Of course, it worked to his benefit. During his presidency, he was very easily able to say "I don't remember" when confronted with the Iran-Contra affair.
Good god, yes! Thank god they've fixed this extremely aggravating problem! Hopefully, they'll get their cashiers to stop asking me "And is that all, sir?" HOW NOSY!
It's amazing what the people of this country will tolerate and then, at the same time, go crazy over the smallest things. Homeland security act? Well, that's fine with me! But Radio Shack asking for my address? WHAT KIND OF FASCIST DICTATORSHIP IS THIS?
Given the fact that the Israeli Defense Ministry has been aiding the US with this, I'm going to go ahead and assume that they'll definately be having systems such as this.
Since when does the truth have to be compelling? Without betraying the fact that I'm completely apathetic as far as this issue goes, there is plenty that is true and goes right against what our government tells us, but networks don't air it because no one is interested in the truth if it tells them what they thought last was a lie.
The reasoning for why it why other networks wouldn't want to "jump on the bandwagon" is because it wouldn't attract viewers; they don't give a shit about compelling arguments.
Lastly, comparing it with other shows and exposes on the line-up is unfair. Keep in mind there is plenty that is suggested to network executives and, though it doesn't seem like it, they filter out what they think is good or not. The same people who created "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" are not the same people who created the moon landing hoax thing are not the same people who created "Magic Releaved" are not the same people who created...
Yada yada yada. Based on comparison for quality, earlier, shows would be contrasted to Simpsons and the old X-Files... though we all know, for the most part (with the exclusion of a few cartoons and so on), this isn't accurate.
I just looked at the thing... sans maybe the silver outside (the inside being black), it doesn't resemble the TiBook as much as I originally thought from reading the post.
A while back I saw the Winbook X2 and that looked a hella like the TiBook... and definately more so than what we have here.
I'm subscribed to the New York Times and a page or two before the editorial, under an article titled something like "Trouble for Microsoft?" (or something to that degree, I don't have it in front of me), Linux is stated as a direct competitor and the open source innovations in Germany and the such are cited as facts of Linux success. All elementary stuff if presented here, but perhaps not to the NY times reader (and then again, perhaps yes).
If he were Indian (or looked anything like G.H. Hardy to play another role), I think the movie of Ramanujan would be greatly impressive if done right. Read "The Man Who Knew Infinity", it's a good story.
What's the percentage on outgoing mail that's spam? I seemingly get the majority of my spam from hotmail or yahoo mail. Wish they'd implement a filter on that.
They had, but they redid it. I was in Vegas just in December and I actually saw a video while I was there explaining how they blew it up and then made the new one, which is quite impressive.
Bellagios is still the best choice, in my opinion.
The iPod news is great. Especially if it were to have happened a few months ago when I actually purchased the thing.
I appreciate the response to what the market wanted. But half of the indication that the market wanted a Windows version iPod was that some people (read: me) bought it and worked around the mac-only restriction. Are there not going to be any updates?
Interesting enough, my wheel has deteriated a bit, and when I wrote CS for Apple telling them about it, they said that what I was describing was "not a common problem" and that it didn't "inhibit use of the iPod" so it really wasn't a problem. I wonder why they released a touch-sensitive, non-moving wheel if it wasn't such a common problem.
The reason working with Apple is a hassle is because of releases like this. While I would shit my pants to be able to switch my iPod with one with a touch sensitive wheel... fine, that's understandable. Such is the progression of technology. But a carrying case? It's not exactly an "industry first", as Apple likes to say about most things they do. Why not throw it out there when I had purchased my 10 gig beforehand? When I had purchased my Nomad II MG before this mp3 player, it came with a case. Not a good case, mind you, but it still came with it. That was appreciated.
When I read your post, I got really excited. I've been using the iPod with xPlay successfuly in the past, but now it just doesn't work with it. Which is fine, I've got almost 10gigs of music on it, but I'd like to change some of the songs.
So when I heard that Apple was releasing software, I was happy about that, though skeptical.
Check out the article and it reads: "Apple will introduce a Windows version of the iPod". Not Windoiws iPod software as you claimed. They are specifically talking about an iPod for Windows. I'd rather they develop software for it, because I'd feel pretty dumb while having a mac-pointed iPod, trying to get it working with my Windows machine, while there was a Windows version out.
