do you have a link about that interview? Id like to read something that came from GB that wasnt run through a PR dept - get a feel for him 'under pressure'...
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Here in the geeky section of the western culture, if we don't like someone, we make T-shirts [thinkgeek.com] saying so and then go about doctoring photos with the GIMP or Photoshop to make it look like whoever we dislike is guilty of conspiring with muppets.
Here in the West we are not starving and filthy-dirt poor. Most in the middle east dont have a TV to recognize EvilErnie - lets not make blazen generalizations about there entire culture because they are poor and ignorant.
You Yanks want to stop terrorism? Help raise the education/lifestyles of the world to a point where there isnt such a ridiculous seperation between yourselves (mcdonalds consumerism) and those you exploit (starving babies) via your all-powerfull capitalism (with the backing of your plutocratic government and its warmongering military)
Your statement really betrays *your* ignorance about the whole situation... by no means is this 2001.09.11 event a result of there 'radical hatred' and 'radical muslim culture' or there 'hate for your freedom'... thats just as ignorant and uninformed an opinion as the one who leads you to terrorism and Cults(religions(christian/muslim/whatever)).
Since were all talking about our childhood toys, can ANYONE remeber a toy like this:
It was a red vs blue team 'game. YOu were given blocks, which you used to construct a castle - anything you like - your aim was to build something that would withstand, and protect your set of 'targets' - from your opponent who would use a small catapult to attack you. It was like a game of siege with two players.
Anyone remember this one?
As for Mechano, forget it, Lego was it - more modular, more variety, less direction dictated by the toy itself, you really could build any model with Lego.
the canadian copyright act makes it legal for you to copy your friends CDs... or the CDs you take out at the library etc... more Canadians should know - tell your friends:)
consumers have no rights - except those they can afford.
CITIZENS, who we all are, write the laws and are REALLY in charge.
Dont accept the 'consumer' label unless you are willing to accept a position of inferiority to SuperMegaCapitalist Company's idea of your 'rights as a consumer'..
It is a VERY important thing... go read some Chomsky.
I have been toying with the idea of organizing / promoting a "Come and Copy CDs Day" at University of Windsor or maybe at on of the local Windsor Librarylocations, which does in fact contain a whole PILE of CDs we can now legally copy...
I believe it is important now to 'get the word out' and snuff out their massive revenue stream...
Also I believe we should simply order the CDRs online anf FUCK their 'corporate-whore-tax', it would make this otherwise legal event a little more gray, but hey, fuck them.
What next... Saying that its unfair to have microsoft.com be the default home page for a newly installed copy of ie just because some idiot might want to change it but doesn't want to take the time to figure out how...???
Well, M$ does have an OS monopoly - it doesnt really matter what they do from this point, be it default-homepages or file-types - there will be no *REAL* competition in OS / Computing Paradigms as long as M$ and Windows are allowed this position.
I advocate a break up (into 5 or 6 pcs) because it will bring an opportunity to the industry to try new things, for new people to have influence, as it stands right now only M$ really has influence and has the ability to stear the computing industry any way it pleases... this is bad for citizens, IT experts && in the long run, the whole of the Personal Computer Industry itself.
The only answer to your concerns is for us to completely pull out of all conflicts and become isolationist.
Or simply support a UN effort to end all conflict - everywhere... picking and choosing your moral position based on self-interest is really what most people have against American Foreign Policy.
We have REPEATEDLY stated that we are NOT after Afghanistan's destruction
The Taleban is the government of Afghanistan - as fucked up as religious dictatorships are (no worse than Capitalist Dictatorships ala US) - this is a soverign state.
We're after the guilty one, bin Laden.
People are innocent until proven guilty in court.
The strikes today are apparently against Taliban military targets
Which means, YET AGAIN, America has started a war.
another guilty partyinteresting how americans are so sure of this... THERE HAS BEEN NO EXPOSURE OF EVIDENCE. THERE HAS BEEN NO TRIAL. How is it that you feel you can enact a sentance without a trail?
as a safe harbor for bin Laden
...its also OK for Americans to make shit up as they go along...
and they have been fairly and sufficiently warned
Fairly warned? Who gives a fuck - the issue is that WAR IS WRONG!
Killing some in strikes against military targets is inevitable.
No, its a choice, a choice your country makes all to fucking often - the rest of us know this because we actually pay attention, while Americans are too busy telling one another how unquestionably terrific America(TM) is.
It's not a pretty price, but one you have to pay.
Change can come without violence. Ever hear of Ghandi?
