For a long time, it has been predicted by various studies that we would run out of IPv4 addresses around 2010, based on the comsumption rate after introduction of NAT's and the changes made by CIDR (RFC 1817).
However, a more recent study by Cisco and others argue that we might be running out of addresses as soon as 2008 if the current consumption rate holds up. And with major pushes for 3. world countries to enter into the tech sector, my guess is that it is not a totally invalid assumption. They also argue how long the reclaiming of existing class A (or/8 in CIDR notation) networks would prolong the time where the IPv4 address space is exhausted.
There are also lots of problem by using the D and E class networks for general putpose traffic, since the D class is classified as experimental and E as broadcast, and so it cannot be guaranteed that all equipment can handle these addresses or will even allow these addresses to be used, since previously it would have been a configuration mistake to use these (especially the D class) addresses...
I wonder what it would cost for the rights to use the codecs we all want to see included in all the distros out there. I wonder if it would be possible, for a distribution or a family of distributions, to create a 'Linux multimedia power pack' or something like that, and sell it for whatever amount the legalese would cost. Then the user just need to buy and install this pack, and much of the multimedia issues (DVD, MP3, etc) would be solved.
Just my 2 cents
No, vmware lets you assign a MAC address inside the range 00:50:56:XX:YY:ZZ, which is quite reasonable, since this block is assigned to VMWare, and thereby they avoid to conflict with other MAC's on the ether... They also avoid a whole host of problems with people faking mac addresses and such, so I think it's quite reasonable to have this practice...
But if you got a lot of different hardware (I'd say that this is a common in medium or large companies), it suddenly becomes much more complicated to do network installs, if the hardware support isn't good. Even with current state Linux, you do need to take different hardware into consideration and taylor your network install to it, but in my experience, fortunally, it's only neccesary with few pieces of hardware. I'd say that it would be a hell, if you have to do something special for the NIC, the soundcard, the... you name it...
Regarding thin clients: Yes, in some enviroments a thin client is a good choice, but not in other... My personal preference is a fat client, since they are relative independent of each others and generally allows for tayloring to the users need (eg. an extra DVD writer)...
No, but if you say "Oh darn, this install is hard. I need to use more time to do a Solaris install than a Linux install!" then it matters big time. If we are talking a server or four, it isn't a big deal, but if we are talking workstations (as the article hints Solaris is aiming for), then all the ekstra time suddenly adds up to a large amount. Especially as the number of workstations grow, as the install hazzle will only grow and grow with larger installations...
There is another worry about this technology: pollution. And not just pollution, but pollution with radioactive materials that spills into the nature...
Whenever radiactive batteries becomes an everyday thing, some dump or not caring persons will either find a way to break the batteries, or just dispose them in nature, like some batteries are disposed today...
Well, for many, moving out of the country is not an option... Why do you think that some Chinese tries to smuggle themselves to the US. Or people form Libya tries to sneak to Spain... Or Cubans to the US?? It certainly not because they are welcome in these countries, and they risk it big time if they try to leave their country... If caught, punishment will follow...
In some countries it's illegal to post your opinions on the ruling party (China eg), so what we consider normal and within freedom of speach, isn't there. And therefore, people who want to speak up against the regime, needs some way to do it.
Personally, I don't think that splicing the cables and do your phonecalls from there is a viable solution. First, if you engage in eg. speaking up against a regime, you wouldn't want to attract too much attention to yourself by doing further criminal acts. Second, you'll jeopardize the persons, who you "borrow" the phone lines from..
On Afganistan and warlords: Article and an overview here
On the number of casulities in Iraq: I only said some humaitarian organisations estimates this. But the real point here is, that neither of us know, because the US military refuses to keep a tally.. That alone makes me suspect, that the real number is far greater than the tally of under 20.000 (depending on source, of course). So all that is left, is guesswork, which can be more or less informed, so I'm not inclined to turn doen the 100.000 tally completely.
