Humanity, Trust, Love, and Selfishness (1397 hits)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (View user info) at 2006-08-29 11:52:47 EDT
...and ultimately, the loss of everything we hold to be dear.
This social experiment in capitalism and science is destroying us. A little learning is a dangerous thing, a lot of learning is a disasterous one. Humans are not responsible enough for knowledge. We are not altruistic enough for it.
The frog is in the water.
But no one can be certain how long he has been there...
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5725196
"...tracking systems can actually bolster kids' sense of independence..."
"Ultimately...his stepdaughter will come to appreciate what he did as a sign of how much her parents cared about keeping her safe."
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4520099
"...over time, the teens became safer drivers."
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http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm
"Dear Parent:
Our children are our Nation's most valuable asset. They represent the bright future of our country and hold our hopes for a better Nation. Our children are also the most vulnerable members of society. Protecting our children against the fear of crime and from becoming victims of crime must be a national priority.
Louis J. Freeh, Former Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation"
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"Family Keylogger - this is the best choice, if you want to know what others are doing on your own computer while you are not at home (or office). Install Family Keylogger, set options "Start in hidden mode" and "Hide in task list", so that it makes itself invisible to anyone. After you return, you can just press keystroke to unhide. Family Keylogger - You have the right to Know!"
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1307401,00.html
"The central site of intimacy is the family - as expressed in the relationship between partners, and between parents and children. Intimacy is a function of time and permanence. It rests on mutuality and unconditionality. It is rooted in trust."
"A selfish, market-driven society is eroding our very humanity"
"We live in the age of selfishness."
"...recent surveys indicating that we are less happy than we used to be suggest a profound malaise at the heart of western society and modern notions of progress."
"As women have been drawn into the labour market on the same scale as men, they are now subject to growing time-scarcity, with profound consequences for the family, and especially children."
"Parents are now spending less time with their babies and toddlers. The effects are already evident in schools."
"Our relationships may be more cosmopolitan but they are increasingly transient and ephemeral."
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/distrib/dsbb_act_kxlx.mspx?mfr=true
"The trust relationship between two domains — whether one-way or two-way, transitive or nontransitive — is stored as an interdomain trust account object in Active Directory."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
"The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in a hostage, in which the hostage exhibits loyalty to the hostage-taker, in spite of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed."
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"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."
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Submitted by homer42 (user info) at 2007-01-19 17:19:49 EST (#)
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"A little learning is a dangerous thing, a lot of learning is a disasterous one"
You need to do some learning first before you can comment intelligently on it.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2006-08-31 01:17:55 EDT (#)
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"You admit that things are getting worse and worse, and you scream about your damned moral code more and more. Our culture has never been so bad and never have more people been screaming about good ideas. Yet, you never stopped to question your code. I am the person who will."
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2006-08-31 01:09:21 EDT (#)
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Yes: capitalism is to blame... that is, the industrial revloution, electricity, democracy, the freest period in human history, and the average life-span tripiling... how terrible for human life.
I may be remembering wrong (benefit of the doubt for faith in your humanity) but I believe you actually said that the scientific method is bad.
Fuck altruism. It is much more efficient for us to have a fundamental concern with ourselves first before we can help anyone else.
Hatred of ourselves, harbored by individuals such as you is going to end the west.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 22:52:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 21:18:43 (#)
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regardless of his political leanings and how you feel about them, he is actually involved in the process. which is the ONLY IMPORTANT THING.
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Yes, and so am I. Since when is intensive debate not part of the process?
Even if I was shouldering a rifle aimed between the vice president's eyes right now, I'd STILL be part of the process.
It's not as important how much you do as WHO you do it for and for what reason. Jay here doesn't know the first fucking thing what damage the democratic party has brought upon this country in its time...just like you have no idea how much damage the republican party has done.
You're both indoctrinated fools as far as I'm concerned. You so-called 'experts' are part of the problem.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 21:18:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 11:01:23 (#)
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Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:29:54 (#)
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You wanna start this argument again, brad?
A fucking parrot can "raise awareness".
DOING soemthing is more than just "hey look at what I found on the web and wrote about for 15 minutes."
If you want to compare again, I'd be glad to. We had primaries this month, and we were busy as fuck.
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Congratulations, you're fueling the democratic party of crooks. What do you want a fucking medal?
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regardless of his political leanings and how you feel about them, he is actually involved in the process. which is the ONLY IMPORTANT THING.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:22:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:13:55 (#)
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But the BBC is on NPR late at night giving the news and they certainly have a liberal bias as well. It really pisses me off that they get on some nutty environmentalist groups or "scientific" experts (that are actually have big-time agendas) to talk about some issue. They rarely put on one person with an opposing view and when they do they usually get some moderate person actually reporting what is going on and then you have some highly opinionated dickhead ranting afterwards. It is crazy, and I'm wondering how many people buy into this shit... I'm guessing a hell of a lot more than people who buy into right wing religious channel bullshit. I only listen to hear what people have to say but damn does my bullshit dectector go wacko.
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FAIR (national media watchdog) did a study in 1993 (old, I know) that monitored every guest and source on NPR and concluded that they actually had a right-wing bias, not the liberal one that most people assumed. Don't know if they've done a similar one since.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-30 13:10:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:59:58 (#)
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:13:55 (#)
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ETS always provides links to places that have a strong agenda/bias.
I wonder if you can even sense bias in any media anymore, ETS.
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You think I can't see media bias? That's just fucking insulting. What the hell is it I post about half the fucking time? I know what bias is and I relate it to my own internal bias which I see as the truth.
So, to answer you, yes I fucking know what bias is and I know how to formulate a viewpoint that takes this into account.
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So, when you post BLATANTLY obvious biased articles, you're doing it just to fuck with us?
