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The best way to fight piracy and copyright violations is to join the boycott (of products made in China, which includes Taiwan province and Hong Kong) started by Dr. Wattenburg in the West Coast of the USA. Hurt the Chinese in the pocket book, and they will learn to respect intellectual property.

Nonetheless, we can do 2 things to protect ourselves. First, download and install FireFox. Use it for all secure transactions (i.e. "https") on the web. Set the security on your Internet Explorer to "HIGH", disabling Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, etc. Use Internet Explorer only for casual browsing.

On my computer, Internet Explorer is slightly faster for casual browsing than FireFox because Explorer is more tightly integrated into the operating system.

Anyhow, the second thing that you can do to protect yourself and the rest of Western society is to join the boycott of products that are "Made in China". It is having an effect on the West Coast. The boycott includes products made in Hong Kong and Taiwan province. Hurt the Chinese economy, and you will slap the Chinese to attention, forcing the brutes to fix the problem with spammers, etc.

Nonetheless, we can do 2 things to protect ourselves. First, download and install FireFox. Use it for all secure transactions (i.e. "https") on the web. Set the security on your Internet Explorer to "HIGH", disabling Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, etc. Use Internet Explorer only for casual browsing.

On my computer, Internet Explorer is slightly faster for casual browsing than FireFox because Explorer is more tightly integrated into the operating system.

Anyhow, the second thing that you can do to protect yourself and the rest of Western society is to join the boycott of products that are "Made in China". It is having an effect on the West Coast. The boycott includes products made in Hong Kong and Taiwan province. Hurt the Chinese economy, and you will slap the Chinese to attention, forcing the brutes to fix the problem with spammers, etc.

Once this hybrid HD-DVD becomes popular, the Chinese will mass produce it and drive the price to $1.00. The Chinese will outright steal the technology and will not pay royalties to Toshiba.

Worse, the Chinese will then apply for a patent, in China (which includes Taiwan province and Hong Kong), on the very same technology. Of course, Beijing will award the patent to some dastardly Chinese company. So, if Toshiba sells its HD-DVD in China, Toshiba will be forced to pay royalties to a Chinese company for technology that was developed by Toshiba engineers.

Such behavior goes beyond disgusting.

Taipei has told both Japan and the Philippines to back off from the Senkaku Islands and the Spratly Islands because these Islands are supposedly "Chinese territory". Taiwanese high schools teach that Tibet is rightfully part of China, and the Taiwanese constitution insists that Tibet should be integrated into "One China".

The West is the most popular destination of Taiwanese emigration. The second most popular destination is mainland China. (reference: "Los Angeles Times")

The best thing to do is to get something like "Spybot Search & Destroy" to eradicate spyware.

Imagine "downloading" the thoughts of a Chinese torturer into the brain of a Tibetan nun. In short, we have brainwashing and zombies.

Scary stuff.

IBM has handed 6% of the market for PC's to a Chinese company. HP and Dell will be hurt bad by this move. They will be forced to brutalize their workers just like the Chinese companies; otherwise, HP and Dell will be priced out of the market.

Chinese engineers and Indian engineers are willing to work 70 hours per week, effectively receiving a per-hour wage approaching the minimum wage. The only way for AOL to compete is to treat its employees just as horribly. After this new layoff, look to AOL hiring a batch of H-1Bs.

The problem is Chinese engineers (i.e. including those from Taiwan province and Hong Kong). Most Chinese engineers cannot write and speak in intelligible English. The example mentioned in the article is the perfect example of an H-1B engineer who cannot communicate in English.

The problem is Chinese engineers (i.e. including those from Taiwan province and Hong Kong). Most Chinese engineers cannot write and speak in intelligible English. The example mentioned in the article is the perfect example of an H-1B engineer who cannot communicate in English.

Despite all the hoopla, the USA is not the greatest danger to the environment. We Americans are making steady progress. Note that Honda is technically an American automobile company since Honda does more than 50% of its manufacturing in the USA.

The greatest threat to the environment is China. The Chinese have been overwhelmingly burning coal. Coal horribly pollutes the environment and unloads tons of radioactive material into the air.

Given the current rate of pollution in China, once it reaches Singapore's level of economic development, the level of pollution in China will exceed that in the USA. India is equally horrible.

Despite all the hoopla, the USA is not the greatest danger to the environment. We Americans are making steady progress. Note that Honda is technically an American automobile company since Honda does more than 50% of its manufacturing in the USA.

The greatest threat to the environment is China. The Chinese have been overwhelmingly burning coal. Coal horribly pollutes the environment and unloads tons of radioactive material into the air.

Given the current rate of pollution in China, once it reaches Singapore's level of economic development, the level of pollution in China will exceed that in the USA. India is equally horrible.

Has anyone thought about creating a board game that teaches good values? I am not referring to Christian good values. I am referring to good values that are independent of any religion.

