Err.. no, more like Monroe doctrine. Unless you're calling Monroe a Dictator, then I guess you're correct.
Hmmm. The US has the potential to destroy every man, woman and child on the planet many times over. Does that mean that every man, woman and child has the right to use any means necessary to deny the US the use of these weapons and thus ensure their personal safety?
My point is that a potential nuke put in space is more than enough of a reason to consider SDI.
There are these things called "international treaties".
And? I hope you realize that space *will* be colonized, regardless of world treaties. The treaty was originally created in the early 60s. Why? Cause America were scared as hell about a little satelite named Sputnik omniously beeping around the planet. We [no necessarily the US] will eventually colonize the Earth's outer orbit, the Moon, Mars, it's just a matter of time.
Damn it.. I didn't want to debate point for point..
Personally, it's clear to me that a lot of the "little puke nations" are sick of the US telling them what to do, whilst simultaneously playing by its own set of rules when it wants to.
Russia can't invade former Soviet states to take out terrorists and India can't do the same in Kashmir but the US can waltz into Iraq as and when it pleases? Nice double standards you've got there, bud.
Good point and I somewhat agree. Although, my original point was the lack of support from our NATO allies. When times get tough for our allies, I doubt the US will blink an eye in helping our allies. I'm disappointed it's not reciprocal. Nelson Mandella is just one example. The man was imprisoned for how long? He finally becomes a free man and then divorces his wife a year later. But before I go too far off topic..
Where are they now? Empires are made to fall.
Yes, they do. Several books have been written on this and although I don't want to admit it, history is a good indicator of what will happen. However, my point was that in history, how many of the super powers were as generous as the US and had no plans for expansion?
Right on, bro! We've got the biggest guns and all those other shitty nations, even the ones that we call friends, should be quaking in their boots. If we want something then we'll take it, simple as that. Why shouldn't we? We're the biggest and the best. Fucking, yeah!
Yes, they should be quaking in their boots. The next time a terrorist group decides to target the US, they should fear for their lives. The next nation that harbors terrorists and provides sanctuary will think twice. That's the point. I'm obviouslly not saying let's invade Greenland because we can. I'm saying that if anyone is thinking about an offensive against us, be it small or large, they will think twice.
Yeah, right. I hope you don't mind when the large family down the road comes into your house and strips you of everything that you've got. Why shouldn't they? There's more of them then there are of you, there more powerful, etc. Enjoy your TV, etc while you can and be thankful that they're content with what they already have - for now. Because, when they kick down the door, you're going to be shit out of luck, pal.
Not likely, but good job here on the post. Congrats on your rating of 5. I don't really disagree with what you have said, I just think you misinterperted what I was saying. I'm just a patriot that vented some of his anger about 9-11, perhaps in the wrong way. God Bless America and may god have mercy on those who seek to destroy it.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading this.
Are you suggesting that the US has the right or responsibility of regulating space research? What goes on in another country shouldn't be up to the US, unless it directly affects them.
Well maybe he isn't but I am. When you are the strongest and most powerful nation on the planet, you can dictate any policy you want.
I don't know how near sighted you are, but having a potential nuke in space is a threat to my freedom; even if it's not pointed at the US.
It's about time we start our Space Defense Initiative. I forget who, but some dolt in govt stated that we shouldn't bother with a Space Defense system now cause we won't need it for another 20 years. Like in 20 years we can just say "Launch the space defense system!"
Personally, I'm sick and tired of these little puke nations telling us what we can and can not do. In the history of our planet, how many super powers were there that didn't seek to expand their empire. They should be thankful we're content with what we already have.
I recently built my system, spending ~700 bucks and had no problems with any of the parts I purchased from them. As always, check the guides at tom's hardware, sharkyextreme, anandtech.com
Good luck and remmeber not to run on the carpet before you build it together. Personally, I never had a problem with static electricity except for one time I touched the bottom of HD and fried it. Good thing it was a work computer though:-P
With an attitude like that, you most certainly are not "OS/Software agnostic". What you are is no different than people who give a broad statement that windows is a horrible product because their non updated, mismanaged, windows95 using computers crashed.
No, I didn't say Linux was a horrible product. In face, I love Linux and install Cygwin tools on my windows pc just so I can use similar tools.