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-30 13:07:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:43:15 (#)
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I think the United States and Britain have had under that table agreements since the formation of this nation and certainly since WWI to eventually pool resources and power to rule the planet.
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so what?
Really, I sincerely hope that is the case, but so what? There is nothing wrong with that.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-08-30 12:02:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:43:15 (#)
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I think the United States and Britain have had under that table agreements since the formation of this nation and certainly since WWI to eventually pool resources and power to rule the planet.
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In short it is evil. It is satan...the devil...beelzebub...the son of belial...the prince of darkness...legion... He/it lives in us all.
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 11:04:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rockdocc (user info) at 2006-08-30 03:05:35 (#)
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In short it is evil. It is satan...the devil...beelzebub...the son of belial...the prince of darkness...legion... He/it lives in us all.
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ETS, (I still don't use your name, I don't know you well enough to, yet) I agreed with everything you said until you gave us this little gem right here. Now, are you saying this literally, or as a figurative notion, a way to describe the evil in mankind?
That's my only question.
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View it however you want to. It doesn't change the fact that it's there. There is a dark side to who we are, and whether you personify that with a notion of 'devil' or not is entirely up to you. Neither can ever be proven or disproven, thus, both are just as valid.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 11:01:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:29:54 (#)
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You wanna start this argument again, brad?
A fucking parrot can "raise awareness".
DOING soemthing is more than just "hey look at what I found on the web and wrote about for 15 minutes."
If you want to compare again, I'd be glad to. We had primaries this month, and we were busy as fuck.
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Congratulations, you're fueling the democratic party of crooks. What do you want a fucking medal?
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:59:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:13:55 (#)
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ETS always provides links to places that have a strong agenda/bias.
I wonder if you can even sense bias in any media anymore, ETS.
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You think I can't see media bias? That's just fucking insulting. What the hell is it I post about half the fucking time? I know what bias is and I relate it to my own internal bias which I see as the truth.
Everybody has bias, but we're talking about National Public Radio. I am well aware of the dynamics of NPR's bias. I choose to listen to it because its bias is easier to filter than, say, Fox News's. I listen to NPR to get my facts only, NOT my opinions. I don't listen to anyone for my opinions. That said, Alex Jones is one of the the only people whose opinions gel with mine enough to listen to him.
I agree with him on the globalist conspiracy, the federal reserve, 9/11, etc.
Even that being said, there are some things he says that just make me CRINGE in disagreement, for instance, he is one of these people who thinks that global warming is a vast left-wing conspiracy. I don't. I think there are left-wingers with alternate agendas that tout global warming as a rallying cry, but global warming itself is supported by too much science to refute with a simple attack on a few of its messengers. It's far more complicated than that.
So, to answer you, yes I fucking know what bias is and I know how to formulate a viewpoint that takes this into account. Fuck you for insinuating otherwise.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:45:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:34:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:24:31 (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 03:03:04 (#)
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if youre so fucking concerned, then DO SOMETHING.
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I am doing something. Raising awareness.
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You *need* to be raising out of your chair and going somewhere OTHER than online to disperse your propaganda.
Hairbrained internet junkie conspiracy theorists are a dime a fucking dozen. And you're a cookie cutter example of such.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:29:54 EDT (#)
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You wanna start this argument again, brad?
A fucking parrot can "raise awareness".
DOING soemthing is more than just "hey look at what I found on the web and wrote about for 15 minutes."
If you want to compare again, I'd be glad to. We had primaries this month, and we were busy as fuck.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:24:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 03:03:04 (#)
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if youre so fucking concerned, then DO SOMETHING.
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I am doing something. Raising awareness.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-30 10:13:55 EDT (#)
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ETS always provides links to places that have a strong agenda/bias. There are right wing groups that are terribly bias on many subjects and they are no better than others. I'd say the people ETS winds up listening to could be refered to as alarmists who generally overblow issues and make constant doomsday scenarios which never happen.
Conspiracy theorists wind up being legitimate news sources, groups that despise certain issues such as oil wind up becoming reputable sources, etc.
I wonder if you can even sense bias in any media anymore, ETS.
I listen to NPR AND that oddly ridiculous show "Talk of the Nation" (Right wing christian crap mostly). NPR is OBVIOUS not as biased as the religious radio station is ...which constantly blurts out scripture to back up certain issues... no facts, just scripture. I know you at least wouldn't fall into that trap and it is quite scary that a lot of people do.
But the BBC is on NPR late at night giving the news and they certainly have a liberal bias as well. It really pisses me off that they get on some nutty environmentalist groups or "scientific" experts (that are actually have big-time agendas) to talk about some issue. They rarely put on one person with an opposing view and when they do they usually get some moderate person actually reporting what is going on and then you have some highly opinionated dickhead ranting afterwards. It is crazy, and I'm wondering how many people buy into this shit... I'm guessing a hell of a lot more than people who buy into right wing religious channel bullshit. I only listen to hear what people have to say but damn does my bullshit dectector go wacko.
I hope one day you find real sources of information only and start dropping the Alex Jones links along with any links to organizations or people who have a strong opinion and are only backing up their beliefs with the facts that fit that belief and ignore all the others.... Progressive liberal types love that, conservatives ...particularly the religious ones... do the same damn thing.
I'm wondering if there is a place that simply reports the news without bias. It is a god damn joke that if you google news search Bill O'reilly, you come up with a lame liberal-based website that only is designed to give the liberals spoon fed hatred on everything the man says...so fucking biased that it is about 100X worse than Bill O'Reilly himself (Bill O'Reilly makes good points on some issues and this website always ignores most of this stuff.) It is just pure hate... and it is on a NEWS link? Fuckin' ridiculous. And mediamatters is shit. I hope you don't take shit off of there, man. Drudge Report? Real news stories that show off democrats/liberals in a bad light...biased in showing what news they want to show, but real stories nonetheless...Huffington Post? Hot air mostly and links to OPED's of nutty liberals.
