Why are you so afraid? No offense meant to the passengers of the WTC flights, but would you be too filled with fear to attack a couple of hijackers with small makeshift knives? Form a line of five large male passengers and simply charge the hijackers, overwhelming them with brute force.
I'd have to agree with your statement about financial support for starving nations such as Afghanistan. If we were to feed the starving people and help them get back on their feet so as to support themselves, they would most likely be forever greatful.
However, neighbors of Afghanistan are starving too. I'd have to assume that if we fed Afghanistan, they would become strong again. Neighboring nations would become jealous of Afghanistan, and therefore hateful towards the U.S. for making Afghanistan the strong nation that they would be (compared to their neighbors, that is).
If the U.S. would want to solve this problem, we would probably be continuously supporting Middle Eastern nations as to prevent any of this jealousy from arising, and I wouldn't be too surprised if the only good to come of that was dependance on the U.S. of these nations. Should the U.S. really create any more dependance on shipments of goods?
Another reply.. I was just reading the casualty list and saw that a Sun executive from Boston, Philip Rosenzweig, was on one of the flights that hit the WTC.
I can access Sun's site from Bremerton, Washington. I actually checked their site to see if they had any sort of blurb about the attack, but they're just yakking about Java again.
I'm pretty young - seventeen - and this has got to be one of the most intense tragedies on American soil that I have witnessed in my lifetime. Sadly, I feel very little emotionally for the people who have been forced against their will to deal with this on a personal level. Maybe in time it will hit me full-force, but at the moment I'm pretty disappointed in myself that I feel nothing for these people.
Strange.. Almost as soon as I finished reading this, a Chris Farley-looking character on CNN started to say "I'm sorry to say this, but the only way to truly erradicate the terrorist leaders that were behind this, many will have to be killed, even if they are not directly connected with this incident." Or at least something to that effect.
Real funny. Thousands of people just died, some of which were probably your fellow Slashdotters. You couldn't have chosen a worse situation to mold into the image of "All your base." You sir, are a terrible excuse for a human.
You know, I've always thought in the same way. Scientists are so certain that in a given location, if the amenities required to support carbon-based life do not exist, then life must not exist at all.
We have only explored our own solar system. The only life forms we know of are those on the planet Earth. Our "style" of life is unique enough - we require a planet, or some other form of shelter. We must consume other life forms to produce the required energy. We must couple with one another (or ourselves - lucky asexuals) in order to reproduce.
How can we say this is the only scenario in which life exists? There may be some life form somewhere in the galaxy which feeds upon radiation.
I would have to agree that both of us sound a little Star Trek-ish, but I would say that is better than being a dead-cold cynic.
I'm really curious about this, and I hope someone responds..
I'm sure there are a lot of people writing to their representatives in opposition of the DMCA and other similar proposed laws, but how many people are there actually writing letters of support? I have a feeling the number would be quite low.
While Im at it, I love this recession thing, its great - consumption is down and the rate of change between the rich and poor has declined.
Judging by your spelling and grammar, I would have to say that your consumption certainly isn't down. Maybe you should write your anti-US post when you're sober next time.
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Why are you so afraid? No offense meant to the passengers of the WTC flights, but would you be too filled with fear to attack a couple of hijackers with small makeshift knives? Form a line of five large male passengers and simply charge the hijackers, overwhelming them with brute force.
I can eat the dog chow items when my health drops to dangerous levels. Or, better yet, all the time! :)
Most of the slashdot readship probably falls within the top most 1% of the population in terms of intelligence.
Bahahahahahaha! Good one! :)
The scale of this is analagous to making blue jeans illegal.
Or keeping marijuana illegal. But we Americans wouldn't know what it's like to live in a nation where smoking marijuana is not a crime, would we
All anti-marijuana lobbyists deserve a free expenses-paid trip to Holland.
