You're scared of your own shadow. Russia is a decaying empire. Right now it's Kremlin who's scared - how're they gonna sort it out, knowing that ousting Zyazikov is not an option.
It's all very strange while you think that Russia is Soviet Union. If you don't, on the other hand it's trivial - Russia is governed very differently than SU. There aren't James Bond-style KGB agents that can get anyone they want. Russia employs local warlords, or people pretending to be local warlords to manage troubled areas. Sometimes warlord do their thing.
He's still there because Kremlin is corrupt and incompetent. When you're both corrupt and incompetent picking a right candidate for a job is no small feat.
First of all, German military capacity of that time was outstanding - they were far stronger than anyone else. Russian military capacity is nowhere near, say, British military capacity right now, and govt refuses to deal with that, so it'll stay low.
Second, Russian politicians are nationalist, not fascist. There's no ideology of supremacy. Third, calling conflict in Ossetia a carbon copy of German occupation of Czechoslovakia is an insult to Czech.
Gosh, every week I discover popular sites I've never heard about - thanks to "China blocks..." headlines. I need to make Chinese govt to block my site...
There's no such problem. Chemical rockets are well tested and relatively cheap (unless their designers have screwed up). You can't get out of the gravity well for $10, live with that. The problems are mostly with what we lift - some space programmes are just pointless. Like project Constellation or ISS, for example.
I said we didn't hear about it, not that they didn't do it. Finland does what every sane country does - unlike Sweden in this case, so Finland doesn't get that kind of publicity.
And this gets modded insightful... Slashdot populace ain't getting better with time. Finland (unlike Sweden) would have a lot of use for that intelligence, because Finland, unlike, you know, Sweden, actually shares a border with Russia, and suffers from Russian crime (and vice versa, but let's pretend it doesn't happen). We don't hear about Finland snooping on Russia. We also don't hear about Sweden snooping on Russia and passing their data to Finland. What we hear is Sweden working as free intel service for US. In the end the result will be a pissed of Russia, and a warm smile from US administration. Truly an improvement of Swedish security.
The limit on speed of light is so unsexy. And it's in odds whith science fiction! It's much better to explain the abscence of ET with catastrophic scenarious.
Black holes are out of question - they're small and even if Hawking is wrong, they'll just sit at the center of the Earth. Other scenarious are unlikely because of cosmic rays history (and in case of stranglets, for other reason as well. The black whole scenario is popular because it's the best way to scare people (while in reality other scenarious are equally bad).
Expect a tremendous uproar from non-tech-savvy people about their pricing scheme. And sales drop, too. And lawsuits. It looks like they didn't do a good enough job of killing their company with their current OS. Well, at least they're trying.
I use nickname Bill Gates in Call of Duty UO (yes, some people still play that game). Death per se is not enjoyable, but other players reaction to having killed me often is.
I actually followed the links and found out that one of the effects of non-ionizing radiation is skin cancer (among other things) - or so the article about non-ionizing radiation says. That doesn't apply to cell phones, but the reasoning "cell phones emit non-ionizing radiation, hence they're safe" seems flawed to me.
There's no "proppung up theocracies". People who live there think about theocracy the way you think about democracy, probably even better. Now, installing dictators is a bit different matter.
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You're scared of your own shadow. Russia is a decaying empire. Right now it's Kremlin who's scared - how're they gonna sort it out, knowing that ousting Zyazikov is not an option.
It's all very strange while you think that Russia is Soviet Union. If you don't, on the other hand it's trivial - Russia is governed very differently than SU. There aren't James Bond-style KGB agents that can get anyone they want. Russia employs local warlords, or people pretending to be local warlords to manage troubled areas. Sometimes warlord do their thing.
The fact that Ingushetia is Muslim is a hint of what could ensue from that murder, and not a justification of a murder.
He's still there because Kremlin is corrupt and incompetent. When you're both corrupt and incompetent picking a right candidate for a job is no small feat.
Could you please point to "direct orders from the Kremlin" in WP report?
First of all, German military capacity of that time was outstanding - they were far stronger than anyone else. Russian military capacity is nowhere near, say, British military capacity right now, and govt refuses to deal with that, so it'll stay low. Second, Russian politicians are nationalist, not fascist. There's no ideology of supremacy. Third, calling conflict in Ossetia a carbon copy of German occupation of Czechoslovakia is an insult to Czech.
Hey, calm down. They can take turns, ok?
Gosh, every week I discover popular sites I've never heard about - thanks to "China blocks..." headlines. I need to make Chinese govt to block my site...
omg lol
There's no such problem. Chemical rockets are well tested and relatively cheap (unless their designers have screwed up). You can't get out of the gravity well for $10, live with that. The problems are mostly with what we lift - some space programmes are just pointless. Like project Constellation or ISS, for example.
I said we didn't hear about it, not that they didn't do it. Finland does what every sane country does - unlike Sweden in this case, so Finland doesn't get that kind of publicity.
And this gets modded insightful... Slashdot populace ain't getting better with time. Finland (unlike Sweden) would have a lot of use for that intelligence, because Finland, unlike, you know, Sweden, actually shares a border with Russia, and suffers from Russian crime (and vice versa, but let's pretend it doesn't happen). We don't hear about Finland snooping on Russia. We also don't hear about Sweden snooping on Russia and passing their data to Finland. What we hear is Sweden working as free intel service for US. In the end the result will be a pissed of Russia, and a warm smile from US administration. Truly an improvement of Swedish security.
I'm terribly sorry. Right before your comment I've read about a dozen of alarmist comments. Kind of set me in the mood.
The limit on speed of light is so unsexy. And it's in odds whith science fiction! It's much better to explain the abscence of ET with catastrophic scenarious.
Black holes are out of question - they're small and even if Hawking is wrong, they'll just sit at the center of the Earth. Other scenarious are unlikely because of cosmic rays history (and in case of stranglets, for other reason as well. The black whole scenario is popular because it's the best way to scare people (while in reality other scenarious are equally bad).
there is a possibility that graviation will still pull in matter
There isn't. Microscopic things practically don't pull.
Uber-cool!:)
Thanks for enlightening me.
OMG! 256 Z80s ! What kind of hardware was that?
Expect a tremendous uproar from non-tech-savvy people about their pricing scheme. And sales drop, too. And lawsuits. It looks like they didn't do a good enough job of killing their company with their current OS. Well, at least they're trying.
reddit's programming languages virus has just infected slashdot...
I use nickname Bill Gates in Call of Duty UO (yes, some people still play that game). Death per se is not enjoyable, but other players reaction to having killed me often is.
Is it an attempt to set a new standard of subtleness for Slashdot jokes?
I actually followed the links and found out that one of the effects of non-ionizing radiation is skin cancer (among other things) - or so the article about non-ionizing radiation says. That doesn't apply to cell phones, but the reasoning "cell phones emit non-ionizing radiation, hence they're safe" seems flawed to me.
How can this crap be modded insightful? No means of energy production, however bad, are threat to survival of humans.
There's no "proppung up theocracies". People who live there think about theocracy the way you think about democracy, probably even better. Now, installing dictators is a bit different matter.