Comment Re:Two words (Score 1) 3709

by ZigMonty on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @04:49PM (#25648959) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

Well, i made it pretty obvious i was an australian, so i don't get why you're bringing the EU up (unless you think australia is part of the EU? lol). And I never said you should ask for our permission, in fact i clearly said your politics are your own business. I'll judge america on its actions not on its internal decision making.

I do think it's a bit funny you think economics is an area where america excels. Sorry, the illusion of your prosperity has been largely created by cheap credit, which was the point of my second paragraph. America's prosperity will end when people think you're no longer good for the money. Sadly, my country isn't in much better a situation.

Finally, why do we need a world leader? I'm sorry, but i have no interest in an unelected world leader claiming to represent the interests of the free world but allowing the world no say in its actions. Did it occur to you we're fine without a beacon on the hill top?

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Comment Re:Two words (Score 4, Insightful) 3709

by ZigMonty on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @11:33AM (#25642289) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

LOL, you sound like yet another arrogant american to me. You want to repair America's reputation overseas and you rely on military threat as an argument? How very internationalist of you. Besides, with 2 failed wars and your supposed allies in eastern europe crushed by the Russians, who are you trying to kid? Do you honestly believe many countries are militarily afraid of the US at this point?

Here's a little hint for you, what do you think would happen to the US if the chinese flooded the market with all the US IOUs they've been stashing away? ICBMs and aircraft carriers are so 20th century. The real big red button these days is in Beijing and is labelled SELL (err... in chinese).

Having said that, i agree with you that you, as americans, elected an american president and you are justified in being offended by people in other countries not so subtly suggesting who you should vote for. I know i'd be angry if americans tried to interfere in Australian domestic politics like that.

Obama is the president elect of the United States, not the leader of the free world. America lost that title some time ago.

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Procedural Programming- The Secret Behind Spore 277

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 05, 2007 @12:30PM from the i-thought-it-was-crack dept.

imashoe writes "Ever wonder how Spore works under the hood? The game seems to be insanely huge and how is it that there can be an infinite amount of different creates created in the game? The answer is Procedural Programming."

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Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead 395

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 14, 2007 @06:08PM from the faster-than-a-speeding-fud dept.

moe1975 writes to mention that Bill Hilf has taken a rather aggressive stance with regard to the status of the Free Software movement. With claims like; "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today" it would certainly seem that the next offensive is going to be sponsored by denial. "For the desktop, Hilf sees a new frontier in terms of rich client programming. With more and more services by Amazon, Google, Yahoo and, of course, Microsoft being run as services rather than as software installed locally, it will be up to the desktop to provide richer functionality."

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First Flying Dinosaurs Had Biplane Structure 144

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @11:40AM from the made-little-whirring-noises-to-keep-going dept.

unchiujar writes to mention a BBC article about the design of the first flying dinosaurs. These possible early ancestors of avians apparently resembled biplanes in many ways, with legs hanging down in a fashion similar to WWI fighters. The researchers who made this discovery use this to argue the 'trees down' model of flight evolution, but the article points out this design may possibly be a failed evolutionary experiment. From the article: "Dr Chatterjee, from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, US, explained that two lines of evidence had led the team to this conclusion. Firstly, the researchers argue, dinosaurs and birds move their legs in a vertical plane, not sideways as the tandem flight pattern requires. Secondly, the feathers on Microraptor's hind legs are asymmetrical; one of the two vanes that extend either side of the shaft is narrower than the other. Aerodynamically, the narrow leading edge of these feathers should face forward in flight, against the direction of airflow. This would have given the flying reptiles lift. "

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Submission + - 16-year-old girl convicted for child porn

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Skiing

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @11:35AM

Skiing writes: "From Internet Cases: A state appellate court in Florida has affirmed the decision of a trial court that adjudicated a 16-year-old girl a delinquent based on her violation of the state's anti-child pornography statute. The case complicates the analysis as to what kind of privacy rights minors have, and it also raises a fundamental question as to how laws should be enforced to effectuate their purposes. If anti-child pornography statutes are intended to protect minors from exploitation, doesn't it seem at least a bit anomalous to prosecute the very persons who are being exploited?"

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The Financial Future of Space Travel 414

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 02, 2006 @02:28AM from the no-one-way-tickets dept.

gurps_npc writes " This CNNMoney story discusses the financial future of space travel. In particular it gives some nice names and numbers, such as Bezos, Musk and 3554 Amun. 3554 Amun is an small metalic asteroid that crosses Earth's pass (not on collission course) and contains over 20 trillion US dollars worth of precious metal. It is a great fact to know when trying to explain to flat-earth types that don't understand why we waste money on space travel."

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