Eh. There was no diplomatic incident from that "invasion", it was mostly a case of the UK blushing while Spain had a nice hearty laugh.
Also, that was a tiny mistake. They were only a couple hundred meters from where they were supposed to be. I once took part in a beach-assault where, despite the use of GPS, our guides somehow managed to bring us in more than 3 kilometers away from the designated landing. Luckily, we weren't near a neighbouring nation.
The real worrying thing is...why would ANY military agency even be looking at Google Maps in the first place.
Well, considering that the entire population of Nicaragua is about 3/4 the size of New York City, I'm guessing that their military intelligence branch probably consists of three guys with a protractor and a compass, funded by the tip-jar at the local coffee shop. Google probably spent more developing street-view that the entire Nicaraguan military budget for the last decade.
Oh, and Costa Rica doesn't have a military at all. So it's not like Nicaragua is particularly worried about a massive confrontation.
Granted, there was very little cartography of the island available... but to resort to tourist maps?
Because you work with what you have? This is like saying "granted, naval technology wasn't very advanced in the time of Columbus, but to resort to wooden sailing ships???"
You don't have to be of any affiliation to be tired of the pointless anti-American trolling that idiots have been waging for 40 years, and I haven't even been alive that long.
What's the legal difference (IANAL) between optimizing HTML and inserting ads?
What's the legal difference between a NAT gateway modifying packets in order to deliver content to you, and a NAT gateway modifying packets in order to insert ads? By your line of reasoning, every "home router" manufacturer should already be doing this.
Glen Greenwald is apparently an idiot. He conveniently forgets that we've gone to war on behalf of Muslims, and that Muslim factions are engaged in war around the globe against various other nations. If you find his explanation satisfying, you seriously don't understand the situation.
It's a widespread misbelief that the terrorists hate us for political reasons. They don't. They hate us for *religious* reasons. The latter explains why Islamic fighters are operating in dozens of different countries, against dozens of different opponents; the former does not.
Correct. Using the same logic, the government has no right to imprison anyone, under any circumstances, ever, since such an action would imede their ability to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievance. See:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Even if a robot manages to assume that position, which I doubt, I really do not want to be anywhere near the kids coming out of that classroom.
Of course not - such kids are bound to be significantly different than preceding generations. Different is scary, isn't it? The question of what kinds of differences will occur is irrelevant to the ultra-conservative mind; all that matters is that change = bad.
The notion that you are worthless if you aren't putting in 20 hours unpaid overtime a week is as destructive as the (supposed) sense of entitlement and 'laziness' in western cultures.
By what standard? I mean, I can point to metrics like life expectancy and productivity to show that such an attitude isn't destructive - what can you point to in order to substantiate the claim that it is?
So you think Timothy McVey was acting alone and it was an isolated incident?
No, he was supported by the Free Mars coalition in their quest to overthrow the shackles of Earth.
Whare about the white American [go.com] terrorists? Sorting by color only serves bolster the point that Americans are zionists out to get rid of anybody that makes them uncomfortable.
Whare about paying attention to what I wrote, instead of what you wish I'd written?
Sorry, but the country of origin doesn't matter.
Of course. A country that's 95% mulslim is just as likely to spawn terrorists, as, say, Switzerland. Sure. That's why Kosovo and Chechnya have been so peaceful in recent history, right?
When you piss off radical fanatics and fight for increased recognition of human rights on a global level expect reprisal from everywhere including our own backyard.
Screenings need to be geared towards the most likely threat at the time, and not just be a reaction to something that's already happened. Prior to 9/11 we knew for certain that Al Qaeda was a problem, since they'd already attacked the WTC once and Osama made quite a show of promising to continue his attacks on the US. Whereas Timmy - despite his ties to fundamentalist right-wing fanatics - was a one-off freak occurrence; the kind of shit that has happened plenty of times in US history (eg. Wall Street Bombing, Bath Bombings) rather than a concerted, ongoing effort by a large organization.
With that said, no, "search all brown people, let everyone else through" is not a very good guideline for screeners, especially since Muslims aren't generally "brown", anyway. There are much better criteria to look for.
Shivering privates result in a loss of performance. Seeing as how - as I already stated - their performance improved, I'd say my privates were quite comfy, thank you very much.
Ok, let's say those figures are correct. Now let's assume that the average nuke plant has about 25% of it's output used for other means - a conservative estimate. That means we're down to 825 cars. That's ok for a city of maybe 10,000 people, but anything larger is going to cause serious problems unless you create an infrastructure that regulates how many vehicles can charge at any one time. Which would turn the entire process into one giant-bidding war; kinda like the old warez FTP sites, only far worse. I can just imagine a million people all standing beside their cars, constantly hammering the grid to try and beat the que.
