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by Colonel Olrik
2016-07-23 06:08am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass shooting German Mall
Replies: 23
Views: 7993

Re: Mass shooting German Mall

First of all, I'll say that the Munich police and special forces performed admirably, in what a posteriori has been for them a giant counter terrorism exercise. I'm sure lots of people will be comparing notes in the next days. There were more than 20 police cars and emergency vehicles there within 1...
by Colonel Olrik
2016-01-08 12:57pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases
Replies: 315
Views: 69651

Re: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases

Yeah, with C1 in German and C2 in English plus Russian you'd find a good job in Munich/Bavaria if you wanted, I'm 100% sure of it.
by Colonel Olrik
2016-01-08 12:40pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases
Replies: 315
Views: 69651

Re: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases

There is no quick solution to the accommodation problem when in winter we're still receiving 3000 newcomers a day. I have friends who live in really exclusive areas, where family home prices start at one million euro, and they have now improvised refugee centers a couple hundred meters away. So do I...
by Colonel Olrik
2016-01-08 11:00am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases
Replies: 315
Views: 69651

Re: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including a rape case

More updates: - number of rape victims has increased to two, total number of cases has been increased to 120+ in cologne alone - police have identified 16 perpetrators and are trying to find their identities. - there have been similar attacks in Stuttgart. Number and extent is unclear. - 4 Syrians ...
by Colonel Olrik
2016-01-08 07:56am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases
Replies: 315
Views: 69651

Re: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases

Update: the number of reported offenses is now over 200. Around three quarters are (also) sexual offenses. The social state is not as strong for non-EU citizens - which a lot of the recent migrants are. Getting a job in a major city without European education? McDonalds burger flipper or crate mover...
by Colonel Olrik
2016-01-07 07:28pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases
Replies: 315
Views: 69651

Re: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases

There are no Ghettos in Germany, and contrary to what some people may think a situation like this is actually a first and extremely shocking for the people who live here. I agree it is shocking, but please, the ghettos are there. I don't want to sound grim or exaggerate things, but the German ghett...
by Colonel Olrik
2016-01-07 11:23am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases
Replies: 315
Views: 69651

Re: Mass sexual assault in Cologne, including rape cases

There are no Ghettos in Germany, and contrary to what some people may think a situation like this is actually a first and extremely shocking for the people who live here. Even the big cities in Germany were until recently considered safe - safe enough for women to walk alone anywhere and at any time...
by Colonel Olrik
2014-08-24 04:42pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Shorten 40 hour work week proposal
Replies: 45
Views: 4814

Re: Shorten 40 hour work week proposal

Well I officially worked 96 hours this fortnight (pay periods are fortnightly rather than weekly for me), but realistically its more likely 100 hours a fortnight at least. This fortnight I am rostered on for 110 hours a fortnight or 55 hour week. Where can I sign up for this 30 hour week. :D Realis...
by Colonel Olrik
2013-08-14 08:55am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: David Cameron 'seriously concerned' by Gibraltar events
Replies: 95
Views: 12461

Re: David Cameron 'seriously concerned' by Gibraltar events

You may note that Goa is by far the richest (per capita) and nicest state of India, and that this is no coincidence. Primary income is tourism; in a perverse way, yes, you can say that this is because of the colonial architecture and forced westernization - which are usually a staple of colonial en...
by Colonel Olrik
2013-08-13 04:14pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: David Cameron 'seriously concerned' by Gibraltar events
Replies: 95
Views: 12461

Re: David Cameron 'seriously concerned' by Gibraltar events

I think that it's too pessimistic to assume India would be as bloodthirsty as Suharto's Indonesia. a better example may be Macau, which I think we can safely say is now in a better position that if it had been forcibly annexed by China in the 60s. Portugal left it a prosperous, democratic state inst...
by Colonel Olrik
2013-08-12 05:54pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: David Cameron 'seriously concerned' by Gibraltar events
Replies: 95
Views: 12461

Re: David Cameron 'seriously concerned' by Gibraltar events

And Portuguese Goa, which has been brought up earlier, had been taken after 500 years of colonial rule. You keep bringing this up, but fail to mention it was repatriated via conquest on the part of India.I am not sure this fits into your non violent non imperialist narrative. It was already mention...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-10-01 04:47pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Lets talk about the Iphone 5
Replies: 84
Views: 13586

Re: Lets talk about the Iphone 5

But there's currently no way to access google street view, something that annoys me immensely as I used it a lot with the iPad. Or to stream full screen YouTube video to the TV using the quite expensive converter apple sold for the iPad 3 a few months ago. But hey, now I have Siri. What an upgrade :...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-08-27 03:37pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Neil Armstrong has died
Replies: 73
Views: 12416

