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  1. Then Boycott Chinese Products on Chinese Force Mass Closure Of Net Cafes · · Score: 1

    Wal-mart is the #1 retailer in the US. We love paying low, low prices for cheap, cheap labor. I laugh whenever I see "WWJD" and "Praise the Lord!" on the vehicles parked outside of a Wal-mart, where 95% of the goods are from an Atheist, communist country. If you really believe what you say, then start boycotting Chinese products. You'll soon find your consumerist life empty because you can't get any electronics product, period.

    We foam at Bush because we know the only difference between China and the US is the ACLU, and that Oceana would be Christian, and Eastasia would be Atheist. Bush has already said that a dictatorship would be much easier. I have no doubt that if he felt he could lead a successful coup d'etat, he would. He believes God wants him to be President, and he is so delusional that he sees a 51% majority as a "mandate from the people."

    What's the difference between Che Guevara and a hugely successful CIA guerilla that we all sponsor with our tax dollars? The color of their skin and their country of origin. Worship one, you're a patriot; worship the other, and you're a traitor.

  2. Re:Hehe on U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Finding · · Score: 1

    Conflict was utterly inevitable in the context of a shrinking world.

    Who's context? Yours?

    Even complete and utter appeasement would merely have delayed the day of reckoning and merely further armed the Islamists.

    That bullshit smells stale. There are militant extremist Islamists living in the US, as well as Neo Nazis, KKK members, and other cultures of hate. They are tolerated, but are they gaining ground locally? Why do you think militant Islam is effective in the Middle East?

    Try this experiment: get a militant Muslim, before he commits anything more than thoughtcrime, and put him in a secure neighborhood, where he is free to practice his religion. Give him a job, decent shelter, food and clothing enough for his family, and see if you can get him to do a suicide bombing run in one calendar year.

    Now, take any God fearing good ol' boy, and kill his family. Put him next to Muslim army base, where every couple of weeks some 13 year old girl is raped by Muslim soldiers. Starve him, oppress him, and tell him every day that those Muslims are the reason he doesn't have food, shelter, or personal rights. After one year of treatment, see if he'll do a suicide bombing run.

    What's the difference between these two men? Which one deserves to kill the other?

    Men want to stay alive, then they want to prosper, and then they want to be free. Only the people who's propoganda you gulp down without thought want war. It's not their children who are getting shot, stabbed, blown up and dismembered. But they are making billions of dollars when the economy gears up, and their stock soars.

    George Bush does not give a shit about you, or Islam, or Christianity. He cares about himself and his money. Just like all the Kings and Queens generally did not give a shit about their subjects. That's history. That's fact. It just seems like you value money more than life, because there is no other justification for the war on terror.

    Three Easy Steps to end Terrorism!
    1. Pull out of the Middle East.
    2. Stop the military sponsorship of Israel.
    3. Don't bomb people who haven't done anything.

  3. Hehe on U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Finding · · Score: 1

    I read your comment, and made judgements about you based on it. Is that generalizing?

    Good job ignoring the question, though.

  4. Re:The March of Freedom (OT) on U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Finding · · Score: 1

    Taking a psychotic, intelligent, unapologetic mass murderer with political ambitions at face value on his public propoganda?

    Are you talking about Bush or Bin Laden? Oh, you said intelligent -- nevermind.

    Those joke is that "the terrorists hate our freedom! The terrorists hate liberty! The terrorists hate..."

    The joke is about how people like you, people who despise the thought that anyone could hate America for any reason, sound like propogandists, repeating the same pattern of defenses of nothing more than glittering generalities.

    It's a simple fact, you think, that people on your side are heroes, and people on their side are murderers. Only people who can't cope with reality are affected this way. You will fail to understand the true motivation behind anything as a result. Let me help you by asking this question:

    If America had no military bases in the Middle East, would September 11th have happened?

    Good luck.

  5. Re:The March of Freedom (OT) on U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Finding · · Score: 1

    So, which causes are you willing to kill children for?

    Anti-abortion laws.

    "I will lead our nation toward a culture that values life -- the life of the elderly and the sick, the life of the young, and the life of the unborn. I know good people disagree on this issue, but surely we can agree on ways to value life by promoting adoption and parental notification, and when Congress sends me a bill against partial-birth abortion, I will sign it into law." -GW Bush

    It's too bad for the Democrats that all unborn children aren't Muslim. Roe v Wade would be a hell of a lot easier.

  6. The March of Freedom (OT) on U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Finding · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In other news, the March of Freedom was going to happen anyway.

    Bush just knows how to get it done propping up our military industrial complex. Thank God for that! (No, really! Thank the invisible man in the sky.)

    "I don't think Osama bin Laden sent those planes to attack us because he hated our freedom. I think he did it because of our support for Israel, our ties with the Saudi family and our military bases in Saudi Arabia. You know why I think that? Because that's what he fucking said! Are we a nation of 6-year-olds?" - David Cross

  7. Reply here to say FUCK ROLAND PIQUEPAILLE on Elektro, the Oldest U.S. Robot · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really. Just add your little "no text" message if you hate the posts of the infamous fuckwad Roland Piquepaille.

