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Permanet vs. Nearlynet

Posted by michael on from the permanet-press dept.

Clay Shirky has a good essay on wireless networking, contrasting two approaches to building out a network, roughly akin to the cathedral and bazaar methods of building software.

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  1. Chemical weapons likely to be used in Iraq war by Try+to+think+about+i · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not by Saddam of course, but by US forces.

    1. Re:Chemical weapons likely to be used in Iraq war by physman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hardly cleaver trying to use the first post as a protest to the war in Iraq!

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      Murphy's Law of Research: Enough research will tend to support your theory.
    2. Re:Chemical weapons likely to be used in Iraq war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yawn. It's nice to see the left spouting more self-contradictory arguments: we want fewer civilian casualties (preferrably none), but when the warmongers do research into non-lethal weapons to accomplish their goals, we'll call them "chemical weapons". Nice one!

    3. Re:Chemical weapons likely to be used in Iraq war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "'any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals' is forbidden as a method of warfare. "

      Isn't C4 (or TNT) such a chemical?

  2. Second post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wowooooooo!

  3. Third Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post goes out to all the lovely ladies in Iraq. Make your peace now, because the Amerikan War Machine is coming to kill you and your children!


    YAY cheap oil!

  4. FREEDOM POST ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    CLAIMED !

    For great justice !

  5. The link to the article is down ... by lkk17 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... does someone have a mirror available?