You have no idea what you're talking about. Download the linux kernel source code and grep for various known swears. You will be pleasently surprised!:)
..but linux simply isn't a Honda Accord. It's a highspeed rocket car that needs the loving hands of a motorsports fanatic to get it to work. For them, it's fun. For everyone else... well, let it suffice to say some people are better of driving easy to handle cars.
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Then kindly explain the logic of the DECADE of sanctions that pretty much shut down access to Iraqi oil?
Hussein was needed. He scared the Saudis and others in the region enough to buy arms worth several billions every months. From the US.
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Registrant ID:C1695329-LRMS
Registrant Name:Hassan A. Elnajjar
Registrant Organization:Hassan A. Elnajjar
Registrant Street1:Social Sciences Division
Registrant Street2:r.
Registrant City:Dalton
Registrant State/Province:GA
Registrant Postal Code:30720
Registrant Country:US
That should answer your question. Definitly not related to Al Jazeera I'd say.
You clearly don't know anything about this program. You clearly misunderstood (on purpose?) the way this 'worked'. It's not like the iraqis could sell their oil for money and just buy whatever they wanted.
Everything the iraqis wanted to buy ended up on a list controlled by UN officials. Absolutely everything. If they didn't ack it, tough. And they nack'ed a lot of stuff the iraqis wanted to buy. Among that chlorine to kill germs in the water.
Water is one of the biggest problems in Iraq. The biggest part of the population has no access to drinkable water, largely thnaks to the sanctions.
Also there are reports the allies bombarded not only radar posts but also parts of the iraqi water supply chain. So much for your program.
And it has nothing to do with police. It's about geopolitical interests, not about democracy, freedom or any of that.
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My god, I pity you.
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No, son, that's not how capitalism works. See, we here in the western world have prosperity and wealth because we take stuff away from other countries and people. We exploit and abuse the countries that have the resources we need. If they're willing to sell them to us, we give them a few bucks and tell them to shut up. If they don't, we just take their resources and don't pay them at all. That is why there always has to be "us" and "them". That is why the world can never be a big USA. That's why there will always be conflicts and wars.
And don't you think for one minute that the US' or any other western nation's gov has any interest in democratizing any of those nations. In fact, we, the western nations, have instantiated more dictators and despots than you can EVER imagine.
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They will not be crucified by anyone, except maybe from a few people from the arab world. And why is this? Because that is what EVERYONE will try to do. What do you think why countries like France and Germany want to 'help rebuild' Iraq? What do you think why they insist on it?
Because they know there's a $hitload of money in for them. Of course America will not grab the oil. American (and perhaps, some european) companies will. With the full consent of the new iraqi government. Why? Because the US will choose a government that will amen everything they do. Otherwise this war would have been in vain. They need to have access to the oil, but most of all, they need a stable base of operation in the region, and since the saudis are growing tired of US presence in their country, iraq looks like a good choice.
So, forget democracy in Iraq for quite some time to come. If all goes as people like Richard Perle hope, Iraq will have a new dictator from the close vicinity of Saddam Hussein.
And no, it's not colonialism. It's imperialism. It's exactly that "America First" doctrine that makes so many people(s) hate the USA. They keep talking of freedom and liberty, but they're only interested in geopolitical advantages. No wonder so many arabs feel sick when americans talk of freedom. They understand too well that it's not THEIR freedom the americans fight for, but rather the freedom of the western world to exploit the region to the fullest extend possible.
Maybe they're just trying to represent an alternative version of the truth. It is up to you to find the truth - somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.
Al Jadzeera is no more biased than the US media are - that is, pretty heavily biased. Whatever you think of them, you have to give it to them they are a lot closer to showing the actual face of war. Dead people, cities lieing in ruin. If you expect anything else of war, no matter how often the mils repeat their mantra of the clean war, then you can't be helped. War is horrible, and Al Jazeera reminds us of that.
So, you might not agree with their idea of who is to blame for all of this. You think it's Saddam Hussein, they probably say it's the 'coalation'. But make no mistake: when they say this war is a blood bath, that's something you can believe.
And talking about liberty: US americans have given up essential liberties during the last months in order to gain security. Of course one might say that the gov is using the current situation to build up a 1984 like scenario, but of course that's just speculation. At any rate, there's still this remarkable quote about giving up essential freedoms. Ah well.
As it is said, it's always easier to fight for one's ideals than to live up to them.
I so wanted to play Escape Velocity again, but since my littel PowerMac is sitting on the shelf and collecting dust, I haven't. It's the only Ambrosia game I know, but it rocks. If anyone remembers the old pc game solar winds, that's a little like it, only EV is better. It doesn't have hyper modern graphics or anything, but the game play is a lot of fun!
Wonder if Archer's vision of a Federation includes building a "coalation of the willing" to preemptively attack every possible alien race.