There are certainly conservative-slanted news websites as well, and as soon as you see them you have to read the story knowing that...and find the bias if there is any. Sometimes there is, sometimes there isn't.
I hope you are still developing those skills, ETS. It will set you free.
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:41:23 (#)
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The United Nations is the final step. The United Nations "peacekeepers" that will be welcomed into war-torn countries to help keep the peace and occupy as long as necessary. Conquering through false mediation. Moving us toward a centralized, one-world government where decisions made by people such as those in the Bilderbergers will be ever easier to carry out over what used to be boundaries...what used to be sovereign borders... Free trade for all. Enslavement through indoctrination into a consumerist lifestyle. A soulless, pseudo-slavery and pseudo-freedom.
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This would make sense if the UN worked. It doesn't. When have they turned a war torn country into a consumerist souless country?
By the way a consumerist lifestyle is good. You would be hard pressed to find a time or place in history where you could possess as many freedoms opportunities as you do now.
The books you read.
The websites you find your conspiracies on.
The music you listen to.
The way you communicate with your woman.
The reasonable price to visit her.
You benefit from and use all those things and countless more, are you a slave? Are you souless? I think you are pushing mid-thirties and realizing you haven't accomplished much in life so you are championing this fight against the man to make you feel important.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-08-30 06:14:32 EDT (#)
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Seriously though I just want the powers that be to preserve the status quo.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-08-30 06:09:53 EDT (#)
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Anarchy would be wicked, I could murder my neighbours and go on a raping spree
Submitted by rockdocc (user info) at 2006-08-30 03:05:35 EDT (#)
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In short it is evil. It is satan...the devil...beelzebub...the son of belial...the prince of darkness...legion... He/it lives in us all.
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ETS, (I still don't use your name, I don't know you well enough to, yet) I agreed with everything you said until you gave us this little gem right here. Now, are you saying this literally, or as a figurative notion, a way to describe the evil in mankind?
That's my only question.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 03:03:04 EDT (#)
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see its self-contradicting statements like 'you dont HAVE to see it' is what im talking about.
what happened to "I was leaving it to the reader to draw his/her own conclusions without too much of my input."?
again, i sa the whole conspiracy theory thing is irrelevant. most who take issue with you, take issue with the fact that you carry on like youre some kind of unheeded messiah. you wanna know why most people couldnt give a fuck if the us and britain and whoever the fuck else is creating a one world government etc etc etc?
they cant do anything about it, and to be honest, putting food on the table is a much more important concern than vast clandestine conspiracies. if youre so fucking concerned, then DO SOMETHING.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:43:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:20:30 (#)
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and yorue relating the loss of these institutions to the growth and artificial independence upon technology. even to someone as apparently cynical as i, this is drawing a long bow. if you did not see the words of orwell having a heavy relation to what youre saying, you wouldnt have put them in. im not saying 1984 is not relevant, i said thats its too simplistic to use as your device.
everything is not that bad. maybe some shit is gonna happen to the states, but theyll manage, and be pulled back into line with everyone else. no-one can say what will happen, all we can do is either hold on as best we can, or do somethign about it. the bottom line is, life will go on. with or without you or i.
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Think what you want, man.
I think you're fooling yourself so you don't HAVE to see it.
Because, as I well know, seeing it SUCKS.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:41:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:32:28 (#)
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Where to find such a huge amount of capital is largely a moot point because, even with massive improvements in extraction technology, the oil sands in Canada are projected to only produce a paltry 2.2 million barrels per day by 2015. This doesn't even account for any unexpected production decreases or cost overruns, both of which have been endemic to many of the oil sands projects. """
ah now I know this is wrong.
Also their energy quotient is incorrect too. They quote that you get 1:30 for conventional oil and 1:1.5 for Oil Sands that is wrong.
1:30 hasn't been achieved since the early 70's with the sweet light crude of Saudi it is more like 1:15 and Oil Sands technology has moved on such that you can get 1:7.
Where 1=Energy Invested and 7= Energy recovered.
I actually KNOW that.
I am working on projects at the moment for ONE operator (I am in Alberta) that exceed 5m bpd.
(I'm reading this http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ by the way)
But a lot of what else they have to say rings true and is interesting.
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You wanna know my general theory on what's going on here, J?
I think the United States and Britain have had under that table agreements since the formation of this nation and certainly since WWI to eventually pool resources and power to rule the planet. The evidence for this is too vast to cite it all, but a good start is "The Pilgrims" secret society, the favorable treaties and convenient wars, that have broken up empires like the Ottoman Empire and given large tracts of land to the British and Americans. The strategic locations of American and British bases around the globe and their proximity to oil interests, be it pipelines, shipping yards, oil fields, etc. And the big one...the smoking gun...is the fact that the United States Federal Reserve is mainly owned by the Bank of England and people with names like Rothschild.
If you look at the earth as a, to quote Zbigniew Brzezinski, a "Grand Chessboard", you'll see first of all that in order to win the 'game' - the be the proverbial 'last man standing' - you will have to first realize, as David Rockefeller has, that knowledge is not power. Money is not power. But the combination of money and knowledge is power.
Also, in order to win this game you have to know who the major players are and you have to see how the smaller ones can be played to achieve a desired end. You have to have intimate knowledge of the innate tendencies of man so as to control large populations. You have to know precisely how much you can take from people before they will bite back, and how you can push that boundary.
Besides all this, you cannot help but notice that the engines of the 20th and 21st centuries which drive the modern economy run on fossil fuels. To control these resources is to control humanity, to write history as one sees fit.
The United States has oil reserves in Alaska and under the Rocky mountains that far exceed what are stated, yet we are killing for what's left in a violent region...why? So in the end, we'll be the only ones with any left. What kind of edge you think that would give us?
