You can check my posting history. I commented on a lots of other articles concerning Russia or Russian language.
Or here's my profile on a Russian-speaking site (Russian Software Developers Network): http://rsdn.ru/Users/37054.aspx , where I have about 18000 messages.
Russia SUPPORTED territorial integrity of Georgia until yesterday. That's why peacekeeping forces were there - to stop bloodshed between separatists and Georgians.
However, independence of Kosovo established a precedent. Probably that's why Georgia started this war.
Georgian army shelled a sleeping Tskhinvali, killing more than 1500 people. Without warning.
Let me repeat: Georgia killed more than 1500 civilians by shelling a sleeping city.
That's a war crime.
Then Georgia moved in with tanks and infantry. And _only_ _then_ Russian forces moved in. You just can't blame this conflict on Russia.
Gori was not the target of bombing, a military base and ammo warehouses were targeted. The civilian losses were, probably, a result of a stray bomb or caused by exploding ammo warehouse.
I have friends in Georgia, one of them has been mobilized yesterday. So I watch the situation carefully (I also speak Russian).
Russia _definitely_ overstepped its peacekeeping mandate, sure. But by now nobody cares about it.
No. I've tried several distributions with "rolling updates" but very often upgrades broke something on my machine. That is not a problem for me, but it WILL be a problem for Joe User.
Time-based releases two times a year are fine for most users.
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OpenID is _PERFECTLY_ compatible with passwordless authentication. For example, my OpenID provider uses Kerberos authentication.
I too feel that passwords are too weak. Something like special hardware tokens are much better, but there's no infrastructure for their distribution.
There are enough air bases with bombers close enough to Georgia to bomb it back to stone age.
Fortunately, Russia doesn't want to do it.
In South Ossetia? That's improbable.
It's a very poor territory and it's main export is crushed rocks. There's also a little of arable land.
There's a big oil pipeline south of South Ossetia, but it was not hit or targeted.
Actually, Russian actions are still legal under the peacekeeping mandate. Right now Russia is officially 'forcing a peace'.
And no, it's not Russia but Russia _and_ Georgia who escalated this into a shooting war.
Wow. Yes, it's a BIG difference. Like between New-York and Kansas City.
Yes, civilian buildings were hit along with military targets.
If you think that I'm going to defend all Russian actions in Chechnya - than you're quite wrong.
There were no bombings of Tbilisi 3-5 hours ago. You're lying.
There were bombings of military targets in Poti and Gori yesterday. But Tbilisi has not been bombed (yet).
Sure, I know what 'de-facto' means. That's why I wrote it.
I was objecting to statements about oil pipelines and Putin's power play.
This conflict has a much longer history.
How can you detect that you hit a civilian or a militant when you're shelling a city?
You can check my posting history. I commented on a lots of other articles concerning Russia or Russian language.
Or here's my profile on a Russian-speaking site (Russian Software Developers Network): http://rsdn.ru/Users/37054.aspx , where I have about 18000 messages.
Care to give me a link?
I'm right now talking with a friend in Tbilisi. There was NO bombing.
Why, from Georgian president of course.
He bragged on Georgian TV that '1500 Ossetian bandits were destroyed'.
Also, that number is fairly reasonable estimate of what you get after shelling a small city.
Learn history. Georgia ALREADY tried genocide in Ossetia in 1992. What makes you think this time is different?
"I'm also sure that Georgians keep their tanks in the apartment buildings since I've seen some of them bombed by Russian planes."
Nope. You've seen several burning and one destroyed building - a collateral damage from destruction of a nearby military base (with ammo warehouses).
If Russia (God firbid) target civilians then losses would have been 100x higher.
Like about 1500 dead in Tskhinvali after shelling be Georgia.
What 'fog of war'?
It's all clear - Georgia was waging a 'sniper war' since August 1 causing several deaths.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_War#1_August_.E2.80.93_7_August:_escalation_of_hostilities
That was the beginning. And it's clear who shot first.
Are you stupid?
First, Osetia is rich in rocks. And probably in nothing else. There's not much arable land too.
Second, North Osetia was ALWAYS a part of Russia.
Third, Tbilisi has not been bombed yet. ...
Nope. Russian forces are in de-facto independent South Osetia, stopping the ongoing genocide.
There were several attacks on Georgia, but strictly on military targets.
Russia SUPPORTED territorial integrity of Georgia until yesterday. That's why peacekeeping forces were there - to stop bloodshed between separatists and Georgians.
However, independence of Kosovo established a precedent. Probably that's why Georgia started this war.
Uhm...
Maybe because Georgian president calls Bush his best friend?
Maybe because Georgia right now fights with America-supplied weapons with army trained by American instructors?
No, it's everywhere on Russian blogs. We have some first-hand accounts from people in Osetia: http://scrolllock.livejournal.com/62364.html
Moreover, Saakhasvili himself declared that '1500 Osetinian bandints were destroyed'.
Yep. The parent is a typical clueless American.
South Osetia and Abkhazia were de-facto independent for 15 (fifteen) years - looong before Putin.
Georgian army shelled a sleeping Tskhinvali, killing more than 1500 people. Without warning.
Let me repeat: Georgia killed more than 1500 civilians by shelling a sleeping city.
That's a war crime.
Then Georgia moved in with tanks and infantry. And _only_ _then_ Russian forces moved in. You just can't blame this conflict on Russia.
Gori was not the target of bombing, a military base and ammo warehouses were targeted. The civilian losses were, probably, a result of a stray bomb or caused by exploding ammo warehouse.
I have friends in Georgia, one of them has been mobilized yesterday. So I watch the situation carefully (I also speak Russian).
Russia _definitely_ overstepped its peacekeeping mandate, sure. But by now nobody cares about it.
Nope. Basically, you can synthesize most plastics starting from simple compounds like carbon, hydrogen, oxygene, chlorine etc.
There are numerous ways to obtain them without using coal or oil.
However, almost all these methods require energy input. So for now it's cheaper to use more complex precursors from oil/coal.
Obviously, you have not ever worked with ISP which charges per-megabyte.
Quite recently, I paid about the same sum for unlimited Internet access in Izhevsk, Russia. The alternative was about 5 cents per megabyte.
Probably, their Hamiltonian phase-space is severely limited. I.e. their quantum computer can't explore all possible configurations of phase-space.
That means it'll need a lot more qubits than an 'ideal' computer for some tasks.
No. I've tried several distributions with "rolling updates" but very often upgrades broke something on my machine. That is not a problem for me, but it WILL be a problem for Joe User.
Time-based releases two times a year are fine for most users.