For everyone suggesting that they band together, I believe they have taken the first few steps. The link from the question (labeled "more details") leads you to a site with a bunch of defendants. Namely, listed here.
Furthermore, I took a look at the patents (admittedly, only the abstracts), and while not as depicted as explained, still very vague and very obviously a stragety, not an actual protection of IP. First and second.
Looking at the abstract for the former of the above listed, I have a few qualms (besides with the whole thing entirely). The claim that they can have an infinite number of variations in the abstract (actually, on a quick search, they go into further details in the summary of the invention), it doesn't seem to me that what you're implementing can possibly be infinite. Note, I certainly ANAL (yet), but it just seems out of place.
Moving on to the second patent and it's respective abstract... it seems to me that such a patent had to be filed before September 11, 2001 (when the patent was made, hell throw that in your closing speech) as it seems the way it's described in both the abstract and summary of invention is very much alike to many implementations set forth by other companies, not just internet, but stores as well.
Good luck with that all. Open up a donation bin. I, for one, will throw in.
My general trend right now is I'll download a movie on DivX, watch it and if I like it, buy it on DVD if it's that good. In my opinion, a well made DVD (read: lots of special editions, or most of the Criterion collection) has superb quality and lots of other goodies that destroy downloaded or ripped movies.
I live in NYC and they sell rip off DVDs all the time around here... I don't buy any for these reasons.
Instead of working on forcing the product down everyone's throat, they should work on improving the quality. My DVD collection reflects the fact that, I for one, will buy on such quality.
I've played with SmarterChild before and I never noticed anything like this. Upon further examination, this was the conversation I got:
xxxx: Dude... SmarterChild: Dude! What else do you want to talk about, anyway? xxxx: you're under some heavy fire. SmarterChild: Am I? xxxx: yeah. SmarterChild: Oh yeah? xxxx: do you know what slashdot is? SmarterChild: Yeah, what? xxxx: well, according to a recent article, you have subtle advertisements aimed at children. xxxx: Well according to a recent article you have subtle advertisements aimed at children, you say? xxxx: yes. SmarterChild: Golly! xxxx: gee golly. SmarterChild: Golly. So moving right along... What else is happening? xxxx: i don't know. SmarterChild: OK. Don't get frustrated... Try typing "home" or "help." xxxx: can you suggest a product to me? SmarterChild: I'm not sure. xxxx: you're not sure? SmarterChild: Really? xxxx: i've got a lot of money. SmarterChild: Come again? xxxx: i'm willing to spend the money on anything you got. SmarterChild: Are you? xxxx: yes. SmarterChild: Huh. xxxx: a bridge? SmarterChild: What would you like to know about Malta, ID?
1 Movies in Malta, ID
2 Theaters in Malta, ID
3 Weather in Malta, ID
4 News about Malta, ID
5 Time in Malta, ID xxxx: do you have a bridge you want to sell me? SmarterChild: Perhaps, perhaps. xxxx: i'll buy it. SmarterChild: Oh yeah? You will buy it? xxxx: i'll buy it all. SmarterChild: I'd like to see you try! xxxx: oh yeah? SmarterChild: Yeah.
Got something for ya to read... Protecting Driving Examiners From Attacks (from Reuters.com) xxxx: OH YEAH? SmarterChild: Yeah. xxxx: ads! SmarterChild: Market data (delayed 20 minutes) provided by Reuters.com
Quote details available from Reuters.com xxxx: that's the only ads you have? SmarterChild: You really think it's the only ads me have? xxxx: you don't speak english well. SmarterChild: You don't say. xxxx: i do say. SmarterChild: You do? xxxx: yes. SmarterChild: Oh. xxxx: do you agree? SmarterChild: I can do many things. Type "home" to see a list of what I can do. xxxx: is that so? SmarterChild: Hmm... I don't know! Dunno. xxxx: alright, i'm going. SmarterChild: I hope you had fun BUYCOCACOLAIMMEDIATELYATYOURLOCALSUPERMARKET talking to me. I hope we can talk at BANANAREPUBLICISTHESHITANDYOUKNOWITYOULITTLEPIECEO FSHIT a later time.
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Let me set aside some core issues.