The bottom line is there is no such thing as 'freedom' the way we were raised to believe it exists. There is no democracy or even republic left on the face of the planet. At this point, it's ALL controlled by a few people who have you killed far before you ever came close to challenging the status quo. Think Bobby and John Kennedy. Think Malcolm X. Think John Lennon. Think Martin Luther King.
The United Nations is the final step. The United Nations "peacekeepers" that will be welcomed into war-torn countries to help keep the peace and occupy as long as necessary. Conquering through false mediation. Moving us toward a centralized, one-world government where decisions made by people such as those in the Bilderbergers will be ever easier to carry out over what used to be boundaries...what used to be sovereign borders... Free trade for all. Enslavement through indoctrination into a consumerist lifestyle. A soulless, pseudo-slavery and pseudo-freedom.
If something a inconsequential as UberMadness has what could be contrued as management, what kind of foolishness would lead one to believe there is no management for the planet as a whole in this day and age? They cause populations to swell and dwindle at will. They give us AIDS and bird flu. They are probably responsible for the contrails in the sky that do not disappear as they once did. They have the power to manipulate the very weather patterns of our earth.
This desire for control is as old as time. One need only look at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to to see where this desire will eventually lead. For it is not a desire based on wisdom and benevolence, it is one based on selfishness and greed, lust and lechery.
In short it is evil. It is satan...the devil...beelzebub...the son of belial...the prince of darkness...legion... He/it lives in us all.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:30:09 EDT (#)
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You people really enjoy these endless arguments with ETS don't you? I try to read some of them, get bored, and quit... Almost every time.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:20:30 EDT (#)
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and yorue relating the loss of these institutions to the growth and artificial independence upon technology. even to someone as apparently cynical as i, this is drawing a long bow. if you did not see the words of orwell having a heavy relation to what youre saying, you wouldnt have put them in. im not saying 1984 is not relevant, i said thats its too simplistic to use as your device.
everything is not that bad. maybe some shit is gonna happen to the states, but theyll manage, and be pulled back into line with everyone else. no-one can say what will happen, all we can do is either hold on as best we can, or do somethign about it. the bottom line is, life will go on. with or without you or i.
i drag you down because you build yourself up too much. i have said this before - most people dont really disagree with much of what you say (or either dont really care either way), its just they way you put yourself up as this lone voice of reason, futilely warning us cattle of the inevitable truth. basically, i feel you should put up or shut up. you talk a great game, but youre still warming the bench.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 02:01:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:31:50 (#)
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youre not fulfilling any objective, ets. unless of course doing nothing is your objective, then mission accomplished. you say im an empty cynic, but yours is the greater crime out of the two of us. you feel everything is shit and that there should be change, yet you do nothing, and actthat telling a cop to fuck off is a decisive act.
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Why are you so hell bent on tearing me down?
You think I don't know I'm shit? You think I don't look at myself every fucking day and hate what I've become? Why the fuck do you think I write this shit, for my health? Because I probably get less sleep at night than anyone on this website.
You don't need to tell me I'm shit. I already know this.
And no, your little existential bullshit philosophy does not save you from being guilty. Nor does your nihilism. Nor does your epicurianism or your hedonism or your agnosticism or your atheism. None of that absolves you, because you KNOW what's true inside whether you try to fool yourself about it or not, you know it. So, no, you are no better than me.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:56:05 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:59:26 (#)
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your argument is about the growing intrusiveness and government control of technology and its applications, starting with the malleable minds of the young. youre suggesting that soon we will have telescreens in our every room, watching our every word, deed and thought.
its just a story, brad. its not really real.
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That's not what I'm saying at all.
If you'd given the first sentence half the importance of the last, you'd know that.
This post was about the lamenting of the loss of the sacred institutions of love, morality, family, and last of all sanity.
Fear is and has always been the well-spring from which all the evil of the world has poured. This is nothing new. But now, there are people in this world who have wealth and power which has never before been seen in the history of mankind. They have the ability to enslave entire populations with a few microchips and wipe out the wealth of nations with the stroke of a pen.
To think that this is not so and stubbornly believe that mankind is really better off now than at the turn of the last century is a symptom of how far our blindness has progressed. We can't even see our own death's design being formulated right before us.
It's plain as day to me. I just wish it were so to more people. And I wish that everyone who saw it could see the solution and follow the path toward it. This isn't just about the 'big brother technology'. This is about all of the things I post in tandem. All of these things are part of the larger picture. They are like pieces of a puzzle that, if put together properly, will for a picture of truth. In these 'pieces', you keep seeing the same names and the same themes popping up over and over. You keep seeing the same blatant lies modified slightly to cover up different crimes.
Believe it or not, I think different ideas are necessary for a well-rounded and productive culture, but I can't just ignore all the writing on the wall out of fear that I will be rejected and perceived as a crazy man.
I wish we coudl have a conversation in person about all this stuff, then you could then see my demeanor is not disturbed, but deeply concerned and, yea, pretty outraged.
Above all, I feel guilty. I feel guilty and sick at heart because I know I play a role in it too, even if it's just to turn on a lightbulb or breathe the polluted air.
We can't keep going on pretending nothing is happening when it's all around us all the time now. If a man cannot feel that viscerally and instinctively, I'm really not sure I can even call him a man.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:32:28 EDT (#)
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Where to find such a huge amount of capital is largely a moot point because, even with massive improvements in extraction technology, the oil sands in Canada are projected to only produce a paltry 2.2 million barrels per day by 2015. This doesn't even account for any unexpected production decreases or cost overruns, both of which have been endemic to many of the oil sands projects. """
ah now I know this is wrong.
Also their energy quotient is incorrect too. They quote that you get 1:30 for conventional oil and 1:1.5 for Oil Sands that is wrong.
