The simple fact is that we've ALWAYS relied on non-regulars when it comes time to fight a real war. In EVERY major war the US has fought, the bulk of its forces have been made up of reservists, guardsman, draftees, militia, whatever, and not regular military.
This is either GW Bush posting this or one of his brain-dead sycophants.
The Vietnam and Korean war rarely made use of reservists or guardsman. This is precisely why GW Bush joined the Texas National Guard.
The French don't respect anything except their own interests and like your example proved, will go to any lengths to protect them. Many nations are like that but the French are grotesquely hypocritical about their own behaviour.
IBusiness has to concern itself with morality ?!? I hope you mean 'ethically', or you are a really sad individual who needs to get in touch with the real world.
Business is no different than any other ecosystem. The strong survive, the weak go begging to the EU for protection.
I don't care whether the users were stupid enough or whether the OS was faulty for allowing such hacks...I want the idiots who try to perpetrate this on us to be punished.
There will always be stupid users and poor OS's, just as there will always be slashdot posters who karma whore by preaching to the groupthink choir.
No, this is not a prank. This was a malicious act taken by someone without regard to the resources he would be taking away from legitimate emergencies.
When a 911 call is made and no one answers when the operator picks up, the operator is required to try and call back because they are not sure whether the caller is being prevented from completing the call.
In many cases, if the operator can't make contact, a police care is dispatched, which is obviously what this scumbag had in mind.
I am very hopeful that he goes a federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
He gets pissed off at people so he decides to interfere with the 911 system? What if the delays in taking those misrouted calls prevented help from getting to someone who truly needed it?
I am glad that they are throwing the book at idiots like this.
China has to be very careful about proposing legislation that will get knocked down by the WTO. The Chinese are very sensitive to reproachment by other countries and international organizations. I don't know how they will react if the WTO finds them guilty of violating WTO agreements and fines them billions of dollars.
If China believes it has the capacity to create a powerful software industry, it should get out of its way rather than remove incentive for them to compete.
There were no such laws passed in the US. There were a whole lot of "Buy American" calls from workers and some politicians but there were no laws passed because it is illegal under the WTO and it anti-competitive behaviour and most people who understand the free-market knows that it would be counterproductive.
Japanese auto-makers opened American plants because during much it was much cheaper to produce the vehicles and sell them locally rather than import them from Japan (or elsewhere) where you are subject to import duties and the vagaries of fiscal economics where the fluctation of currencies can erode profits.
People, please mod the parent post down appropiately.
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What's even more awe-inspiring is the fact that the rings have such a thinness about them, only a couple of meters at best.
To me, Saturn is the most beautiful cosmic creation that I know of. I wonder if there have been any other planets found with rings on them.
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Actually, this is justification for having women accompany the men to mars.;>)
I think what I was trying to say, and probably failing miserably, was that "government" is bandied about as though it were an entity that exists on its own or has sprung up out of nothingness.
It doesn't and it hasn't.
But this is a good thing. It gives hope to those who refuse to wallow in an air of defeatism and understand that any current transgressions need only be temporary.
Remember, the Patriot Act is nothing more than legislation. It can be repealed or written out of the books very easily. But it's going ot take a lot of minds changing before we muster enough Political Will to start that ball rolling. It's not impossible. It's probably just a matter of time.
100 years prior to Suffrage most people thought it was ridiculous to give women the right to vote. As a people, we learned that liberty cannot exist when we disenfranchise half our population. I suspect a similar conciousness will develop and we'll look back at the Patriot Act as a curious by-product of this era.
Yeah, I believe his Education Secretary just called the NEA (I think) a "terrorist organization". They are actually a national union of teachers.
He allegedly said it in jest but it surely was in poor taste and it no doubt if a true reflection of the administration's view of the organization and indicative of their insensitivity to anyone that opposes them.
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Affirming your jewishness could mean that you are reaffirming your cultural background, not necessarily the religion itself.
George Bush loses one of his "allies". Spain's new PM bitch-slaps Bush with his renunciation of Iraq war and Bush's unilateralism.
Things look bad for Bush.
And I am happy.
The simple fact is that we've ALWAYS relied on non-regulars when it comes time to fight a real war. In EVERY major war the US has fought, the bulk of its forces have been made up of reservists, guardsman, draftees, militia, whatever, and not regular military.
This is either GW Bush posting this or one of his brain-dead sycophants.
The Vietnam and Korean war rarely made use of reservists or guardsman. This is precisely why GW Bush joined the Texas National Guard.
So he could be a coward and duck service.
The French don't respect anything except their own interests and like your example proved, will go to any lengths to protect them. Many nations are like that but the French are grotesquely hypocritical about their own behaviour.
