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Rapid Internet Growth In Iran
securitas writes "The BBC's Abbas Azimi reports on the rapid growth of the Internet and Internet cafes in Iran, apparently with the tacit approval of the government. Seven million Iranians have Internet access, or 10% of the population - double the rate two years ago. Access costs 60 cents/hour. The article describes how the Internet is used for everything from VoIP phone calls to chat and Web logs. Even Iran's vice-president has a daily blog on a popular site with 'musings about politics and life.' All of this despite the ban on many sites, which is easily circumvented by Iran's webmasters and geeks. An interesting point is that most of the PCs used in Iran are assembled from smuggled parts and run pirated versions of all the latest software (due to foreign embargo?). It sounds like a great opportunity for open source software."
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Thats a classy FP. Good work sir.
i can understand it get modded Funny... but "interesting"?
Sure I guess I was just being a troll.. and shes probably great and im happy for you.. but i cant get past the fact that everytime i see an arab on tv its of them saying they want to kill me and my country.. i would feel very uneasy around arabs, and theres no way i could marry one.. even if she seemed like she loved me, she could be just lying to get something from me and then kill me.. i cant trust them.. i guess im racist.. theres other races i hate but its only arabs that i fear.. now that being said.. id never hurt an arab (unless osama was standing in front of me or something), im not a crazy KKK racist that wants to kill every arab, i just personally cannot be friends or lovers with any.. i know how racist and stupid i sound and i guess i am and i am sorry =(
I wouldn't guess that missiles use windows xp.
Gives new meaning to blue screen of death!
ahem.. let me clear my throat..
THESE GUYS DO NOT GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT COPYRIGHT. They hate America, they hate copyright, they hate you. They do not care what America or the West says because they hate us. The only reason we are not at war with Iran RIGHT NOW is because they know we would stomp their turbans into the ground. They're biding their time until we manage to piss off the rest of the arab world with our gracious nation building.
John Ashcroft loves you, and God bless America.
Interesting idea, but there's actually already a Windows equivalent of exactly that.
So what if there is a Windows version. The way you say it is like saying: we don't need an other OS, we already have one.
Naturaly with Linux you could do soething like that with the advantage of not being able to run most virusses. If you only want to give browser access, you could use the Kiosk HOWTO. With some adaptation, you could let it also run the Email client. With the ability of user rights, there should be no risk for the OS, only for the (limited) user space of the individual user.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
I spoke to 3 Iranians so far, and they all support the decision. They laugh at the people disqualified, and scoff at their whining and grandstanding by their sit-in.
Guess it's not really as big an issue as they make it in the newspaper here.
US companies aren't permitted to do business with iran
Mmm, freedom.