In short, i wonder how you managed to drift so far from being able to make well reasoned arguments - does Government Propaganda and Indoctrination mean anything to you?????
and our government has been more than willing to resolve this situation in a peaceful matter
Give us this citizen, without any proff, or we are going to bomb you. We are going to attack all harbours of Terrorism. If you arent with us your a Terrorist.
communist/socialist groups since the day of the attacks condemning the bloody war America was waging
What kind of mccarthy inspired non-sequitor is that? What does being a Socalist, as I am, have to do with being a Pacifist?
The fact that that taliban was unwilling to cooperate even in the slightest
What are you Fucking talking about??????? The US made demands - and the TALEBAN asked to negotiate, they asked to be shown proof, which seems like a pretty reasonable thing to ask considering the US was asking for this extradition and no us-afghani treaty exists to facilitate.
The Taleban, the ruling body in a soverign state, asked to NOT be dictated to again and again, they asked for negotiations and you say "were unwilling to cooperate" - are you really, without bias, paying attention... or
I really dread the rhetoric of those who think that we should just do nothing.
...are you listening to the overwhelming "America is brave, honest and infallible(sp?) - WE have the lone right in this world to dictate to foreign leaders and attack if they dont appease us, and we can feel blameless and justified that we are right... always" rhetoric that spews out of your country!
Here this: America can only blame itself for this mess. Instead of making peace you make war - the world knows it, only Americans cannot see it because of their blinding, egotistical nationalist jingoism and myopia.
Should the U.S. not retaliate or otherwise defend itself
NO, the US is attacking them. Someone committed a crime, not and act of war, and the US is responding by making war.
its always wrong.
perceive this as an attack on Islam
You do understand America has been backing the slaughter of Muslims in Isreal for 40 years. The Jewish feel for some reason that they deserve to displace Muslims because they are not Jewish. The Americans have been supporting religious-state politics all this time, they have been violating their own constitution by supporting Zionism - you are most certainly wrong when you say this is NOT an attack on Islam - it most certainly is.
America has backed anti-Muslim policies, politics and 'apartheid'(sp?)
Self-structuring ad-hoc data networks are pretty cool. Pagers, Cellphones, PDAs and the like (all these embedded devices) would serve themsevlves well to build an adhoc network like this...
a cool little device that i bought my niece for Xmas '00 was a Cybiko see Cybiko.com
With two units, one in the hand and one married to your PC the device will enable a limited sort of 'home wireless access' on WAP.
Who needs service fees and a monolithic oppressive corporate watcher, why not build a low power, low bandwidth network of peers in the 'cybiko fashion'.
..or wait till 802.11b(or 'a') chipsets become SUPER small and SUPER cheap...
And don't tell me Nader was a great alternative; the guy's a fanatic
Common! Nader has been the best candidate your country has seen in 30 years! He is honest, trustworthy, dedicated, brilliant and has dedicated his life to public service - fully disclosing his motivations and actions.
If i had a vote in the USA i would *CERTAINLY* be voting for Ralph Nader.
Damned hard to have a *representative* democracy when those in power make it almost impossible for anyone *representative* to have an actual shot of taking office.
Stop voting for the Republicrats and petition and lobby for a revitalization and rebirth of participatory democracy in your country, start by getting the lock on the debates ended.
I live in Canada. We most certainly are a Democracy, in fact, a Social Democracy.
But, yes I know the USofA is a Republic, but each state is a Democracy in and of itself. You are most certainly arguing symatics. The EU could also be considered a Republic.... and yet still a Democracy.
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do you have a link about that interview? Id like to read something that came from GB that wasnt run through a PR dept - get a feel for him 'under pressure'...
Here in the geeky section of the western culture, if we don't like someone, we make T-shirts [thinkgeek.com] saying so and then go about doctoring photos with the GIMP or Photoshop to make it look like whoever we dislike is guilty of conspiring with muppets.
Here in the West we are not starving and filthy-dirt poor. Most in the middle east dont have a TV to recognize EvilErnie - lets not make blazen generalizations about there entire culture because they are poor and ignorant.
You Yanks want to stop terrorism? Help raise the education/lifestyles of the world to a point where there isnt such a ridiculous seperation between yourselves (mcdonalds consumerism) and those you exploit (starving babies) via your all-powerfull capitalism (with the backing of your plutocratic government and its warmongering military)
Your statement really betrays *your* ignorance about the whole situation... by no means is this 2001.09.11 event a result of there 'radical hatred' and 'radical muslim culture' or there 'hate for your freedom'... thats just as ignorant and uninformed an opinion as the one who leads you to terrorism and Cults(religions(christian/muslim/whatever)).
