I'm sure it has nothing to do with bad hardware or bad drivers that randomly refuse to wake up from hibernation and the hassles and expense of supporting related issues.
Face it, this crappy web forum is about seven or eight years past its prime, back before people stopped caring what Slashdot thought because everyone realized it was such an entirely predictable minority opinion.
So yes, the French sold Iraq airplanes but it seems the CIA was very well aware of what was going on.
You are aware that France was not exactly a close ally of the US at this time, yes? The CIA assisted, I am sure, since they'd just as well cost the French aerospace industry some money, and leave Iraq that much more to distract Iran with. Either way, Iraq was getting the jets. Likewise, England is also an independent country.
(As an aside, what I've always found amusing in such lists is how Canada is listed among Iraq's arms suppliers, thanks solely to one Canadian expatriate, Gerald Bull, who spent a little time working for Saddam until he met an untimely demise, presumably at the hands of Mossad.)
And where exatcly is the US selling all these weapons to if they only sell to "friendly" countries as was claimed?
Well, a quick scan of the report mentioned in the link says Israel, Egypt, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, not to mention a number of Latin American countries. Friendly or not, all of these nations would no doubt jump at the chance to forward their goods to Iraq...
Nobody claims that the US is entirely innocent. US-based defense firms supplied arms to Iraq. However, the sum of all US exports is the merest of a drop in the bucket. The Soviets and the French were always Iraq's chief partners. Claiming that the US armed Iraq is factually true, but to such a limited extent that anybody fighting so hard to focus on it is obviously nursing an anti-American agenda.
I must admit that I am flattered to see you appreciate my previous closing remark enough to parrot it back to me.
If you're too lazy to look at either one of them, let me summarize: A grand total of 1% of Iraq's arms imports came from the United States between 1973 and the first gulf war. Alternatively, if you're considering arguing that it was American equipment moved to Iraq through third parties, I suggest you glance at the countries listed above the US in the table and think again.
Please try to refrain from spouting such ignorance in the future. Those of us who try to stay informed thank you in advance.
and another thing. Don't forget that this isn't just about Email. They can listen to your voicemails too. Basically this is circumventing wiretapping laws and rights to unreasonable search and seizure because the information is in a digital format. I'm glad I have an answering machine and not voicemail.
Which prompts me to wonder whether this 'no probable cause' clause also includes the cell phone conversation archives which (given some media reports re: backtracing Sept. 11 hijackers) are purportedly being kept (and if so, would be kept in perpetuity, the costs of data storage being what they are).
I daresay that a fishing expedition with even today's rudimentary voice recognition software could pick up a decent number of drug dealers, both large and small scale.
Incidentally, I would also like to remind anyone who begins to respond that they're glad they don't live in the US that their own nation more likely than not has essentially equivalent laws either on the books or waiting to be passed. I'm talking to Canadians especially, here, since a) they gloat about not being American whenever given the chance; b) they're normally ignorant of their own nation's politics; and c) because I know, thanks to personal research in the past, exactly what Canada's current laws regarding government surveillance are, and have read the outlines of the newer bills which will be passed sooner or later by our "friends" in the federal Liberal Party of Canada)
You don't need the source to trojan something. In fact, most trojans are simply virus-infected binaries. The entire purpose of most viruses is to trojan binary programs with another copy of the virus.
How quickly the world forgets how things like the original Back Orifice were distributed... Too funny to read 'This couldn't happen with closed source!'
I just had my oldest WD drive fail on me a month or two ago. It lasted about 11 years. Capacity was something like 16 MB, which was enough to be a DOS-running POS (as in point of sale) terminal.
I can only conclude that I'm lucky, because I have never had a drive fail on me in less than three years of normal use, and we're talking hundreds of drives here. Admittedly, they're all 40 GB or less, which may nicely illustrate the 'large drives suck' principle.
True enough. The one 'sealed' and on public display obviously was - it was identical to one I'd seen elsewhere in a museum, and quite frankly I had my doubts about the legitimacy of the one in the museum, too... The museums down there were pretty funny that way. You could tell the legitimate pieces - they had one or more security cameras on them. Some of the more "awe-inspring" to the tour groups milling about did not.
On the other hand, the guy was rich enough to have managed to acquire a few through wealth if not heredity. This wasn't a large collection by any stretch.. More like 'two', and not in perfect shape.
