Every time a story gets raised on Slashdot about spam, hundreds of Slashdot posters blame it on those commies in China, Korea, Russia etc and then call for blocks of all emails from these countries...
Now we have some proof that 148 of the world's worst spammers are hosted by a US company will these same people call for a complete block on US emails or is that now a crazy approach?
OK, maybe I misrepresented my view slightly. Back in the early days of the IRA the Brits were shafting the Irish in NI and keeping them as second class citizens, they weren't allowed to do most jobs, they had no right to vote etc. and suprisingly they got a bit pissed off.
The IRA (and other organisations) was born to fight the British, they blew us (I'm British) up, we shot them (or they fell down stairs repeatedly in police stations) and the cycle of violence continued. In the late 80s, early 90s the British and Irish governments got their heads together and began negotiating and sorting out the root causes of the troubles. Now Irish catholics in NI have exactly the same rights as the Protestants and the drivers (or excuses) for the terrorist violence have gone. Hence the lack of any Irish terrorist attack since the Real IRA's.
I'm sorry didn't realise one shell containing a small amount of Sarin counted as a weapon of mass destruction.
RTFA - "However, a senior coalition source has told the BBC the round does not signal the discovery of weapons of mass destruction or the escalation of insurgent activity."
Historically trying to forcibly kill a cultural viewpoint has done nothing of the sort. Take Northern Ireland as an example - whilst the British government were cracking down on the Irish they were queuing to join the IRA. Once the Good Friday agreement had been signed and most of the causes for the problems had been removed then the support began to dry up.
Likewise in the middle east every attempt to control terrorism by blowing up towns, farms and houses (often of people unrelated to the problem) has caused nothing but an escalation of violence. This is why so many people world wide think the approach of the US is doomed to failure and if anything will lead to even more entrenched and violent Islamic radicalism that will last for centuries.
It would be much better to understand and remove the causes for these problems but tackling poverty and lack of education is much more dificult then dropping a few bombs and doesn't give you neo-cons such a stiffy.
In which reality were weapons of mass destrcution found? The Fox News dimension? Even Bush has given up on this and started talking invading Iraq because Saddam Hussein might have the capability to build WMD.
You assume that Bush et al. are centrist (or at least moderate) but when the Republicans represent nothing but the extreme religious right then almost everyone (at least those who are educated and can think for themselves) is to the left of the Republicans. If you then add in the rest of the Western world, who are almost all opposed to Bush and his cronies, then you will find only a very small number of intelligent people who would support the Republicans whether they consider themselves left or right wing. My assumption is that these people are will be involved in this as most of the other right wing religious nuts are in third world countries (such as Iran) or living in a trailer park and are probably without either internet access or any limited form of technical ability.
Of course no-one in the Republican party or amongst their supporters accuses anyone that is slightly more left wing than them of being limp wristed liberals, baby killers, girly men, cowards, traitors or communists do they... or tries every piece of slander and inuendo that they can find to impeach a president?
Republicans spend their time attacking the personal lives of anyone that stands against them, generally rather than attack their policies, and then cry foul when anyone does the same. Sen (R) Kettle meet Sen (R) Black...
You do not gybe to sail upwind - a gybe is where you change tack with the wind crossing over the stern of the vessel - i.e. pointing directly away from the wind.
Mobile phone penetration in the US is far lower than in Europe. I think the reason is pretty much history.
In the US you have had a fractured market with many players using diferent phone/radio standards and each covering a small area of the US. This led to phones that wouldn't necessarily work in the next city because they weren't analogue/digital/right frequency/TDMA/CDMA etc. and led to huge roaming charges every time you travelled more than a few miles.
In Europe, on the other hand, the governments and the EU got involved and set standards, i.e. GSM, making sure your phone would work anywhere in your own country and anywhere in Europe. The cost of the licences and the fact that they were sold nationally then made sure that your provider (and several others) would at least cover your entire country. All of this meant that the customer could travel around their own country using their phone almost anywhere and without having to pay extortianate roaming charges. The competition between the national providers drove down the prices (in the US many areas had just one provider - i.e. a local monopoly) leading to the current situation - much higher phone penetration in Europe and lower call costs.
