Odd, I'm running adware on my computer, Oh, it's embedded in Eudora, and I don't look at the ads, but they are there. And Eudora with ads is free for all features. Why is adware bad?? Would you accept a 2 inch adbar at the top or bottom of your screen in exchange for free MMORPG of the month(SWG, EQ1/EQ2, AO, DAOC)?
Ever see a sitting bull, or cow?? They don't USUALLY sit in cowpies, but if they are penned as many dairy cattle are, then they may sit where they stand and stand in the place where they defecate.
Well, I Imagine cows were the first to "think" of it, and man being the observant, inventive sort, saw that, sampled it, and began to cultivate it. Just like grass, or apples, or goats.
Further put all software on firmware and don't use the HD for anything but data, any modern OS(xp/linux) will allow that, sell it as the "secure PC appliance". No need for patching as long as all the software is functional, and NO it won't play games, but its not for games, its for grandma to send e-mail and write letters.
What is needed is someone prepared to sell and market a FUNCTIONAL PC appliance, not one of those email toys with a 2 line screen or a wonky keyboard, but something priced like a TV(NOT webtv, a real computer) and fully functional. Further, it needs to be reliable and stable and have a 2-5 year warranty. THink Celery-300 64 megs ram 8 gig hard-drive tv out integrated wp, tax software, IM software and e-mail.
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There was an NT 4 core on PPC, I'm sure the code is still sitting around in a CVS somewhere.
lovely, now for the correct(true) answers to that "test"
1. Islamic Terrorists 2.Afganistan(yes) Iraq(YES, we've been at war with them for 11 years, they keep violating the armistice terms and we've got the political capitol to oust the very bad man in charge) 3.See answer to 2., we were 6 years too late invading Iraq, so YES, wrong time, we were late. 4. WHO CARES, see dictionary for SOVEREIGN nation. 5. We didn't go to war in Iraq to evict terrorists, we went to stop A TERRORIST(and he is in custody and will likely hang) 6.See answer number 1.
WHO cares, if they won, they don't have to put up with anything. that's the point of winning. War doesn't respect any boundaries and a SOVEREIGN nation doesn't answer to any outside its borders except for war. SO, if the WINNER is accused of war crimes SOMEONE is going to have to start ANOTHER war in order to prosecute those "crimes". That is the nature of war, and it is naive and foolish to believe otherwise.
Just a note, only soldiers on the losing side get tried before international tribunals, the winners don't put up with it. Look at WW2 and all the Soviets charged with war crimes for killing german civilians or the Americans charged with war crimes for killing Japanese civilians.
UNPROVOKED?? we let him shoot at our aircraft legally patrolling the UN mandated no-fly zones for 11 years. Somehow despite the sanctions he managed to acquire and deploy state of the art Anti-aircraft weapons. He and most of his senior leadership believed that they had WMDs available for deployment. where do you see unprovoked here??
Get with kerry on the "international TEST" if you think he agrees with bush on terrorism. I don't think he understands or believes that there is ever a right time for a nation to act in its own and only its own best interests.
It's easy, you check your voter card for the number of your county rep, and you call and ask him or her. My wife discovered that she would be out of town on Nov 2, and found that she could go to the courthouse and acquire a ballot, and vote right there..
I'm not going to pay money to get to vote, I've already given 8 years of my life. Or did you mean a free drawing from all registered eligible voters like in the Asimov story.
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Odd, I'm running adware on my computer, Oh, it's embedded in Eudora, and I don't look at the ads, but they are there. And Eudora with ads is free for all features. Why is adware bad?? Would you accept a 2 inch adbar at the top or bottom of your screen in exchange for free MMORPG of the month(SWG, EQ1/EQ2, AO, DAOC)?
Ever see a sitting bull, or cow?? They don't USUALLY sit in cowpies, but if they are penned as many dairy cattle are, then they may sit where they stand and stand in the place where they defecate.
Well, I Imagine cows were the first to "think" of it, and man being the observant, inventive sort, saw that, sampled it, and began to cultivate it. Just like grass, or apples, or goats.