What I did say is that/. promoted Mozilla like it was the next IE killer, so I installed it and it consistently crashed on my system. Based upon the other posts, there was quite a few common problems.
I can give 2 sh*ts who makes the software, just as long as it performs well and is relatively cheap to own [free is the best obviously]
.. how many people are saying "no big deal". If the article stated:
"The bug in Internet Explorerallows a web site to track where you're going when leaving the site whether you use a link, a bookmark or type a URL into the address field"
you would hear a dplethora of privacy zealots bitching and moaning how this is typical M$ practice and blah blah fucking blah.
Because of a/. article and because I'm OS/Software egnostic, I tried Mozilla 1.0 which was a horrible product. I could repeatedly lock up the browser simply by going into the preferences. Maybe it's been fixed 1.0.1, but I'm not willing to waste my time, especially since IE runs just fine.
I have excellent Karma, so if you can't handle the truth, mod me down, I don't give a shit, I'm just sick of the "hippicratical oath"/. editors have taken.
*gasp* You mean I just can't click on an utility called "Linux Update" that will check my system and recommend patches for me to install.. and if I want, install automatically and reboot?
200+ comments with the basic of subject of: Why MS sucks and Linux Rulez" or "Why Linux rulez and MS sucks" or "I have a Mac, so screw them all" or "Who really cares, use what's best for what you need" - me
But, referring to Microsoft engineers, McGee said "there's only so far back they can go."
Damn, we're all screwed in 2050 when the pivot point crosses over and all our documents are now saved as 1949! The good news is that the engineers who wrote Word97 [assuming 23 years old], can go back and fix it in their retirement [76] to earn some more cash. Because, of course, the retirement age will be around 80 by then;-)
If you have a copy of VS.NET, you can use the included ACT to test applications. You basically click on the links you want to test as it records and then you can run the scripts, simulating number of users and for how long. Since it outputs to a.vbs file you can easily modify the script and add dynamic variables such as a making a list of 1000 keywords, picking a random number and testing your search box [as one example] Not good for stress testing, but good for finding memory leaks and generating psuedo-traffic.
I wouldn't have mentioned this on/., but since they run ads [perhaps unknowingly through doubleclick] for VS.NET I thought it would be approriate. Not to mention, you can run ACT against any web application; it doesn't matter because it just simulates clicking around.
Seriously, I would like to hear one compelling reason to upgrade from Word 97 to a newer version if all you use word for is word processing and basic mail merge
Your the person of charge of applications in your company. MS announces they are dropping all support for Office 97 products. You upgrade.
I'm not saying I don't agree with you, I haven't found any compelling features of Office2k that I didn't have in Office97, but sometimes it's more than just the features.
Not to mention that Office2k+ products support the MSI installation method and auto-repair which sysadmins like [or so MS would have you believe]
.. we start integrating some jetsons like stuff into our lives.
Why not create a jacket with an integrated GPS/Compass/Temp guage and mp3 player for hikers? Imagine pulling off a protective cover on your wrist and seeing a display showing your heading, location, your body temperature, outside temperature and which mp3 is playing. Doesn't even have to be color, just backlit.
Guaranteed, you can sell this jacket for 700 bucks and people will buy it. Maybe I'm in a minority, but I have money for gadgets, but there just isn't anything out there I want. Got Tivo, got xBox, got my own weather station [offline at the moment as I rewire it], got an Audrey. Maybe I'm just spoiled;-)
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Like a dictator would? Gee, how nice.
Err.. no, more like Monroe doctrine. Unless you're calling Monroe a Dictator, then I guess you're correct.
Hmmm. The US has the potential to destroy every man, woman and child on the planet many times over. Does that mean that every man, woman and child has the right to use any means necessary to deny the US the use of these weapons and thus ensure their personal safety?
My point is that a potential nuke put in space is more than enough of a reason to consider SDI.
There are these things called "international treaties".
And? I hope you realize that space *will* be colonized, regardless of world treaties. The treaty was originally created in the early 60s. Why? Cause America were scared as hell about a little satelite named Sputnik omniously beeping around the planet. We [no necessarily the US] will eventually colonize the Earth's outer orbit, the Moon, Mars, it's just a matter of time.
Damn it.. I didn't want to debate point for point..
