"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998.
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.
"Hussein has... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destrution and palaces for his cronies."
Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.
"There is no doubt that . Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, Dec, 5, 2001.
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
Sen. Carl Levin (d, MI), Sept. 19, 2002.
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
More available at http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp Yes, Snopes says "some of the quotes are truncated, and context is provided for none of them", but the context is typically "well, yes, Saddam has those weapons, but that's no reason to attack".
"I like the Professor He'd always save their butts He could build a nuclear reactor from a couple of coconuts She said 'That guy's a genius!' I shook my head and laughed I said 'If he's so fly then tell me why he couldn't build a lousy raft!'"
>If the world needed another demonstration of America's most powerful weapon --
> not bombs or special forces but pop culture --
>it got it again this week.
America's culture is definitely a powerful force - but it was powerless in Afghanistan until we used a few _weaker_ weapons (B-52, etc.)
"You're not going crazy, Arthur. You're going sane in a crazy world!"
"Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy - OOH OOH OOH OOH - the sky's the limit! "
See issue #1 of the comic book - he started out by making his escape from an asylum (while being monitored by a familiar-looking scientist).
Do you mean issue #_12_?. I seem to recall it also featured "The Terror" (still planning evil acts at age 118 ("Evil is evergreen, chum!"))
I suppose "the dolphin in a tank of water" could be "Mr. Smarty Pants", who made his debut in "The Tick vs. Reno, Nevada". That was, IMHO, the WORST 2nd season episode - but it wasn't written by Ben.
Fortunately, it was followed by "Grandpa Wore Tights", which was one of the best eps.
From "The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account" (where he created his battle cry ("SPOOOON!")):
"Y'know, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or Joseph Stalin, but you can't let the package hide the pudding! Evil is just plain bad! You don't cotton to it. You gotta smack it in the nose with the rolled-up newspapaer of justice! Bad dog! Bad dog!
> I mean this was in one of Tom Clancy's books (can't
>remember exactly which one) quite a while ago
"Debt of Honor"
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> So stick a server out there, get Slashdotted (or even just get mildly popular),
> and the upstream bandwidth is wiped out for your whole
> neighborhood (technically, the area of your optical conversion node and CMTS channel).
And if cable providers didn't limit upload bandwidth, that might happen.
However, most cable providers do limit upload bandwidth. In Lakewood (just west of Denver) the upload limit is 128 kbps (yes, kiloBITS per second). Meanwhile, I've seen download speeds as high as 550 KBps (kiloBYTES). Thats a 40 to 1 ratio, which is rather higher than the 13 to 1 ratio which you mentioned.
So your comment has little correspondence with _reality_.
BTW, the only way "shutting off port 80" can "block the worm" is if a cable MODEM can be told "block incoming access". If they cut it off at the router, than all the infected computers on the local cable network can still merrily probe away (over 50% of Code Red probes on this cable-modem-connected system are from the local @Home network).
Ya know, knee-jerk jingoism sounds just as stupid from you as it does when my-country-right-or-wrong folks utter it.
FYI, a Soviet spy plane made an emergency landing (due to low fuel) in Alaska in 1974 (the middle of the Cold War, if you're old enough to remember).
What happened? Threats? Accusations? Detention? Dismantling the spy plane?
No - the crew was provided with space heaters and fuel, and slept overnight in their aircraft. The next morning their vehicle was refueled, and they took off.
Next time, why not do a _little_ searching at Google before exposing your idiocy to all?
You do also understand that the rest of the world's people look with PITY on America
That's why we have immigration limits - to keep all those pitying people from flooding America with their "do-gooder" attitudes.
Some people risk death trying to come here - I guess they must have a powerful sense of compassion toward us poor, ignorant and myopic fools.
When people say that Americans are ignorant and myopic they are not joking
As opposed to stupid people who claim that our only involvement in, say, World War II was "Selling arms/support/supplies/whatever".
So, the guys we sent to France 57 years ago today were just salesmen? Thanks for demonstrating that America doesn't have a monopoly on "ignorant and myopic" people!
