While European governments are probably not innately morally any "purer" than the US, the US is way out there on its own as far as Echelon-like practices go. If Echelon is reality (and that's a big "if"), the US is the only player.
The fact that the European governments actually spend time on doing something remotely useful has nothing to do with this, of course. Boy, I wonder what it's like to live in a country where paranoia is the rule instead of the exception.
Which is exactly what I was asking...but never mind. I guess it's too much to ask. I guess the fact that I have to stare at a crappy 14" monitor is what causes me to go outside:-)
It's a form of protest. If you are sick of the system as is, protest vote for a third party.
Same thing just happened in Belgium. Unfortunately in Europe, that third party often happens to be on the extreme-right side of the political spectrum. Has anybody on this site ever considered going into politics themselves to actually change something?
Assuming, of course, that none of those 40s computers earned a place in heaven/hell/purgatory/walhalla/whatever else you happen to believe in, that is.
Recently, there hasn't been much upgrading, with most consumers seeing no reason to go to ME
I don't know about you, but over here people are massively turning to ME. This might have something to do with the fact that I tell them that this IMO is the most stable end-user oriented version of windows ever, but that's besides the point.
The only consumers upgrading these days are 3d gamers and graphics/video folks
You seem to be forgetting the barbaric hordes we usually refer to as lusers. You know, those people that buy a newer computer because the neighbour has one as well? Or because I/you/we tell them to?
To a certain extent yes, but keep in mind what exactly the rest of the world is composed of. Do you think there will be overwhelming demand in Africa, China or the Eastern Bloc countries (Russia, it's satellites and former parts of Russia that are now independent) which are now Third World nations? IMO, the demand will be high (ie: everyone wants one), but few can afford one. The rest of the world is primarly composted of Second and Third World nations.
Tell me, where are you from? Because you're forgetting to mention either the USA(which is most likely where you're from), or Europe. Please, be aware of the fact that we barbaric hordes in the western part of Europe have computers as well. Yes, and we actually know how to operate them. We don't need no Americans to tell us how to type dir/w, got that?
Not to mention the fact that say, Germany, did not even allow the sale of the first command and Conquer until the color of the blood had been changed to green. I mean, the fact that they decided to ban Wolfenstein can be understood, but how's that for banning games. And this was for all ages.
To my knowledge, depression occurs to about 1/10 of total world population. So if 1/10 of the IT personnel is depressed, then we're doing a pretty good job, considering the pasts of quite a lot of us geeks out there.
Sure it'd make a good game, depending on the personal preferences of whoever was going to play it. I mean, there's nothing like blowing those filthy racists in Wolfenstein apart, now is there? The fact that you also kill an occasional German Shepherd has nothing to do with all of this. It's for the good of the western world, isn't it. Freedom for all, except the dogs. Stop being politically correct, we know the drill.
Agreed, Final Fantasy VIII is a fine game, and heavily addictive. One of the main reasons is the intro you get when you start a new game. It's full of eye-candy and has a really terrific balance between the music and and the graphics. It literally yells at you: dive into the story. Which is what I did..., and do, and will be doing for a long time. Anybody interested in buying my life. I don't need it anyway. Maybe I should put it on sale at Ebay...
The biggest issue at hand is not how, and when, and why to raise children, but if. You need a license for just about everything, except for having children. The average Joe won't even think twice about having children and boom, there's another whining brat. Don't get me wrong, I like kids on the average and they usually like me as well, but the people that whine about how they want children make me sick! The question is not, do you want children? The question is, do those children want you? Trust me, there's plenty of human beings strolling around this planet. Should you decide not to procreate, I doubt anybody will really miss two or three extra children
All those who agree with me, please reply, as we are a dying breed...{End rant}
Serial killers, sociopaths, and people who just like being violent, have existed since the dawn of time. The only thing that has changed is our ability to find out about them (and find out about them and find out about them).