1:30 hasn't been achieved since the early 70's with the sweet light crude of Saudi it is more like 1:15 and Oil Sands technology has moved on such that you can get 1:7.
Where 1=Energy Invested and 7= Energy recovered.
I actually KNOW that.
I am working on projects at the moment for ONE operator (I am in Alberta) that exceed 5m bpd.
(I'm reading this http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ by the way)
But a lot of what else they have to say rings true and is interesting.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:31:50 EDT (#)
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youre not fulfilling any objective, ets. unless of course doing nothing is your objective, then mission accomplished. you say im an empty cynic, but yours is the greater crime out of the two of us. you feel everything is shit and that there should be change, yet you do nothing, and actthat telling a cop to fuck off is a decisive act.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:31:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:03:18 (#)
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13851.htm
scary
i think i want to be paid in good old fashioned pounds again.
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Yea, Katherine's keeping her English bank account open and all our savings are going there. If you really want to make a fortune, put your money in Euros or Yuan, or just couch it in actual gold bars and wait for the war with Iran.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:26:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:40:28 (#)
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that's a stupid comment brad.
if you aren't trying to influence people or change their minds then what's the point of your articles?
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Because I'm fulfilling my conscientious objective. I don't expect the world to change or even individuals to change because of lil ol' me, but I am nonetheless compelled not to keep my mouth shut.
Do I want things to be different? More than anything.
Do I think they will change before it's too late? Let's jsut say I don't have much faith in my fellow man right now.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:21:30 EDT (#)
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going back to even 0ctober last year - if I sent $5000 dollars home I would get over 200GBP more than I do now.
The canadian dollar is almost equal to the USD.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:16:03 EDT (#)
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yup.
the thing is i am interested in this stuff and I have quite a large amount of knowledge about it (i work for the largest operator in the world E***nM***l) and I share many of the concerns that ETS has i just hope he can tone it down a little and discuss more.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:07:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:03:18 (#)
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13851.htm
scary
i think i want to be paid in good old fashioned pounds again.
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i think thats what that article quotes cheney as saying.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:03:18 EDT (#)
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13851.htm
scary
i think i want to be paid in good old fashioned pounds again.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 01:01:22 EDT (#)
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though, i will grant that this is much more interesting than your usual boring, droning, repetitive bullshit.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:59:26 EDT (#)
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your argument is about the growing intrusiveness and government control of technology and its applications, starting with the malleable minds of the young. youre suggesting that soon we will have telescreens in our every room, watching our every word, deed and thought.
its just a story, brad. its not really real.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:40:28 EDT (#)
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that's a stupid comment brad.
if you aren't trying to influence people or change their minds then what's the point of your articles?
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:37:55 EDT (#)
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The end quote was an afterthought. You indicated you thought it was the 'basis' for my 'argument', when the fact is I wasn't making much of an argument. I was arranging news stories in such a way as to suggest an argument, but I was leaving it to the reader to draw his/her own conclusions without too much of my input.
Look, I don't really care what conclusion you draw from this or how far apart you think the parallels might be between today's political climate and that of 1984. I'm really not interested in your analysis, but feel free to express it for anyone else you think will listen.
I've say what I want to say and if some agree, fine.
Submitted by awj002 (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:28:36 EDT (#)
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genius as hell , man. maybe the best thing i've ever read on uber
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-30 00:02:07 EDT (#)
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ok, ill bite.
you leave it as the last line of your post. to put it at either the very beginning, or the very end, places a particular emphasis upon the quote, and accordingly, how the reader should wiew your words.
youre either full of shit with your reply and trying to sound profound, or dont know how to construct your argument.
im leaning towards both.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 22:47:10 EDT (#)
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Be careful who you believe.
http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2005/10/05/main/recruiting/
"Reuters, AP, and the Guardian all published stories on recruiting shortfalls this year. All lauded the army for meeting its goals since June, with no mention of the reductions..."We have met the active Army's monthly recruiting goals since June, and we expect to meet it for September, which sends us into fiscal year 2006 on a winning streak," Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty said.
In recent months, the Army lowered the monthly recruiting goal from 8,050 to 6,700, and then again- to 5,650. It increased the maximum enlistment age from thirty-four to thirty-nine, the maximum age for officer candidate school from twenty-nine to forty-two, and college funds per soldier by $20,000. In addition, the Army added recruiters and bought advertisements appealing to young Americans' sense of patriotism."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/7483114/the_briefing/
"In June, Gen. Richard Myers boasted that Army recruiters had reached "100 percent" of their enlistment goal for the month. But the general failed to mention that the June target of 5,650 recruits was 1,050 lower than the goal for May -- which had already been cut by 1,350 to "adjust for market conditions.""
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1582328,00.html?gusrc=rss
"The biggest slump in recruiting figures for a quarter of a century has thrown the US army's plans for expansion into doubt, it was claimed today.
The US army is expected to have enlisted 73,000 personnel in the 12 months to the end of September [2005], well short of its 80,000 target. Although the figures have yet to be confirmed officially, the expected 7,000 shortfall would be the largest - in absolute number as well as in percentage terms - since 1979, according to army records."
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/21/1423215&mode=thread&tid=25
"Army to Begin Recruiting High School Dropouts
In military news - the Army has opened up a new pool of potential military recruits: high school drop-outs. Under a plan announced Tuesday, the Army can begin enlisting recruits without a high school diploma if they agree to take the GED test. The military is offering to pay for the recruits to attend a GED test preparation class and to cover the cost of taking the GED exam. This policy change comes as the Army, National Guard and Army Reserve are all on pace to fall short of its annual recruiting goals."
