"Al-Zarquawi Terminated"

Ya get fooled, ya can't get fooled again.

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

This starts with bombing one terrorist, and now the debate is over the definition of communism/socialism, and discussing the nature of British government.

How did we end up here?


It MUST be Bush's fault!

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zaza I totally agree with you. For England specific laws only English MPs should be able to vote :thumb:

Blame Bush for an online forum discussion? I thought Al Gore invented the internet.

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Originally Posted by nemaroller

He's got quite the low approval rating - 34% last I looked - so might as well blame him I say.

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41% and climbing (slowly, but climbing)

I understand that it's not free-market economics, but corporate greed is corporate greed. Read about it here

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

I understand that it's not free-market economics, but corporate greed is corporate greed. Read about it here

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"Ofwat said customers were paying the higher prices Thames Water had been allowed to charge - an average increase of 24% over 2005 to 2010, excluding inflation - without getting all the benefits the company had promised to deliver."

How can it be greed if the company was allowed to charge those rates (I’m assuming it was the government that allowed this)? Sounds like this company is just poorly run, as they didn’t even meet their own target for reducing leaks. Doesn’t look like there is any competition in distributing water to the effective areas, without competition no one can switch to another water company if they wanted too, so you are right its not free market at all.

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Originally Posted by moeur

Blame Bush for an online forum discussion? I thought Al Gore invented the internet.

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Actually, it was his dancing.


I'm sure you've heard of it.... the Al Gore Rhythm.

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the Al Gore Rhythm.

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:lol:

While I agree that Yrwyddfa's example wasn't the best because the water companies effectively represent localised monopolies (shame on you, Yrwyddfa, you normally do so much better ;) ) I broadly agree with him and there are plenty of examples where unchecked capitalism has been damaging. The most obvious one that springs to mind for me is the supermarkets. Sure, Tesco's might give me good prices but they do so at the expense of the producers who are forced to spend a smal fortune complying with the the supermarkets procedures one year before having their profits squeezed into nothing the next and finally being dropped like a bad habit after that. Net result, no local producers, centralised warehousing, more polluting trucks on the road and planes in the sky as third world countries have their often meagre agricultural resources carried away at prices so low that they'll never see any opportunity to turn their state of relative poverty around. But hey, that's fine and dandy becuase capitalism served the consumer. And our politicians probably had the gall to tell us we were somehow helping out the third world because we were engaging in trade.

The consumer is just as selfish as the capitalist if they get the chance to be and the net result is that, unless you have some kind of government regulation then someone, somewhere is going to get screwed.

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Originally Posted by Xanith

"Ofwat said customers were paying the higher prices Thames Water had been allowed to charge - an average increase of 24% over 2005 to 2010, excluding inflation - without getting all the benefits the company had promised to deliver."

How can it be greed if the company was allowed to charge those rates (I’m assuming it was the government that allowed this)? Sounds like this company is just poorly run, as they didn’t even meet their own target for reducing leaks. Doesn’t look like there is any competition in distributing water to the effective areas, without competition no one can switch to another water company if they wanted too, so you are right its not free market at all.

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As I said, it's not a free market, but the licensing for the water authorities can be bought and sold as a marketable commodity.

Funkydexter - I was having a bad day. I've read that post and I have to say 'whoops' :blush:

Not used to this internet debating anymore; I've actually had to get on and do some work!

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

I've actually had to get on and do some work!

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How dare you suggest such a travesty on a family forum! http://www.umilmi81.com/imageshare/images/banplz.gif

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Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978

How dare you suggest such a travesty on a family forum! http://www.umilmi81.com/imageshare/images/banplz.gif

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Just so I can be really sent out to be eaten by rabid dogs, I was actually rewriting so code that someone wrote some years ago. Modula2, actually. More OO crap to deal with.

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

More OO crap to deal with.

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[Darth Vader]
Do not underestimate the power of the dark side.
[/darth vader]

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Originally Posted by yrwyddfa

Just so I can be really sent out to be eaten by rabid dogs, I was actually rewriting so code that someone wrote some years ago. Modula2, actually. More OO crap to deal with.

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Modula2! :sick:

Yep, Work is the bane of all properly researched posts. Can we get a moderator to ban it?

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Well Iran is saying that they are needing/wanting nukes and if nato doesnt get off their backs then they will mess with oil production to hurt the us. They have also stated that they want them and their nuclear program is not just for energy issues.

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Maybe US is too desperate for oil...that is why they invade MiddleEast countries.
Maybe they are too paranoid because of their cruelty.
"Criminal doesn't feel safe at any second".

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Originally Posted by hellilyntax

Maybe US is too desperate for oil...that is why they invade MiddleEast countries.

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Sure doesn't look like a solution, does it.

Why everybody talking about religion, freedom, democracy, powers...
it is so simple...it is about money...

