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schestowitzTabooMar 11 00:00
schestowitzWas it a place of just a place in... errr. Singapore?Mar 11 00:00
oiaohmGets funnier remember schestowitz no one is ment to alter the bible if they do they go to worse torment.Mar 11 00:00
oiaohmTry finding bibles that match some time.Mar 11 00:01
schestowitzBibles are genocidal literature.Mar 11 00:01
schestowitzIF anything needs to be burned it's not stuff like Das KapitalMar 11 00:02
schestowitzSpeaking of which, Hermann's Manufacturing Consent (IIRC) was pulled by the conglomerate who also took the publisher out of businessMar 11 00:03
schestowitzFreedom in literature improved with the Web, which also brought new dangers, not just diversity of opinionMar 11 00:03
schestowitzbut when books are pulled over disgreement, not just being cesspool of disinformation, then it's worth paying attention toMar 11 00:04
balzacThey're really going after Bernie Madoff hard.Mar 11 00:20
balzacHe faces up to 150 yearsMar 11 00:20
balzacI don't think it's right, personallyMar 11 00:20
balzacthat kind of crime is not the biggest problem in societyMar 11 00:20
balzacRoy, I agree, the bible has a lot of dangerous ideology in itMar 11 00:21
schestowitzSony Ponders Suing Over UK Early Death Ad < http://kotaku.com/5166914/sony-ponder... >. Can't show controllers, can they?Mar 11 00:21
schestowitzBalrog: the bible is outdatedMar 11 00:21
schestowitzBalrog: it's very right.Mar 11 00:22
schestowitzMadoff is lucktyMar 11 00:22
Balrogbalzac...?????Mar 11 00:22
schestowitzI think he should get the chairMar 11 00:22
oiaohmBiggest issue with most regligion text most people cannot read it in context.Mar 11 00:22
balzacthe most dangerous idea being collective accountability for various tribal groups based on the actions of members of those groupsMar 11 00:22
schestowitzSince the very beginning. Sorry Balrog Mar 11 00:22
oiaohmDue to language changes over time and revisions.Mar 11 00:22
schestowitzBalrog: I'll stress myself hard to kick the habit :-(Mar 11 00:23
BalrogI feel that the bible gets misinterpreted by most (nearly all) mainstream religions, btwMar 11 00:23
oiaohmBest one I like is people telling me I have to go to church.Mar 11 00:23
balzacThere's a correlation between religious beliefs and persecution of groups based on those beliefs.Mar 11 00:23
Balrogyeah like that one, oiaohmMar 11 00:23
oiaohmLook at the times christ was in church.Mar 11 00:23
schestowitzThe issue is not violence and encouragement of hatredMar 11 00:23
balzacSome stuff in the bible can't be interpreted as anything but craziness.Mar 11 00:23
schestowitzIt's also imposed ignoranceMar 11 00:23
schestowitzLike miracles and gods and shitMar 11 00:23
oiaohmWalking on water is another good mistransation.Mar 11 00:24
balzacThe belief in eternal damnation is dangerous as well because it's embracing the idea of pure godliness, pure evil, and absolute hatredMar 11 00:24
schestowitzKids are being riased to first be taught about heaven and stufff... only LATER to be told about evoilution, if at all. By this stage, they are either confused or too brainwashed to believe the truthMar 11 00:24
oiaohmChrist never did walk on water.Mar 11 00:24
balzacheaven, hell, judgement, eternal salvation or damnation - pure crazinessMar 11 00:24
schestowitzNo wonder they'll believe some miracle will save the atmosphereMar 11 00:24
oiaohmHe walked beside water.Mar 11 00:24
schestowitzOr that the depression is "god punishing us for abortions"Mar 11 00:24
oiaohmThat is funny that one.Mar 11 00:25
balzachttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/  <--- look at the top story about bernie madoffMar 11 00:25
balzache's been compared to Jeffrey Dahmer in the NY TimesMar 11 00:25
oiaohmBible forbids killing yet if its required to save someones live its tollerated.Mar 11 00:26
balzacreally? a serial murderer?Mar 11 00:26
schestowitzLet me find some crazy lunattic video I found the other dayMar 11 00:26
balzacoiaohm: the bible has lots of conflicting informationMar 11 00:26
schestowitzbalzac: madoff caused more damageMar 11 00:26
balzac"information" is the wrong word.Mar 11 00:26
schestowitzThan many murderers combinedMar 11 00:26
balzacRoy, I disagreeMar 11 00:26
oiaohmAlso you have to remember the currnet day bible was edited about a 100 years after christ.Mar 11 00:26
schestowitzI'ma  huge fan of cracking down on white-collar crimeMar 11 00:26
schestowitzAlthough intent variesMar 11 00:26
schestowitzThey knew what they didMar 11 00:27
balzacyou can't underestimate the amount of negativity released by one violent crimeMar 11 00:27
schestowitzAnd the question is, who was more harmful to civilisation?Mar 11 00:27
schestowitzMinceR (asleep) would agree, I thinkMar 11 00:27
balzacmoney crimes aren't the most serious, they're abstractMar 11 00:27
oiaohmReally balzacMar 11 00:27
schestowitzbalzac: some murderes do this due to social conditionsMar 11 00:27
schestowitzProstitution likewiseMar 11 00:27
balzacI'd go easier on a fraudster than a violent criminal who beats you and takes your walletMar 11 00:27
oiaohmThat is the stupid thing  Money crimes can do major damage.Mar 11 00:27
schestowitzThey don't sell themselves because they want toMar 11 00:27
schestowitzFarmers in Colombia don't grow plants for drugs because they want toMar 11 00:28
schestowitzThey'd starve if they don'tMar 11 00:28
oiaohmbalzac some how I would prefer beat up and still having a job.Mar 11 00:28
schestowitzSo you must remove conditions under which this is mandatoryMar 11 00:28
schestowitzThe US is actually pushing Colombian into making drugsMar 11 00:28
oiaohmTo fraudster taking on the money and leaving me without a job or food.Mar 11 00:28
schestowitzAttacking them with chemical weapons and all.Mar 11 00:28
balzacI would prefer to be the victim of fraud than aggravated assault by a muggerMar 11 00:29
schestowitzoiaohm: 100 years only?Mar 11 00:29
balzacone violent crime can give you huge medical billsMar 11 00:29
schestowitzedited?Mar 11 00:29
balzacBush is a violent criminalMar 11 00:29
oiaohmThat was first edit by the romans schestowitzMar 11 00:29
schestowitzWasn't it made by the scrolls or something?Mar 11 00:29
balzacBernie Madoff is Gandhi compare to BushMar 11 00:29
oiaohmNote edited by non christians for popluation control.Mar 11 00:29
schestowitzbalzac: money crime can cause murderMar 11 00:30
schestowitzWait until people lose their houses and blow neighbours with shotgunsMar 11 00:30
schestowitzPoverty stems viiolenceMar 11 00:30
oiaohmbalzac I did not say you were the victim.Mar 11 00:30
schestowitzCorruption steams povertyMar 11 00:30
schestowitz*steamsMar 11 00:30
balzacroy, it can create more stress which raises the likelihood of murder, but it cannot be said to directly cause murder. Murderers cause murder.Mar 11 00:30
schestowitz*Seeds ratherMar 11 00:30
oiaohmI have had it where the victim of the fraud was my boss.Mar 11 00:30
balzacwitholding water from people dying of thirst is more violent than emptying a bank accountMar 11 00:30
schestowitzbalzac: some muggers have no choiceMar 11 00:31
oiaohmI have been assaulted as well.   Finding a job is harder than healing at the moment.Mar 11 00:31
schestowitzThey have no foodMar 11 00:31
schestowitzAsk about conditions againMar 11 00:31
schestowitzRMS wrote the other day about prostititution in IraqMar 11 00:31
schestowitzThe women have no choiceMar 11 00:31
balzacRoy, a mugger can be violent or just use the threat of violence, not actually prepared to use violence.Mar 11 00:31
schestowitzBecause criminals led by Bush attacked an almsost-modern countryMar 11 00:31
schestowitzThey drove them into miserable conditionsMar 11 00:31