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/01/1430222&mode=thread&tid=25
"Senators Blame News Media For Recruiting Woes
A group of Senate Republicans has begun blaming the news media for the military's recruiting problems. Senator James Inhofe said families are discouraging young men and women from enlisting "because of all the negative media that's out there." Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas added, "With the deluge of negative news that we get daily, it's just amazing to me that anybody would want to sign up." The Army is fourteen percent short of its annual target of new recruits. It missed its monthly goals in February, March, April and May. The Army reached its goal for June but that was only because the goal was lower than any other of the year."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/national/30recruit.html?ex=1277784000&en=221bb7504e208fd0&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2005/20050406_508.html
http://www.usmedicine.com/article.cfm?articleID=1315&issueID=88
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aaUtpzV0_MQE&refer=us
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/washington/07recruit.html?ex=1309924800&en=18e0e7dce2b8c8d3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rs
http://festersplace.blogspot.com/2005/04/april-recruiting-shortfalls.html
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 22:32:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-29 20:13:21 (#)
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using orwell as a basis for an argument about how fucked everythign is getting is too simplified.
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To think that's what I was doing is too simplified.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-08-29 22:05:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-08-29 21:26:07 (#)
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I thought you quit Uber two months ago, ya goddamn parasite?
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Such is Uber, as is the World.
JayPeg, why do you constantly and consistently -2 ETS, even when he is correct? To do so is more than dishonest, it is stupid. Sorry dude, just my opinion. . .
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-08-29 21:26:07 EDT (#)
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I thought you quit Uber two months ago, ya goddamn parasite?
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-08-29 21:09:41 EDT (#)
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What the fuck?
Seriously, I have NO idea how you make the links here, or even sometimes, what the links ARE.
You go from knowing what your child is doing to keep them safe to MIcrosoft security protocols...
Excuse me?
Come again?
Shit, I wish my parents gave enough of a shit to keep track of me when I was a teenager.
Maybe then I would have gotten the shit kicked out of me once or twice and I would have stayed in school...
Submitted by ArcEld (user info) at 2006-08-29 21:04:53 EDT (#)
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Who gives a shit?
Submitted by dr_weazel (user info) at 2006-08-29 20:59:52 EDT (#)
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What the fuck was this crap?
Thanks for explaining Domain Relationships to me, fuckwad, it's only, like, what I do for a job, cuntbiscuit.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-08-29 20:13:21 EDT (#)
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while there are certainly parallels between 1984 and the reality of today (orwells vision of pop music, for example), i think its a bit melodramatic to draw too much of a parallel. we dont HAVE to use any technology, we do becuse we are addicted, and we think we need it.you can quite easily live and be successful without the usual trappings of modern man: pda, beepers, even the mobile phone.
using orwell as a basis for an argument about how fucked everythign is getting is too simplified.
Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-29 19:05:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 18:56:21 (#)
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Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-29 18:41:47 (#)
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Just so everyone knows, as of right now ETS's reviews on this post total 28% of all reviews.
I even considered my own review here in the tally.
ETS, sir you are damned into yourself. You post/camp/rinse and repeat. Shit gets old.
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And yet people still get pissed off when I don't respond to them.
STFU, noob.
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Heh. Now we're at 29%. Why not shoot for 50, dickhead?
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 18:56:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-29 18:41:47 (#)
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Just so everyone knows, as of right now ETS's reviews on this post total 28% of all reviews.
I even considered my own review here in the tally.
ETS, sir you are damned into yourself. You post/camp/rinse and repeat. Shit gets old.
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And yet people still get pissed off when I don't respond to them.
STFU, noob.
Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-29 18:41:47 EDT (#)
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Just so everyone knows, as of right now ETS's reviews on this post total 28% of all reviews.
I even considered my own review here in the tally.
ETS, sir you are damned into yourself. You post/camp/rinse and repeat. Shit gets old.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 16:42:48 EDT (#)
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Yea, Snark, it's about time Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Rice, Libby, Powell, etc... get their due punishment for the war crimes and crimes against humanity they've committed.
I say we hitch them to a horse and drag them through the streets old west style. Bush should like that, being as he's an east coast cowboy from Yale and all. Hell, I think we should get a bunch of horses and do a cross-country tour...(we wouldn't want to be cruel to the animals by making them run that far without a rest.)
OR the guillotine will do just fine. Either way, it's about time for a serious cleansing.
Our leaders should know, if they treat us like animals, we'll ACT like them.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-08-29 16:29:11 EDT (#)
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082806F.shtml
Phantom Aid.
Submitted by cuberat (user info) at 2006-08-29 16:25:56 EDT (#)
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ETS - its amazing how these people attack you for your commentaries. I mean you have laid it out there for their lazy, ignorant asses...practically spoonfed them...and yet they are so fucked that they shit on you for it.
Such is western society I guess....
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-08-29 16:04:17 EDT (#)
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blow me.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-29 15:23:20 EDT (#)
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WHERE'S MY MOTHAFUCKIN IRANIAN OIL BOURSE????
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-08-29 14:59:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:44:25 (#)
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Because this is the job I have to do for now until I can save up enough money to break free from this 'Land of Confusion' forever.
My dream is to set up a place where me, my wife, and perhaps our family and friends can come and live self-sufficient lives.
I have to have capital to do it, so I have to use the system to my advantage for a while. But when that while is up, I will leave and not look back. No regrets.
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Bullshit. Nevermind it is impossible for people to be self suffecient in all but the most hospitable spots on Earth (which you could never afford), what do you think life expectancy is in places like that?
If you really believed this BS that you are always spewing you would already be living that life. You are what 30? and you have left indiana what twice? Ever seen people who really live close to earth, without modern ammentities? No you haven't. Because in your heart you know you don't have the cojones or intestinal frotitude to walk away from all this "progress", you know you wouldn't make it, and you know you wouldn't like it, you just think it makes you a rebel to talk about it.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 14:35:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:55:23 (#)
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do you believe it can repeatedly break then?
