I always try to get Intel graphic chipsets on every computer that I buy.
On the other hand, I "live with" Intel graphics hardware and hate it. I commend them for supplying docs, but I don't think it does much good without hardware worth writing quality drivers for.
Hopefully ATI hardware is, and this time around ATI/AMD's open source commitment is sincere.
I know about ATI releasing the specs, which is why I said it might have gotten better now, though I guess it's going to be some time before we see anything happen (but it probably will)
I hope so, but Intel has released comprehensive driver docs for a long time, and their driver still sucks.
The sad thing is: this law is presented has the one that will stop illegal downloading.
I think the sad thing is, that it's already illegal to upload copies. They won't dare go after people for that yet though, because their straw man dies then, and they would be unable to push through their draconian copyright legislation.
Why should the educated and informed be the only ones represented in parliament?
They need to be informed about what the hell the candidate is talking about, and or what they've done in the past. Voting for people because they have prettier signs, or because their parent/brother/cousin/neighbour votes that way, is the kind of thing we want to avoid.
The Nazi analogy is only used because it's emotionally charged. It makes no sense objectively.
Again, there are similarities. Even if there are situations outside of Israel that more closely resemble Nazism, this remains true.
Claiming that I kill Christian babies to make Matzot from their blood would have the same effect. Do you think that would be a legitimate claim as well?
I have no idea what you do with Christian babies. Religion is a terrible thing some times. So much hatred and violence comes from it, nothing would surprise me anymore.
I was talking about how you implied that the Israel media hides Chinese crimes and focuses on Israeli wrongdoings, which was just odd.
I never claimed they hide anything. Your media spends a considerable amount of time on your various conflicts with your neighbours that the rest of the world mainly receives a brief summary of. Maybe I am exposed to more commentary on the situation in China because there is a large amount of immigration from China happening here in Canada. If you are claiming that you aren't exposed to any propaganda at all, then we must be dealing with a different interpretation of what propaganda is.
In any case, you are claiming that you are constantly bombarded with accusations of being a Nazi. I haven't seen any of that in the media or otherwise here. There is almost universal support for Israel here among our politicians. Steven Harper (our prime minister) makes a weekly speech about how wonderful Israel is, and how we will support them no matter which neighbouring country they wish to destroy. He called the destruction of Lebanon "measured and justified", when even the Americans were saying you went too far.
It is taboo to say anything bad about Israel at all among politicians. That is the propaganda that I deal with, and it disgusts me.
McDiarmid, 23, was arrested after taking photographs of Israeli soldiers who were breaking up the protest by villagers, who say the barrier will separate them from their farmland.
"He was taken by Israeli soldiers whilst at the front of the demonstration and was taken off towards the jeep. And then he has reported to us that for 20 minutes they were punching, kicking and spitting in his face," said Adam Taylor, ISM's media co-ordinator.
Taking photographs. Imagine that, here in Israel. Who the hell does he think he is documenting our crimes?
I claim that this is a juvenile and offensive idea
Well you're emotionally attached to the situation, and unable to see things objectively. You want to cry about people calling you names, thats fine with me. I'm just pointing out why it's happening.
people like you, who get angry when Jews object to being compared to the people who killed their parents' families.
Angry? Object all you want, I could care less. The point of calling you a nazi is to shame you, if it upsets you that much then its obviously working.
Good, then we agree that you were on crack while you wrote that comment about "my government's propaganda".
Nope. Every country has a certain amount of propaganda. In yours, you are told over and over how you are being victimized, and you believe it. It's not something that gets decided in a back room that they are going to pull the wool over the eyes of the public. It happens naturally through media. The Americans believe they are some kind of freedom fighters. You and I have no problem seeing through those lies, but they believe it because CNN tells them to.
I have no problem with Scandinavians either. Or Israelies, or Americans. As individuals most people I have met in my life are decent and kind. It's their governments who usually make a mess of everything.
You mean only before/during the Olympics. And of course, nobody's comparing them to the Nazis even now.
We covered this in week one. I believe this is because Jews were persecuted by Nazis, then became Nazis. If the Chinese had been persecuted by Nazis, the same would be said about them. Instead they are called "Mongrols" for obvious reasons.
Somehow I doubt that the Israelis are so keen on vilifying Israel, that they completely forget about China. I wonder how that made sense in your head.
No, no, no. Vilifying Israel? Why the hell would your government do that? You're the victim. The big bad Palestinians are picking on you while you steal their land meanwhile the world calls us Nazis. Why would they spend time covering news in Tibet is the question.
more people died as a result of the latest Iraq war than in the whole Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Right. They are worse than you are. Fine, we get that. They are fascist, you are fascist but they are worse. Would you like a trophy of some kind? The inscription could read: We are Nazis, but Americans are bigger Nazis -- Thanks for the weapons.
