You've stumbled on a horrible truth about present-day America - all these things it professes to believe in (democracy, freedom, liberty, justice) don't mean SQUAT when they get in America's way. Geneva convention? Ignore it. Duty to protect innocents in Iraq? Fuck it - too difficult. Democratic elections at home? Whatever. Just get our boy back in for 4 years.
My point, is that the US is more than willing to take stuff for free from other nations/civilisations/cultures, but is extremely reluctant on giving it back. If it does give it back, it would have strings attached.
The altruistic America you thought you knew is long dead. Dollars are the new democracy.
You haven't realised it yet? This whole Iraq debacle has NOTHING to do with what Iraqis want. It's about America imposing its will where it can, for its own benefit. Nothing altruistic, no charity.
Do you expect those Americans involved to walk away from Iraq with empty pockets? Of course not - they've set up the infrastructure to keep money rolling in. First it was halliburton, then it was cornering the Iraqi oil and raising oil prices be destabilising the region. Now, it's all these beurocratic creations designed to milk the already fucked population even more.
If it was for the Iraqis, why have so many of them died? Why doesn't anyone care about those guys? Exactly.
I thought he always WAS "depressed robot", and that "paranoid android" was used in the song Marvin released, after the TV series was a hit. And I'm not talking about Radiohead, but the song "Marvin" released.:)
The Clie wasn't cool - it looked silly. Sony, regarded world-wide as home of the technologically superior, using Palm OS on a PDA. It never looked cool - all the apps were kludges to be windows-compatible. The Clies were bulky and poorly designed. I'm kinda glad to see them go - I just wish Sony released a PocketPC-based PDA - that would be much better.
They develop for windows-based PDAs, because windows-based PDAs do what they want. They have the colors, the resolution, the speed, the memory, the hardware support, everything. This isn't microsoft using its weight to push a crappy OS on the people, but microsoft using its experience and money to develop a PDA platform miles better than anything else out there. No-one is being held hostage here:)
Anyway, there's a HUGE difference between ReactOS and Windows. ReactOS is playing catch-up. It has a tiny, tiny budget. How they can be expected to keep up with Microsoft is beyond me. If ReactOS isn't as good as Windows, people won't want it. It's that simple. And you can replace "ReactOS" with any other operating system you can think of, as most people simply don't give a damn about what's in their computer, only if they can use it to do what they want or not. And as that goes for consumers, it goes for developers, as they develop for the consumer.
They don't want a "Win32 like OS", they want Windows. They don't want to save $100 on a £300 device to have to worry about device and software compatability. Not everyone cares which operating system is in their computers, something microsoft is well aware of, and Palm wasn't.
And after all that training, when you get depressed, have a breakdown or get really angry with someone, you have all that training and those firearms at your fingertips, to either kill yourself or someone else in an emotional blur.
Rational people don't kill themselves or others. It's when normal people become irrational, which is quite often, that these problems occur. If you don't have a very accessible, quick and easy way to kill someone at your disposal, you most likely won't. It's when you do have that power and that loss of sense, people get hurt.
I mean come on - if it only took those steps, why are people still getting angry and blowing the heads of people they know/love?
Lots of those Polish people were jewish, remember. Towards the end of the war, pretty much everyone was being used as slave labour by the Germans. It seems slave labour is a great way for a country to be productive. One has to look at the benefits the US received through slave labour to see its effectiveness.
And GW Bush thinks the world was created 4,000 years ago by a guy floating around on a cloud. Kim Jong Il is having tasty dinners every night - who's insane?
Anyway, what's to say countries other than US allies aren't allowed nuclear weapons? Smacks of double-standards, if you ask me. Fine, if it's national foreign policy, but don't get the international community involved in pissing matches.
Tony Blair was involved to try and bring Bush round, to get him to do as little damage as possible. The UK troops went in solely to try minimize the damage the US troops would be. The US has never had a good history of peacekeeping or "hearts and minds" operations. Those fears were made very evident soon into the conflict, with events like the Al-Firdaws flag-over-Saddam special that pissed off most of the world. Coupled with the reluctance of the US military to "play fair" (such as the hostage-taking by US troops, inmate torture (both war crimes, by the way), the whole Jessica Lynch episode, attack-helicopter-strafing-of-entire-towns-to-rout e-out-insurgents, and other unnecessary tactics), something had to be done after all the "shock and awe" had been enflicted.