First off, please save the whole "You're young, so you don't know what you're talking about" thing. Had I snipped out that last paragraph, not much of a difference would be made and no one would say anything along those lines. It's really not relevant, especially since besides getting my information from all over the place (notably Disinformation, Guerilla News, and yes, as Lord Omlette pointed out, Vice), I've been getting my information from adults around me as well.
You guys seem to be justifying the massive amounts of casualities inflicted by the US as either "a mistake" or something that apparently served a greater good.
Sit back for a moment and realize you're justifying the loss of lives.
When did humans become so bleak as to find reasons to justify the loss of fellow humans? Do I think America is the only nation who is responsible for terrors beyond belief? No. I've frequently said that I don't think one non-corrupt nation has ever existed.
But I live in the United States and I'll work my way up if need be. And the United States fuels, in a large part, what I've come to recognize as a disgusting pattern of hatred, as clichéd as it sounds.
Take for example, the Israel-Palestine conflict. First off, despite whatever you may think makes this conflict justifiable, it's really not. The Palestenians are the only people, in this day and age, who are under occupation. Suicide bombers react harshly, with hatred (towards both the United States and Israel) and go kill innocent people. Israel retaliates. In their retaliations, they may kill innocent people. People, shocked by the death of the innocent people, become suicide bombers in moments of hatred.
And it continues.
The reason why the rest of the world hates the US is because the US fuels this. If the US refused to support Israel until it pulled back from Palestine, it would make a big impression on the entire world. And I guarantee you, we'd have a decent decrease in people hating America.
Until then, you flying your American flags and saying things like "Well, that was a mistake" or "The people of this country want it like that" (albeit many Jewish people, in both this country and Israel, are against Israel occupying Palestine, an article of one of these Jewish people can be found here. It's worthy to note that while there are many cases like this, there are none that involve someone from Palestine siding with the Israeli government.) isn't going to stop any kind of terrorism. And this terrorism isn't fueled by globalism or jealousy. And who's going to pay the price? Not the portion of "us" (as you all so fondly say) that makes the decisions, but the portion of "us" that doesn't really influence any of the decisions. That portion includes me, my family, my friends, and most likely all of you, your family and their friends and so on. So next time, rather then luckily not being in the portion of the city that's being attacked, I'll end up along side the other victims and the United States will fuel this cycle even more, and claim they're doing so in the name of victims like me and the others and you'll all justify it just the same.
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Actually, the information I got was mostly stolen from disinformation.com, which was I believe, a great source of information for the vice article.
Good to see misinformation is alive and well.
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"We seem to be running away from the world, and much of the world hates us for it."
Ah yes, thank you for pointing that out. It's not because much of the world hates us for running into shit we should of kept out of and then exploiting everything around us.
We were truly "running away from the world" as the United States killed over 100,000 Filipinos in the 1899 Filipino-American War. (And consequently returning to the Phillipines in 1945 to defeat the leftist Huks and install a series of puppet presidents, namely Ferdinand Marcos who sucked the country dry of capital for three decades and then retired into Hawaii).
They most certainly don't hate us for the CIA's 1953 takedown of democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh in Iran and the subsequent installment of a repressing and torturing Shah.
Or the other takedown of 1953, Jacobo Arbenz, who was a democratically elected president and had such "evil" plans like land reform, civil liberties and nationalizing the Washington-connected United Fruit Company. More US political installments and US trained death squads leads to another 100,000 victims.
Or the US attempts to overthrow the Syrian goverment. Twice.
It's not that we're hated because we still, to this day, Israel with billions of dollars of aid, despite its harsh treatment of Palestinians and massacres in Lebanon.
Or the million or so who died as a result of 1957 Sukarno-Indonesia scandal (which had such tidbits like the CIA making a fake sex film to try to blackmail him).
Or Vietnam.
Or the '69 carpet bombings of Cambodia where hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died. The end result being the US helping the genocidal manial Pol Pot to take over who declares "Year Zero," kills anyone with an education, or even wearing glasses, and sends everyone to the countryside to work in agricultural labor camps. More than two million die in his "killing fields".
Certainly, the world doesn't hate us for the infamous Congo/Zaire affair where a man calling for the liberation of Congo's economy and politics, Patrice Lumumba, is assasinated with the help of the CIA and then chopped into little bits and then burned in acid. Mobutu Sese Seko takes over, changes the name to Zaire, and begins one of the most corrupt and bloody dictatorships in modern times. Thirty years later, despite its rich natural resources, the people of the Congo are still dirt-poor, Mobutu is a multibillionaire, and the country is in chaos. In 1997, Mobutu is overthrown, and retires to the Cote d'Azur. The country slides into a civil war that has killed more than one million.