Maybe its bad timing on your part, but especially before/during the Olympics I can't turn on the TV without something being said about how China treats people inhumanely. If your seeing something different, it's probably due to your location and your government's propaganda.
Kicking out people who started a war against you
Hold on now. Nobody started a war with you. You started the war.
Liar:
Nobody is forced to serve in the military there, they do not fire rockets, or bomb Mexico or Canada that I know of. They don't kick people out of their houses and make settlements in Mexico and claim it as their land by virtue of their religion and culture.
But that was like two comments ago... there's no way I'm going to notice, right?
Liar? I said they would never get away with the things Israel does. (re: border expansion) I never said they were saints. Israel wouldn't even exist if they didn't pay your bills.
Right, killing tens of thousands of people is nothing compared to the horrible crime of supporting Israel.
It is when Israel kills thousands of people itself, and the blind support of Israel is the number one catalyst to both of those wars.
when you mention China, you don't automatically get an idiot shouting "Nazis" - strange, huh?
You also don't see China accepting a big fat cheque to help commit their crimes. You do see many many many people condemning the actions of China. Far more often than is said about Israel.
You mean defending their country from people who vowed to destroy it? You're right.
We've covered this already. Kicking people out of their homes is not defense. Destroying Lebanon is not defense. That is aggressive behaviour.
You were trying to prove that the US is somehow better than Israel.
I was? You are mistaken. I do not care which one of you war pigs is worse. They support you, so they are at least as bad as you are.
Of course, because China, Sudan and North Korea would be more likely to do the kinds of things that Israel does. I'm not so sure about Russia.
So the US doesn't have conscription, unlike, say, Germany, Switzerland or Finland. They have enough money for a professional army (made of the poorest members of its society). So what?
They had enough money left over from their military to buy Israel one too. I'm not sure the military in the countries you mentioned engage in the activities that yours does. I don't think they would get away with it either.
No, they just bombed the fuck out of Iraq and Afghanistan
I'll give you that one. They are also evil bastards a lot of the time. For example, they give Israel weapons and call it "humanitarian aid". How funny is that? Humanitarian aid that helps to murder humans.
First of all, the US did take a lot of land from Mexico, so your example sucks.
Well if you're going back in history the whole continent was stolen really. Brutally and violently. This is supposed to excuse what Israel does today? They did it, so we should be able to as well?
So all Israel has to do is wait for a century or so, and everything will be forgotten and forgiven. Cool.
We aren't going to make it that long at this rate. Only a matter of time before someone fires the first nuke, and Israel is just stupid enough to return fire.
Other countries behave much worse than Israel: China, Russia, the US, not to mention such regimes as Sudan or North Korea.
I'm no fan of the U.S. government either, but they are the voice of reason most times when it comes to Israel. Nobody is forced to serve in the military there, they do not fire rockets, or bomb Mexico or Canada that I know of. They don't kick people out of their houses and make settlements in Mexico and claim it as their land by virtue of their religion and culture. Not anymore anyway.
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For cell phones maybe. I wouldn't trade our Internet access for your phone rates though.
... And your government is the the one spending hundreds of billions of dollars that you don't have to support a "war" with no discernable enemies.
It's a small shaft, I'll live with it.
On the other hand, I "live with" Intel graphics hardware and hate it. I commend them for supplying docs, but I don't think it does much good without hardware worth writing quality drivers for.
Hopefully ATI hardware is, and this time around ATI/AMD's open source commitment is sincere.
I hope so, but Intel has released comprehensive driver docs for a long time, and their driver still sucks.
I like nice tight data myself.
You never heard it suggested that if the U.S. invaded Iraq, Al-Qaida would move in whether they were there before hand or not?
What sort of rock were you under before the occupation?
And yet you ignome mine. Funny how that works.
Right. Nobody saw that one coming before the occupation.
Iraq is on its way? I guess it's hard to tell with all the death and carnage around.
Tubes.. A whole series of them.
Terrorists are the new commies. I have no idea what the pedophiles are.
I think the sad thing is, that it's already illegal to upload copies. They won't dare go after people for that yet though, because their straw man dies then, and they would be unable to push through their draconian copyright legislation.
They need to be informed about what the hell the candidate is talking about, and or what they've done in the past. Voting for people because they have prettier signs, or because their parent/brother/cousin/neighbour votes that way, is the kind of thing we want to avoid.
Absolutely, a good time was had by all.
Except maybe the people who lost their land, and the ones who were beaten, and tear gassed.
Oh well, it's only brown people right?
Nazi.
You just wait until we adjust the curriculum to reflect reality.
The roundists have been spreading their lies for far too long.
He was taking pictures of soldiers who were beating people that were protesting nonviolently, then was beaten, spat upon, arrested, and deported.
Thats fascism.
No excuses or anything.. Just dismissal. And you wonder why people call you Nazis.
