Well technically the peace protesters are not the scaredy cats but the people saying we should bomb Iraq for being a threat are the scaredy cats.
The reason why the US is bombing illegitimatly Iraq is because they are scared. The peace protesters aren't and rightfully so. They are not cowards. If Iraq really threathened the American people then tell me how!
Now stop believing Big Brother without turning your brain on and start reading 1984 and Stupid White Men.
I disagree with you. It does have to do with oil but not directly. What it has to do is with oil and the currency used to buy it around the world. Iraq has decided to use Euros in 2000 instead of using US dollars.
To put it as simple as possible : When Iraq started using Euros as the base currency for oil it affected the Dollar negatively and the euro positively. It's all about offer and demand in the market of currency.
If the Euro becomes the currency of choice for OPEC it depreciates the US dollar substantially because there is less demand for it.
Bush and his oil/money hungry warmongers do not care because they know they will continue to have as much access as before to the oil in Iraq. Event if the UN takes control over that oil what is important to them is to keep US dollars as THE currency.
So I guess I do agree with you that Bush and co don't want the oil (cause they know they'll get it no matter what). What they care about is currency used for oil exchange.
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yo aussi boy. Truth is not on Big Brother's TV!
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Last time I saw Bush on tv I asked myself the same question. You know the US media really takes you for a fool and something tells me they might be right!!
Don't need to know?
Why if more people had known about the reasons for this war beforehand perhaps less americans would be supporting Bush.
http://www.evworld.com/databases/printit.cfm?story id=490
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Really a smart thing to say!! You idiot these countries have done everything in their power to stop a war that would cause more terrorism! Arguments like yours just go to show that you probably never left the States and have no idea how the world really world. Travel a bit will you!! Get some education and please stop thinking that everything is either black or white. Some people can disagree with you and still be your friend!
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I don't want to sound patronizing but you clearly are ignorant about quite a few facts.
People are not anti-American in Europe, France or any other democratic country. I was in France just recently and spoke a great deal with the French. They are however very concerned about the people in power. Never in the history of the USA has there been such a self serving administration. This war is making your leaders richer than before and they don't care about anything else than arrogantly telling other countries that they are wrong to even bother them in their quest to become richer.
Your biggest and most popular media sources are controlled by big compagnies that create WMD and other military equipement. They have a great deal to gain when a war is declared as their stock rises. http://www.cjr.org/owners/ge.asp
The Bush administration said brought up some "proofs" about the Iraqi regime attempting to get Uranium to create nuclear warheads. The UN found out it was faked. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A594 03-2003Mar7.html
The great concern from people outside the US about the bush administration is that one of the first things he did when he gained power (in a very weird manner too), is that he went to great lenghts to make sure that the US would not participage in an international court of war (that deals with crimes against humanity, a little like what you see now in Iraq). When it was once decided that the US would not participate he also did some arm twisting so that the International Court would not attempt to try any Americans because Americans never do crimes against humanity.http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,73 69,774105,00.html
Understand that people fear the US because it is a democracy that fits too well the 1984 scenario of a Big Brother that is always watching and appearing on TV.
The Bush administration as well as the media outlets that do everything in their power to support Bush are doing as much propaganda as they can. Record number of people in the US believe that Iraq has links with Al Quaeda. http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/transcripts/2002/nov/021117.schorr.html The rest of the world understands that this is ridiculous and is just propaganda to make Americans believe that this war is legitimate.
You feel you absolutly need to tell the world you support Bush and that you are so proud to be American. Too many Americans seem to not understand that they can be proud of their great nation, proud to be american without aproving Bush and his war of agression.
If you think the rest of the world believes this war is unjustified because of propaganda maybe you have to read news sources outside of the US. In London there are 11 daily papers and they all have different opinions about things. In the US almost every news broadcasters just show live what is happening, repeat what was said by the Bush administration and never comment on anything. They just spurt out the same propaganda your goverment emits without analysing it at all. I think the people that are most likely to succumb to propaganda are Americans. Try to listen to what countries like France, Russia, China, Canada etc... have to say about the war. Certainly some of it might sound anti-American to you at first but maybe there is logic when they say that Bush is arrogant and undiplomatic. Also to keep in mind this criticism isn't directed towards you nor your freedom and other values you wish to protect. People love freedom, but people in other countries are finding it odd how your administration is signing a patriot act and other things to reduce your freedom without any Americans doing anything about it. The US democracy is a democracy of cash and goverment officials that just want more. They don't care about you and your freedom, only their money and their power.
