Click there. Read step #24. Smile.

_{Idea stolen there.}

Thank you guys. This is crazy that one of the most evolved countries in the world considers that guns can be sold that easily. Guns are not ordinary goods, for God’s sake! A retarded people going berzerk might kill or wound a person or two; give him(her) a gun, (s)he kills dozens. How many Columbines, Virginia Techs before things change?

There is a deep flaw somewhere.

You may know Zooomr (description on Wikipedia), which is a cool alternative to flickr. Same kind of cool ajaxified interface, but with internationalisation already in place. These fine folk offer free pro accounts with 4Gb of storage, unlimited photos. One condition: host one picture on your account, then blog about it. I want a pro account, so I thought I could at least post a useful picture:

Dell laptop cable problem Hosted on Zooomr

This shows what happens to Dell laptops U-shaped AC adapter cables after 18 months of use… This is to me clearly the result of a wrong product conception; so, as I have a 3-year next-day guarantee, I called Dell’s support in order to get a new cable. Unsurprisingly, they tried to convince me that, as I did not buy their “complete care” insurance, they wouldn’t exchange it. This “complete care” thingie is basically an insurance that covers accidents, even if caused by you (they promoted it with a picture of a spilled coffe cup on a laptop).
After a little struggling, they accepted to exchange it “exceptionally”. Sure, next time too hopefully. 🙂

Some weird, scary recipe:

• Lie about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq – and don’t get impeached (impeachment in the USA is only for lies on oral sex it seems),
• Wage war in this country (in spite of repeated warnings from your allies), destroy it, deprive from credibility the word’s only political organization (the United Nations), make Iraq a new playground for terrorists, make the world a bit more insecure: step 1.
• Scare the next coutries on your list (Iran, North Korea), have them rush for the bomb to avoid the fate of Iraq.
• Be so stuck in Iraq that you don’t dare having a real action when real weapons of mass destruction are being researched and tested, make for the spreading of nuclear arms, have the world even more insecure: step 2.

What will step 3 be?

Thank you, Dubya. Can you spell miserable failure, again ?

Update: I’m so happy the Republicans lost the midterm elections, I hope that will help fix Bush’s mess. Maybe…

P.S.: I know no one will read this, but that makes me feel better… 🙂