It is certainly the case that we, as a species, are hell bent on killing each other over misunderstandings, jealousy, or power. I am saying, just imagne, for one minute, that money was spent on say, science and technology. How advanced our species would be by now. Defense spending has grown well out of proportion.
Wow. You should really leave such a terrible country right away.
And go where?
Everyone is spying on everyone, thanks to governments world wide being persuaded to join the US NSA effort. It wouldn't be sooooo bad if it was just for security reasons, but it is clearly more for corporate greed than security.
I was receieving calls almost daily from similar companies on my cell phone. They would always come up as uknown numbers. I decided to install a phone call recorder on my Android phone. For the next few days I would still recieve calls from unknown numbers, I would still say 'hello', but the odd thing is the other end would just be silent and then... just hang up?! It is like they knew I was recording them. I haven't had any calls since. Very strange.
Sure, make that two. I have contracted to a company that used it for an extremely high load banking platform. I shouldn't feed trolls, but couldn't help it.
An estimated $100m USD. The winner sets the rules for the next one, so if New Zealand wins they will lower the cost, allowing more teams to able to compete.
Nicky Hager seems like he is more against broad spying powers, so to me it would be a little strange for him to side witht he NSA to leak specific information in order to remove Don Brash - although it wouldn't entirely surprise me either way.
The Dunne issue is very interesting, why should anyone be prosecuted for leaking information about the innapropriate use of spying? If the government has nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear right?
You are right, the problem is they are idiots. I honestly think Labour would have passed the bill if they were in power, and then National would be protesting it - it is all just a big puppet show. Even if the they wouldn't passed it, they would have made some other clamitous mistake - I have no faith in them at present. The question is, as a voter, who do you vote for in 2014? Time to become a politician I think.
As a kiwi, this does sadden me a bit. See my post above, I still think it is one of the most truely democratic and free countries in the world - this is what makes the passing of this bill even more shocking to me.
OP here. New Zealand has a Proportional Representation based governement. This makes it less of a two horse race as every vote counts. Quite minor parties will have representation in government. There are also quite small spending caps for campaigning leading up to elections. For the most part it works quite well, and I still believe it is one of the most truely democratic countries.
This is what makes all of this so much worse, it is the first time in living memory there has been such strong public opposition to a bill and it has been passed anyway. A recent poll suggests 89% of New Zealanders oppose the bill.
There is more than meets the eye here, the way the Prime Minister is forcing this through is very fishy to me, it seems like he is being pushed into it. Here is a quote from a recent press conference:
“Prime Minister, numerous legal jurors have informed us publicly that they disagree with you wholeheartedly, that you are taking broad powers, which would allow you to invade privacyand you are saying that all those people are wrong” a journalist said to Key. “Correct,” the Prime Minister said before immediately interrupting the rest of the question by asking, “Is this a question buddy?”
I wish I could mod you up. The world is run by corporations and money, not democratic governments. You are right, it wouldn't matter who is in power, they are just puppets.
The question remains, how do we realistically change this?
The question left is, what are we(the people) going to do about it?
It is a very serious question. At what point do westerners say enough is enough and overthrow governments, or at the very least hold people accountable and arrest them?
I'm not sure why there seems to be this groupthink hating on Unity, I suspect a lot of haters haven't even tried it, or given it a fair go. I happen to really like it (also as a power user).
I don't have mod points or I would mod you up...
This was blown out of all proportions by skeptics. the guts of it is based around swapping reading from tree rings to instrumental data:
"If you were to go solely by these tree rings — and if you were looking at just ring density and width — you'd erroneously conclude that temperatures were falling when, in fact, they were rising. That's why scientists sometimes omit tree-ring data from recent decades in favor of the more accurate instrumental data." http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2009/1215/Climategate-global-warming-and-the-tree-rings-divergence-problem
The oldest and most crucial team members left and started the Jenkins fork of Hudson. I read this as Oracle panicking they have no one capable of maintaining Hudson, so have given up on it as an Oracle product.
Two major things, 1) it came out before M&M I (albeit, just before), and 2) you couldn't get M&M on the Sega Master System;). Ultima IV is one of the games I have the fondest memories of, it introduced me to RPG's and had a fairly good story line.
Well, there are two groups of people, some that want simple games, some that want hugely complex games. These two groups also overlap (I for one play both types). My point is that it depends on the time and situation, if I have 5 minutes spare or I am traveling somewhere I will play a simple game - but I'm not going to play the same game for hours on end. Both have their markets, and both will continue to thrive.
Sometimes people just want simple mindless games like Angry Birds, games that they can play on there train ride to work. But, (and big but), I'm sure as hell not going to spend my Sunday's at home playing angry birds instead of a gaming console. So basically, two different use case, not rocket science.
...it was time to market. Yes, I could have bought it online for £450 but the contract deals are so much more appealing. The UK telcos simply didn't offer it on contract. And then along came the HTC Desire, effectively the same phone, same price, but available on contract. It cut the price down to £100 upfront on a two year contract for £15 a month fee.
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It is certainly the case that we, as a species, are hell bent on killing each other over misunderstandings, jealousy, or power. I am saying, just imagne, for one minute, that money was spent on say, science and technology. How advanced our species would be by now. Defense spending has grown well out of proportion.
And the US spends $1000 Billion+ on a plane, designed to kill. Imagine, if you can, a world without war, it's easy if you try.
Spies are already using shortwave radio, albeit using mostly goverment owned frequencies. This would be a great tool for them.
Wow. You should really leave such a terrible country right away.
And go where?
