"Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, has said his country would "ultimately" be prepared to reconcile with the Taliban group to end the conflict in Afghanistan." - scott anderson
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"While Mullah Omar was not present at the talks in Mecca, the source said the Taliban leader has made it clear he is no longer allied with al Qaeda -- a position that has never been publicly stated but emerged at the talks." - scott anderson
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Richard Stallman says users of web applications are idiots. I guess in his view everyone should become a Linux hacker. He should realize that he has become a liability to the open source movement. - scott anderson
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At least Microsoft led other developers to believe that they could compete with the borg. I have to think that the arrogance of Jobs and co. will go unabated until the Justice Department steps into the picture. And they should! - scott anderson
It seems that short form infomercials with a guy that yells/screams at you to buy something is effective advertising these days. I just don't get it. Even those yabbos with the thick Aussie accents don't fool me by their hollerin'. - scott anderson
On a related note I will not buy anything from a company that airs commercials with volume turned up extra loud. I sometimes like to doze off with the TV on so I am distracted from unwanted thought rotations. - scott anderson