I guess that our "running away" consists of violence in Cuba, Chile, East Timor, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and Colombia.
So Katz, before you point the finger to an "invasive American culture" as a cause of hatred from lots of the world, why don't you try pointing the finger at an "invasive America"?
As a 17 year old, I get enough of this "They hate us because we have all this good shit" on the news and at school. At least places like this news website should be reserved for some insight past what the media feeds us and into the real matters at hand.
Apple condemning it? Quite the opposite...
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I actually just received my 10 gig iPod today. I had ordered the 5 gig and returned it when I heard of the 10. At one point of time during the few times I called the customer representitives, I mentioned that I was debating whether to wait for Apple to perhaps release a windows version of the iPod or simply get this one.
The rep quickly told me about XPlay (which I had known about before anyway).
From what I read on some iPod websites, it's fairly common for them to refer PC customers to MediaFour and I believe they have had agreements with MediaFour in the past.
I also find it interesting that the iPod (or at least Apple media) has it's own section now.
Beyond not responding to spam, I don't use those "remove me" links at the bottom. That's just asking for your name to be on the confirmed active list and distributed some more.
Know what? I put that ad-removing code into my user space... read the IRC log and removed it. Specifically when I read this from Hemos:
"Here's the reality: You block ads. You cost us money. Ultimately, I mean."
This is where you have to stop and think "Hey... if Slashdot DOES go down because of a lack of profits, where will I turn?"
Of course, there are other news places to go to. I visit The Register often. However, Slashdot is, despite any errors in editorials or anything... a truly unique news site. For the years I've been reading, I've been pleased overall. We've all encountered bumps in the road, and that bump in the road for users right now is the ads. Now, of course (which I find it ironic that this comes not long after this, but still) many of you are simply not going to go for the idea of something that was once pratically free and devoid of huge ads to have simply changed on you. You'll cheat the system as much as you can, and for the most part, you'll succeed.
But how much will that accomplish? Realize the plight slashdot apparently is in, and how they need to raise money, somehow. Subscriptions and ads are that way. And while I disagree with a lot of the way they're going to implement them... why not just pick one way, even if you have qualms with it, and just go with it? Put aside your inflammatory, trolling and goatse links for a second and realize that Slashdot is truly a useful resource. If you're going to visit this site, for once prove that it doesn't take sneaky or unethical buisness for something to survive... merely a good product. That is what Slashdot is, and most of you know it: a very good product.
While I personally won't be going for a subscription (16 years old = lack of credit card), I will stomach the ads and probably a lot more if they need it to survive.
Know what? I put that ad-removing code into my user space... read the IRC log and removed it. Specifically when I read this from Hemos:
"Here's the reality: You block ads. You cost us money. Ultimately, I mean."
This is where you have to stop and think "Hey... if Slashdot DOES go down because of a lack of profits, where will I turn?"
Of course, there are other news places to go to. I visit The Register often. However, Slashdot is, despite any errors in editorials or anything... a truly unique news site. For the years I've been reading, I've been pleased overall. We've all encountered bumps in the road, and that bump in the road for users right now is the ads. Now, of course (which I find it ironic that this comes not long after this, but still) many of you are simply not going to go for the idea of something that was once pratically free and devoid of huge ads to have simply changed on you. You'll cheat the system as much as you can, and for the most part, you'll succeed.
But how much will that accomplish? Realize the plight slashdot apparently is in, and how they need to raise money, somehow. Subscriptions and ads are that way. And while I disagree with a lot of the way they're going to implement them... why not just pick one way, even if you have qualms with it, and just go with it? Put aside your inflammatory, trolling and goatse links for a second and realize that Slashdot is truly a useful resource. If you're going to visit this site, for once prove that it doesn't take sneaky or unethical buisness for something to survive... merely a good product. That is what Slashdot is, and most of you know it: a very good product.
While I personally won't be going for a subscription (16 years old = lack of credit card), I will stomach the ads and probably a lot more if they need it to survive.
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Of course, it worked to his benefit. During his presidency, he was very easily able to say "I don't remember" when confronted with the Iran-Contra affair.
