I have to agree with you on the decision to invade Iraq. That's a hornet's nest that never should have been knocked over. The administration thought it would be a quick "grab and go," they never thought the insurgents would fight so hard and bin Laden evade capture for so long. It created new figureheads like al-Zaquari and Muqtada al-Sadr, we actually watch as they multiply
At best, they've substitted one hated government for another
So at last you admit a government can be overthrown. This has, in fact, happened all through history; most countries form this way in war and violence. IIRC the rebels who formed the U.S. used militia (farmers) to defeat the undisputed world power of the time, history is pretty clear that they probably used guns.
More recently, Afghanistan fought off invaders with guns provided by the West, the only other superpower in modern history slinked off in humiliating defeat.
The insurgents don't give a whit about our definition of success. How success is defined on Slashdot likely is of little concern to them. If their actions get rid of the hated US-based government, they they have achieved their goal... i.e. they succeeded.
Their actions might even trigger governmental change in the US and Britain -- and already has in many European countries. Probably even Poland is ready to get out now. This is a level of rebel success with but limited precedent in the past.
So what burnt you out? Why so emotional? Your sputtering, blue-faced replies try to replace with bluster what you lack in fact. Your feeble attempt at castigation and juvenile name-calling does not distract from the fact that you are plainly wrong.
Sure insurgents use bombs. But you contradict yourself because in your original post you said bombs weren't effective; I think the point you were trying to make was that resistance to government force is useless. The Iraqi insurgents are proving otherwise, the insurgents in Afghanistan are doing likewise as they did against the Soviets in 1980, abetted by western guns.
What you need to do is take a chill pill, relax a bit and open your eyes and take a LOOK. Otherwise you could spend the rest of your life in your alternate reality.
Iraqi insurgents have guns. IRA had guns. Hamas has guns. What do these groups do with guns? They try to AVOID using them
Uhhh... OK. You do realize the Iraqi insurgents with their popguns and blowdarts are winning against a technological Army that has spent half a trillion US dollars? That to beat these non gun-users, probably another half-trillion will have to be spent?
Sure, you can pay $200 now for a 1st generation HD DVD player. But most in here will wait till the price comes down & you can get a 2nd gen $49 HD, +DVD on down Burner. For PC.
Here in Calif, I haven't seen any in the last week or so, whereas last month all kinds of spacemen seemingly were walking around talking to themselves.
And now that I've responded to your AC comment, it kinda looks like I'm talking to myself unless threshold is set at 0 or less.
A bunch of guys were wearing these in public a couple month ago, but not so much anymore it seems. I guess people are still not ready for something that makes you sound like a spaced out homeless man talking to himself.
Two days ago, Google seemed to forget what enclosed quotes were for. Also, it is returning pages upon pages of useless "supplemental results" -- I often jump to Page 10 just to try to skip past that.
Let's not even talk about the spam pages. I've emailed suggestions for instance banning domains that use javascript redirects -- you know, you see a SEO page with javascript off and the porno page with it on. No legit site shunts off visitors to third party sites with zero delay.
I've also suggested a Slashdot type moderation system for Google registered users. A page can be moderated up or down -- if a page gets low enough a Google employee can have a look and flush the entire domain forever if need be.
But they're not working on this or any other issue with the search engine. The index hasn't seemed to been updated since February. Image Search is full of images long since gone.
My guess is the article should not automatically be dismissed. My thoughts are Google is wasting entirely too much time taking over the computer world to actually be bothered fixing the search.
How about skipping the implant and using the keys like normal human beings. Oh I get it, CNN doesn't interview normal human beings. No way I'm pulling the chip out of my BMW key and implanting it into my body because I want to get into my car 0.001 second faster./no tattoos or piercings, either
I had to go and look this up to see why everyone is gushing about it. To me all it looks like is PUSH via javascript. Is it really that revolutionary & could kill Microsoft? Any example pages?
Have you been to the site in the last year or so. FC discussion is very very dead, the only posts seem to tell Pud to take the site down, and some Joe Wang posts
I can't find the email regarding the price increase but in June 2004, they emailed a new offer trying to get me back, regarding a Netflix Economy Program for $14.99 or the Standard Program for $21.99. The limitations on the Economy was two DVDs out at a time and four per month.
You need a new term to describe your gadget then, because "phone" does not begin to describe all those wonderful, battery sucking, bulky, heavy and ugly low-quality features.
Or maybe you can add a term, like swiss army knife vs. pocket knife. Yay, a Swiss Army Phone?!?!!1
Reminds me when this was going on with wristwatches, and some guy shows up with one that had a stopwatch, compass, light, altimiter, survival kit, radio transponder and in fact did everything but tell the time. And it weighed about 3 pounds.
Hotmail's junk filters are valueless. Your only option is to block the sender's email, or slide the protection level, whatever that is, over some more.
Just about any other service will let you filter on subject, header, body, filter out domain, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
However, the link about the car seller at the bottom was much more entertaining.
I just wanted to say thanks for an ontopic comment.
Everyone else: Ubuntu plug!!1! blah blah blah 40 FICKING PAGES!! blah blah blah
I have to agree with you on the decision to invade Iraq. That's a hornet's nest that never should have been knocked over. The administration thought it would be a quick "grab and go," they never thought the insurgents would fight so hard and bin Laden evade capture for so long. It created new figureheads like al-Zaquari and Muqtada al-Sadr, we actually watch as they multiply
At best, they've substitted one hated government for another
So at last you admit a government can be overthrown. This has, in fact, happened all through history; most countries form this way in war and violence. IIRC the rebels who formed the U.S. used militia (farmers) to defeat the undisputed world power of the time, history is pretty clear that they probably used guns.
