These people that are willing to sacrifice their life for the cause Bin Laden is supposedly fighting for make Al Qaeda what it is.
Without the international network Al Qaeda would be nothing. Historically there's a lot of correct information in his letter to the United States, but he interprets everything through very militant Islamic attitudes.
Again, everything is about taking advantage of local grievances.
I'm sure local grievances had something to do with the movement towards independence during the initial stages of American independence.
How else do a group of people from one area appeal to a group of people in another?
They never said they hate the idea of a free, tolerant, pluralistic society - they hate the result brought to them because of it....
Did ANYONE EVER read the letter from Bin Laden to the "United States".
Here's an article from the Observer containing the full translated text.
Here's some key pieces of the text for those who are too lazy to click on the link:
Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple:
(1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.
a) You attacked us in Palestine:
(i) Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased. Each and every person whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime must pay its*price, and pay for it heavily.
And here's a part regarding liberty and freedom...
(3) You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they did not partake:
(a) This argument contradicts your continuous repetition that America is the land of freedom, and its leaders in this world. Therefore, the American people are the ones who choose their government by way of their own free will; a choice which stems from their agreement to its policies. Thus the American people have chosen, consented to, and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of their land, and its continuous killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of the Palestinians. The American people have the ability and choice to refuse the policies of their Government and even to change it if they want.
Again, it's out of context, you need to read the letter to understand the point he's making. I don't necessarily agree with what he's saying, but let's get the facts straight. It's not that they hate a free society, but they hate the fact that this free society allowed the oppression they've supposedly felt.
I have a feeling that if history occured differently, there would be a bit more acceptance for the things he argues against later in the letter (such as gambling, drug use,... things he considers sins against Allah). If you read the whole letter you'll notice a lot of it has to do with Palestine....
The reason they changed the name is the CEO went to a cocktail party, and someone asked him what he does:
"Well - I'm the CEO of Gator Corpora^@#"*gets punched in face*
BTW, you think people would pay money to see Alan Ralsky, Darl McBride and this guy get the crap beat out of them? Or at least make arrangements to have the crap kicked out of them?
"Sure. Even anarchists have a logo, for god's sake!"
Thank you for pointing out to us anarchists how the capitalists have taken our symbol and sell it to teenagers who think "anarchy - ya cool - blow shit up.".
Anarchy for Sale!!!
As an anarchist myself I can barely identify with the circle A. It has lost it's meaning since so many people who are not part of the culture have appropriated it.
Just wait til a fad takes off and anyone who made a webpage using Frontpage, or anyone who has made a Flash animation calls themself a hacker.
Bah - fuck the logo. If we're truely libertarian in thought a logo would just compromise that belief.
"Today a flag to unite our rich culture. Tomorrow we federate and form a nation! Self-Determination for Hackers everywhere!"
This is new? Look at the dates those files were released.... July 5th.
I haven't seen any real updates coming from the sourceforge site. It's mostly people hacking at it independently. It seems development for it has been going rather slow.
"While perhaps not grounds for arrest and prosecution, the threat of this, if one does not, in fact, "shut up" is very real -- at the least, one's life is made very inconvenient by the powers that be if one objects to the way things are."
I find this true anywhere. No government likes having people inside their country who say things they don't like. Abuse of power happens everywhere, and the difference between nation-to-nation is how well they cover it up. It's just a matter of typing a few words into Google to find the info.
I really believe the situation is no better in the United States, even though they have the First Amendment. I'm in the United States regularly since my girlfriend lives there (yes, she's American), and I've found it not much different.
But your comment of "... we are polite, you do not complain, or say things that might be offensive.", is exactly what I felt being in some small town in southern Illinois, and essentially I needed to keep my mouth shut.
Being a Canadian citizen, who tends to engage in political discussion, this is not all that surprising.
After reading a couple of your other comments, I've come to the understanding that a police officer threatened you with arrest. Well, I know the reasons the cop cited for having you arrested were all bullshit though. They're valid laws, just not likely in the context of the situation you were in.
I imagine this is more a case of a police officer being an asshole, power tripping, and just bluffing. (essentially what most cops I deal with are like)
I've had numerous run-ins with police officers who cite all kinds of random garbage just to justify their argument.
But, there would be no chance in hell that cop would actually arrest you for discussing private vs socialized health care debates. He'd find some sort of other random bullshit by-law to fine you with, but very unlikely to arrest you. Unless you were causing some sort of scene on private property and you were asked to leave.
But just for those Canadians here who might be reading this, and even disagreeing with my comments, here's just something to look at:
Bill C-36 is essentially Canada's "USAPATRIOT act".