Troll? What-the-fuck EVER. It's an incredibly important fact to remember about these weapons. I dare say some are slightly miffed that the pride and joy of US techincal ability first started out as a Nazi weapon built by jewish slave labour. I can't say I'm too surprised, though I was hoping for more.
Exactly - Britain would have tried him as the war criminal he was, not give him a huge budget to continue the work born out of terrorism. I mean come on - the guy did his best to kill people. You can bang on about how he just wanted to build rockets, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't have been accountable for his actions.
It's just another shining example of US hypocrisy. War criminals are OK, if they have something to offer. It doesn't matter what they've done in the past, apparently.
And you didn't comment about the US stealing the V2 rockets destined for Britain and Russia...
Sure, the Germans came up with lots, but it was only their V2 program that was of any interest to anyone after the war. The main Allied inventions had serious and far-reaching implications for technology after the war, and even today.
The US also took more than their allotted captured V2 rockets/scientists quota, effectively stealing them from the UK and Russia.
Funnily enough, stealing rockets from your allies, protecting nazi war criminals who later established NASA, and turning deadly weapons into space vehicles is not mentioned at the NASA museum in the US. It seems like they don't want to admit the horrible things it's done in the past. Much like most of American history, come to think of it.
Well, people on here make generalisations about linux all the time, and no-one gets pissy. "linux is ready for the desktop" or "linux runs this game fine" or whatever. It seems linux is an acceptable term when discussing something good, yet negative when discussing something bad (as in "my OS rules" and "don't say that about my distro").
Double standards? slashdot? I refuse to believe it.
The fact you need a teacher/guide means linux isn't even close to being on the desktop. Yes, there are Windows guides, but most people can get around without even looking at one. F1 is the only manual they need.
And Mrs I-Heard-About-Linux-And-Thought-I'd-Try-It knows how to do that how, exactly?
Linux isn't going to get very far onto the desktop if users have to go on courses or read books to know how to use it. It's that simple. We can all sit here stroking our egos (or whatever), secure in the knowledge we can get around a linux command-prompt. Unless we do something to make it easier for every user, old and new alike, linux is going to stay in universities, IT departments, and geeks' rooms. Saying "oh just use the help command!" is a cop-out, and only serves to hurt linux, not help it.
And that's user-friendly to non-techy people how, exactly?
We all know everything's possible in linux, it's just that not everything is user-friendly. Some things in Windows aren't user friendly, but a great deal more is, than with linux. That's an issue that needs addressing, and to me is one of the most important things stopping linux reaching the desktop.
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My point, is that the US is more than willing to take stuff for free from other nations/civilisations/cultures, but is extremely reluctant on giving it back. If it does give it back, it would have strings attached.
The altruistic America you thought you knew is long dead. Dollars are the new democracy.
Do you expect those Americans involved to walk away from Iraq with empty pockets? Of course not - they've set up the infrastructure to keep money rolling in. First it was halliburton, then it was cornering the Iraqi oil and raising oil prices be destabilising the region. Now, it's all these beurocratic creations designed to milk the already fucked population even more.
If it was for the Iraqis, why have so many of them died? Why doesn't anyone care about those guys? Exactly.
I thought he always WAS "depressed robot", and that "paranoid android" was used in the song Marvin released, after the TV series was a hit. And I'm not talking about Radiohead, but the song "Marvin" released. :)
The Clie wasn't cool - it looked silly. Sony, regarded world-wide as home of the technologically superior, using Palm OS on a PDA. It never looked cool - all the apps were kludges to be windows-compatible. The Clies were bulky and poorly designed. I'm kinda glad to see them go - I just wish Sony released a PocketPC-based PDA - that would be much better.
Anyway, there's a HUGE difference between ReactOS and Windows. ReactOS is playing catch-up. It has a tiny, tiny budget. How they can be expected to keep up with Microsoft is beyond me. If ReactOS isn't as good as Windows, people won't want it. It's that simple. And you can replace "ReactOS" with any other operating system you can think of, as most people simply don't give a damn about what's in their computer, only if they can use it to do what they want or not. And as that goes for consumers, it goes for developers, as they develop for the consumer.