More recently, Afghanistan fought off invaders with guns provided by the West, the only other superpower in modern history slinked off in humiliating defeat.
I guess you haven't heard the Taliban are still there. Probably with Bin Laden.
The insurgents don't give a whit about our definition of success. How success is defined on Slashdot likely is of little concern to them. If their actions get rid of the hated US-based government, they they have achieved their goal... i.e. they succeeded.
Their actions might even trigger governmental change in the US and Britain -- and already has in many European countries. Probably even Poland is ready to get out now. This is a level of rebel success with but limited precedent in the past.
If guns and bombs are useless against governments, what are the Iraqi insurgents having so much success with?
What weapons are they using against coalition forces, that soon the death toll will exceed what was lost in terrorism on 9/11?
So what burnt you out? Why so emotional? Your sputtering, blue-faced replies try to replace with bluster what you lack in fact. Your feeble attempt at castigation and juvenile name-calling does not distract from the fact that you are plainly wrong.
Sure insurgents use bombs. But you contradict yourself because in your original post you said bombs weren't effective; I think the point you were trying to make was that resistance to government force is useless. The Iraqi insurgents are proving otherwise, the insurgents in Afghanistan are doing likewise as they did against the Soviets in 1980, abetted by western guns.
What you need to do is take a chill pill, relax a bit and open your eyes and take a LOOK. Otherwise you could spend the rest of your life in your alternate reality.
Iraqi insurgents have guns. IRA had guns. Hamas has guns. What do these groups do with guns? They try to AVOID using them
Uhhh... OK. You do realize the Iraqi insurgents with their popguns and blowdarts are winning against a technological Army that has spent half a trillion US dollars? That to beat these non gun-users, probably another half-trillion will have to be spent?
Well, once I was hit from Comcast in NJ. After I blocked the range, he had to proxy & the attacks came much slower.
They're migrating to advertising $$$ to prop things up.
Absolutely correct, could never be said except on boardz, & whoever market parent Troll is either a 'tard ot tivo stockholder.
Sure, you can pay $200 now for a 1st generation HD DVD player. But most in here will wait till the price comes down & you can get a 2nd gen $49 HD, +DVD on down Burner. For PC.
Here in Calif, I haven't seen any in the last week or so, whereas last month all kinds of spacemen seemingly were walking around talking to themselves.
And now that I've responded to your AC comment, it kinda looks like I'm talking to myself unless threshold is set at 0 or less.
A bunch of guys were wearing these in public a couple month ago, but not so much anymore it seems. I guess people are still not ready for something that makes you sound like a spaced out homeless man talking to himself.
Satire is SPECIFICALLY protected speech under the constitution.
Two days ago, Google seemed to forget what enclosed quotes were for. Also, it is returning pages upon pages of useless "supplemental results" -- I often jump to Page 10 just to try to skip past that.
Let's not even talk about the spam pages. I've emailed suggestions for instance banning domains that use javascript redirects -- you know, you see a SEO page with javascript off and the porno page with it on. No legit site shunts off visitors to third party sites with zero delay.
I've also suggested a Slashdot type moderation system for Google registered users. A page can be moderated up or down -- if a page gets low enough a Google employee can have a look and flush the entire domain forever if need be.
But they're not working on this or any other issue with the search engine. The index hasn't seemed to been updated since February. Image Search is full of images long since gone.
My guess is the article should not automatically be dismissed. My thoughts are Google is wasting entirely too much time taking over the computer world to actually be bothered fixing the search.
The federal government is a *Joke* about bringing any kind of justice down on this filth
It can if it wants.
The gov't had Junk Faxers shut down before the Bush Administration opened the floodgates for them again this year.
Big fines with an active vigilante^H^H reward system (private lawyers suing junk faxers) will defeat spam.
How about skipping the implant and using the keys like normal human beings. Oh I get it, CNN doesn't interview normal human beings. No way I'm pulling the chip out of my BMW key and implanting it into my body because I want to get into my car 0.001 second faster. /no tattoos or piercings, either
I had to go and look this up to see why everyone is gushing about it. To me all it looks like is PUSH via javascript. Is it really that revolutionary & could kill Microsoft? Any example pages?
I'm not jumping on you, just need more data.
The difference between Firefox and Explorer is that Microsoft's browser is an uninstallable part of the OS.
You can't get rid of it even if you wanted to. This makes MSN the default search engine for windows.
Have you been to the site in the last year or so. FC discussion is very very dead, the only posts seem to tell Pud to take the site down, and some Joe Wang posts
I can't find the email regarding the price increase but in June 2004, they emailed a new offer trying to get me back, regarding a Netflix Economy Program for $14.99 or the Standard Program for $21.99. The limitations on the Economy was two DVDs out at a time and four per month.
Needless to say, no thanks.
I found eDonkey significantly outperforms Netflix, at least for me.
I was once a subscriber, but I dropped Netflix back when they went from $19.99 to $23.99/mo.
If you end up by yourself with a dead end console, you might revise that opinion.
You need a new term to describe your gadget then, because "phone" does not begin to describe all those wonderful, battery sucking, bulky, heavy and ugly low-quality features.
Or maybe you can add a term, like swiss army knife vs. pocket knife. Yay, a Swiss Army Phone?!?!!1
Reminds me when this was going on with wristwatches, and some guy shows up with one that had a stopwatch, compass, light, altimiter, survival kit, radio transponder and in fact did everything but tell the time. And it weighed about 3 pounds.
Hotmail's junk filters are valueless. Your only option is to block the sender's email, or slide the protection level, whatever that is, over some more.
Just about any other service will let you filter on subject, header, body, filter out domain, etc.