On the alliance with Germany: Please don't make it sound like I think all American soldiers are 'evil baby killers'. I don't. If you say that germany in the post berlin wall era hasn't been a close ally of the US, then which country has ?? It's been painfully obvious to me, as an European, that Germany and the US has had a very close bond, also after the fall of the wall. And Germany hasn't been dragged into socialism or communism, as another post claims. If the close ally bond wasn't there, then why should the US have kept it's large bases in Germany? They could have meved them to the UK if they wanted to, and the UK would probably be quite happy with the extra jobs it would generate.
On troop numbers: You are missing my point. You can never place enough troops to guarantee security, because it will require so obsenely many troops, that even the US cannot follow. And why is that? Unless you are nearly monitoring every individual, you cannot be certain that a determined individual isn't planning some sort of terror act. So the winning of the heart and minds becomes even more important, because good will and understanding in the population makes it up for loads and loads of soldiers.
On the issue on France and oil. Yes they've had a dubious connection, but please remember, that this was when Saddam was an ally to the west, and was supported by the west. If I remember correctly, Donald Rumsfeld facilitated the sale of weapons to Saddam, when he was the diplomatic relation with the middle east in the mid 80's. So France may have sold guns to Iraq, but certainly the us has done likewise.
I did not say that they shouldn't have the same freedoms. I support the removal of Saddam, but what I was observing, was that Bush haven't managed to win the peace in either Afganistan nor Iraq, but only managed to stir up quite a bit more trouble.
In the first Gulf war, the US was seen as liberators by many muslim, now they are seen and portrayed as bullys and invaders.
I thnk part of the reason is, that the US doesn't understand the importance of winning the hearts and minds of those you try to liberate/occupy. And incidents like Guantanamo and Abu Gharib doesn't make anybody trust the american GI.
If I was the leader, this would indeed concern me greatly.
I can tell you, that here in Denmark, all vote casting is done by pencil and paper. And even then, we have pretty reliable voting count around two to three hours after the voting places closes.
And I know, that we are a small country with only 5 million citizens, but I don't think the size would have any larger impact on the time it takes to count the votes, as the election constituents knows excactly how many voters is able to turn up each place, and therefore is able to scale the manpower accordingly.
However, every dane has a personal, state issued, social security number, and is required to have one by law and to inform the authorities of your current place of residence, so the government knows exactly where people live and who is able to vote. That is, voter registration is done completely automatic and when you're over 18 years old, you will automatically be mailed a paper ballot, you can use for voting, a few days before the election. On the election day, you trade in the paper ballot for the real ballot on the polling station, and cast your vote with the real ballot (also a paper ballot).
Just for the record, voter fraud is nearly non-existant here, and in the election here in february, one attempt on fraud was discovered (with one stolen paper ballot), and foiled, and it was a top story in the news.
Yes, one of the prison tasks is to prevent the felon to perpetrate in further crime, but one of the tasks is also to punish the felon in a way, ideally, that is proportionate to the crime. When the time has been served, you have made up for your crime, and thereby you have payed your debt to society.
If you are arguing, that serving prison time doesn't repay your dept to society, then there can only be two ways to punish: Either don't, or capital punisment to all that breaks the law, since they'll never be able to repay their debt and thereby remove the vengeance placed upon them (Which prison in reality is). This is of course out in the edge...
Please note, that i'm not talking about money here, I'm talking about moral debt.
1) Yes... They have an elected executive, but still the majority of the country is ruled by warlords with doubtfull loyality. I'm, however, not arguing that the taliban government was better (it certainly wasn't). By the way, I won't exactly call Israel a peacefull place. Between the Israeli and palestinian, there has existed a de facto war for the past many many years. Hopefully, it's clearing up, but i doubt it.
2) Yes, I've been watchin news lately (I'm an european), and I haven't heard anything other than the usual polite BS, that we must stand together, and all past differences is forgotten. I do not believe that the public speaches given at the conference is a valid representation of reality. You will never hear the leaders critising each others, when visiting.