"people are people" is a little simplistic - people are a product of their society. There are outliers in every society, but the balance of the population will adhere to the beliefs and values they were raised with, and their education and abilities will reflect the level of their society.
My view of Canada - yeah, it was largely a mistake. The language divide causes massive problems within our nation. So far we've been able to work around them, but it continues to be a point of contention. As much as I enjoy the experience of visiting cities like Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec, I wish that the English - after winning the war - had told the french to learn english and adapt, or get the fuck out. It would have caused a lot less problems in the long run.
As for the EU - it's a stop-gap. The obvious long-term goal is a worldwide government, with all nation states taking the roles of the individual states in the USA. On a global scale, individual languages will persist for a long time. If we manage to invent some sort of "universal translator" (a-la Star Trek), languages may cease to be an issue, in which case my complaints would be irrelevant. In the meantime, though, the LEAST that we can expect of a new citizen is to learn the language of his/her host nation.
Something along the lines of "aboriginals" (including every single aboriginal people around the globe) "were SOOOOOOOOOO awesome, and the only reason they never got anywhere is because the EEEEVIL white man came along and took away all their land".
Which might have some merit to it - I'm fully willing to acknowledge that some aboriginal tribe somewhere may have managed to catch up to 19th century European achievements given another few thousand years - but to suggest that they were "close" in any meaningful sense of the word is sheer fantasy. The reality is that aboriginals today in (most of) North and South America are far better off than they would have been if they'd been left alone, and their conquest helped our entire species advance leaps and bounds ahead of where we would otherwise have been. Yet ignorant white folks still pine for the days of the Noble Savage. It's silly.
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Is it any wonder why the first American Terrorists were in fact Christian right-wing conservatives?
You mean these guys? Or were you talking about this? Or perhaps this?
FYI, US history didn't start in the 80's.
Remember that it was under Bush that we had "free speech zones" so that he didn't have to see people that disagreed with him.
Bullshit
In this case, they probably "relied" on it in order to justify something they wanted to do anyway.
Translation: Bumper-stickers are an excellent source of factual information!
And there are plenty of CDN providers. So I guess you're taking abck your previous comment?
Eh. There was no diplomatic incident from that "invasion", it was mostly a case of the UK blushing while Spain had a nice hearty laugh.
Also, that was a tiny mistake. They were only a couple hundred meters from where they were supposed to be. I once took part in a beach-assault where, despite the use of GPS, our guides somehow managed to bring us in more than 3 kilometers away from the designated landing. Luckily, we weren't near a neighbouring nation.
The real worrying thing is...why would ANY military agency even be looking at Google Maps in the first place.
Well, considering that the entire population of Nicaragua is about 3/4 the size of New York City, I'm guessing that their military intelligence branch probably consists of three guys with a protractor and a compass, funded by the tip-jar at the local coffee shop. Google probably spent more developing street-view that the entire Nicaraguan military budget for the last decade.
Oh, and Costa Rica doesn't have a military at all. So it's not like Nicaragua is particularly worried about a massive confrontation.
Granted, there was very little cartography of the island available... but to resort to tourist maps?
Because you work with what you have? This is like saying "granted, naval technology wasn't very advanced in the time of Columbus, but to resort to wooden sailing ships???"
You don't have to be of any affiliation to be tired of the pointless anti-American trolling that idiots have been waging for 40 years, and I haven't even been alive that long.
What's the legal difference (IANAL) between optimizing HTML and inserting ads?
What's the legal difference between a NAT gateway modifying packets in order to deliver content to you, and a NAT gateway modifying packets in order to insert ads? By your line of reasoning, every "home router" manufacturer should already be doing this.
How do you crucify a snake, anyway? I think there might be a flaw in this plan ....
Ah, so the FBI has no power of arrest? Cool. I look forward to watching you test that assumption.
Glen Greenwald is apparently an idiot. He conveniently forgets that we've gone to war on behalf of Muslims, and that Muslim factions are engaged in war around the globe against various other nations. If you find his explanation satisfying, you seriously don't understand the situation.
Considering the ridiculous ending that they came up with, I rather wish The One True God had aborted this series a season early.
It's a widespread misbelief that the terrorists hate us for political reasons. They don't. They hate us for *religious* reasons. The latter explains why Islamic fighters are operating in dozens of different countries, against dozens of different opponents; the former does not.
Correct. Using the same logic, the government has no right to imprison anyone, under any circumstances, ever, since such an action would imede their ability to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievance. See:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
24 simple words.