And just as a final note, I don't trust cops in Canada or in America. Plus I'm not trying to make this into a Canada vs. America pissing contest of who has more/less rights. I equally dislike all nation states.:-)
That'll give you choice. Plus, all the code is available. So if Joe working on GNOME thought of some nifty implementation for Anti-Aliasing, and Steve working on KDE thinks Joe's implementation is good, he can just cut-and-paste the code and make some modifications to make it work.
Duplication of effort does occur, but it does in the proprietary software world as well (it's called competition or aka capitalism). So your post, in my opinion, is just a troll.
I've been doing my part of the boycott. It's been a couple of years now and I'm actually a lot happier checking out other musicians available who are much more giving of their music.
And when it comes down to the movies, they all seem to suck recently. I figured, being a fan of the original Matrix, I would pay to go see Matrix Reloaded, and for some reason got bored of it really quickly. Since then, I just don't really care for em.
That's current live stats, and this doesn't doesn't take into account it's 7 am EST. Usually there's 70,000 Half-Life players. (btw, from the number listed above for Half-Life, Counter-Strike players/server amount to 26683 servers, 55068 players).
Unfortunately I can't get statistics for StarCraft, but I do realize that StarCraft is HUGE. He probably got that line from a GameSpy article written about a year ago now.
Yep, this was something I had envisioned if I was going to open a "LAN" theatre type business.
The largest problem I think to over come is: keeping everything very social. The whole point is to go out and have fun, but being able to talk to each other is an important part. A lot of the layouts for most net cafes in the surrounding Toronto,ON area doesn't really allow for anything like that. They try to cram as many seats that'll fit in them, and the layouts prevent you from easily sitting with your friends if you arrive and there's a bunch of other people there already.
Something along the lines of waiting to be seated by a waitress, and she'd arrange for your group to have a 'table' of PCs together.
Hmm.... the more I talk about this, the more I want to go ahead with this.
Well, my Radeon 64 DDR VIVO works on my EPoX VIA KX-133 based motherboard.
Using Mandrake 9.0 (worked in Mandrake 8.0 -> 8.2 as well), I can play any games based on the Q3A engine (such as RTCW), and it works fine. The only problem with the open source drivers for the Radeon 7200 (aka: 64 DDR VIVO),is lack of S3TC support.
This also seems to be causing a problem with WineX as well. I just want to play Counter-Strike and Natural Selection under Linux with a half decent frame rate, and NOT have to buy a new vid card.
By the time this driver if functioning to the performance level I want, I'll probably have bought a new card anyways. But this is only a problem for games played thru WineX.
Geez, what kind of Circle-A scout are you? No wonder you didn't get the 'Corporate Killer Anarchist' badge, you should've attacked the authority determining who hands them out. Like Billy Henderson's dad.
Then you'll get the 'Direct Action' badge, the 'Corporate Killer Anarchist' badge, and whatever other stupid badges Billy Henderson's dad posessed.
Like every good anarchist knows, "Direct Action gets the goods!"
To cause a lot of problems for telemarketers, request to have permission to your CPNI revoked!
If we sell your info/calling habits to another company, and you've requested your CPNI revoked, there's some REALLY hefty fine to my understanding. (they drilled us pretty heavily into ENSURING we check for CPNI permission, even though maybe 10 people in Phoenix have revoked permission)
Just remember to do that once you setup a new phone line.
Slashdot Mirror
Well it only makes sense.
How else is he supposed to recruit?
These people that are willing to sacrifice their life for the cause Bin Laden is supposedly fighting for make Al Qaeda what it is.
Without the international network Al Qaeda would be nothing. Historically there's a lot of correct information in his letter to the United States, but he interprets everything through very militant Islamic attitudes.
Again, everything is about taking advantage of local grievances.
I'm sure local grievances had something to do with the movement towards independence during the initial stages of American independence.
How else do a group of people from one area appeal to a group of people in another?
They never said they hate the idea of a free, tolerant, pluralistic society - they hate the result brought to them because of it....
... things he considers sins against Allah). If you read the whole letter you'll notice a lot of it has to do with Palestine....
Did ANYONE EVER read the letter from Bin Laden to the "United States".
Here's an article from the Observer containing the full translated text.
Here's some key pieces of the text for those who are too lazy to click on the link:
Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple:
(1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.
a) You attacked us in Palestine:
(i) Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased. Each and every person whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime must pay its*price, and pay for it heavily.
And here's a part regarding liberty and freedom...
(3) You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they did not partake:
(a) This argument contradicts your continuous repetition that America is the land of freedom, and its leaders in this world. Therefore, the American people are the ones who choose their government by way of their own free will; a choice which stems from their agreement to its policies. Thus the American people have chosen, consented to, and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of their land, and its continuous killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of the Palestinians. The American people have the ability and choice to refuse the policies of their Government and even to change it if they want.
