Where is this track record of the Swedish justice system as subservient to US interests? You do realize that Sweden gladly turned a blind eye to The Pirate Bay and US copyright concerns until The Pirate Bay until the founders hacked Swedish systems. And they weren't charged for any copyright infringement.
I didn't accuse Assange of threating to kill someone. I stated that his former partner made that accusation. I stated a fact. I didn't claim to have direct knowledge if it was accurate. But it came from his former partner and supposed best friend. It should be noted that several people close to Assange left Wikileaks to start a forked project because they supported the ideal, but not him.
The third accusation isn't bullshit. It was widely reported.
You state that Wikileaks was very useful for mankind, but he refused to release tons of leaks given to him. His partner outlined how the entire purpose of Wikileaks was to funnel money to Assange, and that the ideals of transparency and whistleblowing were secondary.
When Lee Iacocca built Chrysler into a powerhouse, he said he didn't know anything about how to build a car.
You may be shocked to discover that CEOs specialize in running companies. They don't have to be expert engineers. And given Schmidt's previous statements (that people with nothing to hide shouldn't be so worried about privacy) I can understand why he'd never have an interest in TOR.
Assange has fled from the law enforcement over rape accusations. Like it or not, that is a factual statement. I think people support him out of blind partisanship ("he called out the US government, so I have to be on his side for life regardless of anything else!") which is foolish.
If you support the actual ideals of transparency and accountability, then it should apply to Assange as well. He shouldn't flee law enforcement over rape accusations. (Even though it isn't rape by American standards, he seems to believe he is above the law) His organization should be more transparent.
We also know that Assange's former partner accused Assange of threating to kill him once, and said Assange is purely financially motivated.
We know that when Assange released a bunch of civilian volunteer names unredacted, some of them received death threats. Amnesty International called out Assange for being irresponsible, to which Assange responded that if people wanted civilian volunteer names redacted in the future, they need to give him $200,000.
Amnesty International calls out human rights violation and government corruption as a transparent charity that operates within the law. They protect people rather than putting them in danger.
Honestly, I'm not sure how people can look at this track record and honestly consider him a hero or saint.
You can buy the controller separately for $50 (which is also roughly the price of a comparable PS3/360 controller as well). HTC doesn't sell 4G radios, touch screens and the like separately. And the SOC is not $20. Nor is the OUYA simply a SOC. It includes a case, cords, power supply, etc.
Not to mention the design cost. People often simply look at the part cost for an item, and assume that is what it costs to make a product. Phone companies get to re-use designs from one model to the next, where as the the initial design cost for a new product is pretty hefty.
I'm willing to bet that the OUYA is sold very close to margin, if not at a slight loss.
The benchmark results show the OUYA (basically a $50 console bundled with a $50 controller) was faster than the HTC One S, which sells for $450 outside of a contract.
The OUYA is a self-contained computer. It is only missing a display.
You also have to consider that an OUYA with a controller is $100, and that a controller by itself is $50. So this is basically a $50 self-contained computer. I expect the performance to match/or exceed that of other $50 self-contained computers.
If Bush was motivated by oil (of which you can't prove he actually makes money off oil) then why would he:
* Pass clean air and water acts his first 100 days in office that hurt the oil industry * Pass two different laws in his 8 years increasing fuel economy standards in cars * Fine auto-makers who didn't have hybrids * Create a tax credit for solar panels * Create a tax credit for hybrids * Increase research into fuel cell technology
You also stated that Cheney owned Blackwater, which is nothing short of a lie.
Your evidence is linking to an OccupyNWO conspiracy documentary?
I'm quoting easily verifiable facts. You're citing assumptions that are actually lies that you want to fit within your pre-conceived notions of how you want to view the world and accusing me of empty rhetoric. Sorry man, but I only operate on quantifiable facts.
Bush's oil company lost money, then he sold most of his shares. And that was 11 years before he entered the White House, where all of his policies in reality were very anti-oil.
In the enterprise market, iPads and iPhones are everywhere. The reason Microsoft could in theory have won back that enterprise market was providing a device that:
1. Could join a domain and be managed by Microsoft tools 2. Run existing Windows legacy apps
So Microsoft provided
1. An OS/tablet that can't join a domain to be managed by Microsoft tools 2. Can't run Windows legacy apps
So is arguably worse than existing Android/iOS tablets on price and hardware. The software provides less value. And the OS eats up all your storage space.
