Iran plans 'Islamic Google Earth'

[JayAtl]

More claims of grandeur from Iran, adding to to stock they have invested in being the world's most entertaining source for news

The Iranian authorities have long accused Google Earth of being a tool for western spy agencies, but now they have taken their attacks on the 3D mapping service one step further – by planning the launch of an "Islamic" competitor.

Iran's minister for information and communications technology, Mohammad Hassan Nami, announced this week that his country was developing what he described as an "Islamic Google Earth" to be called Basir (spectator in Farsi) which will be ready for use "within the next four months".

Speaking to the Guardian, two users in Tehran, using different internet service providers, gave opposing accounts of their access to Google Earth, one saying the virtual globe was accessible while the other one said it was blocked.

"They have claimed to run their service in four months and said their data centre capacity will reach Google's size in three years," he said. "Three-year project, no business model and only relying on government funding, a piece of cake indeed … To have a data centre with such capacity and security level they need power stations, cooler systems, bandwidth, etc, which will require billions of dollars of investment that doesn't fit with Iran's sanctions-hit economy."

Experts, however, have serious doubts about the project. An IT consultant who has worked on Iran's national internet project in the past said the announcement was merely an excuse to obtain funds and secure working contracts for the future.

 

[Surenas]

At least they manage to feed their own people.

 

[Persian Achaemenid Empire]

This JayTai is just sad because I said he is a slave for the white man.
He thinks by posting Iranians news that he is trolling.

dude, you're doing a nice job. keep posting news. I cbb today posting news so you're doing it for me.

Today you're slave for the Persians it seems.

 

[JayAtl]

Iran’s Economy in Freefall as Oil Revenue Plummets Iran’s Economy in Freefall as Oil Revenue Plummets | Via Meadia

Indian saying that others have delusions of grandeur is like a donkey calling a person "stubborn"
Iran is a million times more civilized and capable than India and despite all sanctions is progressing at an impressive rate.

profound words from the two sources that are the world's envy.

 

[Surenas]

Iran’s Economy in Freefall as Oil Revenue Plummets Iran’s Economy in Freefall as Oil Revenue Plummets | Via Meadia

Read this my cow-loving friend:

The image of Iran's economy as oil, carpets, and pistachios was always flawed, but has now become badly dated. The Islamic Republic is in the midst of a non-oil export boom -- it has the potential to remain a middle-income country even with no oil exports, and the reserves to finance the transition in the meantime. For years, Iran's leaders called for reduced reliance on oil but did little to meet that goal. Western sanctions have seemingly spurred them to action -- in his annual Nowruz address on March 21, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei acknowledged for the first time that restrictions on the country's oil exports had made a serious impact: "The sanctions have had an effect, which is because of an essential flaw that we are suffering from. The flaw that our economy is suffering from is that it is dependent on oil." He also acknowledged that Iran's "economic weakness" had led to "harsh conditions for certain groups of people." Rather than change Iranian nuclear policy, however, he argued, "We can turn every threat into an opportunity...The sanctions caused the massive domestic capacities of the Iranian nation to become activated."

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In short, even with reduced oil income due to sanctions, Iran's government finances are doing as well as (or better) than those of the United States and most other industrial countries.

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Thus far, international sanctions have focused on decreasing Iran's oil income, but Tehran has apparently decided to accept the immediate pain while promoting a smaller role for oil, undercutting the West's strategy. In fact, the regime's approach is good for Iran in the long term. To quote OPEC founder Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, oil has often been the devil's curse, encouraging a windfall mentality that impedes growth.

Exploring alternative Western strategies requires a fuller study, but a few implications of this analysis merit mention. One is that extending sanctions to cover all Iranian exports would be very difficult. Getting Turkey, China, India, and others to give up Iranian oil was hard enough; persuading them not to buy Iranian fertilizer would be even tougher. One reason they will be reluctant to take that extra step is because revenue from non-oil exports does not go directly to the government, but to private firms (though many of these are largely owned by government-related entities). Iran is therefore unlikely to be crippled by any sanctions the West could impose.

