I didn't say Brazilians are not Americans, where did you read that in my comment? But 1: We call them South Americans, and 2: You know very well that Americans is the term used to describe people from USA, what did you want me to call them: USians ?
Err, because I check Wikileaks long before this happened and I see for a fact they post stuff about every country. Like just this week it posted stuff about North Korea. Gosh what a dumb question.
Sorry mate, you are right:) I was lazy. It was just that I saw seeing so many comment heading the same way, that I tough yours would be also. But it was my fault. Sorry again.
If I stole all your banking and credit information and wanted to leak it to the Internet would you realistically entertain me asking you for help redacting information before I leaked it?
The correct analogy would be, "look you help us redact your credit card info by removing the numerals that allow other people to use if for un-intended means". So yes, I would take the proposal.
If they went to so much trouble to erase the other names, I think these ones where left by some reason. And, Wikileaks are not stupid, they knew the families safety problems, so perhaps there is a reason for it... for instance, the dead guy doesn't have any direct family or something.
As usual, an un-informed comment from an American. The "we are good vs all the other are bad" speech, without even knowing what they are talking about. Wikileaks never followed any political agenda, they always published all they got about any one. Iran, Sweden, China, Russia are some of the previous winners of that luck.
Seems that name was left on purpose (the last name was cut off by Wikileaks), I could not find the reason why, but there was probably one and I don't believe, that after taking so much care not to harm the informants, Wikileaks would leave only the 1st name on purpose if there was some threat to the family of the guy.
Mind you, this is the ONLY thing you can read, that actually HAS any numbers. Just check all the propaganda around and you see it's just "maybe putting in danger, countless lives", etc. None of those US newspapers, none, mentions any numbers. Says a lot about how uninformed or tendentious are the journalists writing those articles.
If I had a choice of US occupation and the government by the likes of Taliban and whoever is going to take over Iraq after we leave (Shiite extremists owned by Iran?) I would choose US occupation every time.
You mean, the same Taliban or Shiite extremists that definitively didn't' had any control in the country BEFORE the USA invaded it? Those ones right?
Also, in other news, in case you don't see many news, the Taliban ALREADY control a big part of Iraq... even with the USA presence there.
Do you actually know how many names where published in the previous part of the leaks of informants? You don't probably so I'll tell you. 3, only 3 names where present. 1 was already dead, 1 was a double agent for the Taliban. The 3rd I couldn't find info.
If you're having it, you know that it's really not that special after all.
I think the problem is that you are having it always with the same person... that's way you don't find it special any more. Fool around a bit and you'll find that's all but overrated... well at least most of the times.
Err, I live here. And ok, it's true that there are no criminal penalties for possession of drugs for personal use. But, didn't the Dutch do that a LONG time ago already? At most we where the 2nd ones. And we still don't have coffee shops... ridiculous, if I wanted to buy cannabis I would need to actually make a transaction with someone that would be breaking the law and not paying taxes and I couldn't really trust the quality of the merchandise has I can do in a Dutch coffee shop.
Unfortunately it's not that simple. Astronomers and astrophysicists don't use SI, we use cgs (centimetre, gram, second) in Europe. I'm not sure about USA.
Fox News also told me that Portugal is FUCKING BANKRUPT. Just like Spain and its Green economy crap.
1sr - It is NOT bankrupt, it's bad yes, but it was the country that overall had the better result in the banks stress tests! So, either those tests are completely stupid, or the rating agencies are... chose one cause the fault is obviously in one of those 2.
2nd - Implying that Spain economy is in bad shape because of "green economy crap", it's so absurd, so ignorant that people can see right away you don't know about what you are talking about.
3rd - The fact that you See Fox News, explains exactly point no. 2.
I don't know if it was a typo (countries/counties), but if it was a joke, was a very good one. Must tease my Belgian friends with that one. The "So, when are you separating in two and joining France and Netherlands?" one is getting old:)
Well, all Brazilians know perfectly where Portugal is. They are a former colony of Portugal you know? We speak the same language. It would be like an American not knowing where UK is.
Well, sorry to say but you haven't informed yourself before buying, the problem is that Zon is a pile of crap. It's not from the infrastructure. Although I don't want to admit it, the slighter more expensive services of Sapo or Meo are way, wayyyyy more reliable then Zon. And look, for 20€ a month you have unlimited downloads, 20Mbit broadband internet with free telephone calls to landlines in the all country... I would say it's a very good deal.
Maybe we have low wages because we have one of the lowest productivity rates in Europe. Compared to the productivity of a German
No, that's wrong, very very wrong. That's a completely far right-wing view of the problem. The all North of Portugal relies on cheap labour. QUITE HARD cheap labour. Or do you think an employee from the shoes/textile industry working 40h a week for a measly €450 a month is not breaking his back for the boss? The productivity rate doesn't measure how are people work, it measures how much that work gives. The education levels in Germany are far higher than in Portugal, so they have many more people doing high paying, high level jobs and that's the real reason they are more productive.
