...and if it wasn't for them, you probably wouldn't even be able to type that message... You'd be in some gulag wondering how you were going to survive after shooting your mouth off.
First thing they need to fix is the fraud. No matter what side you were on in the last election, you're sure that the OTHER side committed fraud. That's got to stop.
Get the dead people off the voting lists, make sure that people that can vote are allowed to vote, make sure the people that shouldn't be able to vote aren't voting....and make damn sure that people that commit fraud, in whatever form it takes, get prosecuted. A few convictions on that would stop voting fraud pretty damn quick.
You got that right. My first task on getting a new office is making sure that all the stuff I have fills it up as much as possible. Other than a cubicle or no walls at all, there's about nothing worse than having a office mate.
I'm not buying that. Racism isn't something that's purely one color and not another. Having a single group that excludes others based on the color of their skin is racist. Period.
Until people are completely color blind about all this, having an all "this-group" or all "that-group" is just contributing to the problem, not helping solve it.
I think parent is right about this; they must be using a secondary device (maybe like those home-bound tracking devices for those under house arrest) in conjunction with GPS.
GPS alone is too easy to foil: Go in the house and GPS reception is lost; add/wear/attach GPS blocking device; go back outside and no one is the wiser.
I can't speak about WoW, but in Everquest, there are a lot of things that go into the game beyond what's there at the initial launch. (I don't count bug fixes, or game mechanic adjustments).
In Everquest, a lot of things go in. New quests, new gear, new tradeskill items, new spells, new zones open up, etc.
When a LOT of new stuff goes in at once, they do it as an expansion. Expansions were usually $20-$30. There's an upcoming "expansion" (although it's hard for me to call it that), that will be about $5. It's a very small, targeted sort of thing.
People that aren't into MMORPG usually see the monthly charge and recoil in horror. I played EQ1 just about exclusively for 5 years. I played nearly no other game during that time. Before that, I'd buy a $50 game every month or so. I spent a lot more on games before EQ, that's for sure.
The quote I was refering to was "Iraq possesses 650 kilograms of "bacterial growth media," enough "to produce . . . 5,000 litres of concentrated anthrax."
That was in this article, along with all the other people that said Iraq had it.
He never said what happened to it, and Iraq never offered any proof it was destroyed.
If you're under the impression that the majority of the Iraqi people want the oppression that the Islamic Fascists want to bring, then you're sadly mistaken.
So...you're saying that support for allies in a war now, was planned two years ago?
You're comparing apples and oranges.
You can't equate support of allies in a war against facist extremists to a murderous dictator giving bribes to individuals to keep in power. Take the side of the religious facists that want to have Islamic Law in Iraq if you want to, but I'll stay on the side with the majority of Iraqis on this one.
Everyone thought Iraq had WMD. Clinton said it, Gore said it, Blix said it, Chirac said it, Blair said it. Stating otherwise is completely revisionist history.
Nice of you to belittle other countries efforts in Iraq.
And there's NO evidence that Bush "bought their cooperation". You made that up, or you're listening to people that made that up and believe it. You know how I know that? Because if it had happened, every freakin' paper the the country would have been blasting it all across the front pages. It's just a conspiracy theory.
There is however, a LOT of evidence that Saddam bought off the French, the UN (Kofi's son, for one) and many other countries with the "Oil for Food" scandal that's still being investigated.
Jacques Chirac: "we have to find and destroy them [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]."
Hans Blix: Iraq possesses 650 kilograms of "bacterial growth media," enough "to produce . . . 5,000 litres of concentrated anthrax."
and that's leaving out the Clinton quotes.
Not to mention the fact that France, the UN and many other people were in Saddam's back pocket because of the money they received in the "Oil for Food" program. No wonder they were against war in Iraq. They already sold out.
So get off your damn high horse and quit acting all holier than tho. Getting bribed to keep a dictator in power isn't a virtue.
Clinton's Secretary of Defense, William Cohen: "I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons. . . . I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out."
Jacques Chirac: "we have to find and destroy them [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]."
Hans Blix: Iraq possesses 650 kilograms of "bacterial growth media," enough "to produce . . . 5,000 litres of concentrated anthrax."
Al Gore: "[Saddam Hussein has] stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Bill Clinton describing "[Iraq's] offensive biological warfare capability, notably 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs.": "...Iraq still has stockpiles of chemical and biological munitions, a small force of Scud-type missiles, and the capacity to restart quickly its production program and build many, many more weapons."
Korea continued it's nuclear weapons program during that whole time. There were no checks on what they were doing and by the time anyone realized what was really going on, they were well on their way. NK started freaking out once someone called 'em on it.
This isn't some instantaneous thing that happened. If creating nuclear weapons were that easy for them, it would have happened a long time ago.
This eWeek article has a story about how she "changed HP culture" and then goes on to say that it was a good thing that she did away with the "HP way". The article talks about how people on project teams could shut stuff down if things were going wrong, and Carly stopped it.
You know, it seems completely lost on the people that are quoted in that article that BEFORE Carly, HP was doing fine financially. Her culture change screwed that company in many ways, the financial included.
Microsoft's in an interesting position. They can't really take advantage of their OS they way they did to wipe out Netscape.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a web search added to the regular Windows search. Yes, I know they have a beta of desktop search too. I just don't think they'll be able to effectively pull it off.
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...and if it wasn't for them, you probably wouldn't even be able to type that message... You'd be in some gulag wondering how you were going to survive after shooting your mouth off.
First thing they need to fix is the fraud. No matter what side you were on in the last election, you're sure that the OTHER side committed fraud. That's got to stop.
...and make damn sure that people that commit fraud, in whatever form it takes, get prosecuted. A few convictions on that would stop voting fraud pretty damn quick.