What about running the device over USB or IEE1394?
M-Systems offers offer some Flash-based "DiskOnChip" products used alot in embedded apps.
Since were all talking about our childhood toys, can ANYONE remeber a toy like this:
It was a red vs blue team 'game. YOu were given blocks, which you used to construct a castle - anything you like - your aim was to build something that would withstand, and protect your set of 'targets' - from your opponent who would use a small catapult to attack you. It was like a game of siege with two players.
Anyone remember this one?
As for Mechano, forget it, Lego was it - more modular, more variety, less direction dictated by the toy itself, you really could build any model with Lego.
(the customer is still, in theory, paying for the service)
Yes, but AOL is selling their eyeballs also...
thats the whole 'keyword' bit - sold to the highest bidder.
Umm, no, you are not given the "right".
The Canadian Copyright Act grants citizens permission - a modification to the fiction that is 'copyright' in the first place - to permit this action.
The Levy goes to the RIAA (and artist groups) on the sale of CDRs.
Its not a perfect system, but it is better than getting fucked w/ a DMCA.
Speaking of the Canadaian getting fucked by the DMCA, see here: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/rp01100e.html
...and another thing brother, go read this: http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml#copy_for_friend s
:)
the canadian copyright act makes it legal for you to copy your friends CDs... or the CDs you take out at the library etc... more Canadians should know - tell your friends
consumers have no rights - except those they can afford.
CITIZENS, who we all are, write the laws and are REALLY in charge.
Dont accept the 'consumer' label unless you are willing to accept a position of inferiority to SuperMegaCapitalist Company's idea of your 'rights as a consumer'..
It is a VERY important thing... go read some Chomsky.
In Canada, we collect a levy on CDR media, this allows us the RIGHT as a citizen to make copies of any music CD for our own personal use.
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See more about this here: http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml#copy_for_frien
I have been toying with the idea of organizing / promoting a "Come and Copy CDs Day" at University of Windsor or maybe at on of the local Windsor Librarylocations, which does in fact contain a whole PILE of CDs we can now legally copy...
I believe it is important now to 'get the word out' and snuff out their massive revenue stream...
Also I believe we should simply order the CDRs online anf FUCK their 'corporate-whore-tax', it would make this otherwise legal event a little more gray, but hey, fuck them.
This could be seriously fun...
What next... Saying that its unfair to have microsoft.com be the default home page for a newly installed copy of ie just because some idiot might want to change it but doesn't want to take the time to figure out how...???
Well, M$ does have an OS monopoly - it doesnt really matter what they do from this point, be it default-homepages or file-types - there will be no *REAL* competition in OS / Computing Paradigms as long as M$ and Windows are allowed this position.
I advocate a break up (into 5 or 6 pcs) because it will bring an opportunity to the industry to try new things, for new people to have influence, as it stands right now only M$ really has influence and has the ability to stear the computing industry any way it pleases... this is bad for citizens, IT experts && in the long run, the whole of the Personal Computer Industry itself.
The only answer to your concerns is for us to completely pull out of all conflicts and become isolationist.
Or simply support a UN effort to end all conflict - everywhere... picking and choosing your moral position based on self-interest is really what most people have against American Foreign Policy.
It would be ridiculous to argue that our attack against Japan was not justifiable.
WHAT?? Just ask anyone who is NOT American and see what answer you get..
I read on USA Today
that was your first mistake. Try reading bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca or even cnn.com - USA today is a terrible news source.
We have REPEATEDLY stated that we are NOT after Afghanistan's destruction
The Taleban is the government of Afghanistan - as fucked up as religious dictatorships are (no worse than Capitalist Dictatorships ala US) - this is a soverign state.
We're after the guilty one, bin Laden.
People are innocent until proven guilty in court.
The strikes today are apparently against Taliban military targets
Which means, YET AGAIN, America has started a war.
another guilty partyinteresting how americans are so sure of this... THERE HAS BEEN NO EXPOSURE OF EVIDENCE. THERE HAS BEEN NO TRIAL. How is it that you feel you can enact a sentance without a trail?
as a safe harbor for bin Laden
...its also OK for Americans to make shit up as they go along...
and they have been fairly and sufficiently warned
Fairly warned? Who gives a fuck - the issue is that WAR IS WRONG!
Killing some in strikes against military targets is inevitable.
No, its a choice, a choice your country makes all to fucking often - the rest of us know this because we actually pay attention, while Americans are too busy telling one another how unquestionably terrific America(TM) is.
It's not a pretty price, but one you have to pay.
Change can come without violence. Ever hear of Ghandi?
