The real worrying thing is...why would ANY military agency even be looking at Google Maps in the first place. Then again this isn't the first time this has happened. The US military forces used tourist maps to plan the invasion of the island of Grenada in 1983. Granted, there was very little cartography of the island available... but to resort to tourist maps?
Didn't that lead to a hospital being targeted and destroyed?
Yes, I know, this is from Wikipedia, but it says what needs to be said to this "Do you know EU has plans to let in Turkey, Siria, Israel and only God knows what other countries?"
"There are four official candidate countries, Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia, and Turkey. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia are officially recognised as potential candidates. Kosovo is also listed as a potential candidate but the European Commission does not list it as an independent country because not all member states recognise it as an independent country separate from Serbia.
Four Western European countries that have chosen not to join the EU have partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland, which is a candidate country, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are a part of the single market through the European Economic Area, and Switzerland, which has similar ties through bilateral treaties. The relationships of the European microstates, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican include the use of the euro and other areas of co-operation."
Why haven't gubbermints already gone the whole 666 route and forced us to get barcode tat's at birth? Being British I'm surprised the Blair government didn't suggest this instead of their failed ID card idea.
On the one hand we have US incentives 'to boost financial whistleblowing' and on the other we have a situation that many find reprehensible - that of modern expansionism/imperialism under the guise of "anti-terrorism" and the associated denigration, arrest and trials of those that blows those whistles. Where can we safely draw a line that allows those that have serious issues with their employers, whomever they may be - private or government - to voice their concerns and their fears and the interests of the "public at large"?
I think I am of the opinion that whistles ought to be blown: the war against terrorism, in two attacks - NYC & London - took 2,976 (NYC) and 52 (London); what should probably have been a proportional response could be anywhere from 110,600 Iraqi deaths (AP, April 2009) to 1,033,000 (Opinion Research Business survey, August 2007). I would research the Afghani civilian casualties, but I'm a little bit horrified at the moment from things I have read.
Whilst I agree that action was needed, two countries invaded after the 11th of September 2001 appear to have had absolutely nothing to do with the attack and, if anything, it should possibly have been Saudi Arabia that ought to have been invaded.
but would it not be possible to post lo-res versions with CC license information and a link to you to request higher-res copies for use within the commercial work, or does that go against the point of posting hi-res with CC in the first place?
I've been going outside, cycling, walking & climbing trees since I was a whoosh in my daddies'...
I have spent years of holidays in the German, Austrian and French Alps just enjoying nature and I still find time to code and create webbies (F**K the social media sites though, they reay s**k a**e).
The benefits I get from the great outdoors are legion (apart from that snake that one time...)
Is it at all possible that one day scientists could study themselves and their grants and come to a determination that they will write s**t for money and "state the bleedin' obvious"?
oh, please don't, leave him cow-fiddling in Texas and trying to learn how to ride cycles and segways; besides, no-one in the UK would be able to understand his false drawl - imagine, he'd walk into a MD's for a burger and probably end up with a salad
Those of us that are British and hate those two extra scumbags; I mean, old chap, it's all well and bad being scammed by a scammer, but to have allowed our political and media lives to be scammed by Bliar and Cowell, God, we must be a soft touch (or a complete bunch of morons).
Oh Thank you Ballmer, I know where I want to insert my batteries...just a little bit more... there we go...no, no, no, leave the chair alone - STEPHEN, STOP IT, DO YOU HEAR ME?
Sorry; being British 'kin 'ell is such an easy remark to make and just flies off-the-cuff; as soon as I saw the OP headline that expression was my first thought.
Placing yourself, however, behind JFK's (that neoconservative monster!) desk and restricting yourself to the facts that he knew at the time, however, and the calculus changes.
A very good point and well said; I am not "against" America and the actions it has taken (going back to the invasion of the Phillipines etc), but I greatly fear any nation that uses military might to obtain assets it "needs", to enforce ***A beliefs that they are so superior to anything else they should have special protection and excessive damages to anything that usurps the right of the individual to do what he or she might wish to within the bounds of decency.
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begin no disrespect
I have no hopes in this world, of this world or even beyond this world; I am become Cynic end no disrespect end marvin head
These are the same "Taliban" that the US funded for decades and for whom they provided training and other non-munition resources. The history of the US is one of hypocrisy and so many double standards that I wonder if you are on no one elses side other than your own perverted sense of morality and ethics.
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The real worrying thing is...why would ANY military agency even be looking at Google Maps in the first place. Then again this isn't the first time this has happened. The US military forces used tourist maps to plan the invasion of the island of Grenada in 1983. Granted, there was very little cartography of the island available... but to resort to tourist maps?
Didn't that lead to a hospital being targeted and destroyed?
Has anyone told the Pope/Vatican? My mind is currently racing trying to work out the structure of a graphene Mass.
If my spec's weren't cracked I might have seen what you did there.
Damn, dropped an "m", I'll blame it on a sticky keyboard.
