FIFA Scandals, Footbaal Isn't Football Anymore

You probably have heard what has happened to FIFA lately, they are being investigated for possibly everything they have done in the last so 10 years, and their "beloved" President is resigning/forced out of power.

There are multiple problems why FIFA should be disbanded, or someone should form a brand new football federation. It all stems from corruption and dirty "talks", we all suspect that not only Qatar bribed for the World Cup seat, but so did Brazil and Russia.

Think about it, why should a country like QATAR host the World Cup when their spot is totally perfect for football, and they obviously have a good sports team. /s

Ok back to the point, when your country is nothing but desert and the temperature is usually over 45, then that would be a fair point not to host the world cup, and of course they don't have a good football team, but who needs that when you simply can buy it all with oil money?

Yes Qatar, is ridiculously rich that oil money is running so heavily that Qataris are
minorities in their own countries, but yes don't assume that the situation is like in Europe, because that is not the case.

Football should be enjoyed with fun, and not with bribery but when you have a lot of money to spend that surely becomes no problem. The biggest expenditure for the 2022 World Cup, might not be the money spend, but how many lives are lost building the stadium. True accurate statistic are unavailable due to well... you know, but what we do know is that up to 4000 lives might be lost for the World Cup, and if Qatar is stripped out from the World Cup, that would be a massive loss of life, and sometimes should be sued to an International Court.

Are they humans? Depends who you ask, many are stripped from their passport and not paid their full wage, or hardly paid at all. A passport is a fundamental thing to have if you are abroad, getting that taken away from you means that you are totally screwed should your employer hate you, and that is what has happened.


Don't believe me?
Shut up and read/see the following.
Here
Here again
Use your eyes and watch

Pretty much.... 

Kardashev Civilization Scale. What about our tiny humanity?

We have always theorized LGM, or Little Green Men when we fantasize about confronting the aliens. Theorist however thing a little different than most of us, Nikolai Kardashev from Russia have been famous for inventing the "Kardashev" scale. It tells us that there are three types of civilization, and it goes as follow

TYPE 1

This type of civilization is modern enough to harness all the energy available from its home planet, and is able to manipulate the planet structure. Theoretically, this kind of civilization is able to suppress earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disaster. They harness and control energies ranging from wind power to fusion reactor. Such civilization might also have the technology to manufacture anti mater in large or industrial quantities.

They overcame the political and monetary crisis and has achieved a central unitary or federal government that governs the entire planet, it is also widely possible that countries/states might have been abolished altogether in favor of a stronger bonds between humans.

Thus with a strong unitary home planet, such civilization may start to harness the energy and resources of its star system. They may poses technology to mine the asteroid and establish colonies on other planet in the solar system. Massive solar farm in outer space is also a renewable way to create infinite energy from the sun.

TYPE 2

This kind of civilization has gone stellar. After exhausting the resources of its home planet, it looks to the stars for more planets. The kind of technology that they poses is as foreign to us, a
s our technology to a prehistoric humans.

They control their home star energy output with huge a huge sphere that swarms the star with solar panel, effectively harnessing the power of an entire star. Type II play with fire on the atomic scale, they may be able to manipulate stars, and might be able to develop a wormhole for faster space travel.

The kind of government for such civilization is unknown, with severe technological advances, it is unknown whether such civilization would be 100% organic.

A Type II is also immune to extinction, as they can bag their civilization and move it elsewhere should something go bad. This is a kind of civilization that can manipulate an entire star, so a comet hitting their home planet would be the least of their concerns.

TYPE 3

Type I control their planet, Type II control their neighboring star systems and Type III has colonized of has controlled the entire galaxy.

Harnessing the energy from a galaxy is quite a feat, it is unknown how civilizations such as this might fare. Type III probably has the power to control a supermassive blackhole to their advantage. Capturing the energy from quasar, neutron stars and gamma ray burst are technically possible for this kind of civilization.

What kind of life form after this is totally unknown, as cybernetics is getting better and better, it is not clear whether a Type III civilization is biological or not.

TYPE 4

We barely know what kind of technology a type 3 civilization can possess, a Type IIII would be unimaginable to us. This kind of civilization probably has the power and technology to colonize their local galactic cluster.

Unknown "Dark Energy and Dark Matter" would probably be their main source of energy, since normal matter and anti matter are soooo 30,000 AD. They might see normal matter and anti matter as how we look at wood. "We still use it, but there are better things out there."

