Man, you are so cynical. I mean sure, we invaded a country to topple a dictator with whom previous Republican
administrations armed to the teeth in its war with a neighboring coutry we hate, who then had to be ousted from another
neighbor we like to preserve the flow of gas to our SUVs, but was allowed to brutally quell an uprising by
a group with undesirable religious affiliation, but then we got hit by terrorists and the current administration said "hey,
where's that Iraq invasion plan we wrote on our first day here? Here it is -- cool!" and figured we were all so ready for
vengeance we wouldn't notice them Mad-Libbing in some excuses for invading to fill in the spots where they had written
"FOR DELICIOUS LIFE-GIVING OIL!", then used a slimy network of surrogates to defeat an actual war veteran lest they have to touch
someone who actually served in uniform, so we could keep National Guard troops over there instead of having them to
use in, say, New Orleans or something? But jeez louise, you think these people would be capable of timing out the
guilty verdict in a country we *control*? CYNICAL. Come on, man, the Iraqis decided that on their own. They're the ones
that gave him a TRIAL. Hell, we don't even bother to do that anymore! Primitives.
But back to Saddam: death by hanging? That's idiotic. I say we kill him with all of those WMDs he had!
Your understanding of economics is just as bad as the authors of the linked article. I mean really, think about it: there's no way that a European mass exodus to Linux is going to produce 50,000 jobs. 49,500, tops.
OK, wise a**, so I spelled his name wrong: it should read Bill Cristal, consider me chastised....I just can't remember all those neocon, draft-dodgers'names....
Plus, you misspelled it again: it's Bill *Kristol*. And he's worse than a draft-dodger -- he's a chickenhawk. Whose dad created a career for him. Hmmm...sounds kinda familiar, now that I think about it.
All I know is that he appears in Kinky Friedman's mystery novels. If the President considers himself a TRUE Texan (which I don't), then he should pardon Rambam immediately.
I call bullshit. The shuttle was in the planning stages before Neil Armstrong put his footyprints in the lunar regolith.
In fact, it was under Nixon that the design was set, including the brilliant decision to go with SRBs instead of an all-liquid
system. Which I suppose you can connect to Reagan, because they allowed him to add that bit about the Challenger astronauts
in his '86 SOTU address.
Now, Space Station Alpha/Freedom, that fits into your Reagan hagiography. Kinda.
Photons are enegy packets. If an object absorbs it, it heats up. If that object were a baseball bat, I'd pummel
you with it. Then I'd find any moderator who marked this 'Interesting' and percussively sterilize him with it.
It's one thing to say something ignorant; it's another to raise that stupidity above my reading threshold.
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Man, you are so cynical. I mean sure, we invaded a country to topple a dictator with whom previous Republican administrations armed to the teeth in its war with a neighboring coutry we hate, who then had to be ousted from another neighbor we like to preserve the flow of gas to our SUVs, but was allowed to brutally quell an uprising by a group with undesirable religious affiliation, but then we got hit by terrorists and the current administration said "hey, where's that Iraq invasion plan we wrote on our first day here? Here it is -- cool!" and figured we were all so ready for vengeance we wouldn't notice them Mad-Libbing in some excuses for invading to fill in the spots where they had written "FOR DELICIOUS LIFE-GIVING OIL!", then used a slimy network of surrogates to defeat an actual war veteran lest they have to touch someone who actually served in uniform, so we could keep National Guard troops over there instead of having them to use in, say, New Orleans or something? But jeez louise, you think these people would be capable of timing out the guilty verdict in a country we *control*? CYNICAL. Come on, man, the Iraqis decided that on their own. They're the ones that gave him a TRIAL. Hell, we don't even bother to do that anymore! Primitives.
But back to Saddam: death by hanging? That's idiotic. I say we kill him with all of those WMDs he had!
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Sounds like those on your list could use some viral marketing.
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Agreed. This is like abortion clinics complaining about lost revenue when condom manufacturers reduce their failure rate.
And no, the fact that in this analogy the end-user is getting screwed either way is not lost on me.
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Yeah. I mean, I used to see auto parts stores EVERYWHERE. Seriously, does anyone drive anymore?
Well, the price just went up; they have to buy a whole new set of props! Unless you want some K/S slash movie shot near The Vazquez Peaks.
And yes, smartasses -- but their basement is roomy...
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"There is no data...only Zune."
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"Why does 2+3 = 5?" It doesn't — 2+3 = 10.
You have to understand, my math teacher only had one hand.
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/. has the software for an automated system for detecting dupes. Unfortunately, it's all on punchcards and runs under COBOL-68.
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It's okay -- you can buy COPS on DVD now.
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Your understanding of economics is just as bad as the authors of the linked article. I mean really, think about it: there's no way that a European mass exodus to Linux is going to produce 50,000 jobs. 49,500, tops.
THINK DAMMITT!
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Are you sure that wasn't whitehouse.gov?
On second thought, I doubt it -- I don't think the US even pretending to do research on nuclear power.
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I vote for a chair smashing through the Windows logo, with the caption "Who do you want to kill today?"
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I just sent you one, with an Internet attached. Wait five days, then go sit by your tube.
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Only a crappy programmer would fill essential code with this kind of cruft. No wonder it takes the hardware decades to split off daughter processes.
Come to think of it, a lot of the crappiest programmers I know think they're God -- er, intelligent designers. Anselm would be proud.
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Plus, you misspelled it again: it's Bill *Kristol*. And he's worse than a draft-dodger -- he's a chickenhawk. Whose dad created a career for him. Hmmm...sounds kinda familiar, now that I think about it.
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All I know is that he appears in Kinky Friedman's mystery novels. If the President considers himself a TRUE Texan (which I don't), then he should pardon Rambam immediately.
Or at least give him an inappropriate backrub.
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Cool -- I always thought Bill Bennett read slashdot. Hey Bill!
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The SEC equivalent of "Take-Two and call me in the morning. Or maybe we'll call you."
Yeah, remember when after the Oklahoma City bombing we put all of them Jimmy Joe-Bob's McGillicuddy's on the no-fly list?
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...and he knew how to treat a lady.
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I call bullshit. The shuttle was in the planning stages before Neil Armstrong put his footyprints in the lunar regolith. In fact, it was under Nixon that the design was set, including the brilliant decision to go with SRBs instead of an all-liquid system. Which I suppose you can connect to Reagan, because they allowed him to add that bit about the Challenger astronauts in his '86 SOTU address.
Now, Space Station Alpha/Freedom, that fits into your Reagan hagiography. Kinda.
So, clever enough to have fake cameras, but not fake tapes?
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Photons are enegy packets. If an object absorbs it, it heats up. If that object were a baseball bat, I'd pummel you with it. Then I'd find any moderator who marked this 'Interesting' and percussively sterilize him with it.
It's one thing to say something ignorant; it's another to raise that stupidity above my reading threshold.
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Just label it something no self-respecting American would go near, like "Health Food", or "Books".
As for any other nationalities, screw them. That's what they get for winning the war against us and occupying Yucca Mountain.
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