Again, it's out of context, you need to read the letter to understand the point he's making.
I don't necessarily agree with what he's saying, but let's get the facts straight. It's not that they hate a free society, but they hate the fact that this free society allowed the oppression they've supposedly felt.
I have a feeling that if history occured differently, there would be a bit more acceptance for the things he argues against later in the letter (such as gambling, drug use,
metainfo file.: windows_2000_source_code.zip.torrent
info hash.....: f03fc1e04869294d5644d3c8c5d0fb8f2d26aa59
file name.....: windows_2000_source_code.zip
file size.....: 213748207 (815 * 262144 + 100847)
announce url..: http://alge.nlc.no:6969/announce
that CLEARLY says
F03FC1E04869294D5644D3C8C5D0FB8F2D26AA59
That's copied right out of azureus.
The hash is the same, and i'm just waiting to see
http://www.sschmidt.info/w2k_source.torrent
:-)
I haven't finished downloading this, but it's 200MB in size, has 944 peers!
The tracker is the same one you have listed:
http://alge.nlc.no:6969/announce
The hash is also the same.
In case you didn't notice:
"that claim to have 99% pure silver content"
This has nothing to do with naming conventions, but making claims of a material contained in the thermal paste.
The reason they changed the name is the CEO went to a cocktail party, and someone asked him what he does:
"Well - I'm the CEO of Gator Corpora^@#"*gets punched in face*
BTW, you think people would pay money to see Alan Ralsky, Darl McBride and this guy get the crap beat out of them? Or at least make arrangements to have the crap kicked out of them?
"Sure. Even anarchists have a logo, for god's sake!"
Thank you for pointing out to us anarchists how the capitalists have taken our symbol and sell it to teenagers who think "anarchy - ya cool - blow shit up.".
Anarchy for Sale!!!
As an anarchist myself I can barely identify with the circle A. It has lost it's meaning since so many people who are not part of the culture have appropriated it.
Just wait til a fad takes off and anyone who made a webpage using Frontpage, or anyone who has made a Flash animation calls themself a hacker.
Bah - fuck the logo. If we're truely libertarian in thought a logo would just compromise that belief.
"Today a flag to unite our rich culture. Tomorrow we federate and form a nation! Self-Determination for Hackers everywhere!"
gives you - System Properties!
........
Windows 9x -> Windows XP
I think I've got that right
I've followed the whole WASTE thing since it was first mentioned on Slashdot and I've been using it daily since.
I guess since I've been using it with so many other people it would seem this way.
*Shrug*
This is new? Look at the dates those files were released.... July 5th.
I haven't seen any real updates coming from the sourceforge site. It's mostly people hacking at it independently. It seems development for it has been going rather slow.
You just described one of the many features FreeNet already has.
Plus it's all encrypted.
Too bad many downloads are broken due to nodes being transient.
It works great for text though.
Read the site if you want more information on the functionality of Freenet.
"While perhaps not grounds for arrest and prosecution, the threat of this, if one does not, in fact, "shut up" is very real -- at the least, one's life is made very inconvenient by the powers that be if one objects to the way things are."
I find this true anywhere. No government likes having people inside their country who say things they don't like. Abuse of power happens everywhere, and the difference between nation-to-nation is how well they cover it up. It's just a matter of typing a few words into Google to find the info.
I really believe the situation is no better in the United States, even though they have the First Amendment. I'm in the United States regularly since my girlfriend lives there (yes, she's American), and I've found it not much different.
But your comment of "... we are polite, you do not complain, or say things that might be offensive.", is exactly what I felt being in some small town in southern Illinois, and essentially I needed to keep my mouth shut.
Being a Canadian citizen, who tends to engage in political discussion, this is not all that surprising.
:-)
After reading a couple of your other comments, I've come to the understanding that a police officer threatened you with arrest. Well, I know the reasons the cop cited for having you arrested were all bullshit though. They're valid laws, just not likely in the context of the situation you were in.
I imagine this is more a case of a police officer being an asshole, power tripping, and just bluffing. (essentially what most cops I deal with are like)
I've had numerous run-ins with police officers who cite all kinds of random garbage just to justify their argument.
But, there would be no chance in hell that cop would actually arrest you for discussing private vs socialized health care debates. He'd find some sort of other random bullshit by-law to fine you with, but very unlikely to arrest you. Unless you were causing some sort of scene on private property and you were asked to leave.
