Yes, but your non-stop run-on verbiage makes one stop a bit of the way in.
'Touche!'?? WTF?
I read a lot of quality fiction, i.e. a DeLillo novel I finished just last weekend. I've read a lot of William S. Burroughs and some from the 'avant-garde.' And Gaiman's 'Sandman' graphic novel series was damn fine, I read it as the issues came out from the Comic book store, and they're now 'collectable.'
Henry James is the kind of stuff people only read because their English professor assigned it.
I look back now on the days when I solely used Linux at home. I was 'socking it to the Man' at Microsoft in my hair shirt. I remember instances where I was elated because, for instance I finally had a vector based drawing program working as well as Corel Draw 3.0 on Windows 3.1. I could even print stuff.
At some point, though, I said 'nuts to this.'
Plus decent computer hardware is cheap enough now that I have a KVM switch and can run various OSes on multiple machines. I wouldn't be without X CD Roast for burning CDs. But I use Micrografx Picture Publisher, not The Gimp, for bitmap editing of my web graphics.
Those fairly tales were gathered oral tradition, not 'written' by the Brothers Grimm. You've been letting modern 'political' literatary types color your world a bit much.
In World War II the Germans produced beautifully engineered planes. Their planes were of unsurpassed quality.
They were also far more expensive to build than the American planes, which were cheaply built with modern mass-production techniques. The German planes were much more expensive to build and maintain, and easily outnumbered.
As a further point, it's really a mistake to sit here in America and compare 'American Cars' to the small number of expensive non-mainstream German cars that happen to get imported to the US. Your sample is badly skewed. You need to include some Trabants in your sample set, for one thing.
Actually, the sentence about 'drawn to the Republican Party' has it kind of reversed.
He was driven away from the Democratic Party, and their 'Useful Idiot' denial, by his hatred, doubtless based on direct family experience, of Communism.
If you want to see fanaticism, accuse somebody of being a 'communist' at a Democratic party function.
Perhaps you can post a list of documented 'secret arrests' that you know about, that are being covered up in the mainstream media. Because there'd be all kinds of headlines if it was becoming a common practice.
Oh, it has to be arrests based in the US. Cuban cites won't surprise anybody, except, ummm, maybe you and yours.
Just get the suits to spring for a fresh new copy of Hummingbird Exceed for each desktop. Stuff a Linux box with reasonable power under somebody's desk or in the server room.
You can cope with Windows if you treat it like a big semi-dumb terminal. It's a damned powerful terminal, and pretty stable if that's all you use it for, plus whatever desktop software they shovel at you.
What about a refund on the 'mandatory' purchase of MacOS X on my G4? I prefer plain Darwin, since it's just used as a server, and Darwin I can download for free? So where's my refund on the copy of MacOS I was forced to purchase with my G4?
(is Raymond gonna appear at the demo dressed as R2D2 this time?)
In the rest of our worlds, we really don't want the state getting involved that far in an organized round-up.
I know that many 'big government' types have a fondness for a government with a long reach. The rest of us are satisfied knowing that occasionally a criminal gets shot in the forehead by somebody they didn't expect would be carrying a gun.
If you don't think there are 'bad' people, btw, GAFC.
Any bucktoothed nerd bearing a copy of 'Illuminati' is harmless. S/he has been neutralized and lives in a fantasy world. The goverment likes people like that, they're so easily managed and predictable.
Yes, the conspiracy is far deeper than you thought. Or not.
You're kidding, right? You think Bush has to suspend the elections in order to win against a 'throw-away-somebody-else's-medals-symbolically' hypocrite?
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Yes, but your non-stop run-on verbiage makes one stop a bit of the way in.
'Touche!'?? WTF?
I read a lot of quality fiction, i.e. a DeLillo novel I finished just last weekend. I've read a lot of William S. Burroughs and some from the 'avant-garde.' And Gaiman's 'Sandman' graphic novel series was damn fine, I read it as the issues came out from the Comic book store, and they're now 'collectable.'
Henry James is the kind of stuff people only read because their English professor assigned it.
And some of the more expensive European-designed cars are ugly as sin, i.e. the traditional Saab design line.
But I won't call you 'moron.'
Linux isn't just an OS. It's also a religion.
I look back now on the days when I solely used Linux at home. I was 'socking it to the Man' at Microsoft in my hair shirt. I remember instances where I was elated because, for instance I finally had a vector based drawing program working as well as Corel Draw 3.0 on Windows 3.1. I could even print stuff.
At some point, though, I said 'nuts to this.'