balzacBush really should face the full force of the law.Mar 11 00:32
schestowitzSo some commits suicideMar 11 00:32
schestowitzSome drive off the invadersMar 11 00:32
balzacMadoff should get 10 years maybe. Bush should get 1000 years.Mar 11 00:32
schestowitzOthers must sell their bodies to merely surviceMar 11 00:32
oiaohmLot of USA army needs better training.Mar 11 00:32
schestowitzThe Big Crime led tio harsh social conditionsMar 11 00:32
oiaohmIt stupid over there lot of USA solider are doped up holding automatic weapons.Mar 11 00:32
balzacI'd say Karl Rove is a much worse criminal than MadoffMar 11 00:32
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balzacpro war pundits are worse than madoffMar 11 00:33
oiaohmDrug up solider with weapons is likely to shot people who are not a threat.Mar 11 00:33
schestowitzbalzac: what's the difference?Mar 11 00:33
balzacBill and Hillary Clinton did more damage than Madoff by supporting Bush's war in IraqMar 11 00:33
oiaohmOr even kill his own team mates.Mar 11 00:33
schestowitzMadoff and Bush both committed huge crimes... from their desksMar 11 00:33
schestowitzNo expression of remorse for agesMar 11 00:33
balzacKarl Rove, Rush Limbaugh - these guys can be compared to the likes of Herman GeoringMar 11 00:33
schestowitzSame with Microsoft BTW, but we won't go into that ATMMar 11 00:34
oiaohmLets look at the basics of the iraq war.Mar 11 00:34
schestowitzPeople like Kempin for exampleMar 11 00:34
schestowitzIntel too was bullying companiesMar 11 00:34
oiaohmNumber 1 no one plained how to handle the land after they had it.Mar 11 00:34
schestowitzThey drive AMD almost out of business using fraudMar 11 00:34
oiaohmIt was sposte to be magical.Mar 11 00:34
balzacincitement for mass-death atrocities is far worse than financial fraudMar 11 00:34
oiaohmProblem is not bush alone its his generals.Mar 11 00:34
balzacmany of them would be culpable as wellMar 11 00:34
schestowitzYes, them tooMar 11 00:34
oiaohmGuess what the gernerals who were at the top when bush was in still is.Mar 11 00:34
schestowitzPentagon deceived themMar 11 00:35
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schestowitzLikewise in Israel at the momentMar 11 00:35
schestowitzThey need to find the crooks who organised the warMar 11 00:35
balzacI think Olmert fits the definition of a war criminalMar 11 00:35
schestowitzLike in the white house, effort goes into hiding the plottersMar 11 00:35
oiaohmNo matter how dumb the pres orders are messes should not happen if the others under him do the right thing.Mar 11 00:35
schestowitzConspirators if you likeMar 11 00:35
oiaohmIts like the first iraq war.Mar 11 00:35
schestowitzPointing fingers in all directions to deflect blameMar 11 00:35
oiaohmThey were in striking distance without doing much damage and they were ordered to pull back.Mar 11 00:36
balzacAerial bombardment of beirut and gaza based on border skirmishes - that's outrageousMar 11 00:36
schestowitzYesMar 11 00:36
balzacthe whole population of beruit and gaza were held responsible for the actions of a few militants on the border of IsraelMar 11 00:36
oiaohmThere is also good example of why USA solders need retraining.Mar 11 00:36
balzacthe whole military needs modernized rules of engagementMar 11 00:37
schestowitzhaha. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ I love the pictureMar 11 00:37
oiaohmHow do you put blocks of C4 on the beach to simulater ships firing.Mar 11 00:37
schestowitzhttp://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/675...Mar 11 00:37
balzacRoy, I think it's over the topMar 11 00:37
schestowitzLike in BatmanMar 11 00:37
schestowitzWho's Robin? Stanford?Mar 11 00:37
schestowitzWith another $8 billion fraud...Mar 11 00:37
oiaohmUSA soldiers swam up to the beach and manually placed them.Mar 11 00:37
oiaohmAustralian soliders used model hover crafts.Mar 11 00:37
oiaohmSo solider was never put in harms way.Mar 11 00:37
balzacI think people take money way too seriouslyMar 11 00:38
oiaohmSame with setting up a road block.Mar 11 00:38
schestowitzYou think?Mar 11 00:38
schestowitzThere are impactsMar 11 00:38
oiaohmAustralian road block.Mar 11 00:38
schestowitzMoney to rich people means littleMar 11 00:38
balzacif you lose all your money, it's the stinginess of everyone else which kills you, not the lack of moneyMar 11 00:38
schestowitzIt's a game, a scoreboardMar 11 00:38
schestowitzTo others it may mean sleeping on a bench in 20 dgrees Fahrenheit.Mar 11 00:38
oiaohmSnipper from range with a transmitting cam at road block and a radio and order the person with car to inspect there own car.Mar 11 00:39
balzacmoney should be seen as a way of distributing opportunity and facilitating prosperous enterprise, not as a means of driving people into an early graveMar 11 00:39
oiaohmUsa soldiers directly inspect.Mar 11 00:39
schestowitzThe type of stuff that makes them what you call "Criminals" because they might shoplift or assault someone at a shopMar 11 00:39
oiaohmSee a bad trend here.Mar 11 00:39
oiaohmUSA people cannot work out why they have so many dead soliders.Mar 11 00:39
schestowitzoiaohm: ayeMar 11 00:39
oiaohmThere soliders are idiots.Mar 11 00:39
schestowitzThey still count just casualties on one sideMar 11 00:40
schestowitzHere's the funny thingMar 11 00:40
schestowitzThey compare number of US _soldiers_ who dies in Iraw and compare that to 9/11Mar 11 00:40
schestowitzSince when is Iraq responsible for 9/11?Mar 11 00:40
balzacI think Madoff is being unjustifiably persecute, scapegoated. What about the CEOs of Meryll Lynch, AIG, Bank of America, etc?Mar 11 00:40
oiaohmAustralians are shocked by even a single solider loss.Mar 11 00:41
schestowitzAnd what happened to those million+ Iraqis who were murdered for resisting invasion or just for staying at home when a bomb fell?Mar 11 00:41
balzacThey're practically crucifying (excuse the harsh analogy) Bernie Madoff, but these other guys are walking away with so much money, and they're really not so different.Mar 11 00:41
schestowitzI've heard stories from friends who lived nearMar 11 00:41
oiaohmBecause for us to loss a solider something has to have gone wrong.Mar 11 00:41
schestowitzShells falling on their friends' families... Mar 11 00:41
schestowitzbalzac: agreed. Madoff is one among manyMar 11 00:41
schestowitzThey should start fishing for the restMar 11 00:41
balzacI see Bernie Madoff as an unlucky gambler who played a little more fast and loose than many, now the gangsters are taking off into the nevada desert to put him in a shallow graveMar 11 00:41
schestowitzThey should also pay Microsoft a visitMar 11 00:42
balzache's not the only guilty guy, and probably not the most guiltyMar 11 00:42
oiaohmAustralian solders got all the targets that were not to be destroyed in the iraq war.Mar 11 00:42
schestowitzMore people start seeing (and talking) about what's going on there, financially.Mar 11 00:42
oiaohmBecause USA soliders could not be trusted with them.Mar 11 00:42
balzacEli Weisel said he can't forgive MadoffMar 11 00:42
schestowitzbalzac: let them watch (Madoff) and learnMar 11 00:42
oiaohmSuper sonic booming buildings is extreamly effective.Mar 11 00:42
balzacok fine, don't forgive MadoffMar 11 00:42
schestowitzBut I wish they didn't do a presentation but instead jailed them allMar 11 00:42
schestowitzAll the crooksMar 11 00:42
balzacthat's a serious condemnation from a holocaust survivorMar 11 00:42
schestowitzWhich is unlikelyMar 11 00:43
oiaohmAlso non leathal other than broken ear drums.Mar 11 00:43
schestowitzIt's easier to fish just one personMar 11 00:43
schestowitzWho is Weisel?Mar 11 00:43
balzacbut why were there charities placing their money into a hedge fund instead of a bank account?Mar 11 00:43
schestowitzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wik...Mar 11 00:43
schestowitzI see...Mar 11 00:43
balzacApparently Madoff cost some Jewish charities a lot of money, in fact, wiped some of them out financiallyMar 11 00:44
oiaohmEven charities have income presures and greed can take over.Mar 11 00:44
balzacBut why were charities giving their funds to a gambler instead of a legitimate banker?Mar 11 00:44
oiaohmHuman greed balzacMar 11 00:44
balzacMadoff didn't get bailed out and BushCo wrecked our economyMar 11 00:44
oiaohmNothing makes charities magically protected from greed.Mar 11 00:45
oiaohmIe I want to do more so I need more money.  base form of greed to be particular.Mar 11 00:45
balzacyou might say 68 billion is nothing to sneeze at, and yet I'd sneeze at $68B when you compare it to the multi-trillion dollar racket of the Iraq war defense contractorsMar 11 00:45
balzacand the trillion dollar bailoutMar 11 00:45
balzacBernie Madoff was too small. That's why he's getting "crucified". If he were "too big to fail" like Bank of America, his fraud would have been described as bad luck and he'd have been bailed out.Mar 11 00:46
oiaohmDefense contractors losses (mercs) USA don't count.Mar 11 00:46
schestowitzbalzac: "too small"? LOLMar 11 00:47
oiaohmReally nothing is too big to fail.Mar 11 00:47
schestowitzWhat kind of message does that send?Mar 11 00:47
balzacIf Meryll Lynch or AIG were not bailed out, their shareholders would have cried out for the CEOs bloodMar 11 00:47
oiaohmMS guys make the same argument about Microsoft.Mar 11 00:47
schestowitzThat only if your looting exceeds a trillion then you'll get punished?Mar 11 00:47
balzacBut a smart share-holder would be asking, why isn't Madoff's company getting bailed out?Mar 11 00:47
schestowitzBailout is corruptionMar 11 00:47
balzacIf you want to get revenge instead of a bailout, that's not very pragmatic.Mar 11 00:48
schestowitzIn and of itselfMar 11 00:48
balzacI agreeMar 11 00:48
balzacBut what would happen if no bailouts were done?Mar 11 00:48
schestowitzYou pay the billsMar 11 00:48
schestowitzThe CEOs get bonusesMar 11 00:48
schestowitzYou pay for them nowMar 11 00:48
schestowitzDeferralMar 11 00:48
schestowitzAnd save their assesMar 11 00:48
balzacLiquidate those CEO swiss bank accountsMar 11 00:48
schestowitzBut as one recent TV show said, it's a "bankrupt state"Mar 11 00:48
schestowitzNot companyMar 11 00:49
schestowitzSatteMar 11 00:49
schestowitzI wodner what happened in SwitzerlandMar 11 00:49
balzacRoy, if your fraud exceeds a trillion, you _don't_ get punishedMar 11 00:49
schestowitzThe whole country was 'built' on banking (i.e. funny money/numbers)Mar 11 00:49
schestowitzI doubt many people go skiing these daysMar 11 00:49
balzacif your fraud is less than 100 billion, you might get in troubleMar 11 00:49
schestowitzI was in Switzerland like 7 times.Mar 11 00:49
schestowitzbalzac: you joke, right?Mar 11 00:50
balzacBush's fraud was multi-trillionsMar 11 00:50
schestowitzHow many people can even trade these numbers?Mar 11 00:50
balzacis he getting punished?Mar 11 00:50
balzacNot jokingMar 11 00:50
schestowitzThe madoffocker could deal with this because of trust... because he used to be nasdaq chairman.Mar 11 00:50
oiaohmIdea of a bail out only works while you have the money do it it.Mar 11 00:50
schestowitzbalzac: so punish just one person?Mar 11 00:50
schestowitzBush?Mar 11 00:51
schestowitzHe was part of a large ring by the way.Mar 11 00:51
oiaohmIf another shock wave hits the usa they are basically sunk.Mar 11 00:51
balzacI'm just saying, they're doing to Madoff what was done to Martha Stewart - disproportional punishment, scape-goating, theater for the angry masses while worse criminals are quitely chuckling.Mar 11 00:51
schestowitzIncluding Dick and the PentagonMar 11 00:51
schestowitzAnd othersMar 11 00:51
schestowitzLike the wealthy low-profile familiesMar 11 00:51
schestowitzBush was 'ring leader' or spokespersonMar 11 00:51
schestowitzbalzac: if they want another Marhta, they should go to MicrosoftMar 11 00:52
schestowitzRobert BachMar 11 00:52
schestowitzCriminal, inside-tradingMar 11 00:52
schestowitzSubstantial evidenceMar 11 00:52
schestowitzThe SEC ignoredMar 11 00:52
schestowitzAs usualMar 11 00:52
schestowitzIt's also people like that who should be sent to prisonMar 11 00:52
schestowitzPeople like me 'yelled' about it on the netMar 11 00:52
schestowitzBut who to?Mar 11 00:52
schestowitzSEC?Mar 11 00:53
schestowitzSEC is a jokeMar 11 00:53
schestowitzIt also let SCO and NOVL off the hookMar 11 00:53
schestowitzDid you see the jokester who runs the SEC?Mar 11 00:53
balzacElliot Spitzer (patronizing prostitutes), Bill Clinton (lewinsky scandal), Mark Cuban (insider trading), Martha Stewart (insider trading), Madoff (massive financial fraud) - these are the social liberals being crucified for small crimes when you compare them to Dick Cheney & George Bush(war crimes, election theft, treason, torture), Rumsfeld, Erik Prince (Blackwater CEO),Mar 11 00:53
schestowitzHe got sacked for all I can gather... read it in the paper edition of WSJ back in October.Mar 11 00:53
schestowitzAgreedMar 11 00:54
schestowitzYes, Erik Prince haha...Mar 11 00:54
balzacRoy, I'm just trying to keep things in perspective. Madoff is being threatened with 150 years, compared to Ted Bundy, and held accountable for something which is systemic.Mar 11 00:54
schestowitzhttp://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archiv...Mar 11 00:54
balzacErik Prince, billionaire, christo-fascist warlord/war-criminalMar 11 00:55
balzacErik Prince whose goons actually have come into armed conflict with the US militaryMar 11 00:55
schestowitzMinceR has stronger opinionsMar 11 00:55
schestowitzHe'd say, why give them time?Mar 11 00:55
balzacwhose goons get paid 10x or 20x more than US militaryMar 11 00:55
schestowitzJust dispose of them one way or another.Mar 11 00:55
schestowitzIt's a big planetMar 11 00:55
schestowitzWe're already a colossal civilisationMar 11 00:56
schestowitzBad genes be damnedMar 11 00:56
schestowitzBehaviour wiseMar 11 00:56
schestowitzJudge people by their actMar 11 00:56
schestowitzMake them honestMar 11 00:56
balzacI think Mincer is too vindictive when discussing the appropriate punishment for software crooksMar 11 00:56
balzacI'm even less vindictive than you are, actually, when it comes to Bill Gates and friendsMar 11 00:57
balzacI think they're just not nearly as bad as Bush and his war promoting pundit clasMar 11 00:57
balzacclassMar 11 00:57
balzacviolent crimes release so much negative emotion, non-violent money crimes and software crimes can't even compare.Mar 11 00:58
schestowitzThere's a bigger thing orchestrated in the latter caseMar 11 00:58
schestowitzBush is also being deceivedMar 11 00:58
schestowitzThere are people driving the invasion for profitMar 11 00:58
schestowitzIt's them who can poison the mind of people below themMar 11 00:58
schestowitz(bush is /below// many people)Mar 11 00:59
schestowitzHe takes commands from above, though not people you'd see and not directly wnywayMar 11 00:59
balzacBush executed 162 people as governor of Texas and caused the deaths of perhaps 1,000,000+ Iraqis, thousands of American military, 10s of thousands of US maimed for life.Mar 11 00:59
balzacHe is the most violent criminal on earthMar 11 00:59
schestowitzMurdoch too is more powerful than any US president and like a zombie, he never rots after 4/8 years. He;s enertrnally rotten : )Mar 11 01:00
schestowitz*eternallyMar 11 01:00
balzacthe most dead, the most injured, the most personally responsible for it.Mar 11 01:00