With SMS - I don't why it hasn't taken off in the US. It's a great way to communicate when in a meeting or a noisy bar...
Why is the hero of this story the chap in Dallas and not the guy in Enfield? Although his invention didn't have all the functionality of the moden machines it also allowed access to cash 24 hours a day, rather like cashing a cheque.
Would it be outrageous to supose that this spin might be because the inventor of the machine in Enfield was not American? Not that I would suggest Americans ever revise history...
I had a bizarre experience in Chicago at a very upmarket, epxensive and trendy fusion restaurant. The food was OK, the waitress was OK but the rest of the service was appalling. Some people waited for over an hour for starters whilst other people at the table had had their starter, main course and desert within 45 minutes. It was a complete joke. When we refused to leave a tip the manager came charging out and asked me if I wanted him to fire the waitress. When I explained why we had not left a tip, he demanded we tip the waitress as it was not her fault. Now this was a meal that had cost $400 for 6 of us so I pointed out that we should not fund their incompetence and refused to pay. The manager then demanded that we leave the restaurant and told us we would not be served if we came back. This was all carried at a pretty high volume in front of a full restaurant and was pretty offensive. This has never happened to me anywhere else - in the UK if your service was this bad you would demand money of the bill. A lot of shops, restaurants etc. in the US seem to feel that you owe them and these BestBuy comments just seem to prove this. What happened to America's great reputation for service?
I live London and whole swathes of the city were destroyed. I assume you were a tourist and as such you are unlilkely to have spent much time in the East End where most of the damage was inflicted, as this is where the industry was and it is closer to Germany. If you want to see an example of a city that was destroyed then visit Coventry, once one of the most beautiful medieval cities in England, now a horrific area of 1950s and 1960s concrete tower blocks.
I'm not denying that we didn't destroy German cities, and I think "Bomber" Harris should be viewed as a war criminal for inventing the concept of carpet bombing civilian areas, but it wasn't just the Germans that suffered...
How can this be modded as "insightful"? Is there not a "mental rant" mod?
Firstly - Europe believes in diplomacy because we have suffered the effects of two major wars in living history on our soil. Our parents and grandparents were subjected to bombing, fighting in their streets, soldiers raping and pillaging etc. They, and the younger generations, do not want this to be repeated. Starting wars without first attempting all other possible avenues just increases the likelihood of this happening again.
Secondly - you don't understand. Europe does not hate Isreal or Jews - what it does not approve of is one nation subjugating another through force of arms to "protect" their own security.
Thirdly - fear breeds hate. Hate breeds violence. It's called a vicious circle, back in the dark ages many invading forces realised the only way to remove this threat from people that fear you is to exterminate every last one of them. But then who would make your Nike shoes?
Fourthly - people who share your world view are the problem, on both sides. Does Osama not talk about making American's fear him and Al Queda?
Fantastic idea - someone could set up a limited company (with no assets except for a PC and an iPod or two) to swap files and then listen to the songs on a "company" device. Then the RIAA can sue the business for as much as they want without being able to go after the listener;)
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Every time a story gets raised on Slashdot about spam, hundreds of Slashdot posters blame it on those commies in China, Korea, Russia etc and then call for blocks of all emails from these countries...
Now we have some proof that 148 of the world's worst spammers are hosted by a US company will these same people call for a complete block on US emails or is that now a crazy approach?
OK, maybe I misrepresented my view slightly. Back in the early days of the IRA the Brits were shafting the Irish in NI and keeping them as second class citizens, they weren't allowed to do most jobs, they had no right to vote etc. and suprisingly they got a bit pissed off.
