For the same reason, Linux desktops and open source office software are not a realistic option. The business can't afford compatibility problems with third parties. It just isn't worth the risk.
Uhhh, what if the third parties got pissed at the expense of upgrading their software and opted for open source at the same time? No compatability issues then and everybody's happy! Maybe they're having the same compatability concerns that your company is and are feeling compelled to upgrade to preserve compatability with you! Talk to them! Maybe they might be inclined to postpone upgrading or chuck it altogether!
It boggles the mind how somebody so obtuse could become so wealthy. Larry, pull your head out of your nether orfice and think:
We already have many forms of identification. ID's which can easily be counterfited. How many fake driver's licenses, Passports, and credit cards are there in circulation now? How in your wildest dreams do you think you will be able to prevent counterfitting your new "Big brother" ID?
Everyone's vitals presumably will be stored in a giant database. What happens when the database is hacked and Abdul's fingerprints are matched with his newly counterfitted ID? That's right, he breezes right through security and we're right back to square one again! A cool hack would be to replace Dubya's prints with ohhh say...Ted Kazinski's...
Besides, in any case you dumb shit, all the terrorists have to do is keep their noses clean! That's right, come to the country and apply for one of these silly ID's..."got any priors?...No?...here you are Mr Atta!" Make their first offense the big one and what good will the silly ID do? Absolutely Jack Shit! What about foreign nationals? Are they going to be issued temporary cards for the duration of their stay? Based on what? What they disclose at the point of entry? This is a non-starter.
You really want to do your bit to help prevent terrorism Larry? Why don't you take a couple of your billions and endow a few schools in third-world countries? Maybe through education the worlds desperate will learn how to escape from their desperate situations and they will be less likely to commit desperate acts.
To make any sort of moral equivalence between what we have done in our foreign power and what was done to us is beyond ignorant... it is disgusting.
I can see how to a hypocrite, that would be "disgusting". Americans are known for having two standards: one for themselves, and a different one for everyone else.
Actually though, on further reflection, you are right; there is no moral equivalence. What Americans have done and are proposing to do is worse given that have proven false to and are continuing to prove false to the very moral standards they claim to uphold...something at least the terrorists haven't done.
Can you say hipocrisy?
Yeah, and I can spell it too: hypocrisy
It's a shame that though you can say and spell it, you don't know what it means.
WTC hardly qualifies as an unprovoked attack. The Americans have been hitting them for the last 50 years now, albeit through proxies such as Israel, The Shah, The house of Saud, Saddam... They've had their houses taken away and demolished, they've been bombed, shelled, gassed, tortured, starved,... It's a wonder they didn't hit back sooner. Yes, they are trying to make it painful for the Americans to impose their greedy, self-serving, brutal, oppressive, and sometimes genocidal "foreign policy" on them. You want to find the real enemy of the American people, look to those so-called leaders who have put Americans in danger by fostering hatred of Americans through their meddling. The name Henry Kissinger is very high on that list. If you really want to end terrorism, you might start with with putting him on trial in the world court for crimes against humanity.
The teamsters controlled the movement of goods across the continent. We need to take control of the movement of the information. If we have to, we should all be willing to stop working and suspend all support. "Oh you want e-mail? Well we have this little problem. We don't like your proposed legislation. What, your database is offline and you can't fill your orders? This is the name of the representative you need to speak to..." You get the picture. I know it wouldn't be easy, there will be "scabs" willing to undermine our position and they would have to be dealt with. But is freedom to do whatever you want with your information without the Government interfering worth fighting for?
Is this what it's come to?
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'The company says it will delay the launch of its video game
The company? What, is there only one now? Did Microsoft take over all the others last night while we were sleeping?
the embarresment of selling new york state for 3 trinkets and small pox blanket.
It was goods worth about $20, and had they been able to invest it in some sort of compound interest generating fund at the time, today they'd be able to buy all of Manhattan, including the buildings. A fair trade, I'd say. Besides, if they'd turned Manhattan into a maximum security prison in 1997 like they were supposed to, it wouldn't be worth very much,would it?
In Canada they use the insipid term "first nations" when describing indians. First what...? Bullshit! Prove to me that they were on this planet before anyone else! Besides, I was born in North America. By definition, that makes me a native.
If you are so anti-Microsoft that you feel the need to create a site against it, isn't it a touch hypocrtical to be using a Microsoft product to do that?
No, it's called poetic justice...
Reminds me of the scene from"The Running Man"...
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...when they caught Arnold's (unwilling) female accomplice and began reading out her (trumped up) "crimes" to the audience...
It says Bin Laden uses pictures on porn sites...
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...which ones? Can somebody provide links?
I can just hear it now:
Hillary: "Are you surfing porn again, Bill?!?"
Bill: "No...I'm...I'm...looking for...looking for terrorist messages! Yeah, that's it!"
Levelling the playing field?
