Why Having Ms Market Dominance Is Good Thing
MonsieurEvil
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<div class="IPBDescription">At least sometimes...</div> As the Coast Guard works on getting Iraqi oil flowing again ( <a href='http://www.msnbc.com/news/897526.asp?0cv=CB10' target='_blank'>http://www.msnbc.com/news/897526.asp?0cv=CB10</a> ), I come across one funny point:
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“We came here and found all the computer systems up,” Shea said. “All we had to do was change the language from Arabic to English. It’s Microsoft!”
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Suck it, Linus... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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“We came here and found all the computer systems up,” Shea said. “All we had to do was change the language from Arabic to English. It’s Microsoft!”
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Suck it, Linus... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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I saw that they have Xboxs on submarines, so the people arent bored when their off duty.
Idiot-proofing finally pays off.
Not to be offensive to anyone in the military, mind you. I simply find it *too* intuitive. Although, when toppling foreign regimes, I guess that's a good thing.
As do I. But have you ever looked through the help pages? It's downright insulting.
I wouldn't consider myself a techie, but I know a heck of a lot. I don't eat and drink the stuff, but I can figure things out. You'd think more people'd be able to do the same.
“We came here and found all the computer systems up,” Shea said. “All we had to do was change the language from Arabic to English. It’s Microsoft!”
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See? An evil, evil dictator used Windows. Don't play his game <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Plus, MicroSoft could've afforded to buy Saddam's regime and sell it to America.
and Legion, they cover their bases well. I went on with a problem that I had no clue how to fix. Three minutes and it's fixed, including download time for fixes.
If it'd been the US that'd been his neighbor and hated him, you can bet he wouldn't have been in power long. I'd be willing to bet that if his neighbors would've been able to take him, they would have.
/me realizes he just made a politacal statement, and runs like hell from Monse and Nem.
If it'd been the US that'd been his neighbor and hated him, you can bet he wouldn't have been in power long. I'd be willing to bet that if his neighbors would've been able to take him, they would have.
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Hey, aren't you forgetting about Cuba? And for that matter, Canada? /me grumbles aboot those dam Canadians <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
If it'd been the US that'd been his neighbor and hated him, you can bet he wouldn't have been in power long. I'd be willing to bet that if his neighbors would've been able to take him, they would have.
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Hey, aren't you forgetting about Cuba? And for that matter, Canada? /me grumbles aboot those dam Canadians <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
1) Canada makes good maple syrup. Our politicians like pancakes too much.
2) As far as I'm aware, besides the Cuban missle crisis, I don't think they've ever really posed a real threat to us. And, I think if they diddn't have the backing of the Soviet Union, and if times had been different, then we may have invaded them. Obviously, we got through the cold war OK, and we're waging war on them with economic sanctions.
If they had been known to posess WMDs, harbor terrorists, torture their people, and invade, say, mexico, you can bet we would have smited them.