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Squeezebox MP3 Player Hacked to Play Video
Xenna writes "The Squeezebox MP3 Player has found a new application: With the Videobox software
and some cabling it becomes a networked Video Player. This is the latest development to come out of
the active community Slim Devices have managed to attract around
their very hackable MP3 players. Only last week the SoftSqueeze
software player was announced on the Slim users mailing list. The Squeezebox was reviewed on Slashdot last December."
America, eh folks? It's a pretty screwed up place. Unfortunately, but not indefinitely, the USA's weapons of mass destruction make it the most powerful country in the world (militarily). As a result, it helps to be aware of American society and fit into it, and our quick 8-step guide should have you on the path to burger-munching enlightenment.
1 - Buy yourself a gun
To become a fully-fledged Yank, you'll need to get a weapon. Americans think that having more killing machines magically makes their country safer, and it helps them to walk around saying "I'll put a cap in your ass". Even though the concept of "no guns = no gun-related crimes" is alien to the average Yank, it'll give you a false sense of security in this country with the highest crime rates in the developed world.
2 - Put on at least 25 stone
Skinny? Medium? Chubby? That won't cut it in the good ol' US of A. Because America has the highest obesty levels on the planet, you'll need to get those rolls of flab built up. Eating 18 waffles with Maple syrup for breakfast (and visiting Burger King five times in a day) is all natural when much of the world is suffering massive poverty. Get fat and fit in.
3 - Learn the lingo
We've talked about issues affecting society, but on a personal level you'll need more knowledge (or ignorance as it may be) to fit in. First, forget proper English. Confuse "your" with "you're". Say "must of" instead of "must have". Whenever anything interesting occurs, say "shucks" repeatedly. Instead of clever spontaneity or witty insults, call people "asswipes". It's funny!
4 - Throw away all maps, history books etc.
To really feel a part of American society, you must lose all knowledge of the world. Forget where Poland is. Scrap your knowledge of the lengthy Chinese history. Make cretinous remarks like "India? Is that in Africa?". Because ALL that matters is America, and it doesn't matter how pathetic you look to educated people the world over.
5 - Become totally irrational and nonsensical
Spout on about the Constitution, and then make drastic changes to it. Talk about "freedom of speech" and watch TV programmes about the Ku Klux Klan. Rant on about market freedom, and sit back as companies run riot and destroy the economy with their anti-competitive practices. Essentially, act idiotic at all times.
6 - Sue everyone you ever meet
The USA doesn't produce many decent quality products, so the society is crumbling into a litigation-happy joke. With so many jobs going overseas to talented workers, your only option left is to start legal proceedings. About anything. Someone step on your toe? Get some hotshot downtown lawyer to sue their ass!
7 - Get a "shrink"
Americans have a hard time dealing with their own problems in a mature manner, and prefer to spend hundreds of dollars sitting in front of someone and whinging. However trivial your problems may be, blast them out like a baby!
8 - Watch abysmal TV
Forget educational programmes and incisive documentaries. Your ideal night in is with your gun, six cheeseburgers and a Friends box set. Watch as some over-paid talentless "actor" enters the scene, and whoop and scream hysterically as he delivers some ridiculously poor wisecrack.
So there you have it! Those 8 steps should have you killing innocent people, piling on pounds and acting like a moron in no time. America awaits you, brave hero! Just get out before it collapses in disarray.
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... and daddy doesn't sleep at night!
Wasn't that Teh Who?
I could never figure out whether by "squeezebox" they meant accordion, or if squeezebox was supposed to be slang for vagina.
Completely ignore the fact that the Russians did much more than the US in WW2
All the Russians did was invade and conquer most of Eastern Europe: they ended up being the main aggressor when the war was over. They did nothing to save Western Europe. Thank FDR 'n' Churchill for that.
Ok, first of all, 'nationalism'. Yeah, there is a bit of assumption there, but the thign you wrote is very popular among the same group who believes in 'the new American Century', and serve as propaganda to make America look better then it really is.
It is also a gross over simplification of reality at the very least not to say its plainly wrong.
So, to correct your 'facts':
- France didn't just sit and do nothing while being invaded. What they did was not very succesfull tho. Also that is no reason to claim that a majority of the population of Europe supported what happened to the jews, at best the majority did not actively oppose it.
- Europe failed to intervene in Serbia, but that was not exactly because they thought it was ok. Followign that reasoning, I guess the USA thought it ok that milions were killed in Rwanda?
It seems to me that you are unable to differentiate between facts and your personal interpretation of reasons.
Last but not least, racism is an evil that is happening in many places, but not every ethnic conflict finds its cause in racism. It is easy to call racism whenever there is a conflict between 2 groups of people from a different race, but very often the underlying reasons have a lot more to do with religion and culture then with race. Not that those are good reasons for waging war, but when looking at why a problem exists, it is a good idea to not be blinded by a pre-determined explanation.
Bottomline, you state both fact and opinion, while not in any way substantiating how you derive opinion from fact while also part of your facts are wrong.
anti-slash frequently puts normal posts on their page to mod up, just so slashbots will mod them down. Since I can't find this post with their DB tool, I am led to believe this is the case.