I think there is no one responsible for security to fire. That seems to be the problem in the first place.
Perhaps they should fire the marketing guy for the Security initiative a couple years back
Very insightful comment.
Just wanted to let you note that Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. The quote would be probably translated from Spanish.
You are being lied to about what is beind done. And the evidences suggests that this "war on terrorism" is not being used to fight for freedom but to fill the pockets of the government corporate friends.
And, sadly so, the excuse of "we are at war" was used in our case as well. And it is an excuse to commit the worst crimes.
As you say, time after time, the democracy regained the taken liberties, but I would hope there should be no need to restrain these liberties in the first place, as it is so easy to abuse power.
This should be really disturbing. This has happened in the country where I live, during the national regime. The military would come into your house, kidnap you and your relatives, then they would go through your phone book and kidnap everyone you know. Some would be killed and some would be released after years of imprisonment and torture.
People stopped seeing each other, just because something like this could happen. You couldnt have friends anymore, because your life and that of your family could be in danger.
And, no, I'm not from a communist country. I'm from Argentina, and these military were tought to do this by the CIA.
I would be really worried if I were you. Or if I were a friend of yours.
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Alvaro
I've seen that Kopete has such an extension to translate your IM chat online, but I havent tried it/needed it so far.
Did anyone try it? Are they useful? Can you really get by in a normal conversation?
I mean, they dont have a brilliant history, but no one has. And I mean no one. Not even the USA. Most of the USA victories were against small Latinamerican or other third world countries, or fighting backed by a coalition AND with their homeland not being bombed day and night, like England, for instance.
Indeed, the joke we make here when a war starts is that ITALY surrendered, and Switzerland declared itself neutral, no matter where that war is. Italy has had a much worse record in the last couple hundred of years.
And Switzerland, well, that's a clear case of lack of commitment for anything but money.
I think that what forced Japan to surrender was the fact that Russia was invading its northern islands.
In fact, some of the bombardments in Tokio caused more damage (I'm not talking about the residual damage, caused by radioactivity, but the one caused by the explosion) than the nukes in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
When the Russians turned from the war in Germany and started to invade Japan, the Japanese decided they would be much better surrendering to the Americans, and not suffering the same as the German prisoners in Russia.
I learned to develop in BASIC when I was 5, and by the age of 12, I used to do technical support for the computers at my school, and that included hacking a couple of programs using C when the copy protection floppies broke apart and the school had no money to replace them.
So I think if you have the tools and you encourage the kids a little, they can learn to write their own programs, and if led by a knowledgeable teacher, perhaps even develop useful software for the school.
By the way, at university, the sign up system was first developed as an exercise at an algorithms class. And it could handle over 40000 students trying to sign up for subjects every three months.
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I think there is no one responsible for security to fire. That seems to be the problem in the first place. Perhaps they should fire the marketing guy for the Security initiative a couple years back
Very insightful comment. Just wanted to let you note that Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. The quote would be probably translated from Spanish.
You are being lied to about what is beind done. And the evidences suggests that this "war on terrorism" is not being used to fight for freedom but to fill the pockets of the government corporate friends. And, sadly so, the excuse of "we are at war" was used in our case as well. And it is an excuse to commit the worst crimes. As you say, time after time, the democracy regained the taken liberties, but I would hope there should be no need to restrain these liberties in the first place, as it is so easy to abuse power.
This should be really disturbing. This has happened in the country where I live, during the national regime. The military would come into your house, kidnap you and your relatives, then they would go through your phone book and kidnap everyone you know. Some would be killed and some would be released after years of imprisonment and torture. People stopped seeing each other, just because something like this could happen. You couldnt have friends anymore, because your life and that of your family could be in danger. And, no, I'm not from a communist country. I'm from Argentina, and these military were tought to do this by the CIA. I would be really worried if I were you. Or if I were a friend of yours. --------- Alvaro
I've seen that Kopete has such an extension to translate your IM chat online, but I havent tried it/needed it so far. Did anyone try it? Are they useful? Can you really get by in a normal conversation?
I mean, they dont have a brilliant history, but no one has. And I mean no one. Not even the USA. Most of the USA victories were against small Latinamerican or other third world countries, or fighting backed by a coalition AND with their homeland not being bombed day and night, like England, for instance. Indeed, the joke we make here when a war starts is that ITALY surrendered, and Switzerland declared itself neutral, no matter where that war is. Italy has had a much worse record in the last couple hundred of years. And Switzerland, well, that's a clear case of lack of commitment for anything but money.
I think that what forced Japan to surrender was the fact that Russia was invading its northern islands. In fact, some of the bombardments in Tokio caused more damage (I'm not talking about the residual damage, caused by radioactivity, but the one caused by the explosion) than the nukes in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. When the Russians turned from the war in Germany and started to invade Japan, the Japanese decided they would be much better surrendering to the Americans, and not suffering the same as the German prisoners in Russia.
The list is not a very charming one...
But, do you even know where San Marino is?
Yes, if you forget about MS Office for Mac.
I learned to develop in BASIC when I was 5, and by the age of 12, I used to do technical support for the computers at my school, and that included hacking a couple of programs using C when the copy protection floppies broke apart and the school had no money to replace them. So I think if you have the tools and you encourage the kids a little, they can learn to write their own programs, and if led by a knowledgeable teacher, perhaps even develop useful software for the school. By the way, at university, the sign up system was first developed as an exercise at an algorithms class. And it could handle over 40000 students trying to sign up for subjects every three months.