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  1. Re:BAD idea.... on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 1

    "Do you really think that doctors actually helped your uncle's cancer spread??"
    Yes.

    "Are you HIGH?"
    No. I don't indulge, RMFP.

    "And why would I want a refrigerator passed down from my parents or even grandparents?"
    You might not but someone else might. Are you afraid you might catch something?

    "Do you honestly think that they were even AS efficient back then?"
    Yes, as a matter of fact they were a hundred times more effecient then than they are now.
    They didn't use electricity (which pollutes in the generation stage), they use a natural gas pilot light which pollutes very, very little and there are no moving parts. I would say that's extremely effecient.. Read up on Ammonia based refrigeration.

    "If your parents passed their car (from the 70's down to you, would you still drive it given today's gas prices?"
    Well, as a matter of fact, I still own the 1965 Dodge Polara convertbile that I drove as a teenager in 1975. I don't drive it now because I'm restoring it, but I will when it's done.

    I also drive a *large*, 28 year old 1975 Mercedes which is just as effecient as a modern car as it was outfitted with California emission control when it was imported here in the fall of 1974. I keep it fine tuned and it runs great. I have no need or desire to own anything else. I wouldn't have a brand new car if it were given free to me, including a new Mercedes.

    New cars are shit. They won't last 10 years, and most people get rid of them within 5 years because all the plastic *shit* on them breaks, the latex based paint wears off, the aluminum engines crack, the nylon gears strip out. No thanks, my all metal, 1975 car is STILL running just fine and it looks damn nice too. And if I continue to take good care of it it will last me another 28 years and I can pass it on to my son someday.

    You people with your "throw it away and buy a new one because it's GOOD for the enconomy" types are really sad..

    NEW is usually NOT better...

  2. Re:BAD idea.... on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 1

    "Then why the fuck are you using a computer and accessing the internet?"

    Because it's here. You make do with what you have. I use computers, despite the fact that I dislike them, as a means to make a living.

    "There are many tribes in Africa and South America where you can go experience what the world was like 3000 years ago."

    Uh, no thanks. They are savages. They live like ignorant savages now, as they did then.
    My forefathers didn't live in mud huts and eat their neighbors.

    My forefathers came from Western Europe and were more civilized than the mud hutters.

    "Why are you not living with them?"
    As I said, I have no desire to live with or like savages. However, once my kids move on to have their own life I *WILL* move away to a mountain, to live in the woods, away from the pollution and the noise and the crime and the filth..

  3. Re:BAD idea.... on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 1

    First. So sorry, I don't drink or do drugs. At all, of any type...

    Second. You say "It all makes our lives much much easier".
    Yes, too much easier. That's why people are fat slobs. People are soft. Look at the power blackout. People had NO CLUE how to deal with it. Everyone in a big panic, no air conditioning, no cold beer, no MTV... Boo hoo...

    People have lived in cold climates for tens of thousands of years, I hate to tell you. And they did it without electricity. Unless you can show me that the Vikings came from the equator and lived in air conditioning, you should rethink your statement.

    Medicine?? Ah, most of these man made chemicals imitate compounds that occur in nature. The drug companies make HUGE $$$ selling you these chemicals that string you along.

    They don't CURE people, they TREAT the symptoms.
    If they were to CURE you they would lose any future business. It's in their best financial interest to NOT CURE people.

    About 20 something years ago I was remodeling a house and my dad was helping me. In the Kitchen where the fridge went, I pulled a wall board away and found a gas pipe capped off. I asked my dad why in the hell was there a gas line in the refrigerator area. He told me that when he was a kid they ran on Ammonia and natural gas.
    A pilot light heated the Ammonia to cool the fridge. http://www.nh3tech.org/absorption.html

    My dad told me that the refrigerators were excellent, they had no moving parts, they were silent, very energy effcient and never broke down.

    Well, considering these things, they figured out that they would only sell one per family, and that a couple could leave the refrigerator to their kids and so on. The market would be limited. So, they invented the Freon based refrigerator and touted it as much better and imporved. Yes, improved, in that the refrigeration companies would now sell an average of 4-6 refrigerators per family over the lifetime of that family and the chance of it lasting long enough to pass on, forget it.