What do you think it makes more money per hour to their boss, a civil Engineer in Germany or 10 shoemakers in Portugal? And now, which job would you rather do? Because from your point of view, it looks like you would like to be making shoes, since after all, that people don't do anything... their productivity rates are too low.
Rather than having fixed bus routes, I ought to be able to go to tell the bus company where I am and where I want to go (either from home via the Internet, via a mobile phone, or at a bus stop) and have them schedule a vehicle to take me there. If there are lots of people going the same way, it should be a large bus, if there are a few then it should be something smaller.
Sir, in here, not everything is about profit. Things are also about quality of life. People expect the BUS to pass at a certain time, and it has to pass at that time. In those off the peak hours i more than compensates from the peak ones. Your American brain is simply not made to understand the concept of "public service".
Public transport is not any better than the automobile (see above).
Got to love all the arguments you Americans take out of your ass to justify your stupid way of life. Picking up the car to make 0.5 miles is good, because public transportation is as bad for the environment has using the car. Public transportation doesn't work because the population is too spread out. Social-democracy doesn't work because we have a too big population. Renewable energies don't work because our country has a too big area. Giving social benefits to people doesn't work because we have too much emigration.
Really, every time you say this kind of un-informed, stupid stuff. The marker we have that says "Americans are ignorant", just goes up a little bit. Stop waching so much Fox News !
Well, perhaps if oil wasn't so subsidized around there, and was in pair with it's price in the rest of the 1st world, some Einstein would have the fantastic idea about building some more groceries stores there and slightly increase the prices so that you would pay the store owner what you are wasting now in oil. The net result for you would be the same, the store owner would make profit and the environment would win. But I guess it would take an IQ of > 150 to come up with such an extremely bright idea.
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I didn't say Brazilians are not Americans, where did you read that in my comment? But 1: We call them South Americans, and 2: You know very well that Americans is the term used to describe people from USA, what did you want me to call them: USians ?
Err, because I check Wikileaks long before this happened and I see for a fact they post stuff about every country. Like just this week it posted stuff about North Korea. Gosh what a dumb question.
Sorry mate, you are right :) I was lazy. It was just that I saw seeing so many comment heading the same way, that I tough yours would be also. But it was my fault. Sorry again.
EXACTLY. They only place where you can find numbers, says 3 names where found. Only 3. 1 already dead, one double agent for Taliban.
All the other sources: just give sensationalist headlines like "Hundred of informant lives can be at risk" ... but citing absolutely no numbers.
If I stole all your banking and credit information and wanted to leak it to the Internet would you realistically entertain me asking you for help redacting information before I leaked it?
The correct analogy would be, "look you help us redact your credit card info by removing the numerals that allow other people to use if for un-intended means". So yes, I would take the proposal.
Yeah, I really wish he'd asked the White House or Pentagon for help in redacting these documents.
THEY ASKED Pentagon for help in redacting these documents. Pentagon denied, hoping that Wikileaks wouldn't raise the money for the menwork. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikileaks-to-seek-pentagon-help-on-war-logs-20100804-11flb.html
If they went to so much trouble to erase the other names, I think these ones where left by some reason. And, Wikileaks are not stupid, they knew the families safety problems, so perhaps there is a reason for it ... for instance, the dead guy doesn't have any direct family or something.
As usual, an un-informed comment from an American. The "we are good vs all the other are bad" speech, without even knowing what they are talking about. Wikileaks never followed any political agenda, they always published all they got about any one. Iran, Sweden, China, Russia are some of the previous winners of that luck.
Seems that name was left on purpose (the last name was cut off by Wikileaks), I could not find the reason why, but there was probably one and I don't believe, that after taking so much care not to harm the informants, Wikileaks would leave only the 1st name on purpose if there was some threat to the family of the guy.
Here: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread598661/pg1
Mind you, this is the ONLY thing you can read, that actually HAS any numbers. Just check all the propaganda around and you see it's just "maybe putting in danger, countless lives", etc. None of those US newspapers, none, mentions any numbers. Says a lot about how uninformed or tendentious are the journalists writing those articles.
If I had a choice of US occupation and the government by the likes of Taliban and whoever is going to take over Iraq after we leave (Shiite extremists owned by Iran?) I would choose US occupation every time.
You mean, the same Taliban or Shiite extremists that definitively didn't' had any control in the country BEFORE the USA invaded it? Those ones right?
Also, in other news, in case you don't see many news, the Taliban ALREADY control a big part of Iraq ... even with the USA presence there.
