I find the inclusion of Kuwait puzzling. My ignorance my prove me wrong, but wasn't the US "liberating" Kuwait at this time. If an army is to be removed from some place, "excuse me, would you please leave" doesn't seem like an effective strategy. THe fact that bombs were dropped in Kuwait in an effort to remove an occupying force, doesn't translate into Kuwait being bombed, does it? Unless of course the targets were Kuwaiti targets of no military significance to the occupying force.
As for other countries in the list, such as Bosnia and Yugoslavia, This was not entirely a US action, this was NATO.
I don't usually defend the US, as I find most of their actions contemptible, but the facts here seem a little biased to make your point. The US also conducts air-force training in Canada, and I'm fairly positive that live bombs have been used on the ranges, does this also mean the Canada has been bombed by the US?
Y'know what, that idea's not half bad. It's rather just get a 404 than some damn ad. Who needs domains anyhow? You should be able to look up IP's like you would a phone number.
If it means I don't have to be told, "hey you can't type, BTW, why don't you buy this crap..." when I mistype a URL.
When I go shopping, I get what I need, and leave, my browsing habits are the same. Ads piss me off!
How the fuck could the Internet get any MORE commercial than it already is? Shit even/. has ads on it. It has become worse than television.
Now I have to have more ads sent my way if I mistype a URL, just fucking wonderful!
pffff, Massive blackouts. Apart from a geographically large area, that was not a massive blackout. no mor ethan 3 days without power in the middle of summer boo-flippin-hoo. We did 21 days in the dead of a Canadian Winter(C) 5 years ago. "Ice storm" of 98 anyone? Much of the transport/distribution network had to be rebuilt after that. Now, that is a blackout. Mind you we didn't even sag during this blackout. We learned out lesson...
The complaint I hear from middle-eastern immigrants (Me living near Montreal) is that "how can the US sanction others, and thereby restrict what others may have, whilst the US can't even provide adequately for themselves. It seems to be the US way,Do things our way or we will lead an enforced, US-lead boycott of all goods in and out of your country.
Food for Oil my ass.
How can anyone believe the US when they say they aren't doing it for the oil, wile all you hear on CNN is "The oil fields are now safe"
While I'm on a rant, why does the US want to ban WMD when they have the most? Or has the US dismantled it's entire arsenal of nuclear weapons recently? They are also the country who has in history used the most WMD. Let's just ask the Japanese how they feel about that?
It's starting to look as though the US is far more dangerous to world stability than Iraq was.
The world isn't blind, we see what is happening. Dubya is a dangerous man!
Living In Quebec Mmyself, and not being particularly thrilled about what the QC gov has stood for in the past, and not being too fond of French, speaking both has yet to lead me to negative results. Speaking multiple languages can only improve one's situation. Although I have to admit, I hated every single second of French class. You are lucky it was only 6 years, it is 11 years for us in QC.
I recently did a job for a company that still had WIn96 running on some of the workstations. And as much as I wanted to think "well, the machine is probably old and had just never been reinstalled..."...it was an AMD 450. It was Intentional!? This company was msdn as well.
On a second note, I doubt many people use old distros much at all. Ever since kernel modules, and packet filters. Not to mention additional hardware.
There were many great reasons to upgrade since, and being free, why people wouldn't is a mystery.
I've been toying with a similar idea for a while. The problem is that the solutions I've seen always use the same strategy. Regardless of the interface used, the music is still played by MY machine. What I've been working on is a dedicated machine that plays the music, to take the load off my machine. This machine has nothing but power sound and network coming out the back. The only hiccup is that I havn't found the right combination of tools to make me happy, so I decided to learn PHP and roll my own.
Is there anything of the sort already out there?
Indeed. The guarantee that the software will always be available for free. I had heard on/. that RedHat was crippling KDE to some extent. Whether it's true or not I don't know, i use Slackware myself. The point is, If RedHat cripples it's distro it's to their own detriment. People will just download the source from official places and compile away. If you use slackware, you won't even mess up the RPM database doing so:)
I have seen this as well. A friend of mine had to pay $200 CDN to Sony to repair the (we were never told what the problem was, and Sony charges a flat rate for repairs). This is on top of the $500 CDN for the machine itself. Does anyone actually know what the physical flaw is/was?
Beg to differ. Although strictly speaking mechanical parts are destined to fail, the sealed nature of the hard-drive, makes it come in at at least second or third on the list. That order usually following
CPU/Power Supply Fan
Floppy Drive
Tape Drive
And so on...
My figures are probably off, but from memory I'd heard that's it's in the ballpark of $10G/LB of rocket fuel to send something into orbit. I'm guessing that this cam only weighs a few ounces at most. At least one would hope!
Can anyone verify my figures?