How many people were hoping he died during his gallbladder removal operation?
I was.
EUians are fucking idiots ?
relax, it's just a joke.
just like your space program.
<rimshot>
IBusiness has to concern itself with morality ?!? I hope you mean 'ethically', or you are a really sad individual who needs to get in touch with the real world.
Business is no different than any other ecosystem. The strong survive, the weak go begging to the EU for protection.
Pirate Windows to prevent paying Microsoft tax: $0
Pay Apple tax to use software that can run on Windows: $2000
Illogic of fanboys: Priceless
You empirically test them and provide mathematical proofs for the world to review.
How do you do it?
God, you are a stupid fuck. How difficult was it to look that garbage up before posting.
I don't care whether the users were stupid enough or whether the OS was faulty for allowing such hacks...I want the idiots who try to perpetrate this on us to be punished.
There will always be stupid users and poor OS's, just as there will always be slashdot posters who karma whore by preaching to the groupthink choir.
No, this is not a prank. This was a malicious act taken by someone without regard to the resources he would be taking away from legitimate emergencies.
When a 911 call is made and no one answers when the operator picks up, the operator is required to try and call back because they are not sure whether the caller is being prevented from completing the call.
In many cases, if the operator can't make contact, a police care is dispatched, which is obviously what this scumbag had in mind.
I am very hopeful that he goes a federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
He gets pissed off at people so he decides to interfere with the 911 system? What if the delays in taking those misrouted calls prevented help from getting to someone who truly needed it?
I am glad that they are throwing the book at idiots like this.
Why do you think you were owed a 'please' or 'thankyou' ? They were just doing their job. They didn't mistreat you at all.
My advice to you: Get over yourself.
China has to be very careful about proposing legislation that will get knocked down by the WTO. The Chinese are very sensitive to reproachment by other countries and international organizations. I don't know how they will react if the WTO finds them guilty of violating WTO agreements and fines them billions of dollars.
If China believes it has the capacity to create a powerful software industry, it should get out of its way rather than remove incentive for them to compete.
Bullshit.
There were no such laws passed in the US. There were a whole lot of "Buy American" calls from workers and some politicians but there were no laws passed because it is illegal under the WTO and it anti-competitive behaviour and most people who understand the free-market knows that it would be counterproductive.
Japanese auto-makers opened American plants because during much it was much cheaper to produce the vehicles and sell them locally rather than import them from Japan (or elsewhere) where you are subject to import duties and the vagaries of fiscal economics where the fluctation of currencies can erode profits.
People, please mod the parent post down appropiately.
What's even more awe-inspiring is the fact that the rings have such a thinness about them, only a couple of meters at best.
To me, Saturn is the most beautiful cosmic creation that I know of. I wonder if there have been any other planets found with rings on them.
Actually, this is justification for having women accompany the men to mars. ;>)
Are you serious? You can't move music from your iPod to your PC ?
So if I load my iPod with music from my home PC before I leave for work, I can't unload that music to the PC at work ?
Anecdotal evidence about the battery replacement snafu seems to have been effective. It sure got Apple to change plans quickly in order to save face.
Oops. I meant Google, not Opera.
Yeah, but Opera is not a standalone application. It's just a web link. It doesn't need to be installed or downloaded.
I don't think Google has to worry about Microsoft pulling out the rug from underneath it. As long as browsers are around, *anyone* can Google.
all you needed to start hacking was curiosity and desire?
It's funny how even the art of hacking has been commoditized these days.
My own advice, just do it.
I think what I was trying to say, and probably failing miserably, was that "government" is bandied about as though it were an entity that exists on its own or has sprung up out of nothingness.
It doesn't and it hasn't.
But this is a good thing. It gives hope to those who refuse to wallow in an air of defeatism and understand that any current transgressions need only be temporary.
Remember, the Patriot Act is nothing more than legislation. It can be repealed or written out of the books very easily. But it's going ot take a lot of minds changing before we muster enough Political Will to start that ball rolling. It's not impossible. It's probably just a matter of time.
100 years prior to Suffrage most people thought it was ridiculous to give women the right to vote. As a people, we learned that liberty cannot exist when we disenfranchise half our population. I suspect a similar conciousness will develop and we'll look back at the Patriot Act as a curious by-product of this era.
Yeah, I believe his Education Secretary just called the NEA (I think) a "terrorist organization". They are actually a national union of teachers.
He allegedly said it in jest but it surely was in poor taste and it no doubt if a true reflection of the administration's view of the organization and indicative of their insensitivity to anyone that opposes them.