Do you actually know how many names where published in the previous part of the leaks of informants? You don't probably so I'll tell you. 3, only 3 names where present. 1 was already dead, 1 was a double agent for the Taliban. The 3rd I couldn't find info.
If you're having it, you know that it's really not that special after all.
I think the problem is that you are having it always with the same person ... that's way you don't find it special any more. Fool around a bit and you'll find that's all but overrated ... well at least most of the times.
Only if you can keep it below 6g dried (because that's what's considered "personal use" around here) ... which I think it's impossible.
Or not, perhaps I can get really rich by making little bonsai cannabis plants and sell them around :D
Err, I live here. And ok, it's true that there are no criminal penalties for possession of drugs for personal use. But, didn't the Dutch do that a LONG time ago already? At most we where the 2nd ones. And we still don't have coffee shops ... ridiculous, if I wanted to buy cannabis I would need to actually make a transaction with someone that would be breaking the law and not paying taxes and I couldn't really trust the quality of the merchandise has I can do in a Dutch coffee shop.
But NASA is a scientific entity. We use SI units.
Unfortunately it's not that simple. Astronomers and astrophysicists don't use SI, we use cgs (centimetre, gram, second) in Europe. I'm not sure about USA.
No, the distribution network is still public.
Fox News also told me that Portugal is FUCKING BANKRUPT. Just like Spain and its Green economy crap.
1sr - It is NOT bankrupt, it's bad yes, but it was the country that overall had the better result in the banks stress tests! So, either those tests are completely stupid, or the rating agencies are ... chose one cause the fault is obviously in one of those 2.
2nd - Implying that Spain economy is in bad shape because of "green economy crap", it's so absurd, so ignorant that people can see right away you don't know about what you are talking about.
3rd - The fact that you See Fox News, explains exactly point no. 2.
I don't know if it was a typo (countries/counties), but if it was a joke, was a very good one. Must tease my Belgian friends with that one. The "So, when are you separating in two and joining France and Netherlands?" one is getting old :)
Well, all Brazilians know perfectly where Portugal is. They are a former colony of Portugal you know? We speak the same language. It would be like an American not knowing where UK is.
Well, sorry to say but you haven't informed yourself before buying, the problem is that Zon is a pile of crap. It's not from the infrastructure. Although I don't want to admit it, the slighter more expensive services of Sapo or Meo are way, wayyyyy more reliable then Zon. And look, for 20€ a month you have unlimited downloads, 20Mbit broadband internet with free telephone calls to landlines in the all country ... I would say it's a very good deal.
Maybe we have low wages because we have one of the lowest productivity rates in Europe. Compared to the productivity of a German
No, that's wrong, very very wrong. That's a completely far right-wing view of the problem. The all North of Portugal relies on cheap labour. QUITE HARD cheap labour. Or do you think an employee from the shoes/textile industry working 40h a week for a measly €450 a month is not breaking his back for the boss? The productivity rate doesn't measure how are people work, it measures how much that work gives. The education levels in Germany are far higher than in Portugal, so they have many more people doing high paying, high level jobs and that's the real reason they are more productive.
What do you think it makes more money per hour to their boss, a civil Engineer in Germany or 10 shoemakers in Portugal? And now, which job would you rather do? Because from your point of view, it looks like you would like to be making shoes, since after all, that people don't do anything ... their productivity rates are too low.
Rather than having fixed bus routes, I ought to be able to go to tell the bus company where I am and where I want to go (either from home via the Internet, via a mobile phone, or at a bus stop) and have them schedule a vehicle to take me there. If there are lots of people going the same way, it should be a large bus, if there are a few then it should be something smaller.
Sir, in here, not everything is about profit. Things are also about quality of life. People expect the BUS to pass at a certain time, and it has to pass at that time. In those off the peak hours i more than compensates from the peak ones. Your American brain is simply not made to understand the concept of "public service".
Public transport is not any better than the automobile (see above).
Got to love all the arguments you Americans take out of your ass to justify your stupid way of life. Picking up the car to make 0.5 miles is good, because public transportation is as bad for the environment has using the car. Public transportation doesn't work because the population is too spread out. Social-democracy doesn't work because we have a too big population. Renewable energies don't work because our country has a too big area. Giving social benefits to people doesn't work because we have too much emigration.
Really, every time you say this kind of un-informed, stupid stuff. The marker we have that says "Americans are ignorant", just goes up a little bit. Stop waching so much Fox News !
Well, perhaps if oil wasn't so subsidized around there, and was in pair with it's price in the rest of the 1st world, some Einstein would have the fantastic idea about building some more groceries stores there and slightly increase the prices so that you would pay the store owner what you are wasting now in oil. The net result for you would be the same, the store owner would make profit and the environment would win. But I guess it would take an IQ of > 150 to come up with such an extremely bright idea.