But just for those Canadians here who might be reading this, and even disagreeing with my comments, here's just something to look at:
CBC documentary on Jaggi Singh who was kidnapped multiple times by RCMP officers who were informed by CSIS.
Covert Entry: Spies, Lies and Crimes Inside Canada's Secret Service
Bill C-36 is essentially Canada's "USAPATRIOT act".
And just as a final note, I don't trust cops in Canada or in America. Plus I'm not trying to make this into a Canada vs. America pissing contest of who has more/less rights. I equally dislike all nation states.
Well, just do a search on Google for the words, FUCK SCO.
...
Only 7,650 results so far
Check out STREET WRITER. It's a modified van that will spray paint entire messages on the street. :-)
Now this is a giant ink jet printer.
Who cares if there's multiple projects going on?
That'll give you choice. Plus, all the code is available. So if Joe working on GNOME thought of some nifty implementation for Anti-Aliasing, and Steve working on KDE thinks Joe's implementation is good, he can just cut-and-paste the code and make some modifications to make it work.
Duplication of effort does occur, but it does in the proprietary software world as well (it's called competition or aka capitalism). So your post, in my opinion, is just a troll.
I've been doing my part of the boycott. It's been a couple of years now and I'm actually a lot happier checking out other musicians available who are much more giving of their music.
And when it comes down to the movies, they all seem to suck recently. I figured, being a fan of the original Matrix, I would pay to go see Matrix Reloaded, and for some reason got bored of it really quickly. Since then, I just don't really care for em.
*shrug*
Well, I stopped buying and downloading their music the day the Napster lawsuit was announced.
:-)
So it's not like it matters they've come to this point. The only people Metallica is hurting are their own fans.
*shrug*
http://www.gamespy.com/stats/
#1 Half-Life 30644 servers, 60189 players
#2 Unreal Tournament 2K3 2141 servers, 3593 players
That's current live stats, and this doesn't doesn't take into account it's 7 am EST. Usually there's 70,000 Half-Life players. (btw, from the number listed above for Half-Life, Counter-Strike players/server amount to 26683 servers, 55068 players).
Unfortunately I can't get statistics for StarCraft, but I do realize that StarCraft is HUGE. He probably got that line from a GameSpy article written about a year ago now.
You realize that there was SO MUCH potential for a good "In Soviet Russia ..." comment, but you passed it up.
:-)
Damn European geeks.
"In Soviet Russia girls want geeks!"
Well, I guess we could do a little bit of code hacking and start using Text Mode Demos to benchmark text lines per second. :-)
When you start benchmarking text, and people are coding ridiculous things like raytracing in text mode, you know you can't go wrong.
Yep, this was something I had envisioned if I was going to open a "LAN" theatre type business.
.... the more I talk about this, the more I want to go ahead with this.
The largest problem I think to over come is: keeping everything very social. The whole point is to go out and have fun, but being able to talk to each other is an important part. A lot of the layouts for most net cafes in the surrounding Toronto,ON area doesn't really allow for anything like that. They try to cram as many seats that'll fit in them, and the layouts prevent you from easily sitting with your friends if you arrive and there's a bunch of other people there already.
Something along the lines of waiting to be seated by a waitress, and she'd arrange for your group to have a 'table' of PCs together.
Hmm
Well, my Radeon 64 DDR VIVO works on my EPoX VIA KX-133 based motherboard.
Using Mandrake 9.0 (worked in Mandrake 8.0 -> 8.2 as well), I can play any games based on the Q3A engine (such as RTCW), and it works fine. The only problem with the open source drivers for the Radeon 7200 (aka: 64 DDR VIVO),is lack of S3TC support.
This also seems to be causing a problem with WineX as well. I just want to play Counter-Strike and Natural Selection under Linux with a half decent frame rate, and NOT have to buy a new vid card.
By the time this driver if functioning to the performance level I want, I'll probably have bought a new card anyways. But this is only a problem for games played thru WineX.
Geez, what kind of Circle-A scout are you? No wonder you didn't get the 'Corporate Killer Anarchist' badge, you should've attacked the authority determining who hands them out. Like Billy Henderson's dad.
Then you'll get the 'Direct Action' badge, the 'Corporate Killer Anarchist' badge, and whatever other stupid badges Billy Henderson's dad posessed.
Like every good anarchist knows, "Direct Action gets the goods!"
To cause a lot of problems for telemarketers, request to have permission to your CPNI revoked!
If we sell your info/calling habits to another company, and you've requested your CPNI revoked, there's some REALLY hefty fine to my understanding. (they drilled us pretty heavily into ENSURING we check for CPNI permission, even though maybe 10 people in Phoenix have revoked permission)
Just remember to do that once you setup a new phone line.
time for food!