If you think Im blowing smoke, just some kind of Anti-Yankee nut
I don't know where you would get that idea...
.but I should really know better than to feed the trolls
So, you selfishly starve your brothers, eh?
Isnt your rolling blackouts really proof of the failure of privatization?
Sigh... it's discouraging to listen to mindless idiots refer to heavy-handed government stupidity as "privatization".
Apollo 13 was also pretty good, especially after having seen the excellent Nova documentary on the subject just a few weeks before
You mean, aside from the scene where a bunch of hardware is dumped on a table, and the engineers are told that they need to figure out what can be used to help the astronauts survive? (they'd worked out contingency plans like that well before the flight)
How about the level of profanity used by the Apollo crew? It's hard to believe now, but they DIDN'T talk like that.
It's called "artistic license", or "being creative" - and because of that virtually NO movie which claims to "based on a true story" is going to be completely accurate.
For example, in "Erin Brockovich" there's a woman who is awarded $5 million for her family's illnesses. In real life she received FAR LESS, and she and many of her neighbors a very bitter over the way they were _used_ by Erin and her lawyer boos)
But who'd go to see a movie about a shyster lawyer and his manipulative employee successfully conning a town into suing a power company for the lawyer's benefit? Not many, I suspect. So instead we got a movie which matched a favorite Hollywood stereotype (plucky woman beats evil, nasty company - and everyone cheers).
That Ben Affleck's character has just returned from Europe having fought in the Battle of Britain and incarceration in a prisoner of war camp is completely laughable
Then it's a good thing that's not what happened. He was rescued by French sailors, and _hidden_ in occupied France - NOT languishing in a POW camp.
Your protests about historical inaccuracy ring a little hollow when YOU are inaccurate regarding a movie YOU'VE JUST SEEN.
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IBM tried this with Micro Channel Architecture devices.
I hope this plan works as well for Microsoft as it did for IBM.
See here for details.
Have you tried http://sparepartswarehouse.com?
Check out http://engineer.ea.ucla.edu/releases/blimp.htm for evidence that the skin coating WAS the major problem.
Here are some more liars:
... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destrution and palaces for his cronies."
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998.
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.
"Hussein has
Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.
"There is no doubt that . Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, Dec, 5, 2001.
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."
Sen. Carl Levin (d, MI), Sept. 19, 2002.
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
More available at http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp
Yes, Snopes says "some of the quotes are truncated, and context is provided for none of them", but the context is typically "well, yes, Saddam has those weapons, but that's no reason to attack".
Courtesy of Weird Al ...
"I like the Professor
He'd always save their butts
He could build a nuclear reactor from a couple of coconuts
She said 'That guy's a genius!'
I shook my head and laughed
I said 'If he's so fly then tell me why he couldn't build a lousy raft!'"
Ah yes - the "bonus" end of "You Don't Love Me Anymore" from his "Off the Deep End" album.
Yep!
... I guess we're the only old geezers here ...
Hmmm
> Prior art is everywhere.
For example: "The Reefs of Space" by Pohl and Williamson (published in 1963)
"The Shattered Sphere"
> not bombs or special forces but pop culture --
>it got it again this week.
America's culture is definitely a powerful force - but it was powerless in Afghanistan until we used a few _weaker_ weapons (B-52, etc.)
mea culpa - the sewer lobster and wallet angler were different creatures (it's been TOO long since I've seen any "Tick" episodes).
"You're not going crazy, Arthur. You're going sane in a crazy world!"
"Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy - OOH OOH OOH OOH - the sky's the limit! "
See issue #1 of the comic book - he started out by making his escape from an asylum (while being monitored by a familiar-looking scientist).
>like that lame-assed sewer guy who talked like Rainman.
You'll eat your words when a sewer lobster waves its wallet-shaped lure at you.
I suppose "the dolphin in a tank of water" could be "Mr. Smarty Pants", who made his debut in "The Tick vs. Reno, Nevada". That was, IMHO, the WORST 2nd season episode - but it wasn't written by Ben.
