Quran (8:55) - Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve
Quran (48:29) - Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves
Quran (9:30) - And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah... Allah (Himself) fights against them. How perverse are they!
Quran (8:12) - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them
Quran (9:123) - O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness
Quran (5:33) - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement
According to the Quran, non-believers...
Eat like beasts 47:12 Are apes 7:166, 5:60, 2:65 Are swines 5:60 Are asses 74:50 The vilest of animals in Allah's sight 8:55 Losers 2:27, 2:121, 3:85 Have a disease in their hearts 2:10, 5:52, 24:50 Are hard-hearted 39:22, 57:16 Impure of hearts 5:41 Are deaf 2:171, 6:25 Are blind 2:171, 6:25 Are dumb 2:171, 6:35, 11:29 Are niggardly 4:37, 70:21 Works shall be rendered ineffective 2:217, 47:1, 47:8 Are impure 8:37 Are scum 13:17 Are inordinate 5:68, 78:22 Are transgressors 2:26, 9:8, 46:20 Are unjust 29:49 Make mischief 16:88 Are the worst of men 98:6 Are in a state of confusion 50:5 Are the lowest of the low 95:5 Focus only on outward appearance 19:73-74 Are guilty 30:12, 77:46 Sinful liar 45:7 Follow falsehood 47:3 Deeds are like the mirage in a desert 24:39 also... Allah does not love them 3:32, 22:38 Allah forsakes them 32:14, 45:34 Allah brought down destruction upon them 47:10 Allah has cursed them 2:88, 48:6 Allah despises them 17:18 Allah abases them 22:18
> There is no part of muslim religion that would teach to hate infidels
Wrong. Read the Qur'an. "Infidels are the most vile of creatures" "kill the infidels where ever you find them" and countless other sections.
> you still think the world hates US because of some nonexistent part fo their religion.
I am certain of it. Muslims also hate: Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, and - of course - other Muslims. You may want to catch up on world news if you doubt this for even one second. And again, read the Qur'an.
I mean, yeah, it's a disaster for the common man but it's a gold mine for the folks running the show
Very good point. I should have mentioned that. I just read an article that details how US aid to Egypt is all going to US defense contractors. Then after everything is destroyed, Halliburton can rebuild it with more US dollars.
Who cares about all the death, and suffering? Who cares about further burdens on the US tax payers? As long as Dick Cheney gets even richer, I guess it's all good.
US meddling in mid-east affairs is a guaranteed disaster for the US.
Help one tribe, and the opposing tribe will hate you forever. Then the tribe you help will soon hate you also. Bottom line: Muslims must hate infidels, it is a key part of their religion.
No matter who the US helps, the US involvement will be called an "invasion." The US will be accused of using the US military to steal mid-east oil. It happens every time.
Sadam, Osama, and the Muslim Brotherhood, were all the good guys, and our buddies, at one point. Now, even Kuwait hates us.
There is no way to win in a mid-east conflict. The only winning move is not to play.
Other than buying oil, the US has no business in the mid-east. Let the crazies kill each other, if that is what they want to do. It is part of their culture, I guess.
> Search to Gmail to YouTube to Google Drive went down for between one and five minutes last night
In 1993 most people did not know what the internet was. Now one prominent search engine goes down for a few minutes, and it is considered news worthy.
Maybe people should learn from the experience and stop "over-logging on", because they may be unprepared as a result if the Internet is lost permanently. We need to stop browsing pointlessly, to only use it when truly necessary and to only view porn twice a day... max.
I am guessing you do not have a lot of experience with federal government IT?
I have several years of experience with federal government IT. This sort of thing is entirely normal. Federal IT projects tend to be crazy over-budget, and way behind schedule. Then the projects get canceled, and the process starts all over again.
Follow the money if you want to know what is going on.
PJ: It's so obviously protectionism, it's hardly a surprise that it's upset people. Samsung was found by the ITC to have behaved in good faith, but Apple was ruled to have been guilty of "reverse hold up", meaning it didn't present itself as a willing licensee. If *that* isn't enough to justify an injunction, when everyone -- courts and regulators -- say it should be enough, what would be? And the reason given -- that they were worried about FRAND hold up -- is clearly not the real reason, since in this fact pattern, it was actually the opposite. So, it's a black mark on the US in Korea. If courts and regulators play favorites, based on a company's nation of origin, why wouldn't other countries do the same? And if you can't get a fair shake in the US, why would companies located elsewhere ever donate anything to a standard, knowing that they have no way to enforce their rights? Nokia has already said it won't be donating as it has in the past. Telling such companies that they are still free to enforce their rights in court is silly. It costs millions for a patent infringement lawsuit, for starters, while unwilling licensees like Apple free ride, and as we saw in the Apple v. Samsung litigation, fairness isn't at all what a foreign company can expect to receive in US courtrooms either. Apple is the biggest US taxpayer, and it paid off. That's about it. And it smells funny. Yes. I said it. This is about lobbying by Microsoft and Apple, here and in Europe and Australia and wherever they can. It has nothing to do with FRAND holdup. It's not even pretending to be about fairness. It's about money. Apple and Microsoft don't have a lot of FRAND patents. So they want to block competitors in the smartphone market from distribution with regular patents and design patents -- just wait to see what ITC does to Samsung next week, with the excuse that the patents are utility patents, not FRAND -- and then Samsung and others who developed this field are blocked from doing the same. Sound fair to you? I am a US citizen, and I'm ashamed of what has just happened.
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Also there is no accounting for shipping, storage, logistics, disposal, and so on.
Also, it is a cherry-picked example. They only consider the upfront costs.
Actually, the ITC said it was Apple that was guilty of "reverse hold-up", and the letter clearly stated that it was not commenting on the ITC rulings on the facts. It just didn't want the economy to tank.
