Warning: Sligthly off topic. http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html Quotes:> And guess what software Osama Bin Laden uses on his laptop? > > If you guessed it was Linux you would be 100% right.> Next time somebody asks you how Al Queda agents pay for their > rifles and rocket launchers, you can tell them that foreign hackers > make software called Linux which helps them steal from Americans.And here I thought that Osama got his money from the Americans for helping them out long ago. Turns out they've just been stealing it. Using Linux!
Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich@gmail.com> wrote:> http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html > > Quotes: >> And guess what software Osama Bin Laden uses on his laptop? >> >> If you guessed it was Linux you would be 100% right. > >> Next time somebody asks you how Al Queda agents pay for their >> rifles and rocket launchers, you can tell them that foreign hackers >> make software called Linux which helps them steal from Americans. > > And here I thought that Osama got his money from the Americans for > helping them out long ago. Turns out they've just been stealing it. > Using Linux!Wow. Truly amazing. I used to wonder how people could actually believe in conspiracies about the moon landing. Now I just wonder how they manage to keep breathing... Daniel>
On Mon, 01 May 2006 12:23:10 +0200, Molle Bestefich wrote:> Warning: Sligthly off topic. > > http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.htmlThis "Shelley the Republican" site is a joke right? I mean it has to be satire, nobody could possibly be that extreme. It's kind of hard to tell who this person is, presumably not an actual politician. -mike
On Mon, 01 May 2006 13:47:06 +0200, Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> wrote:> >To me http://shelleytherepublican.com/ looks as if it's satirical. >On the other hand when I first heard the song "Die Partei hat immer >Recht" I thought it was satirical, too. >"Apache/1.3.34 Server at shelleytherepublican.com Port 80" By this I guess it's a joke all right. But the fact that we're still wondering wether it's a joke or not is _very_ worrying, since it means our times are able to generate such thoughs. Arghhh ! Give me some air to breath ! -- Regards, Sebas
Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:> Daniel Skorka wrote: > > Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html > >> > >> Quotes: > >>> And guess what software Osama Bin Laden uses on his laptop? > >>> > >>> If you guessed it was Linux you would be 100% right. > >>> Next time somebody asks you how Al Queda agents pay for their > >>> rifles and rocket launchers, you can tell them that foreign hackers > >>> make software called Linux which helps them steal from Americans. > >> And here I thought that Osama got his money from the Americans for > >> helping them out long ago. Turns out they've just been stealing it. > >> Using Linux! > > > > Wow. Truly amazing. I used to wonder how people could actually believe > > in conspiracies about the moon landing. Now I just wonder how they > > manage to keep breathing... > > To me http://shelleytherepublican.com/ looks as if it's satirical. > On the other hand when I first heard the song "Die Partei hat immer > Recht" I thought it was satirical, too.I'm afraid it's not. I've only spent about three minutes on it, but I can't find any hint of satire. Shelly is a 28-year-old female Christian working in the non-profit sector who holds stomach-turningly right-wing nationalist views (I really don't understand how Christians can be right wing, when everything Jesus taught was socialist). Sadly this is not uncommon in the good ol' US of A. For example: http://www.shopmetrospy.com/ There's a sight I could have sworn was ironic. Except it's not. Oh dear. CC
Daniel Skorka wrote:> Wow. Truly amazing. I used to wonder how people could actually believe > in conspiracies about the moon landing. Now I just wonder how they > manage to keep breathing...Quite simple: Look at the people in the street: most (all?) have earphones. These are connected to little gadgets that repetitively say: "inhale" - "exhale" - "inhale" - "exhale" ;-) -- Josef M?llers (Pinguinpfleger bei FSC) If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize -- T. Pratchett
Josef Moellers <josef.moellers@fujitsu-siemens.com> wrote:> Quite simple: Look at the people in the street: most (all?) have > earphones. These are connected to little gadgets that repetitively say: > > "inhale" - "exhale" - "inhale" - "exhale" ;-)Ah, I see. Do they monitor the heartbeat, or do these people die when they start running? ;-) Daniel
Nat Bird wrote:> On 5/1/06, sebas22 <nospam@x.invalid> wrote: > > On Mon, 01 May 2006 13:47:06 +0200, Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> > > wrote: > > > > > >To me http://shelleytherepublican.com/ looks as if it's satirical. > > >On the other hand when I first heard the song "Die Partei hat immer > > >Recht" I thought it was satirical, too. > > > > > "Apache/1.3.34 Server at shelleytherepublican.com Port 80" > > > > By this I guess it's a joke all right. But the fact that we're still > > wondering wether it's a joke or not is _very_ worrying, since it means > > our times are able to generate such thoughs. > > > > Arghhh ! Give me some air to breath ! > > From, http://shelleytherepublican.com/meaning-and-purpose.html : > > "ShelleyTheRepublican.com is a satirical entertainment web site. The > purpose of this website is to point out political injustice by > exaggerating the viewpoint of the party the injustice originates from. > Basically it's save to say that almost all information in the articles > on this web site are false. The web site is designed to be funny. If > you don't find it funny, we kindly ask you to leave. We are committed > to Freedom and Justice for all. Please let your friends know about > this website. Thanks." > > You have to admire their commitment, it had me going for a while.Me too. I didn't find that passage in my 3-minute scan. Phew. CC
Daniel Skorka wrote:> Josef Moellers <josef.moellers@fujitsu-siemens.com> wrote: > >>Quite simple: Look at the people in the street: most (all?) have >>earphones. These are connected to little gadgets that repetitively say: >> >>"inhale" - "exhale" - "inhale" - "exhale" ;-) > > > Ah, I see. Do they monitor the heartbeat, or do these people die when > they start running?I often see them fumbling around with their gadgets before they start jogging, so I guess they need to switch to "double speed". BTW There also seems to exist a "speak" - "listen" - "speak" - "listen" - "speak" mode of these gadgets as some just walk idly apparently talking to nobody ;-) -- Josef M?llers (Pinguinpfleger bei FSC) If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize -- T. Pratchett