Come on. Slashdot is full of smart people. Can't someone invent a game that teaches human rights and other good values, is fun, and omits the teaching of any religion?

I've focused enough on the government. Let's focus on the Chinese people. Most of them support the actions of their government in censoring information.

Look at your American universities. The engineering and business classes are overflowing with Chinese folks. Now, look at meetings of Amnesty International. My. My. The Chinese are woefully underrepresented at such meetings. Why? They talk about all sorts of "offensive things" like (1) fighting censorship, (2) freedom of speech, (3) freedom of assembly, etc.

If you want to know why China failed as a society, shove a mirror in front of a Chinese national. The answer is in the mirror.

Look at Taiwan. The educational attainment of the Taiwanese is substantially higher than that of the American, yet Taiwan is an inferior society. Why?

Look at Korea. Same arguments apply. The sex ratio at birth (SRB) of males to females is 1.20. Why can't the "super" intellect of the Korean reach the conclusion that females have equal value to males? The answer is that such a conclusion cannot be reached by intelligence. Such a conclusion is based solely on morality.

Saving the best for last, look at the mainland Chinese. They flood American universities. They are overrepresented in the engineering/business classes. Yet, they are underrepresented at meetings of Amnesty International.

The Chinese have high educational attainment but shockingly low compassion. The result that is that "dumb" Americans have created a far better society.

The civilian version of Pentium II has been discontinued, but the military version lives on. Remember the 486? Supposedly, it is not being sold as a commercial processor, but the military version is alive and well. Gao Zhan was caught in trying to buy and to transfer several radiation-hardened 486 chips to Beijing. By the way, Gao Zhan is a permanent resident (i.e. green card holder) of the USA.

The Chinese have an army of spies in the USA, and one of their top targets is technology related to unmanned aerial drones. The photo snapped in Australia is likely an image of a experimental Chinese drone gone awry. The Chinese launched the drone off the coast of Australia and attemped to use it to spy on Australian civilian targets.

Case in point is China. We have precise quantitive information about the dollar amount that software piracy has ripped off of American programmers and their businesses. In fact, piracy is so rampant, that the going price for Windows XP in China is less than a dollar on the black market.

I'd be willing to bet $100 that the Internet has been a net negative for writers and singers.

Mexican government intervention has destroyed jobs in Mexico, sending millions of Mexican illegal aliens into the USA. Mexican illegal aliens have completely destroyed wages in the market for unskilled labor.

Further, the Indian government and the Chinese government do not enforce workers' rights and do not protect the environment. Hence, American companies are at a competitive disadvantage to Indian/Chinese companies. American companies then outsource the jobs to India and China, destroying opportunities in the USA.

The jobs that remain in the USA have acquired grueling working conditions in order to be "competitive" with jobs in India and China. Thanks are due to H-1B workers for 80 hour work weeks in Silicon Valley.

Chinese nationals, in particular, pose a security risk for the USA. Their claims to Tibet are particularly disconcerting.

These kinds of experiments in mind communication probably should be classified as top secret. Imagine what the Chinese would do if they perfected mind-to-mind communication. Do the words "mental rape" or "mental torture" suggest anything?

I could imagine a scenario where a Tibetan nun is arrested by the Chinese. She knows the whereabouts of the new Dalai Lama, and the Chinese hook her up to the mind of a Chinese colonel. The colonel then mentally rapes and tortures her until she yields the requested information.

Scary stuff.

We modify it for installation on an intermediate ballastic missile (IBM). Suppose that we fire it at a cluster of Chinese soldiers near a prison where Tibetan women and children are being held hostage. Naturally, the soldiers will disperse as the air raid siren sounds. However, the sensor will detect clusters of fleeing soldiers and signal the guidance system of the IBM. The IBM corrects course and aims directly at the largest cluster of soldiers, killing all of them.

If Internet news is your main source of news, then I suggest that you use Yahoo! News as the starting point of your daily perusal of news. Yahoo! lists only Western news sources, which are usually American. The quality is high. AP (American) and AFP (French) have feeds directly into Yahoo!.

You get cheaper DVDs, but you die from a rabies bite from a squirrel because you cannot afford to see a doctor.

Better yet, do you like the idea of indirectly supporting the torture of Tibetans at the hands of the Chinese?

As for offshoring, it damages worker's rights and environment in the USA. Chinese companies do not pay the cost of worker's rights and privileges (e.g. disability insurance) and the cost of protecting the environment. Hence, Chinese companies can undercut American companies.

If you see a product that is "Made in China" or "Made in India", simply do not buy it. As investments in Eastern Europe increase, you can find alternative products that are made there. Unlike the Chinese, Eastern Europeans are committed to Western values (e.g. worker's rights and environmental protection). Buy "Made in Poland" or "Made in Slovakia" (like the tail lights on my car).

