Even by Western developed world standards the U.S. justice system is hardly "monstrous." It may be one of the last Western countries to still have the death penalty and no one is defending the egregious misdeeds of the previous administration and their waterboarding of suspected terrorists. But to call is "monstrous" is ludicrous. At the most, this guy will face some time in a federal minimum security prison. It's not like anyone is breaking out rope to hang him.
Calm down, buddy. He's not saying *YOU* are making it up, only that this guy *might* be (a reasonable suspicion, considering he has a very strong personal interest in making himself sound as mentally ill as possible, to avoid extradition).
I just hope his defense has a better argument than "We found a psychologist who says he has Aspergers." The "I'm a social retard, so please excuse my hacking" defense hasn't worked very well in the past.
Actually, in retrospect, I'd say the EU made the right decision. And Turkey is just one of many middle eastern and asian countries that have slid further into extremist Islam in the last few decades. And the EU certainly wasn't the cause of *those* slides. Just look at Iran or Afghanistan. Just 30-40 years ago, those were mainstream, westernized countries (where women and men even *gasp* went to college together and women didn't have to cover their heads or faces). Now they're under Sharia.
It would seem that a good portion of the middle east has been sliding backwards into extremism for some time. And the EU just (rightly) recognized that Turkey wasn't ready to sit at the adult table.
The problem with Turkey isn't the government, it's the people. Turkey, like many other middle eastern countries, has been taking an increasingly radical Islamic turn in recent decades. The traditionally secular Turkish government is being turned further to the religious right not by despots, but by the Koran-thumping populace. The popular perception of democracy is that it always leads to a more free and open society. But if the general populace is radical, it can just as easily lead the the election of an even more repressive regime. Just look at Gaza and Iran as great examples of that.
Anyone talking over that smug jackass "Dr." Drew (and the "Dr." part only highlights just how easy it is for an known assclown to maintain a medical license in this country) has got to be an improvement.
The dude is a multi-billionaire and gets to use the "I was the first man on Mars" line at every club he walks into. He deserves no apologies for any of us regular losers.
The Simpsons episode "Bart's Comet" (in which Bart is shown struggling to pedal with one of the damn things and with it still only producing a weak/sporadic light) pretty much sums up my experience with these dynamos when I was a kid. They may have gotten better since, but no amount of adjustment to the one I used 30 years ago would have made it not suck.
Well, not sure how well the modern versions work, as I haven't used one since I was a kid (and it was certainly awful back then). If they've worked out the kinks and achieved decent efficiency, good on them.
It helped the koala bear survive. Before man; they were ugly, vicious predators. After they encountered us, they adapted the "cutest thing in the world" defensive features and now they get to sleep all day in the safety of zoos.
Periodically someone will come out with one of these "Clothing that generates electricity" (usually based on kinetic energy, in this case on body heat) inventions and the press will briefly cover it as a novelty item, then forget it. The clothing product in question will always be expensive, uncomfortable, prone to break and malfunction, and unable to generate enough electricity to be of any practical use. People either don't buy it at all or stop buying it the second the newspaper story fades from view. They stop buying it for the same reason that I ditched my "generator powered" light on my bicycle when I was a kid (you remember, the one that attached to the tire and used its kinetic energy to power the bike's headlight)--because it doesn't work worth a damn.
I just hope those much-touted wind turbines that are all the rage now work a lot better than my old bike light at converting kinetic energy to electrical.
Should we toss out every murder conviction based on video evidence because we don't have footage of the murderer for the 25 years he lived before he committed the murder? How much "context" do you need when you see soldiers intentionally targeting civilians?
Nonense. If it weren't for us, many species (that probably deserve to) would probably have already went extinct. Does anyone think the Pandas would still be around if we weren't constantly working to try to get them to mate? It's taken more effort to get those things to reproduce than it took with Tom Cruise, for crying out loud. Seriously, if your species needs Viagra to stay viable, it's probably nature's way of saying your species just wasn't meant to be.
I would hope that any major upgrade in government would involve at least some degree of systems analysis. And any decent systems analyst is going to take differences in software packages into account (along with many other factors)--not just price.
No one is making anyone buy an iPhone. No one is making anyone develop for an iPhone.
This isn't the 90's and Apple isn't MS. They don't have to open up their hardware or software to anyone else, and no court is going to make them. You want to compete so bad? Go make your own phone or pad.
Sadly, Chris Rock had a great routine on that. He said that it was sad to grow up in a neighborhood where you got more respect coming back from prison than coming back from college.
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Even by Western developed world standards the U.S. justice system is hardly "monstrous." It may be one of the last Western countries to still have the death penalty and no one is defending the egregious misdeeds of the previous administration and their waterboarding of suspected terrorists. But to call is "monstrous" is ludicrous. At the most, this guy will face some time in a federal minimum security prison. It's not like anyone is breaking out rope to hang him.