Of course they have always existed, and things have always been this way. Most people seem to be of the opinion that the occasional killing spree that happens is a terrible thing, which it probably is for the people concerned. People are bound to disagree with me on this one, but life stops being valuable when there's to frigging much of it!!
Go ahead, give me your worst..., so do the psycho's.
To go a little further on this, the videocard in my current computer has more memory than the total amount of Ram in my last machine. On the other hand, I really did stick with that Pentium 90 for a really long time. I guess that's what they mean by "loyalty goes two ways".
Theres always some sad pathetic individual who has to bang his poltically correct drum no matter what the topic and chant his racism/sexism/[some-other-lame]ism mantra. Go get a life you moron.
Sorry to feed your Troll buddy, but I have to agree with this individual. I have big problems with people being sexistic agains Martian women. On the other hand, I have no problems whatsoever with having sex with 8 feet tall Martian women.
The Martians were feeling so terribly sorry for Schwarzenegger that they allowed him to turn it on. If I were a Martian and Schwarzenegger was the representative of the Human race I'd feel sorry too...
Inspired by the free yellow bicycles of Amsterdam (which you can just pick up on the street corner and ride around)
Are you a Troll? Those were white bicycles, and they stopped doing that a long time ago(read the 70s). The fact that quite a lot of students in the Netherlands have to steal a bike about once a week to replace the one stolen by another student has absolutely nothing to do with this...
With all the delaying and appealing that MS will be doing in the months to come, this process will take years before it produces any kind of outcome that will benefit/impact any consumer....
So all of us Windows 2158 users will not be forced to use an operating system that has Internet Explorer 27.1 integrated? Go, go, DOJ.
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While European governments are probably not innately morally any "purer" than the US, the US is way out there on its own as far as Echelon-like practices go. If Echelon is reality (and that's a big "if"), the US is the only player.
The fact that the European governments actually spend time on doing something remotely useful has nothing to do with this, of course. Boy, I wonder what it's like to live in a country where paranoia is the rule instead of the exception.
Which is exactly what I was asking...but never mind. I guess it's too much to ask. I guess the fact that I have to stare at a crappy 14" monitor is what causes me to go outside:-)
It's a form of protest. If you are sick of the system as is, protest vote for a third party.
Same thing just happened in Belgium. Unfortunately in Europe, that third party often happens to be on the extreme-right side of the political spectrum. Has anybody on this site ever considered going into politics themselves to actually change something?
Assuming, of course, that none of those 40s computers earned a place in heaven/hell/purgatory/walhalla/whatever else you happen to believe in, that is.
Recently, there hasn't been much upgrading, with most consumers seeing no reason to go to ME
I don't know about you, but over here people are massively turning to ME. This might have something to do with the fact that I tell them that this IMO is the most stable end-user oriented version of windows ever, but that's besides the point.
The only consumers upgrading these days are 3d gamers and graphics/video folks
You seem to be forgetting the barbaric hordes we usually refer to as lusers. You know, those people that buy a newer computer because the neighbour has one as well? Or because I/you/we tell them to?
To a certain extent yes, but keep in mind what exactly the rest of the world is composed of. Do you think there will be overwhelming demand in Africa, China or the Eastern Bloc countries (Russia, it's satellites and former parts of Russia that are now independent) which are now Third World nations? IMO, the demand will be high (ie: everyone wants one), but few can afford one. The rest of the world is primarly composted of Second and Third World nations.
/w, got that?
Tell me, where are you from? Because you're forgetting to mention either the USA(which is most likely where you're from), or Europe. Please, be aware of the fact that we barbaric hordes in the western part of Europe have computers as well. Yes, and we actually know how to operate them. We don't need no Americans to tell us how to type dir
Maybe he wants to switch to online interns?
Sorry, cheap shot, couldn't resist.
Not to mention the fact that say, Germany, did not even allow the sale of the first command and Conquer until the color of the blood had been changed to green. I mean, the fact that they decided to ban Wolfenstein can be understood, but how's that for banning games. And this was for all ages.
"Thou shalt not play them without parental supervision."