Whether or not you believe it's an urban myth, I satisfied myself that it is true by experimenting at the equator. Effects can be seen at a distance of about two meters to either side... I'll note that I tested this rather extensively myself, using my own materials, as I believed that it was a scam when it was first demonstrated to me.
Some indian guy slightly north of Quito, Ecuador has what must be a lucrative business demonstrating this and a couple other things including his shrunken head collection (not sure if the heads are part of the standard tour, or were simply shown to me because I was so persistent about the water thing.. Others who had been there had not gotten it).
Lots of Canadians want to live in the States. They're simply not the ones you hear marching in the streets over US foreign policy.
I was greatly amused to see the results of a poll which came out in late October, 2001. I've forgotten the polling company, but it can probably be found in the archives at www.cric.ca.. I couldn't find it just now, but it definitely is out there.
Apparently, in the aftermath of the WTC terrorism, a majority of Canadians would *not* move to the US when given the chance. Some moron (Sheila Copps, no doubt) was crowing about this, despite the fact that it was the first time such a result had ever been found.
Enough said on the matter, in my opinion. The other 45% were, of course, still quite willing to move to the nation with a supposed target on its ass. (I am one of them - I live quite comfortably in Canada, but would move to the states in an instant if it weren't such a pain (because I am established in my community, not because I would be denied permanent entry).)
You're falling for the anti-doctor FUD that's out there.
Yes, Canadian doctors get paid 150k - 200k per year. But guess what - they pay their receptionists and other overhead out of that money. This really leaves only about 80k take home pay before taxes. A decent amount, yes, but hardly massive.
Quite frankly, you can make more as an experienced plumber.
I found it to be a fascinating insight into the moral responsibilities that they faced: Cure the sick, leaving them to continue their subjugation of a developing species, or allow nature to take its course while doing what they could to ease suffering.
Pshaw. Letting nature take its course. You're defending genocide, here. "I have a cure for what will kill billions! But to give it to you would be tantamount to interfering with evolution! Therefore, no cure for you!"
Billions die deaths that he is directly responsible for (choosing to take no action is equivalent to choosing to take action) but at least the good doctor can sleep at night!
Hell, the justification was that the other race was developing and that the dying one was holding them back, a theory which had no support whatsoever. If all people were dying and we had been busily developing the intellect of dolphins (by attaching laser beams to their heads), would it be morally unjust for us to look for a cure? I think not, and when the pansy environmentalists realize that their own neck is on the line, 99+% of them would want the cure, too.
As others in the thread have mentioned, there's no such thing as externalities in the theory of evolution.
You would have prefered... a story about some OSDN manager calling CmdrTaco on his pager to ask him to fix the problem immediately because of the advertising money drain, and CmdrTaco hacking the server remotely in boxers while still sporting the erection he finally got over Kathleen Fent?
Sure, why not? We've already got a picture to go along with it.
Our Charter has more holes than Swiss cheese. (Well, not really, just two really big holes)
One: Any government can invoke the notwithstanding clause, and continue to do so indefinately.
Two: The courts, in their infinite wisdom, could decide that such log keeping is justifiable (Section 1), in the name of protecting the children from predators. Yes, that's not the reason the judges would provide, but it's what all the the propsal's advocates will be clamboring about...
Now, to take some time and read through this proposal myself to see whether or not it is flameworthy.
Recently he quashed the RCMP's attempts to use general surveillance cameras in parts of BC, a practice which is commonplace in many other parts of the world.
No he didn't. He tried to, but now the Kelowna RCMP are being lame and following the letter of the law albeit not the spirit.
They have the cameras on 24/7, with the exception of five minutes each day, and there isn't a damn thing that those of us who oppose it can do about it.
I don't know about you, but I can't pronounce any of my passwords.
On the other hand, whereas a 'Computer, command' type of command is totally lame and too derivative of Star Trek, 'Mr. Computer, DoStuff' is funny.
Playing around with cvoicecommand, I'm having a hard time getting it to recognize my commands, despite giving it about thirty or so good samples to work with.
xvoice, on the other hand, requires IBM's library, which I don't really feel like buying for what amounts to a whimsical reason.
On the topic of PCs and home entertainment, could anybody out there point out some decent (and yet preferably free) linux voice command software?
The only thing I can spot via google is some shareware app called MP3VoiceCommand which seems to not even be available any more.
