* Video drivers, I'm still waiting on a 7900gtx nvidia driver that works properly. I'm not at all happy with Vista's performance and driver compatabilities. I spent over $300 on that card FOR VISTA. Why the hell ain't it working properly on my games which aren't even DX10 games. This is more of an Nvidia problem but it just adds another reason for me to not like Vista.
Here is the explanation, why it takes so long: Vista's Content Protection: In short, apparently it is very difficult to make a proper video driver for Vista.
So, they will prohibit you from using an ISP abroad?
Or US have authority to require logs from around the globe now?
Idea - host your server in Russia, your emails might be read by FSB (former KGB), but you can be quite certain they will not not share the information with FBI.
It would have been useful in Afghanistan in 80s: "At the same time a sharp increase in military support for the mujahedin from the United States and Saudi Arabia allowed it to regain the guerilla war initiative. By late August 1986, the first FIM-92 Stinger ground-to-air missiles were used successfully. For nearly a year they would deny the Soviets and the Kabul government effective use of air power."
Too bad that these stinger missiles were provided by the US Government.
I wonder who is going to provide missiles this time?
You know, after the small episode with Sklyarov & DMCA
No Russian hacker in his right mind is going to deal with American company in the place under US jurisdiction.
As to the joining NATO: Clinton's Russia specialist Strobe Talbot put it in his memoir "The Russia Hand," NATO expansion is inevitably seen by Russians as spearheading a U.S. strategy "to replace their influence and exploit the vast oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea basin." NATO Expansion May Prove a Fateful Error
If you intend to actually listen to this radio you have much bigger problem - making sure that nobody around you will squeal on you to the authorities.
Most of the citizens of NK actually believe in what their government is doing.
>Horrible as it sounds, a couple of nuclear bombs dropped on "problem" cities would do it.
No, I don't think it is that easy, because guerilla fighters are supported by the general population, In case of Japan the government of Japan capitulated, and the army obeyed the orders. But in Iraq this doesn't apply, as the government is pro USA anyway but id doesn't control the fighters.
For example : Countering Insurgency in a Foreign Land
>Many people greatly, vastly underestimate the firepower of the U.S. military. A single Nimitz-class carrier could wreck much of the world (16+ missiles/nukes, 90 fighter jets, etc.), and they've never really been used anywhere close to their full capabilities. The U.S. has ten of them.
Well, the goal for this war is not total anihilation of iraq. Actually, if you think about it, it is rarely the desire of an army to conquer completely devastated territory. Even Nazis during the WWII didn't want to kill all the civilians on the occupied territory.
As to the ability of Nimitz to wreck the world, well, you know Russia (as well as USA) have the capacity to completely destroy the life on Earth but it doesn't say anything about it's ability to solve some specific military task (like getting rid of the guerilla fighters).
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Excuse my English.
>It's not so funny that people like you reduce democracy...
There is a good movie on american 'democracy': Why We Fight
>Canada isn't called the 51st state for nothing.
Enlighten me, then. I was under the impression that UK was called 51st state.
Well, then you already lost, because I am writing this from Montreal.
It seems funny, though, when your government takes bits and pieces away from the 'democracy' (like Patriot Act) what's left is still called democracy.
Funny, back in USSR people used to be put to jail for distributing "political information"
Now, in USA person gets into jail for distributing music.
I guess this is the real Democracy for you:)
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Imagine this happening to some accounting software...
* Video drivers, I'm still waiting on a 7900gtx nvidia driver that works properly. I'm not at all happy with Vista's performance and driver compatabilities. I spent over $300 on that card FOR VISTA. Why the hell ain't it working properly on my games which aren't even DX10 games. This is more of an Nvidia problem but it just adds another reason for me to not like Vista.
Here is the explanation, why it takes so long: Vista's Content Protection: In short, apparently it is very difficult to make a proper video driver for Vista.Right, time to throw a few extra billions to the army, so that they can spend them somewhere near Persian Gulf.
Guess what, in Russia you can't vote without a picture ID (Passport). And it is all in paper. Do you think that it prevents election rigging there?
So, they will prohibit you from using an ISP abroad?
Or US have authority to require logs from around the globe now?
Idea - host your server in Russia, your emails might be read by FSB (former KGB), but you can be quite certain they will not not share the information with FBI.
