When a muslim blows up a building or shoots children while screaming "Allah Akbar", they are an islamo-fascist terrorist SOB, not a "freedom fighter". Period.
Regardless of the motivation, every human endeavor has situations where you learn something new. Manned spaceflight has already given us a huge amount of technological and material science advances. High-tech ceramics, carbon fiber, environmental systems, semi-conductor packaging just to name a few things have all been brought about by, for, or in concert with spaceflight. We can learn a lot about building better, more efficient solar cells, electronic packaging, and propulsion systems by sending unmanned probes into space, but when we're sending manned missions, we'll also be developing new environmental technologies (co2 and water recycling advances), life support systems, and make strides in phisiological understanding (thus medicine).
How can all these people be saying that it is such a good way to get away from Microsoft when Connectix is actually owned by Microsoft?
http://www.connectix.com/about/acquisition_win.htm l
Well, Iraq is seperated from many of the other states out there in that they are the only ones that have launched two wars of agression in the last 20 years or so, and they are the only ones to have used chemical and biological weapons in these wars. North Korea is dangerous, but just how far do you think that China would let them expand??? When you only have two neighbors, and one of them is China, and the other is backed by the US, the extent of your possible expansion is limited. The other countries in the region (with the exception of Iran who is being rather quiet at the moment) do not have the wherewithall to directly attack their neighbors in the way that Iraq can.
Oh, so you aren't in favor of more precise weapons that can be lower yield and therefore further reduce civilian casualties? I may be an "imperialist warmonger" compared to the typical/.'er, but I think that the ability to take the head of the snake without taking out the entire valley is a good investment.
Even if the oil production of Iraq could be increased to double it's current rate, there would be no economic benefit from the oil for over 6 years, since the oil wouldn't even begin to cover the cost of the war! I don't see how people can't understand this! GW could not get ANY benefit during the course of his presidency, even if elected for a second term in a straight blood-for-oil trade.
It would take over 3 BILLION barrels of oil at $30-35 ber barrel before it would even match the $100B estimate for the cost of the war, and that would only work if we flat out stole the 3B barrels.
If people would do the math instead of believing the media and France, they would see that this "blood-for-oil" charge makes no sense whatsoever.
I hope that what we will do is go in, slaughter that mandman that is in power and give power back to the Iraqi people, as well as helping to rebuild. In case you hadn't noticed, the entire Middle East IS a cesspool of Islamic Fundamentalists and has been for some time (several exceptions, but not many).
We can go in now with precision guided weapons and some hope of minimizing casualties, or we can wait until the next time he invades a neighboring country and uses chemical weapons on civilians before we do it.
The fact is that the guy has violated just about each and every part of resolution 1441. Is the UN going to back up their own resolutions? If not, I see no point to continue working with them. The EU is already trying to become a superpower anyway, so I say to Hell with the UN.
That is exactly what I am saying. If we want oil, we could just take kuwait and not have to bother fighting. Just stand up and say "You have been conquored". Who the Hell could stop us? If Bush is just a oil-sucking vampire and you think he's willing to throw away both Iraqi and American lives in return for oil, why wouldn't he take the path of least resistance and not even have to bother with a war? We've got 20x the military in Kuwait that they have. And what's the UN going to do about it? Write a resolution condemning us "in the stongest possible terms"?
I say bomb Iraq, and lets throw those bums out of the UN building in NY and put up something useful like a parking garage or hotdog stand or something.
We have over 100k troops in Kuwait. If we only wanted oil, we'd just stand up and tell Kuwait that they are now ours. What the Hell could they do to stop it? Or we could drill in Alaska, offer either Russia or Canada 3% under OPEC rate in return for us purchasing 70% of our imported crude from them and either of them would JUMP at the deal. This is not about oil, it's about taking out a madman.
I think we need more R&D into weapons systems myself.
I'll get some enemies for this, but I'll say it anyway. I am a christian, and a jihad (holy war) has been declared on me. If people are so willing to hate me, and to kill people like me based on my religion, then I feel absolutely no compunction to "sympathize" or "tolerate". A holy war has been declared. Great. What am I going to do, just sit back and watch building burn, planes explode, and see children gunned down in the streets because they are christian? No. I have no problem what so ever with people from the middle east, or from anywhere for that matter. I do not have a problem with islam, or any other religion. But these extremists who want to kill jews and christians? To hell with 'em. Let 'em fry.
As to 802.11x being related to terrorism any more that a payphone is, that is just a joke. You notice that in the article above they mentioned officials from the telecomm industry? Don't you think that AT&T would be involved to some small degree in this? They are the ones that recently announced that they want to put a paid Wi-Fi net up. They're just trying to cut out the competition, by taking advantage of the publics ignorance and fear, as well as their political influence.
Thanks for the corrections. It is better to find out that you're wrong on/. rather than go through life with a faulty memory:). Now I've got to drive all the way out to Mass. to find out exactly what that tower was the first for. I could have sworn it was a conversation with England. Oh well. And now in more important news....