What you call islamic facists, others call freedom fighters. If we go back in history, there was a bunch of rebels and traitors in the colony now knows as the United states. The point here is, that the British considered the american traitors and rebels, while the american (and french) considered them freedom fighters fighting an opressing rule. But I can not see how you can argue, that Bush has won the peace in Iraq, when theres daily bombings and killings...
3) That's exactly what's the problem with the Americans. They do not care or listen to other nations. It's fine when other countries agree, but you don't care if they don't. And this is why the US is percieved as a bully by many europeans... And to correct you, Germany has been a close ally, also after 1989, and has backed the US in most of wht the US has been doing. It's not a coincidence, that the US is having large bases in Germany, and not in France or other of the european countries..
How is it, that Bush has been right on the war on terror ??
I'll agree with you, that Bush won the war. But he has lost the peace. If you take a look at the world at present:
Afganistan: Outside Kandahar mostly ruled by loal warlords, whose loyality is really doubtfull. Law and order has not been restored in Afganistan after the fall of the Taliban rule
Iraq: Daily reports of wounded or killed American soldiers, especially since the official war ended. An undisclosed, but very high, number of civilian casualities. Some humanitarian organisations estimates this to be over 100.000 individuals.
Rest of the world: More people hates the USA than before Bush took office. In many parts of the world, the us is no longer seen as the leader of the free world or the big idol, to whom other countries can look up to. This is especially true among the closest allies of the United States, such as Germany and France. For instance, Germany has been a very close ally to the US in more than 50 years, and has followed the US through thick and thin. Now the Germans put the foot down, but the US isn't listening.
Please don't forget that the attacks on the US was motivated by hate to the US. How can one claim to create a more secure world, if one is only stirring up more and more hatred ??
And to all the military-centric folks: No, a great big military doesn't help, because you are not fighting an organized army.
So no, I'm not in the opinion, that Bush has done a very good job while in office.
Paper trails allows you to examine the votes again and again. Then it's up to one or the other authority to decide, which votes that counts and which votes that doesn't. But the key point here is, that you have the OPTION to examine an election result in detail.
Of course there is a trust problem, because you'll have to trust the counters of the votes. But you are still at liberty, with paper votes, to use two or more different, seperate teams to do the counting. And thereby you can get a greater degree of confidence, if there is reason to suspect that an election has been forged.
The key benefit with a paper trail, is that ou can verify an election process, which you cannot do with a computer based system without the paper trail.
Actually, campaign comtributions can be seen as nothing else that governemt approved bribery. That is, a large company is able to bribe a politician by donating to his campaign fund. Since campaigns require lots and lots of cash, politicians need em to get elected, and therefore they are receptive to mony offered by different interest groups, all with their own agenda.
A solution to this is not an easy one to figure out, but perhaps it would partly be a solution if the governement funded some of the expenses of each party, perhaps a fixed amount or an amount based on the number of members.
I honestly fail to see the reason, that convicted felons shouldn't be allowed to vote. If a convicted fellon has served his/her time, his debt to society has been paid, and there should be no further reason to punish him.
There is also the situation, that a person is convicted on a crime, that he doesn't think is a crime, but currently is a crime by law. Thus this convicted felon is no longer able to try to change the laws, by excercising politicl power.
So punishing a fellon even after he/she has paid his debt to society, is in my opinion immoral and revengefull, and won't allow a criminal to integrate properly into society again.
I agree... Greylisting IS extremely effective and efficient compared to conventional anti spam methods... Where I work, we have seen a dramatic drop in the spam that gets through (see http://www.daimi.au.dk/~glad/spam.html).
The greylisting was put to use in the start of Q2 2004.
But please don't use greylisting, because if enough people are using this technique, the spammers will defeat it:)
> "Any software that can index and capture data on a users PC will be subject to virus and Trojan exploits. It is just a matter of time," said an analyst
Hmmm... I thought that antivirus software is indexing and does capture data on a computer... Silly me... I now realize that antivirus software works by magic...
