Most knowledgeable science fiction readers are wll aware that the Dune series is really an allegory for Islam, with spice = oil.
I find the timing of this film to be very suspicious. In a nutshell, Dune Messiah deals with corruption in the upper levels of Fremen heirarchy, while Children of Dune deals with how Paul Atreids children sieze control of the Interstellar empire.
If you assume the Bin Laden family = Fremen, and Osama = Leto II, it gets very interesting indeed. I wonder how this will be changed to make the message acceptable for western civilization?
Exactly how does an Ubergeek in Afghanistan use an ancient Commodore to download and play movies? My K6-2 barely plays DIVX, and it's only 3 years old.
How can this Afghani geek afford an Ipod? When did DSL/broadband get into Kabul?
The more important question is "Do Balrogs have fuzzy pink slippers?"
Wrong, the Cosmopolitan Approach
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Is to have mindblowing sex with your new boyfriend while trying out these new kicky fashions that are all under $100. At least, that's the Cosmopolitan I read, at my sister-in-laws.
space power! It just shows what a government unemcumbered by public relation's driven regulations can do. I suspect Australia will soon colonize the Moon, which is but a bit drier and harsher than the Australian outback. As Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh Mistress shows, having a conivct background really helps in outer space.
When the lower class sorts (you know, Joe Sixpack and friends) amuse themselves, cash often plays a part. You can't stick a dollar bill in a stripper's thong with a debit card, you can't buy marijuana with a credit card, pool games take quarters, and most bars only take cash.
Remember, just becuase you live online and buy porn online doesn't mean Joe Sixpack does.
Geez, they better start cleaning house at communities.msn.com and Netmeeting before they start bitching about Front Page users and pornography.
Umm, read up on Afghanistan please
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I submitted an "Ask Slashdot" the other day on this very topic, suggesting that in this war, the battle need not even be fought by the military. If the script kiddies can be coerced to use their "skillz" against a common enemy, the possibilities are boundless.
What could this "different kind of war" be:
Shut down the power grid in Kabul immediately before the first bombing.
Kabul is not the problem, the Russians conquered Kabul. The problem is the hundreds of Taliban living in caves in remote valleys.
Interception of secure terrorist communications
By this you mean the couriers going to Pakistani cybercafes?
Turn their own military technology against them
You mean point their AKs and RPGs at them?
How can the random hacker help:
Exploit hotmail security holes to monitor for terrorist activity
Execute DoS attacks against Afghani web sites
Target virii at the.af domain space
My favorite - transfer $4 million from Usama bin Laden's bank account to the American Red Cross
You don't understand, Afghanistan has little IT infrastructure, is dirt poor, and is already bombed back to the stone age. Most of their internet activity is done through our new ally Pakistan.
We need to airdrop Iridium equipped
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solar power laptops to the Taliban.
With the IE homepage set to something like http://www.muslimsex4u.com or http://www.indiansex4u.com
Trust me, they'll be too busy surfing one handed to bother the US anymore.
Why do you need a map?
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Are you planning to sight-see and get in the way?
Really, what concievable need would you have for a map of the area right now, considering it's still full of damaged buldings and rescue workers?
Adequacy has an account (from Jerry Pournelle's site) about passengers attempting to overpower the terrorists on United flight 93, the one that crashed in Pennsylvania. Probably not a coincidence.
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Any geology types in the house?
Have a doubleplusgood day.
I'm not being investigated, what are you talking about?
I find the timing of this film to be very suspicious. In a nutshell, Dune Messiah deals with corruption in the upper levels of Fremen heirarchy, while Children of Dune deals with how Paul Atreids children sieze control of the Interstellar empire.
If you assume the Bin Laden family = Fremen, and Osama = Leto II, it gets very interesting indeed. I wonder how this will be changed to make the message acceptable for western civilization?
The "internet" was alive and well back then.
remote control arms used to work with nuclear and hazardous material. I think it's in a short story though.
How can this Afghani geek afford an Ipod? When did DSL/broadband get into Kabul?
This story sounds fishy, but then it is Tuesday.
The more important question is "Do Balrogs have fuzzy pink slippers?"
Is to have mindblowing sex with your new boyfriend while trying out these new kicky fashions that are all under $100. At least, that's the Cosmopolitan I read, at my sister-in-laws.
space power! It just shows what a government unemcumbered by public relation's driven regulations can do. I suspect Australia will soon colonize the Moon, which is but a bit drier and harsher than the Australian outback. As Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh Mistress shows, having a conivct background really helps in outer space.
Is anyone else getting sick of all these adequacy links? Come on Taco, if you can ban trolls, you can certainly ban mentions of adequacy.
Just watch out for stupid backhoe operators with huge blisters on thier face.
some software you want. When Ebay pulls his auction a day later, you can email him privately and pick up the woftware for a song.
at Adequacy and other outlets? Really, Mandrake can't let their critics get to them.
doughnuts on a rope?
Back when I was more into starnge aviation news, the Aurora's contrail was supposed to look like doughnuts on a rope, due to the pulse engine it used.
to hear about the real Aurora, flying above Afghanistan at Mach 5, the pilot giving hte finger to the Taliban.
but I only had a set or two that I picked up at a garage sale, but they still were fun. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
It may be a nice idea to have a /. lobby, but the /. community is an international one, and I doubt that more than half the readers are USian.
/. readers, I apologize for the provincialism of my fellow USians.
So, for any non-USian
When the lower class sorts (you know, Joe Sixpack and friends) amuse themselves, cash often plays a part. You can't stick a dollar bill in a stripper's thong with a debit card, you can't buy marijuana with a credit card, pool games take quarters, and most bars only take cash.
Remember, just becuase you live online and buy porn online doesn't mean Joe Sixpack does.
Geez, they better start cleaning house at communities.msn.com and Netmeeting before they start bitching about Front Page users and pornography.
I submitted an "Ask Slashdot" the other day on this very topic, suggesting that in this war, the battle need not even be fought by the military. If the script kiddies can be coerced to use their "skillz" against a common enemy, the possibilities are boundless.
.af domain space
What could this "different kind of war" be:
Shut down the power grid in Kabul immediately before the first bombing.
Kabul is not the problem, the Russians conquered Kabul. The problem is the hundreds of Taliban living in caves in remote valleys.
Interception of secure terrorist communications
By this you mean the couriers going to Pakistani cybercafes?
Turn their own military technology against them
You mean point their AKs and RPGs at them?
How can the random hacker help:
Exploit hotmail security holes to monitor for terrorist activity
Execute DoS attacks against Afghani web sites
Target virii at the
My favorite - transfer $4 million from Usama bin Laden's bank account to the American Red Cross
You don't understand, Afghanistan has little IT infrastructure, is dirt poor, and is already bombed back to the stone age. Most of their internet activity is done through our new ally Pakistan.
solar power laptops to the Taliban.
With the IE homepage set to something like http://www.muslimsex4u.com or http://www.indiansex4u.com
Trust me, they'll be too busy surfing one handed to bother the US anymore.
Are you planning to sight-see and get in the way?
Really, what concievable need would you have for a map of the area right now, considering it's still full of damaged buldings and rescue workers?
who sacrified himself to save others, on United Flight 93.
Adequacy has an account (from Jerry Pournelle's site) about passengers attempting to overpower the terrorists on United flight 93, the one that crashed in Pennsylvania. Probably not a coincidence.