Everyone is spying on everyone, thanks to governments world wide being persuaded to join the US NSA effort. It wouldn't be sooooo bad if it was just for security reasons, but it is clearly more for corporate greed than security.
I was receieving calls almost daily from similar companies on my cell phone. They would always come up as uknown numbers. I decided to install a phone call recorder on my Android phone. For the next few days I would still recieve calls from unknown numbers, I would still say 'hello', but the odd thing is the other end would just be silent and then... just hang up?! It is like they knew I was recording them. I haven't had any calls since. Very strange.
Sure, make that two. I have contracted to a company that used it for an extremely high load banking platform. I shouldn't feed trolls, but couldn't help it.
An estimated $100m USD. The winner sets the rules for the next one, so if New Zealand wins they will lower the cost, allowing more teams to able to compete.
Nicky Hager seems like he is more against broad spying powers, so to me it would be a little strange for him to side witht he NSA to leak specific information in order to remove Don Brash - although it wouldn't entirely surprise me either way.
The Dunne issue is very interesting, why should anyone be prosecuted for leaking information about the innapropriate use of spying? If the government has nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear right?
You are right, the problem is they are idiots. I honestly think Labour would have passed the bill if they were in power, and then National would be protesting it - it is all just a big puppet show. Even if the they wouldn't passed it, they would have made some other clamitous mistake - I have no faith in them at present. The question is, as a voter, who do you vote for in 2014? Time to become a politician I think.
As a kiwi, this does sadden me a bit. See my post above, I still think it is one of the most truely democratic and free countries in the world - this is what makes the passing of this bill even more shocking to me.
OP here. New Zealand has a Proportional Representation based governement. This makes it less of a two horse race as every vote counts. Quite minor parties will have representation in government. There are also quite small spending caps for campaigning leading up to elections. For the most part it works quite well, and I still believe it is one of the most truely democratic countries.
This is what makes all of this so much worse, it is the first time in living memory there has been such strong public opposition to a bill and it has been passed anyway. A recent poll suggests 89% of New Zealanders oppose the bill.
There is more than meets the eye here, the way the Prime Minister is forcing this through is very fishy to me, it seems like he is being pushed into it. Here is a quote from a recent press conference:
“Prime Minister, numerous legal jurors have informed us publicly that they disagree with you wholeheartedly, that you are taking broad powers, which would allow you to invade privacyand you are saying that all those people are wrong” a journalist said to Key. “Correct,” the Prime Minister said before immediately interrupting the rest of the question by asking, “Is this a question buddy?”
So, the Human Rights Commission, the Law Society and the general population don't want the bill to pass, and yet it does (just).
It is actually the American standard... The NSA is likely subsidising the GCSB
I wish I could mod you up. The world is run by corporations and money, not democratic governments. You are right, it wouldn't matter who is in power, they are just puppets.
The question remains, how do we realistically change this?
The question left is, what are we(the people) going to do about it?
It is a very serious question. At what point do westerners say enough is enough and overthrow governments, or at the very least hold people accountable and arrest them?
There are millions speaking English, Spanish, etc., but not that many of them churn out bestsellers, or even mundane but usable prose
Yes, but without knowing how to write, those chances are 0...
Programming is a subset of computer science, and a useful starting point for getting people interested in the field
The Hobbit films being filmed in NZ was not a foregone conclusion
Sure, that was the threat they made - but I can't help but think it was just a bluff our PM fell for.
I'm not sure why there seems to be this groupthink hating on Unity, I suspect a lot of haters haven't even tried it, or given it a fair go. I happen to really like it (also as a power user). I don't have mod points or I would mod you up...
To be eligible for residence under SMC you must: be 55 or under be healthy be of good character speak English.
I think most slashdotters would qualify, but there is a calculator you can use to check if you would you could get a visa under this category.
Disclaimer: I am a proud Kiwi/New Zealander who would welcome more geeks.
This is what me and my friends refer to as "HOS", Hollywood Operating System
This was blown out of all proportions by skeptics. the guts of it is based around swapping reading from tree rings to instrumental data:
"If you were to go solely by these tree rings — and if you were looking at just ring density and width — you'd erroneously conclude that temperatures were falling when, in fact, they were rising. That's why scientists sometimes omit tree-ring data from recent decades in favor of the more accurate instrumental data."
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2009/1215/Climategate-global-warming-and-the-tree-rings-divergence-problem
The oldest and most crucial team members left and started the Jenkins fork of Hudson. I read this as Oracle panicking they have no one capable of maintaining Hudson, so have given up on it as an Oracle product.
Two major things, 1) it came out before M&M I (albeit, just before), and 2) you couldn't get M&M on the Sega Master System ;). Ultima IV is one of the games I have the fondest memories of, it introduced me to RPG's and had a fairly good story line.
Well, there are two groups of people, some that want simple games, some that want hugely complex games. These two groups also overlap (I for one play both types). My point is that it depends on the time and situation, if I have 5 minutes spare or I am traveling somewhere I will play a simple game - but I'm not going to play the same game for hours on end. Both have their markets, and both will continue to thrive.
Sometimes people just want simple mindless games like Angry Birds, games that they can play on there train ride to work. But, (and big but), I'm sure as hell not going to spend my Sunday's at home playing angry birds instead of a gaming console. So basically, two different use case, not rocket science.
...it was time to market. Yes, I could have bought it online for £450 but the contract deals are so much more appealing. The UK telcos simply didn't offer it on contract. And then along came the HTC Desire, effectively the same phone, same price, but available on contract. It cut the price down to £100 upfront on a two year contract for £15 a month fee.