The IRA (and other organisations) was born to fight the British, they blew us (I'm British) up, we shot them (or they fell down stairs repeatedly in police stations) and the cycle of violence continued. In the late 80s, early 90s the British and Irish governments got their heads together and began negotiating and sorting out the root causes of the troubles. Now Irish catholics in NI have exactly the same rights as the Protestants and the drivers (or excuses) for the terrorist violence have gone. Hence the lack of any Irish terrorist attack since the Real IRA's.
You can in the UK - most supermarkets have bags of ice.
Got some last week in Italy too.
Totally agree the extreme religious right makes up a proportionally small number of people - however the US seems to be run by them...
I'm sorry didn't realise one shell containing a small amount of Sarin counted as a weapon of mass destruction.
RTFA - "However, a senior coalition source has told the BBC the round does not signal the discovery of weapons of mass destruction or the escalation of insurgent activity."
Interesting and unfortunate view.
Historically trying to forcibly kill a cultural viewpoint has done nothing of the sort. Take Northern Ireland as an example - whilst the British government were cracking down on the Irish they were queuing to join the IRA. Once the Good Friday agreement had been signed and most of the causes for the problems had been removed then the support began to dry up.
Likewise in the middle east every attempt to control terrorism by blowing up towns, farms and houses (often of people unrelated to the problem) has caused nothing but an escalation of violence. This is why so many people world wide think the approach of the US is doomed to failure and if anything will lead to even more entrenched and violent Islamic radicalism that will last for centuries.
It would be much better to understand and remove the causes for these problems but tackling poverty and lack of education is much more dificult then dropping a few bombs and doesn't give you neo-cons such a stiffy.
In which reality were weapons of mass destrcution found? The Fox News dimension? Even Bush has given up on this and started talking invading Iraq because Saddam Hussein might have the capability to build WMD.
You assume that Bush et al. are centrist (or at least moderate) but when the Republicans represent nothing but the extreme religious right then almost everyone (at least those who are educated and can think for themselves) is to the left of the Republicans. If you then add in the rest of the Western world, who are almost all opposed to Bush and his cronies, then you will find only a very small number of intelligent people who would support the Republicans whether they consider themselves left or right wing. My assumption is that these people are will be involved in this as most of the other right wing religious nuts are in third world countries (such as Iran) or living in a trailer park and are probably without either internet access or any limited form of technical ability.
Of course no-one in the Republican party or amongst their supporters accuses anyone that is slightly more left wing than them of being limp wristed liberals, baby killers, girly men, cowards, traitors or communists do they... or tries every piece of slander and inuendo that they can find to impeach a president?
Republicans spend their time attacking the personal lives of anyone that stands against them, generally rather than attack their policies, and then cry foul when anyone does the same. Sen (R) Kettle meet Sen (R) Black...
You do not gybe to sail upwind - a gybe is where you change tack with the wind crossing over the stern of the vessel - i.e. pointing directly away from the wind.
A solar sail would definately be able to do that.
Mobile phone penetration in the US is far lower than in Europe. I think the reason is pretty much history.
In the US you have had a fractured market with many players using diferent phone/radio standards and each covering a small area of the US. This led to phones that wouldn't necessarily work in the next city because they weren't analogue/digital/right frequency/TDMA/CDMA etc. and led to huge roaming charges every time you travelled more than a few miles.
In Europe, on the other hand, the governments and the EU got involved and set standards, i.e. GSM, making sure your phone would work anywhere in your own country and anywhere in Europe. The cost of the licences and the fact that they were sold nationally then made sure that your provider (and several others) would at least cover your entire country. All of this meant that the customer could travel around their own country using their phone almost anywhere and without having to pay extortianate roaming charges. The competition between the national providers drove down the prices (in the US many areas had just one provider - i.e. a local monopoly) leading to the current situation - much higher phone penetration in Europe and lower call costs.
With SMS - I don't why it hasn't taken off in the US. It's a great way to communicate when in a meeting or a noisy bar...