Honestly, I can't see anyone making an argument for buying a Windows RT tablet.
64-bit browsers are inherently more secure, and can access more memory. Native 64-bit apps also run faster. You're trying to call someone an idiot without realizing that you don't know what you're talking about in claiming there are no advantages.
What plugin is exactly stopping Firefox from making a 64-bit browser build? They started the 64-bit build project in 2003. Ten years later they apparently struggle to figure it out, even though community members roll their own 64-bit builds all the time.
The UN authorized the US to go into Iraq in 1991. That authorization was lifted by a cease-fire, but the cease-fire itself could be lifted if Iraq did not cooperate with the terms. 75 times the UN Security Council unanimously declared Iraq wasn't complying. But that logic, the 1991 authorization stood.
The United States didn't roll into Iraq alone. On day one, 30 nations had seen military support. And while the UN Security Council refused Bush's request to authorize war initially, the UN retroactively approved it once it happened and recognized the US occupation of Iraq as a sovereign government in the UN.
During the 9/11 commission, a Senator asked Condoleeza Rice why we didn't simply assassinate Saddam to help ensure national security. She stated that was the past policy of the US government and the CIA to take and take out foreign leaders, but that is not what the US stood for today. Real sovereign authorities don't partake in assassination.
Saddam was effectively removed from power within 48 hours after the war started. Iraqi communications were down. His military couldn't mobilize. Tanks were rolling in Iraq and he couldn't stop them.
The problem wasn't how difficult it was to rob Saddam of power. The problem is protecting people in the vacuum that follows. That is never as simple as you might think.
Millions of people are in danger in lots of other places, we only bother to make stern condemnations, if we bother to take note at all. Why is Iraq special?
Bush also got involved in Liberia where the people were about to revolt and it looked like a bloody civil war was inevitable. Bush helped negotiate a peaceful resolution with the dictator stepping down without a bullet being fired. Obama sent troops into Libya to protect people there. He didn't in Egypt for whatever reason. But no one wants to talk about situations like these, because the world would rather practice confirmation bias that Americans are evil imperialists.
Likewise, that's not a reason to go to war. That's an excuse one can use if one already wants to go to war. It is not compelling us to war.
After WWI, the Treaty of Versailles forbid Germany from re-arming. He ignored the terms of the cease fire. If someone had intervened at some point and enforced the terms of the cease-fire, WWII might have been prevented. (Note this isn't a Godwin where someone incorrectly insists that someone else is just like Nazis. I'm merely linking to the best known example of a cease-fire after a war where a party ignored the terms and illegally pursued weapons again.)
What are you suggesting should be done when someone breaks the terms of a cease-fire and attempts to re-arm after 11 years of failed sanctions? Starve the people more?
...there really isn't any moral argument that we should prevent them from having WMD.
Other than the fact that he already attempted genocide on the Kurds? Other than the fact that he funded terrorism against Israel? Other than the fact that he openly celebrated on 9/11 and congratulated the terrorists and made it quite clear he would do the same if he was able?
Surely, there is a moral argument to prevent someone from obtaining WMD when they've already attempted genocide once. Unless you're saying genocide should always be ignored as a moral argument.
Bush used to have money invested in an energy company (primarily an oil company) that lost money. And he eventually sold most of his shares 11 years before entering the White House.
Then he spent 8 years in the White House where his policies were actually quite anti-oil.
But if you really want to believe in conspiracies that aren't supported by facts, you're entitled to do so.
Stating that you should stop someone from pursuing WMD is not the same as saying they had ICBMs. The fact that people misunderstood that doesn't mean he lied.
From your linked report:
ISG was unable to complete its investigation and is unable to rule out the possibility that WMD was evacuated to Syria before the war.
What we do know is this. We did tip them off. And then we watched a large caravan leave Iraq and go into Syria. Then we didn't find what we were looking for. We don't know what was in that caravan. My statement is that we'll likely never know at this point. I didn't state that we definitively knew that caravan had WMD.
Haliburton was forbidden from taking part in the first round of bids to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
Cheney released his campaign finance information and tax records publicly and challenged people to show where Haliburton gave him a single penny after he left the company. Fact-check.org verified that Cheney no longer made anything from Haliburton.
