I know. You probably misunderstood what I have written. The murder rate in the states is so high that if it goes down, the relationship to other countries will change far stronger than when the murder rate goes down in a more civilised place.
That actually surprises me. I have run into RAM problems trying to run Stalker Clear Sky with 4GB (with the swap file disabled, though), and it has been a while since the game came out.
Yeah and the gasoline for your car just sprinkles out of the earth. You call cycling inefficient because a cyclist has to eat? Well, oil has to be extracted, transported, refined, burned and then it has to carry a some loudmouthed Islander who cannot do basic math together with one and a half tons of steel.
Towns are for people, not for cars. Stop trying to force everyone to engage in your stupid bloody hobby.
Actually, Su-34 isn't a supersized Su-27. It is almost the same size, just with longer undercarriage for better clearance and a slightly longer and wider cockpit to accomodate two pilots.
First of all, that was an honest mistake. Second, Ukraine hasn't denied it. And third â" and most intriguing â" the missile was fired from Crimea and the servicemen responsible are now all Russians. Temporarily.
First: looks like operating a SAM was too complicated for the regular army, so what do you expect of insurgents? Buk has a certain operating mode for unskilled operators, and this mode ignores IFF and basically just shoots down the first available aircraft. I guess this is exactly what happened.
Second: oh, but they have, very much so. Only when evidence became overwhelming they have finally admitted that a missile possibly maybe might have shot down the airplane by mistake and paid compensation ex gratia, meaning they don't even recognise their liability. Up to this day there is only a court ruling that has decided that there was no evidence for a shootdown by a stray missile. And even then their president mentioned something along the lines of "no big deal, worse things happen".
Third: how would you even know where the people responsible are right now? It is not like the staff of a military base consists of locals, in many countries it is exactly the other way round, the soldiers serve as far from home as possible. In fact, I have looked it up. Here is the commanding officer overseeing the anti aircraft exercises that day. Apparently he is on the Ukrainian investigation board for the MH17. This makes you a liar.
Seriously, you hate Russians so much that you are willing to excuse any atrocities as long they harm Russia in any way. Maybe you should go and see a shrink about this.
Actually, even officially, USSR never was communist. They have considered themselves socialist with communism being a long-term goal (because even Marx basically stated that communism is only possible in a post-scarcity society).
Well, it can. About the only time I was proud of my country was when Schroeder said no to Iraq war. A conservative government would have followed Dubya without even thinking twice about it.
Actually, the Chernobyl power plant was built and operated by the closest match to regional private companies USSR had available at that time and not the usual Soviet nuclear industry supervisor (ministry of medium machine building). In fact, Andropov (in the 1970ies the director of KGB, later the ruler of USSR for about two years) wrote a report to the Soviet government in 1979 describing safety deficiencies and cutting corners during the construction of the power plant and specifically warned about a possible disaster. And you know why nothing was done about it? Because of all the nuclear wankers USSR had back then, very similar to many slashdotters here singing praises to nuclear power being absolutely safe. But whatever it was, the second worst reactor disaster (also INES 7) was at a power plant designed, built and operated by private companies. Apparently it doesn't count.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. A general availability of firearms tends to escalate conflicts that don't have to escalate otherwise. Here in Germany for example, home invasions are very very rare and if they happen, the outcome is usually a few bruises, if it even comes to that. Homicides are even rarer - there are fewer murders in Germany than in Alabama, despite Alabama being an open carry state and Germany having 16 times the population.
I've been in Doha on business. It is a smoggy, dry and loud nouveau riche shithole and the only civilised people there seem to be the Thai guest workers.
Honestly, I understand the part of wanting a firearm - target shooting is fun (well, used to be fun for me, then it got boring so I sold mine) but actually needing one - that must be a pretty fucked up location.
I read a book when I use public transport, so the time isn't wasted. I can't read a book while I am driving and no, an audio book is not an adequate replacement.
That works for tea bags, but (well, for me at least) a FTGFOP (and no, that doesn't mean "far too good for ordinary people") Darjeeling tastes better when stepped at 95 degree Celsius.
Matter of fact I do speak Russian, amongst other languages. Learning foreign languages makes people smarter, which is exactly what makes the difference between a savage and a civilised human.
Also it is especially funny to read about "a bunch of savages that go to war every other generation" coming from an American - since your country was founded you basically had just 21 years without a war.
Why should it be? An acquaintance of mine is an officer in the Ukrainian army, he also told me a few days ago that right now the civil war is indeed coming to naught, probably because Russia is too busy in Syria to assist the rebels.
A rise in internal nationalism is what accelerated the breakup in first place - USSR was a bunch of completely different nations with different cultural and linguistic background in an artificial union - and Chernobyl cleanup was probably more expensive than the war in Afghanistan. It might have made the breakup more peaceful, resulting in less death and destruction.
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I know. You probably misunderstood what I have written.
The murder rate in the states is so high that if it goes down, the relationship to other countries will change far stronger than when the murder rate goes down in a more civilised place.
That actually surprises me. I have run into RAM problems trying to run Stalker Clear Sky with 4GB (with the swap file disabled, though), and it has been a while since the game came out.
