for lot of us US rush to the war was unpleasantly surprising even with all that information.
Well, our trade, our rules. If Iran can't handle the heat and then tries to blockade something - it's their own fault.
But I think that Iran's leadership won't be that stupid, because it will definitely overthrown them. But if they will - maybe there's reason why all this happens.
Because Islam forbids to create such weapons (their words, not mine), maybe because they are creating it for offensive means, like punishing Israel or Western infidels for their existence. Could be a lot of things.
World somehow doesn't have problem with Pakistan having nukes, never mind to their shaky problems (and nice support for Taliban in their several military wings). So maybe pissing West off thousand times, oppressing inner opposition would have something to do with a fact that nobody - even Russia - trusts Iran fully anymore.
Well, it is not that clear and cut shenanigans. Hussein *had* chemical and biological WMDs. Hussein had plans for nukes. These - and the fact that he used it against it's own nation and enemy in Iran's war - were reasons for sanctions. Which in the end were very effective, because it pushed Hussein to liquidate his WMD program (yes, they also did lot of harm to common crowd, I know). That's a nice and small side note everyone rush to forget. It was also a reason which gave leaders of the world benefit of doubt here.
So did Bush and co knew it is very high propability that weapons are gone? I bet they knew. CIA knew this. Military knew this. But still they decided to act? My guess - spending government money on military contracts and contractors. But I think they didn't thought this trough, and they never got friends they wanted to be installed as leaders of "great Iraqi nation".
Errr, how sanctions are exactly pushing for war? Trading embargos are much less cruel tool, and more effective one (it destroyed Sadam, by the way). In fact, Republicans calling for blood for a year or so and call Obama pussy on Iran. They actually don't care about sanctions, they think it's never gonna work, they just want to go to Crusade and fulfill prophecies about Armageddon.
And no, please just stop right here about US and world police. US have done lot of things wrong, but with Iran I'm fully supportive. Obama has been *very* careful with them. US political support for Israel is all time low (as much US would go anyway). They stayed out of Arab spring - except for Libya when Quaddafi simply went South with his "no one can refuse me" thing. They even ignored that most of their supportive friends in Middle East were thrown out.
In fact, current Iran's government must go not because of nuke. It must go because they also have lost any connection with reality (welcome would be with their nutheads religious leaders). All their position is - "We hatin West and Israel and must destroy it! Must!". While common Persians are simply fed up with them. We criticize Israel because of their nationalist government who won't listen to reason. Why Iran should be any different?
Remember - just because someone opposes "Western thinking" which you I assume are very keen to critize, it doesn't give him a free ticket for a insanity ride.
Errr, which part of "global recession" you don't get it? There is not that much demand for oil, and those who demand require solid cuts of prices. Also never mind that lot of these countries are actually self-sufficient in oil needs too.
Guess what pays for this course to be implemented? Hint: not you, but Microsoft.
I know, I know - why the fuck college need so much money (from you and from Microsoft)? Because it is run by greedy bastards, that's why. What's more sad, that they are educated bastards and they think they can require so big bucks. They justify that.
You can't make people better without making them their choices to be better.
And by the way, bashing "American Idol" is getting old, it is high class performances. Yes, it's overcrowded with money and hype, and it's marketed mainly for teens, but lot of things are. For example those geekish cartoons you loved when you was ten.
How this got modded insightful? I can make such scenarios thousands - with happy endings. It is mererly "OMG in some combination of very bad luck and not taking First Aid kit when traveling to campsite and with no help around I can die!". Wow, guess what. Even now you can still die in such combination.
So....you still don't got a balls to say it without cover of AC?:)
I agree with parent post - while first three eps weren't cinema's finest hour, to say that they all sucked completely is emotional overstatement completely related with sentiment. Sorry, someone must say it.
There was interesting story telling, there was truly engaging stuff. However, editing and acting were weak due of Lucas insistence to shoot and script movies himself - he has eye for a cinema candy though. He is world creator, but floppy director. First came out as unbalanced kid movie (watch children how our hero wins, never mind that he will turn evil later) just because Lucas didn't trust that such serious material as Darth Vater storyline will fly without such commercial stuffing. In the end he overfed us with kiddy stuff and it shows. Still, with right mindset I can enjoy ep 1. Second was actually much more interesting, but uneven, as lot of characters were introduced but improperly fleshed out. Third was very promising at the beginning, but Anakin's fall didn't stick with me properly, something in the script was missing. There were more of nice cinema moments than in previous two eps (moody pieces, etc.) - and final battles actually resonated as true for souls, hearts and life and death.
