Diebold Machines Can Be Hacked With A Screwdriver
(for those of you who don’t visit BoingBoing)
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Diebold continues to be a bad idea
July 31, 2006 — moleboyAnd on the open-source front
July 31, 2006 — moleboyDemocrats grow a pair!
July 31, 2006 — moleboy
Key Democrats united on Iraq withdrawal
I dunno. It looks like they might be growing a spine.
Could the be the end of shame for the Democrats?
We can only hope.
What a strange waste of time
July 31, 2006 — moleboy
Ban Comic Sans
What an odd campaign.
I wonder if they fall under a different IRS heading?
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Why pulling funds from Israel is a bad idea
July 30, 2006 — moleboySo I was talking to someone on Livejournal about the whole Middle East situation. His position was “Israel bad. Israel must go”
OK.
that’s a legitimate viewpoint. The status of Israel, given how it was created after WWII, is certainly questionable.
My viewpoint is that all sides have to put the past behind them and come to some resolutions based on the current situation. Otherwise its just death death death.
I also said that is wasn’t very likely that Israel was going anywhere.
He suggested that the best way to take care of that was to have the US cut off funds to Israel.
My response:
Cutting off funds to Israel would certainly be a death sentence.
However, the body count for every single inch of land taken by the encroaching armies would be astronomical.
The other problem being that in this situation, Israel would have absolutely nothing to lose. I dunno about you, but if I were cornered like that, I’d be unleashing everything I had at, say, the capital cities of the invaders.
If you think people are dying now, wait until Death really comes to party.
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Not for nothing, but the Israelis have one heck of a military.
Just for example, a couple of their missile systems:
Jericho I – range: 500KM, 450-650kg payload
Jericho II – range: over 1500KM, 750-1000kg payload
Jericho III (may still be in development) – range: 4800KM, (we can assume a significantly larger payload as well)1500KM can almost hit Tehran
It can hit most of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Plus, of course, there’s a decent chance that the IDF has achieved nuclear capabilities.
Oh, and lets also remember that every person in Israel has had military training.
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You think the US military is having a hard time securing Iraq?
that’s a cakewalk to taking a kilometer of Israeli territory.
Death tolls would be in the 10000s if not more (assuming Israel DOESN’T have nuclear weapons). And that’s just the start.
And THAT’S why the US can’t cut off funding to Israel, almost no matter what they do. An invasion of Israel would make WWII look like a border skirmish.
Well, assuming anyone survived (If Israel went nuclear, there’s a good chance Pakistan and/or India would do the same…then its off to the races)
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Ann Coulter on MSNBC
July 30, 2006 — moleboy
Coulter “in awe [sic] of the voters of South Carolina [sic]“
What it really should read is:
“Ann Coulter uninformed dolt. Chris Matthews, her bitch”
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Anti-Israel = Anti-Semetic?
July 30, 2006 — moleboy
NY Times quotes, without challenging, Lieberman supporter alleging “growing tolerance of [anti-Semitic faction] in the progressive community”
The relevant passage:
“There’s a small but vocal pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel and perhaps anti-Semitic faction of the Democratic Party,” said Dan Gerstein, a former Lieberman aide and informal adviser to the campaign. “It is a small minority but it is getting bolder, and even worse. There is a growing tolerance of it in the progressive community.”
I want to make this very very clear.
I am Jewish.
I am, at times, disgusted with the behavior of Israel.
But make no mistake…
Anti-Israel Anti-Semitic.
Anti-Israel doesn’t even IMPLY Anti-Semitic (though the reverse is not true) the same way that being critical of the U.S. government doesn’t imply being Anti-American.
And only someone trying to breed fear and hate will attempt to convince you otherwise.
For shame, Mr. Lieberman.
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TIMECUBE
July 30, 2006 — moleboyIndia plans free software for all
July 30, 2006 — moleboyThe move to widely distribute free desktop applications and tools could be seen as a setback for Microsoft Corp., but the Indian government says it has no agenda to promote open source-software over proprietary products. What’s more, all of the applications and tools run on Windows, while some do not run on Linux, and any move to expand computer use in one of the world’s most populous countries could arguably benefit Microsoft.
(emphasis added)
If Microsoft saw a boom in computer use in India thanks to this, I wonder if it might rethink its ideas on software distribution.
