(Save the comments about the U.S. putting the Ayatolla into power, I already know.) But I keep asking myself, why should we care at all?
Because the U.S. put the the Ayatollah into power, and tried to prevent the revolution which overthrew the dictator that it saw as being friendly. But you already know that. And because the U.S. gave Saddam support while he used chemical warfare against Iranian civilians.
Those aren't the actions of a country that is fit to be world police. Those are the actions of a sociopath. Especially if you see no reason to care at all.
US and UK has pushed their media control up and people is brainwashed totally to be loyal for their own masters who disagree with Iran's politics about Israel situation
I'm assuming that you are referring to the commonly held belief that Iran's president once said he would like to push Israel into the sea, and that somehow comes up in every conversation with someone who defends the actions of Israel. It never occurs to most people that Israel is actively wiping Palestine off the map.
The US and UK working together with Israel is something what most people (who gives critics about Iran) does not even know, because they do not hear about that about their own media.
I'm not sure about those places, but here in Canada our current Prime Minister makes regular speeches about how great and wonderful Israel is, and how they do no wrong. I hope most Canadians are at least aware if not disgusted by our recent blind support of a tyrant.
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He expressed severe disappointment in Canada for showing up on our watch list for piracy next to China and Russia.
Well we express severe disappointment in the U.S. for showing up on our watch list for nations that are known to use torture along with Israel, China, Iran and Afghanistan.
so the musicians in metallica were born able to play like that, and write songs like that?
No, at one point they wrote really good songs. My theory is that somewhere during the recording of the black album, they were abducted by aliens who replaced them with inferior clones. Bob Rock is probably one the aliens left behind to supervise.
Somewhere out there the real James & Lars are trying to get home.
that post anti-MS crappola and claim they have been using Linux, most are still using XP, some can't unchain themselves from Vista, and some installed Windows 7 RC1 the second it came out.
Why the hell would anyone chain themselves to vista? I like the way you describe Windows users, similar to how you might describe a crack whore.
Because you bought an obscure NIC for $3.95 at the bargain bin at Best Buy doesn't make it M$' fault.
But it does make it one Linux' strengths that it 9/10 times comes with drivers for "obscure" hardware, and M$ doesn't have the manpower to assemble drivers for "obscure" hardware.
I felt it appropriate to do so since some guys above kept comparing *nix OSes from a week ago to MS OSes from a decade ago, and those comparisons felt a bit unsound.
It's unsound only if you don't acknowledge that Linux distributions which have rapid release schedules is a feature that Microsoft can't seem to compete with.
Yes you should avoid mentioning Vista. Remember how there was little to no drivers available for common hardware, even on equipment that was sold as "Vista Ready"? No?
Vista was the best thing that Microsoft ever did to help Linux.
For what it's worth, my new Win7 RC install (clean of course, not upgrade) had working sound, wired/wireless/bluetooth networking, and webcam on first boot. One-touch keys and video were both partially functional; they (and other things) installed from Windows Update with no fuss aside from 1 reboot.
FWIW, so does my Ubuntu install CD, only I didn't have to pay them a thing to get a new one.. If I could pay Microsoft and have them ship me a new CD every 6 months, or even make a new one available for download, then that would be worth something.
Your Amiga also looked great because it was connected to a monitor while the consoles of those days were limited by the TV display technology of the time
What really pisses me off is on my new motherboard... This "Express Gate" feature that is supposed to provide me with a Linux environment that takes 5 seconds to boot. Apparently the only way to install this Linux environment is to install Windows first so I can run the installer.
You probably installed XP, which is damn old, and can't be expected to have all the latest drivers.
Latest drivers? It's not a brand new mobo, its a hand-me-down that is left over from upgrading my system. The Asus A8V-MX is not exactly cutting edge, and neither is the Nvidia graphics card. The Ethernet card is older than XP as well.
My favourite part of the install was locating a floppy disk that still works so I could make a SATA boot disk. Honest to God, a floppy disk.
The reason she dual boots is because she has proprietary applications from her employer (EDS), and I've never invested any time into seeing if I can get her VPN working in Linux. But for day to day stuff like watching video, playing music, Facebook, etc, she's much happier in Linux now that she's used to it. And it's much faster without the need for a virus scanner churning away all the time.