Although some sort of daemon which monitors the microphone and can do anything whatsoever would be nice, I'd settle for something which can only control music... I have a computer which pumps music to speakers outside by my hot tub, I'd love to be able to run a microphone out to it and change the songs and/or volume just by speaking. It would be nifty, oh yes.
Check out the posting history of alicebotmaster (I think that's the ID..)
A good chunk of the material in this interview was posted previously by that account on this very website. It wouldn't shock me in the least if much of the rest of it was pulled together from other previously published sources.
Honestly, it's hilarious. A grand experiment that appears to have been wildly successful.
Why the HELL would you carry more than $500 cash on you, and *not* have a documented security device? For Christ's sake, anyone with that kind of money should have traveller's checks or a debit card.
You've apparently not travelled internationally very much. If there's one way to expose a bank's incompetence, it's by making arrangements in advance to confirm that all of your cards will work overseas, travelling there, and then discovering that 'Oops, the bank made a mistake.' You generally want a few hundred dollars cash in this sort of situation... Depending on where you go, travellers' cheques aren't necessarily an acceptable alternative.
Never mind needing the cash in order to get your luggage/camera through customs in certain third world countries...
I'm not sure whether or not I get it... Are you really allowed to use photos of Anna Kournikova in an attempt to distract the human participant in a Turing test?
Just because you're rabidly anti-American, you don't need to hate every person, place, or thing that is American.
Only an utter moron wouldn't buy something at a Walmart if it were all of: cheaper, equivalent or better quality, and in a store at a convenient location.
90% of all retail sales in the US. Why am I even wasting my time on such a stupid troll?
Oh, look! Your.sig says you are! What a surprise. Colour me shocked. Not.
Lesson to readers: Canada's left is tired and dying, but they'll continue to hate success until they finally perish.
Ever heard of the internet, you clueless idjit? Why don't you start up a 'notsoldatwalmart.com (er, wait, you're a lame Canadian - notsoldatwalmart.ca) website which sells all sorts of "censored" not-sold-at-walmart goods? Hell, if there's a big enough market for you, you could even open small stores right across the street from Walmart stores. You'd be able to sell CDs with lame covers to your heart's content to teenagers who think that having the covers in their possession makes them (the teenager) cool. Walmart won't stop you from doing it, company name aside.
Niche players can easily coexist with Walmart. Whiners, it seems, cannot.
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I'm sure it has nothing to do with bad hardware or bad drivers that randomly refuse to wake up from hibernation and the hassles and expense of supporting related issues.
Face it, this crappy web forum is about seven or eight years past its prime, back before people stopped caring what Slashdot thought because everyone realized it was such an entirely predictable minority opinion.
So yes, the French sold Iraq airplanes but it seems the CIA was very well aware of what was going on.
You are aware that France was not exactly a close ally of the US at this time, yes? The CIA assisted, I am sure, since they'd just as well cost the French aerospace industry some money, and leave Iraq that much more to distract Iran with. Either way, Iraq was getting the jets. Likewise, England is also an independent country. (As an aside, what I've always found amusing in such lists is how Canada is listed among Iraq's arms suppliers, thanks solely to one Canadian expatriate, Gerald Bull, who spent a little time working for Saddam until he met an untimely demise, presumably at the hands of Mossad.)
And where exatcly is the US selling all these weapons to if they only sell to "friendly" countries as was claimed?
Well, a quick scan of the report mentioned in the link says Israel, Egypt, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, not to mention a number of Latin American countries. Friendly or not, all of these nations would no doubt jump at the chance to forward their goods to Iraq...
Nobody claims that the US is entirely innocent. US-based defense firms supplied arms to Iraq. However, the sum of all US exports is the merest of a drop in the bucket. The Soviets and the French were always Iraq's chief partners. Claiming that the US armed Iraq is factually true, but to such a limited extent that anybody fighting so hard to focus on it is obviously nursing an anti-American agenda.
I must admit that I am flattered to see you appreciate my previous closing remark enough to parrot it back to me.
But in reality the US supplied just as much, if not more, materials to Iraq than the Europeans did.
This is an indefensible claim.
For a nice little table, look here:m ps_73-02.pdf
http://projects.sipri.se/armstrade/Trnd_Ind_IRQ_I
If numbers alone are no fun, read this article here:7 /123424.shtml
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/3/1
If you're too lazy to look at either one of them, let me summarize: A grand total of 1% of Iraq's arms imports came from the United States between 1973 and the first gulf war. Alternatively, if you're considering arguing that it was American equipment moved to Iraq through third parties, I suggest you glance at the countries listed above the US in the table and think again.
