Yes, because that's what you design and use a stealth reconnaissance drone for--to *not* evade enemy radar and enter their airspace without them knowing.
Last documented and public ones were made during Bush Jr. era, after 9/11.
Yeah, around the time when Bush made a speech calling them Iran part of the "axis of evil" and immediately invaded one of the other countries on that list. Not exactly a very friendly gesture from Iran's perspective, I imagine.
The more important aspect of the truth that's slowly leaking out is that U.S. officials are finally admitting that it was on a spy mission inside Iran and dropping that ridiculous cover story that it was just flying around Afghanistan and accidentally may have strayed into Iran (oopsy, whoopsy, did we cross your border?!?).
Of course, most non-idiots have known for some time that the CIA and Mossad have been in a state of undeclared war with Iran for several years now--assassinating their best nuke scientists and engineers, spying on their facilities, helping fund the Green movement, releasing Stuxnet and other viruses aimed at sabotaging them. etc., etc. But die-hard apologists (who seem to think that all those people at the CIA just stare at the wall all day, I suppose) have refused to accept this. These are probably the same people who believe the Pakistani government when they claim they had no idea Osama Bin Laden was in that compound in Abbottabad and that they're still our good friends (please keep sending us your money, infidel allies). But I digress.
This summary makes it sound like they're heroes fighting for our freedom or something. In actuality, they're just advocated for their own alternative Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN). And the only difference between their bill and SOPA is that SOPA will put enforcement in the hands of the Justice Department and OPEN will put it in the hands of the United States International Trade Commission, which in practice will make ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE to most sites being busted.
The only reason Darrel Issa and Ron Wyden are supporting it is because it provides more protection for the Googles, Facebooks, etc. and they're both from states where those companies are big players.
The team of highly skilled and highly motivated developers that create the new and cool processes would have been able to build a successful project using almost any process.
This is my anecdotal experience of course. But almost everything I buy is usually significantly cheaper on the Kindle edition. On the last two books I bought I saved $5 on one and $10 on the other. Not sure if that's related to the genres I prefer or to regional differences in Kindle pricing (something I wasn't aware of until this thread). I almost never see a book that's more expensive for the Kindle edition. I have seen a few where the price is the same.
It's not just books. Louis C.K. just released his latest comedy special for $5 on his website, bypassing the traditional studio route. Turned out to be a pretty profitable move.
could you explain what does it has to do the religion of a human being with the way that person behaves?
While I agree with your general sentiment, I think you're taking it a bit far by asserting that religion has NO bearing on a person's behavior. I'm pretty sure most Muslim terrorists wouldn't have ended up blowing themselves up in crowded malls if they had been raised Unitarians.
I do admire his ability to stand out as one of the biggest assholes in rock, a field DOMINATED by huge assholes. It's like he's dedicated his whole life to being the most selfish, arrogant prick on the planet--with great success. I almost think that being a musician was just a means to that real end. I picture him telling his fellow kindergarteners "When I grow up, I want to be the biggest douchebag in the world."
The eBooks on that list ranged from $1-$3 (no shipping of course), whereas the print books ranged from $8-$15 (plus shipping). All other things being equal, of course the eBooks are going to outsell the print ones at those prices.
Hell, the cheaper prices and not having to pay shipping is why a lot of people buy Kindles in the first place. Not to sound like an ad here, but Kindle versions usually run anywhere from $5-$10 cheaper than their print counterparts, you get them right away, and there is no $4 extra for shipping.
"This programming philosophy will allow you to develop high quality software really quickly, and on the cheap" is the equivalent of a politician promising to fix every problem in the country with no sacrifices required, and put chocolate milk in all the water fountains to boot.
It's always the old thing: fast, cheap, or quick--pick any two.
If you're going to stretch the definition of "PC gaming" to include Farmville and other Facebook games, then I'm going to stretch the definition of "console games" to include games for pads and smartphones.
you think Iran is going to stage a land invasion of America?
No, they'll just start bombing the shit out of 200,000 U.S. troops right across their border in Afghanistan, and possibly overthrow our puppet government in Iraq while they're at it.
I don't think anyone is saying it's new. I think it's just getting a lot more attention now because of the new natural gas "gold rush" in the U.S. A lot more people are seeing these drilling operations out their windows these days, and becoming concerned (especially if they're suddenly able to light their well water on fire).
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I assume that by "most non-idiots" you mean most people who believe anything that the media tells them
No, I mean people who aren't you.
Dr. Majid Shahriari, Dr. Fereydoon Abbasi, Dr. Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Darioush Rezaeinejad, Dr. Ardeshir Hassanpour. Those are just the known ones.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/killing-irans-nuclear-scientists/story?id=14152453
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11860928
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/11/201011297228879910.html
http://www.eurasiareview.com/03102011-ahmadinejad-accuses-iaea-of-releasing-list-of-iranian-scientists/
I hope you're making a joke.
