Everything posted by JacobZuma
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
Continental Europe? No.
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
No No And that's a no to Africa.
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
No
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
No
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
No haha Yes
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
http://i58.tinypic.com/wsll07.png Not a lot of street view in Africa
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Iran Nuclear Deal
This is incoherent. You have two contradictory arguments presented. Both are partially incorrect It's not contradictory. One statement is disputing the statements that they have to give 14 days notice in advance which is indeed false, and the other statement is just stating that it's not even possible to go into a sovereign country on the whim. I suspect that the IAEA would probably have permanent inspectors living in Iran inspecting each site every few weeks, but what I was explaining was that for someone to go into a foreign country they need to follow a series of protocols. You don't just fly into a country, even if you're a diplomat. What exactly about this is partially incorrect? Because I can give you sources from my own country which states exactly that. No diplomat can just arrive in the country. They have to arrange it in advance with the Department of International Relations and Co-Operation, and the Chief of Protocol, or whoever that person designates, usually a Protocol Officer, has to meet the diplomat at the diplomatic lounge at the airport and they have to be accompanied to their destination. That's protocol. Please do tell me where I was incorrect, I'd love to hear about it...
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
Is it in Australia? If no: Is it in New Zealand?
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
Is it in the United States? IF yes: Is it in the Western half or Eastern half of the United States? IF no: Is it in the United KIngdom?
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Need a computer wiz
lol my computer is more than fast enough and I got my money's worth, it was just a memory leak caused by one of the drivers.
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Iran Nuclear Deal
And to the people reporting that inspectors need permission to inspect facilities are completely wrong. IAEA inspectors have 24/7/365 access to any nuclear facility, military installation OR any other site they deem necessary to inspect (this is a very board definition, meaning they can inspect any property if they suspect it's used for the Iranian nuclear programme). I suspect the US insisted that they also have their own inspectors have access - and those inspectors have to get permission first. Also, you guys are completely disregarding any protocol and diplomacy. Do you even realize how much time it takes for someone to get into a country in an official capacity? Visitations are usually planned and agreed on months in advance - if an official wants to visit a country they first have to get their passport, if they don't already have one - then it has to go through the host countries' clearance process which can take a few days. An inspector can't willy-nilly just decide to fly to a country and to inspect a site, it will never happen. If I was an inspector or even a diplomat and I want to go into the US the entire process takes a few weeks. I can't just show up to the airport with my diplomatic passport telling security at JFK to allow me in because I'm a diplomat. There's protocol involved that everyone has to follow.
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Greeks Referendum
We are not saying the same thing Shah ... You are talking about robbery, I'm not. Nobody, but nobody forced Greece to borrow. Incidentally, nobody forced Greece to falsify and tweak their accounts either. And that's the deal between State of Greece and "Private" Banks, The stakeholders and the management of private banks should be held accountable for the poor due diligence just like the Greek state is being held accountable, but what you've had here is the liability of private banks shifted to public entities. The burden has shifted, from private banks to public treasuries. Nobody forced the private bankers to lend, nobody. Nobody, nobody stopped the banks from doing their due diligence, financial window dressing of Greece's numbers have been open secret for decades. Shah, that makes zero sense. I'm not saying that the private banks that bought the bonds are sine culpa, but how exactly should they have done due diligence to the extent you are saying they should, if the records were so corrupted that the at the end (i.e. 2012 when the rescue was needed) not even the Greek government at the time didn't know how much it actually owed and to who ... The burden was not shifted, the debt was taken and owed primarily by the Greek State on its bonds ... therefore it was and is the responsibility of the state to replay its debt. Indeed nobody forced the banks to lend, but what does that prove? When one takes a lone, one also agrees to the terms of the contract based on which the loan is given. Repayment is one part of such an agreement as are the conditions on the "cost" of the loan, i.e. interest. On accepting the terms of the loan agreement, the borrower is then obligated to honor them. Unfortunately for Greece, it didn't use the loans in manner that would allow it to repay them, nor could it get recourse from a backstop (since the State is such a backstop for private banks Re financial stability of the system, etc etc). Where is the alleged robbery in that? What I'm arguing is that banks, which have significant responsibility in how this crises was created had their debts secured by public money and now public sits hoping for Greece to payback that money, which given current deal is never going to happen. Your whole approach is wrong. You're shifting the blame onto private banks - who work under the supervision of the central bank/reserve bank (aka the government of Greece). No private bank goes alone in their policies - it's always directed by the government. Interest rates, how much they can loan out etc. is all controlled by the government. If you're given an opportunity to make 10 times more money than what you have, would you say no? Private banks go crazy because governments allow them to - like in the US. When governments cut the interest rates to what, 1%? banks have the opportunity to make loads of money.