I don't know why, but perhaps it's because the pleasant things, like sex, is so tempting... All the way through history (as long as the church is involved) even the most holy men (and women) has been tempted, so why wouldn't a lesser educated person be tempted ??
If this is you knowledgebase about safe sex:
- Condoms give you AIDS
- Virus can go throug a condom, and give you AIDS
- If you have sex, masturbate or is unfaithfull, you will burn in hell... Unless you seek forgiveness in the church, setting up a number of candles and pray for forgiveness.
What would you consider the least harmfull ??
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Actually, one of the problems is the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is a very dominant religion in Africa, especially in the middle and the south of the continent. But many catholic priests spread the message, that using condoms can give you HIV/AIDS, and that HIV virus can penetrate through a condom, which has been proven false several times.
As many people in Africa aren't very educated and many are very religious, the priests become the most reliable source of information. That is, the church says that you can get get HIV by using condoms, therefore we will not use condoms. The catholic church also promotes monogamy and no-sex-befor-marriage, but that message seems to get lost somewhere... The church's opinion on condoms is backed all the way to the top in the Vatican, and even though their claims of virus slipping through condoms, they continue to spread that message.
In my opinion, the catholic church has a very big part in the HIV/AIDS catastrophe happening before our eyes on the African continent, and I'm actually inclined to consider everyone who spreads misleading facts about prevention as accomplicits to murder.
So when everybody talks about the lack of education on these issues, please don't forget that some africans also get educated wrongly.
Finally it has been revealed... Heres a list of the licensees of all 20 licences sold by SCO.
Microsoft Redmond Microsoft Cincinatti Microsoft Atlanta Microsoft Austin Microsoft Memphis Microsoft Phoenix Microsoft Pittsburg Microsoft UK Microsoft Australia Microsoft Latin America Microsoft Russia Microsoft Hong Kong Microsoft Latvia Microsoft Korea Microsoft China Microsoft Egypt Microsoft South Africa Microsoft Saudi Arabia Microsoft Chile Microsoft Canada
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> Na, it'll be when MS issues a critical update that accidentally switches your network stack to use IPv6 .... :-)
:)
Think Windows Vista
According to Microsoft, Vista will have IPv6 installed and enabled pr. default and will prefer IPv6 over IPv4. Link is here.
For a long time, it has been predicted by various studies that we would run out of IPv4 addresses around 2010, based on the comsumption rate after introduction of NAT's and the changes made by CIDR (RFC 1817).
/8 in CIDR notation) networks would prolong the time where the IPv4 address space is exhausted.
However, a more recent study by Cisco and others argue that we might be running out of addresses as soon as 2008 if the current consumption rate holds up. And with major pushes for 3. world countries to enter into the tech sector, my guess is that it is not a totally invalid assumption. They also argue how long the reclaiming of existing class A (or
There are also lots of problem by using the D and E class networks for general putpose traffic, since the D class is classified as experimental and E as broadcast, and so it cannot be guaranteed that all equipment can handle these addresses or will even allow these addresses to be used, since previously it would have been a configuration mistake to use these (especially the D class) addresses...
I wonder what it would cost for the rights to use the codecs we all want to see included in all the distros out there. I wonder if it would be possible, for a distribution or a family of distributions, to create a 'Linux multimedia power pack' or something like that, and sell it for whatever amount the legalese would cost. Then the user just need to buy and install this pack, and much of the multimedia issues (DVD, MP3, etc) would be solved. Just my 2 cents
No, vmware lets you assign a MAC address inside the range 00:50:56:XX:YY:ZZ, which is quite reasonable, since this block is assigned to VMWare, and thereby they avoid to conflict with other MAC's on the ether... They also avoid a whole host of problems with people faking mac addresses and such, so I think it's quite reasonable to have this practice...