Where are we on this scale then?

"Correction", we don't actually belong anywhere, we barely have control over our planet. Natural and man made disasters are still a huge problem for us, but we are getting better at minimizing it, at least... So in short, I would say that we are around 0,75 on the scale. As Michio Kaku said, we would reach Type I in around 100-200 years, assuming we have not killed our self with a nuclear war or other kind of WMDs.

War, the dark side of humanity

With the insane brutality of ISIS continues, the Palestinian and Israeli continues their fight and the Russians are invading Ukraine, does that make you uncomfortable?

Well, don`t, if you look it out death by war has drastically dropped, while the global population is at an all time high, it now seems that we life in the most peaceful period of human existence. How is all of this possible?

As you can see, the amount of people killed in a war has drastically decreased since the 1950s, this is part due to a more internationalized world and fighting is now so 19 century. 

While the fighting drops, the human population is at an all time high.

On the left is the major conflicts of the world that has taken 5000+ lives, while on the right is the ongoing conflict that has killed at least 100 lives. Not exactly peaceful, but consider this. Out of all the conflicts in the world today, none are an active war between countries. Instead they are civil war between factions or local conflicts. 

Although we have seen in Syria that civil war is indeed ugly and nasty, their impact is usually smaller than a war between two nations. A war between two states means that both states can mobilize all of their much bigger armed forces, have access to all the states resources and logistic and almost all of the population. The result would be a full blown war and might start the bridge for another world war.

But why has it gone from state vs state war to civil war?

Two words, the cold war and colonization.

As the world grew more and more humanized, colonialism was seen as a bad thing, and countries that had many colonies were forced to give them independence, either by force or diplomacy.

As the cold war dictatorships ended, this removed the only barrier from the point where old ethnic tension was hidden. With the dictator regime gone, the old "ethnic" tension appeared again. This has been seen in Yugoslavia, as Tito died, the strong central government of Yugoslavia got weaker and weaker, to the point where a civil war has sparked.

This is the same with "decolonization", as the "imperialist" government has been removed, old ethnic/religious tensions start again as may spark a civil war. So we can say that most conflict today are in countries, where 60 years ago, they were under foreign control.

But things are getting better!

Back then, a single side victory was much more common, now after 1990, negotiated ending has increased from 10% before 1990 to 60% after 1990.

Suddenly, why have nation states stop attacking each other?

I guess we can say that there are three major reasons for this.

1. Developement from Autocracy to Democracy

Democracies hardly fight each other and there is one simple answer to that, they both want to get reelected, and starting a war is probably not going to get you reelected. Out of all the state vs state wars after 1900, only a very small minority were two democracies fighting each other.

2. Globalization

For the first time ever in human history, people are worth more alive than dead. War is no longer as effective as achieving economic goals now as it has been in the past. Instead of wasting countless of lives and a war that will ravage both economies, it is now better to simply buy the resources from the global market than seizing it by force. People from other states are suddenly more valuable alive than dead, because then they can trade.

3. War was a part of humanity

War was usually the only thing before world war 1 that countries could use should diplomacy and negotiation fail. Today we have multinational treaty that declare all form of aggression illegal and 

armed forces are only legal to be used in self defense, or with permission from the UNSC.

These rules are still broken, but it is now harder to start a war without sparking an international opposition and discontent.

Picture taken from Kurt Gezagt and Wikipedia.

Why you should reconsider your purchase on Apples new MacBook

Foto: Thomas Marynowski

We all know how intimidating it is when Apple releases a new product, whether it is a new iPhone or a new Mac. The new MacBook is of course very elegant and it looks very pretty with its 12 inch screen instead of the standard 13 inch that is adapted by both the Macbook Air and Pro. Apple claims that the new MacBook is a the start of a whole new Ultrabook generation.

Here are 3 reasons why I feel that the new MacBook is a turn off for consumers.

Foto: Thomas Marynowski

Reason 3

The biggest turn on with the product is that it is “revolutionary”, but has Apple gone a step back with only one USB-C input? With only one input, expensive Apple dongles might be needed for adequate amount of connection. Not only the price is the matter, but having dongles also compromises the total portability of the notebook.

