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Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, And Their Future At AOL
bluephone writes "I've been lucky enough to receive some interesting information from within the Netscape/AOLTW firewall, although in light of AOL's recent massive losses, poor outlook, and high profile execs resigning their positions, I'm not sure if these battle plans are still intact. As it stands, Netscape 7.x has one major release left for the forseeable future, but Gecko will soon overshadow everything, becoming the core platform for all of AOL's Internet content distribution. For all the details and much more, read it here."
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I was led to this place, a place I can't understand. A place that demands my belief just as strongly as my disbelie
I think this bubble is getting ready to burst. The only thing preventing it previously was its massive size. Too bad for Time-Warner! They really dicked over their company. Im sure the execs promoting the merger got gobs of cash, tho.
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences
by US Senator Robert Byrd
Senate Floor Speech - Wednesday, February 12, 2003
To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day, as this nation stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be contemplating the horrors of war.
Yet, this Chamber is, for the most part, silent -- ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no discussion, no attempt to lay out for the nation the pros and cons of this particular war. There is nothing.
We stand passively mute in the United States Senate, paralyzed by our own uncertainty, seemingly stunned by the sheer turmoil of events. Only on the editorial pages of our newspapers is there much substantive discussion of the prudence or imprudence of engaging in this particular war.
And this is no small conflagration we contemplate. This is no simple attempt to defang a villain. No. This coming battle, if it materializes, represents a turning point in U.S. foreign policy and possibly a turning point in the recent history of the world.
This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list. High level Administration figures recently refused to take nuclear weapons off of the table when discussing a possible attack against Iraq. What could be more destabilizing and unwise than this type of uncertainty, particularly in a world where globalism has tied the vital economic and security interests of many nations so closely together? There are huge cracks emerging in our time-honored alliances, and U.S. intentions are suddenly subject to damaging worldwide speculation. Anti-Americanism based on mistrust, misinformation, suspicion, and alarming rhetoric from U.S. leaders is fracturing the once solid alliance against global terrorism which existed after September 11.
Here at home, people are warned of imminent terrorist attacks with little guidance as to when or where such attacks might occur. Family members are being called to active military duty, with no idea of the duration of their stay or what horrors they may face. Communities are being left with less than adequate police and fire protection. Other essential services are also short-staffed. The mood of the nation is grim. The economy is stumbling. Fuel prices are rising and may soon spike higher.
This Administration, now in power for a little over two years, must be judged on its record. I believe that that record is dismal.
In that scant two years, this Administration has squandered a large projected surplus of some $5.6 trillion over the next decade and taken us to projected deficits as far as the eye can see. This Administration's domestic policy has put many of our states in dire financial condition, under funding scores of essential programs for our people. This Administration has fostered policies which have slowed economic growth. This Administration has ignored urgent matters such as the crisis in health care for our elderly. This Administration has been slow to provide adequate funding for homeland security. This Administration has been reluctant to better protect our long and porous borders.
In foreign policy, this Administration has failed to find Osama bin Laden. In fact, just yesterday we heard from him again marshaling his forces and urging them to kill. This Administration has split traditional alliances, possibly crippling, for all time, International order-keeping entities like the United Nations and NATO. This Administration has called into question the traditional worldwide perception of the United States as well-intentioned peacekeeper. This Administration has turned the patient art of diplomacy into threats, labeling, and name calling of the sort that reflects quite poorly on the intelligence and sensitivity of our leaders, and which will have consequences for years to come.
Calling heads of state pygmies, labeling whole countries as evil, denigrating powerful European allies as irrelevant -- these types of crude insensitivities can do our great nation no good. We may have massive military might, but we cannot fight a global war on terrorism alone. We need the cooperation and friendship of our time-honored allies as well as the newer found friends whom we can attract with our wealth. Our awesome military machine will do us little good if we suffer another devastating attack on our homeland which severely damages our economy. Our military manpower is already stretched thin and we will need the augmenting support of those nations who can supply troop strength, not just sign letters cheering us on.
The war in Afghanistan has cost us $37 billion so far, yet there is evidence that terrorism may already be starting to regain its hold in that region. We have not found bin Laden, and unless we secure the peace in Afghanistan, the dark dens of terrorism may yet again flourish in that remote and devastated land.
Pakistan as well is at risk of destabilizing forces. This Administration has not finished the first war against terrorism and yet it is eager to embark on another conflict with perils much greater than those in Afghanistan. Is our attention span that short? Have we not learned that after winning the war one must always secure the peace?
And yet we hear little about the aftermath of war in Iraq. In the absence of plans, speculation abroad is rife. Will we seize Iraq's oil fields, becoming an occupying power which controls the price and supply of that nation's oil for the foreseeable future? To whom do we propose to hand the reigns of power after Saddam Hussein?
Will our war inflame the Muslim world resulting in devastating attacks on Israel? Will Israel retaliate with its own nuclear arsenal? Will the Jordanian and Saudi Arabian governments be toppled by radicals, bolstered by Iran which has much closer ties to terrorism than Iraq?