When I was out at Cape Cod I was driving with my father and we passed a sign that said "Marconi..." and we went back to read the sign. We ended up getting to go to the tower where the first trans-atlantic transmission occured. The place was almost completely destroyed. There were a couple of pieces of concrete, and that was it, except for a couple of plaques and a little model. We need to take more care of our technological history, or we may eventually lose it.
So, what were the original titles? North Tower and South Tower?:P That's the name it was published under, so that is what the name is. What the other possible names may have been is by now quite irrelevant.
On the whole I like their idea of one super-program that integrates everything. I think that this definately has its place. I myself use many different programs on a daily basis, and having one comprehensive application that does 90% of the things I do would be of value to me. The real issue for me will be privacy. If Microsoft can improve customer privacy protection, I might go for it. As much as I like linux (which I use at home), I use Windows XP on my laptop, at work and in my car because of it's more ergonomic use. Some of the info that I've seen on Longhorn seem to have some features that I could definately make use of. For those who hate MS because it is MS, don't forget what happened when they broke apart Bell (remember your $0.05 phonecalls? Where are they now???), and what about California's absolute genious with power de-regulation? Microsoft doesn't have the brains to be the evil empire that some people here think it is.
As I posted already:
I think that I will start harvesting every last bit of information that I can about any employee or business partner of any company that behaves in this manner, and then proceed to make THEIR information available free. I'm saying post entire lists with every available name, phone number, email address and even their personal information if I come across it, all over the internet in thousands of locations, and actually call telemarketing firms and provide the lists to every telemarketer firm that I can get my hands on. That way they can't get any business done, since they will be recieving literally thousands of unsolicited contacts per day. See how they like it for a change, and also send a polite (anonymous) email to everyone on your list, explaining exactly why they are recieving all of these contacts all of a sudden, and urge them to stop selling customer's information before more *drastic* measures have to be taken. If they can sell my information, is there any reason that I should give their's away free?
If enough people do this, we may be able to spam and telemarket them into respecting our privacy and personal wishes.
I think that I will start harvesting every last bit of information that I can about any employee or business partner of any company that behaves in this manner, and then proceed to make THEIR information available free. I'm saying post entire lists with every available name, phone number, email address and even their personal information if I come across it, all over the internet in thousands of locations, and actually call telemarketing firms and provide the lists to every telemarketer firm that I can get my hands on. That way they can't get any business done, since they will be recieving literally thousands of unsolicited contacts per day. See how they like it for a change, and also send a polite (anonymous) email to everyone on your list, explaining exactly why they are recieving all of these contacts all of a sudden, and urge them to stop selling customer's information before more *drastic* measures have to be taken. If they can sell my information, is there any reason that I should give their's away free?
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When a muslim blows up a building or shoots children while screaming "Allah Akbar", they are an islamo-fascist terrorist SOB, not a "freedom fighter". Period.
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Well, it would definately help tighten the groupings up at the shooting range. This could be a big boon to snipers :)
Actually, the election board is controlled pretty overwhelmingly by democrats in the affected areas.
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How can all these people be saying that it is such a good way to get away from Microsoft when Connectix is actually owned by Microsoft? http://www.connectix.com/about/acquisition_win.htm l
Well, Iraq is seperated from many of the other states out there in that they are the only ones that have launched two wars of agression in the last 20 years or so, and they are the only ones to have used chemical and biological weapons in these wars. North Korea is dangerous, but just how far do you think that China would let them expand??? When you only have two neighbors, and one of them is China, and the other is backed by the US, the extent of your possible expansion is limited. The other countries in the region (with the exception of Iran who is being rather quiet at the moment) do not have the wherewithall to directly attack their neighbors in the way that Iraq can.
Oh, so you aren't in favor of more precise weapons that can be lower yield and therefore further reduce civilian casualties? I may be an "imperialist warmonger" compared to the typical /.'er, but I think that the ability to take the head of the snake without taking out the entire valley is a good investment.
Even if the oil production of Iraq could be increased to double it's current rate, there would be no economic benefit from the oil for over 6 years, since the oil wouldn't even begin to cover the cost of the war! I don't see how people can't understand this! GW could not get ANY benefit during the course of his presidency, even if elected for a second term in a straight blood-for-oil trade. It would take over 3 BILLION barrels of oil at $30-35 ber barrel before it would even match the $100B estimate for the cost of the war, and that would only work if we flat out stole the 3B barrels. If people would do the math instead of believing the media and France, they would see that this "blood-for-oil" charge makes no sense whatsoever.
I hope that what we will do is go in, slaughter that mandman that is in power and give power back to the Iraqi people, as well as helping to rebuild. In case you hadn't noticed, the entire Middle East IS a cesspool of Islamic Fundamentalists and has been for some time (several exceptions, but not many). We can go in now with precision guided weapons and some hope of minimizing casualties, or we can wait until the next time he invades a neighboring country and uses chemical weapons on civilians before we do it. The fact is that the guy has violated just about each and every part of resolution 1441. Is the UN going to back up their own resolutions? If not, I see no point to continue working with them. The EU is already trying to become a superpower anyway, so I say to Hell with the UN.