Seriously tho, there's some things I really look forward to. For example I wonder if we will hear of Section 31 again. You know, that secretive starfleet organization from DS9 that is rumored to have been founded at the same time as the federation itself, in fact to have been part of the original starfleet charta.
And I also look forward to more Romulan action. Romulans are sneaky. And what's with the vulcans? This couldn't be further away from the romanticism of "Vulcan Love Slave - Pon-Farr à trois"...
You're right. I am a coder and so are several of my friends. When I started, it was absolutely essential to write efficient, small code that used as few kb of ram as possible (it were ye olde dos days).
Nowadays you find yourself wondering if it's ok to use a 64mb buffer for some data and you don't even really think about it, you just think ah well memory is so cheap now.... and that's not all.
In the old days, people wrote whole functions in assembler, just to speed things up and to avoid the redundant code that compilers love to throw into your program. Nowadays, you might find a few lines of hand-crafted assembly code in the linux kernel, or selected multimedia applications. Almost every programmer stopped worrying about the efficiency of their programs, argueing that CPUs are fast enough to accomodate for any inefficiency in their code. Of course that also means the CPU has to do more work, thus consuming more energy.....
Our mobile phones work flawlessly for at least 10 years now. 100% coverage and full interoperability between the diferent providers. And of course SMS and MMS.
As long as it's not E-Plus....
You can get DSL nearly everywhere in Germany [...]
I bet a lot regular readers of Heise.de will disagree;]
Well our health service is quite exellent.
Ahm... it is right now, but with the recent dramatic cuts to the social net I wonder for how much longer?:(
Actually, those analogies usually exist to make it easier for new users to understand the basic concepts. Ok, the window analogy might be a bit far-fetched, but desktop, with trashcan? That's pretty easy to graps for a concept.
Ditch 3 of the 4 programs that do the same thing. Seriously. Why do I need 4 CD-R burning programs?
That's part of the eternal conflict between usability and power. I for one think the distro makers should NOT choose one for you and just omit the others, but maybe they could sort of highlight one in their menus?
As for the other points, I would have thought they were already there, in newbie distros like SuSE. If they're not, they'd make a good addition indeed.
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You have no idea what you're talking about. Download the linux kernel source code and grep for various known swears. You will be pleasently surprised! :)
You just authored the successor of Windows XP.
...how about the fact you posted it...
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..but linux simply isn't a Honda Accord. It's a highspeed rocket car that needs the loving hands of a motorsports fanatic to get it to work. For them, it's fun. For everyone else... well, let it suffice to say some people are better of driving easy to handle cars.
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aH aH aH aH!
Then kindly explain the logic of the DECADE of sanctions that pretty much shut down access to Iraqi oil?
Hussein was needed. He scared the Saudis and others in the region enough to buy arms worth several billions every months. From the US.
Registrant ID:C1695329-LRMS Registrant Name:Hassan A. Elnajjar Registrant Organization:Hassan A. Elnajjar Registrant Street1:Social Sciences Division Registrant Street2:r. Registrant City:Dalton Registrant State/Province:GA Registrant Postal Code:30720 Registrant Country:US That should answer your question. Definitly not related to Al Jazeera I'd say.
You clearly don't know anything about this program. You clearly misunderstood (on purpose?) the way this 'worked'. It's not like the iraqis could sell their oil for money and just buy whatever they wanted.
Everything the iraqis wanted to buy ended up on a list controlled by UN officials. Absolutely everything. If they didn't ack it, tough. And they nack'ed a lot of stuff the iraqis wanted to buy. Among that chlorine to kill germs in the water.
Water is one of the biggest problems in Iraq. The biggest part of the population has no access to drinkable water, largely thnaks to the sanctions. Also there are reports the allies bombarded not only radar posts but also parts of the iraqi water supply chain. So much for your program.
Syria.
And it has nothing to do with police. It's about geopolitical interests, not about democracy, freedom or any of that.
My god, I pity you.
No, son, that's not how capitalism works. See, we here in the western world have prosperity and wealth because we take stuff away from other countries and people. We exploit and abuse the countries that have the resources we need. If they're willing to sell them to us, we give them a few bucks and tell them to shut up. If they don't, we just take their resources and don't pay them at all. That is why there always has to be "us" and "them". That is why the world can never be a big USA. That's why there will always be conflicts and wars.
And don't you think for one minute that the US' or any other western nation's gov has any interest in democratizing any of those nations. In fact, we, the western nations, have instantiated more dictators and despots than you can EVER imagine.
They will not be crucified by anyone, except maybe from a few people from the arab world. And why is this? Because that is what EVERYONE will try to do. What do you think why countries like France and Germany want to 'help rebuild' Iraq? What do you think why they insist on it?