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
Oh this is a tough one! Judging by the architecture it's a very old university, European maybe... my guess is somewhere in Italy or that region. The best clue is going to be those flags.
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TV Shows
Wow can't wait. This may be what Vince and Colin need to breathe new life into their careers. The writing on True Detective is amazing. So how's season two so far? I'm waiting until I arrive in the US to binge watch it. I like the second season as much as I liked the first one. The first one had a more 'cult' suspense that I liked though. The media clearly has a vendetta against the second season. After every episode airs major reviewing websites criticize the new episode saying how bad the new season is etc. I can't stand their criticism. The second season might not be as good as the first one but it's not bad at all.
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TV Shows
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2983290/ And just from kickass or somewhere.
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TV Shows
It's about 2 magicians in the early 1800's going head-to-head. The plot and storyline is supposedly fantastic - but it's not for your average viewer. It requires thinking etc. like you said with Wayward Pines. I love series/movies like that so I'm really keen on watching it soon. First on my list is 1992 though.
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Hilary's running. Who else?
Put back the knives gents.
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TV Shows
The Last Ship - A really good show that I enjoy. It has some 'Why would you do that?' moments in it, but tell me any post-apocalypse series or movie that doesn't. It's interesting to see how a Navy ship would work. Some Navy veterans say there's a lot of inaccuracies (like someone not taking their cover off on the bridge) but that's just menial things that obviously wouldn't bother me, because I don't know it's inaccurate. The Borgias - An oldie Showtime series that I watch over almost every year. Really good. Rome - Also a really good HBO show but it's an oldie. Veep - Also really funny, it's about an incompetent Vice President of the United States and her incompetent staff. True Detective - Season 1 was really good, Season 2 is picking up pace right now. Tyrant - About a dictator of a Middle Eastern country and his family, also a really good show. Ray Donovan - Not everyone's cup of tea but the first season especially was really good. My watch-list for the next few months: 1992 Between Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Texas Rising Waywood Pines Haven't watched these yet but read their reviews and their plots and I'm really interested to see what they deliver. I'm heavy into mafia and mob plots so I think 1992 will be a good alternative as we're all so used to watching The Sopranos or Boardwalk Empire and we fail to really see how the mafia started in Italy and is still operating in Italy.
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
I will do one next week!
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Iran Nuclear Deal
14 days, enough time to move nuclear material and weapon systems? No... just no. The US probably have a satellite hovered over every facility in the Republic of Iran by now - they will definitely pick that up anyway.
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Hilary's running. Who else?
This is actually spot on. Americans are never satisfied with their president, no matter how much they praised and supported him(her) before the elections. Lobbyists for some reason have a very big influence in the US. I interpret this as basically corruption but for some reason a lot of people don't see it as corruption.
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
So it's the Guaita Fortress in San Marino? 43.937694, 12.461671 Str. Greppa del Cerreto, 22 EDIT: Is it my turn now?
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Hilary's running. Who else?
Have you ever seen 2 people be nice to eachother for more then a year? Eventually something happens and the relation sours Well, not only that but it's politics. They believe in different political ideologies - and when it comes to politics or religion - if your view is different you can't be friends.
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Where in the World is Peggy the Panda?
How close do we have to guess? Exact location, town/city or just a general region? Is the location in Slovenia? IF Yes: Is it in Celje? If yes, is it the Celje Old Castle? IF No: Is it in Slovakia? If yes, more specifically is it Devin Castle?
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Need a computer wiz
So I decided to follow the 'fuck it' approach and started uninstalling the few programmes I have one by one. When I uninstalled the Qualcomm Atheros Killer Network Driver my RAM went from 96% down to 22% (where it should be). So I found my problem. Only thing is I need my network driver to connect to the internet and to find a solution to this driver so had to re-install it haha. EDIT: One problem is that when I install the qualcomm network driver from the motherboard disc it also installs a few other programmes, all network related, and one of them is the Killer Network Manager, but I can't uninstall just the KNM I have to uninstall the whole driver, so not sure which one of the programmes is the actual problem. Firefox does use a lot of RAM but it shouldn't be using 8 gb of RAM. It should be around the 500 mb region where it currently is.