How is she? I remember early being quite, um, "accomodating" all those years ago.
EA Games, Battlefield Vietnam (2004)
Hmm, error 404, so maybe that would be the optimal number of chick peas for creating the ultimate hummus.
Is that supposed to be 'post humourously' or the Lebanese version 'post hummusly'?
Yes, I know, this is from Wikipedia, but it says what needs to be said to this "Do you know EU has plans to let in Turkey, Siria, Israel and only God knows what other countries?"
"There are four official candidate countries, Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia, and Turkey. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia are officially recognised as potential candidates. Kosovo is also listed as a potential candidate but the European Commission does not list it as an independent country because not all member states recognise it as an independent country separate from Serbia.
Four Western European countries that have chosen not to join the EU have partly committed to the EU's economy and regulations: Iceland, which is a candidate country, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are a part of the single market through the European Economic Area, and Switzerland, which has similar ties through bilateral treaties. The relationships of the European microstates, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican include the use of the euro and other areas of co-operation."
Why haven't gubbermints already gone the whole 666 route and forced us to get barcode tat's at birth? Being British I'm surprised the Blair government didn't suggest this instead of their failed ID card idea.
On the one hand we have US incentives 'to boost financial whistleblowing' and on the other we have a situation that many find reprehensible - that of modern expansionism/imperialism under the guise of "anti-terrorism" and the associated denigration, arrest and trials of those that blows those whistles. Where can we safely draw a line that allows those that have serious issues with their employers, whomever they may be - private or government - to voice their concerns and their fears and the interests of the "public at large"?
I think I am of the opinion that whistles ought to be blown: the war against terrorism, in two attacks - NYC & London - took 2,976 (NYC) and 52 (London); what should probably have been a proportional response could be anywhere from 110,600 Iraqi deaths (AP, April 2009) to 1,033,000 (Opinion Research Business survey, August 2007). I would research the Afghani civilian casualties, but I'm a little bit horrified at the moment from things I have read.
Whilst I agree that action was needed, two countries invaded after the 11th of September 2001 appear to have had absolutely nothing to do with the attack and, if anything, it should possibly have been Saudi Arabia that ought to have been invaded.
but would it not be possible to post lo-res versions with CC license information and a link to you to request higher-res copies for use within the commercial work, or does that go against the point of posting hi-res with CC in the first place?
Yes, just like "winningest", "mostest" and "druther" - it reminds me of my childhood, when I was 4 or 5 years old.
I've been going outside, cycling, walking & climbing trees since I was a whoosh in my daddies'... I have spent years of holidays in the German, Austrian and French Alps just enjoying nature and I still find time to code and create webbies (F**K the social media sites though, they reay s**k a**e). The benefits I get from the great outdoors are legion (apart from that snake that one time...) Is it at all possible that one day scientists could study themselves and their grants and come to a determination that they will write s**t for money and "state the bleedin' obvious"?
oh, please don't, leave him cow-fiddling in Texas and trying to learn how to ride cycles and segways; besides, no-one in the UK would be able to understand his false drawl - imagine, he'd walk into a MD's for a burger and probably end up with a salad
Those of us that are British and hate those two extra scumbags; I mean, old chap, it's all well and bad being scammed by a scammer, but to have allowed our political and media lives to be scammed by Bliar and Cowell, God, we must be a soft touch (or a complete bunch of morons).
Oh Thank you Ballmer, I know where I want to insert my batteries...just a little bit more... there we go...no, no, no, leave the chair alone - STEPHEN, STOP IT, DO YOU HEAR ME?
Sorry; being British 'kin 'ell is such an easy remark to make and just flies off-the-cuff; as soon as I saw the OP headline that expression was my first thought.
'Kin Hell - never expected that, no sir.
Placing yourself, however, behind JFK's (that neoconservative monster!) desk and restricting yourself to the facts that he knew at the time, however, and the calculus changes.
A very good point and well said; I am not "against" America and the actions it has taken (going back to the invasion of the Phillipines etc), but I greatly fear any nation that uses military might to obtain assets it "needs", to enforce ***A beliefs that they are so superior to anything else they should have special protection and excessive damages to anything that usurps the right of the individual to do what he or she might wish to within the bounds of decency.
Sorry, too many beers.
begin marvin head
begin no disrespect
I have no hopes in this world, of this world or even beyond this world; I am become Cynic
end no disrespect
end marvin head
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3556
http://www.thenation.com/article/how-us-funds-taliban Yes, I know it's "The Nation" but truth lies hidden in many dark, dank and scary places.
"The Taliban were legitimate bad guys"
These are the same "Taliban" that the US funded for decades and for whom they provided training and other non-munition resources. The history of the US is one of hypocrisy and so many double standards that I wonder if you are on no one elses side other than your own perverted sense of morality and ethics.
So KBR get more gubbermint contracts and the Afghan landscape gets as raped as their population is being.
Democracy - doesn't it make you all warm inside.