Nothing to say about my friend who was arrested for taking pictures?
Again, there are similarities. Even if there are situations outside of Israel that more closely resemble Nazism, this remains true.
I have no idea what you do with Christian babies. Religion is a terrible thing some times. So much hatred and violence comes from it, nothing would surprise me anymore.
I never claimed they hide anything. Your media spends a considerable amount of time on your various conflicts with your neighbours that the rest of the world mainly receives a brief summary of. Maybe I am exposed to more commentary on the situation in China because there is a large amount of immigration from China happening here in Canada. If you are claiming that you aren't exposed to any propaganda at all, then we must be dealing with a different interpretation of what propaganda is.
In any case, you are claiming that you are constantly bombarded with accusations of being a Nazi. I haven't seen any of that in the media or otherwise here. There is almost universal support for Israel here among our politicians. Steven Harper (our prime minister) makes a weekly speech about how wonderful Israel is, and how we will support them no matter which neighbouring country they wish to destroy. He called the destruction of Lebanon "measured and justified", when even the Americans were saying you went too far.
It is taboo to say anything bad about Israel at all among politicians. That is the propaganda that I deal with, and it disgusts me.
This also disgusts me.
Taking photographs. Imagine that, here in Israel. Who the hell does he think he is documenting our crimes?
Well you're emotionally attached to the situation, and unable to see things objectively. You want to cry about people calling you names, thats fine with me. I'm just pointing out why it's happening.
Angry? Object all you want, I could care less. The point of calling you a nazi is to shame you, if it upsets you that much then its obviously working.
Nope. Every country has a certain amount of propaganda. In yours, you are told over and over how you are being victimized, and you believe it. It's not something that gets decided in a back room that they are going to pull the wool over the eyes of the public. It happens naturally through media. The Americans believe they are some kind of freedom fighters. You and I have no problem seeing through those lies, but they believe it because CNN tells them to.
I have no problem with Scandinavians either. Or Israelies, or Americans. As individuals most people I have met in my life are decent and kind. It's their governments who usually make a mess of everything.
We covered this in week one. I believe this is because Jews were persecuted by Nazis, then became Nazis. If the Chinese had been persecuted by Nazis, the same would be said about them. Instead they are called "Mongrols" for obvious reasons.
No, no, no. Vilifying Israel? Why the hell would your government do that? You're the victim. The big bad Palestinians are picking on you while you steal their land meanwhile the world calls us Nazis. Why would they spend time covering news in Tibet is the question.
Right. They are worse than you are. Fine, we get that. They are fascist, you are fascist but they are worse. Would you like a trophy of some kind? The inscription could read: We are Nazis, but Americans are bigger Nazis -- Thanks for the weapons.
Maybe its bad timing on your part, but especially before/during the Olympics I can't turn on the TV without something being said about how China treats people inhumanely. If your seeing something different, it's probably due to your location and your government's propaganda.
Hold on now. Nobody started a war with you. You started the war.
Liar? I said they would never get away with the things Israel does. (re: border expansion) I never said they were saints. Israel wouldn't even exist if they didn't pay your bills.
It is when Israel kills thousands of people itself, and the blind support of Israel is the number one catalyst to both of those wars.
China foes in House deploy Nazi analog
Harry Wu Exposes China's Nazi-like Genocide
Google returns about 3,710,000 results like this.
Just thought you might like to know that you aren't the only Nazis around.
You also don't see China accepting a big fat cheque to help commit their crimes. You do see many many many people condemning the actions of China. Far more often than is said about Israel.
We've covered this already. Kicking people out of their homes is not defense. Destroying Lebanon is not defense. That is aggressive behaviour.
I was? You are mistaken. I do not care which one of you war pigs is worse. They support you, so they are at least as bad as you are.
Of course, because China, Sudan and North Korea would be more likely to do the kinds of things that Israel does. I'm not so sure about Russia.
They had enough money left over from their military to buy Israel one too. I'm not sure the military in the countries you mentioned engage in the activities that yours does. I don't think they would get away with it either.
I'll give you that one. They are also evil bastards a lot of the time. For example, they give Israel weapons and call it "humanitarian aid". How funny is that? Humanitarian aid that helps to murder humans.
Well if you're going back in history the whole continent was stolen really. Brutally and violently. This is supposed to excuse what Israel does today? They did it, so we should be able to as well?
We aren't going to make it that long at this rate. Only a matter of time before someone fires the first nuke, and Israel is just stupid enough to return fire.
I'm no fan of the U.S. government either, but they are the voice of reason most times when it comes to Israel. Nobody is forced to serve in the military there, they do not fire rockets, or bomb Mexico or Canada that I know of. They don't kick people out of their houses and make settlements in Mexico and claim it as their land by virtue of their religion and culture. Not anymore anyway.