schestowitzLet me show you somethingMar 11 01:00
balzacMurdoch is most terrible. Far, far worse than Bernie Madoff.Mar 11 01:00
schestowitzSpeaking of Bush's deathsMar 11 01:00
balzacMore evil by an order of magnitude than Madoff.Mar 11 01:00
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/wat...Mar 11 01:00
balzacRupert Murdoch is vile, ancient, and powerful like CthulhuMar 11 01:01
schestowitzWatch how arrogant and rude he isMar 11 01:01
balzacI bet his son and his trophy wife have been praying for him to kick the bucket for years.Mar 11 01:01
balzacthat was a great interviewMar 11 01:02
balzacRonald Reagan was far worse than MadoffMar 11 01:02
schestowitzYesMar 11 01:03
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schestowitzFrom what I've learned anywayMar 11 01:03
schestowitzWe have three BalrogsMar 11 01:03
balzacI would compare Madoff to Bill Clinton for the level of wickedness as white-collar immoralistsMar 11 01:03
balzacBut Madoff was a business man, not the Commander in Chief. He never cause a Waco, never bombarded a nation's capital, etc.Mar 11 01:04
oiaohmAgain USA solider losses.  Lot caused by poor training.Mar 11 01:04
balzacBill Clinton did serious damage to our industrial production capacity by signing bad trade deals which decimated our work force.Mar 11 01:04
balzacAlso, Clinton continued the hypocritical drug war.Mar 11 01:05
oiaohmUSA has about the same attuide as the britsh had throw enough numbers at a problem win.Mar 11 01:05
balzacNot to mention those years of sanctions on Iraq.Mar 11 01:05
oiaohmDoes not work that way.Mar 11 01:05
balzacbrutal years of sanctionMar 11 01:05
balzacBarry McCaffrey and drug-warriors like him are worse than madoffMar 11 01:05
oiaohmWell trained soliders can take on poorly trained soliders and still win with 10 to 1 odds.Mar 11 01:06
oiaohmSome cases even higher.Mar 11 01:06
balzacThrowing harmess people into prison to be given the Abu-Graib anal-probing over something silly like MarijanaMar 11 01:06
balzacgod damn the drug-hypocritesMar 11 01:06
balzacFar worse than Madoff by an order of MagnitudeMar 11 01:06
oiaohmMarijana is not exactly harmless.Mar 11 01:07
balzaccount me as a Bernie Madoff public defender because it's bullshit to stigmatize him as if he's the worst person in the world while so many more vile people walk around.Mar 11 01:07
oiaohmIt takes away people long term memories over time.Mar 11 01:07
balzacoiaohm: it is harmlessMar 11 01:07
balzacProbably more harmless than excessive salt in your dietMar 11 01:08
oiaohmAgain depends on how you define harmless.Mar 11 01:08
balzacoiaohm: if they over-indulge, but your memory comes back in short order if you stop indulgingMar 11 01:08
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balzacAlcohol is far worseMar 11 01:08
oiaohmNo over-indulge loss is perminate.Mar 11 01:09
oiaohmIt is very much like Alcohol.Mar 11 01:09
balzacI don't think you know much about it.Mar 11 01:09
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balzacMy dad wrote a book on marijuana and he's smoked 2 joints a day for the last 35 years, on average.Mar 11 01:09
balzacHe was more harmed by his doctors than marijuanaMar 11 01:09
oiaohmYou over-indulge on Alcohol you mind never returns to where it was before.Mar 11 01:10
balzacThe FDA let vioxx get throughMar 11 01:10
oiaohmSame with marijuanaMar 11 01:10
balzachis eye doctor ruined his vision in one eyeMar 11 01:10
oiaohmAlso dna is a factor.Mar 11 01:10
balzacoiaohm: marijuana is _very_ different from alcoholMar 11 01:10
oiaohmDifferent section of mind effected.Mar 11 01:10
oiaohmBut it still can have perminate effects.Mar 11 01:11
balzacIf my dad had stayed away from his doctors prescriptions and stuck with his marijuana, he'd be in far better shape today.Mar 11 01:11
balzachis mistake was trusting mainstream medicine and the FDA's approval of nasty drugsMar 11 01:11
oiaohmAnother case of a person presume just because something is approved its harmless.Mar 11 01:11
balzacI told him his doctors were dangerous to his health because the medical establishment is about as incompetent on average as journalists are.Mar 11 01:12
balzacthey're bound up in group-think and they'll perscribe some really terrible drugsMar 11 01:12
balzacproscribeMar 11 01:12
oiaohmMarijuana depend on how its prepaird procudes two different drugs.Mar 11 01:12
oiaohmSmoking produces a drug that gets you high.Mar 11 01:13
oiaohmCooking it at the right temp Produces another drug that is a painkiller of all painkillers.Mar 11 01:13
balzacI recommend bothMar 11 01:13
oiaohmComplete numbs the skin.Mar 11 01:13
balzacbut not in excessMar 11 01:13
balzacbut I'd let people wreck themselves with the most potent drugs if i were in charge. Who are people to dictate to eachother on personal lifestyle choices?Mar 11 01:14
balzacwhat ever happened to the idea of American liberty?Mar 11 01:14
oiaohmThe drug that can get you high from marijuana is not safe for particallar people.Mar 11 01:14
balzacso, they shouldn't do itMar 11 01:14
oiaohmBecause it blocks sections on there brain cells casing damage.Mar 11 01:15
balzacbut they should mind their own business if I choose to do it, so long as I'm not driving, flying a plane, etc.Mar 11 01:15
balzacoiaohm: choice trumps all of your scary pseudo-scientific factoidsMar 11 01:15
oiaohmNote does not clean way like other people.Mar 11 01:15
balzacfreedom first, last, and in-betweenMar 11 01:15
oiaohmReally dna test could be developed if they put there time into it.Mar 11 01:15
balzacfreedom, freedom, freedom, nothing less, ever.Mar 11 01:16
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balzacno thanks on the DNA tests. Privacy first.Mar 11 01:16
oiaohmSimple blood test tell you if you should or should not be using it.Mar 11 01:16
balzacprivacy is part of freedomMar 11 01:16
balzacI don't trust those who would presume to test my blood and offer their hypothesisMar 11 01:16
balzacI'd trust myself to administer a blood test and form a theory on how it relates to various drugs, but I wouldn't trust many others to do that.Mar 11 01:17
balzacso many fools, I'd rather be my own doctor most of the time.Mar 11 01:17
oiaohmIf the test was developer it would allow people to have informed knollage of the harm.Mar 11 01:17
balzacToo bad I got all my wisdom teeth removed. Only now I found out that wisdom teeth contain stem cells which can be used to clone brand new teeth.Mar 11 01:17
oiaohmEveryone likes to believe that everyone is the same.Mar 11 01:18
balzacoiaohm: they would sell my data to a corporationMar 11 01:18
balzacI trust very few people because I knew most are full of crapMar 11 01:18
balzacfreedom and privacy are pricelessMar 11 01:18
oiaohmI don't disgree.Mar 11 01:18
oiaohmBut knollage about what you are doing is also priceless.Mar 11 01:19
balzacEven if I trust your intentions, I don't trust your competence.Mar 11 01:19
balzac(speaking in general of most people, not you in particular)Mar 11 01:19
oiaohmIts bit like people who smoke all there life and have no problems.Mar 11 01:19
oiaohmSome peoples dna is more cancer resistance than others.Mar 11 01:20
balzacI don't smoke marijuana often, but it might be the one recreational substance which is most precious to meMar 11 01:20
balzacI don't even smoke on a weekly basisMar 11 01:20
balzacoiaohm: I think you're misinformed about marijuana, personally.Mar 11 01:21
oiaohmIf you are geneicially weak to it.  Each time is a loto if it will harm something important.Mar 11 01:21
oiaohmIts like lot of alergic dna base reactions balzac.Mar 11 01:21
balzacI could say lots of what you've said about cooked meat, alcohol, car exhaust, your drinking water.Mar 11 01:21