Almost a year ago. I don't have the machine anymore ;)
Your machine is not too slow for a cvsup. Your only limit is your patience. You wouldn't like making world of NetBSD on a 40MHz SPARCstation 2...
no hardware accelerated graphics in the kernel
Yes, I am also disappointed that my system's text console is not making use of my video card's hardware acceleration features...
**COUGH**
1. cvsup r00lz for updating the OS
You lost all chances of having your post taken seriously with this. Make sure to not do it next time :)
I'd have to agree with your statement about financial support for starving nations such as Afghanistan. If we were to feed the starving people and help them get back on their feet so as to support themselves, they would most likely be forever greatful.
However, neighbors of Afghanistan are starving too. I'd have to assume that if we fed Afghanistan, they would become strong again. Neighboring nations would become jealous of Afghanistan, and therefore hateful towards the U.S. for making Afghanistan the strong nation that they would be (compared to their neighbors, that is).
If the U.S. would want to solve this problem, we would probably be continuously supporting Middle Eastern nations as to prevent any of this jealousy from arising, and I wouldn't be too surprised if the only good to come of that was dependance on the U.S. of these nations. Should the U.S. really create any more dependance on shipments of goods?
Anyhow, that's just my crazy theory.
Another reply.. I was just reading the casualty list and saw that a Sun executive from Boston, Philip Rosenzweig, was on one of the flights that hit the WTC.
Here ya go... 192.18.97.241
I can access Sun's site from Bremerton, Washington. I actually checked their site to see if they had any sort of blurb about the attack, but they're just yakking about Java again.
Maybe they can figure out a way to create a black hole I can throw my trash into.
I'm pretty young - seventeen - and this has got to be one of the most intense tragedies on American soil that I have witnessed in my lifetime. Sadly, I feel very little emotionally for the people who have been forced against their will to deal with this on a personal level. Maybe in time it will hit me full-force, but at the moment I'm pretty disappointed in myself that I feel nothing for these people.
Maybe it is true that video games desensitize...
Strange.. Almost as soon as I finished reading this, a Chris Farley-looking character on CNN started to say "I'm sorry to say this, but the only way to truly erradicate the terrorist leaders that were behind this, many will have to be killed, even if they are not directly connected with this incident." Or at least something to that effect.
Real funny. Thousands of people just died, some of which were probably your fellow Slashdotters. You couldn't have chosen a worse situation to mold into the image of "All your base." You sir, are a terrible excuse for a human.
You know, I've always thought in the same way. Scientists are so certain that in a given location, if the amenities required to support carbon-based life do not exist, then life must not exist at all.
We have only explored our own solar system. The only life forms we know of are those on the planet Earth. Our "style" of life is unique enough - we require a planet, or some other form of shelter. We must consume other life forms to produce the required energy. We must couple with one another (or ourselves - lucky asexuals) in order to reproduce.
How can we say this is the only scenario in which life exists? There may be some life form somewhere in the galaxy which feeds upon radiation.
I would have to agree that both of us sound a little Star Trek-ish, but I would say that is better than being a dead-cold cynic.
Remember how there's an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
That's some pretty stong acid you've got there. Care to sell some?
You have a very good idea right here. Please act on it.
Yes, we will see what happens. That's why I have a rather full gun cabinet.
I'm really curious about this, and I hope someone responds..
I'm sure there are a lot of people writing to their representatives in opposition of the DMCA and other similar proposed laws, but how many people are there actually writing letters of support? I have a feeling the number would be quite low.
(Note- I don't support the DMCA)
While Im at it, I love this recession thing, its great - consumption is down and the rate of change between the rich and poor has declined.
Judging by your spelling and grammar, I would have to say that your consumption certainly isn't down. Maybe you should write your anti-US post when you're sober next time.
Ehem.. They're going to get a massive outcry if this is passed, no matter what.
Or perhaps the linux machines will be better maintained than the NT machines..
I wouldn't bet on it. I think more kids are running stock RedHat boxes at home than NT/IIS.