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It is amazing that such a small object coupled with high speed internet has so profoundly changed the world of music. The concept certainly isn't new, Sony's Walkman had an equivalent impact on the world of music and had its own threat to the music industry. I've also been very interested in...

I had a dog named Hugo and would often use some variation of that for a nick or login or password. Realizing it was sort of stupid to mix business with pleasure I changed all my login/passwords to something non-related. In memory of that faithful hound and my gray mood that December day, I...

Toast, thanks for the intervention, this thread has gone way off topic and I've no doubt helped it. Whether a mod closes it or not I'll no longer contribute. It is time to move on. GW has been greeted pretty much as expected, some Iraqis happy, some not, some afraid to take a stand. So, on...

Wow habilis, you've outdone yourself! I can see the hatred inside you, devouring your body organ by organ. For a republic to work it needs input from all members not just an elite few. For a republic to succeed, it needs to respect the opinions of all people. You seem to be advocating, yet...

I've never understood the whole point of the death penalty outside of the old testament "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". GW surely didn't have any problems sending hundreds of people to their death but then that is probably an indication of his wannabe Texan status and his born...

A sleeper Tuesday, hmm, I wonder why such little fanfare about it? Does this mean that the PBs are about to be upgraded too? One has to wonder a little bit......

Somewhere today I read that 1st quarter 2003, Apple stated that 47% of gross revenue came from outside the US. I couldn't find the article again and can't seem to find any info at Apple's website. Does anyone know what Apple sales are by country? I had no idea that Apple's overseas revenue...

Ah, now, habilis, are you saying that every bomb ever dropped was dropped because the people it fell on deserved it? Somehow this just doesn't quite jibe with what the history books say. Unless of course it is all a communist/socialist attempt to rewrite history?!?!?!?!?

I've never understood the whole "saved or damned" concept of Christianity. Does it exist in Islam or Judaism? Obviously the entire point of it is to provide a club house for religious hatred. "If you are not of my faith and do not believe in the one and only true god then you are damned for...

Israel and America are filled with Christian fundamentalists who would love to deny woment the right to vote and feel that all Muslims are heathens who need to be "saved" or eliminated. The charging of interest on loans, or usury as the bible calls it, is one of the main reasons the Jews were...

That is the most simplistic and naive argument I've ever heard. Passenger planes as weapons, come on! Compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. Weapons are built to kill, civilian aircraft don't fit that definition. The US has a long history of supporting regimes that are likely to use...

Habilis, your view of the world ain't gonna happen. Education for the last century in almost all of the world has been the purview of government. Private education always leads to elitism or systems that teach little more than religious drivel. When public education has been put into the...

You can teach a person to flip burgers but that doesn't mean that he will earn enough to afford to eat them. The reason the communists came into existence is because the ruling classes of the time reserved all the profits for themselves. The peasants were tired of working for little or...

Education in the US is as varied and as diverse as the population. Personally, I believe the key to a good education is living in a community with a dedicated school board. GW came on board stating that he was going to be the education prez, with his grandiose and 19th century ideas of...

As found on Mac NN http://www.technowarehousellc.com/g4upforslloi.html for older iMacs the upgrade is $300, available in the US only. You have to send in the motherboard and you get it back in 10 days. Hmmm, I'm wondering if this is worth it or not?

The Patriot Act, and the Homeland Security Dept. and the govt's desire to have us spy on one another come from regimes like Botha's South Africa, The Soviet Union, and yes, Hitler's Germany. Unfortunately most Americans don't see that. They only see the above as a way to reign in the excesses...

I would agree with the convergence of opportunities. However, these opportunities were created by GW & Co. not found. Iraq's adherence to UN resolutions was hardly exemplary but due to increasing pressure, they were complying. As Chevy stated there are plenty of other dictatorships around...

So how many people in France take advantage of this? Is linux gaining in popularity? I would think that with the anti-war sentiment in Europe that Linux would appeal to Europeans a great deal or is Linux still working to gain acceptance?

My question: where are the WMD ? [/B] The US is desperately searching for them, so far only finding pesticides and removing UN weapons inspection seals from stored nuclear waste. There is a very good website that examines the multitude of contradictory statements of the Bush...

Bush won via the electoral college, not via the popular vote but only through intervention of the Supreme Court. I agree with dlloyd that the electoral college needs to go and that we the people should get rid of it. Hitler came to power not because he committed genocide against the jews but...