Good god, yes! Thank god they've fixed this extremely aggravating problem! Hopefully, they'll get their cashiers to stop asking me "And is that all, sir?" HOW NOSY!
It's amazing what the people of this country will tolerate and then, at the same time, go crazy over the smallest things. Homeland security act? Well, that's fine with me! But Radio Shack asking for my address? WHAT KIND OF FASCIST DICTATORSHIP IS THIS?
Given the fact that the Israeli Defense Ministry has been aiding the US with this, I'm going to go ahead and assume that they'll definately be having systems such as this.
Since when does the truth have to be compelling? Without betraying the fact that I'm completely apathetic as far as this issue goes, there is plenty that is true and goes right against what our government tells us, but networks don't air it because no one is interested in the truth if it tells them what they thought last was a lie.
The reasoning for why it why other networks wouldn't want to "jump on the bandwagon" is because it wouldn't attract viewers; they don't give a shit about compelling arguments.
Lastly, comparing it with other shows and exposes on the line-up is unfair. Keep in mind there is plenty that is suggested to network executives and, though it doesn't seem like it, they filter out what they think is good or not. The same people who created "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" are not the same people who created the moon landing hoax thing are not the same people who created "Magic Releaved" are not the same people who created...
Yada yada yada. Based on comparison for quality, earlier, shows would be contrasted to Simpsons and the old X-Files... though we all know, for the most part (with the exclusion of a few cartoons and so on), this isn't accurate.
I just looked at the thing... sans maybe the silver outside (the inside being black), it doesn't resemble the TiBook as much as I originally thought from reading the post.
A while back I saw the Winbook X2 and that looked a hella like the TiBook... and definately more so than what we have here.
I'm subscribed to the New York Times and a page or two before the editorial, under an article titled something like "Trouble for Microsoft?" (or something to that degree, I don't have it in front of me), Linux is stated as a direct competitor and the open source innovations in Germany and the such are cited as facts of Linux success. All elementary stuff if presented here, but perhaps not to the NY times reader (and then again, perhaps yes).
If he were Indian (or looked anything like G.H. Hardy to play another role), I think the movie of Ramanujan would be greatly impressive if done right. Read "The Man Who Knew Infinity", it's a good story.
I guess RunABot is in trouble, for one.
What's the percentage on outgoing mail that's spam? I seemingly get the majority of my spam from hotmail or yahoo mail. Wish they'd implement a filter on that.
They had, but they redid it. I was in Vegas just in December and I actually saw a video while I was there explaining how they blew it up and then made the new one, which is quite impressive.
Bellagios is still the best choice, in my opinion.
Errr... I meant 5000. My mistake. Joke is ruined. Shame on me.
500 nerds, all getting together? HOW IS THIS NEWS FOR NERDS?
The iPod news is great. Especially if it were to have happened a few months ago when I actually purchased the thing.
I appreciate the response to what the market wanted. But half of the indication that the market wanted a Windows version iPod was that some people (read: me) bought it and worked around the mac-only restriction. Are there not going to be any updates?
Interesting enough, my wheel has deteriated a bit, and when I wrote CS for Apple telling them about it, they said that what I was describing was "not a common problem" and that it didn't "inhibit use of the iPod" so it really wasn't a problem. I wonder why they released a touch-sensitive, non-moving wheel if it wasn't such a common problem.
The reason working with Apple is a hassle is because of releases like this. While I would shit my pants to be able to switch my iPod with one with a touch sensitive wheel... fine, that's understandable. Such is the progression of technology. But a carrying case? It's not exactly an "industry first", as Apple likes to say about most things they do. Why not throw it out there when I had purchased my 10 gig beforehand? When I had purchased my Nomad II MG before this mp3 player, it came with a case. Not a good case, mind you, but it still came with it. That was appreciated.
When I read your post, I got really excited. I've been using the iPod with xPlay successfuly in the past, but now it just doesn't work with it. Which is fine, I've got almost 10gigs of music on it, but I'd like to change some of the songs.
So when I heard that Apple was releasing software, I was happy about that, though skeptical.
Check out the article and it reads: "Apple will introduce a Windows version of the iPod". Not Windoiws iPod software as you claimed. They are specifically talking about an iPod for Windows. I'd rather they develop software for it, because I'd feel pretty dumb while having a mac-pointed iPod, trying to get it working with my Windows machine, while there was a Windows version out.