    The Freon refrigerators break down often and have limited life spans, on purpose. They used to make money selling parts and servicing them, now they just make you throw it away and buy a whole new one. I mean, why sell you a $25 part when they can sell you a whole new $800 refrigerator??

    It's the same way with "medicine". They don't cure people, they treat people so that they can milk them into utter oblivion, even beyond the grave.

    My uncle was dying of cancer and they knew it but they opened him up anyway. The cancer took off like wildfire after that and they had him in the hospital for the last two months of his life, draining his life savings away. Just about the time they got his accounts down to a level below poverty he took the dirt nap.

    Even after he was dead the hospital and doctor bills flooded in. My cousin will be paying those bastards off for years now. So in the grave they continue to pick your pockets.

    They prolong your life so they can milk you.
    Once you are milked, you'll find out just how short life is..
    Just like "justice", how much "justice" the rich can buy versus how much the poor can buy..

  4. Re:BAD idea.... on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 0, Troll

    "So instead of having to learn how to hunt and cook and make shoes and build a home and make clothes, people can specialize in a single skill, perform it more efficiently and achieve more collectively. Money is what you use to facilitate this trade."

    And you think this is a *good* thing??

    In other words, people are ignorant in everything that is important to life except one thing that will get them by and keeps them dependant upon everyone else.

    That my friend, is slavery.

    I would MUCH rather see people that are able to take care of their own needs without having to depend on others to survive. The world was a much better place 2,000 - 3,000 years ago than it is today. Look around you. You call what you see *good* ???? What's so much better??

    Computers?? TV?? Cars?? Plastic?? Airplanes?? All these things are *good*??
    All of these things are detrimental to the health of planet earth and detrimental to mankind. TV is the single most destructive device mankind has ever invented.

  5. Re:SlashNot? on XFree86 Fork Gets a Name, Website · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Um, how about you?
    Practice what you preach..

  6. Re:BAD idea.... on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 1

    You have a better idea??
    Burn oil and coal??

    Solar panels can be made and the toxic byproducts can be dealt with by responsible people. Slimy profiteers would dump the stuff in pits, like most do now, say in Mexico and China and other third world countries.

    In a true "Utopia" people would be truely concerned about the enviroment and would put that FIRST on the list. People should learn to live *with* the enviroment, not change/destroy it to suit them..

  7. BAD idea.... on One Worldwide Power Grid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I was a teen in the 70's I went to visit some people that live in the desert of New Mexico.
    The dude and his wife were typical peacenic, hippy types, long hair, shaggy beard, robes and beads and, *a college professor*.

    Anyway, this couple dug a hole in the desert and built a log cabin in the hole. They then covered the cabin back over with the dirt from the hole so that from outside the place looked like a big dirt pile with windows.

    You walked down a flight of steps from ground level to the enterance, 12' below ground level.

    They had burlap on string for internal doorways.
    Everything ran on low power battery lamps that they charged from solar panels on a big tower outside. They also had a huge hot water tank buried undergound that kept near boiling hot water year round. There was a HUGE hottub that would seat about 15 people lined with turquiose tiles they collected themselves from the desert.

    Everything in there was handmade from logs, there was no store made furniture, just adobe and logs. The fireplace was about 3 feet thick and it was bloody hot even 20 feet away.

    I was in awe of the place, it was mega cool and I decided then that I wanted to live like that too. Ever since then I've been a strong advocate of non-polluting, renewable energy sources. I would love to see the world powered by solar and geo-thermal power.
    MOST of the methods in use today have horrific enviromental impact.

    Even wind mills have serious drawbacks. There is a place where they landscape is littered with the damn things, they are huge, ugly behemoths and they make a veyr low rumbling sound that the residents are saying is causing them ill effects. Most things that man produces cause someone or something serious problems.

    Imagine the world on solar power. Silent cars. No pollution. A clean sky to look at, clean air to breath. Quiet to enjoy, not noisy cars and trucks roaring around and stinking the place up, spreading more of the agents that cause cancer and other horrible diseases.

    And last but not least, when the people can generate their own power for free then there would be no need for parasitic energy companies like Con-Ed, Entergy, etc...

