The Middle East being a battleground has almost nothing to do with oil. Sure, it's a nice side-effect, but in reality, there are two main reasons why the US is involved:
Maintaining a base of operations in the Middle East is necessary to be able to exert influence over that region and neighboring lands (Europe, China, etc.). In the past, and still now, Israel is the country about which all of this pivots.
Water. Israel is running out of it. Iraq has a lot of it. Jordan is already in negotiations with the US to build a water pipeline from Iraq to Israel. See this article for more details, or Google for appropriate terms
Ladies and gentlemen, these are the beginnings of the water wars, not the ends of the oil wars.
Yes, but they are building a production line that'll be capable of millions, to be running next year.
This is just the first step -- more flexible displays, larger ones, higher resolution, then colour will all come in fairly short order now that the basic technology has got off the ground.
These are truly interesting times to be living in.
I guess dial-up users won't mind the wait then. Oh, and people without the appropriate plugins. And people that block them.
But then, I guess those people aren't *consumers* now, are they?
Bad, bad non-consumers. Why do you have to spoil it for everyone else? If you'd only sit down, shut up, and just buy some shit like you're supposed to, you'd be much happier.
Telemarketers aren't allowed to call you on your cell, right? That seems pretty universal.
So, when you get The Call, tell them that this is a cellphone, regardless of whether it's a landline or not. By all reports, they hang up quick-smart and never call back.
Easier than saying "put me on your do not call list" by 4 words, too!
Anyone remember the War on (Some) Drugs? It used to be the big, bad thing for keeping us under control.
This site is almost as funny (and bizarrely scary) as the D.A.R.E. propaganda. I wonder if the MPAA will come out with the same wacky and embarrassing bumper stickers?
"Proud Parent of an MPAA Anti-Piracy Terror Corps Kid!"
Ya know, that's what a lot of companies already do for real, secure access.
I have a Safeword token card that I have to use to access our corporate VPN, or for access to certain secure servers.
Type in a PIN, type in the challenge from the server and press 'enter' on the card, and you get a unique response that's keyed on your PIN and the card in question. No two cards will give the same response for the same challenge. Even better, without knowing the PIN, you can't determine what the response will be.
I can happily type challenge-response access codes in cleartext, knowing that it doesn't matter if anyone eavesdrops on that exchange (of course, what happens after I log in I usually want to keep secret -- huzzah for ssh!)
OT, but when the US DoJ charges with you for posession of LSD-soaked blotter paper, they include the weight of the paper in the calculation of active doses.
Since an active dose is around 100 *micro*grams, anybody who gets busted with LSD *always* gets done for major trafficking.
I remember, in 1988, when the usenet feed from the University of Sydney to UTS was still by magtape; shortly thereafter, it upgraded (!) to a 4800bps leased line link.
Lessee, the bang-path would have been something like...!uunet!munnari!ultima.cs.uts.oz!utscsd.oz.au!js bach
See, that's what's wrong with all these idiot liberals. They fail to understand that terrorists are EVIL. They don't give a damn about us understanding them. They want us dead.
You're an idiot.
Terrorism is a last-ditch attempt to gain the attention of powers that don't/can't/won't pay attention to the social effects of their policies.
It's because the US has fucked about with the economies and societies of Middle-East nations, and is continuing to do so, all to secure their supply of oil, that terrorism against the US came about.
By your logic, terrorists should be attacking the Swiss, the Norwegians, the New Zealanders, and the Mongolians, all because they're different.
You must understand: terrorism is a political tool, not a religious one. Wars are religious, and the impending one is no different.
The first one is pollution. This is very serious to us as people.
This used to be a serious problem in the past but with today's computer-controlled fuel-injection gasoline engines and modern exhaust emission controls they are VASTLY cleaner than gasoline engines of even 30 years ago!
True, indeed. However, there are vastly more of those cleaner engines on the roads. 1 x 1000 == 1000 x 1, you know.
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Wintel == windows on intel
... mactel?
So, mac on intel ==
And KDE on Linux on intel is, err, K-tel?
Bring on those cheesy 80's compilation albums!
That would be Portugal, then, and heroin would be the drug.
Heh.
:)
Slagroomspuit is a "whipped cream dispenser" to some, a "cream siphon" to others, and to yet a third group, a "bulberator".
- Maintaining a base of operations in the Middle East is necessary to be able to exert influence over that region and neighboring lands (Europe, China, etc.). In the past, and still now, Israel is the country about which all of this pivots.