So yes I comment on Bush and his right-wing fundamentalists. Yes I disagree with the foreign policy of
Just like Bush uses terrorism as an argument for killing thousands of people, MS decides its millions just isn't enough and want to take the bread and butter from a few poor people in the world where it isn't illegal to copy software.
I think you are right about that. In some European country called Freedom, (or is it France), they have prototyped a battery package system. Where you drive in front of a booth that looks like the front of a car wash and your batteries are taken out and replaced with fresh ones. "Your" batteries are then charged and as soon as they are available someone comes up and swaps "his" with yours.
Why can't Linux just be on one CD?
Why do we need to cram things just so we can fill two CDs? Why can't we just have the bare minimum in a distro: the OS, a notepad, the web browser and the web server?
because of ignorant people like you Windows is on 95% of desktops out there.
It's high time that efforts are put in the same direction. When using Linux is easy for the average Joe Blow we'll have a better world.
XP works better than any Linux desktop. It is an industry standard and that is 90% of desktops out there.
Microsoft packs more features and usability inside their OS than any other OS out there. Linux has not yet come up with anything half as good as that because it is inconsistant and people put their pride where they shouldn't. Face it, Microsoft has a better Desktop for the mass. It might not be as powerful as Linux Desktops out there nor as stable but darn it people! Wake up! It's better!
The count of mozilla bugs here includes the production bugs as well. I'm sure IE went through a load of bugs while developping it. Unfortunatly these numbers are not comparable.
I'm just wondering. The kept mentionning weird mumbo jumbo. But is Office actually going to have its API open? Will word documents one day be opened in Open Office?
in a world of american companies trying to force the world to use their software america created the FSF.
France is helping to create a Europe that doesn't require MS's permission to go to the washroom.
The commission is forcing no one. It gives recommendations that the states of the new Europe take or reject based on wether or not it gives them advantages.
DHTML was relevant when it appeared with the advent of 4.0 browsers and it is even more today because there is more coherance
A truly interactive site will require server side processing of information if it wants to be of any value. DHTML allows you to present information in a way someone can interact with it (sorting a table of data on the client side, form validation, having mutliple layers of information on a page).
DHTML becomes essential in web applications like a billing software that doesn't require software to be installed on the client side.
Something going against the usage of DHTML is the browser war and support for standards still not being as respected as Mozilla. Netscape 4 is the worst thing that happened to DHTML. It made lots of things impossible to do or hard to do. Anyone still using NS4 should upgrade to allow developers to create real web sites. Another thing going against DHTML is the fact that lots of people begin programming with it and too many beginners try useless flashy things that hurt the people that can actually do nice things in DHTML.
The last web application I did for www.b-process.com processes bills eletronically and uses a web interface compatible with IE4 and up and Mozilla/NS6+. Lots of features like attaching a note to a bill are achieved through the usage of DHTML. Another interesting thing was that we save download time by sending only bill data instead and let the DHTML layer format the information on the client side saving up to 80% of bandwith.
DHTML is relevant today and will be more once NS4 is dropped completely. I'm glad I could answer your question!:)
I develop DHTML applications for a living (never read a book by Goodman either lol) and I find Mozilla to actually be superior to IE when it comes to DHTML.
The problem is that many people use the DOM that Internet explorer has or mixes up old Netscape 4 DOM in Netscape 6/Mozilla instead of the standard set by the W3C. Try putting a honda key in a ford see if that works.
Truth is if you stick to w3c standards Internet Explorer gives you headaches.
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Pale Blue Dot and Dragons of Eden are wonderful books from Sagan as well! :)
Use Occam's razor when you have many theories to choose from. Use common sense when you do not have any.
Well technically the peace protesters are not the scaredy cats but the people saying we should bomb Iraq for being a threat are the scaredy cats.
The reason why the US is bombing illegitimatly Iraq is because they are scared. The peace protesters aren't and rightfully so. They are not cowards. If Iraq really threathened the American people then tell me how!
