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  1. Re:Colonialism? on Africa - Offline And Waiting for the Web · · Score: 1

    imagine this: iran invaded USA, changed everything from the power of authority to the education system. in the case of education, while you communicate in english at home to your friends and family, you're required to learn to speak/read/write/understand the arabic language since it's the language of instruction in the classroom. they teach you math,science,etc using arabic. failure to learn arabic fast enough implies failing your SAT and not getting admission to higher institution of learning. as a result, more than 60% quit school before grade 9 and no more than 10% continue on to college/university.
    this is the situation in almost every country in africa. their colonial masters had different goals and this was imposed as stringent as possible and it continues to be the norm up to today. if you can't blame the colonialist, then who can you blame? this is people's life interrupted and you simply can't wash your hand off as if you didn't have anything to do with it. situation in iraq is playing out just about the same way it did in africa, but it seems the west didn't learn anything from history either.

  2. Re:Infrastructure? on Africa - Offline And Waiting for the Web · · Score: 1

    Africa is not a country, it's a continent. USA on the other hand is a country. it pays to see that distinction.

  3. Re:Comedy of Ubuntu errors on How One Small Business Switched to Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I had a similar issue with one of my boxes. someone suggested i use the alternate iso like this one (ubuntu-6.06.1-alternate-i386.iso) and that solved my problem. give that a shot if you're still interested.

  4. Re:I'll ask it... on RIAA Drops Suit Against Santangelo · · Score: 1

    how is the RIAA gonna prove that these kids downloaded and subsequently distributed more than 1,000 songs? if the RIAA can't provide the list of songs that they distributed, they children can simply deny any knowledge of whatever the RIAA is saying.

  5. contact us form on Best Method For Foiling Email Harvesters? · · Score: 1

    provide your own custom contact us form and have it written to some backend database.

  6. Re:Reasons for Grad School on Is Graduate School Useful in Today's World? · · Score: 1

    this is an example of inductive argument anyone?

  7. Re:Racist on Swahili Wiki-Dictionary? · · Score: 1

    In significant portions of sub-saharan africa it is hard enough to get a mosquito net, much less schools books or a computer.

    perhaps, you could start a business selling mosquito nets so no one complains about this again.

  8. Re:Allah and the dollar on Africa Enters Global Market For IT Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    wow, i didn't know ghana was islamic country. 16% of the population are muslims and a good 70% are christians. google could have told you that

  9. Re:So what? on UK High Court Rules Modchips Illegal · · Score: 1
    2. The right to arm bears against the threat of an opressive government. I don't see an armed uprising against the dept. of homeland security though, so clearly this argument is nonsense.
    just because you don't see it today doesn't mean it'll never happen. i wanna see you leave your doors open at night because you don't see anyone who may wanna bust in.
  10. Re:BSOD on Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT · · Score: 1

    consipiracy theorest: the US instructed microsoft to install a trojan so they can crash the ship at will.

  11. Re:Sure, Why Not? on Code Copying Survey for Developers · · Score: 1

    so what if you get fired by the company? can they hold you to that agreement? if so will they pay you for the 2 years that you're not allowed to work for a tech company.