But if you got a lot of different hardware (I'd say that this is a common in medium or large companies), it suddenly becomes much more complicated to do network installs, if the hardware support isn't good. Even with current state Linux, you do need to take different hardware into consideration and taylor your network install to it, but in my experience, fortunally, it's only neccesary with few pieces of hardware. I'd say that it would be a hell, if you have to do something special for the NIC, the soundcard, the ... you name it...
Regarding thin clients: Yes, in some enviroments a thin client is a good choice, but not in other... My personal preference is a fat client, since they are relative independent of each others and generally allows for tayloring to the users need (eg. an extra DVD writer)...
No, but if you say "Oh darn, this install is hard. I need to use more time to do a Solaris install than a Linux install!" then it matters big time. If we are talking a server or four, it isn't a big deal, but if we are talking workstations (as the article hints Solaris is aiming for), then all the ekstra time suddenly adds up to a large amount. Especially as the number of workstations grow, as the install hazzle will only grow and grow with larger installations...
There is another worry about this technology: pollution. And not just pollution, but pollution with radioactive materials that spills into the nature...
Whenever radiactive batteries becomes an everyday thing, some dump or not caring persons will either find a way to break the batteries, or just dispose them in nature, like some batteries are disposed today...
Well, for many, moving out of the country is not an option... Why do you think that some Chinese tries to smuggle themselves to the US. Or people form Libya tries to sneak to Spain... Or Cubans to the US?? It certainly not because they are welcome in these countries, and they risk it big time if they try to leave their country... If caught, punishment will follow...
In some countries it's illegal to post your opinions on the ruling party (China eg), so what we consider normal and within freedom of speach, isn't there. And therefore, people who want to speak up against the regime, needs some way to do it.
Personally, I don't think that splicing the cables and do your phonecalls from there is a viable solution. First, if you engage in eg. speaking up against a regime, you wouldn't want to attract too much attention to yourself by doing further criminal acts. Second, you'll jeopardize the persons, who you "borrow" the phone lines from..
Just what they needed to create the quantum computer: A mini black hole as /dev/null
On Afganistan and warlords:
Article and an overview here
On the number of casulities in Iraq: I only said some humaitarian organisations estimates this. But the real point here is, that neither of us know, because the US military refuses to keep a tally.. That alone makes me suspect, that the real number is far greater than the tally of under 20.000 (depending on source, of course). So all that is left, is guesswork, which can be more or less informed, so I'm not inclined to turn doen the 100.000 tally completely.
On the alliance with Germany: Please don't make it sound like I think all American soldiers are 'evil baby killers'. I don't. If you say that germany in the post berlin wall era hasn't been a close ally of the US, then which country has ?? It's been painfully obvious to me, as an European, that Germany and the US has had a very close bond, also after the fall of the wall. And Germany hasn't been dragged into socialism or communism, as another post claims. If the close ally bond wasn't there, then why should the US have kept it's large bases in Germany? They could have meved them to the UK if they wanted to, and the UK would probably be quite happy with the extra jobs it would generate.
On troop numbers: You are missing my point. You can never place enough troops to guarantee security, because it will require so obsenely many troops, that even the US cannot follow. And why is that? Unless you are nearly monitoring every individual, you cannot be certain that a determined individual isn't planning some sort of terror act. So the winning of the heart and minds becomes even more important, because good will and understanding in the population makes it up for loads and loads of soldiers.
On the issue on France and oil. Yes they've had a dubious connection, but please remember, that this was when Saddam was an ally to the west, and was supported by the west. If I remember correctly, Donald Rumsfeld facilitated the sale of weapons to Saddam, when he was the diplomatic relation with the middle east in the mid 80's. So France may have sold guns to Iraq, but certainly the us has done likewise.
I did not say that they shouldn't have the same freedoms. I support the removal of Saddam, but what I was observing, was that Bush haven't managed to win the peace in either Afganistan nor Iraq, but only managed to stir up quite a bit more trouble.