Now stop believing Big Brother without turning your brain on and start reading 1984 and Stupid White Men.
I disagree with you. It does have to do with oil but not directly. What it has to do is with oil and the currency used to buy it around the world. Iraq has decided to use Euros in 2000 instead of using US dollars.
To put it as simple as possible : When Iraq started using Euros as the base currency for oil it affected the Dollar negatively and the euro positively. It's all about offer and demand in the market of currency.
If the Euro becomes the currency of choice for OPEC it depreciates the US dollar substantially because there is less demand for it.
Bush and his oil/money hungry warmongers do not care because they know they will continue to have as much access as before to the oil in Iraq. Event if the UN takes control over that oil what is important to them is to keep US dollars as THE currency.
So I guess I do agree with you that Bush and co don't want the oil (cause they know they'll get it no matter what). What they care about is currency used for oil exchange.
http://www.evworld.com/databases/printit.cfm?storyo aussi boy. Truth is not on Big Brother's TV!
Last time I saw Bush on tv I asked myself the same question. You know the US media really takes you for a fool and something tells me they might be right!!
Don't need to know? Why if more people had known about the reasons for this war beforehand perhaps less americans would be supporting Bush. http://www.evworld.com/databases/printit.cfm?story id=490
Really a smart thing to say!! You idiot these countries have done everything in their power to stop a war that would cause more terrorism! Arguments like yours just go to show that you probably never left the States and have no idea how the world really world. Travel a bit will you!! Get some education and please stop thinking that everything is either black or white. Some people can disagree with you and still be your friend!
I don't want to sound patronizing but you clearly are ignorant about quite a few facts.
People are not anti-American in Europe, France or any other democratic country. I was in France just recently and spoke a great deal with the French. They are however very concerned about the people in power. Never in the history of the USA has there been such a self serving administration. This war is making your leaders richer than before and they don't care about anything else than arrogantly telling other countries that they are wrong to even bother them in their quest to become richer.
Your biggest and most popular media sources are controlled by big compagnies that create WMD and other military equipement. They have a great deal to gain when a war is declared as their stock rises. http://www.cjr.org/owners/ge.asp
The Bush administration said brought up some "proofs" about the Iraqi regime attempting to get Uranium to create nuclear warheads. The UN found out it was faked. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A594 03-2003Mar7.html
The great concern from people outside the US about the bush administration is that one of the first things he did when he gained power (in a very weird manner too), is that he went to great lenghts to make sure that the US would not participage in an international court of war (that deals with crimes against humanity, a little like what you see now in Iraq). When it was once decided that the US would not participate he also did some arm twisting so that the International Court would not attempt to try any Americans because Americans never do crimes against humanity.http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,73 69,774105,00.html
Understand that people fear the US because it is a democracy that fits too well the 1984 scenario of a Big Brother that is always watching and appearing on TV.
The Bush administration as well as the media outlets that do everything in their power to support Bush are doing as much propaganda as they can. Record number of people in the US believe that Iraq has links with Al Quaeda. http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/transcripts/2002 /nov/021117.schorr.html The rest of the world understands that this is ridiculous and is just propaganda to make Americans believe that this war is legitimate.
You feel you absolutly need to tell the world you support Bush and that you are so proud to be American. Too many Americans seem to not understand that they can be proud of their great nation, proud to be american without aproving Bush and his war of agression.
If you think the rest of the world believes this war is unjustified because of propaganda maybe you have to read news sources outside of the US. In London there are 11 daily papers and they all have different opinions about things. In the US almost every news broadcasters just show live what is happening, repeat what was said by the Bush administration and never comment on anything. They just spurt out the same propaganda your goverment emits without analysing it at all. I think the people that are most likely to succumb to propaganda are Americans. Try to listen to what countries like France, Russia, China, Canada etc... have to say about the war. Certainly some of it might sound anti-American to you at first but maybe there is logic when they say that Bush is arrogant and undiplomatic. Also to keep in mind this criticism isn't directed towards you nor your freedom and other values you wish to protect. People love freedom, but people in other countries are finding it odd how your administration is signing a patriot act and other things to reduce your freedom without any Americans doing anything about it. The US democracy is a democracy of cash and goverment officials that just want more. They don't care about you and your freedom, only their money and their power.
