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[GreyGeek]

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Capitalism by pure definition is unfair, which is why socialism and communism exist.

Hi...

I think someone who actually lived in Russia during the Soviet era (especially during Stalin's reign) or any of the eastern European countries under Soviet occupation or dominance between the late 1940's up until the early 1990's would have something to say about that.

If the czar's system of government and economics before 1917 was harsh and unfair, the bolshevik's solution (and eventual application) to it was equally, if not more, so.

Regards...

A website that was created by folks who lived in the USSR, moved here, and are now seeing the same shifts to Marxism taking place here that replicate what happened in the old USSR is here.

[dibl]

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh -- GG, that is a great website!

"The first shovel-ready website on the Internet!"

I couldn't write this for 5 minutes while I finished laughing! Thanks!

[GreyGeek]

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These are my two favorite articles:
http://thepeoplescube.com/current-tr...way-t3076.html
http://thepeoplescube.com/current-tr...ves-t6617.html

[dequire]

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I have not had the chance to prepare any kubuntu or linux box for family members, my father uses it but he does without any prompting from me. My sisters did not need any tutorial or walk through to use it. They simply come over, grab my laptop, look for firefox and start doing their social networking thing. They dont know they are using linux exactly, they just notice my pc is faster and that something is different(the log in, and the start menu). My desire to convert them is because i have to routinely remove malware and bloat from their pc's because they "run too slow" or keep having things start when they start the computer(recently had to take out Symantecs live update because the add/remove didnt get rid of it and it was still popping up when the system starts.) Ive tried to get them to let me make the switch for them but unfortunately neither one wants to switch off of what they are used to.

Hey erigais - Your family sounds like mine! I've converted many friends and business associates. Family, apparently, is the toughest. *Sigh* And I just had to fix another Vista PC today.

Funny though, I put Kubuntu on a friend's laptop and took an hour to explain a few things. She would be considered a "Clueless Laura". I waited for the phone to blow up with questions. Guess what? It never happened. I called her to make sure the laptop was OK. She was so grateful that it "just works". Made my day.

[DoYouKubuntu]

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And I just had to fix another Vista PC today.

No you didn't. Seriously, tell them you're no longer going to fix/support/repair/reinstall/whatever their windoze boxes, and that if they want reliable computers that "just work," switch to Linux. Tell them you're happy to install Kubuntu for them and get them up to speed, but as far as fixing their self-inflicted [by choosing M$] computer maladies, you're done.

Funny though, I put Kubuntu on a friend's laptop and took an hour to explain a few things. She would be considered a "Clueless Laura". I waited for the phone to blow up with questions. Guess what? It never happened. I called her to make sure the laptop was OK. She was so grateful that it "just works". Made my day.

That's typically how it works for me--either no instruction necessary at all or very little. It really is that easy to use.

[SteveRiley]

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Slippery slope, eh Steve? IMO one of the factors you have to consider is potential damage to society.

Yay, you picked up on exactly the thinking behind my triumvirate. Not that it was exactly subtle

In my opinion, people that do not meet the requirements set in place by law to adopt children and selfishly bring one into the world are committing a crime against their child.

Having sex is a basic biological function. How in the world can any government believe it has the authority to regulate nature? Oh, um, wait...