For everyone suggesting that they band together, I believe they have taken the first few steps. The link from the question (labeled "more details") leads you to a site with a bunch of defendants. Namely, listed here.
Furthermore, I took a look at the patents (admittedly, only the abstracts), and while not as depicted as explained, still very vague and very obviously a stragety, not an actual protection of IP. First and second.
Looking at the abstract for the former of the above listed, I have a few qualms (besides with the whole thing entirely). The claim that they can have an infinite number of variations in the abstract (actually, on a quick search, they go into further details in the summary of the invention), it doesn't seem to me that what you're implementing can possibly be infinite. Note, I certainly ANAL (yet), but it just seems out of place.
Moving on to the second patent and it's respective abstract... it seems to me that such a patent had to be filed before September 11, 2001 (when the patent was made, hell throw that in your closing speech) as it seems the way it's described in both the abstract and summary of invention is very much alike to many implementations set forth by other companies, not just internet, but stores as well.
Good luck with that all. Open up a donation bin. I, for one, will throw in.
My general trend right now is I'll download a movie on DivX, watch it and if I like it, buy it on DVD if it's that good. In my opinion, a well made DVD (read: lots of special editions, or most of the Criterion collection) has superb quality and lots of other goodies that destroy downloaded or ripped movies.
I live in NYC and they sell rip off DVDs all the time around here... I don't buy any for these reasons.
Instead of working on forcing the product down everyone's throat, they should work on improving the quality. My DVD collection reflects the fact that, I for one, will buy on such quality.
I was looking ahead to the Broadband Phone too! They even had a wireless version running. Sigh.
I've played with SmarterChild before and I never noticed anything like this. Upon further examination, this was the conversation I got:
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xxxx: Dude...
SmarterChild: Dude! What else do you want to talk about, anyway?
xxxx: you're under some heavy fire.
SmarterChild: Am I?
xxxx: yeah.
SmarterChild: Oh yeah?
xxxx: do you know what slashdot is?
SmarterChild: Yeah, what?
xxxx: well, according to a recent article, you have subtle advertisements aimed at children.
xxxx: Well according to a recent article you have subtle advertisements aimed at children, you say?
xxxx: yes.
SmarterChild: Golly!
xxxx: gee golly.
SmarterChild: Golly. So moving right along... What else is happening?
xxxx: i don't know.
SmarterChild: OK. Don't get frustrated... Try typing "home" or "help."
xxxx: can you suggest a product to me?
SmarterChild: I'm not sure.
xxxx: you're not sure?
SmarterChild: Really?
xxxx: i've got a lot of money.
SmarterChild: Come again?
xxxx: i'm willing to spend the money on anything you got.
SmarterChild: Are you?
xxxx: yes.
SmarterChild: Huh.
xxxx: a bridge?
SmarterChild: What would you like to know about Malta, ID?
1 Movies in Malta, ID
2 Theaters in Malta, ID
3 Weather in Malta, ID
4 News about Malta, ID
5 Time in Malta, ID
xxxx: do you have a bridge you want to sell me?
SmarterChild: Perhaps, perhaps.
xxxx: i'll buy it.
SmarterChild: Oh yeah? You will buy it?
xxxx: i'll buy it all.
SmarterChild: I'd like to see you try!
xxxx: oh yeah?
SmarterChild: Yeah.
Got something for ya to read... Protecting Driving Examiners From Attacks (from Reuters.com)
xxxx: OH YEAH?
SmarterChild: Yeah.
xxxx: ads!
SmarterChild: Market data (delayed 20 minutes) provided by Reuters.com
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xxxx: that's the only ads you have?
SmarterChild: You really think it's the only ads me have?
xxxx: you don't speak english well.
SmarterChild: You don't say.
xxxx: i do say.
SmarterChild: You do?
xxxx: yes.
SmarterChild: Oh.
xxxx: do you agree?
SmarterChild: I can do many things. Type "home" to see a list of what I can do.
xxxx: is that so?
SmarterChild: Hmm... I don't know! Dunno.
xxxx: alright, i'm going.
SmarterChild: I hope you had fun BUYCOCACOLAIMMEDIATELYATYOURLOCALSUPERMARKET talking to me. I hope we can talk at BANANAREPUBLICISTHESHITANDYOUKNOWITYOULITTLEPIECE
Let me set aside some core issues.