Because they know there's a $hitload of money in for them. Of course America will not grab the oil. American (and perhaps, some european) companies will. With the full consent of the new iraqi government. Why? Because the US will choose a government that will amen everything they do. Otherwise this war would have been in vain. They need to have access to the oil, but most of all, they need a stable base of operation in the region, and since the saudis are growing tired of US presence in their country, iraq looks like a good choice.
So, forget democracy in Iraq for quite some time to come. If all goes as people like Richard Perle hope, Iraq will have a new dictator from the close vicinity of Saddam Hussein.
And no, it's not colonialism. It's imperialism. It's exactly that "America First" doctrine that makes so many people(s) hate the USA. They keep talking of freedom and liberty, but they're only interested in geopolitical advantages. No wonder so many arabs feel sick when americans talk of freedom. They understand too well that it's not THEIR freedom the americans fight for, but rather the freedom of the western world to exploit the region to the fullest extend possible.
Maybe they're just trying to represent an alternative version of the truth. It is up to you to find the truth - somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.
Al Jadzeera is no more biased than the US media are - that is, pretty heavily biased. Whatever you think of them, you have to give it to them they are a lot closer to showing the actual face of war. Dead people, cities lieing in ruin. If you expect anything else of war, no matter how often the mils repeat their mantra of the clean war, then you can't be helped. War is horrible, and Al Jazeera reminds us of that.
So, you might not agree with their idea of who is to blame for all of this. You think it's Saddam Hussein, they probably say it's the 'coalation'. But make no mistake: when they say this war is a blood bath, that's something you can believe.
And talking about liberty: US americans have given up essential liberties during the last months in order to gain security. Of course one might say that the gov is using the current situation to build up a 1984 like scenario, but of course that's just speculation. At any rate, there's still this remarkable quote about giving up essential freedoms. Ah well.
As it is said, it's always easier to fight for one's ideals than to live up to them.
I so wanted to play Escape Velocity again, but since my littel PowerMac is sitting on the shelf and collecting dust, I haven't. It's the only Ambrosia game I know, but it rocks. If anyone remembers the old pc game solar winds, that's a little like it, only EV is better. It doesn't have hyper modern graphics or anything, but the game play is a lot of fun!
Wonder if Archer's vision of a Federation includes building a "coalation of the willing" to preemptively attack every possible alien race.
Seriously tho, there's some things I really look forward to. For example I wonder if we will hear of Section 31 again. You know, that secretive starfleet organization from DS9 that is rumored to have been founded at the same time as the federation itself, in fact to have been part of the original starfleet charta.
And I also look forward to more Romulan action. Romulans are sneaky. And what's with the vulcans? This couldn't be further away from the romanticism of "Vulcan Love Slave - Pon-Farr à trois"...
...a man and his spreadsheet!
Seriously, NBC has been doing a very good job so far with FOX running a surprisingly good second place.
According to FOX News, we, that is you and I, are enemies now.
Please, do everyone a favor and go use Windows.
So, in a way, you're making use of GNU products every day, because every program uses them. Credits where credits are due.
You're right. I am a coder and so are several of my friends. When I started, it was absolutely essential to write efficient, small code that used as few kb of ram as possible (it were ye olde dos days).
Nowadays you find yourself wondering if it's ok to use a 64mb buffer for some data and you don't even really think about it, you just think ah well memory is so cheap now.... and that's not all.
In the old days, people wrote whole functions in assembler, just to speed things up and to avoid the redundant code that compilers love to throw into your program. Nowadays, you might find a few lines of hand-crafted assembly code in the linux kernel, or selected multimedia applications. Almost every programmer stopped worrying about the efficiency of their programs, argueing that CPUs are fast enough to accomodate for any inefficiency in their code. Of course that also means the CPU has to do more work, thus consuming more energy.....
Our mobile phones work flawlessly for at least 10 years now. 100% coverage and full interoperability between the diferent providers. And of course SMS and MMS.
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As long as it's not E-Plus....
You can get DSL nearly everywhere in Germany [...]
I bet a lot regular readers of Heise.de will disagree
Well our health service is quite exellent.
Ahm... it is right now, but with the recent dramatic cuts to the social net I wonder for how much longer?
... Ron Mitchel Sanders!!!
Hahahah. Just kidding.
Happy Birthday Richard M. Stallman!!!!!!
Actually, those analogies usually exist to make it easier for new users to understand the basic concepts. Ok, the window analogy might be a bit far-fetched, but desktop, with trashcan? That's pretty easy to graps for a concept.
Ditch 3 of the 4 programs that do the same thing. Seriously. Why do I need 4 CD-R burning programs?
That's part of the eternal conflict between usability and power. I for one think the distro makers should NOT choose one for you and just omit the others, but maybe they could sort of highlight one in their menus?
As for the other points, I would have thought they were already there, in newbie distros like SuSE. If they're not, they'd make a good addition indeed.
...I think I gotta throw up.