Personally, it's clear to me that a lot of the "little puke nations" are sick of the US telling them what to do, whilst simultaneously playing by its own set of rules when it wants to.
Russia can't invade former Soviet states to take out terrorists and India can't do the same in Kashmir but the US can waltz into Iraq as and when it pleases? Nice double standards you've got there, bud.
Good point and I somewhat agree. Although, my original point was the lack of support from our NATO allies. When times get tough for our allies, I doubt the US will blink an eye in helping our allies. I'm disappointed it's not reciprocal. Nelson Mandella is just one example. The man was imprisoned for how long? He finally becomes a free man and then divorces his wife a year later. But before I go too far off topic..
Where are they now? Empires are made to fall.
Yes, they do. Several books have been written on this and although I don't want to admit it, history is a good indicator of what will happen. However, my point was that in history, how many of the super powers were as generous as the US and had no plans for expansion?
Right on, bro! We've got the biggest guns and all those other shitty nations, even the ones that we call friends, should be quaking in their boots. If we want something then we'll take it, simple as that. Why shouldn't we? We're the biggest and the best. Fucking, yeah!
Yes, they should be quaking in their boots. The next time a terrorist group decides to target the US, they should fear for their lives. The next nation that harbors terrorists and provides sanctuary will think twice. That's the point. I'm obviouslly not saying let's invade Greenland because we can. I'm saying that if anyone is thinking about an offensive against us, be it small or large, they will think twice.
Yeah, right. I hope you don't mind when the large family down the road comes into your house and strips you of everything that you've got. Why shouldn't they? There's more of them then there are of you, there more powerful, etc. Enjoy your TV, etc while you can and be thankful that they're content with what they already have - for now. Because, when they kick down the door, you're going to be shit out of luck, pal.
Not likely, but good job here on the post. Congrats on your rating of 5. I don't really disagree with what you have said, I just think you misinterperted what I was saying. I'm just a patriot that vented some of his anger about 9-11, perhaps in the wrong way. God Bless America and may god have mercy on those who seek to destroy it.
That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading this.
... this is what I wouldn't do:
- Sell my shares early cause of a tip
- Kill anyone, especially my wife
- Play with guns in my house
- Waste my money and life on drugs
- Get suckered in buying land here
and most of all, never never ever
- Turn into an idiot
Are you suggesting that the US has the right or responsibility of regulating space research? What goes on in another country shouldn't be up to the US, unless it directly affects them.
Well maybe he isn't but I am. When you are the strongest and most powerful nation on the planet, you can dictate any policy you want.
I don't know how near sighted you are, but having a potential nuke in space is a threat to my freedom; even if it's not pointed at the US.
It's about time we start our Space Defense Initiative. I forget who, but some dolt in govt stated that we shouldn't bother with a Space Defense system now cause we won't need it for another 20 years. Like in 20 years we can just say "Launch the space defense system!"
Personally, I'm sick and tired of these little puke nations telling us what we can and can not do. In the history of our planet, how many super powers were there that didn't seek to expand their empire. They should be thankful we're content with what we already have.
True, I should have been more specific. Sometimes thoughts get lost...
I meant that I think the real key to a system's performance, when built for playing games, is the graphics card and not the greatest and latest cpu.
Reminds me of that plan /. had on making money. Actually, do they still? I haven't noticed although I do click on the links to support them.
.. and hook up the video card.
:-P
I have a 1800 Althon system with the GeForce 4200 card that runs like a top with XP.
Although Intel would have you believe that the P4 is what makes the net "come alive", it's really your graphics card and internet connection.
As a previous poster stated, get a good case from newegg.com
I recently built my system, spending ~700 bucks and had no problems with any of the parts I purchased from them. As always, check the guides at tom's hardware, sharkyextreme, anandtech.com
Good luck and remmeber not to run on the carpet before you build it together. Personally, I never had a problem with static electricity except for one time I touched the bottom of HD and fried it. Good thing it was a work computer though
NO, it's hippocratical oath. Sort of a play on words of the Doctor's oath.
With an attitude like that, you most certainly are not "OS/Software agnostic". What you are is no different than people who give a broad statement that windows is a horrible product because their non updated, mismanaged, windows95 using computers crashed.
/. promoted Mozilla like it was the next IE killer, so I installed it and it consistently crashed on my system. Based upon the other posts, there was quite a few common problems.
