Assuming you mean the Geneva Conventions, are you trying to say that the US is abiding by them (a little help here: think Guantanamo)? But you expect everyone else to abide by those same conventions, right?
My guess iss Jimmy_B is basing his statement on MS's behaviour in the past, and I for one would agree with him that this most likely is just FUD conjured up to boost MS's sales figures.
I've had two of my colleagues radically change careers. One guy became a florist (one of our former NT system administrators) and another guy started painting (former project manager).
But you're comparing IIS6 to ALL versions of Apache (including 1.3.x, do you know how old that is?). This would be like comparing every version of Linux (from 0.0.1) to only Windows Vista, which isn't fair by any comparison.
Oh, and we know for a fact that nobody in the US has ever been killed by people with a political agenda. Right? RIGHT? As to surveillance, do I have to mention the NSA?
Just because other places in the world are worse than the US, does that mean that the US is not totalitarian?
Man this has tinfoil hat written all over it... Why wasn't the contractor given a government issued one?
Because the government doesn't issue tinfoil hats. The hats are supposed to shield you from the governments mind-probes (you know, the ones that they built together with the aliens).
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In other words, they believe whatever Bush tells them, even though they are super-smart
Wheee. Massive oxymoron-warning.
the current spineless Prime Minister John Howard
From what I've heard, he's busy bending over to US companies.
they all have a creepy boneheadedness when it comes to answering any question, no matter how innocuous it may be
With beliefs like that, do you blame them?
L Ron Hubbard was just a sci-fi novelist, and not a very good one at that.
Now if Iain Banks would try something like that...
which removes their protected status under the GC
Assuming you mean the Geneva Conventions, are you trying to say that the US is abiding by them (a little help here: think Guantanamo)? But you expect everyone else to abide by those same conventions, right?
My guess iss Jimmy_B is basing his statement on MS's behaviour in the past, and I for one would agree with him that this most likely is just FUD conjured up to boost MS's sales figures.
Hmmmm....
The fact of the matter is, that doesn't look like dark matter to me, more like white matter.
Oh well, it doesn't matter...
Scientology is a money-making scam, nothing more
In that case, what do you call christianity (you do know they still collect taxes, don't you).
L. Ron Hubbard was a terrible writer, and I can't imagine having to read all that crap as part of my 'religion'
Ever written a review of the bible? I think you should...
"We must respect the other fellow's religion
Why? He/she will (usually) not respect yours.
it has important, or at least sophisticated, things to say
So does the Qur'an and the Bhagavad Gita. Strange that you did not mention them...
What freedom of speech?
The future probably doesn't want photos of people drinking beer while wearing pirate hats.
Actually, they might want exactly that.
George, is that you?
tracking eye movement has to have better applications than simply refining the process of ad targeting
Not in a capitalist society.
is that there usually is not much thinking involved.
I've had two of my colleagues radically change careers.
One guy became a florist (one of our former NT system administrators) and another guy started painting (former project manager).
Perhaps most of our deadly diseases came here in the same way...
Just think about what the missionaries brought to the "savages".
Perhaps we'll discover intelligent life on earth at long last.
But you're comparing IIS6 to ALL versions of Apache (including 1.3.x, do you know how old that is?). This would be like comparing every version of Linux (from 0.0.1) to only Windows Vista, which isn't fair by any comparison.
Take your FUD somwhere else please.
Pennsylvania has a strange attitude towards alcohol.
That goes for the rest of the US, as well as quite a few other countries around the world.
No, but it sure helps a lot.
Wow.
That's the best and most insightful comment I've read yet in the birth control/morality debate.
And on slashdot no less. There's hope yet for mankind.
Oh, and we know for a fact that nobody in the US has ever been killed by people with a political agenda. Right? RIGHT?
As to surveillance, do I have to mention the NSA?
Just because other places in the world are worse than the US, does that mean that the US is not totalitarian?
Man this has tinfoil hat written all over it... Why wasn't the contractor given a government issued one?
Because the government doesn't issue tinfoil hats. The hats are supposed to shield you from the governments mind-probes (you know, the ones that they built together with the aliens).
I think this says quite a lot about americans in general, and their defense department in particular.