Haliburton did certainly profit from the war greatly. But that doesn't mean Cheney and Bush did.
Bush sold most of his shares in his oil company 11 years before he was elected President.
While in office he:
* Penalized US auto-makers who didn't offer hybrids. * Twice raised the minimum MPG for US cars. Both times he actually pushed for much higher standards, each time with Congress passing a weaker version. * Created a tax break for buying a hybrid * Passed clean air and clean water acts that cost the oil industry money * Increased federal research spending into fuel cell cars * Repeatedly said one of his biggest priorities was to reduce US dependency on oil
People commonly repeat this notion that Bush lied to create a war because he must have profited as someone with ties to the oil industry. But that oil company lost money, and Bush's actual policies while in office were actually anti-oil.
Some people partake in gamification, in which they turn everything into contests. They look to score points in any ways they can. Inspiration for gamification can come from sports, gambling, video games, board games, or whatever. Some people just have really competitive personalities.
When someone is so mentally ill that they're willing to kill random children, that is a problem. Combine that with gamification, and you're got a really big problem. But both of these are problems that should be addressed on the mental health front.
In this particular case, he may have actually been inspired by a video game. But that doesn't mean video games are bad. Several killers have cited "Catcher in the Rye" as an influence. That doesn't make books inherently evil.
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Where is this track record of the Swedish justice system as subservient to US interests? You do realize that Sweden gladly turned a blind eye to The Pirate Bay and US copyright concerns until The Pirate Bay until the founders hacked Swedish systems. And they weren't charged for any copyright infringement.
http://rt.com/news/pirate-bay-hacking-fraud-003/
I didn't accuse Assange of threating to kill someone. I stated that his former partner made that accusation. I stated a fact. I didn't claim to have direct knowledge if it was accurate. But it came from his former partner and supposed best friend. It should be noted that several people close to Assange left Wikileaks to start a forked project because they supported the ideal, but not him.
The third accusation isn't bullshit. It was widely reported.
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9874-news-assange-falls-out-with-rights-groups-as-us-presses-allies-for-investigations.html
You state that Wikileaks was very useful for mankind, but he refused to release tons of leaks given to him. His partner outlined how the entire purpose of Wikileaks was to funnel money to Assange, and that the ideals of transparency and whistleblowing were secondary.
You may also be interested in this link:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/07/18665978.php
When Lee Iacocca built Chrysler into a powerhouse, he said he didn't know anything about how to build a car.
You may be shocked to discover that CEOs specialize in running companies. They don't have to be expert engineers. And given Schmidt's previous statements (that people with nothing to hide shouldn't be so worried about privacy) I can understand why he'd never have an interest in TOR.
Assange has fled from the law enforcement over rape accusations. Like it or not, that is a factual statement. I think people support him out of blind partisanship ("he called out the US government, so I have to be on his side for life regardless of anything else!") which is foolish.
If you support the actual ideals of transparency and accountability, then it should apply to Assange as well. He shouldn't flee law enforcement over rape accusations. (Even though it isn't rape by American standards, he seems to believe he is above the law) His organization should be more transparent.
We also know that Assange's former partner accused Assange of threating to kill him once, and said Assange is purely financially motivated.
We know that when Assange released a bunch of civilian volunteer names unredacted, some of them received death threats. Amnesty International called out Assange for being irresponsible, to which Assange responded that if people wanted civilian volunteer names redacted in the future, they need to give him $200,000.
Amnesty International calls out human rights violation and government corruption as a transparent charity that operates within the law. They protect people rather than putting them in danger.
Honestly, I'm not sure how people can look at this track record and honestly consider him a hero or saint.
You can buy the controller separately for $50 (which is also roughly the price of a comparable PS3/360 controller as well). HTC doesn't sell 4G radios, touch screens and the like separately. And the SOC is not $20. Nor is the OUYA simply a SOC. It includes a case, cords, power supply, etc.
Not to mention the design cost. People often simply look at the part cost for an item, and assume that is what it costs to make a product. Phone companies get to re-use designs from one model to the next, where as the the initial design cost for a new product is pretty hefty.
I'm willing to bet that the OUYA is sold very close to margin, if not at a slight loss.