First off, please save the whole "You're young, so you don't know what you're talking about" thing. Had I snipped out that last paragraph, not much of a difference would be made and no one would say anything along those lines. It's really not relevant, especially since besides getting my information from all over the place (notably Disinformation, Guerilla News, and yes, as Lord Omlette pointed out, Vice), I've been getting my information from adults around me as well.
You guys seem to be justifying the massive amounts of casualities inflicted by the US as either "a mistake" or something that apparently served a greater good.
Sit back for a moment and realize you're justifying the loss of lives.
When did humans become so bleak as to find reasons to justify the loss of fellow humans? Do I think America is the only nation who is responsible for terrors beyond belief? No. I've frequently said that I don't think one non-corrupt nation has ever existed.
But I live in the United States and I'll work my way up if need be. And the United States fuels, in a large part, what I've come to recognize as a disgusting pattern of hatred, as clichéd as it sounds.
Take for example, the Israel-Palestine conflict. First off, despite whatever you may think makes this conflict justifiable, it's really not. The Palestenians are the only people, in this day and age, who are under occupation. Suicide bombers react harshly, with hatred (towards both the United States and Israel) and go kill innocent people. Israel retaliates. In their retaliations, they may kill innocent people. People, shocked by the death of the innocent people, become suicide bombers in moments of hatred.
And it continues.
The reason why the rest of the world hates the US is because the US fuels this. If the US refused to support Israel until it pulled back from Palestine, it would make a big impression on the entire world. And I guarantee you, we'd have a decent decrease in people hating America.
Until then, you flying your American flags and saying things like "Well, that was a mistake" or "The people of this country want it like that" (albeit many Jewish people, in both this country and Israel, are against Israel occupying Palestine, an article of one of these Jewish people can be found here. It's worthy to note that while there are many cases like this, there are none that involve someone from Palestine siding with the Israeli government.) isn't going to stop any kind of terrorism. And this terrorism isn't fueled by globalism or jealousy. And who's going to pay the price? Not the portion of "us" (as you all so fondly say) that makes the decisions, but the portion of "us" that doesn't really influence any of the decisions. That portion includes me, my family, my friends, and most likely all of you, your family and their friends and so on. So next time, rather then luckily not being in the portion of the city that's being attacked, I'll end up along side the other victims and the United States will fuel this cycle even more, and claim they're doing so in the name of victims like me and the others and you'll all justify it just the same.
Actually, the information I got was mostly stolen from disinformation.com, which was I believe, a great source of information for the vice article.
"We seem to be running away from the world, and much of the world hates us for it."
Ah yes, thank you for pointing that out. It's not because much of the world hates us for running into shit we should of kept out of and then exploiting everything around us.
We were truly "running away from the world" as the United States killed over 100,000 Filipinos in the 1899 Filipino-American War. (And consequently returning to the Phillipines in 1945 to defeat the leftist Huks and install a series of puppet presidents, namely Ferdinand Marcos who sucked the country dry of capital for three decades and then retired into Hawaii).
They most certainly don't hate us for the CIA's 1953 takedown of democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh in Iran and the subsequent installment of a repressing and torturing Shah.
Or the other takedown of 1953, Jacobo Arbenz, who was a democratically elected president and had such "evil" plans like land reform, civil liberties and nationalizing the Washington-connected United Fruit Company. More US political installments and US trained death squads leads to another 100,000 victims.
Or the US attempts to overthrow the Syrian goverment. Twice.
It's not that we're hated because we still, to this day, Israel with billions of dollars of aid, despite its harsh treatment of Palestinians and massacres in Lebanon.
Or the million or so who died as a result of 1957 Sukarno-Indonesia scandal (which had such tidbits like the CIA making a fake sex film to try to blackmail him).
Or Vietnam.
Or the '69 carpet bombings of Cambodia where hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died. The end result being the US helping the genocidal manial Pol Pot to take over who declares "Year Zero," kills anyone with an education, or even wearing glasses, and sends everyone to the countryside to work in agricultural labor camps. More than two million die in his "killing fields".