oiaohmProblem is this one is not what you call simple to spot.Mar 11 01:22
balzacscientists can go on and on about things which are relatively harmless if they have an agenda.Mar 11 01:22
schestowitzhave yoy heard the story of why it was illegalised?Mar 11 01:22
schestowitz*youMar 11 01:22
schestowitzThe history is interestingMar 11 01:22
balzacproscribed drugs are, on average, far worse than marijuanaMar 11 01:22
schestowitzIt's a class issueMar 11 01:22
schestowitzSome doctor attested that he felt like a vulture flying in the roomMar 11 01:23
schestowitzBecause he tried it on himself, not just on dogsMar 11 01:23
schestowitzWhich he claimed to be misbehavingMar 11 01:23
balzacnasal spray, heartburn medication, headache medicine, arthritis medication, psychiatric medication, etc.Mar 11 01:23
schestowitzOgg native support is coming. Yeesh! http://blogs.zdnet.com/open... (Firefox 3.1 beta 3 "done," Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due April 14)Mar 11 01:23
schestowitzRetro returning: http://www.tuxradar.com/content/a...Mar 11 01:23
schestowitzbalzac: I'll find some video, hold onMar 11 01:23
oiaohmSmoking drugs is the secound worst way to get them.   Only beaten by chewn tobacoo.Mar 11 01:24
oiaohmFor the ammout of harm you do to your body.Mar 11 01:24
balzacoiaohm: you're right about smoking being worse than eating, vaporizers, ectMar 11 01:24
balzacetcMar 11 01:24
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...Mar 11 01:24
balzacbut tobacco cannot be compared to marijuana. nobody eats tobaccoMar 11 01:24
schestowitzdisclosure: I never used illegal drugsMar 11 01:25
oiaohmThere are some cultures taht do eat tobacco balzacMar 11 01:25
schestowitzJust alcohol :-)Mar 11 01:25
oiaohmJust not common cultures balzacMar 11 01:25
balzacchomsky is quite rightMar 11 01:26
balzacyep, down with the hypcritical moral police and the religious authoritarians.Mar 11 01:26
balzacfreedom first, last, and forever.Mar 11 01:27
oiaohmtobacco is worse damaging drug than marijuana has.Mar 11 01:27
oiaohmReally all forms of smoking drugs should be outlawed.Mar 11 01:28
balzacThat Irish woman tore Bush to shreds in that interviewMar 11 01:28
schestowitzInteroperable Fashion Statement < http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/inter... >Mar 11 01:29
balzacoiaohm: that is perfectly absurdMar 11 01:29
schestowitzbalzac: watch that last videoMar 11 01:29
balzactell me, what should be the punishment for smoking a cigarette on the street corner?Mar 11 01:29
oiaohmIs there any need to get the drug by a cigarette balzacMar 11 01:30
oiaohmOther than our own execpts of a cheep production method.Mar 11 01:30
balzacThose shirts are ridiculousMar 11 01:30
balzacoiaohm: how should such a silly law be enforced?Mar 11 01:30
balzacsuppose I break the law and smoke a cigarette on the street corner, then what?Mar 11 01:31
oiaohmNumber one remove cigarettes in the current form from market.Mar 11 01:31
balzacWould you like to criminalize tree-climbing because I could fall and die?Mar 11 01:31
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oiaohmThere is a non burning form of a cigarette that give the drug.Mar 11 01:31
balzacsuppose I grow my own tobaccoMar 11 01:31
balzacoiaohm: why are you so worried about me or others?Mar 11 01:32
balzacsuppose I prefer to smoke them?Mar 11 01:32
oiaohmReduces secound hand smoke.Mar 11 01:32
balzacsuppose I'm outsideMar 11 01:32
oiaohmIe person sucking on the device gets the drug people near them gets a lot lower ammount than other wise would.Mar 11 01:32
balzacI agree about indoor smoking in public or semi-public places.Mar 11 01:32
schestowitzConverting the missus to Linux < http://celettu.wordpress.com/2009/03... >Mar 11 01:32
balzacoiaohm: that's beside the point.Mar 11 01:33
balzacwhat about *freedom* ?Mar 11 01:33
oiaohmYou choose to smoke people you can effect may not have.Mar 11 01:33
schestowitzThe freedom to skiMar 11 01:33
schestowitzThat's a dangerous sportMar 11 01:33
balzacanyway, I'm going to leave it aloneMar 11 01:33
schestowitzShould be banned, no?Mar 11 01:33
oiaohmCan you choose to do that and not effect others schestowitzMar 11 01:33
balzacsuffice it to say, you've got your priorities wrong, but I don't have to change your mind about itMar 11 01:33
oiaohmAnswer is yes.Mar 11 01:34
schestowitzoiaohm: I hate smoke in public placesMar 11 01:34
balzacI can choose to smoke and not effect othersMar 11 01:34
schestowitzI don't mind it when people do so privatelyMar 11 01:34
schestowitzTheir their own problem/joyMar 11 01:34
balzacas a matter of fact, I blow my smoke upwards, and I'm tall so most people never get a whiffMar 11 01:34
schestowitz*that's theirMar 11 01:34
oiaohmYou do know the smoke stick what you are wearing.Mar 11 01:34
balzacsecondly, I don't take drags in front of kids, I hide my dig behind me when there are any kids in the vicinityMar 11 01:34
balzacand last, I usually put my cigarette out, and then trash itMar 11 01:35
oiaohmOther point is the device replacement to a cigarette does not burn.Mar 11 01:35
balzacone more thing (which is no one elses business but mine), I never carry a pack and rarely smoke more than 2 cigs a day.Mar 11 01:35
oiaohmSo when not sucking on it nothing is being produced.Mar 11 01:35
oiaohmDevices exist to replace all burning forms that cause problems.Mar 11 01:36
oiaohmParticularly down here where lots of fires a year are created by cigarettesMar 11 01:36
oiaohmThere is a lot of safity things to get rid of the burning forms.Mar 11 01:36
balzacI basically never smoke indoorsMar 11 01:37
oiaohmProblem is not everyone is as good as you.Mar 11 01:37
balzacthat's not my faultMar 11 01:37
oiaohmIf you house was burn down by your next door person being careless.Mar 11 01:37
balzacOne guy who lives in the same building as me smokes in-doors and his baby daughter already has asthmaMar 11 01:37
oiaohmYou would not feel the same about it.Mar 11 01:37
balzacglad i'm not like that guy. what a prick.Mar 11 01:38
oiaohmThat is the problem his daughter is going to suffer for it.Mar 11 01:38
oiaohmThat is the point of view I am seeing it from.Mar 11 01:38
balzacoiaohm: I would not want to live in a flammable house next to a moron.Mar 11 01:38
balzacI'd prefer to have distance between our houses or a stone building.Mar 11 01:38
oiaohmSometimes it the only house you can get balzacMar 11 01:39
oiaohmLot of people suffer every year due to the burning forms we don't need.Mar 11 01:39
balzacoiaohm: I don't like the idea of legislating all the danger out of life on account of a few morons.Mar 11 01:39
oiaohmIts not like there is not options to prevent it.Mar 11 01:39
balzacok, well I disagree fundamentally with your idea of protecting everyone from themselves.Mar 11 01:39
balzacBenjamin Franklin(?) said something security at the cost of liberty is not worth having (paraphrasing).Mar 11 01:40
oiaohmThere is a difference here.Mar 11 01:40
balzacI'm an American and I'm proud of the fact lately.Mar 11 01:40
oiaohmA device like a ciggrette would remain.Mar 11 01:40
oiaohmJust it would not be burning.Mar 11 01:40
balzacDuring Bush's reign of terror, I didn't feel proud of the USA at that time.Mar 11 01:40
oiaohmBasically the tech to do away with problem was developed.Mar 11 01:41
oiaohmIts like saying cars should be still allowed to be built without seat belts.Mar 11 01:41
balzacI can choose to use it or not, but I wouldn't bother since I'm not a serious smoker.Mar 11 01:41
balzacoiaohm: not really.Mar 11 01:41
oiaohmIt is really the same.Mar 11 01:41
balzacnot precisely the sameMar 11 01:42
oiaohmThere a devices to replace ciggrettes.Mar 11 01:42
balzacin principle, there's a vague resemblance, but these cases are in fact different.Mar 11 01:42