The benchmark results show the OUYA (basically a $50 console bundled with a $50 controller) was faster than the HTC One S, which sells for $450 outside of a contract.
Software developers wanted to be paid to write software?
Those scoundrels!
The OUYA is a self-contained computer. It is only missing a display.
You also have to consider that an OUYA with a controller is $100, and that a controller by itself is $50. So this is basically a $50 self-contained computer. I expect the performance to match/or exceed that of other $50 self-contained computers.
My first thought when I saw videos of that fake EBS broadcast was "this is funny."
My second thought was "I hope some nut-job doesn't kill his/her family to save them from being eaten by zombies."
With so many false alerts, will people believe the real thing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc60XPCXrh8
If Bush was motivated by oil (of which you can't prove he actually makes money off oil) then why would he:
* Pass clean air and water acts his first 100 days in office that hurt the oil industry
* Pass two different laws in his 8 years increasing fuel economy standards in cars
* Fine auto-makers who didn't have hybrids
* Create a tax credit for solar panels
* Create a tax credit for hybrids
* Increase research into fuel cell technology
You also stated that Cheney owned Blackwater, which is nothing short of a lie.
Your evidence is linking to an OccupyNWO conspiracy documentary?
I'm quoting easily verifiable facts. You're citing assumptions that are actually lies that you want to fit within your pre-conceived notions of how you want to view the world and accusing me of empty rhetoric. Sorry man, but I only operate on quantifiable facts.
Bush's oil company lost money, then he sold most of his shares. And that was 11 years before he entered the White House, where all of his policies in reality were very anti-oil.
Cheney doesn't own Blackwater. That would be Erik Prince. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince
You're spouting pure fiction.
In the enterprise market, iPads and iPhones are everywhere. The reason Microsoft could in theory have won back that enterprise market was providing a device that:
1. Could join a domain and be managed by Microsoft tools
2. Run existing Windows legacy apps
So Microsoft provided
1. An OS/tablet that can't join a domain to be managed by Microsoft tools
2. Can't run Windows legacy apps
So is arguably worse than existing Android/iOS tablets on price and hardware. The software provides less value. And the OS eats up all your storage space.
Honestly, I can't see anyone making an argument for buying a Windows RT tablet.
Firefox these days uses less memory than Chrome.
http://www.ghacks.net/2012/06/21/chrome-uses-way-more-memory-than-firefox-opera-or-internet-explorer/
Mind you, Chrome is still my everyday browser, but Firefox has gotten really good at being efficient with memory.
64-bit browsers are inherently more secure, and can access more memory. Native 64-bit apps also run faster. You're trying to call someone an idiot without realizing that you don't know what you're talking about in claiming there are no advantages.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/64-bit-firefox-for-windows-should-be-prioritized-not-suspended/
Adobe had a 64-bit version of Flash.
There is a 64-bit version of Java.
There is a 64-bit version of Silverlight.
What plugin is exactly stopping Firefox from making a 64-bit browser build? They started the 64-bit build project in 2003. Ten years later they apparently struggle to figure it out, even though community members roll their own 64-bit builds all the time.
Yet Hans told the UN repeatedly that he was fine Iraq refusing to comply rather than asking the UN to force Iraq to comply.
The UN authorized the US to go into Iraq in 1991. That authorization was lifted by a cease-fire, but the cease-fire itself could be lifted if Iraq did not cooperate with the terms. 75 times the UN Security Council unanimously declared Iraq wasn't complying. But that logic, the 1991 authorization stood.
The United States didn't roll into Iraq alone. On day one, 30 nations had seen military support. And while the UN Security Council refused Bush's request to authorize war initially, the UN retroactively approved it once it happened and recognized the US occupation of Iraq as a sovereign government in the UN.
During the 9/11 commission, a Senator asked Condoleeza Rice why we didn't simply assassinate Saddam to help ensure national security. She stated that was the past policy of the US government and the CIA to take and take out foreign leaders, but that is not what the US stood for today. Real sovereign authorities don't partake in assassination.
Saddam was effectively removed from power within 48 hours after the war started. Iraqi communications were down. His military couldn't mobilize. Tanks were rolling in Iraq and he couldn't stop them.
The problem wasn't how difficult it was to rob Saddam of power. The problem is protecting people in the vacuum that follows. That is never as simple as you might think.
