> the company I've kept that got me into this mess.
Well if you bothered to actually read the documents from Gitmo you would find that nearly everyone there has never been charged of crime, that the vast majority released so far as totally innocent spent 2+ years there. Numerous reports of torture and deaths under dubious circumstances.
Or do you just regurtigate the same crap FoxNews et al spew out.
This is an old trick from years ago. In the UK you could buy special plates that have a polorised film layer over them. So if you looked at them normally they were fine but when the Speed camera took a picture the license turned all white.
Owning such plates is now illegal (in the UK) and it is possible for the police to check them without the use of the speed camera.
I don't have the full details on the Apple sweatshops but I can tell you that no Sweatshops are not a good thing.
In most cases the person is in what is called a "Free Trade" area. This basically ignores the local labour laws and allows them to work people to insane hours for pittance. Women are fired if they get pregnant or if anyone has an accident. The pay is generally pittance (good luck trying to live in China on $50 a month) and they are sometimes held in the work areas and the living quarters are not much better then slums.
I've been to one in China (touted up as a tour). We were brought into a large compound that was surrounded by a 20 foot wall with soldiers on the towers and gates and in the factory. We were told it was to protect the secrets. The living quarters were inside the compound as well and it is no where near any other town. They would work from 6am to 9pm and we were told how "everyone loves thier job".
Whats an Ipod cost? $200-$300? One Ipod is 4-6 months pay and I am sure they make more then one a day.
On the other hand would you feel good about yourself buying something that 1 item would keep that person in money for a year.
You also should google around for sweatshops in the US and why they were outlawed.
Also while your at it look at some of the practises these places did. For example (I forget the company, dont have the details here) one such company actually fired the women if they got pregant, with mandatory monthly pregancy checks.
They had a program on Channel 4 called "God's next Army". It was about a university that was built just to churn out Christian fundies into government/law/media so that they can change the US to thier beliefs.
I would of taken it with a pinch of salt except that quite a few people from this school have made it into the US Government (some in key places) and the school had serious backing by major far-right Christians/groups. It's just an example it seems.
What was interesting is that they take Creationism to the extreme. They don't teach science at all, so for example layers in the earth were created by Noahs floods.
Based on what they have accomplished so far I'd say in 10-20 years (if your lucky) American Universities will be teaching along the levels of the middle ages.
This review reads like an advert with attempts to try and justify the shortness of the game.
IMHO its not worth the money for the amount of gameplay. COH $50 a year and has tons of content, I got Guildwars for $30 and there are at least months in that game from what I have seen.
I don't know why they make out that google is going after MS.
The writing is on the wall for office. Open office is used a lot now, inter-operability and is embedding into other technologies (eg. Workplace, Notes). It is only a matter of time when Office apps will be as free as the browser.
At best MS can do is break the standards and get people locked into its software to protect its interests. Its unlikely to innovate at this point.
I'd be watching the mock evacuation to see where each group goes and then add the locations to "Nuke the hell out of" list. although its possible the places has been publically known for ages.
As someone pointed out you get your visa from the embassay not Customs.
Incidently Ireland has US customs in Dublin+Shannon airport. A throwback to the days when Irish needed a visa to get into the US and were routinely trying to illegally enter. Not sure any other country does this.
The quality tends to be DVD quality on the UMD as well. The real issue is that we only have 1 player in existance while the UMD costs the same as the DVD (sometimes more).
If they halfed the prices of UMD movies they would probably sell better. Or if they allowed the media to be played on TV/Computer somehow it would be better at being adopted.
The bit where it says "unless Gonzales says so" at the end. Granted its written in Crayon, but it is a sacred document so you have to follow it to the letter.
That Rove is going to Jail after all? Truthout just posted that they may believe that Rove hasn't been indicted, so as we all know they lie maybe it is true after all?
While I may not agree with it the US government has a point.
Does anyone remember the US Jet that was sold to the Chinese President? More then 20 bugging devices found in it. Some of them built into the jets framework itself (so they weren't casually put there).
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> the company I've kept that got me into this mess.
Well if you bothered to actually read the documents from Gitmo you would find that nearly everyone there has never been charged of crime, that the vast majority released so far as totally innocent spent 2+ years there. Numerous reports of torture and deaths under dubious circumstances.
Or do you just regurtigate the same crap FoxNews et al spew out.
This is an old trick from years ago. In the UK you could buy special plates that have a polorised film layer over them. So if you looked at them normally they were fine but when the Speed camera took a picture the license turned all white.
Owning such plates is now illegal (in the UK) and it is possible for the police to check them without the use of the speed camera.
Top Secret works as well somewhat.
Its also interesting to read all the sping earlier years. I typed in "Weapons of mass destruction" and gives you details on how Iraq had WMD. lol.