No, I didn't say Linux was a horrible product. In face, I love Linux and install Cygwin tools on my windows pc just so I can use similar tools.
What I did say is that
I can give 2 sh*ts who makes the software, just as long as it performs well and is relatively cheap to own [free is the best obviously]
.. how many people are saying "no big deal". If the article stated:
/. article and because I'm OS/Software egnostic, I tried Mozilla 1.0 which was a horrible product. I could repeatedly lock up the browser simply by going into the preferences. Maybe it's been fixed 1.0.1, but I'm not willing to waste my time, especially since IE runs just fine.
/. editors have taken.
"The bug in Internet Explorerallows a web site to track where you're going when leaving the site whether you use a link, a bookmark or type a URL into the address field"
you would hear a dplethora of privacy zealots bitching and moaning how this is typical M$ practice and blah blah fucking blah.
Because of a
I have excellent Karma, so if you can't handle the truth, mod me down, I don't give a shit, I'm just sick of the "hippicratical oath"
Wow! Good find, I didn't see that one. All you have to do is add beer then. ;-)
*gasp* You mean I just can't click on an utility called "Linux Update" that will check my system and recommend patches for me to install.. and if I want, install automatically and reboot?
Hrm...
.. with this + this with a lot of that
Cmdr Taco's secret posting script
s/Timothy/Cmdr Taco/gi;
laf! Good Point.. damn subconscious
200+ comments with the basic of subject of:
Why MS sucks and Linux Rulez"
or
"Why Linux rulez and MS sucks"
or
"I have a Mac, so screw them all"
or
"Who really cares, use what's best for what you need" - me
I have Excellent Karma, so what the hell.
Mod this up! Good work SlashChick
... Damn!, I'm always late with my great ideas.
But, referring to Microsoft engineers, McGee said "there's only so far back they can go."
;-)
Damn, we're all screwed in 2050 when the pivot point crosses over and all our documents are now saved as 1949! The good news is that the engineers who wrote Word97 [assuming 23 years old], can go back and fix it in their retirement [76] to earn some more cash. Because, of course, the retirement age will be around 80 by then
Too bad it's so damn expensive.
.vbs file you can easily modify the script and add dynamic variables such as a making a list of 1000 keywords, picking a random number and testing your search box [as one example] Not good for stress testing, but good for finding memory leaks and generating psuedo-traffic.
/., but since they run ads [perhaps unknowingly through doubleclick] for VS.NET I thought it would be approriate. Not to mention, you can run ACT against any web application; it doesn't matter because it just simulates clicking around.
If you have a copy of VS.NET, you can use the included ACT to test applications. You basically click on the links you want to test as it records and then you can run the scripts, simulating number of users and for how long. Since it outputs to a
I wouldn't have mentioned this on
Seriously, I would like to hear one compelling reason to upgrade from Word 97 to a newer version if all you use word for is word processing and basic mail merge
Your the person of charge of applications in your company. MS announces they are dropping all support for Office 97 products. You upgrade.
I'm not saying I don't agree with you, I haven't found any compelling features of Office2k that I didn't have in Office97, but sometimes it's more than just the features.
Not to mention that Office2k+ products support the MSI installation method and auto-repair which sysadmins like [or so MS would have you believe]
.. we start integrating some jetsons like stuff into our lives.
;-)
Why not create a jacket with an integrated GPS/Compass/Temp guage and mp3 player for hikers? Imagine pulling off a protective cover on your wrist and seeing a display showing your heading, location, your body temperature, outside temperature and which mp3 is playing. Doesn't even have to be color, just backlit.
Guaranteed, you can sell this jacket for 700 bucks and people will buy it. Maybe I'm in a minority, but I have money for gadgets, but there just isn't anything out there I want. Got Tivo, got xBox, got my own weather station [offline at the moment as I rewire it], got an Audrey. Maybe I'm just spoiled
as opposed to NT, asp and MS SQL server
visit Camville.com
/. friendly since it's build on php, linux, mySql and 100% ad free.
Very
I'll have to add this as a news feature.
..imagine a beowulf cluster of chinese people.
ridicurious
Hackers will need to request access to discussion forums
If you were truely a hacker, couldn't you just hack your way into the system and post messages without proper authorization?