Plus decent computer hardware is cheap enough now that I have a KVM switch and can run various OSes on multiple machines. I wouldn't be without X CD Roast for burning CDs. But I use Micrografx Picture Publisher, not The Gimp, for bitmap editing of my web graphics.
Naw. Anybody who's been using The Gimp for long enough to be 'diehard' is a Linux/OpenSource fan, and used to ever changing GUI elements.
Those fairly tales were gathered oral tradition, not 'written' by the Brothers Grimm. You've been letting modern 'political' literatary types color your world a bit much.
So 'doing some research' means going to crank wingnut websites and reading conspiracy theory newsletters?
Or did you mean 'research' as in visitng the library?
Oh! The librarians are 'at one with The Man' too!
Oh no! You mean the system actually WORKS? You mean the unconstitutional bits are being struck down?
Pay no attention to the above. Continue to contribute frantic amounts of money to civil liberties groups. Make sure you vote for the donkeys, etc.
You think the fact that a bunch of little piggies feeding at the corporate trough represent anyone but their own greedy little power hungry selves?
And you can't or won't even consider your opponents outside of parody. Get real, brother, and try to see beyond your stereotypes.
In World War II the Germans produced beautifully engineered planes. Their planes were of unsurpassed quality.
They were also far more expensive to build than the American planes, which were cheaply built with modern mass-production techniques. The German planes were much more expensive to build and maintain, and easily outnumbered.
As a further point, it's really a mistake to sit here in America and compare 'American Cars' to the small number of expensive non-mainstream German cars that happen to get imported to the US. Your sample is badly skewed. You need to include some Trabants in your sample set, for one thing.
Ooooh, when you get mad, you forget all about using periods to end sentences.
Actually, the sentence about 'drawn to the Republican Party' has it kind of reversed.
He was driven away from the Democratic Party, and their 'Useful Idiot' denial, by his hatred, doubtless based on direct family experience, of Communism.
If you want to see fanaticism, accuse somebody of being a 'communist' at a Democratic party function.
What ever happened to:
"A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned."
or
"I in no way was involved in her becoming with child."
or
"She has syphilis? Oh no!"
Keep misapplying all those seven dollar words, dude.
Maybe read a book on what fascism is, if you get the time. It's not what a bunch of hippies used it to mean back in the 60's.
In fact, study a little political economy.
You're quoting from a fairy tale, now, you know.
A stronger case would probably be warranted to reinforce your arguement.
Perhaps you can post a list of documented 'secret arrests' that you know about, that are being covered up in the mainstream media. Because there'd be all kinds of headlines if it was becoming a common practice.
Oh, it has to be arrests based in the US. Cuban cites won't surprise anybody, except, ummm, maybe you and yours.
Just get the suits to spring for a fresh new copy of Hummingbird Exceed for each desktop. Stuff a Linux box with reasonable power under somebody's desk or in the server room.
You can cope with Windows if you treat it like a big semi-dumb terminal. It's a damned powerful terminal, and pretty stable if that's all you use it for, plus whatever desktop software they shovel at you.
What about a refund on the 'mandatory' purchase of MacOS X on my G4? I prefer plain Darwin, since it's just used as a server, and Darwin I can download for free? So where's my refund on the copy of MacOS I was forced to purchase with my G4?
(is Raymond gonna appear at the demo dressed as R2D2 this time?)
"Are you now, or have you ever been a citizen of the United States?"
Maybe in your world.
In the rest of our worlds, we really don't want the state getting involved that far in an organized round-up.
I know that many 'big government' types have a fondness for a government with a long reach. The rest of us are satisfied knowing that occasionally a criminal gets shot in the forehead by somebody they didn't expect would be carrying a gun.
If you don't think there are 'bad' people, btw, GAFC.
My apologies for potentially slowing down your spin toward a manic frenzy of paranoia.
Continue on in your fantasy world.
Tool.
They probably had several wobbly old dual PPro boxes and were running Linux.
Let's be real here. These were IRC punx, not adults.
And why were legal papers pertaining to the Rose Law Firm found months later just lying around in the First Lady's quarters?
What 'gifts'/vacations did White House officials accept from foreign agents of the People's Republic of China?
etc.
Any bucktoothed nerd bearing a copy of 'Illuminati' is harmless. S/he has been neutralized and lives in a fantasy world. The goverment likes people like that, they're so easily managed and predictable.
Yes, the conspiracy is far deeper than you thought. Or not.
You scrambled pretty fast back into your stereotypes and parodies. Maybe someday you'll have a more realistic view of how things work.
But for now, enjoy your fantasies. It's much more of an adventure.
You're kidding, right? You think Bush has to suspend the elections in order to win against a 'throw-away-somebody-else's-medals-symbolically' hypocrite?
Nope.