    The world is a parasitic circle jerk system, everyone screws the next little guy down the ladder and those at the bottom of the ladder are slaves for those above them. Those at the top are the oppressors and the tyrants.

  8. Re:Perhaps it's time for more innovation? on Linux will have 20% desktop market share by 2008? · · Score: 1

    If you are getting more crashes with Linux than with windows you have a bad/corrupt install of Linux or you are using an unstable distro or unstable or incorrect apps. Are you running Cooker or something?

    As far as trying to look and act like windows, I think that's crap. I hate windows as do a *lot* of people, they just use it because they either don't know any better or just plain FUD.

    I have no desire to have my Linux look or act like windows in any manner. Why would I want to continue to embrace something that I so despise?

    In KDE 3.1.3 the icons are VERY XP looking.
    It looks like "Playschool" brand toys and Crayola's.. A four year old little girl would be all ga-ga over it. XP and the recent bling-bling editions of KDE just look childish.

    Is that the mentality level of the common PC user? I *like* KDE because it's very functional but they need to back off on the bling-bling eye candy. And they really need to back off on trying to make it look/act like windows.

    I switched because it's DIFFERENT. As you said, if it's just the same, why use it??
    The only selling point would be the immunity to M$ viruses. And if they keep on the trend they are on now, they will have "Crossover Virus" soon..

  9. The English is too good. on SCO Nigerian Spam · · Score: 3, Funny

    It needs a heavier dose of Manglish (Mangled English) for it to be proper...

  10. Re:Informative on SCO Nigerian Spam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, it's "Vuja De"..

  11. This is too much.. on Scout Walker Kama Sutra · · Score: 0, Troll

    Someone had way too much time on his hands
    and a very shallow mind.

    Mod article down, -5 retarded..

  12. Re:Not too bright.. on India Plans Moon Mission by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Dude, that's bullshit. Going to the moon will not suddenly allow them to become better farmers.

    There are satellites up now that will let them do that, going to the moon is a little far removed from a farm in India.

    Your argument fails miserably, we don't buy it at all. They can buy or develope their own satellites and launch them themselves without having any thing to do with them moon.

    Sorry, that dog won't hunt..

  13. Re:Not too bright.. on India Plans Moon Mission by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Where the fsck do the stupid mods get the idea that that was flaimbait??

    I mean it, they need to feed their people first.
    They are just about the poorest country on earth and their people live in abject poverty.

    Wasting money to send a rocket/probe to the moon would serve NO USEFUL PURPOSE.

    FEED the people..

    idiots.....

  14. Not too bright.. on India Plans Moon Mission by 2008 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They need to feed their people first. A trip to the moon is a huge waste of money.

    For what the average Indian earns in one year, well, a moon trip could feed millions of their people for a year and well at that.

    Just plain stupid. Besides, what the fsck do they need to go there for anyway??
    There's NO benefit in it for them as a country or as a people.

    STUPID.. Plain STUPID...

  15. I hate to state the obvious but, on Online Document Search Reveals Secrets · · Score: 2, Insightful

    how many incidents will it take before people realize that ALL Microsoft products are insecure?

    What will it take? What happens when a script kiddie hacks a hospital and shuts down the life support systems in ICU? Or just juggles the meds for the patients so that everyone in the hospital gets the wrong meds?

    Or perhaps they glitch the Air Traffic Control system and airplanes rain down from the sky and tens or hundreds of thousands of people die??

    Before the last war in Iraq started they showed the "state of the art" US command center just across the border in a big tent.

    Tens of dozens or more, soldiers and dozens upon dozens of PC's. You could clearly see on the displays that they were *ALL* running Windows.

    I though, "Oh shit, the security of this country is being placed in the trust of the worst product ever..."

    Those PC's I saw were NOT Tempest, for one, and then add the Windows factor in plus the state of war and you're asking for serious trouble.

    Windows will at some point cause a massive catastrophe and cause great loss of life and property. You can bet on it.

    This country is far too dependent upon computers to operate. When the computer goes down, well, sit on your hands for awhile...
    I remember the days before computers, everyone got things done just fine. Now no one knows how to function without them..