  8. Just wait for the accessory. on Mac mini Maximized With 3.5" Drives · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really. Some relatively talented industrial artist working for Dr Bott/LaCie/etc will design a fixed firewire drive bay that is exactly the same size as the mini, and may offer some other functionality like Compact Flash/SD/etc reader. Fixed 120GB, or a hotswap with cheap trays.

    Good accessories come to those who wait.

  9. Read the grandparent post. on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1

    He said we choose Iraq over Iran as the lesser of two evils. I made the point that you should choose neither, which might involve invading both countries, or staying out of it entirely (like we did during the Rwandan genocides, the slaughter of East Timor, and currently genocides in Sudan).

    WWII was a necessity, and there are few who deny it. WWI was the result of age old alliances, and WWII was the result, as Woodrow Wilson foretold, of punishing Germany too harshly for their actions. Vietnam was unnecessary, as was Korea, and the second Gulf War (Iraq '03.)

    The point in every instance I can think of in the 20th and 21st centuries, except for WWII, war is unjustified. America has deployed troops around the world since 1950, claiming that instability can strike at any time. That's why we pay nearly the same taxes as some socialist countries, and reap far less benefits. It seems to me that we stick our nose in too much business, and when complain when someone punches it.

    Look at the current "war on terrorism" which we are "winning." Terrorism has existed since weapons have existed, and is really just a part of warfare. We don't think it's fair that they rig bodies with bombs, or plow their explosive filled vehicles into checkpoints. Well, what did the French Resistance do? What did the Belgians do? You fight with what you have, and I'm sure Iraqi Baathists would love to have tanks, humvees, satellite guides missiles, carriers launching ICBMs, and night vision.

    The real reason for our military stance is simple. We don't want to be bombed, so we bomb someone else - preferably a non-caucasian, poverty stricken country that doesn't really fight back. All of these imminent dangers fund our military research, and make sure we're the big kid on the block.

    War is peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is strength.

    "There's a lot of war talk these days, as there should be, but it's all aimed at making sure the world is peaceful." -GW Bush

    "There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of this site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that's all he is." -GW Bush

    "I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who probably read the news themselves." -GW Bush

    Have a good day!

  10. When you choose the lesser of two evils.... on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1

    ...you have lost your character.

    You choose right every time. Under no circumstance do you support the mass murder of any human being. Under no circumstance is torture "okay." Under no circumstance is "minimizing casualty" moral when you're still killing people.

    America has simply become a self-interested empire, not a beacon of freedom. It's a sad truth, epitomized by government actions after September 11th, when they said... don't stop buying things!

    I'd rather be stupid and retain conscience and morality - and I'm not referring to the kind you think you're buying in church on Sunday.

  11. Ignored the point... on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1

    Korea - Goddamn communists!
    Vietnam - Communists again!!
    Panama - Oust Noriega (restore order around our canal)
    Bosnia, Kosovo - Stop Genocide
    Somolia - Stop famine, warlord battles
    Iraq 1991 - Stop Invasion of Kuwait (we need their oil)

    Instead of preventing genocide in Darfur, we're in Iraq for no reason. Instead of getting rid of our deficit, we're in Iraq for no reason. Instead of installing true order and security in Afghanistan, we're in Iraq for no reason. Instead of fighting fucking terrorists, were in Iraq for no reason.

    When the next terrorist attack does occur, and it will, I'll be glad to point to the tenure of GW and say, "If we hadn't been waving our dicks in the air in the Iraqi desert, sputtering bombs over more Muslims and creating more terrorists, we could have done something like install a secure democracy in Afghanistan instead of falling over each other for something as stupid as oil."

    Ending terrorism is easy.
    1. End the military sponsorship of Isreal.
    2. Get our troops fuck out of the Middle East.
    3. Peace!

    No money in it though. Thus, no republican support.

  12. Corrections: on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1

    I forgot the forgotten war, Korea, and he invaded in 2003, not 2001.

  13. Pop question! on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 1

    When have the last major deployments of US forces occurred?

    2001 - GWB
    1991 - GHWB
    1975 - Lotsa folks
    WWII, WWI...

    When's the last time the US invaded a country with no probable cause?

    2001 - GWB

    And that's it. Iraq made zero, ZERO, NULL, nada, zip, rien... I could go on... military threats against the United States.

    Hmmmmm...

    Good point though. You're a genius! Just like your idol.

  14. Just be glad they aren't white. on How GPS Is Killing Lighthouses · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What are a few thousand families under the rubble? Collateral! They aren't white so the press doesn't care. Funny thing, here in the states -- same damn thing for two hundred years running.

    I nearly fell out of my chair in hysterics when GW called the anti-abortion people and thanked them for "celebrating a culture of life." Ha! He celebrates his culture of life with tanks and M-16s. Sweet lord.