Even if a robot manages to assume that position, which I doubt, I really do not want to be anywhere near the kids coming out of that classroom.
Of course not - such kids are bound to be significantly different than preceding generations. Different is scary, isn't it? The question of what kinds of differences will occur is irrelevant to the ultra-conservative mind; all that matters is that change = bad.
You try big mouthing the teacher, the teacher let their authority reign...
You disassemble your robot teacher, it stops functioning.
Maybe when you were a young school-boy back during the Great Depression. These days the teachers dissasemble more easily than the robots.
The notion that you are worthless if you aren't putting in 20 hours unpaid overtime a week is as destructive as the (supposed) sense of entitlement and 'laziness' in western cultures.
By what standard? I mean, I can point to metrics like life expectancy and productivity to show that such an attitude isn't destructive - what can you point to in order to substantiate the claim that it is?
So you think Timothy McVey was acting alone and it was an isolated incident?
No, he was supported by the Free Mars coalition in their quest to overthrow the shackles of Earth.
Whare about the white American [go.com] terrorists? Sorting by color only serves bolster the point that Americans are zionists out to get rid of anybody that makes them uncomfortable.
Whare about paying attention to what I wrote, instead of what you wish I'd written?
Sorry, but the country of origin doesn't matter.
Of course. A country that's 95% mulslim is just as likely to spawn terrorists, as, say, Switzerland. Sure. That's why Kosovo and Chechnya have been so peaceful in recent history, right?
When you piss off radical fanatics and fight for increased recognition of human rights on a global level expect reprisal from everywhere including our own backyard.
FTFY
Screenings need to be geared towards the most likely threat at the time, and not just be a reaction to something that's already happened. Prior to 9/11 we knew for certain that Al Qaeda was a problem, since they'd already attacked the WTC once and Osama made quite a show of promising to continue his attacks on the US. Whereas Timmy - despite his ties to fundamentalist right-wing fanatics - was a one-off freak occurrence; the kind of shit that has happened plenty of times in US history (eg. Wall Street Bombing, Bath Bombings) rather than a concerted, ongoing effort by a large organization.
With that said, no, "search all brown people, let everyone else through" is not a very good guideline for screeners, especially since Muslims aren't generally "brown", anyway. There are much better criteria to look for.
Shivering privates result in a loss of performance. Seeing as how - as I already stated - their performance improved, I'd say my privates were quite comfy, thank you very much.
Ok, let's say those figures are correct. Now let's assume that the average nuke plant has about 25% of it's output used for other means - a conservative estimate. That means we're down to 825 cars. That's ok for a city of maybe 10,000 people, but anything larger is going to cause serious problems unless you create an infrastructure that regulates how many vehicles can charge at any one time. Which would turn the entire process into one giant-bidding war; kinda like the old warez FTP sites, only far worse. I can just imagine a million people all standing beside their cars, constantly hammering the grid to try and beat the que.
It won't be "several thousand simultaneous users" if they're all charging their cars in 6 minutes. It'll be more like .... I dunno, 5?
"people are people" is a little simplistic - people are a product of their society. There are outliers in every society, but the balance of the population will adhere to the beliefs and values they were raised with, and their education and abilities will reflect the level of their society.
My view of Canada - yeah, it was largely a mistake. The language divide causes massive problems within our nation. So far we've been able to work around them, but it continues to be a point of contention. As much as I enjoy the experience of visiting cities like Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec, I wish that the English - after winning the war - had told the french to learn english and adapt, or get the fuck out. It would have caused a lot less problems in the long run.
As for the EU - it's a stop-gap. The obvious long-term goal is a worldwide government, with all nation states taking the roles of the individual states in the USA. On a global scale, individual languages will persist for a long time. If we manage to invent some sort of "universal translator" (a-la Star Trek), languages may cease to be an issue, in which case my complaints would be irrelevant. In the meantime, though, the LEAST that we can expect of a new citizen is to learn the language of his/her host nation.
Something along the lines of "aboriginals" (including every single aboriginal people around the globe) "were SOOOOOOOOOO awesome, and the only reason they never got anywhere is because the EEEEVIL white man came along and took away all their land".
Which might have some merit to it - I'm fully willing to acknowledge that some aboriginal tribe somewhere may have managed to catch up to 19th century European achievements given another few thousand years - but to suggest that they were "close" in any meaningful sense of the word is sheer fantasy. The reality is that aboriginals today in (most of) North and South America are far better off than they would have been if they'd been left alone, and their conquest helped our entire species advance leaps and bounds ahead of where we would otherwise have been. Yet ignorant white folks still pine for the days of the Noble Savage. It's silly.