Check out Plasma Pong.
:D
http://www.plasmapong.com/
Should look nice in HD.
Dungeon Escape is fun. :)
http://www.studiohunty.com/dungeon/
I liked Dragons Lair when it came out but as games go now, it can be somewhat annoying to play.
It has some kind of slant. All media does.
about sweatshops before opening thier mouths.
I don't have the full details on the Apple sweatshops but I can tell you that no Sweatshops are not a good thing.
In most cases the person is in what is called a "Free Trade" area. This basically ignores the local labour laws and allows them to work people to insane hours for pittance. Women are fired if they get pregnant or if anyone has an accident. The pay is generally pittance (good luck trying to live in China on $50 a month) and they are sometimes held in the work areas and the living quarters are not much better then slums.
I've been to one in China (touted up as a tour). We were brought into a large compound that was surrounded by a 20 foot wall with soldiers on the towers and gates and in the factory. We were told it was to protect the secrets. The living quarters were inside the compound as well and it is no where near any other town. They would work from 6am to 9pm and we were told how "everyone loves thier job".
Whats an Ipod cost? $200-$300? One Ipod is 4-6 months pay and I am sure they make more then one a day.
On the other hand would you feel good about yourself buying something that 1 item would keep that person in money for a year.
You also should google around for sweatshops in the US and why they were outlawed.
Also while your at it look at some of the practises these places did. For example (I forget the company, dont have the details here) one such company actually fired the women if they got pregant, with mandatory monthly pregancy checks.
Yea those dam evil liberals for stopping that.
when all our advances in technology can be linked to porn or the military?
>4. American Universities Are Better.
They had a program on Channel 4 called "God's next Army". It was about a university that was built just to churn out Christian fundies into government/law/media so that they can change the US to thier beliefs.
I would of taken it with a pinch of salt except that quite a few people from this school have made it into the US Government (some in key places) and the school had serious backing by major far-right Christians/groups. It's just an example it seems.
What was interesting is that they take Creationism to the extreme. They don't teach science at all, so for example layers in the earth were created by Noahs floods.
Based on what they have accomplished so far I'd say in 10-20 years (if your lucky) American Universities will be teaching along the levels of the middle ages.
Finally something that might actually kill off all those lame bebo sites.
Stick them in a room with Daikatana.
This review reads like an advert with attempts to try and justify the shortness of the game.
IMHO its not worth the money for the amount of gameplay. COH $50 a year and has tons of content, I got Guildwars for $30 and there are at least months in that game from what I have seen.
It feels like an expensive playable demo.
Its 5 hours if you suck at FPS. Beat the game in just over 2 hours. I feel like I've been mugged.
for double the price I can buy another game with months of gameplay.
I don't know why they make out that google is going after MS.
The writing is on the wall for office. Open office is used a lot now, inter-operability and is embedding into other technologies (eg. Workplace, Notes). It is only a matter of time when Office apps will be as free as the browser.
At best MS can do is break the standards and get people locked into its software to protect its interests. Its unlikely to innovate at this point.
*Sheesh*
:p
Who said anything about Hentai? If you dont know about DOTT you must be fairly young to computers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tentacle
Come on who here hasn't heard of the purple tentacle?
I'd be watching the mock evacuation to see where each group goes and then add the locations to "Nuke the hell out of" list. although its possible the places has been publically known for ages.
As someone pointed out you get your visa from the embassay not Customs.
Incidently Ireland has US customs in Dublin+Shannon airport. A throwback to the days when Irish needed a visa to get into the US and were routinely trying to illegally enter. Not sure any other country does this.
He was referring to that the rest of the world can't download the product unless they use a proxy.
The quality tends to be DVD quality on the UMD as well. The real issue is that we only have 1 player in existance while the UMD costs the same as the DVD (sometimes more).
If they halfed the prices of UMD movies they would probably sell better. Or if they allowed the media to be played on TV/Computer somehow it would be better at being adopted.
I think if you look how the votes drop that the democrats are just as bad.
The USA is a dictatorship, you just get to vote which of the two dictators gets to run the country for a while.
I think your government needs an overhaul where you can get better representation that doesn't involve moving to Ohio.
The bit where it says "unless Gonzales says so" at the end. Granted its written in Crayon, but it is a sacred document so you have to follow it to the letter.
That Rove is going to Jail after all? Truthout just posted that they may believe that Rove hasn't been indicted, so as we all know they lie maybe it is true after all?
My head is spinning.
While I may not agree with it the US government has a point.
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Does anyone remember the US Jet that was sold to the Chinese President? More then 20 bugging devices found in it. Some of them built into the jets framework itself (so they weren't casually put there).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1771238.s
Although there is so much Chinese tech in the US these days even just avoiding the chinese company isn't going to avoid China.