Yes, but in New Orleans, you get that rain in 3 days from Ivan.
Then get a C3, we're building an appliance here, so no need for upgrading. so you can save $1US for a ZIF socket and sodder it onto the MB.
Hey, where are you(local metro) I'm sure someone here will be willing to either pay shipping or meet at a reasonable location to pick it up.
If the SE has the old superdrive, it is possible to get zterm and stuffit onto it via a 3.5 floppy formatted on a standard pc.
Further put all software on firmware and don't use the HD for anything but data, any modern OS(xp/linux) will allow that, sell it as the "secure PC appliance". No need for patching as long as all the software is functional, and NO it won't play games, but its not for games, its for grandma to send e-mail and write letters.
What is needed is someone prepared to sell and market a FUNCTIONAL PC appliance, not one of those email toys with a 2 line screen or a wonky keyboard, but something priced like a TV(NOT webtv, a real computer) and fully functional. Further, it needs to be reliable and stable and have a 2-5 year warranty. THink Celery-300 64 megs ram 8 gig hard-drive tv out integrated wp, tax software, IM software and e-mail.
There was an NT 4 core on PPC, I'm sure the code is still sitting around in a CVS somewhere.
And if your army was bigger than the pope's, you could tell him/them to get bent, and some did.
lovely, now for the correct(true) answers to that "test"
1. Islamic Terrorists
2.Afganistan(yes) Iraq(YES, we've been at war with them for 11 years, they keep violating the armistice terms and we've got the political capitol to oust the very bad man in charge)
3.See answer to 2., we were 6 years too late invading Iraq, so YES, wrong time, we were late.
4. WHO CARES, see dictionary for SOVEREIGN nation.
5. We didn't go to war in Iraq to evict terrorists, we went to stop A TERRORIST(and he is in custody and will likely hang)
6.See answer number 1.
WHO cares, if they won, they don't have to put up with anything. that's the point of winning. War doesn't respect any boundaries and a SOVEREIGN nation doesn't answer to any outside its borders except for war. SO, if the WINNER is accused of war crimes SOMEONE is going to have to start ANOTHER war in order to prosecute those "crimes". That is the nature of war, and it is naive and foolish to believe otherwise.
And here is my answer to the Iraq issue. You may believe as you like, but the facts are we were overdue in Iraq.
Just a note, only soldiers on the losing side get tried before international tribunals, the winners don't put up with it. Look at WW2 and all the Soviets charged with war crimes for killing german civilians or the Americans charged with war crimes for killing Japanese civilians.
Now keep looking.
UNPROVOKED?? we let him shoot at our aircraft legally patrolling the UN mandated no-fly zones for 11 years. Somehow despite the sanctions he managed to acquire and deploy state of the art Anti-aircraft weapons. He and most of his senior leadership believed that they had WMDs available for deployment. where do you see unprovoked here??
Get with kerry on the "international TEST" if you think he agrees with bush on terrorism. I don't think he understands or believes that there is ever a right time for a nation to act in its own and only its own best interests.
So that his administration can proceed to abuse it. Or was that not what you meant.
Power tends toward corruption, the greater the power the greater the corruption. ie power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
TAKE down vegas, the MIT Blackjack club hasn't gone away, and those kids weren't the first, last or even most successful group.
And then he'll die anyway.
NO, I'm stating that when we talk about the "Geneva Conventions" we are discussing the 1949 revisions, not the pre-revision betas.
It's easy, you check your voter card for the number of your county rep, and you call and ask him or her. My wife discovered that she would be out of town on Nov 2, and found that she could go to the courthouse and acquire a ballot, and vote right there..
I'm not going to pay money to get to vote, I've already given 8 years of my life. Or did you mean a free drawing from all registered eligible voters like in the Asimov story.
2 envelopes usually, an inner sealed ballot envelope and an outer name/date/voterid envelope.
And another 40% think we are after the free oil. Which is worse?