Get the dead people off the voting lists, make sure that people that can vote are allowed to vote, make sure the people that shouldn't be able to vote aren't voting.
"That is a ticket for getting a roommate."
You got that right. My first task on getting a new office is making sure that all the stuff I have fills it up as much as possible. Other than a cubicle or no walls at all, there's about nothing worse than having a office mate.
I'm not buying that. Racism isn't something that's purely one color and not another. Having a single group that excludes others based on the color of their skin is racist. Period.
Until people are completely color blind about all this, having an all "this-group" or all "that-group" is just contributing to the problem, not helping solve it.
I think parent is right about this; they must be using a secondary device (maybe like those home-bound tracking devices for those under house arrest) in conjunction with GPS.
GPS alone is too easy to foil: Go in the house and GPS reception is lost; add/wear/attach GPS blocking device; go back outside and no one is the wiser.
I can't speak about WoW, but in Everquest, there are a lot of things that go into the game beyond what's there at the initial launch. (I don't count bug fixes, or game mechanic adjustments).
In Everquest, a lot of things go in. New quests, new gear, new tradeskill items, new spells, new zones open up, etc.
When a LOT of new stuff goes in at once, they do it as an expansion. Expansions were usually $20-$30. There's an upcoming "expansion" (although it's hard for me to call it that), that will be about $5. It's a very small, targeted sort of thing.
People that aren't into MMORPG usually see the monthly charge and recoil in horror. I played EQ1 just about exclusively for 5 years. I played nearly no other game during that time. Before that, I'd buy a $50 game every month or so. I spent a lot more on games before EQ, that's for sure.
I guess they probably should have hired you then.
The quote I was refering to was "Iraq possesses 650 kilograms of "bacterial growth media," enough "to produce . . . 5,000 litres of concentrated anthrax."
That was in this article, along with all the other people that said Iraq had it.
He never said what happened to it, and Iraq never offered any proof it was destroyed.
If you're under the impression that the majority of the Iraqi people want the oppression that the Islamic Fascists want to bring, then you're sadly mistaken.
So...you're saying that support for allies in a war now, was planned two years ago?
You're comparing apples and oranges.
You can't equate support of allies in a war against facist extremists to a murderous dictator giving bribes to individuals to keep in power. Take the side of the religious facists that want to have Islamic Law in Iraq if you want to, but I'll stay on the side with the majority of Iraqis on this one.
I quoted no one out of context, despite your wishes to the contrary.
Read the article I posted the link to. Search and read the articles about what was going on at that time.
It states the facts of what people were saying at that time.
Everyone thought Iraq had WMD. Clinton said it, Gore said it, Blix said it, Chirac said it, Blair said it. Stating otherwise is completely revisionist history.
Nice of you to belittle other countries efforts in Iraq.
And there's NO evidence that Bush "bought their cooperation". You made that up, or you're listening to people that made that up and believe it. You know how I know that? Because if it had happened, every freakin' paper the the country would have been blasting it all across the front pages. It's just a conspiracy theory.
There is however, a LOT of evidence that Saddam bought off the French, the UN (Kofi's son, for one) and many other countries with the "Oil for Food" scandal that's still being investigated.
"outside of America, everyone knew Saddam DIDN't have WMDs".
Sorry, but that's complete FUD.
From this article:
Jacques Chirac: "we have to find and destroy them [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]."
Hans Blix: Iraq possesses 650 kilograms of "bacterial growth media," enough "to produce . . . 5,000 litres of concentrated anthrax."
and that's leaving out the Clinton quotes.
Not to mention the fact that France, the UN and many other people were in Saddam's back pocket because of the money they received in the "Oil for Food" program. No wonder they were against war in Iraq. They already sold out.
So get off your damn high horse and quit acting all holier than tho. Getting bribed to keep a dictator in power isn't a virtue.
From the Washington Post
Clinton's Secretary of Defense, William Cohen: "I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons. . . . I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out."
Jacques Chirac: "we have to find and destroy them [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]."
Hans Blix: Iraq possesses 650 kilograms of "bacterial growth media," enough "to produce . . . 5,000 litres of concentrated anthrax."
Al Gore: "[Saddam Hussein has] stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Bill Clinton describing "[Iraq's] offensive biological warfare capability, notably 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs.": "...Iraq still has stockpiles of chemical and biological munitions, a small force of Scud-type missiles, and the capacity to restart quickly its production program and build many, many more weapons."
Uh....so your solution to what North Korea was doing would be what, exactly?
Korea continued it's nuclear weapons program during that whole time. There were no checks on what they were doing and by the time anyone realized what was really going on, they were well on their way. NK started freaking out once someone called 'em on it.
This isn't some instantaneous thing that happened. If creating nuclear weapons were that easy for them, it would have happened a long time ago.
You know, it seems completely lost on the people that are quoted in that article that BEFORE Carly, HP was doing fine financially. Her culture change screwed that company in many ways, the financial included.
"That's capitalism."
Actually, I think that's more just plain sticking up for yourself.
So... your suggestion would be that since we supposedly did all this stuff, we shouldn't do anything about it now?
Good plan!
I suppose our foreign policies are why the Taliban did what the did in Afghanistan?
Grow up.
Microsoft's in an interesting position. They can't really take advantage of their OS they way they did to wipe out Netscape.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a web search added to the regular Windows search. Yes, I know they have a beta of desktop search too. I just don't think they'll be able to effectively pull it off.
Bah.. Here's a better link: article
According to THIS article:
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http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/world/Full_Sto
Human activity might have saved us from an Ice Age.
How many times do we have to say it's not stealing????
Just because you say something repeatedly, doesn't make it true.