Could a disruption of the world's oil supply lead to a world-wide recession? Has our senselessly bellicose language and our callous disregard of the interests and opinions of other nations increased the global race to join the nuclear club and made proliferation an even more lucrative practice for nations which need the income?
In only the space of two short years this reckless and arrogant Administration has initiated policies which may reap disastrous consequences for years.
One can understand the anger and shock of any President after the savage attacks of September 11. One can appreciate the frustration of having only a shadow to chase and an amorphous, fleeting enemy on which it is nearly impossible to exact retribution.
But to turn one's frustration and anger into the kind of extremely destabilizing and dangerous foreign policy debacle that the world is currently witnessing is inexcusable from any Administration charged with the awesome power and responsibility of guiding the destiny of the greatest superpower on the planet. Frankly many of the pronouncements made by this Administration are outrageous. There is no other word.
Yet this chamber is hauntingly silent. On what is possibly the eve of horrific infliction of death and destruction on the population of the nation of Iraq -- a population, I might add, of which over 50% is under age 15 -- this chamber is silent. On what is possibly only days before we send thousands of our own citizens to face unimagined horrors of chemical and biological warfare -- this chamber is silent. On the eve of what could possibly be a vicious terrorist attack in retaliation for our attack on Iraq, it is business as usual in the United States Senate.
We are truly "sleepwalking through history." In my heart of hearts I pray that this great nation and its good and trusting citizens are not in for a rudest of awakenings.
To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I truly must question the judgment of any President who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation which is over 50% children is "in the highest moral traditions of our country". This war is not necessary at this time. Pressure appears to be having a good result in Iraq. Our mistake was to put ourselves in a corner so quickly. Our challenge is to now find a graceful way out of a box of our own making. Perhaps there is still a way if we allow more time.
YES, I'm a Christian... and a RPG gamer.
Urmmm, and? Are they somehow mutually exclusive?
Ah DO NOT get it!! What the fuck is my man Shrub Jr a-waitin' for? Let's try to see his reasons:
1. For Saddam to begin developin' them nukear weapons of mass distraction?? After all, all that talk about scary Saddam and his weapons of mass distractions is sure distracting ME from thinkin' 'bout that bad US economy that's already slippin' back into recession. No wait, Ah GOT it! For so he can rake in da profits?!! Mebbe he is a-waitin' for them gas stations to raise their prices to 2 dollars a gallon? Uh, mebbe not. Ok, let's try another reason then.
2. Mebbe he be awaitin' for them wimpy countries in UN such as them wine drinkin' an' cheese eatin' French and grumpy Germans to tell him, NO, You CANNOT attack Iraq by passin' a second resolution for UN inspectors to continue "inspectin'"? We all know them inspections are a sham. Iraqis are lyin' and everyone knows it! How do Ah know this? well, reason
3. Powell told us so! He even used drawings to prove it to us, and Ah for one am 110% convinced US gotto attack Iraq 'cuz Ah'm SO scared them Iraqis and that crazy Saddam are thinkin' of killin' me. It doesn't really matter when western journalists went to visit the site of the alleged "camp" where al Queda are making "poisonous gas" it turns out there is NOTHING there but Kurds?. It doesn't really matter the British report turned out to be a
plagiarizing job from the essays of some 29 years old student! After all, Powell cannot lie, can he????
Or mebbe Shrub Jr is a-waitin'
4. for the hundreds of thousand people around the world to come out on Feb 15 and tell him and that lap dog Blair "NO WAR IN OUR NAME!" so he can laugh at them? Hmm...Ah think ahm finally gettin' warm! After all,
5. Shrub Jr is obviously refusing to listen to Blix when The chief UN weapons inspector yesterday dismissed what has been billed as a central claim of the speech the US secretary of state, Colin Powell made. Hans Blix said there was no evidence of mobile biological weapons laboratories or of Iraq trying to foil inspectors by moving equipment before his teams arrived. gee, now I am SO confused! Who to believe, who to believe?? Mr Powell, who obviously says what he is told to say or Mr Hans Blix?? In fact, Mr Blix contradicted just about EVERY evidence Mr Powell presented-from the drawings of the "mobile chemical labs" to the claims the Iraqis knew in advance which sites the UN would inspectors would visit. In short, Mr Blix blew a hole through ALL of Mr Powell evidence, reducing it to smithereens. Ah doant think ah like Mr. Blix no more...;-(
6. Mebbe Shrub Jr still feels he hasn't made his case and hasn't been able to prove to the world Saddam is a manace? Well, y'all know what ah say to that? Screw the fucken world! Shrub Jr is in da house is he be takin' charge! So what if the majority of da fucken world still thinks Shrub Jr just a-wants the oo'l? Let them stop him if they can! Bwa-hahahha ah say! Y'all think this is the end? Hey, this be only the beggining! After Iraq, Arafat is a-gonna be eliminated. Them noddles eatin' North Koreans better stop be a-jumpin' up and daon, 'cuz they be next on da list! After them is Iran! After Iran is Saudi Arabia and so on!
Damn, ah STILL havent figured out WHY Shrib Jr is a-waitin'...But he be a smart an' educated man, so he must have a good reason, right? RIGHT!! Ah fooly trust him, for he shuree knows what he be doin'!
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