Another point is that the increasing non-oil exports enrich the middle class and reduce the government's weight in the economy. Fears that sanctions might hollow out the modern middle class, as happened in Iraq during the Saddam era, are misplaced. Instead, all those Iranian merchants scrambling to become exporters portend a stronger civil society -- one that might someday convince Tehran to abandon its isolationist policies. Yet it would be imprudent to rest one's hopes for resolution of the nuclear impasse on such a possibility.

Iran Beyond Oil? - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 

[Rusty]

Iran’s Economy in Freefall as Oil Revenue Plummets Iran’s Economy in Freefall as Oil Revenue Plummets | Via Meadia





profound words from the two sources that are the world's envy.

Stop worrying so much about the world and start worrying about how to feed your 500 million + slarving

 

[JayAtl]

Stop worrying so much about the world and start worrying about how to feed your 500 million + slarving

lol and he did not comprehend. not surprsing

 

[Rusty]

lol and he did not comprehend. not surprsing

what is there to comprehend?
Low IQ Indians throwing rocks at other people while not realizing they are living a country with the world's largest starving population

If I lived in a country like India, the last thing I would do is go around bashing other people.

 

[JayAtl]

If Pakistan is a failed state then what is India with it's 500 million plus starving population ?
There is a reason you people are known as the "slum dog millionaire" country



what is there to comprehend?
Low IQ Indians throwing rocks at other people while not realizing they are living a country with the world's largest starving population

If I lived in a country like India, the last thing I would do is go around bashing other people.

what was not surprising is you did not comprehend the obvious. One thing I like to know is how does the world's pariah and terrorist haven , where even Osama found years of peaceful living lecture Indians? with what face do you go after Indians? If even internationally we trounce you on how successful we are as an immigrant group... where does this bluster to attack Indians come ALA " teaching them how to run their country"?

 

[MilSpec]

Indian saying that others have delusions of grandeur is like a donkey calling a person "stubborn"
Iran is a million times more civilized and capable than India and despite all sanctions is progressing at an impressive rate.

sure... whatever floats your boat...

 

[EzioAltaïr]

If Pakistan is a failed state then what is India with it's 500 million plus starving population ?
There is a reason you people are known as the "slum dog millionaire" country

Bold claim from a country which actually works with the people who throw missiles at them from the sky.

Come up with a legit source for the figure, or else go cry in a corner.

what is there to comprehend?
Low IQ Indians throwing rocks at other people while not realizing they are living a country with the world's largest starving population

In case you haven't realized already he lives in the US. Which just shows more about your comprehension problems.

If I lived in a country like India, the last thing I would do is go around bashing other people.

And yet you originate from a country much worse and think it's your God-given right to bash.

 

[SHAMK9]

Im guessin Israel won't be on irani google earth

 

[somebozo]

Ok so what exactly is Islamic google earth? Lets have Islamic GPS as well? Islamic SatNav? Islamic GSM? Islamic Thuraya? Did i miss anything?

 

[Cyberian]

LOL , this is actually the most hilarious thing I have read today. It's not the attempt to create something new that's funny but rather the reason. So basically , they want to create an Islamic version of this. LOL , ok , then why stop at this? Why not go further. This google earth won't be Islamic since 90% of the technologies used will be innovations of western scientists. So yeah , they should start by creating Islamic fire , then Islamic wheel , Islamic pencil, islamic pen, then Islamic printing press , then Islamic steam engine ,islamic diesel engine, then islamic electricity ,islamic light bulb ,then islamic semiconductors and valves , then Islamic C++ , then Islamic Java , etc etc etc Then they can use all that to create a 99% pure Islamic Google Earth.

Pakistan and Bangladesh did not used to be Islamic, but they're Islamic today.

 

[Ayush]

wtf,why do you have to relate everything to islam???