Please try to refrain from spouting such ignorance in the future. Those of us who try to stay informed thank you in advance.
Which prompts me to wonder whether this 'no probable cause' clause also includes the cell phone conversation archives which (given some media reports re: backtracing Sept. 11 hijackers) are purportedly being kept (and if so, would be kept in perpetuity, the costs of data storage being what they are).
I daresay that a fishing expedition with even today's rudimentary voice recognition software could pick up a decent number of drug dealers, both large and small scale.
Incidentally, I would also like to remind anyone who begins to respond that they're glad they don't live in the US that their own nation more likely than not has essentially equivalent laws either on the books or waiting to be passed. I'm talking to Canadians especially, here, since a) they gloat about not being American whenever given the chance; b) they're normally ignorant of their own nation's politics; and c) because I know, thanks to personal research in the past, exactly what Canada's current laws regarding government surveillance are, and have read the outlines of the newer bills which will be passed sooner or later by our "friends" in the federal Liberal Party of Canada)
How quickly the world forgets how things like the original Back Orifice were distributed... Too funny to read 'This couldn't happen with closed source!'
I just had my oldest WD drive fail on me a month or two ago. It lasted about 11 years. Capacity was something like 16 MB, which was enough to be a DOS-running POS (as in point of sale) terminal.
I can only conclude that I'm lucky, because I have never had a drive fail on me in less than three years of normal use, and we're talking hundreds of drives here. Admittedly, they're all 40 GB or less, which may nicely illustrate the 'large drives suck' principle.
True enough. The one 'sealed' and on public display obviously was - it was identical to one I'd seen elsewhere in a museum, and quite frankly I had my doubts about the legitimacy of the one in the museum, too... The museums down there were pretty funny that way. You could tell the legitimate pieces - they had one or more security cameras on them. Some of the more "awe-inspring" to the tour groups milling about did not.
On the other hand, the guy was rich enough to have managed to acquire a few through wealth if not heredity. This wasn't a large collection by any stretch.. More like 'two', and not in perfect shape.
Whether or not you believe it's an urban myth, I satisfied myself that it is true by experimenting at the equator. Effects can be seen at a distance of about two meters to either side... I'll note that I tested this rather extensively myself, using my own materials, as I believed that it was a scam when it was first demonstrated to me.
Some indian guy slightly north of Quito, Ecuador has what must be a lucrative business demonstrating this and a couple other things including his shrunken head collection (not sure if the heads are part of the standard tour, or were simply shown to me because I was so persistent about the water thing.. Others who had been there had not gotten it).
Lots of Canadians want to live in the States. They're simply not the ones you hear marching in the streets over US foreign policy.
I was greatly amused to see the results of a poll which came out in late October, 2001. I've forgotten the polling company, but it can probably be found in the archives at www.cric.ca.. I couldn't find it just now, but it definitely is out there.
Apparently, in the aftermath of the WTC terrorism, a majority of Canadians would *not* move to the US when given the chance. Some moron (Sheila Copps, no doubt) was crowing about this, despite the fact that it was the first time such a result had ever been found.
Enough said on the matter, in my opinion. The other 45% were, of course, still quite willing to move to the nation with a supposed target on its ass. (I am one of them - I live quite comfortably in Canada, but would move to the states in an instant if it weren't such a pain (because I am established in my community, not because I would be denied permanent entry).)
You're falling for the anti-doctor FUD that's out there.
Yes, Canadian doctors get paid 150k - 200k per year. But guess what - they pay their receptionists and other overhead out of that money. This really leaves only about 80k take home pay before taxes. A decent amount, yes, but hardly massive.
Quite frankly, you can make more as an experienced plumber.
What happens when someone straps tiny bombs onto a remotely controlled miniature replica of the B2 or some other bomber?
Pshaw. Letting nature take its course. You're defending genocide, here. "I have a cure for what will kill billions! But to give it to you would be tantamount to interfering with evolution! Therefore, no cure for you!"
Billions die deaths that he is directly responsible for (choosing to take no action is equivalent to choosing to take action) but at least the good doctor can sleep at night!