Yeah and the gasoline for your car just sprinkles out of the earth. You call cycling inefficient because a cyclist has to eat? Well, oil has to be extracted, transported, refined, burned and then it has to carry a some loudmouthed Islander who cannot do basic math together with one and a half tons of steel.
Towns are for people, not for cars. Stop trying to force everyone to engage in your stupid bloody hobby.
Actually, Su-34 isn't a supersized Su-27. It is almost the same size, just with longer undercarriage for better clearance and a slightly longer and wider cockpit to accomodate two pilots.
Or maybe it was the murder rate in USA that went down for unrelated reasons so the relations between USA and other countries changed.
ouch, roman_mir is heavy artillery. lesser ones like mi or khallow would suffice, i guess.
First: looks like operating a SAM was too complicated for the regular army, so what do you expect of insurgents? Buk has a certain operating mode for unskilled operators, and this mode ignores IFF and basically just shoots down the first available aircraft. I guess this is exactly what happened.
Second: oh, but they have, very much so. Only when evidence became overwhelming they have finally admitted that a missile possibly maybe might have shot down the airplane by mistake and paid compensation ex gratia, meaning they don't even recognise their liability. Up to this day there is only a court ruling that has decided that there was no evidence for a shootdown by a stray missile. And even then their president mentioned something along the lines of "no big deal, worse things happen".
Third: how would you even know where the people responsible are right now? It is not like the staff of a military base consists of locals, in many countries it is exactly the other way round, the soldiers serve as far from home as possible. In fact, I have looked it up. Here is the commanding officer overseeing the anti aircraft exercises that day. Apparently he is on the Ukrainian investigation board for the MH17. This makes you a liar.
Seriously, you hate Russians so much that you are willing to excuse any atrocities as long they harm Russia in any way. Maybe you should go and see a shrink about this.
Actually, even officially, USSR never was communist. They have considered themselves socialist with communism being a long-term goal (because even Marx basically stated that communism is only possible in a post-scarcity society).
Case in point: KDE, Gnome, Enlightenment, Unity, Cinnamon, Mate, Xfce, LXDE...
Well, it can. About the only time I was proud of my country was when Schroeder said no to Iraq war. A conservative government would have followed Dubya without even thinking twice about it.
I am sure many people can live without some things the modern life has to offer - things like fecesbook, twatter or hipstr.
Actually, the Chernobyl power plant was built and operated by the closest match to regional private companies USSR had available at that time and not the usual Soviet nuclear industry supervisor (ministry of medium machine building).
In fact, Andropov (in the 1970ies the director of KGB, later the ruler of USSR for about two years) wrote a report to the Soviet government in 1979 describing safety deficiencies and cutting corners during the construction of the power plant and specifically warned about a possible disaster.
And you know why nothing was done about it? Because of all the nuclear wankers USSR had back then, very similar to many slashdotters here singing praises to nuclear power being absolutely safe.
But whatever it was, the second worst reactor disaster (also INES 7) was at a power plant designed, built and operated by private companies. Apparently it doesn't count.
Asus still makes EeeBooks and they are barely larger and actually lighter than their EeePcs of once with 10.1" displays.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. A general availability of firearms tends to escalate conflicts that don't have to escalate otherwise. Here in Germany for example, home invasions are very very rare and if they happen, the outcome is usually a few bruises, if it even comes to that. Homicides are even rarer - there are fewer murders in Germany than in Alabama, despite Alabama being an open carry state and Germany having 16 times the population.
I've been in Doha on business. It is a smoggy, dry and loud nouveau riche shithole and the only civilised people there seem to be the Thai guest workers.
Honestly, I understand the part of wanting a firearm - target shooting is fun (well, used to be fun for me, then it got boring so I sold mine) but actually needing one - that must be a pretty fucked up location.
I read a book when I use public transport, so the time isn't wasted. I can't read a book while I am driving and no, an audio book is not an adequate replacement.
That works for tea bags, but (well, for me at least) a FTGFOP (and no, that doesn't mean "far too good for ordinary people") Darjeeling tastes better when stepped at 95 degree Celsius.
Just look up what happened in Spain for the last, say, 150 years. Then think again.
Matter of fact I do speak Russian, amongst other languages. Learning foreign languages makes people smarter, which is exactly what makes the difference between a savage and a civilised human.
Also it is especially funny to read about "a bunch of savages that go to war every other generation" coming from an American - since your country was founded you basically had just 21 years without a war.
"Loser pays" works just fine in Germany and there are far less frivolous cases indeed.
Why should it be? An acquaintance of mine is an officer in the Ukrainian army, he also told me a few days ago that right now the civil war is indeed coming to naught, probably because Russia is too busy in Syria to assist the rebels.
No worries, the drones that Americans use aren't licensed for flying in German airspace ;-)
A rise in internal nationalism is what accelerated the breakup in first place - USSR was a bunch of completely different nations with different cultural and linguistic background in an artificial union -
and Chernobyl cleanup was probably more expensive than the war in Afghanistan.
It might have made the breakup more peaceful, resulting in less death and destruction.
True enough. Him giving back his peace prize would be an honest gesture.