Re: Neil Armstrong has died

:( my deepest thanks and admiration to him, as well as the thousands of scientists, engineers, pilots, technicians that worked and dreamed so hard as to reach the moon. My I only hope is that we manage to follow his and their example.
by Colonel Olrik
2012-08-24 02:08pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Watch Curiosity Land on Mars live
Replies: 26
Views: 5957

Re: Watch Curiosity Land on Mars live

wautd wrote:High res 360 degree view available

Sunny day on Mars
The Sun has me mesmerised. I keep going back to this image. And have you tried to access It with an iPad and gyroscope turned on? It's amazing.
by Colonel Olrik
2012-05-27 11:17am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Teenager solves 300 year old Newton puzzle
Replies: 13
Views: 4573

Re: Teenager solves 300 year old Newton puzzle

I wish they'd actually said what the problems are, and how he solved them. Or at least given a link to an arxiv paper or something. Is this relevant? http://www.jufo-dresden.de/projekt/teilnehmer/matheinfo/m1 Yes. I'll translate the important bits for you. The title of his presentation is analytica...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-05-27 10:18am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greece to leave the eurozone, says citi chief
Replies: 13
Views: 2499

Re: Greece to leave the eurozone, says citi chief

If the UK reputes the Schengen Agreement I could be in a bit of bother as I am working in the UK under my Greek passport for the past 5 years. If the law is anything like around here, after 5 years you have the right to permanent residence anyway. I'd say you can even apply for a British passport, ...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-05-27 06:49am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greece to leave the eurozone, says citi chief
Replies: 13
Views: 2499

Re: Greece to leave the eurozone, says citi chief

If the UK reputes the Schengen Agreement I could be in a bit of bother as I am working in the UK under my Greek passport for the past 5 years. If the law is anything like around here, after 5 years you have the right to permanent residence anyway. I'd say you can even apply for a British passport, ...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-05-20 02:37pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Companies ditch local languages for English
Replies: 33
Views: 5419

Re: Companies ditch local languages for English

Working for a branch of a multinational company in Germany, it would be insane for me and my colleagues to write reports or even prepare presentations in German instead of English, as it is not productive to spend a huge amount of time doing the unavoidable rewrites further down the line. Some of th...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-05-19 06:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Think Tank Slams Germany's NATO Role
Replies: 77
Views: 5541

Re: US Think Tank Slams Germany's NATO Role

Maybe he means that Germans haven't quite yet managed to convince the world of the value of a diet of bier, würst, sauerkraut and asparagus.
by Colonel Olrik
2012-03-02 05:27pm
Forum: History
Topic: The Space Race Obituary / Milestone / Potpourri Thread
Replies: 30
Views: 11527

Re: The Space Race Obituary Thread

Shep, thanks very much for posting about this books and the links. I've been reading non-stop since I saw them. It's truly fascinating and I've spread them around to some colleagues as well.
by Colonel Olrik
2012-02-15 01:23pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: illustrating hardship in Greece
Replies: 7
Views: 1975

Re: illustrating hardship in Greece

All true, but a 20% difference in the claimed minimum salary is not insignificant. And that's in the future, when and if the new conditions take effect, as right now, the salary is 40% higher than indicated. I disagree with the conditions of all bailout deals, the EU should have made much more to en...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-02-15 04:49am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: illustrating hardship in Greece
Replies: 7
Views: 1975

Re: illustrating hardship in Greece

I don't think that's right. Feel free to correct me, but my info from various sources has been that the current minimum salary in Greece is 751 eur, with the troika demanding a cut of 22%, down to 586. In comparison, the minimum wage in Portugal is 485 eur, and in Spain 641 eur. No clue about the pr...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-02-12 04:18am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek and Portuguese temper - spot the differences
Replies: 7
Views: 1729

Re: Greek and Portuguese temper - spot the differences

Stas Bush wrote:Is this a celebration of Portuguese submissiveness or Greek unruly-ness? Or whatever... not sure.
Me neither. But then again, it wasn't me or you who came up with the acronym PIGS.
by Colonel Olrik
2012-02-12 02:22am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek and Portuguese temper - spot the differences
Replies: 7
Views: 1729

Re: Greek and Portuguese temper - spot the differences

Portugal is trailing Greece by about a year; Also the eurocrats will try harder with Portugal compared to Greece as one sovereign default is an unfortunate accident, two is a pretty clear trend. Let's see what Portugal is like in a year's time before condemning the Greeks as quick to riot. :lol: Th...
by Colonel Olrik
2012-02-11 03:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Greek and Portuguese temper - spot the differences
Replies: 7
Views: 1729

Greek and Portuguese temper - spot the differences

Because it isn't clear enough for too many people.

Lisbon today: more than 300,000 people strong protest in front of the governmental buildings:

(just scroll through the photos)

and, of course, in Greece.