In short, i wonder how you managed to drift so far from being able to make well reasoned arguments - does Government Propaganda and Indoctrination mean anything to you?????
have jurisdiction over American citizens and, in the case of war crimes, military personnel as well.
Of note is that the Proposed International Court that the US would not support had plans to charge some American military for their actions in Korea.
I'd say we're justified in seeking retribution here
Violence is always wrong. Retribution is absolutely, always, unjustifiable.
Hell, the only difference between a religious martyr and a religious fanatic is what your religion is -- not your moralitic or ethics.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled in the entrails of the last priest." Diderot.
and our government has been more than willing to resolve this situation in a peaceful matter
Give us this citizen, without any proff, or we are going to bomb you. We are going to attack all harbours of Terrorism. If you arent with us your a Terrorist.
Sounds really 'peacefull' dosnt it...
communist/socialist groups since the day of the attacks condemning the bloody war America was waging
What kind of mccarthy inspired non-sequitor is that? What does being a Socalist, as I am, have to do with being a Pacifist?
The fact that that taliban was unwilling to cooperate even in the slightest
What are you Fucking talking about??????? The US made demands - and the TALEBAN asked to negotiate, they asked to be shown proof, which seems like a pretty reasonable thing to ask considering the US was asking for this extradition and no us-afghani treaty exists to facilitate.
The Taleban, the ruling body in a soverign state, asked to NOT be dictated to again and again, they asked for negotiations and you say "were unwilling to cooperate" - are you really, without bias, paying attention... or
I really dread the rhetoric of those who think that we should just do nothing.
...are you listening to the overwhelming "America is brave, honest and infallible(sp?) - WE have the lone right in this world to dictate to foreign leaders and attack if they dont appease us, and we can feel blameless and justified that we are right... always" rhetoric that spews out of your country!
Here this: America can only blame itself for this mess. Instead of making peace you make war - the world knows it, only Americans cannot see it because of their blinding, egotistical nationalist jingoism and myopia.
Should the U.S. not retaliate or otherwise defend itself
NO, the US is attacking them. Someone committed a crime, not and act of war, and the US is responding by making war.
its always wrong.
perceive this as an attack on Islam
You do understand America has been backing the slaughter of Muslims in Isreal for 40 years. The Jewish feel for some reason that they deserve to displace Muslims because they are not Jewish. The Americans have been supporting religious-state politics all this time, they have been violating their own constitution by supporting Zionism - you are most certainly wrong when you say this is NOT an attack on Islam - it most certainly is.
America has backed anti-Muslim policies, politics and 'apartheid'(sp?)
America is not blameless.
suitable corporate sponsor but did not find any company with sufficient interest and financial capability in this challenging economy.
Ummm Isnt Apple's OSX built on FreeBSD?
Ahhh the trappings of the BSD license, you do the work - someone else makes money by stealing it.
Self-structuring ad-hoc data networks are pretty cool. Pagers, Cellphones, PDAs and the like (all these embedded devices) would serve themsevlves well to build an adhoc network like this...
a cool little device that i bought my niece for Xmas '00 was a Cybiko see Cybiko.com
The specs are here
With two units, one in the hand and one married to your PC the device will enable a limited sort of 'home wireless access' on WAP.
Who needs service fees and a monolithic oppressive corporate watcher, why not build a low power, low bandwidth network of peers in the 'cybiko fashion'.
..or wait till 802.11b(or 'a') chipsets become SUPER small and SUPER cheap...
And don't tell me Nader was a great alternative; the guy's a fanatic
Common! Nader has been the best candidate your country has seen in 30 years! He is honest, trustworthy, dedicated, brilliant and has dedicated his life to public service - fully disclosing his motivations and actions.
If i had a vote in the USA i would *CERTAINLY* be voting for Ralph Nader.
Damned hard to have a *representative* democracy when those in power make it almost impossible for anyone *representative* to have an actual shot of taking office.
Stop voting for the Republicrats and petition and lobby for a revitalization and rebirth of participatory democracy in your country, start by getting the lock on the debates ended.
I live in Canada. We most certainly are a Democracy, in fact, a Social Democracy.
But, yes I know the USofA is a Republic, but each state is a Democracy in and of itself. You are most certainly arguing symatics. The EU could also be considered a Republic.... and yet still a Democracy.
In Canada we have a legal right to make personal copies of *OTHER PEOPLES CDs*.d s
We pay the tax, we make all the copies we please.
http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml#copy_for_frien
So, Canadians, COPY THOSE CDs and TELL YOUR FRIENDS and FAMILY.