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2006-07-29 Thread Michael Dinowitz
The other side only wants Israel dead so it's a choice between diplomacy which gives them time to attack again (and they have and will) or mass death. The key is directing the mass death to Hizballah rather than to everyone. Bottom line is that its either Hizballah mass death or Israel's mass d

Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Who can put a price on freedom and security? Random thought: How much of your money is Iran a threat? Are you willing, today, to commit say %25 of your income to the fight? If not that, then what? More? Less? Given that, how much was Hussein worth? 50%? 75% You say you can't

RE: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Nick McClure
Well, no, the NSA stuff we know about, they want access to it all, and if they don't have direct access to it, then the company providing the service must be able to provide a record of who and when. > -Original Message- > From: Mike Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, Jul

RE: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Nick McClure
Uh, when did I say I was cool with the NSA doing it? > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:11 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: google is scary > > actually what I find a bit odd is that you don't want Google doing it, but > NSA

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Mike Tangorre
Exactly. Face it, all our information is in more places than we could ever know about... From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > actually what I find a bit odd is that you don't want Google doing it, but > NSA -- that's just fine by you... ~~

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2006-07-29 Thread Dana
actually what I find a bit odd is that you don't want Google doing it, but NSA -- that's just fine by you... Dana On 7/29/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Right cause worrying about a company that keeps track of everything > people write, and read about, and then sell ads based on

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
wow Mike, why mince words? tell us how you really feel ;) On 7/29/06, Mike Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't be such a pussy. > > > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I don't really like google. I like the search engine, but I don't like > > gmail, and I don't really trust t

RE: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Nick McClure
Right cause worrying about a company that keeps track of everything people write, and read about, and then sell ads based on that is odd. > -Original Message- > From: Mike Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:03 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: google i

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Mike Tangorre
Don't be such a pussy. From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I don't really like google. I like the search engine, but I don't like > gmail, and I don't really trust them, at all ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quart

Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Who can put a price on freedom and security? ::sigh:: Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with that. ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
hehe --- there is a google calculator answer ;) On 7/29/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just out of curiousity, I asked google "what is the answer to life the > universe and everything?" > > you'll never guess what it replied with > > > On 7/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
a towel? On 7/29/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just out of curiousity, I asked google "what is the answer to life the > universe and everything?" > > you'll never guess what it replied with > > > On 7/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mm it's a bit startling. I am l

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
what do you mean paranoia -- those people in the black helicopters sent you didn't they? On 7/29/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > google is fine. paranoia on the otherhand is a motherfucker. > > > > On 7/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mm it's a bit startling. I am looking at th

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Tony
google is fine. paranoia on the otherhand is a motherfucker. On 7/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mm it's a bit startling. I am looking at the links though and they are right > on target. Once I get used to the idea I might find this a useful feature... > it's a bit like asking the big

Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
saved in the same way andrea yates saved her children On 7/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > please define saved? > > On 7/29/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Matt. > > > > I'm still in the camp that thinks Saddam was a threat. My point was > > people are arguning 30k or

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
just out of curiousity, I asked google "what is the answer to life the universe and everything?" you'll never guess what it replied with On 7/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mm it's a bit startling. I am looking at the links though and they are right > on target. Once I get used to the

Re: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
mm it's a bit startling. I am looking at the links though and they are right on target. Once I get used to the idea I might find this a useful feature... it's a bit like asking the big computer in the sky for an answer to my research question though. On 7/29/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

RE: google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Nick McClure
I don't really like google. I like the search engine, but I don't like gmail, and I don't really trust them, at all > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: google is scary > > right after I sent this

google is scary

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
right after I sent this gmail started displaying links in my webclips that apply to my question... -- Forwarded message -- From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jul 29, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: more hardware questions To: CF-Community If anyone else feels like helping I could use so

RE: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Alan Dunn
I Agree Totally. Time will tell if it was a good move, but we saved a million Iraqis, and now we've got a military base in the middle east. Damn good move, IMO. But then again, I don't ignore that wars happen, and Islamic fundamentalists want us destroyed. Time will tell, but a major showdow

Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Sam
Who can put a price on freedom and security? When you claim we destabilized the Mid-East that implies it was stable before. Is that some sort of sick joke or did you cut history class that day? What facts are in? We're at war with terror and if we just ignore it, like you want us to, we all die or

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2006-07-29 Thread Dana
the IRA wanted justice, man. I don't excuse them, but they were justified. And wrong. Which is my point. On 7/29/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My point is nothing happened to change the hearts and minds of the > people there. The IRA, which was a small band of terrorist, wanted > good jo

more hardware questions

2006-07-29 Thread Dana
If anyone else feels like helping I could use some more ideas -- can always use ideas -- on hardware. Right now I am looking for 1) Clients - thin clients specifically not ruled out - these need to be very simple and robust, will be used by young children 2) need very high graphics capability. Am

Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Sam
My point is nothing happened to change the hearts and minds of the people there. The IRA, which was a small band of terrorist, wanted good jobs and got them. Nothing to do with the population and changed opinions except life is now safer. On 7/29/06, Dana wrote: > Perhaps no minds have changed, b

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2006-07-29 Thread Sam
Has diplomacy worked in Israel, Serbia, Rwanda or even Afghanistan? Did it work with Hitler Musilini or Hirohito? Now lets look at your crescent, aren't many Middle-East nations condemning Hezbola? Looks like people in the region are recognizing the true threat to peace and are starting to stand u

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2006-07-29 Thread Sam
On 7/29/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > The summary of your point is that you think it's possible to win an > urban "combatant" war. I don't. We'll find out who's right. Summary of my point is we have no choice but to win. > As I pointed out for Iraq - 95% of the people killing Americans are > Iraqis.

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2006-07-29 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > I'm still in the camp that thinks Saddam was a threat. The question isn't was he a threat, nor is it did we help the Iraqis. Rather it's did his level of threat justify the resources expended to get rid of him? So let's put that question on the table: Was Hussein a 1 Trillion doll

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2006-07-29 Thread Dana
please define saved? On 7/29/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Matt. > > I'm still in the camp that thinks Saddam was a threat. My point was > people are arguning 30k or 50k Iraqis died because of this war. Look > how many we've saved.

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2006-07-29 Thread Dana
Perhaps no minds have changed, but a damn sight fewer of them are dying. I actually know someonewho moved to Belfast a couple of months ago. Do you think things like that would happen if there weren't a ceasefire? Yeah people still nurse their 300 years of grievances but they aren't killing anyone

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2006-07-29 Thread Sam
Thanks Matt. I'm still in the camp that thinks Saddam was a threat. My point was people are arguning 30k or 50k Iraqis died because of this war. Look how many we've saved. On 7/28/06, Chesty Puller wrote: > Sam, you summed it up right nice. > > On one of your points, I happen to be one of those p

Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Are they sweet innocent Iraqi's or Ba'ath party loyalists? Many people > are claiming we should have left Saddam Dude, I hate have to break this to you, but the time for opinions on Iraq is over as the facts are in. The Bush justification (if you ignore the WMD lies and misdirectio

Re: 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid

2006-07-29 Thread Casey Dougall
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Re: comments?

2006-07-29 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Let's think back to WWII again and use your philosophy. > We'd be dead. > The summary of your point is that you think it's possible to win an urban "combatant" war. I don't. We'll find out who's right. As I pointed out for Iraq - 95% of the people killing Americans are Iraqis. T