oiaohmOnly reason why they are not mass produced is that it would cost about 50 cents more per pack.Mar 11 01:42
balzacI'd rather just reduce my habit to 3 cigs a week than use a silly plastic device.Mar 11 01:42
balzacand it would be worse for the environment than cigarette butts litteringMar 11 01:43
oiaohmOne device is paper balzacMar 11 01:43
balzacwith a capsule inside which you break?Mar 11 01:43
oiaohmEven filter less. so it does break down.Mar 11 01:43
balzachow do you activate them?Mar 11 01:43
oiaohmAirflow.Mar 11 01:43
balzacok, well I may try one some day.Mar 11 01:44
balzacnow I'm going to try some work...Mar 11 01:44
oiaohmThis is the point if it was forced by law.Mar 11 01:44
oiaohmthe good ones would get on market.Mar 11 01:44
oiaohmPlastic ones were basically produced to say see its more damaging to go safer.Mar 11 01:45
balzacUbi dubium, ibi libertas.Mar 11 01:45
balzac    * Translation: "Where there is doubt, there is freedom." legal, meaning when in doubt the prisoner has to be freed.Mar 11 01:45
balzacbbiabMar 11 01:46
oiaohmRemember are you truly free if you never get provided with all options.Mar 11 01:46
oiaohmAnswer is no.  Currently you don't see every option for getting the drug that has been designed.Mar 11 01:46
schestowitzAsay stupidity (pardoning a criminal company that sues Linux): "In other words, maybe we'll start to treat Microsoft the way we treat IBM. Stranger things have happened." http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3...Mar 11 01:46
oiaohmIBM did at one point attempt to sue particular open source projects.Mar 11 01:47
oiaohmSo its not completely impossable but I would call it highly unlickly if MS does not change direction.Mar 11 01:48
schestowitzHere is another dunce calling for good companies that pay wages to become reckless and greedy: http://www.crn.com/software/215801202 (It's Time to Cash In on Firefox)Mar 11 01:50
oiaohmRMS would agree with companies attempting that.Mar 11 01:59
oiaohmOpensource is not anti business.Mar 11 01:59
oiaohmIt would give something for mozilla extentions to compete with.Mar 11 01:59
schestowitzThere's making money (like Mozilla) and hoarding.Mar 11 02:03
oiaohmBoy MS sites love using point systems instead of real bench mark numbers.Mar 11 02:09
oiaohmWho cases if X OS comes first if its by bugger all.Mar 11 02:09
schestowitzAyeMar 11 02:10
*schestowitz works on links for BN. Another good day for FOSS...Mar 11 02:10
oiaohmopensuse and suse both could be dead by end of year.Mar 11 02:16
oiaohmNeither is getting free hardware any more.  IBM HP DELL..   Don't class them as worth it since they Novell did deal with MS.Mar 11 02:16
oiaohmPeople underextermate the power the big hardware companies have in the open source world.Mar 11 02:17
schestowitzLenovo supports SUSEMar 11 02:17
schestowitzAnd not Red hatMar 11 02:17
schestowitzLenovo is very Microsoft centricMar 11 02:18
schestowitzThey also hired former Microsoft staffMar 11 02:18
schestowitzSo no surprise there.Mar 11 02:18
oiaohmLenovo does not make big servers.Mar 11 02:19
oiaohmYou running a project you want big server makers on side.Mar 11 02:19
schestowitzThat's right, they don'tMar 11 02:20
schestowitzBookinf for SUSE were downMar 11 02:20
schestowitzmajor ones anywayMar 11 02:20
schestowitzBN will retain the same identity though (and name)Mar 11 02:20
schestowitzIt's possible that Novell won't survive this yearMar 11 02:20
oiaohmRedhat has not payed for a server in the last 12 years.Mar 11 02:20
schestowitzTheir finances are funnyMar 11 02:20
schestowitzBeen like this for yearsMar 11 02:21
schestowitzAnd they were voted most likelt tech company not to survive 2009Mar 11 02:21
oiaohmIBM HP DELL give them servers for testing that there OS is compadible.Mar 11 02:21
oiaohmDebian also gets treated the same way.Mar 11 02:21
schestowitzI like DebianMar 11 02:21
schestowitzI want them to succeedMar 11 02:21
schestowitzThe true hackersMar 11 02:21
oiaohmSuse did before they joined up with MS.Mar 11 02:21
schestowitzNo Canonical schmanonicalMar 11 02:22
schestowitzReal hackers in chargeMar 11 02:22
oiaohmThat Novell MS deal has had more costs that Novell could have dreamed.Mar 11 02:22
schestowitzoiaohm: did what?Mar 11 02:22
oiaohmHardware companies stoped giving Novell free hardware.Mar 11 02:22
schestowitzReally?Mar 11 02:22
schestowitzWait.Mar 11 02:22
schestowitzDid they give them h/w before?Mar 11 02:22
schestowitzAMD gave Novell access to stuff for radeonhdMar 11 02:23
schestowitzBut that's separateMar 11 02:23
schestowitzI didn't know about other h/w access.Mar 11 02:23
oiaohmThat deal was done before the MS Novell deal.Mar 11 02:23
schestowitzGot link/s?Mar 11 02:23
oiaohmNo public links.Mar 11 02:24
oiaohmNot public links.Mar 11 02:24
oiaohmSign of it is simple when was the last time you saw a major distrobution begging for hardware.Mar 11 02:24
oiaohmThat is normally not required.  If I am selling machines with your distribution on it normally some hardware is provided to the maker for testing reasons.Mar 11 02:25
oiaohmIe the normal hardware coming out ears problem.Mar 11 02:25
oiaohmA server here or there is nothing to the big makers compared to the cost a few 1000 customers can cost in support calls if stuff does not work right.Mar 11 02:26
schestowitzBut...Mar 11 02:28
schestowitzh/w is mostly handled by kernel modules and driversMar 11 02:28
schestowitzSUSE and Red Hat share thatMar 11 02:28
oiaohmConfiguration front endsMar 11 02:28
oiaohmStill have to be right.Mar 11 02:28
schestowitzYes, gotchaMar 11 02:28
oiaohmIts a bit like hardware reviewers.Mar 11 02:29
oiaohmThey also normally have hardware coming out there ears.Mar 11 02:29
oiaohmOther problem novell lost a lot of there kernel programmers for Linux.Mar 11 02:31
oiaohmGave sever builders even less reasons to give them free hardware.Mar 11 02:31
schestowitzto GoogleMar 11 02:34
schestowitzPeople like Robert Love whom I mentioned beforeMar 11 02:34
schestowitzThey still have Greg K-HMar 11 02:34
schestowitzThey lost some Samba developersMar 11 02:35
oiaohmBasically the costs are adding up.Mar 11 02:37
oiaohmGoogle would love some free hardware.Mar 11 02:37
oiaohmSamba developers normally never have a problem getting a job elsewhere.Mar 11 02:39
oiaohmAll the NAS produces using samba make a great homes for them.Mar 11 02:39
schestowitz    > Google would love some fMar 11 02:39
schestowitzGoogle would love some fMar 11 02:39
schestowitzhttp://www.ngoprekweb.com/wp-content...Mar 11 02:39
schestowitzoiaohm: one moved to Red hat, one to Google, maybe more.Mar 11 02:40
oiaohmBasically Novell is bleeding its life blood.Mar 11 02:41
oiaohmMore it loses the worse they will be off.Mar 11 02:41
oiaohmPart of the problem hardware companies are not idiots.   They don't want to be tied up in patent problems.Mar 11 02:41
oiaohmNovell can ship Novell OS but no where does MS coverage allow hardware makers to do it cleanly.Mar 11 02:42
oiaohmNovell shot both there feet off.  So shipping Mono and the like directly to end uses is most likely there own way out.Mar 11 02:42
schestowitzI have an article about Mono comingMar 11 02:45
schestowitzPreview of source: http://www.thelinuxlink.net/myblog/?p=173Mar 11 02:46
schestowitzAlso this: http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/a...Mar 11 02:46
schestowitzYou really want to read that second oneMar 11 02:46
schestowitzIt agrees with you fullyMar 11 02:46
schestowitzThe former is about Mono and patentsMar 11 02:46
schestowitzBoth published todayMar 11 02:46
oiaohmBoth not seeing the life blood draining out of Novell.Mar 11 02:49
oiaohmAll software companies depend on the same life blood developers.Mar 11 02:49