In the first Gulf war, the US was seen as liberators by many muslim, now they are seen and portrayed as bullys and invaders.
I thnk part of the reason is, that the US doesn't understand the importance of winning the hearts and minds of those you try to liberate/occupy.
And incidents like Guantanamo and Abu Gharib doesn't make anybody trust the american GI.
If I was the leader, this would indeed concern me greatly.
I can tell you, that here in Denmark, all vote casting is done by pencil and paper. And even then, we have pretty reliable voting count around two to three hours after the voting places closes.
And I know, that we are a small country with only 5 million citizens, but I don't think the size would have any larger impact on the time it takes to count the votes, as the election constituents knows excactly how many voters is able to turn up each place, and therefore is able to scale the manpower accordingly.
However, every dane has a personal, state issued, social security number, and is required to have one by law and to inform the authorities of your current place of residence, so the government knows exactly where people live and who is able to vote. That is, voter registration is done completely automatic and when you're over 18 years old, you will automatically be mailed a paper ballot, you can use for voting, a few days before the election.
On the election day, you trade in the paper ballot for the real ballot on the polling station, and cast your vote with the real ballot (also a paper ballot).
Just for the record, voter fraud is nearly non-existant here, and in the election here in february, one attempt on fraud was discovered (with one stolen paper ballot), and foiled, and it was a top story in the news.
Yes, one of the prison tasks is to prevent the felon to perpetrate in further crime, but one of the tasks is also to punish the felon in a way, ideally, that is proportionate to the crime. When the time has been served, you have made up for your crime, and thereby you have payed your debt to society.
If you are arguing, that serving prison time doesn't repay your dept to society, then there can only be two ways to punish: Either don't, or capital punisment to all that breaks the law, since they'll never be able to repay their debt and thereby remove the vengeance placed upon them (Which prison in reality is). This is of course out in the edge...
Please note, that i'm not talking about money here, I'm talking about moral debt.
1) Yes... They have an elected executive, but still the majority of the country is ruled by warlords with doubtfull loyality. I'm, however, not arguing that the taliban government was better (it certainly wasn't). By the way, I won't exactly call Israel a peacefull place. Between the Israeli and palestinian, there has existed a de facto war for the past many many years. Hopefully, it's clearing up, but i doubt it.
2) Yes, I've been watchin news lately (I'm an european), and I haven't heard anything other than the usual polite BS, that we must stand together, and all past differences is forgotten. I do not believe that the public speaches given at the conference is a valid representation of reality. You will never hear the leaders critising each others, when visiting.
What you call islamic facists, others call freedom fighters. If we go back in history, there was a bunch of rebels and traitors in the colony now knows as the United states. The point here is, that the British considered the american traitors and rebels, while the american (and french) considered them freedom fighters fighting an opressing rule. But I can not see how you can argue, that Bush has won the peace in Iraq, when theres daily bombings and killings...
3) That's exactly what's the problem with the Americans. They do not care or listen to other nations. It's fine when other countries agree, but you don't care if they don't. And this is why the US is percieved as a bully by many europeans... And to correct you, Germany has been a close ally, also after 1989, and has backed the US in most of wht the US has been doing. It's not a coincidence, that the US is having large bases in Germany, and not in France or other of the european countries..
I'll agree with you, that Bush won the war. But he has lost the peace. If you take a look at the world at present:
Please don't forget that the attacks on the US was motivated by hate to the US. How can one claim to create a more secure world, if one is only stirring up more and more hatred ??
And to all the military-centric folks: No, a great big military doesn't help, because you are not fighting an organized army.
So no, I'm not in the opinion, that Bush has done a very good job while in office.
Paper trails allows you to examine the votes again and again. Then it's up to one or the other authority to decide, which votes that counts and which votes that doesn't. But the key point here is, that you have the OPTION to examine an election result in detail.
Of course there is a trust problem, because you'll have to trust the counters of the votes. But you are still at liberty, with paper votes, to use two or more different, seperate teams to do the counting. And thereby you can get a greater degree of confidence, if there is reason to suspect that an election has been forged.