Yes, because that's what you design and use a stealth reconnaissance drone for--to *not* evade enemy radar and enter their airspace without them knowing.
Am I the only one who really liked Die Hard 2?
Last documented and public ones were made during Bush Jr. era, after 9/11.
Yeah, around the time when Bush made a speech calling them Iran part of the "axis of evil" and immediately invaded one of the other countries on that list. Not exactly a very friendly gesture from Iran's perspective, I imagine.
I know it's hard to believe. And SPYING to do it, no less!!!
The more important aspect of the truth that's slowly leaking out is that U.S. officials are finally admitting that it was on a spy mission inside Iran and dropping that ridiculous cover story that it was just flying around Afghanistan and accidentally may have strayed into Iran (oopsy, whoopsy, did we cross your border?!?).
Of course, most non-idiots have known for some time that the CIA and Mossad have been in a state of undeclared war with Iran for several years now--assassinating their best nuke scientists and engineers, spying on their facilities, helping fund the Green movement, releasing Stuxnet and other viruses aimed at sabotaging them. etc., etc. But die-hard apologists (who seem to think that all those people at the CIA just stare at the wall all day, I suppose) have refused to accept this. These are probably the same people who believe the Pakistani government when they claim they had no idea Osama Bin Laden was in that compound in Abbottabad and that they're still our good friends (please keep sending us your money, infidel allies). But I digress.
They're the co-sponsors and chief supporters of OPEN. Of course they're going to bad-mouth SOPA. Are you dense?
This summary makes it sound like they're heroes fighting for our freedom or something. In actuality, they're just advocated for their own alternative Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN). And the only difference between their bill and SOPA is that SOPA will put enforcement in the hands of the Justice Department and OPEN will put it in the hands of the United States International Trade Commission, which in practice will make ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE to most sites being busted.
The only reason Darrel Issa and Ron Wyden are supporting it is because it provides more protection for the Googles, Facebooks, etc. and they're both from states where those companies are big players.
Are you saying the Agile developers I've worked for aren't true Scotsmen?
Jesus, that HAD to have come from an engineer. An engineer could make peeling an apple a pain in the ass.
The team of highly skilled and highly motivated developers that create the new and cool processes would have been able to build a successful project using almost any process.
Excellent point.
And if you work for certain developers, spend several years working to end up with none.
This is my anecdotal experience of course. But almost everything I buy is usually significantly cheaper on the Kindle edition. On the last two books I bought I saved $5 on one and $10 on the other. Not sure if that's related to the genres I prefer or to regional differences in Kindle pricing (something I wasn't aware of until this thread). I almost never see a book that's more expensive for the Kindle edition. I have seen a few where the price is the same.
It's not just books. Louis C.K. just released his latest comedy special for $5 on his website, bypassing the traditional studio route. Turned out to be a pretty profitable move.
could you explain what does it has to do the religion of a human being with the way that person behaves?
While I agree with your general sentiment, I think you're taking it a bit far by asserting that religion has NO bearing on a person's behavior. I'm pretty sure most Muslim terrorists wouldn't have ended up blowing themselves up in crowded malls if they had been raised Unitarians.
I do admire his ability to stand out as one of the biggest assholes in rock, a field DOMINATED by huge assholes. It's like he's dedicated his whole life to being the most selfish, arrogant prick on the planet--with great success. I almost think that being a musician was just a means to that real end. I picture him telling his fellow kindergarteners "When I grow up, I want to be the biggest douchebag in the world."
The eBooks on that list ranged from $1-$3 (no shipping of course), whereas the print books ranged from $8-$15 (plus shipping). All other things being equal, of course the eBooks are going to outsell the print ones at those prices.
Hell, the cheaper prices and not having to pay shipping is why a lot of people buy Kindles in the first place. Not to sound like an ad here, but Kindle versions usually run anywhere from $5-$10 cheaper than their print counterparts, you get them right away, and there is no $4 extra for shipping.
My post was fast and cheap. If you wanted me to proof it better, you should have given up one of those two.
There, I said it.
"This programming philosophy will allow you to develop high quality software really quickly, and on the cheap" is the equivalent of a politician promising to fix every problem in the country with no sacrifices required, and put chocolate milk in all the water fountains to boot.
It's always the old thing: fast, cheap, or quick--pick any two.
If you're going to stretch the definition of "PC gaming" to include Farmville and other Facebook games, then I'm going to stretch the definition of "console games" to include games for pads and smartphones.
you think Iran is going to stage a land invasion of America?
No, they'll just start bombing the shit out of 200,000 U.S. troops right across their border in Afghanistan, and possibly overthrow our puppet government in Iraq while they're at it.
I don't think anyone is saying it's new. I think it's just getting a lot more attention now because of the new natural gas "gold rush" in the U.S. A lot more people are seeing these drilling operations out their windows these days, and becoming concerned (especially if they're suddenly able to light their well water on fire).
On the upside, if you live near one of these drill sites you'll get free natural gas! It'll be through your water pipes, but hey, free's free.