There's PLENTY of poverty and hunger in the USA right now.
It's enforced by US Federal policies.
How else do you think they could entice so many to join their armed forces? It's their only hope for a better life.
We have plenty of poor and hungry here in Canada but perhaps not enough of them. Our government is trying to expand our extremely tiny armed forces but the general population has a good enough life that the armed forces is seen as a major step down.
Of course we don't have the brainwashing recruiting officers constantly invading our public schools and malls like the US does, but some would say that's a bonus.
Glad you are European? yes, i agree, after all Europe has NEVER EVER seen any kind of violation of freedom.
As a Canadian, I feel I must remind you that if it wasn't for us and the americans, you'd either be a nazi right now or a puff of smoke floating from a chimney at a death camp.
But it seems that just like in the 1930's, you'd rather just sit there being glad, watching the evil gain in power, thinking it will never touch you.
If the system really was so 'cantankerous' as to make it nealy impossible for the changes to the patriot act to happen... then the brutal, rights breaking patriot act wouldnt exist!
Whether or not the patriot act was the first law or just the most recent law to take away constitutionally gauranteed rights is irrelevant and can't be used as an excuse to allow your government to take away more of your rights. In the truly free parts of the world, laws that violate constitutions are struck down by the judges, as they should be. Why are your judges so scared to uphold your constitution?
Why are you so happy to have 3 constitutional amendmends effectively annuled by a knee-jerk power grab that Dubyafucker was able to force into law during a vulnerable moment? Your people fought a brutal war to get those rights, but you toss them away on a whim.
Can't you understand that by throwing away your rights you have truly given the terrorists victory? Haven't you heard of the thousands of rights violations perpetrated on american citizens in the name of the Patriot Act that had nothing at all to do with the war on terror? Attended a bicycle rally in new york in the last year or two?... obviously you haven't.
Shouldn't you be trying to stop terror instead of becoming a primary cause of it?
Basically right now its 1936 Germany all over again. You've put a dumbass extremist in power, he's on the rampage taking away your rights over his own lies and the fears he's put into your head, the morons and freaks have been hauled away, and you're a jew sitting there thinking they would never come after you.
You're not safe. Taking away the rights of ANY person destroys the rights of EVERY person.
And now the biggest question, why do so many of you americans need us Canadians to remind you of how you keep screwing yourselves?
Its pretty obvious that 20 years late, Apple has realized that their proprietory and unlicensed architecture has been holding them down, and has finally done something about it.
They didnt make money on their computers, but they will make loads of dough selling the OS to current PC users... huge markup on the software, and no low profit hardware.
Everyone who bought an Apple in the last 5 years was actually financing Apple's work on making their OS compatible with the 98% of computer hardware it couldnt previously run on. If the apple users don't like it, too bad, its their own fault.
But will you ever learn what the real threats to the USA are?... Or will you continue to allow your president and your media to lie to you and rule you using fear over the false threats?
Over 700 civillians died in the LAST MONTH in Iraq due to suicide bombings. I'll bet my last dollar that as bad as Hussein was, the citizens of Iraq were better off before the war then they are now.
Most of the US casualties have happened since "mission Accomplished".
Yes, we know how well Diplomacy and Isolation work. It was working perfectly well on Iraq for over 10 years. Saddam was no threat at all to the world until you fools elected Bush. Thanks to Bush, you have no right at all to claim diplomacy and isolation is the answer to anything.
Bush had only one simple intention: To destabilize world oil markets through his lies and false fears in order to increase the price of oil so he and his oil buddies could make more profit.
The results of the war:
No evidence whatsoever of any WMD's. No evidence whatsoever that any WMD's were removed from Iraq to other countries. Your preventative war was an absolute bust and a waste of lives.
Your own president has publicaly stated that there was no evidence at all that Iraq had anything to do with 911 or Al Qaeda.
But you did manage to murder hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, 1600+ US citizens so far, and make millions more around the world hate you.
The only scraps of technology found in Iraq related in any way to WMD's were the blown up remains of what the first gulf war destroyed.
Meanwhile, Bush is best friends with a proven terrorist with Billions to spend on any weapon he wants (Khadaffi), and best friends with a nuclear military dictatorship (pakistan). Woo! Khadaffi has renounced terrorism! I guess that absolves him of the responsibility for the hundreds he murdered blowing up airliners.
And lets not forget that the chemical weapons Saddam used on his own people were given to him by the USA during the Reagan administration. That's another 100,000+ deaths to blame on the USA.
The only 'preventative' war that would truly make the world a better place would be to blast every american politician to hell.