I'm not being facetious.
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At the risk of sounding like someone who knows what he's talking about...
I think it has a capacity to heal, given time and nurturing, yes. And then, I guess, I can be broken again.
The human spirit is at once among the most unbreakable and most fragile things in the universe. Love can make the it impervious, even unto death. This is why the forces of darkness that seek to rule over the transient world of man can never succeed.
But human beings are not robots. We are not perfect creatures in the sense that we can deflect bullet after bullet of travail and not break down and curse life itself at some point. This inherent 'imperfection' cannot be uncoupled from the human condition. To try to do so is vanity and denies the spirit the pruning necessary for growth.
But what do I know...
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 14:16:35 EDT (#)
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Here is the list of the 2006 Bilderberg attendees...
How much you wanna bet our next president or PM is in there somewhere?
http://www.lonelantern.org/images/bilderberglist2006.jpg
Ahem...http://www.georgepataki.com/gp_docs/about/
This is if they can't get the Constitution changed for 'Ahnuld'.
Wanna know why more billionaires read The Economist than any other rag? Scroll to the bottom of the image.
Look at all the chief editors of major newspapers right alongside strategists for international corporations like Microsoft! And bankers like the president of the Federal Reserve and David Rockefeller!
Wonder what they're doing in there year after year since the time of the Korean War and Iranian coup...
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:57:43 EDT (#)
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evil
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:55:23 EDT (#)
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do you believe it can repeatedly break then?
I'm not being facetious.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:50:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:48:58 (#)
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that's if you believe in a soul of course.
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The soul is the thing that breaks whenever someone you love is gone.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:50:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:02:46 (#)
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i have decided to read and rate your posts going forward with no previous bias.
I haven't time to read this now but will at lunch and rate appropriately.
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So, who has control of the Apollo account this week? :P
Seriously though...thank you. I will try and return the favor.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:48:58 EDT (#)
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that's if you believe in a soul of course.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:44:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:37:55 (#)
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why are you online so much then?
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Because this is the job I have to do for now until I can save up enough money to break free from this 'Land of Confusion' forever.
My dream is to set up a place where me, my wife, and perhaps our family and friends can come and live self-sufficient lives.
I have to have capital to do it, so I have to use the system to my advantage for a while. But when that while is up, I will leave and not look back. No regrets.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:40:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:25:36 (#)
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okay,
what i don't understand is the beef here.
we are at the pinnacle of civilisation.
enjoy it.
humans (western) have never lived in so much luxury, have never had so much free time, education, food, medicine.
Yes there are pangs of guilt that the rest of the world don't have this but instead of flagellating ourselves for what we do have why not try and raise the standards elsewhere?
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This so-called "pinnacle of civilisation" has been built on the backs and with the resurces of the exploited and downtrodden indengenous peoples of third world countries.
But that's not even my argument here. My argument is, like in that Guardian article, we are worse for our wares. For all our struggle to be more 'productive' and more 'connected', we are less of both.
I think our earth and our souls bear some deep, open wounds from our quest for the ever-elusive "progress".
Progress is a dangling carrot that will eventually lead us off a cliff.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:40:26 EDT (#)
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yup.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:37:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:31:42 (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:18:38 (#)
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A little learning is a dangerous thing, a lot of learning is a disasterous one. Humans are not responsible enough for knowledge. We are not altruistic enough for it.
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Spoken like a true technophobe. Learning sets you free... back to the treehouse buddy.
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I work in technical support for Christ's sake.
I'm not technophobic. I'm techno-TIRED.
There is more to this life than sitting at a computer screen or running ourselves ragged behind the parade of technology that is only destroying the most important parts of ourselves. ""
why are you online so much then?
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:35:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:21:41 (#)
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That IBM and the Holocaust stuff is quite true. However, in this day and age IBM is a publicly traded company with no real relation to the company that existed in 1933.
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Even so, take a look at modern data mining with the help of AT&T, Verison, AOL, and Yahoo, and now court orders against Google.
The same system is being set up right now under our noses.
Google the phrase "FEMA Camp" and read/watch some of the things you find there.
But I'm howling at the moon here, right? You all better fucking pray that's the case.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:31:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:18:38 (#)
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A little learning is a dangerous thing, a lot of learning is a disasterous one. Humans are not responsible enough for knowledge. We are not altruistic enough for it.
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Spoken like a true technophobe. Learning sets you free... back to the treehouse buddy.
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I work in technical support for Christ's sake.
I'm not technophobic. I'm techno-TIRED.
There is more to this life than sitting at a computer screen or running ourselves ragged behind the parade of technology that is only destroying the most important parts of ourselves.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:25:36 EDT (#)
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okay,
what i don't understand is the beef here.
we are at the pinnacle of civilisation.
enjoy it.
humans (western) have never lived in so much luxury, have never had so much free time, education, food, medicine.
Yes there are pangs of guilt that the rest of the world don't have this but instead of flagellating ourselves for what we do have why not try and raise the standards elsewhere?
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:21:41 EDT (#)
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That IBM and the Holocaust stuff is quite true. However, in this day and age IBM is a publicly traded company with no real relation to the company that existed in 1933.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:18:38 EDT (#)
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A little learning is a dangerous thing, a lot of learning is a disasterous one. Humans are not responsible enough for knowledge. We are not altruistic enough for it.
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Spoken like a true technophobe. Learning sets you free... back to the treehouse buddy.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-08-29 13:02:46 EDT (#)
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i have decided to read and rate your posts going forward with no previous bias.
I haven't time to read this now but will at lunch and rate appropriately.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:58:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:50:41 (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:30:49 (#)
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Jews should hate IBM.
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
Did you know that the famous tatoos on the people in the Nazi concentration camps were International Business Machine reference numbers?
