2007-08-27, 11:39 | Link #222 |
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Alberto Gonzalez (U.S Attorney General) Resigns
Finally Mr. Gonazalez has realized that he's pretty much screwed politically and has nobody but Bush on his side (Now it's time for Bush to do the about face in a speech though and admit Gonzalez has made some mistakes, in some ways the guy just can't get a break, but who does he have to blame......yeah that's right). I had a feeling he'd be the next Bush Appointee to go after the embarassing testimony before Congress and being called a liar, deceitful and incompetent by both Democrats and Republicans alike. For those who didn't know, Gonzalez has been under fire for the firing of 8 Federal Prosecutors, for reasons that appear to point to them simply holding different philosophies from the Bush Adminstration, making them unpopular with the likes of Karl Rove (Who's also gone now). To be honest I never thought he'd last this long, and I'm sure we've reached a record of most senior officials to resign under a single presidents term.
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2007-09-02, 22:34 | Link #223 | |
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Leechers begone?
File-sharers forced to play fair
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2007-09-12, 11:21 | Link #224 |
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced his plans to step down on September 19. Here is a link from the BBC describing the frenzy following this announcement. The main question from the Japanese press appears to be simply "Why?". I could tell you why, it probably has something to do with his dismal approval rating and unpopular nationalistic and local policies, but apparently his own party may have cut him off.
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2007-09-24, 04:11 | Link #225 | |
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'$100 laptop' to sell to public
'$100 laptop' to sell to public
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2007-09-24, 22:31 | Link #227 |
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No, they use a customized graphical interface called Sugar which runs on top of Fedora Core 6, a Linux distribution. All the OLPC software is open-source. Linux users can download a copy of Sugar and run it on their machines. I'm planning on doing so sometime soon to see how it works.
Sadly the project can't yet produce a machine for the original $100 target price; currently it costs slightly under $200. That's why they've started this campaign to get people in the wealthy countries to buy a second machine to donate to a child in the developing world. The OLPC's hardware is also pretty impressive, especially the various techniques they've developed to extend battery life. The famous crank that was intended to drive a generator and charge the battery has been eliminated and a variety of alternative low-cost power supplies developed The screen itself is also remarkable for its ability to change from color in darkened rooms to black&white in bright sunlight to maintain legibility. I wouldn't be surprised if we see some of these technologies make their way into the commercial world over the next few years.
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2007-09-25, 17:30 | Link #229 |
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OhEmGee News In Japan!
If you haven't seen it yet (which you probably have) goto
http://stage6.divx.com/user/shinokodomo/blog/30005/ Crazy stuff about how a teen goes berserk due to anime.... |
2007-09-26, 05:59 | Link #231 | |
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A prayer for peaceful resolution
Burmese riot police attack monks
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I had hoped that the "Saffron Revolution" could be resolved peacefully, but if all things come to a head, we could well be seeing the start of a bloody revolution in Burma. This could possibly be history in the making. My best wishes go to the monks and the Burmese people. |
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2007-09-26, 17:50 | Link #232 |
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^ I rather much have the war instead of a peaceful revolution,. Many things in history could of been then faster and earlier if proper planning took place and the violence. For example: in India if Gandhi didn't come along then we would all be screwed yes. No, they were a lot of who went against the British but failed due to lack of proper organization. If I wanted to talk power I would organize a systematic mass killing on the same day like the Pope did to the Knights Templar. It would be far easier.
However, I do feel sorry for the monks. They did nothing shame on the government of Burma.
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2007-09-28, 10:38 | Link #233 |
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2550369.ece
Link contains disturbing video of Burmese soldier shooting civilians and Japanese cameraman This is just insane. A Japanese cameraman was shot dead, deliberately, at point blank range. For too long this ridiculous dictatorship has managed to hang on despite all the sanctions, all thanks to Communist China propping it up in exchange for its natural resources. The government in Beijing is sullying the names of Chinese everywhere by propping up such dictatorships around the world like Sudan, North Korea, Zimbabwe and Burma. It is these regimes that require changing as soon as possible. Beijing might be bothered about people boycotting next year's Olympics as a result of the backlash, but if they have to choose between clinging on to power or showing off to the West, I have a feeling they would choose the former. |
2007-09-30, 06:53 | Link #234 |
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Yeah, I too agree with that Kinny Riddle. Its like my predication that Communist China will start to disintegrate in about 20 years give or take. Its become more capitalist then anything and will continue to do so in the future. For Burma, these riots will be crashed in full force but the military. It would be cool if the Americans (crappy idiots) decided to help the Burmese people and get rid of the military dictatorship then fight in Iraq.
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2007-10-02, 20:40 | Link #235 |
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It's time for a new manga / anime bashing campaign in the West.
Notes in park reportedly say "Watashi wa Kira dess" with misspelling (sorry, the article is not very good since it's only a brief summary of a french one, but it's the only one I found in english) It's just insane. |
2007-10-06, 13:00 | Link #236 | |
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Scoop: "US Does Not Torture People" --> Bush
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2007-10-15, 06:20 | Link #237 | |
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Heads up, Finnish members, time to change your password if you have an accounts on Finnish forums, as far as I know this is limited only to those.
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2007-10-17, 12:41 | Link #238 | ||
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BBC in drama of 21st century media
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Meaning to say that the BBC is not beholden to any commercial interests. I guess I owe a lot of thanks to British taxpayers then. |
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2007-10-17, 17:19 | Link #239 |
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^In Britain, the BBC is a fairly average news broadcaster, known for it's liberal bias, however I can't argue that it's international service is one of the best in the world.
If you are not in Britain, this should not affect you much if you use either the BBC World Service (radio) or BBC World (tv) (although mainly the World Service), as neither are funded through the license fee. In fact, the BBC World Service, funded by a grant from the Foreign Office, has been granted increased funding. BBC World is funded by commercial sponsers, but it still receives its news from BBC News, which produces the news for the rest of the BBC (and is funded by the license fee (with the exception of some, mainly regional, news made by the World Service). If you use the website, well, that seems to be funded by the license fee as well... Still, this is not good news... |
2007-10-20, 08:24 | Link #240 |
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A Mall in my country got bombed.. It was in Makati, center for Business trade and stuff..
Good thing we went on an outting, we usually go to that mall on Fridays or weekends.. I might've been killed.. It was confirmed it was an act of terrorism. Damn it! 9 people have been found dead so far in the rubble, 70 injured. Just look at this Before the blast Imagine how many people they are, how cruel! Good thing it wasn't hundreds that died since it was only part of the mall that the explosion occurred. (Which means they're trying to impart what? These 'terrorist'?) The name of the mall is Glorietta, you can find actual news stories from TV in YouTube. |
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