In overall, as I more of story guy, these eps tells very important story of fall of Jedi. Maybe not perfectly, but I still enjoy it.
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So you assume automatically that offshore companies are just crooks? There's no black and white in this usually. Local unions want a guaranteed, high pay. Business want to be profitable or even survive in flying business (which I heard is with quite low margins due of stiff competition, expenses and economical downturn).
i understand both sides. However, if these claims are indeed related with a local union struggle with company, then it is blackmailing at it's best. I know companies use FUD to manipulate us, but common crowd should know better.
Well, I think parent thought about formal process. Formally Obama has more power. Formally Iran's president has very little power.
But you are close to truth about lobby (money) power in Western world - they are our informal power influentials.
In all countries there are people who are power junkies. They have their own ( a little religiously crazy ones, indeed). Our have been sane for most of 20th century, but now I'm not so sure anymore :(
For crying out loud, would someone stop this Slashdot groupthinking?
Yes, there is blame to share with China, US or any other superpower for North Korea situation. However, in nutshell, most of it falls upon crazy leadership of NK. For normal country, amount of provocations from outside world to NK would be laughable. But these guys know that they are simply bad, and they will be towed away if any little chance is given away.
Was Bush warmongering when claiming North Korea, Iran and what else (I don't even don't remember anymore) "axis of evil"? True. Is there's something wrong with these "very upset" regimes who rules these countries? Of course there is. They are quite harsh rulers and if given any chance they will be removed. Do I want US to play world police? No. I would like to have general worldwide support for these regime's opposition. Problem is, that there are huge group of apologists who don't wanna shake the boat for lot of reasons (and most of them never get mentioned).
Do you really believe that North Korea would be really abandoned their nukes program if US would be more "polite"? I have hard time to believe that knowing history of South and North Korea relations for last four years. There's two possibilities for such regimes like this - they really have intention to change their attitude, or they just playing hide and seek and manipulate us. Unfortunately, with all information (independent, both sides given) available, I'm more inclined to claim second version as a winner. That's why I support cautious and skeptical attitude against anything they do.
And one more thing - you can't push away conflict if it's coming with thoughts and well wishes. Because root of the issue is much deeper than that. And no, your's enemy's enemy is not your friend.
Wow, there wasn't communism, nor socialism in any sense in 20th century (ok, maybe in Israel farms like small microcosms). Please stop spread this myth. Also before that get to know a USSR history a little. It was a bloody mess at the beginning, but no one denies, that there was several socialist things that worked in late 20th century. Unfortunately, we are happily to jump on conclusions on black and white very soon.
Btw, communism and socialism differs a little bit. Communism was planned a very special way as "socialism from under" for industrial age and thinking. You know, in the world when countries could decide (not only Communist ones) to kill millions and get away with it. It turned out into bloodbath, but not only innocent blood were spent. Both sides competed for minds and thoughts of the people in the very barbaric way (Russia 1917, read about it man).
For me Communism as Marx ideology is tainted because of bloodshed and unwillingness to listen and reason with opposition of idea (less people, less problem, Stalin un Lenin could have said. In difference, Lenin understood that it can't go on like that forever). *However* I'm very strong socialist and not because have been idealist for most of my life. For very long time in my twenties I thought - well, capitalism isn't that bad if you try to balance it out with doing good while trying to survive in these jungles. But in the end I understood that those with power and money grabbing genes - they just don't listen. I have been direct contact with some of them in my country. Some of them would like to get out of this game, but can't.
Thriving on primitive survival instinct without *understanding* how to handle it - that's what will kill capitalism, like it or not. And with itself humanity, if it won't get it's act together and start to think a new way to live. No one says that it has to be very revolutionary, but we must *evolve* in our thoughts how to survive together. How to handle our primitiveness and same time adaptiveness and willingness to see common goal.
p.s. and please don't mix Stalinism (as Stalin and North Korea) with rest of socialism and Communism. Thank you.