As for offshoring, it damages worker's rights and environment in the USA. Chinese companies do not pay the cost of worker's rights and privileges (e.g. disability insurance) and the cost of protecting the environment. Hence, Chinese companies can undercut American companies.

If you see a product that is "Made in China" or "Made in India", simply do not buy it. As investments in Eastern Europe increase, you can find alternative products that are made there. Unlike the Chinese, Eastern Europeans are committed to Western values (e.g. worker's rights and environmental protection). Buy "Made in Poland" or "Made in Slovakia" (like the tail lights on my car).

So, why would the Chinese pursue it? The reason is that they want to grab a sample of Martian bacteria. It would be an excellent addition to their arensal of biological weapons.

PEG would be most effective in healing the spinal injuries inflicted by Chinese soldiers against Tibetan women and children, but how can we deliver PEG to the Tibetans within the time window?

The source of the counterfeit goods is China (which includes Taiwan province and Hong Kong).

So, the lesson is to first check whether your Treo 600 is the real McCoy. You may be using a fake. For safety's sake, do not put the device next to your head until you have ascertained its origin.

So, the lesson is to first check whether your Treo 600 is the real McCoy. You may be using a fake. For safety's sake, do not put the device next to your head until you have ascertained its origin.

Right now, the single greatest threat to American intelligence agencies is the Chinese. The Chinese have an aggressive program to acquire the latest military technology developed at America's weapons laboratories. Indeed, the Taiwanese immigrant community has supplied the largest number of spies for Beijing.

Requiring clear identification of all federal employees is acceptable at this juncture in time. Banning Islamic foreign students and Chinese students (including those from Taiwan province and Hong Kong) from federally funded projects at American universities is also acceptable.

Right now, the single greatest threat to American intelligence agencies is the Chinese. The Chinese have an aggressive program to acquire the latest military technology developed at America's weapons laboratories. Indeed, the Taiwanese immigrant community has supplied the largest number of spies for Beijing.

Requiring clear identification of all federal employees is acceptable at this juncture in time. Banning Islamic foreign students and Chinese students (including those from Taiwan province and Hong Kong) from federally funded projects at American universities is also acceptable.

World War II has ended. The year is 1951, and the Chinese have invaded Tibet, killing hundreds of thousands of women and children.

The movie starts with a close-up shot of a Chinese soldier shoving his boot into the mouth of a 7-year-old Tibetan as the child lies face up to the ceiling. The child's face is speckled with the blood of his mother, who was just raped and killed by the soldier. A Chinese captain walks by the child and shoots a bullet between the kid's eyes. Then, the camera fades and re-focuses on an older Indiana Jones, perusing some ancient Buddhist texts.

Ultimately, Indiana Jones accepts a mission to rescue an ancient relic in the Tibetan mountains.

This plot is topical because the Chinese are brutally occupying Tibet even today. Further, Harrison Ford is a Buddhist, and this plot would be right up his alley.

World War II has ended. The year is 1951, and the Chinese have invaded Tibet, killing hundreds of thousands of women and children.

The movie starts with a close-up shot of a Chinese soldier shoving his boot into the mouth of a 7-year-old Tibetan as the child lies face up to the ceiling. The child's face is speckled with the blood of his mother, who was just raped and killed by the soldier. A Chinese captain walks by the child and shoots a bullet between the kid's eyes. Then, the camera fades and re-focuses on an older Indiana Jones, perusing some ancient Buddhist texts.

Ultimately, Indiana Jones accepts a mission to rescue an ancient relic in the Tibetan mountains.

This plot is topical because the Chinese are brutally occupying Tibet even today. Further, Harrison Ford is a Buddhist, and this plot would be right up his alley.

World War II has ended. The year is 1951, and the Chinese have invaded Tibet, killing hundreds of thousands of women and children.

The movie starts with a close-up shot of a Chinese soldier shoving his boot into the mouth of a 7-year-old Tibetan as the child lies face up to the ceiling. The child's face is speckled with the blood of his mother, who was just raped and killed by the soldier. A Chinese captain walks by the child and shoots a bullet between the kid's eyes. Then, the camera fades and re-focuses on an older Indiana Jones, perusing some ancient Buddhist texts.

Ultimately, Indiana Jones accepts a mission to rescue an ancient relic in the Tibetan mountains.

This plot is topical because the Chinese are brutally occupying Tibet even today. Further, Harrison Ford is a Buddhist, and this plot would be right up his alley.

World War II has ended. The year is 1951, and the Chinese have invaded Tibet, killing hundreds of thousands of women and children.

The movie starts with a close-up shot of a Chinese soldier shoving his boot into the mouth of a 7-year-old Tibetan as the child lies face up to the ceiling. The child's face is speckled with the blood of his mother, who was just raped and killed by the soldier. A Chinese captain walks by the child and shoots a bullet between the kid's eyes. Then, the camera fades and re-focuses on an older Indiana Jones, perusing some ancient Buddhist texts.

