The effect is clearly visible in the laste decade, where we all know global warming has stopped. This is, of course, the result of the increase in pirates over the last decade: both the real kind off the shores of the Horn of Africa and the phantasy ones personified by the always very cool Johnny Depp.
Well,
it's a difficult choise no?
- either you have a Chinese buyer for your car production plant that is being closed by an American company, saving 5000 jobs (mind you, that is 0.2 % of your total regional working population)
- or you support a some chinese guy only 5% of your general polulation has even heared about.
This should more properly be ascribed to Benjamin Disraeli (former British Prime Minister), Twain himself wrote in his posthumously-published autobiography: 'The remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics".'
That's why there are things like double blind order entry systems. The same data is entered into a system by 2 persons. If there are inconsistencies between the first and the second, the data is discarded, and the whole process has to start again.
Not according to Nintendo:
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Representative, 1989
There is no notion of fair or unfair in geopolitics of nation states.
You make a common mistake projecting human values on nation states.
In a neo-realist view of geopolitics, a nation state could not care less about other nations states, unless it has something to win.
Well, I just saw HL2 listed in something that is called a "Sinterklaasboekske" in Flemish (it's an advertisement magazine send out by toystores to advertise their toys for Saint-Nicholas day). You could compare Saint-Nicholas to Santa Claus.
So i guess the guys in red have a special deal with Valve.
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Thanks for putting this in perspective!
Had a good laugh.
This is so true.
The effect is clearly visible in the laste decade, where we all know global warming has stopped. This is, of course, the result of the increase in pirates over the last decade: both the real kind off the shores of the Horn of Africa and the phantasy ones personified by the always very cool Johnny Depp.
If you think I'm trolling, I guggest you check this wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek
Could have been reading Watership Down while listening to Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel.
No,
because of the same reason why there are no mobs of angry Chinese protesting and demanding their release: economics.
"Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral."
-Bertolt Brecht
Well, it's a difficult choise no? - either you have a Chinese buyer for your car production plant that is being closed by an American company, saving 5000 jobs (mind you, that is 0.2 % of your total regional working population) - or you support a some chinese guy only 5% of your general polulation has even heared about.
Well, try a post like this in China and see where it gets you..
Didn't anyone see the "sponsored by Microsoft" link on that site?
Ow wait, they stole passwords and such too... Nice, maybe this will make things more clear for some people:
spyware = criminals
This should more properly be ascribed to Benjamin Disraeli (former British Prime Minister), Twain himself wrote in his posthumously-published autobiography: 'The remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics".'
That's why there are things like double blind order entry systems. The same data is entered into a system by 2 persons. If there are inconsistencies between the first and the second, the data is discarded, and the whole process has to start again.
Since when does one have to contribute to something, before one has the right to critisize it?
Not according to Nintendo: "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Representative, 1989
With all these ponds, good thing they have canals too...
http://www.google.com/search?q=online+scrabble
There is no notion of fair or unfair in geopolitics of nation states. You make a common mistake projecting human values on nation states. In a neo-realist view of geopolitics, a nation state could not care less about other nations states, unless it has something to win.
Well, I just saw HL2 listed in something that is called a "Sinterklaasboekske" in Flemish (it's an advertisement magazine send out by toystores to advertise their toys for Saint-Nicholas day). You could compare Saint-Nicholas to Santa Claus. So i guess the guys in red have a special deal with Valve.