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NeonFlosshello allMar 11 02:50
oiaohmHi NeonFlossMar 11 02:50
NeonFlosshello there ok I am over here mateMar 11 02:50
NeonFlosswhat would you guys say is the biggest, clearest, worst example of microsoft abusing the legal system (one that easiest to explain to others) ?Mar 11 02:51
twitterThe SCO fraud case?Mar 11 02:52
oiaohmSCO case is Novell not microsoftMar 11 02:53
oiaohmPure Novell.Mar 11 02:53
twitterM$ funded the SCO attack.Mar 11 02:53
twitterIt was an attack by proxy, but it's still the biggest abuse yet.Mar 11 02:54
oiaohmNovell fake solding the rights.Mar 11 02:54
oiaohmThat allowed SCO to attack Microsoft and Sun.Mar 11 02:54
oiaohmIts pure Novell behind the SCO case.Mar 11 02:54
oiaohmHere you have all the rights we can transfer to Unix technollages SCO go sue other companies is what Novell basically did.Mar 11 02:55
twitterSCO did not attack M$, they sent letters to GNU/Linux users.Mar 11 02:55
oiaohmOnly one major problem due to a prior legal case between BSD and Novell most of Novells rights were not transferable.Mar 11 02:55
oiaohmSCO did attack MSMar 11 02:55
oiaohmMS settled.Mar 11 02:55
twitterEveryone knew SCO had nothing.Mar 11 02:55
twitterM$'s settlement was a bribe to do more.Mar 11 02:56
oiaohmSCO would have had something if all the rights of Novell could have been transfered.Mar 11 02:56
oiaohmBSD case makes that impossable.Mar 11 02:56
twitterThere were no rights, as was decided by the BSD case.Mar 11 02:56
twitterSo it was all bullshit.Mar 11 02:56
oiaohmBSD case locked lot of Novell rights as punishment.Mar 11 02:56
twitterSCO, before M$ crushed them, was also a GNU/Linux helper, working with IBM and others to make GNU/Linux better.Mar 11 02:57
twitterI've got a copy of Caldera's Open Linux on my desk.Mar 11 02:57
oiaohmSCO has been crushed by Novell purely.Mar 11 02:57
oiaohmDo a deal that give the appearance that you have everything.  SCO did not do there homework on what rights of Novell were not transferable and Novell did not tell them.Mar 11 02:58
oiaohmSo SCO goes around threating people thinking they have rights.Mar 11 02:58
oiaohmThen Novell pulls out the paperwork that they basically transfered them nothing.Mar 11 02:58
twitterYou think anyone at SCO believed any of their anti-linux case?Mar 11 02:58
oiaohmYep 1 dead company.Mar 11 02:58
twitterIt was pure FUD from start to finish.Mar 11 02:59
oiaohmAt first they did twitterMar 11 02:59
oiaohmThat is the problem twitterMar 11 02:59
oiaohmDealing with a company like Novell they will kill you by missing telling you something.Mar 11 02:59
oiaohmSCO was one of Novells biggest competors for market at the time the deal was done.Mar 11 03:00
twitterBullshit.  If there was any of their source code in the Linux kernel, they would have been proud to produce it.  There was nothing, it was pure bluff and fraud.Mar 11 03:00
twitterSoon enough, there will be a criminal investigation.Mar 11 03:00
oiaohmThere was source code from IBM and others put into Linux kernel without the BSD case would have been in voliation.Mar 11 03:01
twitterNo source code was ever found.Mar 11 03:01
oiaohmThat is the problem SCO though they had particular rights.Mar 11 03:01
twitterThe problem is that it was fraud.Mar 11 03:01
oiaohmThey found out they did not before there case started when Novell counter attacked.Mar 11 03:01
twitterThat's an abuse of the legal system.Mar 11 03:01
oiaohmNow you are a dead company walking what do you do.Mar 11 03:02
twitterThey knew before the case started because they were liars and frauds.  M$ paid them to do it.Mar 11 03:02
NeonFlosswowo thanks!Mar 11 03:02
schestowitzNeonFloss: there are better non-Linux-related examplesMar 11 03:03
schestowitzLike financial fraudMar 11 03:03
twitterGroklaw has good documentation of the entire fraud.Mar 11 03:03
NeonFlossthat would be betterMar 11 03:03
twitterThe destruction of OLPC is a huge moral abuse, but they did not use courts for that one.Mar 11 03:03
oiaohmtwitter: without Novells rights to stuff SCO basically had nothing.Mar 11 03:03
oiaohmSCO had the idea they had a ace in the hole basically.  When they did not.Mar 11 03:04
twitterThey had nothing, just like M$ has no real patents.Mar 11 03:04
twitterIt's all fraud for FUD.Mar 11 03:04
oiaohmMS is not the only one in the game of fraud.Mar 11 03:04
NeonFlossschestowitz: whats the biggest abuse incident ?Mar 11 03:05
oiaohmHow do you define big NeonFlossMar 11 03:05
oiaohmNumbers or Value.Mar 11 03:05
twitterThe destruction of Peter Quinn and his whole IT department is a nice big abuse.Mar 11 03:05
NeonFlossthe morally worst incidentMar 11 03:05
NeonFlossthat was legal tooMar 11 03:05
schestowitzNeonFloss: you can search BN for many exampleMar 11 03:06
NeonFlossok thanksMar 11 03:06
schestowitzTry "crime", "blackmail", "sabotage"...Mar 11 03:06
NeonFlossany one that sticks out ?Mar 11 03:06
oiaohmBiggest at currnet time has to be bill gates current charity.Mar 11 03:06
oiaohmAlmost everything they do is linked to MS Software.Mar 11 03:06
NeonFlossyes I agreeMar 11 03:06
schestowitzNeonFloss: you need amountMar 11 03:06
schestowitz\Piles of evidenceMar 11 03:06
schestowitzNot just oneMar 11 03:06
NeonFlossI knowMar 11 03:06
schestowitzTo be compelling anywayMar 11 03:07
twittertax evasion is not morally upsetting to everyone.Mar 11 03:07
schestowitzGrokl;aw has lists tooMar 11 03:07
oiaohmCharity also tax evasion.Mar 11 03:07
schestowitzhttp://grokdoc.net/index.php/D...Mar 11 03:07
NeonFlossI am in a situation where I would have to brush on the topic, so somthing that would be possibly to mediumly well explain in a short time...Mar 11 03:07
NeonFlossill look on siteMar 11 03:07
NeonFlossthats for writing it!Mar 11 03:07
twitterit's easier to challenge someone to think of something M$ has done that's good.Mar 11 03:08
twitterthe answer is nothing.Mar 11 03:08
schestowitzAlso see: http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/i...Mar 11 03:09
schestowitzAnd: http://boycottnovell.com/microsoft-cri...Mar 11 03:09
oiaohmNot quite right there MS did one thing good.  Freed the market from the iron grip of Apple.Mar 11 03:10
NeonFlossthanks for linksMar 11 03:10
oiaohmYou could write over 20 000 pages in short form on all the things MS has done wrong.Mar 11 03:11
oiaohmSo there is tons of matterial NeonFlossMar 11 03:11
schestowitzNeonFloss: I'm going to bed now, but see http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/inde...Mar 11 03:12
schestowitzI need to do lots more work on the WikiMar 11 03:12
oiaohmIf you wanted a challage for writing about bad things a company has try doing a write up on Cisco systems.Mar 11 03:12
NeonFlossthanks againMar 11 03:12
oiaohmCisco systems list is suprisinly short.Mar 11 03:12
NeonFlossoiaohm: im not debating. I have to give explain the fact that microsoft does bad things in 4-8 sentencesMar 11 03:12
*NeonFloss hates time limitsMar 11 03:13
oiaohmO boyMar 11 03:13
oiaohmThat like trying to fit a full size sky scrapper into a match box.Mar 11 03:13
NeonFlossayeMar 11 03:13
oiaohmWith that limited space to get a broad coverage you might just have to list them.Mar 11 03:15
NeonFlossill see what I can doMar 11 03:16
NeonFlossI just want to establish the fact tha tmicrosoft abuses the legal sysyem and moral values / ethicMar 11 03:16
NeonFlosssMar 11 03:16
oiaohmLegal system Patent system standard system.Mar 11 03:17
oiaohmThere is basically no system they don't abuse.  Remember the current one with Under the table FAT patent deals that are illegal by GPL with companies.  Ie TomTom case.Mar 11 03:17
