From the US intelligence (we'll let the oxymoron pass) that we've been permitted to see, there is no evidence that Iraq has anything to do with terrorism. I fail to see that dropping bombs on innocent civilians is accomplishing much for US (or anybody's) security.
There was, as I imperfectly recall, at least one major international convention pertaining to the conduct of war circa WWII to which the US was and is not signatory, but it's too late at night here for me to cudgel my brain into yielding what it was...
Geneva convention forbids attacks against medical facilities
I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong, but IIRC the US is not a signatory to the Geneva Convention. The US prefers to have its own rules, it seems...
Bin Laden is a multimillionare and is using that money to fund his terror network
I have no idea how much cash Bush has behind him, but he has funds from every single US taxpayer behind him (whether they sanction this or not) to provide the wherewithal for his own terrorist activities.
I often find I get a lot more done when I am away from an internet connection. It's just so damned easy to get distracted by even the most peripherally relevant links (including Slashdot, of course) that the net can waste a hell of a lot of time.
Whenever I have deadlines to meet, I often find I have to close down my browser and email client and force myself to leave them closed while I get on with my work.
Talking of stations, I saw one at Perth (.au) International Airport a few weeks ago on the flight departures and arrivals displays; I didn't have a camera with me though. Bummer.
In that interview, he just comes across as a flaming idiot. "it's not our customers. I would say we're suing end users. There are only two industries who use the term 'users,' computers and drugs. Not sure if there's a connection there.
If he reasons like that, then he can't reason at all.
In the same article, he virtually admits in so many words that the company has no value or merit of its own, and that its stock is built on the FUD put out by David Boies. An overt admission that your company is a house of cards isn't what I would call a great business plan.
Yet another blow against the principle of fair use. But I suppose most politicians wouldn't understand principles, since they don't have any. It's kind of sad (not to say scary) to see how quick governments can be in rolling over when Industry tells them to.
Yes. I have used Slackware since ~1994 and have no difficulty in using the very simple tools that come with the distro (installplg, upgradepkg, removepkg). I have never felt the need to even bother with swaret, as it seems to create more issues than it solves.
And, of course, there's always./configure && make && make install
Light weight? I didn't spot ant overall stats in the links, but the frames I saw in the shots have a lot of material in them. I would be curious to know how the weight of a bike with this kind of mechanisn compares to an equivalent of a more conventional design.
I'm sorry, but sanctimonious rubbish such as this is responsible for a lot of psychological problems. I won't discuss whether or not there is a God or whether s/he has a design, since that is a matter of faith which I don't share.
But cloaking your failure to cope with frustration or fear of sexuality under a transparent acription to God's design is cowardly.
excercise strength of will when up against a temptation that might be bad for them.
The problem here is defining what is bad for someone. Here some simple guidelines are probably safest. Just about any healthy teenager is going to want to check out pornography at some point. To deny this is at best unrealistic or at worst an outright lie, and any kid with a normal quota of common sense is quite capable of perceiving that you are lying if you claim it's "bad" for them.
I guess the thing is to not let any behaviour get obsessive. Sure, check your logs, but leave some leeway for exploration.
Perhaps an injection of cynicism might help: educate your kids into asking themselves what people are asking of them.
Distributions that you can "download for free" don't offer the guaranteed, extended lifetime that you're going to get from RHEL. At least, not with continuing security updates.
Rubbish. Slackware can be used perfectly well on an extended-lifetime basis, and so can Debian. In fact, I guess Debian has extended lifetime by definition, since new releases occur about once a decade:-).
I certainly wish that they would be forced to sell just an operating system.
I would be happy if they sold an operating system, rather than the cobbled-together collection of hacks buried under a pile of mind-numbing UI candyfloss that comprises XP. Seems that every time I try to get anything done on those machines, the object of the OS is to prevent the user from operating the system.
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to make a symlink from your cookies file to /dev/null. Who needs persistent cookies anyway?
From the US intelligence (we'll let the oxymoron pass) that we've been permitted to see, there is no evidence that Iraq has anything to do with terrorism. I fail to see that dropping bombs on innocent civilians is accomplishing much for US (or anybody's) security.
There was, as I imperfectly recall, at least one major international convention pertaining to the conduct of war circa WWII to which the US was and is not signatory, but it's too late at night here for me to cudgel my brain into yielding what it was...
Damn, I'm getting old :-)
I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong, but IIRC the US is not a signatory to the Geneva Convention. The US prefers to have its own rules, it seems...
I have no idea how much cash Bush has behind him, but he has funds from every single US taxpayer behind him (whether they sanction this or not) to provide the wherewithal for his own terrorist activities.
Like dropping 500 kg bombs on Iraqi homes. Cheap as chips to the US military budget.
Like foo.tar.gz or bar.tar.bz2?
You betray your ignorance.
Whenever I have deadlines to meet, I often find I have to close down my browser and email client and force myself to leave them closed while I get on with my work.
Talking of stations, I saw one at Perth (.au) International Airport a few weeks ago on the flight departures and arrivals displays; I didn't have a camera with me though. Bummer.
Bugger that. Kill the damn spammer.
however minuscule
these things are important :-)
Devil's advocate here, since I don't smoke: Actually, no, all they showed was that cigarettes kill, not tobacco.
If he reasons like that, then he can't reason at all.
In the same article, he virtually admits in so many words that the company has no value or merit of its own, and that its stock is built on the FUD put out by David Boies. An overt admission that your company is a house of cards isn't what I would call a great business plan.
[ducks and runs :-O]
Well, I guess a few spammers found dead with "THOU SHALT NOT SPAM" carved into their skin might start getting the message across :-)
Yet another blow against the principle of fair use. But I suppose most politicians wouldn't understand principles, since they don't have any. It's kind of sad (not to say scary) to see how quick governments can be in rolling over when Industry tells them to.
Yes. I have used Slackware since ~1994 and have no difficulty in using the very simple tools that come with the distro (installplg, upgradepkg, removepkg). I have never felt the need to even bother with swaret, as it seems to create more issues than it solves.
And, of course, there's always ./configure && make && make install
Light weight? I didn't spot ant overall stats in the links, but the frames I saw in the shots have a lot of material in them. I would be curious to know how the weight of a bike with this kind of mechanisn compares to an equivalent of a more conventional design.
But cloaking your failure to cope with frustration or fear of sexuality under a transparent acription to God's design is cowardly.
Well said. Kids are not meant to be robots, incapable of independent thought until the age of majority, then turning into clones of their parents.
The problem here is defining what is bad for someone. Here some simple guidelines are probably safest. Just about any healthy teenager is going to want to check out pornography at some point. To deny this is at best unrealistic or at worst an outright lie, and any kid with a normal quota of common sense is quite capable of perceiving that you are lying if you claim it's "bad" for them.
I guess the thing is to not let any behaviour get obsessive. Sure, check your logs, but leave some leeway for exploration.
Perhaps an injection of cynicism might help: educate your kids into asking themselves what people are asking of them.
Rubbish. Slackware can be used perfectly well on an extended-lifetime basis, and so can Debian. In fact, I guess Debian has extended lifetime by definition, since new releases occur about once a decade :-).
I would be happy if they sold an operating system, rather than the cobbled-together collection of hacks buried under a pile of mind-numbing UI candyfloss that comprises XP. Seems that every time I try to get anything done on those machines, the object of the OS is to prevent the user from operating the system.
And to whom have they been shipping the standard version?
Last I heard, Linus Torvalds and friends had something to do with it. I've no beef against RMS, but credit where it's due...