Reason 2

Both the Macbook Air and the Macbook Pro are powered by dual core Intel Core i5/i7, but the new Macbook is powered by an Intel M CPU that is fanless, but we all know how it goes in terms of performance. Fanless are almost always slower than their fan cooled CPU counterpart, but at least fanless design offer better battery life? With 8GB RAM and 256 GB Flash storage, the CPU is no doubt the weakest part of the system

Reason 1

Why buy the Macbook when Apple has a much cheaper and better alternative? Apple own Macbook Air is cheaper, has larger screen, more powerful processors and better graphics. But its port are also complete with two USB 3 and one Thunderbolt port.

How to start your own country 101

The national flag of the new Balkan sovereign state, Liberland.

Starting a country might sound like an impossible task, a task that usually involve seceding and a violent revolution. Actually, starting your own sovereign state might not be that difficult on paper. Y

You will need
1. Land unclaimed by another sovereign state.
If you declare your house or your property as an independent state, the country that is sitting on it       would probably ask it back, and if it get too complicated, it will usually be taken back with military     force and guess what? Running a country from a jail cell isn't easy.

2. Form a functioning government and enact basic laws
Parliamentary democracy, monarchy or totalitarian dictatorship? Having a FUNCTIONAL                 government would be good to start with. You and the founding fathers/mothers of a state would         start by forming some basic executive/legislative branches. A constitution is not needed but highly     recommended, so your state won't have a coup d'etat now and then. Flags, emblem and coat of             arms should also be designed. Establishing diplomatic ties is probably a must too, unless you want     to do a North Korea.

3. Having a permanent population
Getting people to live and work in your country on permanent basis, which mean you have to             create jobs and build an infrastructure for your people.


And with three not so easy steps, you have your own state/republic/kingdom.


Read more about the "Free Republic of Liberland" HERE!

The Big 3 With Most Bucks

By statistic, most billionaires in the world are.... rich... ridiculously rich. These three bad boys have more money than a lot of countries in the world, they have made their fortune through hard work and some luck. We are counting the top 3


Number 3

Warren Buffet (born 30 August 1930) hails from the United States and is currently regarded as the most successful investor and businessman in the 20th century. He has a network of multiple massive investing companies around the world, most notably the Berkshire Hathaway. In 2012, it was estimated that he holds a fortune of around $53 billion.

Even though he is insanely rich, he is known for his modest and moderate lifestyle. He is still living in the suburban house that he bought in 1957 for $31 500. He is also a member of the Gates Foundations, and is expected to donate around $43 billion.





Number 2

Carlos Slim Helu (born 28 January 1940) is a Mexican businessman that is currently controlling big portion of telephone companies such as Telmex. Through America Movil, he has built his telephone empire through big portions of Latin America. In 2011, his fortune was around $74 billion, compared to Gates $56 and Buffets $50.

He is currently fighting for the throne of the richest person in the world against the reigning Bill Gates.






Number 1

Bill Williams Gates (born 28 October 1955) is one of the main founders of the mega corporation Microsoft. If you are using anything that is related to computers, chances are you are making him richer and richer.

Gates started to program computers in 1968 when he was just 13 years old. In 1973 he started at Harvard University and got known with Paul Allen, that eventually became his partner when founding Microsoft. His fortune now is around $79 billion.

Even though he is the richest person on planet earth, he is also one of the most generous. He has helped African countries against diseases such as Malaria and with his wife, founded the Gates Foundation.





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Chile's State of Emergency

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Twin blasts from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile emitted this large cloud of volcanic ash that shot 12 km up into the sky. Eruption of this volcano is usually rare, its last eruption was more than 4 decades ago. The ashes has covered cities in dangerous volcanic ash, many houses are at risk of roof collapse due to the weight of the ashes. The ashes also went as far as the neighboring  Argentina. The eruption took officials by surprise, the President of the republic has now declared state of emergency.

Scary... (David Cortes Serey/AFP/Getty Images)

Tension and fear is high in towns surrounding Chile's Calbuco volcano, after the sleeping giant awoke this week, sending spectacular plumes of ash into the sky.

This week was the volcano's first eruption in 42 years. The blasts that began Wednesday, creating a remarkable scene of smoke plumes and ash shooting more than 6 miles into the sky. Calbuco had another spectacular outburst early Thursday with lightning crackling through a dark sky turned reddish orange by the explosion. More smoke was seen coming from the volcano Friday, and experts warn it could erupt again. -TWC
                                                                                                                                                   

In other news, our satellites continue monitoring the #ChileVolcanCalbuco eruption: http://t.co/cyGDZQB6fQ pic.twitter.com/NrsweuYAsR

— NASA (@NASA) 25. april 2015