Can anybody dig up why US didnt care much about North Korea?
It is because they have no oil...

Well, I don't agree with that. North Korea isn't a push-over. Last time we went in there, we ended up fighting China. Bush probably wouldn't have gone into Iraq had he known what it would turn into. They thought they could go in, sweep Saddam aside, and the people would cheer a few times, then elect George Washington. Sure there would be benefits in terms of cash and resources, and that certainly was a part, but a BIG part was that they expected a tiny little war. No rational person thinks that fighting North Korea would be a tiny little war.

Here is my opinion since I know you want to hear it :)

Oil does have something to do with why we are so involved in the middle East. I don’t think that the world would pay much attention to them at all if there was not so much oil there.

The U.S. went into Iraq to try out an experiment. Yes they thought it would go easier than it is going. The experiment is to see if people who are living in a free, prosperous democratic country will continue to support acts of terrorism against the west. It is thought that if democracy can take hold in one country then the others will follow.

Unfortunately, there are many in the region who have a stake in keeping democracy out of the region and are trying their best to prevent it.

North Korea can be controlled by China if the Chinese government so wishes. The people of North Korea, on the whole, support the North Korean leader because they think he is descended from the gods. The west has a little more bargaining power with North Korea than they do with Iran or did with Iraq. This is because N.K. cannot support themselves on oil; they are a poor country and need the help of other nations.

I dont agree with this US syntax

Dim Palestin as Freedom
Dim Muslim as Terrorist

this syntax is absolutely wrong
my VB together with Windows would crash by this syntax...
it will do infinite loop

The true syntax is

Dim invader as terrorist
set terrorist = whoever come into another county kill their people, destroy their building, steal their resource, rape their women...

Return Zionis

How come US didnt say that Zionis are terrorist?

You forgot to mention how the Israelis are eating Muslim babies.

I think your Windows crashed a long time ago and it is time to reboot.

This time get a genuine copy of Windows rather than that cheap imitation you've been running.

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You forgot to mention how the Israelis are eating Muslim babies.

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I think they wont..
All they want is land...
Not food...

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Originally Posted by hellilyntax

I dont agree with this US syntax

Dim Palestin as Freedom
Dim Muslim as Terrorist

this syntax is absolutely wrong
my VB together with Windows would crash by this syntax...
it will do infinite loop

The true syntax is

Dim invader as terrorist
set terrorist = whoever come into another county kill their people, destroy their building, steal their resource, rape their women...

Return Zionis

How come US didnt say that Zionis are terrorist?

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Neither Freedom nor Terrorist are intrinsic types, so you have to define both before they exist. The point Bush is trying to make is that this code will work depending on how you define those classes.

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Originally Posted by moeur

Here is my opinion since I know you want to hear it :)

Oil does have something to do with why we are so involved in the middle East. I don’t think that the world would pay much attention to them at all if there was not so much oil there.

The U.S. went into Iraq to try out an experiment. Yes they thought it would go easier than it is going. The experiment is to see if people who are living in a free, prosperous democratic country will continue to support acts of terrorism against the west. It is thought that if democracy can take hold in one country then the others will follow.

Unfortunately, there are many in the region who have a stake in keeping democracy out of the region and are trying their best to prevent it.

North Korea can be controlled by China if the Chinese government so wishes. The people of North Korea, on the whole, support the North Korean leader because they think he is descended from the gods. The west has a little more bargaining power with North Korea than they do with Iran or did with Iraq. This is because N.K. cannot support themselves on oil; they are a poor country and need the help of other nations.

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I agree with everything you said except for the second sentence of the second line. There is somebody who would pay attention to them if there wasn't oil over there: Cats!!! To a cat, that country must look like a giant, luxurious bathroom well stocked with plenty of reading material, a fridge, and a TV.

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Originally Posted by hellilyntax

I dont agree with this US syntax

Dim Palestin as Freedom
Dim Muslim as Terrorist

this syntax is absolutely wrong
my VB together with Windows would crash by this syntax...
it will do infinite loop

The true syntax is

Dim invader as terrorist
set terrorist = whoever come into another county kill their people, destroy their building, steal their resource, rape their women...

Return Zionis

How come US didnt say that Zionis are terrorist?

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there wouldnt be Dim without an american .. heck would be stuck with linux doms .. :bigyello:

Lets go over the VB6 Code again for clarity. ..

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
    Dim TERRORIST(2) As String
    Dim TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP As Integer
 
    Const THEY_ARE_NUTS As String = "THEY ARE NUTS!"
    
    '// TERRORIST(0) = "IRA" <- discontinued **
    TERRORIST(0) = "Hezbollah"
    TERRORIST(1) = "Hamas"
    TERRORIST(2) = "Al Qaeda"
    '// TERRORIST(3) = "n/a" <- live update
    
    Debug.Print "============"
    For TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP = 0 To UBound(TERRORIST)
        Debug.Print "One More Nutcase Gone!! -> " & TERRORIST(TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP)
    Next TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP
    Debug.Print "============"
    Debug.Print THEY_ARE_NUTS
    
End Sub

if you have VB6 give it a whirl... :wave:

Another version ...