    GW! Bringing you liberty and death, since 2001.

  15. Not after your first major OS update costs $79. on Accessories for Mac mini · · Score: 1

    Nuff said.

  16. Because evolution works. on LSB to Provide Standards as Optional Modules · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, yeah. I wish I could force a packaging system on all the distros at one time. On the other hand, whatever packaging system does become the "optional standard" will be the best one out there, or at least the best combination of security/stability and ease of use.

    Do you know how many mail handling programs there are? Do you know how many are actually popular? Sendmail used to be the only choice, but now a lot of people use qmail.

    Give this GUI Linux desktop stuff some time to mature. In five years, nothing else will compare, no matter what the price.

  17. Your post is dumb - see below. on Open-Source Streaming Translations in Porto Alegre · · Score: 1, Troll

    Your post is dumb because it:

    X was authored by a guy named Roland
    X was authored by a guy surnamed Piquepaille
    X has some connection to a fuckwad named Roland Piquepaille
    X It's this mother fucker again! Please stop posting his shit!
    X We really mean it!
    X Fuck you, I'm never coming back!
    X And you did it again! Fuck this fucking fuck! Gah!

  18. Trust me.... on Microsoft in 2008 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm waiting for Longhorn SP1 in 2011.

  19. Platform for "per seat" solutions on Will Mac mini Lead the Charge to Smaller Desktops? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think one new thing with computers getting so cheap will be the distribution of machines with software. When per-seat costs are $1500 and up, machines like the Mini Mac start to look very affordable, considering the cost of supporting unknown hardware.

    People said Bill Gates was crazy when he said hardware will be free, but I can see it happening now.

  20. 40 Pounds Sterling? on 8Mbit Broadband to Become Available in the UK · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, you Brits can either pay your modem lease, or pay my rent at the current exchange rate.

    On the other side of the pond we're spending dollars on "Freedom." It's too bad it involves heat seeking missles instead of sandals and robes. That Ghandi was an economic genius.

  21. Let people know exactly what you expect of them. on Geeks in Management? · · Score: 1

    I work for a small company, and the number one problem we have is that the owner does not define anyone's role. People hired for tech support end up being salesmen, and sales people end up leaving customers on hold to help people with tech support.

    You need to clearly tell people what they are responsible for, and try not to change these responsibilities unless they are unsuited for it or are promoted. Tell them that if something bad happens with X, and X is on their turf, you are going to talk to them about it. This will enable you to streamline your business processes and allieviate retorts such as, "That's not my job!"

    Think of it as channeling capitalism by giving people their own space which only they are responsible for.

  22. The best joke in Atlanta on Korg's New Keyboard Powered by Linux · · Score: 1

    "Hey, what's up."
    "What's up."
    "Do you have a studio?"
    "Yeah."
    "Are you a producer?"
    "Yeah."
    "Me too. Do you want fries with that?"

    I'd say a talented artist with an Mbox is a lot better off than the half trillion "producers" who have MPCs and make same old tired shit that I get to hear every day.

    Do you know how many $50,000 to $100,000 setups we sell a year? Do you know how many of those end up in "hits"? Having expensive gear does not make you talented. Nor does saying that you're a producer.

    I'd wager, with 90% certainty, that you aren't shit. So tell me your setup, and how that gear makes you more talented. I'd love to hear about it.

  23. Doomed to Fail on Korg's New Keyboard Powered by Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I work at a pro audio store, and I can tell already that this thing is doomed to fail. I remember someone trying to get us to resell a dual opteron with Windows XP integrated into a keyboard. It was awkward and too expensive for the $4500 price tag it commanded.

    Modularity is much more popular in recording studios. Buy a Mac Mini and an MBox, and you've still got $3,000 to spend on good mics, a good channel strip, and a decent keyboard controller with MIDI triggered sound collections. Plus you've got a real interface with a decent screen size, without the "benefit" of being locked into a dead-end all-in-one solution. That's why Pro Tools HD systems and Apple Logic Pro setups are in 90% of the studios instead of crappy Roland workstations or Mackie d8bs.

  24. The Reality behind the Religious on Do You Want to Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    I really think it's funny that doctors who are mending bones, restoring vision and helping people to walk again are coming under attack by "religious" people who receive donations which are used to buy nice cars and mansions. Give CBN 10,000,000 and they'll buy some more planes and maybe feed 1,000 people in Africa while they shove Jesus down their throat. Give it to a doctor and he can really perform miracles.

    "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."

  25. Are you new here? on Hacker Penetrates T-Mobile Systems · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Situational ethics are pervasive in our society. Steal 100,000,000 through insurance fraud, you get 5 years. Rob 10,000 at a bank, and get 20.

    This is also the same country where we gave a dictator the technology and biological weapons to kill his own people by the tens of thousands, and used that as a reason 15 years later to depose him.

    Get used to it.