Why is the hero of this story the chap in Dallas and not the guy in Enfield? Although his invention didn't have all the functionality of the moden machines it also allowed access to cash 24 hours a day, rather like cashing a cheque.
Would it be outrageous to supose that this spin might be because the inventor of the machine in Enfield was not American? Not that I would suggest Americans ever revise history...
...that the Starbucks on Englands Lane, Belsize Park, London featuring in his photos used to be a nice pub.
Now that would a much more sensible and understandable challenge, have a drink in every pub...
I had a bizarre experience in Chicago at a very upmarket, epxensive and trendy fusion restaurant. The food was OK, the waitress was OK but the rest of the service was appalling. Some people waited for over an hour for starters whilst other people at the table had had their starter, main course and desert within 45 minutes. It was a complete joke. When we refused to leave a tip the manager came charging out and asked me if I wanted him to fire the waitress. When I explained why we had not left a tip, he demanded we tip the waitress as it was not her fault. Now this was a meal that had cost $400 for 6 of us so I pointed out that we should not fund their incompetence and refused to pay. The manager then demanded that we leave the restaurant and told us we would not be served if we came back. This was all carried at a pretty high volume in front of a full restaurant and was pretty offensive. This has never happened to me anywhere else - in the UK if your service was this bad you would demand money of the bill. A lot of shops, restaurants etc. in the US seem to feel that you owe them and these BestBuy comments just seem to prove this. What happened to America's great reputation for service?
Have you ever been to London?
I live London and whole swathes of the city were destroyed. I assume you were a tourist and as such you are unlilkely to have spent much time in the East End where most of the damage was inflicted, as this is where the industry was and it is closer to Germany. If you want to see an example of a city that was destroyed then visit Coventry, once one of the most beautiful medieval cities in England, now a horrific area of 1950s and 1960s concrete tower blocks.
I'm not denying that we didn't destroy German cities, and I think "Bomber" Harris should be viewed as a war criminal for inventing the concept of carpet bombing civilian areas, but it wasn't just the Germans that suffered...
How can this be flaimbait - is this a board for underwriters or techies?
How can this be modded as "insightful"? Is there not a "mental rant" mod?
Firstly - Europe believes in diplomacy because we have suffered the effects of two major wars in living history on our soil. Our parents and grandparents were subjected to bombing, fighting in their streets, soldiers raping and pillaging etc. They, and the younger generations, do not want this to be repeated. Starting wars without first attempting all other possible avenues just increases the likelihood of this happening again.
Secondly - you don't understand. Europe does not hate Isreal or Jews - what it does not approve of is one nation subjugating another through force of arms to "protect" their own security.
Thirdly - fear breeds hate. Hate breeds violence. It's called a vicious circle, back in the dark ages many invading forces realised the only way to remove this threat from people that fear you is to exterminate every last one of them. But then who would make your Nike shoes?
Fourthly - people who share your world view are the problem, on both sides. Does Osama not talk about making American's fear him and Al Queda?
Interesting article at this link on the New Scientist website casting doubts on the reliability of finger printing as a way of proving identity.
Fingerprint link
What's the bet that the first Al-Queda terrorist arrested through matching fingerprints turns out to be an 80 year old nun from Canada?
Fantastic idea - someone could set up a limited company (with no assets except for a PC and an iPod or two) to swap files and then listen to the songs on a "company" device. Then the RIAA can sue the business for as much as they want without being able to go after the listener ;)
A one way trip?
Then where are all the people working in the bars in London from?
They can't all be Kiwis...
How do you have a giant shrimp?
Is that like an extra large small?
Fantastic - now we have tanks that don't harm the environment...
The compressed download for this game is 4.5 megs.
Considering the original ran in 32 kb of memory this is worse than Microsoft bloating...
So the guy at the fence is a metaphor for the US right????
WTF does propagandize mean.
Incidently this kind of defeat your own argument, I mean you are admitting that your view is not a fact but biased opinion.