- Water. Israel is running out of it. Iraq has a lot of it. Jordan is already in negotiations with the US to build a water pipeline from Iraq to Israel. See this article for more details, or Google for appropriate terms
Ladies and gentlemen, these are the beginnings of the water wars, not the ends of the oil wars.Yes, but they are building a production line that'll be capable of millions, to be running next year.
This is just the first step -- more flexible displays, larger ones, higher resolution, then colour will all come in fairly short order now that the basic technology has got off the ground.
These are truly interesting times to be living in.
I guess dial-up users won't mind the wait then. Oh, and people without the appropriate plugins. And people that block them.
But then, I guess those people aren't *consumers* now, are they?
Bad, bad non-consumers. Why do you have to spoil it for everyone else? If you'd only sit down, shut up, and just buy some shit like you're supposed to, you'd be much happier.
Telemarketers aren't allowed to call you on your cell, right? That seems pretty universal.
So, when you get The Call, tell them that this is a cellphone, regardless of whether it's a landline or not. By all reports, they hang up quick-smart and never call back.
Easier than saying "put me on your do not call list" by 4 words, too!
Or is this somehow illegal too?
- right-click on the desktop pager, choose preferences, move slider to change number of desktops, click OK
- or
- right-click on the desktop, choose "configure desktop", click on the "number of desktops" tab, move slider, click OK
Do you change all your Mozilla preferences by editing the prefs.js file as well?Wake up, people. If Microsoft (or you, or me, or the US Government, or frickin' aliens) want to track what people post on Usenet, then so what?
It's a public forum, not person to person email or a mailing list!
How else do you think Google archives it?
Anyone remember the War on (Some) Drugs? It used to be the big, bad thing for keeping us under control.
This site is almost as funny (and bizarrely scary) as the D.A.R.E. propaganda. I wonder if the MPAA will come out with the same wacky and embarrassing bumper stickers?
"Proud Parent of an MPAA Anti-Piracy Terror Corps Kid!"
Ick.
Ya know, that's what a lot of companies already do for real, secure access.
I have a Safeword token card that I have to use to access our corporate VPN, or for access to certain secure servers.
Type in a PIN, type in the challenge from the server and press 'enter' on the card, and you get a unique response that's keyed on your PIN and the card in question. No two cards will give the same response for the same challenge. Even better, without knowing the PIN, you can't determine what the response will be.
I can happily type challenge-response access codes in cleartext, knowing that it doesn't matter if anyone eavesdrops on that exchange (of course, what happens after I log in I usually want to keep secret -- huzzah for ssh!)
Dude.
Put a bolt up near the top of the door, where she can't reach it.
Seriously, there are far better solutions to your problem than tagging your daughter like the last member of an endangered species.
OT, but when the US DoJ charges with you for posession of LSD-soaked blotter paper, they include the weight of the paper in the calculation of active doses.
Since an active dose is around 100 *micro*grams, anybody who gets busted with LSD *always* gets done for major trafficking.
It's fucked, but then so is the whole game.
I remember, in 1988, when the usenet feed from the University of Sydney to UTS was still by magtape; shortly thereafter, it upgraded (!) to a 4800bps leased line link.
...!uunet!munnari!ultima.cs.uts.oz!utscsd.oz.au!js bach
Lessee, the bang-path would have been something like
How's that for a memory for useless trivia?
Terrorism is a last-ditch attempt to gain the attention of powers that don't/can't/won't pay attention to the social effects of their policies.
It's because the US has fucked about with the economies and societies of Middle-East nations, and is continuing to do so, all to secure their supply of oil, that terrorism against the US came about.
By your logic, terrorists should be attacking the Swiss, the Norwegians, the New Zealanders, and the Mongolians, all because they're different.
You must understand: terrorism is a political tool, not a religious one. Wars are religious, and the impending one is no different.
True, indeed. However, there are vastly more of those cleaner engines on the roads. 1 x 1000 == 1000 x 1, you know.
How long before shirts, jackets, etc. come with random number plates as the logo on the back?
Totally OT, but that whole "Yahoo: Internet that logs on to you!" thing is just ... weird.
Brings a whole new meaning to "port scanning".
Ick!
"piss clear".
;)
Hmm. Bet I know where you got *that* from
(from an expat in SFO)
I guess you were watching Buffy while you did it, then?
Look into cinlerra, a full-featured video editing and compositing system for Linux.
Sure! There's one here
Uh, perhaps in your alphabet it is...