I don't blame Iran one bit for going ahead with nuclear research, its the only way to keep the USA out.
First of all, I think you have WMD's! Am I now suddenly justified to walk into your house and shred you into bloody little pieces? - why not? That's basically what Bush has done to hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians while claiming that he was 'liberating' them.
But my main point...
Unanimous?... You make it so easy for the world to stereotype american's as ignorant dumbasses.
Canada, former best friend of the USA, saw that there was no just reason to go to war, that there simply wasn't any credible evidence of any WMD's, even after US 'Intelligence' came up here and met with our leaders, showing all the 'proof'.
Canada had the guts to stand firm, even when Bush and most of the american media portrayed us as cowards.
And Canada was proven to be right.
USA 'intelligence' has since publically stated that NOT ONE SINGLE WMD HAS BEEN FOUND IN IRAQ. and that there is NO EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT WMD's WERE REMOVED TO OTHER COUNTRIES and that there is no evidence that Iraq had ANYTHING to do with 911 or Al Qaeda.
Bush didn't even have the courtesy to call Tony Blair to say that the 2000 highly trained WMD inspectors were being called off duty having found nothing. What a way to pay back blair after he stood up so strong for the unjust war.
And don't forget, it was the USA government, during the Reagan administration that GAVE Iraq the chemical weapons that Saddam used on his own people... oops, he was supposed to use them on Iran like your government wanted, cuz that would have been perfectly ethical.
You know... the weapons that were completely destroyed during the first gulf war. Remember? The war where Saddam was completely contained that had left him powerless ever since? Remember? Huh?
What a powerful president you have! able to conquer powerless contries while turning a blind eye to every real threat to security in the world.
Why can't you americans see the obvious truth! That Bush simply wanted to keep the world in fear, and slightly restrict world oil supplies by attacking Iraq so that he and all his oil buddies could get rich on the inflated oil prices.
Eliminating a supposed terrorist with WMD's was just the lie he got you to believe while he murdered thousands for his own profit.
Everyone's griping how DRM in an Intel CPU is as bad or worse than the unique ID's Intel tried to introduce into CPU's a few years back, that failed miserably with huge uproar.
Is no one aware that every PC Network card ever made, including the very card you used to view this website has its own unique MAC address?... yet the world keeps on turning somehow.
you seriously have to be kidding. linux is immune to everything! Some say even a direct nuclear blast couldnt take out a linux box, but a mere power outage killed yours?
Unfortuneately that type of logic is useless on religious people.
Take jehovah witnesses, who will happily lie down and die when a simple blood transfusion will save them.
Take the damn fools in a religious community in Ottawa, Canada who refuse to vaccinate their children against the common childhood diseases, even as they see their kids dying from them.
To them, iIt's all in god's plan, no matter how many helpless kids (or adults) die that could easily have been saved, instead they become virtual suicides.
God helps those who help themselves... unless you dare to use medical technology! then its to hell with you!
so, some admittedly non-technical user won't let his company properly update their computers.
By not updating his windows machines, its obvious that he has no trust for his own IT people, not just for MS. If he can't trust his own IT peole to perform simple updates properly, then obviously MS is not the problem here.
Do you really think it would be any different if they used OSS instead of windows?
He'd still be non-technical, and in fact would probably understand far less about the process of updating his company's computers, he'd have to re-learn how to do his own computer related tasks, and he'd have to trust his IT people even more due to his lesser understanding.
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Such a shame you are an anonymous coward, you'll never get to see how wrong you were.
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Its able to run on nearly any PC now.
There's PLENTY of poverty and hunger in the USA right now.
It's enforced by US Federal policies.
How else do you think they could entice so many to join their armed forces? It's their only hope for a better life.
We have plenty of poor and hungry here in Canada but perhaps not enough of them. Our government is trying to expand our extremely tiny armed forces but the general population has a good enough life that the armed forces is seen as a major step down.
Of course we don't have the brainwashing recruiting officers constantly invading our public schools and malls like the US does, but some would say that's a bonus.
Glad you are European? yes, i agree, after all Europe has NEVER EVER seen any kind of violation of freedom.
As a Canadian, I feel I must remind you that if it wasn't for us and the americans, you'd either be a nazi right now or a puff of smoke floating from a chimney at a death camp.
But it seems that just like in the 1930's, you'd rather just sit there being glad, watching the evil gain in power, thinking it will never touch you.
Didn't learn a thing did you?
dumbass.
... then the brutal, rights breaking patriot act wouldnt exist!
... obviously you haven't.
