I think it's a global issue. Goverments, especially first world governments, seem to be tightening the grip on their citizens.
I think you are a little off the mark there. I think that the difference today is that it is much easier to spread information about erosion of rights via the web, than it ever was in previous times, when you had to depend on a "free" (or so we are told) media to do this for you. So now it is much easier to spread the word on injustices that are happening. So now we realise just how much time governments spend manufacturing consent amongst its population. Thanks to the net we we are more aware of what is going on. But I think times are no better or worse in terms of population rights than they have been in the last fifty years.
Noam Chomsky has written many good works on the subject government population control. "Deterring Democracy" and "Hegemony or Survival" are both well worth a read.
To say that production diesels only get 46mpg is untrue. My 4 year old ford mondeo averages that.
New diesels (here in Ireland at least) would generally get around 55-60mpg. Fiat have pioneered a new multijet fuel injection system that further improves fuel economy and performance. Their new small car, the panda, is rumoured to get over 70mpg with its 1.3 multijet diesel.
Give it a few years and we will see some proper performance diesels coming out.
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Would that be an african or european swallow?
I sue you, you sue me.
lawyers make lots of money,
the bastards.
...and we had to walk 15 miles to and from school... in snow storms.... uphill... both ways!
....and we had no such things as vitamins either! We had to suck the minerals out of ROCKS!
So, basically, Romero is the George Lucas of game designers? The poor git:)
"Yeah I went back to level 3 and added in two extra monsters and fabulous wall detail, which really enhances the whole DOOM experience....."
I think you are a little off the mark there. I think that the difference today is that it is much easier to spread information about erosion of rights via the web, than it ever was in previous times, when you had to depend on a "free" (or so we are told) media to do this for you. So now it is much easier to spread the word on injustices that are happening. So now we realise just how much time governments spend manufacturing consent amongst its population. Thanks to the net we we are more aware of what is going on. But I think times are no better or worse in terms of population rights than they have been in the last fifty years.
Noam Chomsky has written many good works on the subject government population control. "Deterring Democracy" and "Hegemony or Survival" are both well worth a read.
In Airstrip One rules misrecorded...
To say that production diesels only get 46mpg is untrue. My 4 year old ford mondeo averages that. New diesels (here in Ireland at least) would generally get around 55-60mpg. Fiat have pioneered a new multijet fuel injection system that further improves fuel economy and performance. Their new small car, the panda, is rumoured to get over 70mpg with its 1.3 multijet diesel. Give it a few years and we will see some proper performance diesels coming out.
...frogs, butterflies and plants. And one giant gorilla, of course. :)