Hell, the justification was that the other race was developing and that the dying one was holding them back, a theory which had no support whatsoever. If all people were dying and we had been busily developing the intellect of dolphins (by attaching laser beams to their heads), would it be morally unjust for us to look for a cure? I think not, and when the pansy environmentalists realize that their own neck is on the line, 99+% of them would want the cure, too.
As others in the thread have mentioned, there's no such thing as externalities in the theory of evolution.
Sure, why not? We've already got a picture to go along with it.
Our Charter has more holes than Swiss cheese. (Well, not really, just two really big holes)
One: Any government can invoke the notwithstanding clause, and continue to do so indefinately.
Two: The courts, in their infinite wisdom, could decide that such log keeping is justifiable (Section 1), in the name of protecting the children from predators. Yes, that's not the reason the judges would provide, but it's what all the the propsal's advocates will be clamboring about...
Now, to take some time and read through this proposal myself to see whether or not it is flameworthy.
No he didn't. He tried to, but now the Kelowna RCMP are being lame and following the letter of the law albeit not the spirit.
They have the cameras on 24/7, with the exception of five minutes each day, and there isn't a damn thing that those of us who oppose it can do about it.
I don't know about you, but I can't pronounce any of my passwords.
On the other hand, whereas a 'Computer, command' type of command is totally lame and too derivative of Star Trek, 'Mr. Computer, DoStuff' is funny.
Playing around with cvoicecommand, I'm having a hard time getting it to recognize my commands, despite giving it about thirty or so good samples to work with.
xvoice, on the other hand, requires IBM's library, which I don't really feel like buying for what amounts to a whimsical reason.
On the topic of PCs and home entertainment, could anybody out there point out some decent (and yet preferably free) linux voice command software?
The only thing I can spot via google is some shareware app called MP3VoiceCommand which seems to not even be available any more.
Although some sort of daemon which monitors the microphone and can do anything whatsoever would be nice, I'd settle for something which can only control music... I have a computer which pumps music to speakers outside by my hot tub, I'd love to be able to run a microphone out to it and change the songs and/or volume just by speaking. It would be nifty, oh yes.
Check out the posting history of alicebotmaster (I think that's the ID..)
A good chunk of the material in this interview was posted previously by that account on this very website. It wouldn't shock me in the least if much of the rest of it was pulled together from other previously published sources.
Honestly, it's hilarious. A grand experiment that appears to have been wildly successful.
Why the HELL would you carry more than $500 cash on you, and *not* have a documented security device? For Christ's sake, anyone with that kind of money should have traveller's checks or a debit card.
You've apparently not travelled internationally very much. If there's one way to expose a bank's incompetence, it's by making arrangements in advance to confirm that all of your cards will work overseas, travelling there, and then discovering that 'Oops, the bank made a mistake.' You generally want a few hundred dollars cash in this sort of situation... Depending on where you go, travellers' cheques aren't necessarily an acceptable alternative.
Never mind needing the cash in order to get your luggage/camera through customs in certain third world countries...
I'm surprised that you seem surprised by this.
I'm not sure whether or not I get it... Are you really allowed to use photos of Anna Kournikova in an attempt to distract the human participant in a Turing test?
Why does CmdrTaco want to eat a cute, cuddly alien?
Yeah, that certainly was a reply worth making.
Just because you're rabidly anti-American, you don't need to hate every person, place, or thing that is American.
Only an utter moron wouldn't buy something at a Walmart if it were all of: cheaper, equivalent or better quality, and in a store at a convenient location.
90% of all retail sales in the US. Why am I even wasting my time on such a stupid troll?
Gee, are you Canadian?
Oh, look! Your .sig says you are! What a surprise. Colour me shocked. Not.
Lesson to readers: Canada's left is tired and dying, but they'll continue to hate success until they finally perish.
Ever heard of the internet, you clueless idjit? Why don't you start up a 'notsoldatwalmart.com (er, wait, you're a lame Canadian - notsoldatwalmart.ca) website which sells all sorts of "censored" not-sold-at-walmart goods? Hell, if there's a big enough market for you, you could even open small stores right across the street from Walmart stores. You'd be able to sell CDs with lame covers to your heart's content to teenagers who think that having the covers in their possession makes them (the teenager) cool. Walmart won't stop you from doing it, company name aside. Niche players can easily coexist with Walmart. Whiners, it seems, cannot.