If the system really was so 'cantankerous' as to make it nealy impossible for the changes to the patriot act to happen
Whether or not the patriot act was the first law or just the most recent law to take away constitutionally gauranteed rights is irrelevant and can't be used as an excuse to allow your government to take away more of your rights. In the truly free parts of the world, laws that violate constitutions are struck down by the judges, as they should be. Why are your judges so scared to uphold your constitution?
Why are you so happy to have 3 constitutional amendmends effectively annuled by a knee-jerk power grab that Dubyafucker was able to force into law during a vulnerable moment? Your people fought a brutal war to get those rights, but you toss them away on a whim.
Can't you understand that by throwing away your rights you have truly given the terrorists victory? Haven't you heard of the thousands of rights violations perpetrated on american citizens in the name of the Patriot Act that had nothing at all to do with the war on terror? Attended a bicycle rally in new york in the last year or two?
Shouldn't you be trying to stop terror instead of becoming a primary cause of it?
Basically right now its 1936 Germany all over again. You've put a dumbass extremist in power, he's on the rampage taking away your rights over his own lies and the fears he's put into your head, the morons and freaks have been hauled away, and you're a jew sitting there thinking they would never come after you.
You're not safe. Taking away the rights of ANY person destroys the rights of EVERY person.
And now the biggest question, why do so many of you americans need us Canadians to remind you of how you keep screwing yourselves?
poor coward, you yell so loud, but dare not show a name.
Wait another year or two, once the OS is perfected, it will be running on ANY pc.
Its called business, its about making money, apple was just a little slow at it.
Not at all in the least.
... huge markup on the software, and no low profit hardware.
Its pretty obvious that 20 years late, Apple has realized that their proprietory and unlicensed architecture has been holding them down, and has finally done something about it.
They didnt make money on their computers, but they will make loads of dough selling the OS to current PC users
Everyone who bought an Apple in the last 5 years was actually financing Apple's work on making their OS compatible with the 98% of computer hardware it couldnt previously run on. If the apple users don't like it, too bad, its their own fault.
Just because you deserve to have it really really rubbed in ...
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http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/06
hahahahahahahaha! apple admits that x86 is the way to go.
Isn't it obvious?
There's no DRM that they haven't already announced.
No go out there and find an announcement by Intel about including DRM in their products, and your imaginary paradox will collapse.
Yes, lets make a huge deal over a tiny amount of money.
You're probably not aware of softwares like ArcGIS.
You can pay a couple thousand for the basic license, or 25grand for the full license.
same CD.
But will you ever learn what the real threats to the USA are? ... Or will you continue to allow your president and your media to lie to you and rule you using fear over the false threats?
... better go buy more duct tape!
ah Boo!
There may in fact be a small bit of hope for the USA afterall.
I hope there are millions more like you.
"the Iraq war ended halfway through 2003"
Over 700 civillians died in the LAST MONTH in Iraq due to suicide bombings. I'll bet my last dollar that as bad as Hussein was, the citizens of Iraq were better off before the war then they are now.
Most of the US casualties have happened since "mission Accomplished".
Ya sure, the war's over all right.
Yes, we know how well Diplomacy and Isolation work. It was working perfectly well on Iraq for over 10 years. Saddam was no threat at all to the world until you fools elected Bush. Thanks to Bush, you have no right at all to claim diplomacy and isolation is the answer to anything.
Bush had only one simple intention: To destabilize world oil markets through his lies and false fears in order to increase the price of oil so he and his oil buddies could make more profit.
The results of the war:
No evidence whatsoever of any WMD's. No evidence whatsoever that any WMD's were removed from Iraq to other countries. Your preventative war was an absolute bust and a waste of lives.
Your own president has publicaly stated that there was no evidence at all that Iraq had anything to do with 911 or Al Qaeda.
But you did manage to murder hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, 1600+ US citizens so far, and make millions more around the world hate you.
The only scraps of technology found in Iraq related in any way to WMD's were the blown up remains of what the first gulf war destroyed.
Meanwhile, Bush is best friends with a proven terrorist with Billions to spend on any weapon he wants (Khadaffi), and best friends with a nuclear military dictatorship (pakistan). Woo! Khadaffi has renounced terrorism! I guess that absolves him of the responsibility for the hundreds he murdered blowing up airliners.
And lets not forget that the chemical weapons Saddam used on his own people were given to him by the USA during the Reagan administration. That's another 100,000+ deaths to blame on the USA.
The only 'preventative' war that would truly make the world a better place would be to blast every american politician to hell.
I don't blame Iran one bit for going ahead with nuclear research, its the only way to keep the USA out.
