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  1. Get your priorities straight! by z4pp4 · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Pushes Windows To Battle Linux In Africa

    People obviously don't know shit of what is happenning in Africa. Just last week there were more violence in the DRC. People have responded to the current economic collapse by eating less. How much will it matter to them whether Linux or Windows are installed on their computers?
    Power cuts here in Nigeria happens every day. You have malaria, aids, corrupt politicians and a hundred other problems here. The roads are in dire need of repair. The Niger delta is in a state of emergency thanks to MEND.

    Trust me, it doesn't mean shit. Anyways, when people want something here, they do not care about things like copy protection, they just take it.

    Why are people always so emotional about the small things, and totally miss the big things?
    Penny wise, pound foolish.

  2. I would cut down on the copper wire thieves. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Replacing Copper With Pencil Graphite

    After recent rash of copper and metal thief, I hope this will cut down on cooper and metal thieves... if Darwin doesn't win first:

    http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid= 44907
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/us/17brfs-copper .html?ex=1185336000&en=a76b664a9720e53d&ei=5055&pa rtner=RRCOLUMBUS
    http://www.wyff4.com/news/9484796/detail.html
    http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,217 2,152949,00.html

  3. Re:Can I give you two pieces of free advice? by The+Cydonian · · Score: 1 · on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami
    The waves that washed over the Maldives were about 1 meter high. The ones that hit the Seychelles weren't much higher. Very few deaths in both places.
    Point taken on continental shelves, but just a clarification: the waves that hit Seychelles were 2 m high. Also, note that these island groups are rather removed from the "real" scene of action; heck, they aren't even in the Bay of Bengal in the first place.
  4. Re:Difficult to detect / prevent by danamania · · Score: 1 · on Quake and Tsunami Devastate South Asia

    Amazing what a little time brings up.

    African & Seychelles tides and a little more info here.

  5. Re:Geez.... by The+Cydonian · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Quake and Tsunami Devastate South Asia
    Based in Singapore, and am just off calling folks back home in India (and elsewhere).

    Felt nothing here *in* Singapore myself, but guys, I can't tell you how awed by the sheer REGION this covered; there was a 2m wave in, hold your breath, Seychelles which is about twice as far from Indonesia as the Indian sub-continent is.

  6. Re:World Economics by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Insightful · on The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference

    Nigeria has bigger problems than e-mail scam artists

  7. Re:Afganistan by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 1 · on Stupid Censorship, Stupid Security
    You could try the BBC and do a search on the subject. You could use Google news and do a search there. Other, English language, news sources from around the world include: In certain cases you will have to do search on the subject. BTW It should be Afghanistan, with an 'h'.
  8. Re:Friendly Fire (again) by Commutative+Monoid · · Score: 1 · on U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones

    Everyone has accidents.

    Now I could have said something snide like "Why would you expect the American forces to recognize a British tank when the British can't do it themselves," or something else equally disrespectful to mock your insinuations regarding the U.S. military, but I'm not going to. It's certainly not fair to them.
    I also don't think either of us is particularly qualified to comment on the difficulty of avoiding friendly fire incidents. It's embarrassing, regrettable, and hopefully preventable in the future.

  9. Re:Friendly Fire (again) by Commutative+Monoid · · Score: 1 · on U.S. Forces In Iraq Ban GPS Phones

    Everyone has accidents.

    Now I could have said something snide like "Why would you expect the American forces to recognize a British tank when the British can't do it themselves," or something else equally disrespectful to mock your insinuations regarding the U.S. military, but I'm not going to. It's certainly not fair to them.
    I also don't think either of us is particularly qualified to comment on the difficulty of avoiding friendly fire incidents. It's embarrassing, regrettable, and hopefully preventable in the future.