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SCO Claims Linux Lifted ELF
fymidos writes "SCO has finally spoken. According to this linuxworld article, they claim that linux illegally uses the ELF binary format, the JFS filesystem, the init code and some more 'copyrighted Unix header and interfaces'. Finally SCO makes its move. The JFS part was expected of course, but according to the article, as far as the ELF format is concerned 'the Tool Interface Standard Committee (TISC) came up with a ELF 1.2 standard' and 'granted users a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to the stuff'. Oh, and of course 'both Novell and the old SCO - as well as Microsoft, IBM and Intel - were on the committee'."
However, it's begining to appear that many of the victims of Abu Gahrab (sp?) are in fact "Inhabitants of Occupied Territory" and just ordinary citizens rounded up because our military thought they *might* have information about WMDs that didn't exist so nobody had any information about them.
It's hard to deny that Bush's memo about Gitmo didn't influence what happened at Abu Gahrab, but I think far more important was his removal of prisons from the Department of Defense to the State Department. I still say that if you know somebody leaving for Iraq, make sure they have a copy of the Geneva Convention on them, in both English and Arabic. Because sure as shooting, neither side in this war has a military hierarchy that gives a shit one way or the other if international treaties are followed- as long as the one side gets the oil and the other side gets more young recruits to die fighting the infidels.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
He also said the the UN is at risk of becoming irrelevent, which some would argue is a bit late
The UN is only irrelevant when the USA, runs willy-nilly over international law, invading/occupying foreign nations and then saying "the UN is irrelevant -- they cant do anything to stop Iraq, OR US".
So, to prove the UN is becoming irrelevant, the USA dares the world to do something to stop them -- do you fucknuts *WANT* to start WWIII?
I know you're out there...I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid.
You're afraid of us, you're afraid of change...I don't know the future...
I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end,
I came here to tell you how this is going to begin.
Now, I'm going to hang up this phone,
and I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see.
I'm going to show them a world without you...a world without rules and controls,
without borders or boundaries.
A world...where anything is possible.
Where we go from there...is a choice I leave to you...
Good point. I never thought of it from that angle. I personally think that long-term the war in Iraq will have been a very good thing.
I always used the Saddam argument to prove the UN irrelevant. The fact that they couldn't stop the US from attacking Iraq either should be the final nail in THAT coffin.
nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos
Yeah... Believe it or not, I saw it coming.
When politicians are involved, everyone loses.
ummm no, in 1997-8 weapons inspectors were kicked out of Iraq under threat of imprisonment for being in the country illegally.
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about your sig, great work. Most people seem wilfully ignorant of the fact that the guy obviously hates the armed forces. Cutting combat pay in half? Reducing vetrans benefits? 1.5 billion cut from military housing? no healthcare for reservists?
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oh yeah. A vote for Bush is a vote supporting the military...taking a long walk off a short pier.
It's been a long time.