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It began, "Phil -- I hope you can sleep at night with the blood of 5,000 people on your hands." PGP has become a "weapon of war," the e-mail continued, leveling the playing field between powerful countries like the United States and "zealots."
[sarcasm]
Right on! How dare anyone give the victims of oppressive (and sometimes genocidal) US foreign policy a means to strike back at their oppressors!
[/sarcasm]
Besides, do people really think that had PGP NOT been available, that terrorists would have sent their messages in "clear"? Anyone thinking that needs to pick up a stick and whack themselves in the head with it..."Stupid (whack), stupid (whack), stupid (whack)!"
Courtesy of the airlines who we all know are SO concerned with your security that they will actually pay someone minimum wage to put on a uniform and sit and pretend to look at a scanner! American and United might as well spare themselves some messy litigation and hand their companies over to the families of the victims.
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...is to impose their own brand of censorship. That way they don't have to run the risk of embarassing articles such as this one being read by thinking individuals.
When you go out into public and transmit messages on private networks you give up some privacy.
Hello? Private networks are supposed to be just that: PRIVATE! There is no reason on God's green earth that I should be compelled to divulge what I communicate to any other individuals with any Government, never mind Dumbya and his minions! They are going to find another solution to this problem without trampling on my rights or liberties. A good start would be not creating the desperate situations that result in these desperate actions in the first place!
This calls for more thorough investigation...can somebody please post some links to these sites?
Though if truth be told, our elected representatives are probably simply trying to head off the censure they will receive if they are caught surfing porn:
"I'm not not surfing porn...I'm looking for...looking for terror messages! Yeah, that's it...!
He then offered a broad criticism of the evolution of the C.I.A., saying it had moved too far away from "human intelligence," involving agents who infiltrate organizations, to relying on the Internet, bugs and satellites.
"Many of our human intelligence sources dried up" because of the risks, Mr. Bush said, noting that using people who are willing to betray their friends and their country was a "dirty business" filled with "unsavory" characters, but perhaps necessary.
He said the nation needed to "strengthen our intelligence," adding, "I think you're going to see a little effort to do that."
In other words, simply banning encryption isn't going to make the problem go away. Somebody is going to have to go out and get up close and personal with these scumbags.
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Hey, I LIVE in Canada and right about now Ireland is looking mighty inviting. Only 20 miles separate me from the US...not enough IMO!
For the same reason, Linux desktops and open source office software are not a realistic option. The business can't afford compatibility problems with third parties. It just isn't worth the risk.
Uhhh, what if the third parties got pissed at the expense of upgrading their software and opted for open source at the same time? No compatability issues then and everybody's happy! Maybe they're having the same compatability concerns that your company is and are feeling compelled to upgrade to preserve compatability with you! Talk to them! Maybe they might be inclined to postpone upgrading or chuck it altogether!
To all you sanctimonious Linux users who used to sneer at "dumb windows users" who allow virii into their systems, I have this to say:
Pfffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttttttt!
It boggles the mind how somebody so obtuse could become so wealthy. Larry, pull your head out of your nether orfice and think:
We already have many forms of identification. ID's which can easily be counterfited. How many fake driver's licenses, Passports, and credit cards are there in circulation now? How in your wildest dreams do you think you will be able to prevent counterfitting your new "Big brother" ID?
Everyone's vitals presumably will be stored in a giant database. What happens when the database is hacked and Abdul's fingerprints are matched with his newly counterfitted ID? That's right, he breezes right through security and we're right back to square one again! A cool hack would be to replace Dubya's prints with ohhh say...Ted Kazinski's...
Besides, in any case you dumb shit, all the terrorists have to do is keep their noses clean! That's right, come to the country and apply for one of these silly ID's..."got any priors?...No?...here you are Mr Atta!" Make their first offense the big one and what good will the silly ID do? Absolutely Jack Shit! What about foreign nationals? Are they going to be issued temporary cards for the duration of their stay? Based on what? What they disclose at the point of entry? This is a non-starter.
You really want to do your bit to help prevent terrorism Larry? Why don't you take a couple of your billions and endow a few schools in third-world countries? Maybe through education the worlds desperate will learn how to escape from their desperate situations and they will be less likely to commit desperate acts.
To make any sort of moral equivalence between what we have done in our foreign power and what was done to us is beyond ignorant... it is disgusting.
I can see how to a hypocrite, that would be "disgusting". Americans are known for having two standards: one for themselves, and a different one for everyone else.
Actually though, on further reflection, you are right; there is no moral equivalence. What Americans have done and are proposing to do is worse given that have proven false to and are continuing to prove false to the very moral standards they claim to uphold...something at least the terrorists haven't done.
Can you say hipocrisy?
Yeah, and I can spell it too: hypocrisy
It's a shame that though you can say and spell it, you don't know what it means.
