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Help refugee children worldwide just by surfing the web...
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 10:48 am |
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Quoting gezbelle: AllTooHuman...i'm guessing you work... |
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 10:59 am |
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Quoting AllTooHuman: Quoting libralady: Anyway, it is not up to and should not be up to one individual to make a difference to world poverty problems but up to governments to get it sorted and stop fighting and creating more poverty. |
Well.. Put aside the jokes, I have a common sense and am quite aware of what you stated, too. Perhaps it is worth to mention that people could help the refugees by not using Micro$oft products, too. You know, last month Micro$oft released its BadVi$ta. According to a research published by a business magazine in Turkey (Cost of WindowsVista (in Turkish) ), by upgrading all the computers in public institutions in Turkey to Windows Vista, 620.000 computers (%64,6 of all) will have to be thrown into trash, cost of which is about $310.000.000 (excluding those will require hardware upgrade.) This huge amount applies to only Turkey, and you can spread this case to all countries in the world. And what can be done with some $310.000.000 I will leave you.
Solution? Here is one:
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I am sorry, but more fool them for installing software that they dont really need. I certainly wont be. Unfortunately Microsoft have been allowed to create a monopoly and most computer users have to put up with that, and I guess you run your computer on some other system other than windows.
I can't really see how not using Microsoft software/products will stop poverty, by putting people out of work all over the world, tell me the economics of that?
Again, there is money wasted all over the world and one of my biggest bug bares is the amount of money spent on sending people into space - tell what use that is apart of designing a bit of kevlar.
That is it from me.
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 11:41 am |
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Sending people into space is by far more more useful and acceptable of way wasting money than paying for the Micro$oft License and its products. Because, with the first one you experience at least something different, unique- visiting space; but with the second you only experience pressing the keys "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" and/or the button "Restart"!
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 01:17 pm |
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Quoting AllTooHuman: Sending people into space is by far more more useful and acceptable of way wasting money
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Are you volunteering? 
I would be more than happy to write THAT letter for you!
Dear Kind People at NASA,
Please send our dear classmate AllTooHuman into space. I am sure he will be of great use to you! Keep him as long as you want!
Yours sincerely,
AEnigma de SineNomine X
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 01:22 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting AllTooHuman: Sending people into space is by far more more useful and acceptable of way wasting money
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Are you volunteering?
I would be more than happy to write THAT letter for you!
Dear Kind People at NASA,
Please send our dear classmate AllTooHuman into space. I am sure he will be of great use to you! Keep him as long as you want!
Yours sincerely,
AEnigma de SineNomine X |
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 04:15 pm |
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Dear Ms. AEnigma de Sine Nomine with capital X,
We, as NASA, are very pleased to read your kind letter introducing your dear classmate, AllTooHuman, to us. We do hereby believe, now that you recommended him, he is the exact one whom we have for ages been looking for, for our current space research. We would be more than happy to make use of him, of his brilliant brain, of his deep knowledge about all fields, in our researches. However, as you know very well, sadly, NASA is not an institution providing public service for free of charge; we therefore feel that we are ready to work together with AllTooHuman as long as you are willing to pay for his costs.
We would be very thankful to you if we could hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Mike Griffin
NASA Administrator
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 04:24 pm |
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Mike Griffin
NASA Administrator
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your kind response. I confirm that I am happy to pay ANY COST to launch AllTooHuman into space. I would particularly like him to orbit the earth so that we may see him pass by at night.
I assume the charge will be the same as for all your test monkeys?
Yours sincerely,
A de S F X
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 05:19 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: I assume the charge will be the same as for all your test monkeys? |
Aenigma? What has gotten into you? :-S
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 05:26 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting aenigma x: I assume the charge will be the same as for all your test monkeys? |
Aenigma? What has gotten into you? :-S |
Ummm ....why do you ask Just having some daytime fun!
Dont worry, work finishes soon, and I will be out of your hair 
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 05:36 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting catwoman: Quoting aenigma x: I assume the charge will be the same as for all your test monkeys? |
Aenigma? What has gotten into you? :-S |
Ummm ....why do you ask Just having some daytime fun!
Dont worry, work finishes soon, and I will be out of your hair |
Didn't someone mention "explosive" earlier in the thread?  or should that be jet propelled 
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20 Feb 2007 Tue 06:59 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x:
I assume the charge will be the same as for all your test monkeys?
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Thank you! 
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