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Comment Re:lame piece of propaganda (Score 2) 62

Yes, thats exactly what it is. Todays world has new tools for propaganda apart from newsspin.
This game portrays the Syrian fight against terror in simplistic black and white just like most mainstream media likes to show it.
However, nothing in this world is as simple as that.
What you will not see in that game is:
* leading Syrian terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra (categorised so by none other than US of A)
* daily beheadings done by islamist rebels (aka al-Qaeda)
* teaching beheadings to their children (will not post link as anyone can find it if (s)he so wishes)
* daily kidnappings for ransom by islamist rebels (aka al-Qaeda)
* killing of christians en masse by islamist rebels (aka al-Qaeda)
* destruction of churches by islamist rebels (aka al-Qaeda)
* all war crimes imaginable, mostly by islamist rebels

Just some links:
Fate of Christians in Syria
US designates Syria's Jabhat al-Nusra front a 'terrorist' group at lightning speed
#OpSyria v.2.0

I wholeheartedly agree. If the corporate media starts brainwashing people, be it for commercial gain or under political pressure, they usually succeed.
Why should simple people question mass-media? They have neither the information nor mental abilities to confront such power.

Also take a look at Alex Thomson at Channel 4 and Robert Fisk at the Independent.
Both are veteran British journos and both are actually raportinf FROM Syria. Not sitting in some comfortable chair 4000 km away.

Comment Re:Hello (Score 1) 276

Spot on!
I would like to add that one of the major driving forces behind all this shit is simple: tortures want to torture and programmers want to create palantirs.
I am 100% sure that these 3 poor bastards tortured to death in Gitmo base did not give out anything. The same goes for Abu Ghraib.

Comment Re:Ocean orienting (Score 0) 520

I, being from the northern hemisphere (Northern Europe), had a very embarassing moment during my first trip to the southern side (New Zealand). I consider myself to be pretty good and finding my way around, but it was there where I actually understood how it works for me. It actually makes you feel really bizarre for a couple of seconds each time when you automatically assume that sun goes from east to south to west, then read a map and see that nothing really matches.

Comment Re:Wireless headsets work (Score 1) 555

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that a cell phone transmitter (having to reach from the phone to the tower) is on the order of one watt, while your Bluetooth headset (having to reach only a few feet) is on the order of one milliwatt.

Which would you rather have up to your head?

You are absolutely right, there are orders of magnitude differences between handset and headset.
Saying that cellphones are no hazard is like saying tobacco is not 20 years ago :)

Too many big businesses are behind cellphone manufacturers, carriers, advertisers, etc. However conclusive study will be laughed at by the industry.

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