In other words:Thou shalt only frag when thou father and mother fraggest with thou?
To my knowledge, depression occurs to about 1/10 of total world population. So if 1/10 of the IT personnel is depressed, then we're doing a pretty good job, considering the pasts of quite a lot of us geeks out there.
Sure it'd make a good game, depending on the personal preferences of whoever was going to play it. I mean, there's nothing like blowing those filthy racists in Wolfenstein apart, now is there? The fact that you also kill an occasional German Shepherd has nothing to do with all of this. It's for the good of the western world, isn't it. Freedom for all, except the dogs. Stop being politically correct, we know the drill.
Which puts the concept "defrag" in a whole new perspective, doesn't it?
Agreed, Final Fantasy VIII is a fine game, and heavily addictive. One of the main reasons is the intro you get when you start a new game. It's full of eye-candy and has a really terrific balance between the music and and the graphics. It literally yells at you: dive into the story. Which is what I did..., and do, and will be doing for a long time. Anybody interested in buying my life. I don't need it anyway. Maybe I should put it on sale at Ebay...
Not really, my girlfriend actually agrees with me on this one, for a change. Do you also have anything useful to say?
{Rant}
The biggest issue at hand is not how, and when, and why to raise children, but if. You need a license for just about everything, except for having children. The average Joe won't even think twice about having children and boom, there's another whining brat. Don't get me wrong, I like kids on the average and they usually like me as well, but the people that whine about how they want children make me sick! The question is not, do you want children? The question is, do those children want you? Trust me, there's plenty of human beings strolling around this planet. Should you decide not to procreate, I doubt anybody will really miss two or three extra children
All those who agree with me, please reply, as we are a dying breed...{End rant}
Serial killers, sociopaths, and people who just like being violent, have existed since the dawn of time. The only thing that has changed is our ability to find out about them (and find out about them and find out about them).
Of course they have always existed, and things have always been this way. Most people seem to be of the opinion that the occasional killing spree that happens is a terrible thing, which it probably is for the people concerned. People are bound to disagree with me on this one, but life stops being valuable when there's to frigging much of it!!
Go ahead, give me your worst..., so do the psycho's.
We are talking Ultra-ATA 1 here, don't you dare mistake that. There's no faster way to get your PIO 3 230 MB harddisk running.
Put it in a Baby-At Motherboard, what else?
To go a little further on this, the videocard in my current computer has more memory than the total amount of Ram in my last machine. On the other hand, I really did stick with that Pentium 90 for a really long time. I guess that's what they mean by "loyalty goes two ways".
Mostly he was trying to get the bicycle up a hill
Which already clearly proves that the whole show was a hoax. There is a reason the country is called the Netherlands:-)
Theres always some sad pathetic individual who has to bang his poltically correct drum no matter what the topic and chant his racism/sexism/[some-other-lame]ism mantra. Go get a life you moron.
Sorry to feed your Troll buddy, but I have to agree with this individual. I have big problems with people being sexistic agains Martian women. On the other hand, I have no problems whatsoever with having sex with 8 feet tall Martian women.
The Martians were feeling so terribly sorry for Schwarzenegger that they allowed him to turn it on. If I were a Martian and Schwarzenegger was the representative of the Human race I'd feel sorry too...
Inspired by the free yellow bicycles of Amsterdam (which you can just pick up on the street corner and ride around)
Are you a Troll? Those were white bicycles, and they stopped doing that a long time ago(read the 70s). The fact that quite a lot of students in the Netherlands have to steal a bike about once a week to replace the one stolen by another student has absolutely nothing to do with this...
I don't know about you, but I've got about 20/30 standard IDE/ESDI cards lying around:-) Anybody interested? I've got the cables to match...
With all the delaying and appealing that MS will be doing in the months to come, this process will take years before it produces any kind of outcome that will benefit/impact any consumer....
So all of us Windows 2158 users will not be forced to use an operating system that has Internet Explorer 27.1 integrated? Go, go, DOJ.