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As for other countries in the list, such as Bosnia and Yugoslavia, This was not entirely a US action, this was NATO.
I don't usually defend the US, as I find most of their actions contemptible, but the facts here seem a little biased to make your point. The US also conducts air-force training in Canada, and I'm fairly positive that live bombs have been used on the ranges, does this also mean the Canada has been bombed by the US?
Yes, I am Canadian.
"Unlawfull Combattants" uh-huh....
Is it just me, or is the US acting more and more like a rogue nation? Who draws the line, and when?
So, sending email to tech support will be next to impossible, aqnd working tech support will be a major PITA, great.
If it means I don't have to be told, "hey you can't type, BTW, why don't you buy this crap..." when I mistype a URL.
When I go shopping, I get what I need, and leave, my browsing habits are the same. Ads piss me off!
How the fuck could the Internet get any MORE commercial than it already is? Shit even /. has ads on it. It has become worse than television.
Now I have to have more ads sent my way if I mistype a URL, just fucking wonderful!
pffff, Massive blackouts. Apart from a geographically large area, that was not a massive blackout. no mor ethan 3 days without power in the middle of summer boo-flippin-hoo. We did 21 days in the dead of a Canadian Winter(C) 5 years ago. "Ice storm" of 98 anyone? Much of the transport/distribution network had to be rebuilt after that. Now, that is a blackout. Mind you we didn't even sag during this blackout. We learned out lesson...
By the same logic, wouldn't Ford, GM, Honda, et al, be responsible for people's speeding tickets?
The complaint I hear from middle-eastern immigrants (Me living near Montreal) is that "how can the US sanction others, and thereby restrict what others may have, whilst the US can't even provide adequately for themselves. It seems to be the US way,Do things our way or we will lead an enforced, US-lead boycott of all goods in and out of your country. Food for Oil my ass. How can anyone believe the US when they say they aren't doing it for the oil, wile all you hear on CNN is "The oil fields are now safe" While I'm on a rant, why does the US want to ban WMD when they have the most? Or has the US dismantled it's entire arsenal of nuclear weapons recently? They are also the country who has in history used the most WMD. Let's just ask the Japanese how they feel about that? It's starting to look as though the US is far more dangerous to world stability than Iraq was. The world isn't blind, we see what is happening. Dubya is a dangerous man!
Living In Quebec Mmyself, and not being particularly thrilled about what the QC gov has stood for in the past, and not being too fond of French, speaking both has yet to lead me to negative results. Speaking multiple languages can only improve one's situation. Although I have to admit, I hated every single second of French class. You are lucky it was only 6 years, it is 11 years for us in QC.
I recently did a job for a company that still had WIn96 running on some of the workstations. And as much as I wanted to think "well, the machine is probably old and had just never been reinstalled..." ...it was an AMD 450. It was Intentional!? This company was msdn as well.
On a second note, I doubt many people use old distros much at all. Ever since kernel modules, and packet filters. Not to mention additional hardware.
There were many great reasons to upgrade since, and being free, why people wouldn't is a mystery.
There was a "freedows" project for a while. I have no idea what came of them though.
How can one be *too* smug about being non-American? Seems to me that not being American in my home town, is more important than being Canadian.
I've been toying with a similar idea for a while. The problem is that the solutions I've seen always use the same strategy. Regardless of the interface used, the music is still played by MY machine. What I've been working on is a dedicated machine that plays the music, to take the load off my machine. This machine has nothing but power sound and network coming out the back. The only hiccup is that I havn't found the right combination of tools to make me happy, so I decided to learn PHP and roll my own. Is there anything of the sort already out there?
Indeed. The guarantee that the software will always be available for free. I had heard on /. that RedHat was crippling KDE to some extent. Whether it's true or not I don't know, i use Slackware myself. The point is, If RedHat cripples it's distro it's to their own detriment. People will just download the source from official places and compile away. If you use slackware, you won't even mess up the RPM database doing so :)
I have seen this as well. A friend of mine had to pay $200 CDN to Sony to repair the (we were never told what the problem was, and Sony charges a flat rate for repairs). This is on top of the $500 CDN for the machine itself. Does anyone actually know what the physical flaw is/was?
Beg to differ. Although strictly speaking mechanical parts are destined to fail, the sealed nature of the hard-drive, makes it come in at at least second or third on the list. That order usually following
CPU/Power Supply Fan
Floppy Drive
Tape Drive
And so on...
My figures are probably off, but from memory I'd heard that's it's in the ballpark of $10G/LB of rocket fuel to send something into orbit. I'm guessing that this cam only weighs a few ounces at most. At least one would hope! Can anyone verify my figures?
BINGO! Americans Dont's seem to understand why the world dislikes them. It's this attitude that brings upon them days like 9/11.