twitterHere's a really clueless story.  Shows how out of touch most people are.  http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/w...Mar 11 03:26
twitterFedEx tried to boost their revenues by offering 25 resume prints at no cost.Mar 11 03:27
twitterProblem:  no one ever mails a paper resume any more.Mar 11 03:27
twitterIdiots interviewed concluded the lack of crowd was due to, " some people don't want to help themselves"Mar 11 03:28
twitterOne in five US citizens can't pay their medical bills.  http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/200...Mar 11 03:42
twitterfor black citizens the rate is one in three.Mar 11 03:43
twitterthe problem is well known, more than half of respondents say someone in their family has skipped needed medical treatment they can't pay for.Mar 11 03:44
twitterThe man who said, "The brutal oppression of the Palestinians by the Israeli occupation shows no sign of ending.  American identification with Israel has become total." Has been accused of bias.  Truth == Bias.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co...Mar 11 03:54
NeonFlossif a schoolboard has a 6 million dollar computer budget how much of that would you guys estimate goes towards software?Mar 11 03:56
oiaohm85 percent NeonFlossMar 11 04:14
NeonFlosssrsly?Mar 11 04:14
oiaohmIt all depends on the software they are using.Mar 11 04:15
oiaohmIt can be that bad.Mar 11 04:15
NeonFlossxp, office 2003Mar 11 04:15
NeonFlossdaboc psMar 11 04:15
NeonFlossadobe ps*Mar 11 04:15
oiaohmadobe photoshope right there is 50 percent.Mar 11 04:16
NeonFlosswell its bulk for non for profitMar 11 04:16
NeonFlosserrMar 11 04:16
NeonFlossyeaMar 11 04:16
oiaohm500 dollars worth of machine.Mar 11 04:16
oiaohmAdobe software is not cheep.Mar 11 04:16
oiaohmxp and office can be got quite cheep for training.Mar 11 04:17
NeonFlossbut your buying network copiesMar 11 04:17
oiaohmAdobe network copies or not expensive.Mar 11 04:17
oiaohmhttp://volumelicensing.adobe.com/DRHM/s.../a>Mar 11 04:19
oiaohmYes NeonFloss its $699 per copy at volume rate for photoshop.Mar 11 04:20
oiaohmNow XP and Office under 100 dollars per seat at education rates.Mar 11 04:21
NeonFlosshow many installs for that 700?Mar 11 04:22
oiaohm1Mar 11 04:22
oiaohmIts 699 dollars a seat NeonFlossMar 11 04:22
oiaohmBoxed set is over 1500Mar 11 04:22
NeonFlossoiaohm: http://volumelicensing.adobe.com/store/adbevlus/...Mar 11 04:23
NeonFlossit cant be for one istallMar 11 04:23
NeonFlossacrobat cant be 450Mar 11 04:23
NeonFlossthat much for that posMar 11 04:23
NeonFlosssomething seems wronfMar 11 04:23
oiaohmIt isMar 11 04:23
oiaohmThis is way I said 85 percent and that was being optimisic.Mar 11 04:24
NeonFlossoiaohm:thats for single purchaseMar 11 04:24
oiaohmThere is no discount on large numbers from adobe either.Mar 11 04:24
NeonFlossif you buy 20 000 youll get discount probsMar 11 04:24
oiaohmNopMar 11 04:24
oiaohmAdobe is flat rate you could order 1 million copies and it still would not change anything.Mar 11 04:25
NeonFlossare you sure?Mar 11 04:25
oiaohmYes there it a common reason why you don't see adobe in alot of networks.Mar 11 04:26
oiaohmTo beeping expensive.Mar 11 04:26
oiaohmAdobe reader is free.Mar 11 04:26
NeonFlossits not fulll csMar 11 04:27
NeonFlossits just psMar 11 04:27
NeonFlosson mostMar 11 04:27
oiaohmOk that would be a little cheaper.Mar 11 04:27
oiaohmNot by much.Mar 11 04:27
oiaohmPhotoshop elements is about 200 dollars a copy NeonFlossMar 11 04:31
NeonFlossorlyMar 11 04:31
oiaohmOpps 100 dollars a copy.Mar 11 04:31
NeonFlosswould they make it cheaper for eduational institutionMar 11 04:32
NeonFloss?Mar 11 04:32
oiaohmTypes a 2 instead of a 1 into the ordering system.Mar 11 04:32
oiaohmYep as per normal PS CS2 in the ordering system is rounded up by 1 dollar.Mar 11 04:33
oiaohmOpps CS4Mar 11 04:33
oiaohmSo its a round 700 dollars.Mar 11 04:33
NeonFlosswhat about hardware?Mar 11 04:34
NeonFlosshow much would a dual core, 200 GB, 2 GB memory dell computer cost?Mar 11 04:34
NeonFlossfor educational?Mar 11 04:35
oiaohmCase no software or screen about 600 to 700 dollars.Mar 11 04:35
NeonFlossway too muchMar 11 04:36
NeonFlossits no way near thatMar 11 04:36
NeonFlossI could buy that myself for 400Mar 11 04:36
oiaohmThat is with full replacement support.Mar 11 04:36
NeonFlossand this is bulk eduatioalMar 11 04:36
NeonFlosswhateverMar 11 04:36
NeonFlossI need sleepMar 11 04:36
NeonFlossgnMar 11 04:36
oiaohmSchool does nto pay that 250Mar 11 04:36
*NeonFloss is now known as Neon|outMar 11 04:37
oiaohmNote replacement support convers kids doing stupid thing sto them.Mar 11 04:37
oiaohmLike shoving trash in them.Mar 11 04:37
oiaohmAlso its a 100 dollars extra so dell does not put there crap adverting software on.Mar 11 04:39
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MinceRi might have strong opinions about the punishment m$ leaders deserve because i think i know pretty well what happened and i'm one of the victims of their crimesMar 11 06:50
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MinceRgeekingsMar 11 09:05
trmancolooks like microsoft really wan't to push it's crappy search engineMar 11 09:08
trmanconow, when you log out of hotmail you now get redirected to live.comMar 11 09:09
trmancobefore it would redirect you to msn.comMar 11 09:09
schestowitzMorning.Mar 11 09:10
MinceRso it's like the vista downgrade trickMar 11 09:11
trmancog morningMar 11 09:11
MinceRcount hotmail users as live visitorsMar 11 09:11
MinceRhay schestowitzMar 11 09:11
trmancoMinceR, live visitor? no way, live usersMar 11 09:12
MinceRthat tooMar 11 09:12
MinceRthey should rename themselves to DesperatesoftMar 11 09:12
trmancodsoft.comMar 11 09:12
trmancoor desperatesoft.com, buy those domainsMar 11 09:12
trmancowhen they need them, they will pay you well :-PMar 11 09:12
MinceR:)Mar 11 09:13
trmancobblMar 11 09:17
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schestowitzKazakhstan: The population census revealed 130-year old woman in the Karaganda Oblast http://enews.ferghana.ru/ne...Mar 11 10:29
schestowitzAlbania to formally apply for EU membership http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/al...Mar 11 10:31
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schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x...Mar 11 11:00
EruaranhelloMar 11 11:56
schestowitzHiMar 11 11:58
Eruaranany news ?Mar 11 11:58
schestowitzRight now I'm writing about Intel's crimesMar 11 12:00
schestowitzThat's yesterday's newsMar 11 12:00
schestowitzI think Intel should be embargoed globally, as hard as it is.Mar 11 12:00
EruaranI've noticed alot articles all sort of popping up at once in the last few days declaring the end of linux on netbooksMar 11 12:01
oiaohmReally does not help that intel is working on something like science fiction liquid metal.Mar 11 12:01
schestowitzUnless some of its executives get the 'Madoff treatment', then we merely educate by saying that crime pays off.. and pays. And the criminals moreover glorified and lauded as heroes.Mar 11 12:01
schestowitzEruaran: it's the MS shillsMar 11 12:02
schestowitzPeople like Preston GrallaMar 11 12:02
EruaranindeedMar 11 12:02
schestowitzQuoting US-only figures as though they are globalMar 11 12:02
EruaranI noticed Preston Gralla's linux articleMar 11 12:02
schestowitzHow convenient to also omit thatMar 11 12:02
schestowitzAnd also the NPD relationship with MicrosoftMar 11 12:02
schestowitzEruaran: he's a shillMar 11 12:02
schestowitzEnderle wannabe. He's ignored in Linux sites that know betterMar 11 12:03
EruaranHe spends several web pages worth of waffle making basic things on linux seem complicated enough to give anyone a headacheMar 11 12:03


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