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  1. Re:Improving security by lowering defenses on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    Do you really think something like the cuban missile crisis wouldn't have happened just cause no bombs existed?

    Actually the Cuban missile crisis was an act of retaliation for the Turkish missiles, which was turned into a clever PR move, so short of the US massing troops in Turkey, no i doubt the USSR would have built up troops in Cuba.

  2. Re:Improving security by lowering defenses on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    I don't think the US could destroy china, it would defiantly hurt china (and so is unlikely to happen) but given that even Tibetan protesters rely on Chinese manufacturing, china could survive without the US but i doubt that the US could without china.

  3. Re:+Troll on Ubuntu Wipes Windows 7 In Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    reading the article paints a different picture the benchmarks are actually in windows favor for alot of the tests.

  4. Re:Improving security by lowering defenses on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    If you can't win in an arms race, why bother wasting resources on it? You can't lose if you don't play.

  5. Re:Saves money, too on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    Why is it our job to deal with European problems?

    (hell you only joined WWII because you needed a fleet)

    Contraty to the hollywood version, the US fleet had been anihalated, so the americans joined the allies out of a mutual need, none of this sorting out "Europe's problems".

    from your own link

    Nonetheless, in the 1930s, in a much smaller scale, private companies in Britain and the US were also supplying Germany, without government sanction.[2] Engines of a few German fighters were made in Britain,

    , The reason we didn't strike earlier was because there was a policy of ass sitting to keep the commies weak.

  6. Re:Saves money, too on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    It's not (hell you only joined WWII because you needed a fleet) but the reasons for appeasement were as political as they were technical. So pretending that if the UK/France where well armed WWII would have been prevented quickly by an early strike is ridiculous.

  7. Re:Improving security by lowering defenses on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    No china will just become so powerful your irrelevant, a few Chinese trade sanctions and your economy could be made to collapse and America will turn into 1990s Russia.

  8. Re:Improving security by lowering defenses on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    Well for one Osama would never have got the power and guns he did, but thats not what im saying, I'm just saying that going into an arms race against china now will not end well (for the US)

  9. Re:Saves money, too on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I can't think of any consumer products developed and produced by American companies that anybody would want to buy.

    I know your being sarcastic, but really I cant think of anything.

    Imagine if the French and Brits had addressed a particular problem in the early 30s instead of waiting until they had rearmed?

    Imagine if the US had addressed a particular problem in 1939 instead of 1941, the reasons in Europe were as much political as technical (hell the daily mail loved Hitler, getting rid of all those scrounging immigrants Europe cant afford).

  10. Re:Why? on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    erm its a little bit harder to
    a) get
    b) hide
    c) test
    a weapon in space without people noticing, than a small-firearm.

  11. Re:Childish on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 1

    lol, you do realize you just got trolled right?

  12. Re:Childish on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Give them they're fucking country back?

    Give them security by removing Isreals atomic option?
    Why is MAD an ok tactic for the west but banned in the middle east?

  13. Re:Improving security by lowering defenses on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So the only way to be safe is to keep building bigger weapons? I don't suppose youve ever looked into the 50 year immediately following WWII? Whats that meme round here "those that don't understand the mistakes of history bound to repeat them".

    Not only is heading towards a cold war situation generally a bad idea, but given the current economic situation America doesn't stand a chance. China has a manufacturing capability much greater than America and given how china virtually owns America, you cant even hit china with trade sanctions.

  14. Re:Why? on Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban · · Score: 2, Insightful

    how many nations have space weapons? usa, china & russia, now my maths isn't that great but i count that as an agreement between the us and one or two other nations.

  15. Re:My generation was lucky on Google Maps To Add 'Friend' GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    You mean Great Britain already faced terrorists and it ended without having to sign away all our rights a mandatory 28 day lock-up when your reach 18? And you best not be trying to suggest that the gps-tag i got for my child wont protect him as most child molesters are known family & friends! LIES ALL LIES

  16. Re:Prior Art on Best Approach To Keeping a Virtual World Protocol Free to All? · · Score: 1

    An RFC might not be a bad idea either. Or two as the case may be.

    If hes got the money he can always get an ISO

  17. Re:Sounds like another win for Apple on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    you listed 3 versions, troll or just cant count?

  18. Re:Home vs Pro, the rest is market-specific on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    actually most windows users either:
    1) stick with what the OEM gave them
    2) download windows-7-super-ultimate-no-cd-openbraketsmaycontaintracesofspywareclosebrakets- from tpb

  19. Re:Thai market for Windows 7 on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    erm windows 7 starter can only run 3 applications at a time, i sure as hell don't want it in a netbook i touch.

  20. Re:Windows 7 -- 6 versions. Desktop Linux -- 100+ on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    canonical have realsed 4 versions of ubuntu NOT 7 and switching between them is free not $200

  21. Re:Original Sources on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    yeah but switching from one of those versions to another is free and as simple as
    apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop ; apt-get install kubuntu-desktop ; apt-get autoremove
    (other command/gui ways of doing this apply)

    Not to mention that your including community editions, so for windows you have to add
    windows-7-starter-tpb
    windows-7-starter-axxxo
    windows-7-starter-no-cd
    windows-7-starter-lite

    ...

    windows-7-ultimate-tpb
    windows-7-ultimate-darkside
    windows-7-ultimate-no-cd
    windows-7-ultimate-lite

    infact by your standard microsoft already have 249 editions of windows 7

  22. Re:Obviously.... on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    of your examples 4 are official products (with 1 not being intended for the general public & 1 being a server) so you have 2 main releases, which is like um XP and a server (like windows 2000). There are a few oem pakages (just like XP), but there are not 7 different versions each limited in a different way.

  23. Re:Obviously.... on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Why is this modded troll? I know little about DX10 is there a legit reason it couldn't be implemented in XP?

  24. Re:Who reads those things anyway? on Malware Spreading Via ... Windshield Fliers? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I mean for this infection to work, the victim has to be not only stupid, but also not lazy. It has to have a good infection rate.

    *fixed*

  25. Re:A virus I'd actually fall for on Malware Spreading Via ... Windshield Fliers? · · Score: 1

    erm if a band/buisness/etc need me to install an EXE im not using it. there are plenty of safe mediums to exchange with unkown people, mp3, pdf/image formats. while these attacks are more devious it still fails to computer literate common sense, "why would i need to install something to..."