Wow, you really have proven yourself to be a total dumbass.
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http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/04
Bullshit.
... Canada's ignorant, intolerant dumbass version of Bush, but thankfully not our PM.
No one but Steven Harper wanted to send troops to Iraq. Harper
First of all, I think you have WMD's! Am I now suddenly justified to walk into your house and shred you into bloody little pieces? - why not? That's basically what Bush has done to hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians while claiming that he was 'liberating' them.
...
... You make it so easy for the world to stereotype american's as ignorant dumbasses.
... oops, he was supposed to use them on Iran like your government wanted, cuz that would have been perfectly ethical.
... the weapons that were completely destroyed during the first gulf war. Remember? The war where Saddam was completely contained that had left him powerless ever since? Remember? Huh?
But my main point
Unanimous?
Canada, former best friend of the USA, saw that there was no just reason to go to war, that there simply wasn't any credible evidence of any WMD's, even after US 'Intelligence' came up here and met with our leaders, showing all the 'proof'.
Canada had the guts to stand firm, even when Bush and most of the american media portrayed us as cowards.
And Canada was proven to be right.
USA 'intelligence' has since publically stated that NOT ONE SINGLE WMD HAS BEEN FOUND IN IRAQ. and that there is NO EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT WMD's WERE REMOVED TO OTHER COUNTRIES and that there is no evidence that Iraq had ANYTHING to do with 911 or Al Qaeda.
Bush didn't even have the courtesy to call Tony Blair to say that the 2000 highly trained WMD inspectors were being called off duty having found nothing. What a way to pay back blair after he stood up so strong for the unjust war.
And don't forget, it was the USA government, during the Reagan administration that GAVE Iraq the chemical weapons that Saddam used on his own people
You know
What a powerful president you have! able to conquer powerless contries while turning a blind eye to every real threat to security in the world.
Why can't you americans see the obvious truth! That Bush simply wanted to keep the world in fear, and slightly restrict world oil supplies by attacking Iraq so that he and all his oil buddies could get rich on the inflated oil prices.
Eliminating a supposed terrorist with WMD's was just the lie he got you to believe while he murdered thousands for his own profit.
Everyone's griping how DRM in an Intel CPU is as bad or worse than the unique ID's Intel tried to introduce into CPU's a few years back, that failed miserably with huge uproar.
... yet the world keeps on turning somehow.
Is no one aware that every PC Network card ever made, including the very card you used to view this website has its own unique MAC address?
Wow!
Apple is thowing x86 in the face of all the diehard Apple fans that use x86 as a big reason why PC's are crap compared to Apples.
So far I haven't seen anyone screaming about dropping apple's forever now that they are traitors to their architecture. Why is that?
Are you Apple fans suddenly in love with x86?
Just what we needed.
... basically netscape with a new skin is reborn as Netscape 8.0!
Firefox
So now its the netscape engine in a Firefox skin, crammed back into a netscape skin.
The browser wars are dead. The competition has feasted upon itself.
whoa whoa what!
are you kidding?
Linux machines are not immune to power outages?
you seriously have to be kidding. linux is immune to everything! Some say even a direct nuclear blast couldnt take out a linux box, but a mere power outage killed yours?
The world is crumbling around us!
Ahhh yes!
The old 'kill the deer to save it from dying' arguement.
I wonder how the ecosystems of the world managed at all for so many millions of years before humans came around to 'balance' it all.
hahaha
ya, maybe typical when some linux user tries to use windows. But for the rest of us, we work away with hardly ever a problem.
Unfortuneately that type of logic is useless on religious people.
... unless you dare to use medical technology! then its to hell with you!
Take jehovah witnesses, who will happily lie down and die when a simple blood transfusion will save them.
Take the damn fools in a religious community in Ottawa, Canada who refuse to vaccinate their children against the common childhood diseases, even as they see their kids dying from them.
To them, iIt's all in god's plan, no matter how many helpless kids (or adults) die that could easily have been saved, instead they become virtual suicides.
God helps those who help themselves
Healthcare?
Come on! where do you think you live? Canada?
so, some admittedly non-technical user won't let his company properly update their computers.
By not updating his windows machines, its obvious that he has no trust for his own IT people, not just for MS. If he can't trust his own IT peole to perform simple updates properly, then obviously MS is not the problem here.
Do you really think it would be any different if they used OSS instead of windows?
He'd still be non-technical, and in fact would probably understand far less about the process of updating his company's computers, he'd have to re-learn how to do his own computer related tasks, and he'd have to trust his IT people even more due to his lesser understanding.