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IMO: crazy is as crazy does.
How closely do you follow news from the mid-east? Events like the Boston bombing are just another day in the Muslim world.
Quran (8:55) - Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve
Quran (48:29) - Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves
Quran (9:30) - And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah... Allah (Himself) fights against them. How perverse are they!
Quran (8:12) - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them
Quran (9:123) - O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness
Quran (5:33) - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement
According to the Quran, non-believers...
Eat like beasts 47:12
Are apes 7:166, 5:60, 2:65
Are swines 5:60
Are asses 74:50
The vilest of animals in Allah's sight 8:55
Losers 2:27, 2:121, 3:85
Have a disease in their hearts 2:10, 5:52, 24:50
Are hard-hearted 39:22, 57:16
Impure of hearts 5:41
Are deaf 2:171, 6:25
Are blind 2:171, 6:25
Are dumb 2:171, 6:35, 11:29
Are niggardly 4:37, 70:21
Works shall be rendered ineffective 2:217, 47:1, 47:8
Are impure 8:37
Are scum 13:17
Are inordinate 5:68, 78:22
Are transgressors 2:26, 9:8, 46:20
Are unjust 29:49
Make mischief 16:88
Are the worst of men 98:6
Are in a state of confusion 50:5
Are the lowest of the low 95:5
Focus only on outward appearance 19:73-74
Are guilty 30:12, 77:46
Sinful liar 45:7
Follow falsehood 47:3
Deeds are like the mirage in a desert 24:39
also...
Allah does not love them 3:32, 22:38
Allah forsakes them 32:14, 45:34
Allah brought down destruction upon them 47:10
Allah has cursed them 2:88, 48:6
Allah despises them 17:18
Allah abases them 22:18
> There is no part of muslim religion that would teach to hate infidels
Wrong. Read the Qur'an. "Infidels are the most vile of creatures" "kill the infidels where ever you find them" and countless other sections.
> you still think the world hates US because of some nonexistent part fo their religion.
I am certain of it. Muslims also hate: Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, and - of course - other Muslims. You may want to catch up on world news if you doubt this for even one second. And again, read the Qur'an.
Very good point. I should have mentioned that. I just read an article that details how US aid to Egypt is all going to US defense contractors. Then after everything is destroyed, Halliburton can rebuild it with more US dollars.
Who cares about all the death, and suffering? Who cares about further burdens on the US tax payers? As long as Dick Cheney gets even richer, I guess it's all good.
US meddling in mid-east affairs is a guaranteed disaster for the US.
Help one tribe, and the opposing tribe will hate you forever. Then the tribe you help will soon hate you also. Bottom line: Muslims must hate infidels, it is a key part of their religion.
No matter who the US helps, the US involvement will be called an "invasion." The US will be accused of using the US military to steal mid-east oil. It happens every time.
Sadam, Osama, and the Muslim Brotherhood, were all the good guys, and our buddies, at one point. Now, even Kuwait hates us.
There is no way to win in a mid-east conflict. The only winning move is not to play.
Other than buying oil, the US has no business in the mid-east. Let the crazies kill each other, if that is what they want to do. It is part of their culture, I guess.
> Search to Gmail to YouTube to Google Drive went down for between one and five minutes last night
In 1993 most people did not know what the internet was. Now one prominent search engine goes down for a few minutes, and it is considered news worthy.
Maybe people should learn from the experience and stop "over-logging on", because they may be unprepared as a result if the Internet is lost permanently. We need to stop browsing pointlessly, to only use it when truly necessary and to only view porn twice a day... max.
No, completely believable.
I am guessing you do not have a lot of experience with federal government IT?
I have several years of experience with federal government IT. This sort of thing is entirely normal. Federal IT projects tend to be crazy over-budget, and way behind schedule. Then the projects get canceled, and the process starts all over again.
Follow the money if you want to know what is going on.
From PJ at Groklaw:
Also there is no accounting for shipping, storage, logistics, disposal, and so on.
Also, it is a cherry-picked example. They only consider the upfront costs.
I see them on Amazon all the time. Usually for around $1 to $7.
Maybe this is the way the industry needs to go?
I think the figures you cited are way off. There is a lot you have not accounted for.
Great post.
Why do people act as if their computer will explode the instant MS stops supporting the OS?
I used win2k for years after MS stopped support.
Seems to me China has, easily, three years to upgrade. What is the great panic?
already publicly available?
And this is some great injustice . . . how?
Infosys is basically a staffing company, a "middle man" if you will.
If an American company wants to hire an American worker, why would that American company go through an Indian "middle man?"
Of course Infosys hires mostly Indian workers, American employers don't have to go through an Indian staffing company to hire an American.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE0sddhCIdE
Why is it that only PBS has such terrible trouble?
Consider the article in question. Specifically what is google doing that is sooooo very "evil?"
BTW: MS is far worse privacy violator than Google.
All the MS shills on slashdot know this.
FYI: MS is, by far, a worse privacy violator than Google.
As to "net neutrality" I doubt you even know what you are posting about.
Any excuse to piss and moan about Google, I guess. Really consider the article in question, what is google doing that sooooo very horrible?
Anything on slashdot about Google, draws ms shills like flies to shit.
Okay, all together now: " GOOGLE IS EVIL!!!! EVIL!!! EVIL!!"
Do you have a source?
Seems like something that shallow would have been found a long time ago.
Oh come on now.
PC sales drop corresponds exactly with the release of the widely criticized Windows 8.
Let's put two plus two together and stop living in denial.
Expect the pardon to be withdrawn.
My diving instructor told me about it.
I don't know if it works, or not, but it's not a radical new idea.