Millions of people are in danger in lots of other places, we only bother to make stern condemnations, if we bother to take note at all. Why is Iraq special?
Bush also got involved in Liberia where the people were about to revolt and it looked like a bloody civil war was inevitable. Bush helped negotiate a peaceful resolution with the dictator stepping down without a bullet being fired. Obama sent troops into Libya to protect people there. He didn't in Egypt for whatever reason. But no one wants to talk about situations like these, because the world would rather practice confirmation bias that Americans are evil imperialists.
Likewise, that's not a reason to go to war. That's an excuse one can use if one already wants to go to war. It is not compelling us to war.
After WWI, the Treaty of Versailles forbid Germany from re-arming. He ignored the terms of the cease fire. If someone had intervened at some point and enforced the terms of the cease-fire, WWII might have been prevented. (Note this isn't a Godwin where someone incorrectly insists that someone else is just like Nazis. I'm merely linking to the best known example of a cease-fire after a war where a party ignored the terms and illegally pursued weapons again.)
What are you suggesting should be done when someone breaks the terms of a cease-fire and attempts to re-arm after 11 years of failed sanctions? Starve the people more?
...there really isn't any moral argument that we should prevent them from having WMD.
Other than the fact that he already attempted genocide on the Kurds? Other than the fact that he funded terrorism against Israel? Other than the fact that he openly celebrated on 9/11 and congratulated the terrorists and made it quite clear he would do the same if he was able?
Surely, there is a moral argument to prevent someone from obtaining WMD when they've already attempted genocide once. Unless you're saying genocide should always be ignored as a moral argument.
I asked how Bush or Cheney profited.
Bush used to have money invested in an energy company (primarily an oil company) that lost money. And he eventually sold most of his shares 11 years before entering the White House.
Then he spent 8 years in the White House where his policies were actually quite anti-oil.
But if you really want to believe in conspiracies that aren't supported by facts, you're entitled to do so.
Stating that you should stop someone from pursuing WMD is not the same as saying they had ICBMs. The fact that people misunderstood that doesn't mean he lied.
From your linked report:
ISG was unable to complete its investigation and is unable to rule out the possibility that WMD was evacuated to Syria before the war.
What we do know is this. We did tip them off. And then we watched a large caravan leave Iraq and go into Syria. Then we didn't find what we were looking for. We don't know what was in that caravan. My statement is that we'll likely never know at this point. I didn't state that we definitively knew that caravan had WMD.
Your report agrees with me.
Please see my above post. The moment Cheney left, he no longer made money from Haliburton, which fact-check.org verified.
Haliburton profited, but Cheney didn't.
Haliburton was forbidden from taking part in the first round of bids to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
Cheney released his campaign finance information and tax records publicly and challenged people to show where Haliburton gave him a single penny after he left the company. Fact-check.org verified that Cheney no longer made anything from Haliburton.
Haliburton did certainly profit from the war greatly. But that doesn't mean Cheney and Bush did.
Bush sold most of his shares in his oil company 11 years before he was elected President.
While in office he:
* Penalized US auto-makers who didn't offer hybrids.
* Twice raised the minimum MPG for US cars. Both times he actually pushed for much higher standards, each time with Congress passing a weaker version.
* Created a tax break for buying a hybrid
* Passed clean air and clean water acts that cost the oil industry money
* Increased federal research spending into fuel cell cars
* Repeatedly said one of his biggest priorities was to reduce US dependency on oil
People commonly repeat this notion that Bush lied to create a war because he must have profited as someone with ties to the oil industry. But that oil company lost money, and Bush's actual policies while in office were actually anti-oil.
I'm sorry, but facts aren't on your side.
Some people partake in gamification, in which they turn everything into contests. They look to score points in any ways they can. Inspiration for gamification can come from sports, gambling, video games, board games, or whatever. Some people just have really competitive personalities.
When someone is so mentally ill that they're willing to kill random children, that is a problem. Combine that with gamification, and you're got a really big problem. But both of these are problems that should be addressed on the mental health front.
In this particular case, he may have actually been inspired by a video game. But that doesn't mean video games are bad. Several killers have cited "Catcher in the Rye" as an influence. That doesn't make books inherently evil.