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hahahaha.
ha.... ha
hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+2 for giving me the best laugh I've had all day!!!
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I wasn't joking.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:58:38 EDT (#)
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I'd like you if you weren't such a whackjob. I'm pretty sure of it.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:56:41 EDT (#)
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That article was somewhat sick and disturbing. No one would need to get their kids one of those unless they were bad parents to begin with.
And just imagine how much the other kids would make fun of the first ones to have it.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:52:46 EDT (#)
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JMG114 -
I'm on an E-Mac running OSX 10.3.9
I'll never go back to Windows...
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:50:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:30:49 (#)
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Jews should hate IBM.
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
Did you know that the famous tatoos on the people in the Nazi concentration camps were International Business Machine reference numbers?
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hahahaha.
ha.... ha
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+2 for giving me the best laugh I've had all day!!!
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:49:57 EDT (#)
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I bet in real life you act like that wacky, waving, inflatable arm flailing tube man when you talk about this stuff.
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:43:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:11:41 (#)
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I think children should be given tracking device/decible meter rigged to explosives planted in their spine. Any attempt to leave their basements or make any noise louder than a whisper will result in automatic detonation.
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Seconded. I have to spend my long weekend in the middle of nowhere with an 8 year old, five year old and an obsessive woman pregnant with her first child. Hell...I'm in hell.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:30:49 EDT (#)
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Jews should hate IBM.
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
Did you know that the famous tatoos on the people in the Nazi concentration camps were International Business Machine reference numbers?
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:26:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:08:31 (#)
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Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:02:21 (#)
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My favorite part of the NPR article:
"When kids feel crowded, they tend to do things that they otherwise would not do," Shlozman says. "They take even greater risk because they have a desire to prove their independence and their individuality. There is something they need to get away with."
Shlozman says that tracking kids also undermines the trust that's critical to their development. He says kids need enough slack to learn to make good choices on their own, not just because they know Mom and Dad are watching.
Leopard will destroy Vista.
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Mac's 5-8% market share is going to destroy Windows Vista? Funny mac folks!!!
Oh yeah, tell a hardcore PC gamer to buy a Mac and get more laughs.
I'm not going to dispute you on the technological issues, but sales & marketing Apple has a long way to go still. Perhaps if Jobs wasn't such a dickhead...
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I was talking OS capabilities. Not market share. Anyway, thanks to Boot Camp, a hardcore PC gamer can easily become a hardcore Mac gamer.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:23:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:00:45 (#)
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sorry bud, I'm on your side with this post but I can't help you until you address this
http://www.ubersite.com/m/92330#2119527
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Here's my response...
I corrected what needed to be corrected in the reviews. The principle upon which my conclusion of a possible coming draft was drawn had not been undermined by the slight factual errors in the post.
I will not apologise or back down or correct myself futher. I admitted the errors and stated they didn't really change anything. I stand by that.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:16:22 EDT (#)
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What's Microsoft Windows?
UNIX UNIX UNIX ALL THE WAYYYYY
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:11:50 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:11:41 EDT (#)
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I think children should be given tracking device/decible meter rigged to explosives planted in their spine. Any attempt to leave their basements or make any noise louder than a whisper will result in automatic detonation.
Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:09:18 EDT (#)
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This should have been titled "ETS redeems himself".
Good shit.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:08:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:02:21 (#)
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My favorite part of the NPR article:
"When kids feel crowded, they tend to do things that they otherwise would not do," Shlozman says. "They take even greater risk because they have a desire to prove their independence and their individuality. There is something they need to get away with."
Shlozman says that tracking kids also undermines the trust that's critical to their development. He says kids need enough slack to learn to make good choices on their own, not just because they know Mom and Dad are watching.
Leopard will destroy Vista.
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Mac's 5-8% market share is going to destroy Windows Vista? Funny mac folks!!!
Oh yeah, tell a hardcore PC gamer to buy a Mac and get more laughs.
I'm not going to dispute you on the technological issues, but sales & marketing Apple has a long way to go still. Perhaps if Jobs wasn't such a dickhead...
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:06:07 EDT (#)
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Well, we know the social experiment in Communism, and Fascism didn't work - I'm quite sure Anarcho-Syndicalism will work just fine.
Did it ever occur that ALL forms of government are doomed to failure, since they are practiced by inherently flawed members, i.e. human beings?
Never mind Bradley, it's off to Room 101 for you.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:04:28 EDT (#)
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Not nature but the 'genius of mankind' has knotted the hangman's noose
with which it can execute itself at any moment."
- Carl Jung
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:02:25 EDT (#)
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Think that there's any practical use to such technologies, i.e. helping the handicapped?
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:02:21 EDT (#)
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My favorite part of the NPR article:
"When kids feel crowded, they tend to do things that they otherwise would not do," Shlozman says. "They take even greater risk because they have a desire to prove their independence and their individuality. There is something they need to get away with."
Shlozman says that tracking kids also undermines the trust that's critical to their development. He says kids need enough slack to learn to make good choices on their own, not just because they know Mom and Dad are watching.
Leopard will destroy Vista.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-08-29 12:00:45 EDT (#)
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sorry bud, I'm on your side with this post but I can't help you until you address this
http://www.ubersite.com/m/92330#2119527
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-08-29 11:59:25 EDT (#)
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I can't wait until computer can scan your brain into it. I will proceed to put that brain into a character on Mortal Kombat...then I will kill you over and over. I will make sure pain receptors are certainly in place before this happens. I can inflict deadly pain onto your brain over and over. It will be fun! I don't know when we will get output from such technology...it may be past my lifetime. But at least I know that your computer brain clones will suffer greatly.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2006-08-29 11:58:43 EDT (#)
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Because I namedropped you.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-08-29 11:52:57 EDT (#)
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I can't wait for Windows Vista.