So yes I comment on Bush and his right-wing fundamentalists. Yes I disagree with the foreign policy of
Let's rejoice and celebrate by bombing another country today!!!
Just like Bush uses terrorism as an argument for killing thousands of people, MS decides its millions just isn't enough and want to take the bread and butter from a few poor people in the world where it isn't illegal to copy software.
I think you are right about that. In some European country called Freedom, (or is it France), they have prototyped a battery package system. Where you drive in front of a booth that looks like the front of a car wash and your batteries are taken out and replaced with fresh ones. "Your" batteries are then charged and as soon as they are available someone comes up and swaps "his" with yours.
Why can't Linux just be on one CD? Why do we need to cram things just so we can fill two CDs? Why can't we just have the bare minimum in a distro: the OS, a notepad, the web browser and the web server?
because of ignorant people like you Windows is on 95% of desktops out there. It's high time that efforts are put in the same direction. When using Linux is easy for the average Joe Blow we'll have a better world.
Microsoft packs more features and usability inside their OS than any other OS out there. Linux has not yet come up with anything half as good as that because it is inconsistant and people put their pride where they shouldn't. Face it, Microsoft has a better Desktop for the mass. It might not be as powerful as Linux Desktops out there nor as stable but darn it people! Wake up! It's better!
I saw signs but was certain when they came out with Internet Explorer 4.
Netscape 4 didn't come close to Internet Explorer then!
When better software comes up people use it. It's that simple.
Actually in many coutries there are legal battles against MSCE's using the term engineer on their resume or business card.
The big reason why the US law decided to be so nice with MS is because Microsoft is on of Americas leading company outside of the US.
If it were a European company hurting the US and the world the US legal jabbers would be the first one to cry for justice.
Well IE has a great deal of bugs as well.
The count of mozilla bugs here includes the production bugs as well. I'm sure IE went through a load of bugs while developping it. Unfortunatly these numbers are not comparable.
Zamboni would be worth nothing if it wasn't for Hockey! And where was that invented? http://www.birthplaceofhockey.com/
I'm just wondering. The kept mentionning weird mumbo jumbo. But is Office actually going to have its API open? Will word documents one day be opened in Open Office?
in a world of american companies trying to force the world to use their software america created the FSF.
France is helping to create a Europe that doesn't require MS's permission to go to the washroom.
The commission is forcing no one. It gives recommendations that the states of the new Europe take or reject based on wether or not it gives them advantages.
Grow up.
DHTML was relevant when it appeared with the advent of 4.0 browsers and it is even more today because there is more coherance
A truly interactive site will require server side processing of information if it wants to be of any value. DHTML allows you to present information in a way someone can interact with it (sorting a table of data on the client side, form validation, having mutliple layers of information on a page).
DHTML becomes essential in web applications like a billing software that doesn't require software to be installed on the client side.
Something going against the usage of DHTML is the browser war and support for standards still not being as respected as Mozilla. Netscape 4 is the worst thing that happened to DHTML. It made lots of things impossible to do or hard to do. Anyone still using NS4 should upgrade to allow developers to create real web sites. Another thing going against DHTML is the fact that lots of people begin programming with it and too many beginners try useless flashy things that hurt the people that can actually do nice things in DHTML.
The last web application I did for www.b-process.com processes bills eletronically and uses a web interface compatible with IE4 and up and Mozilla/NS6+. Lots of features like attaching a note to a bill are achieved through the usage of DHTML. Another interesting thing was that we save download time by sending only bill data instead and let the DHTML layer format the information on the client side saving up to 80% of bandwith.
DHTML is relevant today and will be more once NS4 is dropped completely. I'm glad I could answer your question! :)
I develop DHTML applications for a living (never read a book by Goodman either lol) and I find Mozilla to actually be superior to IE when it comes to DHTML.
The problem is that many people use the DOM that Internet explorer has or mixes up old Netscape 4 DOM in Netscape 6/Mozilla instead of the standard set by the W3C. Try putting a honda key in a ford see if that works.
Truth is if you stick to w3c standards Internet Explorer gives you headaches.
Isn't it time that they redo the whole thing?