Why don't I piss down your throat and slice off your balls? Sign in as something other than an anonymous coward your bitch.
That is exactly what I am saying. If we want oil, we could just take kuwait and not have to bother fighting. Just stand up and say "You have been conquored". Who the Hell could stop us? If Bush is just a oil-sucking vampire and you think he's willing to throw away both Iraqi and American lives in return for oil, why wouldn't he take the path of least resistance and not even have to bother with a war? We've got 20x the military in Kuwait that they have. And what's the UN going to do about it? Write a resolution condemning us "in the stongest possible terms"? I say bomb Iraq, and lets throw those bums out of the UN building in NY and put up something useful like a parking garage or hotdog stand or something.
We have over 100k troops in Kuwait. If we only wanted oil, we'd just stand up and tell Kuwait that they are now ours. What the Hell could they do to stop it? Or we could drill in Alaska, offer either Russia or Canada 3% under OPEC rate in return for us purchasing 70% of our imported crude from them and either of them would JUMP at the deal. This is not about oil, it's about taking out a madman.
I think we need more R&D into weapons systems myself.
I'll get some enemies for this, but I'll say it anyway. I am a christian, and a jihad (holy war) has been declared on me. If people are so willing to hate me, and to kill people like me based on my religion, then I feel absolutely no compunction to "sympathize" or "tolerate". A holy war has been declared. Great. What am I going to do, just sit back and watch building burn, planes explode, and see children gunned down in the streets because they are christian? No. I have no problem what so ever with people from the middle east, or from anywhere for that matter. I do not have a problem with islam, or any other religion. But these extremists who want to kill jews and christians? To hell with 'em. Let 'em fry. As to 802.11x being related to terrorism any more that a payphone is, that is just a joke. You notice that in the article above they mentioned officials from the telecomm industry? Don't you think that AT&T would be involved to some small degree in this? They are the ones that recently announced that they want to put a paid Wi-Fi net up. They're just trying to cut out the competition, by taking advantage of the publics ignorance and fear, as well as their political influence.
The standard is 1394, not 1384.
Thanks for the corrections. It is better to find out that you're wrong on /. rather than go through life with a faulty memory :). Now I've got to drive all the way out to Mass. to find out exactly what that tower was the first for. I could have sworn it was a conversation with England. Oh well. And now in more important news....
When I was out at Cape Cod I was driving with my father and we passed a sign that said "Marconi..." and we went back to read the sign. We ended up getting to go to the tower where the first trans-atlantic transmission occured. The place was almost completely destroyed. There were a couple of pieces of concrete, and that was it, except for a couple of plaques and a little model. We need to take more care of our technological history, or we may eventually lose it.
So, what were the original titles? North Tower and South Tower? :P That's the name it was published under, so that is what the name is. What the other possible names may have been is by now quite irrelevant.
On the whole I like their idea of one super-program that integrates everything. I think that this definately has its place. I myself use many different programs on a daily basis, and having one comprehensive application that does 90% of the things I do would be of value to me. The real issue for me will be privacy. If Microsoft can improve customer privacy protection, I might go for it. As much as I like linux (which I use at home), I use Windows XP on my laptop, at work and in my car because of it's more ergonomic use. Some of the info that I've seen on Longhorn seem to have some features that I could definately make use of. For those who hate MS because it is MS, don't forget what happened when they broke apart Bell (remember your $0.05 phonecalls? Where are they now???), and what about California's absolute genious with power de-regulation? Microsoft doesn't have the brains to be the evil empire that some people here think it is.
As I posted already: I think that I will start harvesting every last bit of information that I can about any employee or business partner of any company that behaves in this manner, and then proceed to make THEIR information available free. I'm saying post entire lists with every available name, phone number, email address and even their personal information if I come across it, all over the internet in thousands of locations, and actually call telemarketing firms and provide the lists to every telemarketer firm that I can get my hands on. That way they can't get any business done, since they will be recieving literally thousands of unsolicited contacts per day. See how they like it for a change, and also send a polite (anonymous) email to everyone on your list, explaining exactly why they are recieving all of these contacts all of a sudden, and urge them to stop selling customer's information before more *drastic* measures have to be taken. If they can sell my information, is there any reason that I should give their's away free? If enough people do this, we may be able to spam and telemarket them into respecting our privacy and personal wishes.
I think that I will start harvesting every last bit of information that I can about any employee or business partner of any company that behaves in this manner, and then proceed to make THEIR information available free. I'm saying post entire lists with every available name, phone number, email address and even their personal information if I come across it, all over the internet in thousands of locations, and actually call telemarketing firms and provide the lists to every telemarketer firm that I can get my hands on. That way they can't get any business done, since they will be recieving literally thousands of unsolicited contacts per day. See how they like it for a change, and also send a polite (anonymous) email to everyone on your list, explaining exactly why they are recieving all of these contacts all of a sudden, and urge them to stop selling customer's information before more *drastic* measures have to be taken. If they can sell my information, is there any reason that I should give their's away free?