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ekşisözlük'teki son güzel espiri buydu galiba.

There were hints of what happened between the Jedi and the Sith in the formative years of the Force. While the Force itself always existed, learning how to use it, and how to train others to use it, took time. "The Force was developed on Tython, discovered by these pre-Jedi philosophers. They came into conflict about what it means and how it should be addressed." Erickson explains. This conflict split the people in two. "What the Jedi call the Dark Side, and what came to be known as the Dark Side, these people believed that life should be about emotion. They believed you should be unrestrained, that the galaxy wants us to love and lust and kill and make art and cry and dream..." he trails off. I imagine him sitting on a throne, lightsaber under his right hand. This conversation started as two Star Wars fans chatting about the expanded universe, but now I'm starting to understand the draw of the Sith.

What happened to these hedonistic followers of the Force? "They get chased out of the galaxy. In fact, in the lore, chased to the point where the Jedi believe they are dead. This is very close to genocide! The Jedi believe these people to be unredeemable." 

He points out that we've only be presented one side of the story. If you grew up among these people, you have a very different story. "You know there is an Emperor, and that he saved your people's very existence, and there is a society out there larger than you, who deemed your people and your religion not worthy to exist."

Başımı açmam demiş adam.

Ama bir Jedi şövalyesi olarak hayatını adalet ve medeniyet için mütemadiyen mücadele vermeye adamış olan Jarvis bu özrü burun kıvırarak geri çevirdi ve bu ayrılıkçı uygulamaya karşı kesin  ve büyük zaferi kazanmak için mahkemeye gitme kararı aldı.

 Jarvis, “Ben bir Star Wars havarisiyim. Bu da Jedi’ın yolundan gitmek anlamına geliyor. Mahklemeye gitme nedenim kapüşonumla başımı örtmek istemem ve dinimin de buna izin veriyor olmasıdır” dedi.

Başkan hep aynı hep aynı. Bu arada faydalı doktora tezleri de yazılabiliyormuş görmüş olduk :)

"Aytaç Durak dönemi neoliberal belediyecilik pratiğinin en önemli uygulama örneklerinden birisi. Durak döneminde belediyecilik 'başkanla' özdeşleşti; başkan merkezli bir yapı gelişti. Özelleştirme şampiyonu Durak kendi deyimiyle başkanlık koltuğu hariç her şeyi özelleştirdi. Bu, zamanla özel sermayeyle işbirliğine evrildi. Durak'ın mal varlığı bu dönemde artmaya başladı."

"Yerel Demokrasi, Katılım ve Yönetişim: Adana Örneği" başlıklı tezinde Adana belediyesine odaklanan Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi'nden Dr. Taylan Koç, Türkiye'de en uzun süre belediye başkanlığı yaparak bugüne kadar gelen Aytaç Durak'ın her dönem seçilmesini şöyle açıklıyor:

"26 yıldır birlikte çalıştığı ve Adana halkını çok iyi tanıyan bir ekibi var. Nerede ne konuşulacağını, hangi mahallede nelerin talep edildiğini bilen ve halkın nabzını çok iyi tutan bu ekip Durak'ın projelerini şekillendirirken çok işe yaradı. Durak yerel medyayı da kullanarak yaptığı her projeyi itirazsız bir biçimde kabul ettirebildi. Adanalılar ucuz toplu taşıma ve ekmeğin yanı sıra şehrin güneyden kuzeye taşınmasını tüm sorunlu kısımlarına rağmen sağlayan Durak'a hangi partiden aday olursa olsun oy verdi."

Basit de olsa ilk Android uygulamamızı bugün yayınladık. Vatana millete hayırlı olsun. Bundan sonra başka Android uygulamaları da yazacağım ama senin yerin hep ayrı olacak.

Yüklemek için yukarıdaki QR kodunu Barcode Scanner ile okutabilir veya Android Market uygulamasında 'sendmap' diye aratabilirsiniz.

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Farmville oynamıyorum ama Harvest Moon'u Nintendo DS'te zevkle oynamıştım. Bunu da oynarım herhalde.

Harvest Moon, which many consider as the inspiration to Facebook gaming king FarmVille from Zynga, will see several browser-based social game releases thanks to Japanese developer and publisher Marvelous Entertainment.

The company looks to put out five to six titles designed for social networking services, according to a report from the Nikkei Industrial Journal translated by Andriasang. It's expecting to begin releasing those games this summer.

The 14-year-old series has seen dozens of releases, ports, and spin-offs on a multitude of home console, portable, digital download, and mobile platforms, so this move to spread the franchise to popular services like Facebook isn't surprising.

Marvelous didn't disclose any gameplay details behind the projects or specific strategies for attracting FarmVille's 83 million fans to its own farming simulator, but the publisher says it "aims to use its game development knowhow to deliver full game experiences."

... yerine "hocu bu yaz Çin'e gidiyoruz di mi?" muhabbeti başlar.

China To Connect Its High Speed Rail All The Way To Europe

by Bridgette Meinhold, 03/15/10

Photo by Benjamin Lowy

China already has the most advanced and extensive high speed rail line in the world, and soon that network will be connected all the way to Europe and the UK! With initial negotiations and surveys already complete, China is now making plans to connect its high speed rail line through 17 other countries in Asia and Eastern Europe in order to connect to the existing infrastructure in the EU. Additional rail lines will also be built into South East Asia as well as Russia, in what will likely become the largest infrastructure project in history.

... kişisel gerileyiş kitabı.

Bu aralar içimdeki öküze OHA demekle meşgulüm. Yazar Bülent Akyürek kendi deyimiyle ''toplumu uyuşturan'' kişisel gelişim kitaplarına kendine has tatlı-sert üslubuyla, akıcı bir dille eleştiri oklarını saplıyor. Farklı arayışlar içinde olanlara tavsiye edilir.

18 kaşık şeker mi? Korkunç gerçekten.

A venture capitalist who knows the business intimately cited Starbucks as a company that has recognised and responded brilliantly to a cultural need. The caffeine and sugar in the coffee, with their energising effects, are certainly part of the equation, but the chain also offers something much more primal. "It's about warm milk and a bottle," he says. "One of my colleagues said, 'If I could put a nipple on it, I'd be a multimillionaire'."

But it was thinking creatively about how to attract more consumers that led Starbucks to the Frappuccino, the venture capitalist told me. Although its stores were crowded early in the day, by afternoon "they were so empty you could roll a bowling ball through them". The creation of a rich, sweet and comforting milkshake-like concoction utterly transformed the business. A Starbucks Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino comes with whipped cream and 18 teaspoons of sugar: all in all, this "drink" contains more calories than a personal-size pepperoni pizza, and more sweetness than six scoops of ice-cream. By encouraging us to consider any occasion for food an opportunity for pleasure and reward, the industry invites us to indulge a lot more often.