Calm down, buddy. He's not saying *YOU* are making it up, only that this guy *might* be (a reasonable suspicion, considering he has a very strong personal interest in making himself sound as mentally ill as possible, to avoid extradition).
I just hope his defense has a better argument than "We found a psychologist who says he has Aspergers." The "I'm a social retard, so please excuse my hacking" defense hasn't worked very well in the past.
Actually, in retrospect, I'd say the EU made the right decision. And Turkey is just one of many middle eastern and asian countries that have slid further into extremist Islam in the last few decades. And the EU certainly wasn't the cause of *those* slides. Just look at Iran or Afghanistan. Just 30-40 years ago, those were mainstream, westernized countries (where women and men even *gasp* went to college together and women didn't have to cover their heads or faces). Now they're under Sharia.
It would seem that a good portion of the middle east has been sliding backwards into extremism for some time. And the EU just (rightly) recognized that Turkey wasn't ready to sit at the adult table.
The problem with Turkey isn't the government, it's the people. Turkey, like many other middle eastern countries, has been taking an increasingly radical Islamic turn in recent decades. The traditionally secular Turkish government is being turned further to the religious right not by despots, but by the Koran-thumping populace. The popular perception of democracy is that it always leads to a more free and open society. But if the general populace is radical, it can just as easily lead the the election of an even more repressive regime. Just look at Gaza and Iran as great examples of that.
Anyone talking over that smug jackass "Dr." Drew (and the "Dr." part only highlights just how easy it is for an known assclown to maintain a medical license in this country) has got to be an improvement.
The dude is a multi-billionaire and gets to use the "I was the first man on Mars" line at every club he walks into. He deserves no apologies for any of us regular losers.
The Simpsons episode "Bart's Comet" (in which Bart is shown struggling to pedal with one of the damn things and with it still only producing a weak/sporadic light) pretty much sums up my experience with these dynamos when I was a kid. They may have gotten better since, but no amount of adjustment to the one I used 30 years ago would have made it not suck.
Well, not sure how well the modern versions work, as I haven't used one since I was a kid (and it was certainly awful back then). If they've worked out the kinks and achieved decent efficiency, good on them.
I'll say to them the same thing I would say to the millions of species that went extinct long before man even existed--tough luck, buddy.
It helped the koala bear survive. Before man; they were ugly, vicious predators. After they encountered us, they adapted the "cutest thing in the world" defensive features and now they get to sleep all day in the safety of zoos.
No, this isn't even CLOSE to a real extinction event.
No, you take an oath to defend the Constitution. *BIG* difference.
Better known as the "CIA Medal of Recognition for Embarrassing/Defying the U.S. Government."
Periodically someone will come out with one of these "Clothing that generates electricity" (usually based on kinetic energy, in this case on body heat) inventions and the press will briefly cover it as a novelty item, then forget it. The clothing product in question will always be expensive, uncomfortable, prone to break and malfunction, and unable to generate enough electricity to be of any practical use. People either don't buy it at all or stop buying it the second the newspaper story fades from view. They stop buying it for the same reason that I ditched my "generator powered" light on my bicycle when I was a kid (you remember, the one that attached to the tire and used its kinetic energy to power the bike's headlight)--because it doesn't work worth a damn.
I just hope those much-touted wind turbines that are all the rage now work a lot better than my old bike light at converting kinetic energy to electrical.
Should we toss out every murder conviction based on video evidence because we don't have footage of the murderer for the 25 years he lived before he committed the murder? How much "context" do you need when you see soldiers intentionally targeting civilians?
Guys like this should get the Medal of Honor. Instead, they're way more likely to get long prison sentences.
Yeah, in case you've missed the last 210 years, that's exactly what we've done--17 times in fact, the last being in 1992.
Nonense. If it weren't for us, many species (that probably deserve to) would probably have already went extinct. Does anyone think the Pandas would still be around if we weren't constantly working to try to get them to mate? It's taken more effort to get those things to reproduce than it took with Tom Cruise, for crying out loud. Seriously, if your species needs Viagra to stay viable, it's probably nature's way of saying your species just wasn't meant to be.
...or possibly not.
Just put giant parachutes on all the buildings.
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I would hope that any major upgrade in government would involve at least some degree of systems analysis. And any decent systems analyst is going to take differences in software packages into account (along with many other factors)--not just price.
No one is making anyone buy an iPhone. No one is making anyone develop for an iPhone.
This isn't the 90's and Apple isn't MS. They don't have to open up their hardware or software to anyone else, and no court is going to make them. You want to compete so bad? Go make your own phone or pad.
Sadly, Chris Rock had a great routine on that. He said that it was sad to grow up in a neighborhood where you got more respect coming back from prison than coming back from college.