The key benefit with a paper trail, is that ou can verify an election process, which you cannot do with a computer based system without the paper trail.
Actually, campaign comtributions can be seen as nothing else that governemt approved bribery. That is, a large company is able to bribe a politician by donating to his campaign fund. Since campaigns require lots and lots of cash, politicians need em to get elected, and therefore they are receptive to mony offered by different interest groups, all with their own agenda.
A solution to this is not an easy one to figure out, but perhaps it would partly be a solution if the governement funded some of the expenses of each party, perhaps a fixed amount or an amount based on the number of members.
I honestly fail to see the reason, that convicted felons shouldn't be allowed to vote. If a convicted fellon has served his/her time, his debt to society has been paid, and there should be no further reason to punish him.
There is also the situation, that a person is convicted on a crime, that he doesn't think is a crime, but currently is a crime by law. Thus this convicted felon is no longer able to try to change the laws, by excercising politicl power.
So punishing a fellon even after he/she has paid his debt to society, is in my opinion immoral and revengefull, and won't allow a criminal to integrate properly into society again.
I agree... Greylisting IS extremely effective and efficient compared to conventional anti spam methods... Where I work, we have seen a dramatic drop in the spam that gets through (see http://www.daimi.au.dk/~glad/spam.html).
:)
The greylisting was put to use in the start of Q2 2004.
But please don't use greylisting, because if enough people are using this technique, the spammers will defeat it
MicroSoft + Viagra + Penis Enlargement Pills == HugeHard
:)
That doesn't sound good
> "Any software that can index and capture data on a users PC will be subject to virus and Trojan exploits. It is just a matter of time," said an analyst
/kbn
Hmmm... I thought that antivirus software is indexing and does capture data on a computer... Silly me... I now realize that antivirus software works by magic...
I don't know why, but perhaps it's because the pleasant things, like sex, is so tempting... All the way through history (as long as the church is involved) even the most holy men (and women) has been tempted, so why wouldn't a lesser educated person be tempted ?? If this is you knowledgebase about safe sex: - Condoms give you AIDS - Virus can go throug a condom, and give you AIDS - If you have sex, masturbate or is unfaithfull, you will burn in hell... Unless you seek forgiveness in the church, setting up a number of candles and pray for forgiveness. What would you consider the least harmfull ??
Actually, one of the problems is the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is a very dominant religion in Africa, especially in the middle and the south of the continent. But many catholic priests spread the message, that using condoms can give you HIV/AIDS, and that HIV virus can penetrate through a condom, which has been proven false several times.
As many people in Africa aren't very educated and many are very religious, the priests become the most reliable source of information. That is, the church says that you can get get HIV by using condoms, therefore we will not use condoms. The catholic church also promotes monogamy and no-sex-befor-marriage, but that message seems to get lost somewhere... The church's opinion on condoms is backed all the way to the top in the Vatican, and even though their claims of virus slipping through condoms, they continue to spread that message.
In my opinion, the catholic church has a very big part in the HIV/AIDS catastrophe happening before our eyes on the African continent, and I'm actually inclined to consider everyone who spreads misleading facts about prevention as accomplicits to murder.
So when everybody talks about the lack of education on these issues, please don't forget that some africans also get educated wrongly.
Just my 25c
Finally it has been revealed... Heres a list of the licensees of all 20 licences sold by SCO.
Microsoft Redmond
Microsoft Cincinatti
Microsoft Atlanta
Microsoft Austin
Microsoft Memphis
Microsoft Phoenix
Microsoft Pittsburg
Microsoft UK
Microsoft Australia
Microsoft Latin America
Microsoft Russia
Microsoft Hong Kong
Microsoft Latvia
Microsoft Korea
Microsoft China
Microsoft Egypt
Microsoft South Africa
Microsoft Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Chile
Microsoft Canada
Truly SCO has a worldwide spreading...