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Bad pirate. Bad.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Seriously.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 26th 2007 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 23rd 2007 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/and without any security contractors to protect them]]>Sep 22nd 2007 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/
"No but I own the rights to this gun I have and the bullets that are in it. Want a close inspection?"]]>Sep 22nd 2007 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 24th 2007 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/
there are only a few exceptions there... there is a small directory containing player codecs if someone is stranded somewhere with a laptop that somehow can't handle XviD or AC3 audio or something, but all the files themselves are all MPEG, AVI, or MP3. no proprietary codecs or file types that can contain malware or redirect a media player are permitted.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/From: ME @ Now
Subj: ren
Message: Rename malware*.exe kickassmediaforyou.avi.exe and let some poor schmuck with an un-patched copy of windows get exploited.
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And I am responding to the item, didn't start it out of the blue, but yeah responding might lead to all kinds of pointless fights, so it's probably best to not feed this little rant of mine, won't change anybody's view anyway, I can't change theirs, you can't so quickly change mine.
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I personally do not agree with the politics of the war or the atrocities that are committed because of it (on both sides) but still that is no reason to wish harm on those who are caught up in the middle of it.

*EOM*]]>Sep 22nd 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/
But truth be told I guess I don't care that much about the iraqi people either, I mostly don't like the pretense that there's anything good about what 'we' are doing, or the people we have doing it, it's so sickeningly nonsensical.
I am not going to pretend they are 'our' 'heroes' doing 'good' things for 'peace' and 'democracy', because we bloody well know that's BS.
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I currently reside in Texas, and have disliked Bush since day one. I am constantly ridiculed (due to my political opinions) because of my current local, but that is neither here nor there.
Two things I wanted to bring up real quick...

Wwhat "anybody that's signed up now signed up while bush was in power and had his show going"

First, I hope you understand that every time a new president comes into power, the entire military is not cleansed and you must reenlist ONLY if you support the new Commander and Chief.

Second, I would like you to sign up for any branch of your choosing and then get back to me on the whole "they chose to do what they do" thing. Let me know how that works out when you’re under fire via drill sergeant or 7.62×39 mm round .

Thanks in advance
Wesburl
]]>Sep 22nd 2007 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Plus perhaps you are right, perhaps if I was a fool and stepped in such a foolish endeavor as joining the army I'd be screwed, but hey I'd be the one that made that silly choice.
And It's not about specifically hating individuals in the army, it's just that if you actively support madness there's nothing wrong with getting a little verbal flak, rather than (misplaced) pity.

Oh and I hear they spend half a billion a day on Iraq, do they really need people's handouts? they do get payed too you know, and even have internet, people act like it's freaking WW1 here.

]]>Sep 22nd 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/When I said they chose what they do I meant the signing up, and that's still voluntary last I heard.

Plus perhaps you are right, perhaps if I was a fool and stepped in such a foolish endeavor as joining the army I'd be screwed, but hey I'd be the one that made that silly choice.
And It's not about specifically hating individuals in the army, it's just that if you actively support madness there's nothing wrong with getting a little verbal flak, rather than (misplaced) pity.

Oh and I hear they spend half a billion a day on Iraq, do they really need people's handouts? they do get payed too you know, and even have internet, people act like it's freaking WW1 here]]>Sep 22nd 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/Sep 22nd 2007 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill, English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)

I learned this philosophy as an Air Force Academy cadet in 1991. I served my time, got out, joined Dept of Homeland Security, left there and now serve as a civilian with Dept of Defense.

Let me tell you, the people I've served with, military, civilian & contractor, are some of the sharpest and best people I've known. To question their intellect, minimize their sacrifice or cast dispersion on their character is a crime of inestimable proportions.

Wwhat, you are a coward. You mock and ridicule a class of hero you do not understand solely based on -- you know what, I won't even pretend to understand why you do it. I won't presume to tell you or anyone else your intentions or motivations because I can not relate to nor can I understand them. However, from what I gather -- based solely on what you've revealed in your tirade -- you're perfectly content to allow someone else to defend your privilege as an American citizen and to guarantee the "rights" that came with your birth. And you feel justified in mocking them. Behavior like that is the lowest form of humanity; the justified malcontent, the privileged pansy that I and others like me have accidentally sworn to protect and defend with our blood and lives while we choose to serve those who proudly wear the name and title "American".

Go back to your hole. The other gollums miss you.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/22/hackers-project-sends-media-filled-hard-drives-to-troops/
Balance out your enthusiasm with the amazingly eye-opening Rolling Stone article called "The Great Iraq Swindle," it really brought me down and personally, I say bring all the troops back and let the Bush/Halliburton private "Blackwater" corporate armys take the heat - they are definitely getting enough money to pay for their own movies and music:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle]]>Sep 23rd 2007 4:35AM