Funny, because it is exactly how things are sometimes done in hardware world - choosing value from already calculated table. For very common values beats out any smart algorithm any time.
Good that they didn't get you. Seems like geek princes who doesn't care about effectiveness of systems. Trust me, I know these guys, I'm sysadmin for 10 years.
No one jokes about such things, especially if they could be true.
Strange, but it IS actually different. Factual photo copyright of the person belongs to photographer (or his employer - depends on contract). You can't copyright fact, so it is not possible for person to forbid to sell this photo - unless it's shooting isn't related with breach of privacy, but there's very grey area there.
I also have doubts about other laws their mentioned - as usual, lawyers cook these letters like horror stories - because it is very highly unlikely they would even stick. No matter how Jobs and Apple would like to live in control freak kingdom, copyright doesn't protect anyone's persona look and manners from copying. However that California Celebs law is something stupid only Hollywood can produce. That is probably one they can go after them. But that's only California.
It is me or Apple for last five years have been really sue-happy about almost everything?
No, earning much more money than you without being phone slaves (It's a black joke, really) :) Doesn't sound like a fun job even for thirty something. I hope that money is worth that.
If seriously, phone who doesn't work rock solid as a phone... Where's money in that? All phones I have had phone factor always have been something to depend on.
What forget it? If he had done the same thing in the US, he would be mentioned several times in the media, he's propably famous, alive and no one would arrest him (shocking!). And now please go panic about something else.
For a love of.... We are talking about Bahrain, not US. It is getting old. Push your message about evil NDAA and POSA in other forums. This one already knows that.
Well, this particular scenario would clash with other rights to privacy and peace and stuff. It is quite different from Internet, because with it, I can broadcast and everyone can choose to follow and hear me or not. That's why it is so perfect tool for free speech (unless no one tries to censor it of course).
I beg you pardon. By definition communism is ideology, not economical structure per se. It is also utopia, an "ideal goal", not actually ever implemented ideology. We can go forwards and backwards how it influenced thinking of bloody crimes in 20th century, but that would be kinda worthless, because Christianity has some shame stuff too.
What you are thinking more is Bolshevist/Stalinist totalitarianism type of government as "Communism from top", t.i. when state says what and how implement it. If we are honest, no country claiming "communist rule" never have had serious community imprints. In fact, community means "rule from masses", but it never have existed nor in China, nor in Soviet Union, nor any other self claimed "communist" state.
Socialism maybe is idealist dream, but overusing these terms really is typecasting and avoids some serious details about each situation.
Well, no one of these countries have threatened other ones with "wiping out from the map". I know, I know, there have been serious misunderstanding with quotes attributed to Iran's dear leader, but in nutshell their sentiment in last five years haven't changed much.
I know it is hard to stomach that there is actual relative good and bad in this world, but trust me, there is. Relatively.
Your question was stupid. Israel more or less are democratic state. If someone in Israel government will start to actually do some nonsense, they will be quickly overthrown trough democratic means (like emergency elections). They sure do have their list of grave errors, and their current government are very conservative and provocative, but I can at least understand reasoning of nation who elected them.
Iran's leadership in other corner doesn't even try to hide that it wants to do some serious damage to the world. And what's important - looking from last elections, "democracy" part of Islamic republic is eventually dead. Persians are hold hostage by some nuttheads. And even then world have waited patiently for almost three years for them to make up their minds - no sugar.
That was other reason for leaders to be suspicious. Hussein overplayed his hand with UN, that made lot of us very doubtful. However, as I remember for lot of us US rush to the war was unpleasantly surprising even with all that information.
Well, our trade, our rules. If Iran can't handle the heat and then tries to blockade something - it's their own fault.
But I think that Iran's leadership won't be that stupid, because it will definitely overthrown them. But if they will - maybe there's reason why all this happens.
Well, that's what I said :)
Because Islam forbids to create such weapons (their words, not mine), maybe because they are creating it for offensive means, like punishing Israel or Western infidels for their existence. Could be a lot of things.