Fortunately, it was followed by "Grandpa Wore Tights", which was one of the best eps.
"Y'know, evil comes in many forms, whether it be a man-eating cow or Joseph Stalin, but you can't let the package hide the pudding! Evil is just plain bad! You don't cotton to it. You gotta smack it in the nose with the rolled-up newspapaer of justice! Bad dog! Bad dog!
And anyway, the EZ-Rocket DOESN'T use hydrogen peroxide, so your comment isn't really relevant to its engine.
Check out the Smithsonian's web page for some info.
>remember exactly which one) quite a while ago
"Debt of Honor"
> and the upstream bandwidth is wiped out for your whole
> neighborhood (technically, the area of your optical conversion node and CMTS channel).
And if cable providers didn't limit upload bandwidth, that might happen.
However, most cable providers do limit upload bandwidth. In Lakewood (just west of Denver) the upload limit is 128 kbps (yes, kiloBITS per second). Meanwhile, I've seen download speeds as high as 550 KBps (kiloBYTES). Thats a 40 to 1 ratio, which is rather higher than the 13 to 1 ratio which you mentioned.
So your comment has little correspondence with _reality_.
BTW, the only way "shutting off port 80" can "block the worm" is if a cable MODEM can be told "block incoming access". If they cut it off at the router, than all the infected computers on the local cable network can still merrily probe away (over 50% of Code Red probes on this cable-modem-connected system are from the local @Home network).
"He used ... sarcasm."
For proof, visit http://www.eringray.com
FYI, a Soviet spy plane made an emergency landing (due to low fuel) in Alaska in 1974 (the middle of the Cold War, if you're old enough to remember).
What happened? Threats? Accusations? Detention? Dismantling the spy plane?
No - the crew was provided with space heaters and fuel, and slept overnight in their aircraft. The next morning their vehicle was refueled, and they took off.
Next time, why not do a _little_ searching at Google before exposing your idiocy to all?
That's why we have immigration limits - to keep all those pitying people from flooding America with their "do-gooder" attitudes.
Some people risk death trying to come here - I guess they must have a powerful sense of compassion toward us poor, ignorant and myopic fools.
When people say that Americans are ignorant and myopic they are not joking
As opposed to stupid people who claim that our only involvement in, say, World War II was "Selling arms/support/supplies/whatever".
So, the guys we sent to France 57 years ago today were just salesmen? Thanks for demonstrating that America doesn't have a monopoly on "ignorant and myopic" people!
If you think Im blowing smoke, just some kind of Anti-Yankee nut
I don't know where you would get that idea ...
So, you selfishly starve your brothers, eh?
Isnt your rolling blackouts really proof of the failure of privatization?
Sigh ... it's discouraging to listen to mindless idiots refer to heavy-handed government stupidity as "privatization".
You mean, aside from the scene where a bunch of hardware is dumped on a table, and the engineers are told that they need to figure out what can be used to help the astronauts survive? (they'd worked out contingency plans like that well before the flight)
How about the level of profanity used by the Apollo crew? It's hard to believe now, but they DIDN'T talk like that.
It's called "artistic license", or "being creative" - and because of that virtually NO movie which claims to "based on a true story" is going to be completely accurate.
For example, in "Erin Brockovich" there's a woman who is awarded $5 million for her family's illnesses. In real life she received FAR LESS, and she and many of her neighbors a very bitter over the way they were _used_ by Erin and her lawyer boos)
But who'd go to see a movie about a shyster lawyer and his manipulative employee successfully conning a town into suing a power company for the lawyer's benefit? Not many, I suspect. So instead we got a movie which matched a favorite Hollywood stereotype (plucky woman beats evil, nasty company - and everyone cheers).
Then it's a good thing that's not what happened. He was rescued by French sailors, and _hidden_ in occupied France - NOT languishing in a POW camp.
Your protests about historical inaccuracy ring a little hollow when YOU are inaccurate regarding a movie YOU'VE JUST SEEN.