It would have been useful in Afghanistan in 80s:
"At the same time a sharp increase in military support for the mujahedin from the United States and Saudi Arabia allowed it to regain the guerilla war initiative. By late August 1986, the first FIM-92 Stinger ground-to-air missiles were used successfully. For nearly a year they would deny the Soviets and the Kabul government effective use of air power."
Too bad that these stinger missiles were provided by the US Government.
I wonder who is going to provide missiles this time?
>Keyboards work a lot better for entering text
Until you get tendonitis in your wrist because of overusing keyboard, then speech recognition suddenly becomes more attractive.
1. Why M$ have to do it itself then? You have FBI which is good in this kind of business.
i ndex.html - sorry, no extradition treaty with Russia.
2. allofmp3.com style, I presume.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/legal_affairs/tif
MS could even offer these russians H1Bs/green cards
And a place in jail for violating DMCA.
You know, after the small episode with Sklyarov & DMCA
No Russian hacker in his right mind is going to deal with American company in the place under US jurisdiction.
Sorry to disappoint you, but for Russia it is much more logical to become ally with China
Just take a look at the map.
As to the joining NATO: Clinton's Russia specialist Strobe Talbot put it in his memoir "The Russia Hand," NATO expansion is inevitably seen by Russians as spearheading a U.S. strategy "to replace their influence and exploit the vast oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea basin." NATO Expansion May Prove a Fateful Error
So, let's give million monkeys million cameras and wait when they produce something like this.
If you intend to actually listen to this radio you have much bigger problem - making sure that nobody around you will squeal on you to the authorities.
Most of the citizens of NK actually believe in what their government is doing.
War department educational film Don't be a sucker
I suppose it is time to show these videos to the kids, before it's too late.
For those who are interested in what is really going on here is the original Document : USCBP-2005-0003-0003 Passenger Manifests for Commercial Aircraft Arriving in and Departing From the United States; Passenger and Crew Manifests for Commercial Vessels Departing From the United States
I suppose it's worth to read the document to really understand what it is all about.
P.S. CBR already have the right to divert any airplane going to the USA if they believe that there are dangerous people onboard.
You know that you can still use parchment, don't you?
>China does terrible, horrible things to their people. We're talking on par with Cuba, Iraq, and many rogue African and S. American countries.
Just out of the curiosity, have you been yourself in Cuba or China to draw this conclusions, or you just believe to whatever is being shown on TV?
P.S. MS is not doing any business in Cuba, so guess what is the most popular OS on cuban computers. If you think it is Linux - think again.
>Horrible as it sounds, a couple of nuclear bombs dropped on "problem" cities would do it.
No, I don't think it is that easy, because guerilla fighters are supported by the general population, In case of Japan the government of Japan capitulated, and the army obeyed the orders. But in Iraq this doesn't apply, as the government is pro USA anyway but id doesn't control the fighters. For example : Countering Insurgency in a Foreign Land
>Many people greatly, vastly underestimate the firepower of the U.S. military. A single Nimitz-class carrier could wreck much of the world (16+ missiles/nukes, 90 fighter jets, etc.), and they've never really been used anywhere close to their full capabilities. The U.S. has ten of them. Well, the goal for this war is not total anihilation of iraq. Actually, if you think about it, it is rarely the desire of an army to conquer completely devastated territory. Even Nazis during the WWII didn't want to kill all the civilians on the occupied territory. As to the ability of Nimitz to wreck the world, well, you know Russia (as well as USA) have the capacity to completely destroy the life on Earth but it doesn't say anything about it's ability to solve some specific military task (like getting rid of the guerilla fighters). -- Excuse my English.
Even this is unrealistic. As it will probably make everybody else in this region a little angry, including countries which sell oil to the USA.
So, you are saying that US military can theoretically use nuclear weapon against US citizens? What kind of victory is it going to be?
>It's not so funny that people like you reduce democracy...
There is a good movie on american 'democracy': Why We Fight
>Canada isn't called the 51st state for nothing.
Enlighten me, then. I was under the impression that UK was called 51st state.
Well, then you already lost, because I am writing this from Montreal. It seems funny, though, when your government takes bits and pieces away from the 'democracy' (like Patriot Act) what's left is still called democracy.
> But the good news is that the US is a democracy. Good, I feel safe and warm now. Is it a kind of democracy like this?
Funny, back in USSR people used to be put to jail for distributing "political information" :)
Now, in USA person gets into jail for distributing music. I guess this is the real Democracy for you