World somehow doesn't have problem with Pakistan having nukes, never mind to their shaky problems (and nice support for Taliban in their several military wings). So maybe pissing West off thousand times, oppressing inner opposition would have something to do with a fact that nobody - even Russia - trusts Iran fully anymore.
Well, it is not that clear and cut shenanigans. Hussein *had* chemical and biological WMDs. Hussein had plans for nukes. These - and the fact that he used it against it's own nation and enemy in Iran's war - were reasons for sanctions. Which in the end were very effective, because it pushed Hussein to liquidate his WMD program (yes, they also did lot of harm to common crowd, I know). That's a nice and small side note everyone rush to forget. It was also a reason which gave leaders of the world benefit of doubt here.
So did Bush and co knew it is very high propability that weapons are gone? I bet they knew. CIA knew this. Military knew this. But still they decided to act? My guess - spending government money on military contracts and contractors. But I think they didn't thought this trough, and they never got friends they wanted to be installed as leaders of "great Iraqi nation".
Errr, how sanctions are exactly pushing for war? Trading embargos are much less cruel tool, and more effective one (it destroyed Sadam, by the way). In fact, Republicans calling for blood for a year or so and call Obama pussy on Iran. They actually don't care about sanctions, they think it's never gonna work, they just want to go to Crusade and fulfill prophecies about Armageddon.
And no, please just stop right here about US and world police. US have done lot of things wrong, but with Iran I'm fully supportive. Obama has been *very* careful with them. US political support for Israel is all time low (as much US would go anyway). They stayed out of Arab spring - except for Libya when Quaddafi simply went South with his "no one can refuse me" thing. They even ignored that most of their supportive friends in Middle East were thrown out.
In fact, current Iran's government must go not because of nuke. It must go because they also have lost any connection with reality (welcome would be with their nutheads religious leaders). All their position is - "We hatin West and Israel and must destroy it! Must!". While common Persians are simply fed up with them. We criticize Israel because of their nationalist government who won't listen to reason. Why Iran should be any different?
Remember - just because someone opposes "Western thinking" which you I assume are very keen to critize, it doesn't give him a free ticket for a insanity ride.
Errr, which part of "global recession" you don't get it? There is not that much demand for oil, and those who demand require solid cuts of prices. Also never mind that lot of these countries are actually self-sufficient in oil needs too.
Guess what pays for this course to be implemented? Hint: not you, but Microsoft.
I know, I know - why the fuck college need so much money (from you and from Microsoft)? Because it is run by greedy bastards, that's why. What's more sad, that they are educated bastards and they think they can require so big bucks. They justify that.
You can't make people better without making them their choices to be better.
And by the way, bashing "American Idol" is getting old, it is high class performances. Yes, it's overcrowded with money and hype, and it's marketed mainly for teens, but lot of things are. For example those geekish cartoons you loved when you was ten.
How this got modded insightful? I can make such scenarios thousands - with happy endings. It is mererly "OMG in some combination of very bad luck and not taking First Aid kit when traveling to campsite and with no help around I can die!". Wow, guess what. Even now you can still die in such combination.
So....you still don't got a balls to say it without cover of AC? :)
I agree with parent post - while first three eps weren't cinema's finest hour, to say that they all sucked completely is emotional overstatement completely related with sentiment. Sorry, someone must say it.
There was interesting story telling, there was truly engaging stuff. However, editing and acting were weak due of Lucas insistence to shoot and script movies himself - he has eye for a cinema candy though. He is world creator, but floppy director. First came out as unbalanced kid movie (watch children how our hero wins, never mind that he will turn evil later) just because Lucas didn't trust that such serious material as Darth Vater storyline will fly without such commercial stuffing. In the end he overfed us with kiddy stuff and it shows. Still, with right mindset I can enjoy ep 1. Second was actually much more interesting, but uneven, as lot of characters were introduced but improperly fleshed out. Third was very promising at the beginning, but Anakin's fall didn't stick with me properly, something in the script was missing. There were more of nice cinema moments than in previous two eps (moody pieces, etc.) - and final battles actually resonated as true for souls, hearts and life and death.
In overall, as I more of story guy, these eps tells very important story of fall of Jedi. Maybe not perfectly, but I still enjoy it.