Ultimately, Indiana Jones accepts a mission to rescue an ancient relic in the Tibetan mountains.

This plot is topical because the Chinese are brutally occupying Tibet even today. Further, Harrison Ford is a Buddhist, and this plot would be right up his alley.

A side issue is the sale of sensitive technology to Lenovo, which may have connections to the Chinese military.

In my opinion, IBM should sell its operations to a European company or a Japanese company. For the latter, I suggest Toshiba. It currently sells laptops that use a finger mouse just like the one in IBM's current notebooks. For the former, I suggest some Eastern European company. Eastern Europe could use the work. Also, Poland currently has many personal computer manufacturers.

IBM may receive a small-ish price from an Eastern European company, but there are larger issues here. IBM management should ponder its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and help to expand Western culture. Unlike the Chinese, the Eastern Europeans are certainly committed to Western values.

A side issue is the sale of sensitive technology to Lenovo, which may have connections to the Chinese military.

In my opinion, IBM should sell its operations to a European company or a Japanese company. For the latter, I suggest Toshiba. It currently sells laptops that use a finger mouse just like the one in IBM's current notebooks. For the former, I suggest some Eastern European company. Eastern Europe could use the work. Also, Poland currently has many personal computer manufacturers.

IBM may receive a small-ish price from an Eastern European company, but there are larger issues here. IBM management should ponder its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and help to expand Western culture. Unlike the Chinese, the Eastern Europeans are certainly committed to Western values.

One thing to keep in mind is that as NASA increasingly off loads its work to private companies, NASA must ensure that none of the private companies are fronts for the Chinese military. In the past, the People's Liberation Army (more realistically known as the torturers of Tibetans) has set up numerous front companies to buy the latest American technology. If we do not remain vigilant, then the Chinese will have access to our very best aerospace technology and will ultimately use it to weaponize space.

By contrast, Google News frequently provides links to the "Chinese People's Daily". For this reason, I no longer read Google News.

Screening a news source is not censorship in the usual sense. Here screening is not an attempt to hide the facts. Rather screening is an attempt to accept only accurate articles written by reputable Westerners.

The majority of spam comes from China (which includes Taiwan province and Hong Kong). These folks have no regard for another person's privacy.

If anyone is interested, I am willing to volunteer some Perl code for bombarding spam sites like those in China.

Hopefully, the inventors of this technology have not revealed its intricacies to the Chinese; otherwise, their military forces will benefit.

These machine-gun robots is the perfect answer to a Chinese wave attack. I could imagine them being amphibious. On a fine morning like 2006 December 7, millions of them would rise up out of the ocean tide and onto the beaches of China. They would march relentless across China, killing all the Chinese soldiers.

The final destination would be Tibet.

As that old Negro spiritual goes, "[Tibet,]free at last! [Buddha] all mighty! Free at last!"

These machine-gun robots is the perfect answer to a Chinese wave attack. I could imagine them being amphibious. On a fine morning like 2006 December 7, millions of them would rise up out of the ocean tide and onto the beaches of China. They would march relentless across China, killing all the Chinese soldiers.

The final destination would be Tibet.

As that old Negro spiritual goes, "Free at last [for Tibet]. [Buddha] all mighty! Free at last!"

This vaccine will likely ensure that Chinese culture and its perverse mentality will survive.

Hence, I am ambivalent about this vaccine.

The idea is not to ignore American spammers. The idea is that if we punish American spammers, we should also punish Chinese spammers. The USA has something called "Super 301", which is used to punish unfair trade partners like Taiwan. Let's amend "Super 301" to also punish Chinese spammers.

Powell was a voice of reason in the current administration. He knew that the Iraqis would likely reject Westernization, and he did not want to see American boys dying needless for scum like the Iraqis.

Another example of Powell's intellect is his poignant comments about Taiwan. Powell knows that the Taiwanese support almost all the geopolitical objectives of Beijing, including the occupation of Tibet. Powell stated, in a Freudian slip, that Taiwan is not a nation; therefore, it is not something for which American soldiers should die.

With the departure of Powell, I fear the worst in Iraq. We must get our soldiers out of Iraq. I do not want to see them dying for Iraqi pigs or Taiwanese pigs.

Punishing American spammers but letting the Chinese off seems awfully unfair to me.

One thing that the Chinese have planned is to install a particle-beam laser battlestation in low earth orbit. Not coincidentally, Peter Lee, a Taiwanese immigrant to the USA, was arrested and punished for giving top-secret laser technology to Beijing. Also, not coincidentally, another Taiwanese immigrant to the USA gave neutron bomb technology to Beijing, according to the Cox Report produced by a Congressional committee on national security in the early 80s.