They don't want a "Win32 like OS", they want Windows. They don't want to save $100 on a £300 device to have to worry about device and software compatability. Not everyone cares which operating system is in their computers, something microsoft is well aware of, and Palm wasn't.
Rational people don't kill themselves or others. It's when normal people become irrational, which is quite often, that these problems occur. If you don't have a very accessible, quick and easy way to kill someone at your disposal, you most likely won't. It's when you do have that power and that loss of sense, people get hurt.
I mean come on - if it only took those steps, why are people still getting angry and blowing the heads of people they know/love?
And you're also free to get all your savings in a big pile and torch them - doesn't mean either are good ideas.
Lots of those Polish people were jewish, remember. Towards the end of the war, pretty much everyone was being used as slave labour by the Germans. It seems slave labour is a great way for a country to be productive. One has to look at the benefits the US received through slave labour to see its effectiveness.
And nothing to defend them with...
And GW Bush thinks the world was created 4,000 years ago by a guy floating around on a cloud. Kim Jong Il is having tasty dinners every night - who's insane?
just you wait.
So America only picks on the weak people? That's what you just alluded to...
Anyway, what's to say countries other than US allies aren't allowed nuclear weapons? Smacks of double-standards, if you ask me. Fine, if it's national foreign policy, but don't get the international community involved in pissing matches.
Tony Blair was involved to try and bring Bush round, to get him to do as little damage as possible. The UK troops went in solely to try minimize the damage the US troops would be. The US has never had a good history of peacekeeping or "hearts and minds" operations. Those fears were made very evident soon into the conflict, with events like the Al-Firdaws flag-over-Saddam special that pissed off most of the world. Coupled with the reluctance of the US military to "play fair" (such as the hostage-taking by US troops, inmate torture (both war crimes, by the way), the whole Jessica Lynch episode, attack-helicopter-strafing-of-entire-towns-to-rout e-out-insurgents, and other unnecessary tactics), something had to be done after all the "shock and awe" had been enflicted.
Troll? What-the-fuck EVER. It's an incredibly important fact to remember about these weapons. I dare say some are slightly miffed that the pride and joy of US techincal ability first started out as a Nazi weapon built by jewish slave labour. I can't say I'm too surprised, though I was hoping for more.
It's just another shining example of US hypocrisy. War criminals are OK, if they have something to offer. It doesn't matter what they've done in the past, apparently.
And you didn't comment about the US stealing the V2 rockets destined for Britain and Russia...
Nuclear weapons
Computers
RADAR
Supersonic 20,000lb bombs
Jet aircraft (before the Germans)
Seemingly unbreakable encryption (even today)
Sure, the Germans came up with lots, but it was only their V2 program that was of any interest to anyone after the war. The main Allied inventions had serious and far-reaching implications for technology after the war, and even today.
Funnily enough, stealing rockets from your allies, protecting nazi war criminals who later established NASA, and turning deadly weapons into space vehicles is not mentioned at the NASA museum in the US. It seems like they don't want to admit the horrible things it's done in the past. Much like most of American history, come to think of it.
I think the fact it was travelling at 4,000mph+ might have had something to do with its silence...
Double standards? slashdot? I refuse to believe it.
The fact you need a teacher/guide means linux isn't even close to being on the desktop. Yes, there are Windows guides, but most people can get around without even looking at one. F1 is the only manual they need.
Linux isn't going to get very far onto the desktop if users have to go on courses or read books to know how to use it. It's that simple. We can all sit here stroking our egos (or whatever), secure in the knowledge we can get around a linux command-prompt. Unless we do something to make it easier for every user, old and new alike, linux is going to stay in universities, IT departments, and geeks' rooms. Saying "oh just use the help command!" is a cop-out, and only serves to hurt linux, not help it.
that's the attitude that's keeping linux firmly off the desktop.
We all know everything's possible in linux, it's just that not everything is user-friendly. Some things in Windows aren't user friendly, but a great deal more is, than with linux. That's an issue that needs addressing, and to me is one of the most important things stopping linux reaching the desktop.