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  1. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    I think the problem here is that you somehow missed the sarcasm, and may be a bit narrow on the scope of what you want to see. This happens to everyone.

  2. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    No, I am not Anti-US. I am actully very pro-America. But one thing I should point out is that I didn't resort to name calling. But I believe I did answer your question, just go back and re-read it.

  3. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    I believe that currently you can, it seems we cut spending on the collection program so a lot of Russian nukes are just sort of up for sale. Might cost you a few million though, but I understand there is no waiting period or background check.

  4. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    Ture enough. I can't picture what life there must be like. Impoverished, no jobs, no future except what happens every day happening again.

  5. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    Damn, that sounds familiar.

  6. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the entire thing just ended up right back where it started with thousands dead and tens of thousands homeless.

  7. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    The war ended in the 53 I think, might have been 54. It was fairly short. I had a quasi-family member in it. Yes, technically a state of war still exists, but we never really went to war. It was a police action by name, and really only by name. And it didn't solve anything.

  8. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    I know why we have troops in Korea, it was once explained to me in great detail. Now how do you get the idea that I think South Korea is at fault? No, I am saying that the South has all of this and North Korea wants it. Normally I would take option B, or maybe C which should be dramaticly alter the type of government and sell off all major industry to multinational corporations then retire to tropical island. But Mr. Kim Jong... is a bit of a nut job and might think option A. Take over soviergn nation thus creating a unified Korea under his rule, while at the same time depriving the West of all Samsung, irivier, hyundai, daewoo, and hynix products is a good idea. And South Vietnam may be better off these days then it was under before. But I'm not sure, Dictatoral Communism vs. Totalitarian Dictatorship. Hard call. But at least we aren't proping up either. And before you say it, I'm not saying that we are proping up South Korea, they seem to be doing just fine on their own.

  9. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 2, Informative

    Uhm, Clinton and Albright didn't hand over the computers. N.Korea got them the same way everyone else did. Find a country that wasn't sanctioned and order them throught them. Same way Haliburton did business with Iran and Iraq. For crying out loud, it gets old folks. Also, China isn't nearly broke. They have money, and their economy is doing fairly well. Sure parts of China look like a medievil wood cut, but drive through South Western PA. Right now the US is broke, 8 Trillion in debt really. Also if N.Korea does attack we are going to war, the simple reason is that the US military bases that line the DMZ have about 1 missle per square foot aimed at them. The little boys in green have a life expectancy of about ~2 min once the cards fall. The real issue isn't us Dems, you kill Americans, you burn, give me back my rifle I'm heading to the recruiter. The issue is that the US military is over extended, we have no one to send. The theory with the bases was only to provide a speed bump, slow em down enough to deploy the cat 1 units like the 10th Mountain (their NG augmenties just got back in NY), 82 Airborne (IRAQ), and a few ranger bats from GA. Once on the ground they could hold the line until the rest could be deployed. Whooops. Stop trying to blame Clinton for everything, Bush hasn't done any better, he's just made it worse.

  10. Re:Korean War ('scuse, "police action") on North Korea Admits to Having Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say this was a transgression but well, we did sort of have a police action there a few years ago, and then we built a few bases along an area called the DMZ. (Nice place for a picinic if you get a chance.) Then we put all these men who wear a lot of green on the bases and told them not to let any North Koreans cross into South Korea. If there is a war we call these men speed bumps, or non-electric-pop-up-targets (Infantry) because the North Koreans will roll over them.
    But.
    Lets remember why the root cause of any of this.
    North Korea has no food, no industry, and no money. South Korea has all of that.

    As for Human Rights violations, have you read a paper lately? By that standard we will be invading ourselves next week.

  11. Re:DNA off by one? on Asteroid Named After Douglas Adams · · Score: 1

    I attended a lecture once in room 2b

  12. Re:What else to say ? on Asteroid Named After Douglas Adams · · Score: 1

    He may have written the original script, but it was updated by someone who had never read the books, or listened to the series.
    Also no major director would touch it after they read the new script.
    I am worried.

  13. Re:250/400k for Basic homes? on A Countdown To Global Catastrophe? · · Score: 1

    You obviously do not live in the Northern Virginia/Washington, DC Metro area. Housing here starts at $300,000 and goes up. 1 bedroom apartments in neighborhoods that don't involve getting shot at start at $975 a month, and a 2 bedroom condo (see apartment) goes for $296,000 based on my mother-in-laws recent sale.

  14. Re:and now the seller on Virtual Island Sells For $26,500 · · Score: 1

    I believe he can upgrade it and build stuff on it.

  15. Re:fp on Music Downloading not Entirely to Blame · · Score: 1

    I switched to non-RIAA labels like Metropolis and ADD. A lot of good music out there and these guys need the money.

  16. Re:Agggghhhh...I know you mean.. on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    I happen to like my Hyundai

  17. Re:Quickie Slashdot Poll... on Ballmer Says iPod Users are Thieves · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here is a quick statistic. I download music, but if I like what I hear I buy the CD.
    If it where not for downloading I would not have started hearing or buying the music I now listen to.

  18. Re:linux-laptop! on HP Releases Linux-Based Notebook · · Score: 1

    Dell 5150 running SUSE 9.1 right now.