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I think Oliver North spent a few nights at a retreat^H^H^H^H^H^H^H jail before getting his own show on FOX.
Because the U.S. put the the Ayatollah into power, and tried to prevent the revolution which overthrew the dictator that it saw as being friendly. But you already know that. And because the U.S. gave Saddam support while he used chemical warfare against Iranian civilians.
Those aren't the actions of a country that is fit to be world police. Those are the actions of a sociopath. Especially if you see no reason to care at all.
I'm assuming that you are referring to the commonly held belief that Iran's president once said he would like to push Israel into the sea, and that somehow comes up in every conversation with someone who defends the actions of Israel. It never occurs to most people that Israel is actively wiping Palestine off the map.
I'm not sure about those places, but here in Canada our current Prime Minister makes regular speeches about how great and wonderful Israel is, and how they do no wrong. I hope most Canadians are at least aware if not disgusted by our recent blind support of a tyrant.
I don't understand how you can say that having watched George W Bush get elected twice with very similar irregularities in the voting process.
Is it possible these properties will make for a more "dangerous" vaccine than others?
I'm not well educated in these matters, but I did become very sick after getting a regular flu shot the one and only time I got one.
The war of terror is over. The Republicans lost, get over it.
According to this:
There's some good info in that article.
Well we express severe disappointment in the U.S. for showing up on our watch list for nations that are known to use torture along with Israel, China, Iran and Afghanistan.
No, at one point they wrote really good songs. My theory is that somewhere during the recording of the black album, they were abducted by aliens who replaced them with inferior clones. Bob Rock is probably one the aliens left behind to supervise.
Somewhere out there the real James & Lars are trying to get home.
I hope this Gnome Shell stuff helps attract Desktop users.
Maybe it's just eye-candy for nerds.. I can't tell the difference anymore.
Why the hell would anyone chain themselves to vista? I like the way you describe Windows users, similar to how you might describe a crack whore.
But it does make it one Linux' strengths that it 9/10 times comes with drivers for "obscure" hardware, and M$ doesn't have the manpower to assemble drivers for "obscure" hardware.
No, not hostile.. Just very very strange.
It's unsound only if you don't acknowledge that Linux distributions which have rapid release schedules is a feature that Microsoft can't seem to compete with.
So..... Just to be clear on this, you're saying that Vista was a success.
Yes you should avoid mentioning Vista. Remember how there was little to no drivers available for common hardware, even on equipment that was sold as "Vista Ready"? No?
Vista was the best thing that Microsoft ever did to help Linux.
Right, and talking about pre-release software is your solution?
FWIW, so does my Ubuntu install CD, only I didn't have to pay them a thing to get a new one.. If I could pay Microsoft and have them ship me a new CD every 6 months, or even make a new one available for download, then that would be worth something.
Oh was it now?
If an off the shelf Asus mobo and nvidia video card is a stacked deck, then sure.
What really pisses me off is on my new motherboard... This "Express Gate" feature that is supposed to provide me with a Linux environment that takes 5 seconds to boot. Apparently the only way to install this Linux environment is to install Windows first so I can run the installer.
Have you seen the "Tree Style Tab" addon? I just found it the other day, and I'm not sure how I lived without it.
This provides tree-style tab bar, like a folder tree of Windows Explorer. You can collapse/expand sub trees, etc.. Very nice.
Latest drivers? It's not a brand new mobo, its a hand-me-down that is left over from upgrading my system. The Asus A8V-MX is not exactly cutting edge, and neither is the Nvidia graphics card. The Ethernet card is older than XP as well.
My favourite part of the install was locating a floppy disk that still works so I could make a SATA boot disk. Honest to God, a floppy disk.
The reason she dual boots is because she has proprietary applications from her employer (EDS), and I've never invested any time into seeing if I can get her VPN working in Linux. But for day to day stuff like watching video, playing music, Facebook, etc, she's much happier in Linux now that she's used to it. And it's much faster without the need for a virus scanner churning away all the time.
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