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
    Dim TERRORIST(2)
    Dim TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP
    Dim TERRORIST_TMP
 
    Const THEY_ARE_NUTS = "THEY ARE NUTS!"
    
    '// TERRORIST(0) = "IRA" <- discontinued **
    TERRORIST(0) = "Hezbollah"
    TERRORIST(1) = "Hamas"
    TERRORIST(2) = "Al Qaeda"
    '// TERRORIST(3) = "n/a" <- live update
    
    TERRORIST_TMP = vbNullString
    TERRORIST_TMP = TERRORIST_TMP & "============" & vbCrLf
    For TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP = 0 To UBound(TERRORIST)
        TERRORIST_TMP = TERRORIST_TMP & "One More Nutcase Gone!! -> " & TERRORIST(TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP) & vbCrLf
    Next TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP
    TERRORIST_TMP = TERRORIST_TMP & "============" & vbCrLf
    MsgBox THEY_ARE_NUTS & vbCrLf & TERRORIST_TMP, vbCritical, "SYSTEM ERROR!"
    
End Sub

And if no VB6 ..
then open new notepad txt file, copy paste this code into it and save as a .vbs file ..
then click it to run..

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'// VBSCRIPT

Option Explicit

Call DeyCrazyNutCases

Sub DeyCrazyNutCases()

    Dim TERRORIST(2)
    Dim TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP
    Dim TERRORIST_TMP

    Const THEY_ARE_NUTS = "THEY ARE NUTS!"
   
    '// TERRORIST(0) = "IRA" <- discontinued **
    TERRORIST(0) = "Hezbollah"
    TERRORIST(1) = "Hamas"
    TERRORIST(2) = "Al Qaeda"
    '// TERRORIST(3) = "n/a" <- live update
   
    TERRORIST_TMP = vbNullString
    TERRORIST_TMP = TERRORIST_TMP & "============" & vbCrLf
    For TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP = 0 To UBound(TERRORIST)
        TERRORIST_TMP = TERRORIST_TMP & "One More Nutcase Gone!! -> " & TERRORIST(TERRORIST_GOT_CUT_HIP) & vbCrLf
    Next
    TERRORIST_TMP = TERRORIST_TMP & "============" & vbCrLf
    MsgBox THEY_ARE_NUTS & vbCrLf & TERRORIST_TMP, vbCritical, "SYSTEM ERROR!"
   
End Sub

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That's the most over engineered response I have ever seen!!

Most of us don't bother with research for our posts, let alone write actual code for a World Events post :afrog:

ok .. :D

here is a more simple one that wont crash his PC using the syntex he quoted above ... :wave:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Type Freedom
    People          As String
End Type
 
Type Terrorist
    Extremist       As String
End Type
 
Type People
    Muslims         As String
End Type
 
Public Sub Main()
 
    Dim Palestine As Freedom
    Dim Muslim As Terrorist
    Dim Normal As People
    
    Palestine.People = "Cool"
    Muslim.Extremist = "Bad"
    Normal.Muslims = "Good"
    
    MsgBox "Palestine People are " & Palestine.People
    MsgBox "Muslim Extremists are " & Muslim.Extremist
    MsgBox "Normal Muslims are " & Normal.Muslims
    
End Sub

That's good, but it's VB6. I'm not about to re-write it as .NET code, but it's pretty close already. You are a loon to put that much effort into that response, but good to have you around.

it's look fine...and really executable!!!
but the condition is wrong...
here is my remark..

MsgBox "Palestine People are " & Palestine.People 'it is not cool if their land is violated.
MsgBox "Muslim Extremists are " & Muslim.Extremist ' without them nobody fight for Palestine
MsgBox "Normal Muslims are " & Normal.Muslims 'this should be the only output

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Originally Posted by sevenhalo

There's nothing to understand. Some people don't have anything better to do with their lives. We've made everything a convenience and literally live the drone life... Now all of these people have energy that they need to focus and garbage protests in the name of patriotism seem like the best outlet right now.

Honestly, well over half of the people here lack purpose or direction. They're given the freedom to do whatever they want, but choose to do nothing. They get in their 8-5 at a seat-filler job (that could easily be made redundant, but keeping people paid so they can consume is the basis of our economics), get home just in time for the evening sitcoms, have dinner and then watch the 10 o'clock news before going to bed. Eventually, they'll have a kid or two and let that completely consume every aspect of their lives.

Can you really blame them for trying to feel important?

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Sometimes I suspect that's actually true! And that's the most horrible part: that it actually could be true!!

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