  16. Where can I get some of these critters?! on Iron-eating Bug Found to Thrive in 121C Heat · · Score: 1

    I could pour some on my sons' "new" pickup truck (that he just *HAD* to have and bought anyway) and then the neighbors would quit laughing..

  17. WAIT! It's already been done!! on Chemical Element 110 To Be Named · · Score: 5, Funny

    Element: WOMAN
    Symbol: Wo
    Atomic Weight: 120 +/-

    Physical Properties: Generally round in form. Boils at nothing and may freeze anytime. Melts whenever treated properly. Very bitter if not used well.

    Chemical Properties: Very active. Possesses strong affinity to gold, silver, platinum, and precious stones. Violent when left alone. Able to absorb great amount of exotic food. Turns slightly green when placed beside a better specimen. Ages rapidly.

    Usage: Highly ornamental. An extremely good catalyst for disintegration of wealth. Probably the most powerful income reducing agent known.

    Caution: Highly explosive in inexperienced hands.

  18. Damn! Not again! on Stimulated Gamma Decay Weapons · · Score: 1

    I just collected 100+ old microwave ovens, I am in the process of building a private army
    of Pissed-off Old People (POP) and arming them
    with the secret auto-thumper HERF ray guns.

    We'll patrol the streets in Lincoln Town cars and Buick Roadmasters listening for offenders of the "Too damn loud law".

    When an offender is spotted they will be sumarily HERFed and possibly cooked (just a little).

    Now I suppose that there is a better and more effective way to shut down these noisy little bastards with their loud music and baggy pants half off their asses.

    Maybe with the new ray guns we can drive by and do pre-emptive strikes by HERFing automotive stereo stores and melting the inventory before it hits the streets. Or better yet, melt it in the containers, right on the ship before it hits the dock.

    Sooner or later POP will put a stop to these annoying, loud punks..

  19. Re:32 bit swapping to 64bit on Los Alamos to Use AMD's Opteron in Linux Clusters · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Doesn't the 32 bit compatibility need a reboot to use, then another reboot back to 64?"

    Only if you are running Windows...

  20. After having received notice from SCO, on Los Alamos to Use AMD's Opteron in Linux Clusters · · Score: 2, Funny

    That they were to pony up millions of $$$ for free software, Los Alamos has decided to change the mission.
    The new object of the project is precise targeting of the
    Manhatten Project II on SCO HQ so as to cause as little collateral damage to Utah residents.

    Remember, when you hear the siren, duck and cover.

    */waves buh bye to SCO/*

  21. SCO-Linux EZ registration kit! on OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions · · Score: 4, Funny

    Due to all the confusion about licensing and registration of your Linux package,
    we good folks at Blackbag Opz have completed work on an all new registration kit for the confused.

    Just run *this* easy to use SCO Registration Kit,
    fill in the blanks, check "Number of Cycles, Infinite" and press the SEND button.

    Sit back and wait while your SCO-Linux EZ registration kit does the hard work for you!

    And sleep well tonight knowing that SCO got your message!

  22. Conspiracy!! on LovSan Clone Let Loose · · Score: 1

    The worms are a conspiracy by CON-ED to conserve power. They figured that shutting down millions of PC's would reduce the load on the grid so they launched the worms.

    This was done so the workers wouldn't have to go out in the heat and string extra wire to run more A/C units at the CON-ED office.

  23. Re:slashcode on LovSan Clone Let Loose · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Cool! I remember when before they implemented that. I used to come to /. and trolls would load up shit that was hundreds of characters wide and would trash everything everyone did.

    It really, really sucked. I'm glad they fixed it. I wasn't aware of why the spaces were there but now I know, thanks!

    +5 informative..

  24. Anyone notice this?? on OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions · · Score: 2, Funny

    On the bottom of the CBS market watch page a few
    interesting links?? (see below)

    Coincidence??? Or prophecy?????

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    "I Filed Bankruptcy" - Read my story and see what it is really like before you file

  25. Re:The Current SCO Situation...via the medium of s on OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions · · Score: 1

    OMFG!! I'm hurting now damnit!
    That's some funny ass shit!

    I love it, thanks!!