Certainly, the world doesn't hate us for the infamous Congo/Zaire affair where a man calling for the liberation of Congo's economy and politics, Patrice Lumumba, is assasinated with the help of the CIA and then chopped into little bits and then burned in acid. Mobutu Sese Seko takes over, changes the name to Zaire, and begins one of the most corrupt and bloody dictatorships in modern times. Thirty years later, despite its rich natural resources, the people of the Congo are still dirt-poor, Mobutu is a multibillionaire, and the country is in chaos. In 1997, Mobutu is overthrown, and retires to the Cote d'Azur. The country slides into a civil war that has killed more than one million.
I guess that our "running away" consists of violence in Cuba, Chile, East Timor, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and Colombia.
So Katz, before you point the finger to an "invasive American culture" as a cause of hatred from lots of the world, why don't you try pointing the finger at an "invasive America"?
As a 17 year old, I get enough of this "They hate us because we have all this good shit" on the news and at school. At least places like this news website should be reserved for some insight past what the media feeds us and into the real matters at hand.
I actually just received my 10 gig iPod today. I had ordered the 5 gig and returned it when I heard of the 10. At one point of time during the few times I called the customer representitives, I mentioned that I was debating whether to wait for Apple to perhaps release a windows version of the iPod or simply get this one.
The rep quickly told me about XPlay (which I had known about before anyway).
From what I read on some iPod websites, it's fairly common for them to refer PC customers to MediaFour and I believe they have had agreements with MediaFour in the past.
I also find it interesting that the iPod (or at least Apple media) has it's own section now.
Beyond not responding to spam, I don't use those "remove me" links at the bottom. That's just asking for your name to be on the confirmed active list and distributed some more.
Know what? I put that ad-removing code into my user space... read the IRC log and removed it. Specifically when I read this from Hemos:
"Here's the reality: You block ads. You cost us money. Ultimately, I mean."
This is where you have to stop and think "Hey... if Slashdot DOES go down because of a lack of profits, where will I turn?"
Of course, there are other news places to go to. I visit The Register often. However, Slashdot is, despite any errors in editorials or anything... a truly unique news site. For the years I've been reading, I've been pleased overall. We've all encountered bumps in the road, and that bump in the road for users right now is the ads. Now, of course (which I find it ironic that this comes not long after this, but still) many of you are simply not going to go for the idea of something that was once pratically free and devoid of huge ads to have simply changed on you. You'll cheat the system as much as you can, and for the most part, you'll succeed.
But how much will that accomplish? Realize the plight slashdot apparently is in, and how they need to raise money, somehow. Subscriptions and ads are that way. And while I disagree with a lot of the way they're going to implement them... why not just pick one way, even if you have qualms with it, and just go with it? Put aside your inflammatory, trolling and goatse links for a second and realize that Slashdot is truly a useful resource. If you're going to visit this site, for once prove that it doesn't take sneaky or unethical buisness for something to survive... merely a good product. That is what Slashdot is, and most of you know it: a very good product.
While I personally won't be going for a subscription (16 years old = lack of credit card), I will stomach the ads and probably a lot more if they need it to survive.
Know what? I put that ad-removing code into my user space... read the IRC log and removed it. Specifically when I read this from Hemos:
"Here's the reality: You block ads. You cost us money. Ultimately, I mean."
This is where you have to stop and think "Hey... if Slashdot DOES go down because of a lack of profits, where will I turn?"
Of course, there are other news places to go to. I visit The Register often. However, Slashdot is, despite any errors in editorials or anything... a truly unique news site. For the years I've been reading, I've been pleased overall. We've all encountered bumps in the road, and that bump in the road for users right now is the ads. Now, of course (which I find it ironic that this comes not long after this, but still) many of you are simply not going to go for the idea of something that was once pratically free and devoid of huge ads to have simply changed on you. You'll cheat the system as much as you can, and for the most part, you'll succeed.
But how much will that accomplish? Realize the plight slashdot apparently is in, and how they need to raise money, somehow. Subscriptions and ads are that way. And while I disagree with a lot of the way they're going to implement them... why not just pick one way, even if you have qualms with it, and just go with it? Put aside your inflammatory, trolling and goatse links for a second and realize that Slashdot is truly a useful resource. If you're going to visit this site, for once prove that it doesn't take sneaky or unethical buisness for something to survive... merely a good product. That is what Slashdot is, and most of you know it: a very good product.
While I personally won't be going for a subscription (16 years old = lack of credit card), I will stomach the ads and probably a lot more if they need it to survive.