WTC hardly qualifies as an unprovoked attack. The Americans have been hitting them for the last 50 years now, albeit through proxies such as Israel, The Shah, The house of Saud, Saddam... They've had their houses taken away and demolished, they've been bombed, shelled, gassed, tortured, starved,... It's a wonder they didn't hit back sooner. Yes, they are trying to make it painful for the Americans to impose their greedy, self-serving, brutal, oppressive, and sometimes genocidal "foreign policy" on them. You want to find the real enemy of the American people, look to those so-called leaders who have put Americans in danger by fostering hatred of Americans through their meddling. The name Henry Kissinger is very high on that list. If you really want to end terrorism, you might start with with putting him on trial in the world court for crimes against humanity.
Oh, I forgot. Americans think they should be exempt from such things... Can you say hipocrisy?
Right on! Let's all stand in front of the Capitol and lift up our kilts as they come out!
The teamsters controlled the movement of goods across the continent. We need to take control of the movement of the information. If we have to, we should all be willing to stop working and suspend all support. "Oh you want e-mail? Well we have this little problem. We don't like your proposed legislation. What, your database is offline and you can't fill your orders? This is the name of the representative you need to speak to..." You get the picture. I know it wouldn't be easy, there will be "scabs" willing to undermine our position and they would have to be dealt with. But is freedom to do whatever you want with your information without the Government interfering worth fighting for?
'The company says it will delay the launch of its video game
The company? What, is there only one now? Did Microsoft take over all the others last night while we were sleeping?
the embarresment of selling new york state for 3 trinkets and small pox blanket.
It was goods worth about $20, and had they been able to invest it in some sort of compound interest generating fund at the time, today they'd be able to buy all of Manhattan, including the buildings. A fair trade, I'd say. Besides, if they'd turned Manhattan into a maximum security prison in 1997 like they were supposed to, it wouldn't be worth very much,would it?
In Canada they use the insipid term "first nations" when describing indians. First what...? Bullshit! Prove to me that they were on this planet before anyone else! Besides, I was born in North America. By definition, that makes me a native.
Make sure you include some porn on the page you created. And some links to white-supremacist sites...
If you are so anti-Microsoft that you feel the need to create a site against it, isn't it a touch hypocrtical to be using a Microsoft product to do that?
No, it's called poetic justice...
...when they caught Arnold's (unwilling) female accomplice and began reading out her (trumped up) "crimes" to the audience...
We should blame him too!
...which ones? Can somebody provide links?
I can just hear it now:
Hillary: "Are you surfing porn again, Bill?!?"
Bill: "No...I'm...I'm...looking for...looking for terrorist messages! Yeah, that's it!"
It began, "Phil -- I hope you can sleep at night with the blood of 5,000 people on your hands." PGP has become a "weapon of war," the e-mail continued, leveling the playing field between powerful countries like the United States and "zealots."
[sarcasm]
Right on! How dare anyone give the victims of oppressive (and sometimes genocidal) US foreign policy a means to strike back at their oppressors!
[/sarcasm]
Besides, do people really think that had PGP NOT been available, that terrorists would have sent their messages in "clear"? Anyone thinking that needs to pick up a stick and whack themselves in the head with it..."Stupid (whack), stupid (whack), stupid (whack)!"
Courtesy of the airlines who we all know are SO concerned with your security that they will actually pay someone minimum wage to put on a uniform and sit and pretend to look at a scanner! American and United might as well spare themselves some messy litigation and hand their companies over to the families of the victims.
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...is to impose their own brand of censorship. That way they don't have to run the risk of embarassing articles such as this one being read by thinking individuals.
When you go out into public and transmit messages on private networks you give up some privacy.
Hello? Private networks are supposed to be just that: PRIVATE! There is no reason on God's green earth that I should be compelled to divulge what I communicate to any other individuals with any Government, never mind Dumbya and his minions! They are going to find another solution to this problem without trampling on my rights or liberties. A good start would be not creating the desperate situations that result in these desperate actions in the first place!
This calls for more thorough investigation...can somebody please post some links to these sites?
Though if truth be told, our elected representatives are probably simply trying to head off the censure they will receive if they are caught surfing porn:
"I'm not not surfing porn...I'm looking for...looking for terror messages! Yeah, that's it...!
And this is news because...?
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That in itself is an important feature...
(from the New York Times)
He then offered a broad criticism of the evolution of the C.I.A., saying it had moved too far away from "human intelligence," involving agents who infiltrate organizations, to relying on the Internet, bugs and satellites.
"Many of our human intelligence sources dried up" because of the risks, Mr. Bush said, noting that using people who are willing to betray their friends and their country was a "dirty business" filled with "unsavory" characters, but perhaps necessary.
He said the nation needed to "strengthen our intelligence," adding, "I think you're going to see a little effort to do that."
In other words, simply banning encryption isn't going to make the problem go away. Somebody is going to have to go out and get up close and personal with these scumbags.